Alexa Bliss is on fire right now, and has been for the past year or so. She’s the first woman to win both the Smackdown and Raw Women’s Championships, and she is far and away the best woman in the company on the microphone, “This is Your Life” segments notwithstanding. Bliss also happens to be a pretty inspirational story, and not just because she’s accomplished so much in her career while being sub-Rey Mysterio height.
That height, of course, is one of the main things that draws people to Bliss and makes her compelling to watch. The “five feet of fury” and “Little Miss Bliss” nicknames are fun from a marketing standpoint, but it turns out that her diminutive stature comes with a few logistical drawbacks. Who knew, right?
During an appearance on Great Day Houston, which I understand is the greatest way to start your day if you happen to live in Houston, Bliss talked about how she’s SO short that when she won the Women’s Championship, they actually had to make some modifications to the belt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_epseAf3MKE
The transcript, via Wrestling Inc.:
“What’s funny is — this is a little backstage information — the championship had to be shortened for me because it was so big on me, they actually had to take off size to let it fit me. But that’s why I’m ‘Five Feet Of Fury.'”
So basically what this means is that between Bliss and Naomi, that’s BOTH women’s champions who have their own custom title belts. It’s just that Bliss’ custom title belt is … not really noticeable. But that’s good! Although given how big the title already looks on her, now all I want to see is the full-sized belt on her. I imagine the strap would wrap halfway around the belt again and would flap like a tail while she walked to the ring.
