Alexa Bliss

“A lot of my inspiration comes from everyday people.”

“I want to be the longest-reigning Raw Women's Champion. And I'm going to do whatever it takes to make sure that happens.”

“My dad is the biggest Lexie fan - ever since I was in gymnastics, he went to ever gymnastics meet, every cheer competition, every bodybuilding show.”

“I feel like you have to constantly evolve because if you're not changing, the audience gets bored.”

“My coach would push us off the balance beam and teach us how to fall. That helps with your body awareness, your air awareness, but even the training I had in cheerleading, gymnastics, bodybuilding, nothing prepares you for what you go through in the ring.”

“Bodybuilding helped me to realize that I don't have to look like the girls in the magazines and that it's OK to feel good about my curves.”

“I got a lot of motivation from my character of people-watching. And if they do something that annoys me, I steal it and do it because I know it annoys other people. If it annoys me, it's going to annoy you.”

“It was a great time being with Blake & Murphy. I always made sure that, even if their matches weren't going the way they wanted to, they went the way that I wanted to.”

“I'd like to wrestle for as long as I can.”

“It's been an amazing journey that I've had with WWE.”

“I feel like it's harder to perform in front of a smaller crowd sometimes still than it is a larger crowd.”

“You have to take control of the crowd because there have been times when they have scared people. The 'Bayley: This Is Your Life' segment - the girl who was Bayley's best friend, the crowd was yelling at her. They were like, 'Boring, what?'”

“I guess people would describe me as the character I portrayed in NXT when I threw glitter and wore tutus and was very bubbly, because that's what I love.”

“My ideal night for me, personally, is watching Disney movies and drinking a glass of wine by myself in the hotel room. That's my ideal night.”

“I like to be sparkly! It makes me happy. I love to stand out and embrace my uniqueness, and I am very lucky I get to incorporate that into my gear. I hope the sparkle and glitter that I spread makes other people happy, too.”

“I feel like a lot of creative people are socially awkward.”

“Everyone has a really short attention span nowadays with social media, our phones. Even me - I can't go without touching my phone every five minutes.”

“I had watched wrestling grow up. I found it amazing. I loved watching wrestling.”

“Whenever I go back home, I make sure I can attend a Blue Jackets game.”

“I told my mom: I said, 'Mom, I'm going to try out for WWE.' Her response was, 'The heck you are!' She was like, 'You are not doing that!' So I had to try out without her knowing, but now she's, like, the biggest supporter and so proud of me.”