Eva Marie Recalls Asking Vince McMahon If She Could Return To NXT

Eva Marie recalls a huge career decision.

Marie kicked off her wrestling career by spending a year on the main roster, as she was able to largely bypass NXT due to her stint on ‘Total Divas’. After not being on television for nearly a year, Marie returned to NXT in July 2015.

Speaking with Chris Van Vliet for a new interview, Marie revealed that she didn’t really feel confident with her ability to put a match together until she returned to NXT.

“I don’t think until I decided when I went to Vince and asked him to go back down to NXT. I was probably already on the road for like, a year and a half or two before I went. I made a rocky decision by going and asking him. No one steps down, but we were on the road so much, and we were filming with so much that I didn’t really have the time to put energy into training because our time was really limited at that moment. Then you can work on the road at house shows and stuff, but it’s really a big ask to ask some of the other Superstars to kind of get to the arena early and try to roll around with you, and it’s not the same either, and they have a show that night. Trust me, there was a ton that wanted to do, Nattie was great, Fit was also awesome, because he would always get there early. But usually people are getting there early to try things, and they already know how to wrestle. They already know how to put together a very basic match. So it’s a little bit different than what I really needed.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Marie talked about beef between co-stars on ‘Total Divas’. Fans can check out her full comments by clicking here.

Special thanks to Chris Van Vliet and his team for the quote(s) in this article.