During a recent appearance on “Insight With Chris Van Vliet,” Saraya was asked to name her all-time favorite moment in her wrestling career. She chose her WWE main roster debut on the night after WrestleMania 30, where she defeated AJ Lee to win the Divas Championship.
“So obviously, NXT was amazing. I got the opportunity to be the first ever NXT Women’s Champion, and I so thankful for it. I was 20 years old. I was a kid, it was incredible, and I’m so f*cking grateful for it. But my ultimate moment was my debut and winning the Divas Championship, because that’s all I ever wanted to be. I wanted to be a WWE Diva, and to do it at 21 too. And the day before, Dwayne is in his office backstage, and he’s like, ‘I’m gonna make a movie on your life.’ And I’m like, what? Then he’s like, ‘And you’re gonna debut tomorrow, and you’re gonna win the Divas Championship.’ And I was like, what? I’m just f**king sobbing, dude. A lot of crying, obviously, but I’m sobbing because I can’t believe this is happening at such a young age.”
She also recalled the moments leading up to the match itself.
“So I’m walking around like, trying to keep my st together, waiting for someone to tell me that I’m actually gonna be debuting. It was so emotional. And then I finally got Fit Finlay telling me 10 minutes before doors were opening, ‘Come to the side of the ring. AJ and Tamina need to speak to you, you’re gonna win the Divas Championship.’ And I was like, Okay, Let’s fking do it. And he’s like, but no one knows. And I’m like, Why do I have to keep fking secrets, dude? That’s insane. So I’m crying again, and then I go to the side of the ring, and AJ was just amazing. Obviously, everyone knows that I was really close to AJ. She’s like my fairy godmother, is what I called her for so long… She was like, All right, this is how it’s gonna go. And she was like, ‘What kind of finish do you want to do?’ And I was like, ‘Well, I do have a submission.’ She was like, ‘No, you need to 3 count me, solidify that st.’ So I was like, okay, so then we did the Paige Turner in the ring, but I didn’t explain how to do it properly, because I was just too nervous. So I ended up looking like a Leg Sweep. And I remember coming back and Randy Orton’s just like, ‘Did you just beat her with a Leg Sweep?’ I was like, ‘Absolutely, yeah I did, but it’s supposed to look different.’ But I’m like, Who gives a f**k? So yeah, that was probably the most magical moment for me.”
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