As she continued to look back on her unlikely passage to WWE, Paxley noted that she is grateful for it as it allowed her to transform her life for the better. In just over four years under the WWE banner, Paxley has found success as a singles champion; she’s also enjoyed runs with various tag team partners, though not all of them turned out to be triumphant.

“This is something that I really want people to hear is please, please trust the process of which your life is taking you through,” Paxley said. “Because I felt so lost, so confused, and the complete 180 that my life has turned by just trusting that time is going to take care of it, really it will. You’re never going to see it coming. If you were to ask me when I’m sitting at the supplement store selling my 10,000th jug of protein powder that day, like ‘Hey, you’re going to be a WWE Superstar in a month.’ What are you talking about? You’re crazy. Life comes at you quick.”

Paxley’s most recent in-ring outing emerged as an emotional one, with The Culling ultimately blindsiding her during her NXT Women’s Championship defense against Fatal Influence’s Jacy Jayne on “NXT” Gold Rush week one. As a result, Paxley is now titleless, while Jayne became a two-time NXT Women’s Champion after nailing the former powerlifter with a follow-up Rolling Encore. Whether or not Paxley will receive a rematch for the title has yet to be seen.

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