Lola Vice has made a quick impact on WWE‘s main roster, and now she is eyeing a partnership with Paul Heyman. In her recent RAW debut, Vice won her first match and qualified for the upcoming Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match.
During an appearance on Busted Open Radio, Vice said she would like to be Heyman’s next protege after getting help from him before her main roster debut. Heyman has accompanied some of WWE’s biggest stars, including Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, and CM Punk.
“[Allying with Paul Heyman] would be iconic,” Vice said. She sounded surprised to hear that Heyman was watching her match and that he was shown reacting to it on television. “That would be iconic and I would really enjoy that, and I think that would be something special.”
Vice noted that while she is intrigued by working with Heyman, her focus right now is to make her own way on the main roster and establish herself. If presented with the opportunity to work with him, she said she would take it. “Right now, I’m focused on winning my briefcase at Money in the Bank, and then let’s see what happens after?” she said.
Beyond that, Vice commented on how important it is for her to represent Cuban culture and just be herself on RAW now. “[I get to] show a different Latina spice,” she said.
Vice also discussed her journey to the WWE main roster and said it still does not feel real to be on WWE Raw. She was recently moved to the red brand after spending four years on WWE NXT. During an appearance on Busted Open, she said she has not yet come to terms with being part of the main roster. “Yeah, I mean, it just still doesn’t feel real to me. But I grounded myself because I spent four and a half years in NXT, and I feel like I earned it. And even on Monday when I went out there to talk, I just stood for a second, and I was like, ‘Wow, I’m on Monday Night Raw. I can’t believe this.’ It’s so exciting, and I’m just so happy to see what’s to come,” she said.
Vice, a former NXT Women’s Champion, said she was confident ahead of her move to the main roster after spending several years in NXT and more recently in AAA. She thinks the time on the developmental brand was necessary for her to develop her character. “That’s one thing I felt as I knew I was ready, and I knew I was prepared, and I got in a lot of experience in NXT and AAA. So when I got the call, I was like, ‘Okay, this feels like the right moment for me mentally and physically at my best. And if it would have been way before, I wouldn’t have been ready and had so much experience like I have now. So I feel like I am developed in my character and I’m ready to grow on the main roster.”
The former MMA star had said goodbye to both AAA and NXT in August in anticipation of her main roster call-up. Her main roster career has gotten off to a great start, as she won her first match, a Money in the Bank qualifying match, by defeating Raquel Rodriguez and Kelani Jordan.
Wrestling Inc. provided a transcription of the comments from Busted Open Radio.
