Lacey Evans recently appeared on Lilian Garcia’s popular, Chasing Glory podcast where she took issue with Becky Lynch’s current nickname of The Man. Below are some highlights from the interview with a H/T to WrestlingInc.com for the transcription.
On coming up with her ring name:
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“When I got signed with WWE, I got to choose names and I originally wanted Macey Evans, my real maiden name,” Evans explained. “And then I chose Macey Loretta because I love Loretta – it is different. I wanted my character to be southern, so, Macey Loretta sounds southern, but WWE chose Lacey and Evans from the names that I had chosen. I never chose those names together. I said, ‘Oh no, Lacey is my sister’s name,’ and they said, ‘Well, if she is okay with it, then we are okay with it.’ So I called her and she said, ‘Hell yeah, use my name! That is so cool!’ So that is how that happened. It was just by pure chance.”
On the Southern aspects of her gimmick being inspired by her being a mom:
“I am a mom, so, in my opinion, it is the way I carry myself [that makes me a southern belle], and I want my daughter to make sure that it is still respectful,” Evans said. “And for my husband, he is such an old-fashioned man. I just feel beautiful and my daughter never has to look at me, like, ‘Oh no, Mom!’
On Becky Lynch calling herself The Man:
“The values behind what a lady is capable of? You don’t have to be ‘The Man’ to be successful or show that you are a bad son-of-a-gun,” Evans stated. “I can put on a dress, wear high heels, and still kick your ass. I hope that it is a challenge to Becky Lynch. Women have come so far: the WWE Evolution, the Mae Young Classic, and you mean to tell me that you are now going to call yourself ‘The Man’? Is ‘The Woman’ not good enough? Have we not proven what we are capable of?”
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