A former WWE star gave main props to Cody Rhodes and John Cena for permitting her to get some further time in a WWE championship match that she known as one in all her favourite bouts of her profession. Xelina, the previous Zelina Vega in WWE, informed the “Ring the Belle” podcast that her August 1, 2025 “WWE SmackDown” match towards Giulia for the Girls’s United States Championship solely obtained the time it acquired due to the celebrities.
She defined the primary half-hour of the present had been meant for Rhodes and Cena, which ended up being Cena’s face flip forward of WWE SummerSlam. Xelina stated that when WWE officers texted her concerning the match beforehand, the ladies had been solely going to have round seven or eight minutes complete, round a industrial break.
“Then once we obtained there, they had been like, ‘Yeah, it could be 30 seconds, really. Then the break, after which three minutes,'” Xelina stated. “I used to be like, ‘Okay, so, why are we even doing this? Like, what is the level of this?’ They had been like, ‘Nicely it actually is dependent upon how lengthy Cody and John are going to go.’ I used to be like, ‘Okay…’ I requested Cody, I am like, ‘Hey, so how lengthy do you suppose you and John are going to go? Do you suppose you are going to go somewhat bit longer?’ …He is like, ‘Uh, why? Do you guys need to base it on us?’ I am like, ‘Mainly. I am simply making an attempt to ease Giulia’s thoughts so far as how a lot we really may need.’ He is like, ‘Oh, I believe both we’ll in all probability go proper on time.'”
Xelina stated that she deliberate for the shorter time in her head after chatting with Rhodes and was able to go. Issues modified once they had been standing in gorilla, nonetheless.
Additional time for Girls’s US title bout
Xelina stated that as she and Giulia had been ready to exit for his or her match, Rhodes got here again by way of the curtain and stated he and Cena saved them an additional 10 minutes. She stated that she and the “Stunning Insanity” instantly panicked.
“To begin with, wonderful for him to try this,” Xelina stated. “We would not have had that point if it wasn’t for Cody and John. He is considering we’ll be excited and I am like, ‘No, bro… We did not actually plan it that method.’ And he is like, ‘Oh. Sorry…’ Giulia’s like panicking, I am like, ‘Have a look at me. Have a look at me. It should be nice. We’ll simply do the longer model.’ We form of talked about it. I am like, ‘I am going to discuss to you on the market, simply take heed to me and we’ll do it.'”
The previous WWE star defined that Giulia is one in all her shut pals, and the pair labored collectively in Xelina’s ring at her dwelling to determine the match earlier than the episode of “SmackDown.” She stated that they deliberate out some issues that they might presumably do, they usually ended up calling these spots within the match. Xelina stated that outdoors of her match at Backlash 2023 in Puerto Rico, her Girls’s US title bout towards Giulia is her favourite match of her profession.
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