Shayna Baszler on WWE Women’s Tag Team Title Win: “I Don’t Think People Really Understand How Much We Had to Fight for This”

Last week on Raw, WWE held a fatal 4-way bout for the vacant Women’s Tag Team Titles with Raquel Rodriguez & Shotzi vs. Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler vs. Bayley & IYO SKY vs. Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville.

Rousey and Baszler went over in the bout, something originally planned to happen at WrestleMania 39, only to be delayed due to Rousey dealing with an injury. Rousey previously criticized the company for the state of the women’s division.

While speaking with TMZ Sports, Baszler talked about the special moment. Here are the highlights.

Winning the titles:

“Ohh man, it's just crazy to look back and think on and and and also the fact that it's not like we set out a plan. We just both wanted it and did our thing to get us here. And so here we are. It's cool. And I mean that moment at the end of the match where I crawl back in the ring and we're hugging was real. Emotional moment, you know what I mean? Like, it's just wild to think. Like I said, when we think back to trying to pay for enough food to eat throughout the week and still make weight and like living on the beach in Venice. Like it's weird.”

It being more special because she won the titles with Rousey:

“Yeah. I don't know if I am…I just can't explain it. It's weird to think that we talked about it and it's here you know and it happened and it and I don't think people understand like people see Ronda as this like a big name and she is, she's Ronda. But I don't think people really understand how much we had to fight for this you know and maybe that's something for a book in the future or whatever but it's not like it's been easy. It's not like this is just handed to us, we have to fight and claw and demand for this opportunity.”