BOAD: Sit-Down w/ NXT Women's North American Champion Tatum Paxley
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Who is Tatum Paxley and how did she become NXT Women's North American Champion?
Yo, what's going on, Busted Open Nation, and thanks for tuning in to another edition of the Busted Open After Dark podcast. It's me, it's me, I'm the OG of AD, I'm Uncle Bully, talking some NXT and chatting it up with your new North American women's champion for a very first time, Tatum Paxley, right here on the After Dark Podcast. This is the Busted Open. Podcast. And I would like to welcome my guest tonight. She's s laughing and smiling, which is a good thing. The night didn't start the night didn't start off too well for her, but things have things business has picked up. Your NXT, women's North American champion, Tatum Paxley.
Thank you so much for having me. At first I thought I was gonna be like all crabby and mad because of how the show started and Izzy uh Taking advantage of uh my time trying to chat with the audience the first time them seeing me as the new North American champion. But thank goodness, because our manager, Mr. Stone, is now going to allow us to have a cage match next Tuesday, and I cannot wait to trap her in that cage with me.
I'm so happy that you told everybody about the cage match. I wanted to hear it out of your mouth.
Cage match.
Because I wanted to be able to kind of read your reaction. Not many wrestlers hear the word cage match and smile like you're smiling right now.
I don't know if you could you saw m like if you could see my face clearly when the security guards were keeping me away from her. When he said cage match, I looked at her and I'm like Yes, like finally, like you can't run away from me. This is the best thing for me and Izzy right now.
Now smarten me up. Have you ever been in a cage match?
No. No way.
You're you've never been in a steel cage match, but I'm sure you've heard Stories. About what can happen in Steel Cage matches. Oh
yeah.
But you're still smiling.
Smiling.
Y she's not only sm she has on like it's like Christmas morning for her that she found out that you're gonna be locked inside a steel cage with for uh with Izzy Dame next Tuesday night. On the C W
Nowhere I'd rather be, to be honest.
All right, we're gonna get into this cage match. But I w I wanna bring the nation up to speed on something. I am brutally honest with my fan base and my listeners. Um Tell everybody how long we've known each other for.
Well I mean As far as we've sat down and talked?
Yeah.
Um, that was like an hour ago.
But and how long have we spoke for total? Five minutes.
Yeah. If that's I I know I I've passed by and said hey a couple of times here and there. Yeah,
the the the obligatory hello and goodbyes.
Shake the hands.
But we never really have talked. And when you when I first talked to you earlier, I was like, listen, if you're cool with it, I don't want to talk to you right now. Yeah. I wanna save everything for the air. Because I love it when a talent catches my eyes and catches my ears when I least expect it. And right around Halloween of last year, I think maybe all of a sudden I hear the crowd and I'm like They're really popping hard for this girl. Who is she? How it like I I wasn't like you have this goth look to you, right? Is this gothic? Is that what it's called?
Okay. Okay. And I'm like And I'm
like, I'm like, they're popping for her. Like she's a white meat baby face from like nineteen seventy with her fists in the air. I was like, wow. And then I started to really watch your work and uh you know appreciate what you've been doing, especially with Izzy. Um and you defeating Izzy at Vengeance Day in what was a strong, strong Strong match.
What’s the story behind the upcoming steel‑cage match with Izzy Dame?
How does it feel to be the North American women's champion?
Oh man. So you know At Halloween Havoc when I beat J C for the women's uh the women's title, the NXT women's title, I got that question a lot, like how did it feel? And I did not like have an answer for it 'cause it was so like all of a sudden and so like such a crazy thing for even me to wrap my head around and that time kinda came and went. And then to win this title. It felt like Okay, now this is right. Because before I was like, okay, I I can do it. It was a confidence boost, but I I was kind of doing it for all the wrong reasons.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Who is Tatum Paxley and how did she become NXT Women's North American Champion?
0:00–4:06
2
What’s the story behind the upcoming steel‑cage match with Izzy Dame?
4:06–8:58
3
How long have Tatum and Uncle Bully known each other and why does that matter?
8:58–14:36
4
How did changing her look (dying her hair black) impact Tatum’s confidence?
14:36–22:16
5
What music does Tatum listen to and what surprising hobbies does she have?
22:16–29:08