Alexa Bliss Says She Was One Of The Most Underwhelming Draft Picks

Before Alexa Bliss jumped to the WWE main roster as part of the WWE Draft she hadn’t been on television much in a wrestling capacity. She debuted as a pixie dust blowing fairy princess character which is why her “Twisted Bliss” move used to be called the “Sparkle Splash” and nobody should ever forget that either. But once Bliss became a manager, she switched personas to take on something much closer to the Five Feet Of Fury we know today.

But when Alexa Bliss jumped to the WWE main roster she was a relative unknown and only people who followed NXT very closely had an idea of what Bliss was capable of both on the mic and in the ring.

Bliss recently spoke to Sam Roberts’ Wrestling Podcast where she revealed what it was like to be called up to the main roster out of the blue without having much to do in NXT to prove herself and how it played to her advantage.

“I’m so glad with the way I came in with the [WWE] Draft because in NXT, I didn’t wrestle very much. That’s not something that people don’t know. I, for the majority of my NXT TV time, was valeting, and being a manager, and being paired with Blake & Murphy. And I was in that group. I was in a group setting, and that’s where I really learned to establish and build the Alexa Bliss character and I’m very grateful for that. I know that I wouldn’t be where I am if it weren’t for [Wesley] Blake and [Buddy] Murphy allowing me to come into their group and learning the character, and evolving it, and they are very, very proud of me and I’m very grateful for that.”

Bliss also said she’s glad that she came up by herself instead of part of a stable. It gave her an opportunity to showcase her individual ability instead of relying on other people.

“I’m very glad that I went up to the main roster as a solo [act] because I definitely felt like I was one of the most underwhelming draft picks because I didn’t do much on NXT TV. I was just starting to get matches [on NXT TV] when I was brought up [to SmackDown Live]. I feel like that’s why people say I can’t wrestle, and say I can’t do anything, and because I wasn’t given an opportunity to show that. I knew that coming into SmackDown Live that if I was going to be coming under the radar, I was going to come under the radar and then I was going to kick down the door, and run with any opportunity that I was given because in WWE, if you don’t run with that opportunity, a lot of times, that opportunity doesn’t come back.”

Quotes in this article thanks to Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast and H/T To Wrestling Inc for the transcription