Yeah.

'Cause I'm like, "I can't believe I'm, like, even having this conversation with you right now." Um, but they're, like, so confident and so comfortable in themselves, and they always are rooting for the women.

Like, they want what's best for the women.

And I've noticed, like, they will pitch against themselves to put someone else over or to, like, make the story better, and I've never really been around that, so that was very eye-opening.

Like, someone who...

People who are Hall of Famers or future Hall of Famers, they're legends, they're like, "No, I shouldn't be o- I shouldn't be over tonight.

Like, that's not good for the story.

Yeah

So how was that? Like, did you, like, was it, did you feel it backstage, that the belief was in you?

Yes.

Um, I think, like, obviously Shawn and the creative team, they believed in me and Toxic Attraction.

Um, I feel like once Toxic Attraction split, I don't wanna say I lost myself, but I definitely wasn't in, like, the best head space wrestling wise.

Um, I, you know, I guess I'm gonna really peel back the curtain here.

Um, I feel like I was in over my head.

Like, I felt like I was ready for the next step, when in reality I really wasn't.

What has it been like for the, for you to also see them and to come up together and not have to take this all in by yourself and have two people that have been along with you for the ride for a while now?

... about whether or not you should be there.

Yeah.

I think a lot of talent get frustrated being down in NXT for a long time.

Like, you always think you're ready for the next step.

But in most cases, you're really not.

You think you are, but then you get thrown into the deep end, and it's sink or swim.

So if you're not ready, like, you're gonna shoot yourself in the foot essentially.

... where you're like, "The reason I can deal with this that's in front of me is because of the, of the amount of time that I spent at NXT"?

Never.

Never.Diamonds are made under pressure, and we consider ourselves three gems.

So I don't mean to, like, spit bars or anything.

Mm.

But listen, I have a extensive track background.

I went to college and ran track, so maybe that's, I mean, we could connect, but maybe you just have some kind of animosity with, I don't know.

Well-

... well, y- you know, for, for people who've grown up watching the industry and watching Paige and Brie Bella, now I don't know if you were a fan of them, but there, is there any part of you that, that it's a little surreal that that is who-

Mm-hmm.

And then I won the TNA Knockouts World Championship, and I was the first woman to ever hold two world championships from two different companies at the same time.

And then I became a two-time NXT Women's Champion.

I ran that division for a year.

But, but why? Why, why did, why-

Because this woman, this egomaniac constantly wants to shove her nose in my business.

I became a double champion, but guess what? Everybody only cares about Sol being a double champion, even though both of my titles were way more important than her little speed title and her mid-card title.

Okay? I held two brands together, TNA and NXT, but did they talk about me? No, they didn't.

I became a two-time NXT Women's Champion, but guess what? Oh, there goes Sol doing another Sol Snatcher.

Oh, there goes Sol on Main Event wrestling on John Cena's final show.

Where was my spot on that show, huh?

... why'd they choose Sol and not you?

Did you feel the same way when you were talking to her last night?

Yeah.

You can feel the passion and the drive in everything that she was saying.

Everything she said was real.

Like, we've been in NXT together for a long time.

I've seen her entire journey.

I've seen, she's also had multiple partners.

But has there been somebody for you, Jaice, that has g- what's the best advice that you've been given in the wrestling business?

Tell me what you knew that you had in you.

Well, I feel like I've stayed the course and I know hard work eventually is going to pay off.

I always knew I would get to this point.

I just didn't know when it would happen.

So I'm not shocked.

I worked my ass off.

People don't know this and I'm not really sure if I'm allowed to say this, but I was taking night classes at another school for months and months and months.

And, you know, for somebody that has done what you've been able to accomplish, do you feel like you're almost kind of a mentor? Like in, in a lot of ways, like, do you not have to worry just about yourself, but the other people that you're working with too?