Ahead of tonight’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, Ivy Nile spoke with WrestlingNews.co’s Steve Fall for an exclusive interview. Nile will be taking on Valhalla tonight. She talked about the match, the state of the Women’s Tag Team division, WWE Evolution, her match with Rhea Ripley, traveling with the Creed Brothers, and more.
Click below for the full interview:
Ivy Nile on wanting to see AJ Lee in the Royal Rumble:
“It would be really cool to see AJ Lee show up. I mean, gosh, it just makes sense, but we’ll see.”
Ivy Nile talking about the women’s tag team division:
“I think women’s tag team wrestling is definitely something that needs to be notarized and definitely something needs to be highlighted. As a singles competitor, I feel like it’s all on you. You have to keep yourself motivated and keep yourself elevated and all these things. With a tag team partner, it’s endless of what you can do. I love the bonds that people have with their tag team partners. It’s really special and really cool and I feel like it’s extremely needed right now.”
On having an Evolution PLE:
“I think we are stacked and who knows what’s going to happen at the Rumble. We are in Mania season. I feel like it’s definitely something that needs to be considered just because like, just look at the talent that we have. I’m fresh. I’m ready to go. I’m ready for anything this year. I just feel like we have so many women who are hungry, so many women who just want more, and we’re motivated to do more, and having something like that to work towards would just be amazing.”
On her match with Rhea Ripley on Monday Night RAW:
“I have years and years and years of film study on her. I have everything from when she was in NXT to everything she’s done on RAW. I have watched every single match of hers. I’ve only had two years, or three years, of matches that she can watch on me and I really haven’t done as much yet. So I feel like when she studied me, there really wasn’t much study, so I think that worked to my advantage because she didn’t know what I’m capable of. She didn’t know I was gonna pull out. I think it worked to my advantage to go in there as the underdog and pull out some stuff that she wouldn’t ever see coming like a German suplex. I don’t think she saw that coming at all. So I think going into these matches, people kind of underestimate me. They kind of look at my background and kind of just dismiss me immediately and I think that’s working to my advantage because people have no idea what I’m capable of.”
On who she feels will win the Men’s Royal Rumble:
“I gotta say Cody Rhodes. It’s gotta be him.
On being trained by Kane:
“He helped with promos a lot. When you think of him, you don’t really think of promos. He watched and of course he helped the big men out. For me, not so much. I mean, he had opinions, but he helped out the big guys a lot in how to stay strong, how to stay big, you know, stuff like that. For the most part, he was so open to talk to just about anything. I didn’t know what to expect from him. I’m like, is he gonna be cool? Is he gonna be scary? But, he was just very nice and always that ear to talk to if you have any questions about anything.”
Ivy Nile on the Creed Brothers:
“We travel together. We have a very, very special bond. My whole career has been with them, like since day one, it’s been with them. If anyone’s wondering, they are real brothers. Just be around them for five minutes and you’ll figure it out, because people don’t think they’re real brothers. It’s kind of funny. They have been the most steady people in my career. Julius is hands down, I would say in full confidence that he’s the strongest, most athletic person in WWE, hands down. He does the most outrageous things and still thinks how to elevate himself. I’m like, ‘How do you do this stuff?’ It’s insane, and right there is Brutus. Their bond as brothers, like being there ringside and seeing them fight through these matches as brothers, to me, it’s enough to make you teary-eyed on the outside because they’re willing to risk it all. It’s so awesome to witness that. They are characters behind the scenes. When it comes time to fight, it’s game on, but behind the scenes, I think it’s a way for them to release the stress and just be goofy, like I’m hitting them because they’re bothering me or something. I wouldn’t change a thing. I want to be with them forever because our bond is very special and I wouldn’t ask for anything more.”
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