Asuka Wants Bayley to Demand the Respect She Deserves

Posted by admin on December 11th, 2025

Asuka Wants Bayley to Demand the Respect She Deserves – Asuka has stepped forward in support of Bayley after the former WWE Women’s Champion publicly addressed her absence from WrestleMania 41, where her angle with Lyra Valkyria was abruptly dropped and Bayley was pulled from the card.

Bayley recently spoke on the Six Feet Under podcast, calling the situation “rough,” and her comments quickly gained attention across the wrestling world, including among her closest peers. One of the first to respond was Asuka, who not only works with Bayley on-screen but shares a long real-life history with her. Speaking out on social media and later on her KanaChan TV YouTube channel, Asuka urged Bayley to stop tolerating any form of disrespect.

Reacting to the interview, Asuka said she was struck by Bayley’s emotional honesty. “An interview with Bayley came up on my X feed. I just found out about her sadness, her struggle, and her pain. And it hit me. I remembered,” she wrote, before reminding fans of the foundation she and Bayley helped build. “The format of today’s women’s division – the value everyone treats as standard – that was built by the Four Horsewomen and by me.”

Asuka continued by acknowledging the pride shared among the women who elevated WWE’s division to where it stands today. “We’ve got pride. Of course we do. And right now, the ones who can understand Bayley’s pain the most are probably Charlotte, Becky and me. Our era didn’t just raise the level. We flipped the entire idea of what a women’s division could be. We started a revolution.”

On her YouTube channel, Asuka expanded even further, recalling her shared journey with Bayley. “Bayley, when you and I first met, you were the NXT Champion, and I was the challenger. And I took the title from you and I carried NXT on my back. Then you went to the main roster, and you became one of the pillars there too. After that, I arrived. We fought at the top. We survived at the top. We became the standard of the company. We are not just wrestlers. We are an era. We changed the division.”

Asuka pushed Bayley to demand more from WWE and refuse to downplay her importance. “You’re accepting treatment that doesn’t match what you are. Don’t swallow it. This isn’t only your problem. It’s an insult to our pride – the pride of everyone who fought beside you and against you.”

Later in the video, Asuka encouraged Bayley to show a more aggressive side. “Bayley. Stop playing nice. Look at Kairi. Playing nice is boring. Playing safe is boring. Go off! Shout it. ‘Do you know who I am? I’m Bayley!’ Make them remember what you’ve done – what we’ve done. We changed this division.”

The message continued with a call for Bayley to remind the WWE audience and management of her legacy. “So remind them. Loudly. All of them. Get louder. Get sharper. Let that fire show in the ring. And make them feel it. The weight we built with our lives. The pain we paid to make this division what it is. Right now. Make them remember.”

Bayley’s 2025 has been marked by frustration, missing both WrestleMania 41 and SummerSlam, but she now finds herself back in the mix competing alongside Lyra Valkyria in a tag-team title feud with The Kabuki Warriors. With Asuka’s public support adding fuel to the fire, Bayley may be gearing up for a much louder response moving forward.