WWE has debuted a new YouTube series that looks like it’s going to be a whole lot of fun. It’s called Superstar Superfan, and it’s hosted by Peter Rosenberg, who finally has a chance to show off that Bobby Heenan-style satin jacket that he had custom made. The series will be about WWE Superstars who were diehard, obsessed wrestling fans long before they did this for a living.
The subject of the first episode, naturally, is Bayley, whose entire gimmick and character is based on the fact that she’s a lifelong full-bore wrestling geek. In fact, you can even go on WWE Network and spot her in the front row of an episode of Raw from 2004.
Bayley tells a lot of fun stories in the above video, but none are better than a doomed teenage romance that ended when her boyfriend got jealous of her infatuation with Matt Hardy.
Anyone who has ever read an interview with Bayley probably knows that the Hardy Boyz and Lita were her primary obsession when she was a teen. She even told us about how she would make herself the third Hardy Boy in WWE video games back in the day. So please enjoy her tale of a meeting with Matt Hardy at age 15, and how it caused a foolish boy to dump her. (Thanks to Cageside Seats for the transcript.)
“I was 15 here. This was 2005, and it was my first time meeting him. And I’ve told this story to a few people, but … really embarrassing.
“I had a boyfriend at this time, that I met in like summer school. And then this [Matt Hardy photo] happened, and I swear that’s all I could talk about. ‘He did this, and then he did this in his match, and he gave me a hug, look at all these pictures.’ I was posting it all over like MySpace and stuff. I literally think the reason this guy broke up with me is because I couldn’t stop talking about this. I don’t know if he was jealous or if he was just like, ‘This chick is weird.’ Maybe a combo of both.
“But Matt Hardy ended my relationship. So, whatever man.”
Teenage boys are dumb, man. But thank goodness for Bayley never being ashamed to tell her tales of geekdom.
We very much look forward to the Kevin Owens episode of Superstar Superfan, and hope he’ll finally tell the truth about that Y2J pose in his bedroom. The Festival of Friendship left scars, sure, but maybe those can still be healed one day.
