Tatum Paxley admits she is not going to be a “perfect” NXT Women’s Champion.
Appearing on SiriusXM’s The Nikki and Brie Show, Paxley detailed her goals as a champion.
“I think it’s just so cool about really what this title can represent because it’s almost as if it is something different depending on who has it at that time. Sometimes the title can mean like a fighting champion and everybody’s very confident. They got it and it just means confidence or sometimes maybe it’s in the hands of a person that might have different motives. Maybe they cheated to get it and just kind of represent something different and I feel like something that I’m really enjoying with me specifically, me being on top of my game right now, I’m still heavily flawed,” she began,
“Sometimes I’m so high, I’m so low, I’m so unpredictable and I really feel like me having this title kind of shows people that you can overcome your own thoughts because our thoughts are our own worst enemy, right? I feel like a couple weeks ago on NXT I cost me and my friends a match and I freak out. I can’t control it. I just get so out of control but I’m champion and we’re used to champions being 100% on top of their game at all times but I’m not,” she continued.
Paxley claimed her human flaws are what makes her journey relatable and meaningful to her and her fans.
“I think that’s what’s so interesting about me being champion is because at the end of the day I’m still going to be able to overcome those thoughts and those flaws that I have but they’re always going to be there because I’m human….I just want to relate to people…We don’t win all the time but we’re going to try to our best to come out on top and I feel like that’s me holding this title. That’s what that represents and what I want to keep representing is I’m never going to be 100% or perfect but I’m still going to try my best to be the best I can be in getting to hold this title even if it’s for a short time, a long time. I think that’s what that represents,” she said.
Paxley will defend the NXT Women’s Championship against former champion, the woman she won it from, Jacy Jayne, at NXT Gold Rush tomorrow night.
