WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze (aka Madusa) recently appeared as a guest on the Just ALYX program for an in-depth interview. During the discussion, Blayze spoke about her appearance at the WWE Monday Night RAW 30th Anniversary special event (RAW Is XXX).
Alundra Blayze touched on how she was honored to be called for the event and how the schedule was changed several times before the show. She also shared her experience being asked to play poker on the show, despite not knowing how to play, and commented on the criticism that WWE didn’t feature enough women on RAW Is XXX. Despite being the only female legend at the event, Blayze expressed that she was disappointed with the lack of recognition and felt she could have been given a better role than just playing poker.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On how her appearance at RAW XXX came about: “It was an honor to be called. They did call me a month or two before that and asked me to go. Then like three weeks before, they said, ‘Oh, schedule change.’ And I’m used to that because they always did that. They change it a month ahead, three weeks, two nights before, and the night of the show. They always change the card.”
On how she was part of the poker segment despite not knowing the game: “Then they called me two nights before and said, ‘Blayze, can you still come?’ I’m like, what? Oh my gosh, let me see. So you don’t know going in, and you kind of negotiate beforehand on what are we doing. They told me they were gonna have me play poker. And I’m like, I don’t know how to play poker. They were like, ‘Blayze, it’s scripted.’ And I’m like, Oh, that’s right.”
On the criticism that WWE didn’t feature enough women on Raw Is XXX: “My thought when I did see a little bit of that was like, what is all of this? And then I started thinking, well, I was the only woman legend there. That was an honor. I thought maybe they’d be praising that, at least. You know, having one of their older peers there. But I didn’t see any of that. If they were so upset, why wouldn’t they say? Why did Blayze not have anything better for her than just a poker game? So it goes both ways. I guess to have one there is great. But then again, it could have been more than a poker game. I’m just saying.”
