Bayley has been known lately of shaving things into her head as part of her haircut. At the Royal Rumble, Bayley wanted to add to the rib by shaving “COLE” on the back of her head as way to take a playful shot at SmackDown announcer Michael Cole. One person who got a kick out of the idea and encouraged her for this rib was Cole’s announce team partner, Corey Graves.
On Graves’ After the Bell podcast, he talked a little more about this rib and revealed that after supporting this idea, Graves was reminded Cole wasn’t scheduled to call the Women’s Royal Rumble match. After all that trouble, it was for nothing and it left Bayley a little unhappy she went through all that for nothing.
“Bayley thought it would be hilarious to rib Cole by putting his name in the back of her hair, much like Ravishing Rick Rude used to put his opponents face on his tights. I think that was the mentality. So, we were in the barbershop that is at the ThunderDome earlier in the day and I’m getting my hair lined up and my beard taken care of. Bayley walked in and she started asking what she should put in the back of her hair. It’s been a thing she’s been doing recently. She actually suggested the name Cole.”
“I said, ‘Yea, I think it’s a great idea. I think it’s going to be really funny. I think it’s going to be downright hysterical. I can’t wait to see his face when he realizes what you did.’ About three hours later, I got a text from Cole and it’s a photo of him and Bayley and a reminder that Cole was not calling the women’s Royal Rumble match. I did know that but I didn’t realize it at the time. It didn’t register. We had a full-blown conversation about how hilarious it would be and even I forgot that Cole was not going to be ringside, so I encouraged Bayley to shave Michael Cole’s name into the back of her head, basically for no one’s entertainment but my own. Bayley was none too thrilled with that.”
Obviously Cole probably got a kick out of the rib, but any reaction was saved for off camera, where the gesture was probably still as funny as intended but the reaction was left off camera, something that probably disappointing to the Role Model.
Perhaps next time she can get that reaction from Michael Cole.
h/t to WrestlingNews for the quote
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