In a recent interview with Just Alyx, former WWF/E Women’s Champion Madusa (Alundra Blayze) reflected on her 2015 Hall of Fame induction, as well as her relationship with Vince McMahon.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On being called to join the WWE Hall of Fame: “Around 2015, I got a text. I was sitting in a driver’s meeting for the monster trucks, getting ready to go race, and I got a few texts from WWE. They told me to call the office. I drop everything and I said ‘Are you sure?’ And then my next words were … ‘Does Vince know?’ He started laughing. He goes ‘We’re past that. Vince is way past that. He really wants you in the Hall of Fame.’ So yeah, it was like ‘Wow.’”
On her relationship with Vince McMahon: “Not in 2015. I’ve always been Vince’s girl. I was a company girl. I was one of the ones that were always on time, never did drugs … you know what I mean? So I was that girl. Vince always treated me well. Despite what people say, he was always good to me. Well … except for the fact that he killed the division and got rid of me.”
On her Raw XXX appearance: “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.’ 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. So you can’t take it personally. 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 just gonna have me play poker. I’m like, ‘I don’t know how to play poker.’ They were like, ‘Blayze, it’s scripted.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s right.’ [laughs]”
On the Bella Twins being critical about the lack of women’s representation on the show: “My thought when I did see a little bit of that was like, ‘What is all of this?’ 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.”
