Ahead of WWE NXT’s Halloween Havoc, Steve Fall interviewed WWE Superstar Shotzi. Night 1 of Halloween Havoc airs tonight on the USA Network and will feature Becky Lynch defending the NXT Women’s Championship against Lyra Valkyria, Tony D’Angelo and Stakcks defending the NXT Tag Team Titles against Chase U, Lexis King’s NXT debut, Gigi Dolin vs. Blair Davenport in a Lights Out Match, and Roxanne Perez taking on Kiana James in a Devil’s Playground Match.
Shotzi on hosting Halloween Havoc:
“My favorite part about Halloween Havoc is all of my costume changes. This is my third Halloween Havoc that I will be hosting, and I will have to say, I have been stressing about these costumes the most ever. I put a lot of detail in my work tonight, so I’m really excited for everyone to see it because it was a pain in the butt and it took me hours to make these costumes.”
Shotzi on why she got a Bray Wyatt tattoo:
“I kind of credit me getting into wrestling because of him, like actually starting to wrestle because I had just dropped out of musical theater college and I wanted to find an outlet for performing and I started watching WWE again. The first crew that I noticed was the Wyatt Family. Me and my sister thought that they were just so cool and we wanted to be the female version of them, and then the rest is history. After watching them, I signed up for wrestling school like a week later and just started taking my first bumps. So I definitely credit Bray Wyatt for turning me into a wrestler.”
Shotzi on why she shaved her head:
“My sister was going through chemotherapy and she started losing her hair. She told me that she didn’t want to wait for it to all fall out. She was going to shave it off. I immediately went to Hunter and was like, ‘Hey, my sister’s going through chemo. I want to support her. I want to be there for her. I want to shave my hair off too. Can we make it not weird and make it part of a storyline so I don’t just show up one day with no hair’, and he was totally for it. I got to work with Bayley with it too, which Bayley has always been a huge role model to me, so to have that moment with her and share this meaningful moment with her was really awesome. I didn’t really say much of it, but like, everyone kind of knew anyway and that really resonated with my sister, and she got like a lot of support from my fans, which I really love and appreciate too.” (Note: Click here to visit her sister’s GoFundMe page)
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