June 29, 2005 Byte This!

They show a clip of Victoria vs. Lita from last year’s Backlash PPV.

Victoria joins the show.

She says she is insulted that she wasn’t invited to the studio for this interview. Loyd says that Romero and he wanted her in the studio, and they told the crew to send her a first class ticket, but they dropped the ball. Romero said he would rather look at her than Loyd. Victoria laughs and says she’ll tell that to Mr. McMahon.

Loyd congratulates her on her win on the PPV. Victoria says it was awesome. Christy shocked her with some stuff she pulled off her sleeve. She called her a “little fiery thing” and she had to put her in her place. She says a lot of people asked her after the match why she cheated to win. She replied that she doesn’t cheat, she wins. Victoria says she officially welcomed Christy to the RAW roster, adding if she wants to be a diva, she’s got to play like a diva. She also mentions welcoming the new divas, and that they will be “fresh meat” for her to take advantage of.

Loyd wants to know what happened a few weeks ago during the bikini contest. A few fans had said that she basically “snapped”. Victoria says that Christy happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. It had built up inside of Victoria sitting on the sidelines just watching Christy steal the show, winning every contest she was in etc. To be honest, she did snap, and maybe she exaggerated her emotions. But she had no control over it. It looks like “crazy” Victoria is coming back. She tried to keep it bottled up but she exploded. She said she officially welcomed all those girls to RAW.

Romero brings up how the divas these days are more like divas, unlike before where they could actually wrestle. Was that anything to do with it? Victoria mentions how she started as a Godfather Ho. She was just dancing and having a good time. Hopefully, her beat down of Christy triggered some girl to come out and wrestle and try to beat her butt. She was encouraging some competition in the women’s division so maybe this had something to do with it. She mentioned the Godfather returning on the PPV, which shocked her because she didn’t know he was coming back, but it was a pleasant surprise.

Loyd asks her to talk about the transition from being a Godfather Ho to a woman’s champion. Victoria says it was tough then, coming into the locker room. You’re not welcomed. They don’t know anything about you. She thinks the new girls are probably experiencing that now. Probably being judged by a lot of people. Victoria has been down that road before. She doesn’t want to judge, she wants to see what they have. She says a lot of women at that time like Terri, Chyna, Lita and Trish didn’t know that she was going to wrestling school in California. When they saw her put through a table by Godfather, she finally got some respect. She certainly worked her butt off, and did everything she could to become what she has today. You do sacrifice a lot of time, no social life etc. You just eat, breathe and sleep wrestling. That’s what she did. She loves this business, and hopes that the fans know that she has a lot of passion for this business. She wants to see the women’s division grow. She says they have some new talent coming up. Hopefully Trish comes back, because she’s not done with her either. She would like that belt back. It was tough in the beginning. They do really test you. She didn’t have any girls to train with in the school. She wrestled guys. Robert Conway was one of her trainers. She worked with Eugene in the ring. She also mentioned Tracy Smothers and Regal. Loyd jokes that Romero wanted to challenge her for the belt. She laughs and says let’s go on the next PPV.

Romero mentions that women’s division being “in flux” right now. Victoria says you could see by the fans reaction when she couldn’t take it no more, that they wanted some action. She didn’t think the fans would react like that. She got some feedback after that segment where people told her that the women’s division is gonna have some action now, and there’s gonna be some butt kicking. She says there are gonna be some new women coming up from OVW. She is excited to see who is gonna be bought up soon. She has not lost faith in the women’s division. She think it’s gonna come up again, and they’ll be more than eye candy.

Email… would she consider doing Playboy? She has not been approach about Playboy. She has been asked by fans and a lot of people within the company. She has not been approached and she is not against it. She is proud of her physique. They have to ask her at the time, and she will decide. It has to be right place at the right time. She says being second place to Christy didn’t “fly” with her. She says Heffner doesn’t know what he’s missing.

Loyd mentions Victoria taking part in the “Dreams do take flight” to Disney World with Christian. They flew out to Toronto, with 270 kids that came from dysfunctional families. It was the most rewarding appearance she has ever done. She mentions how people thank her for taking part in this event, but she thanks people for thinking about letting her be a part of it. The kids were appreciative, and thought it was cool they were with wrestlers. She says when you go to Disney World; you turn into a big kid. She says seeing the spark in the kids’ eyes is just rewarding. She says she can’t express it, but hopes the cameras caught a good angle of it. Victoria got to meet Mickey Mouse, Goofy and all of them. You couldn’t tell her from an 8-year old. She was truly tickled by that. She talked about watching the parade, and every character was waving to her. She had on Mickey Mouse ears, which they thought was cute. Romero says she should wear the MM ears next time she is in the ring with Christy. She is proud that WWE is a part of this event.

Loyd brings up that she is a motocross fan. She was big into Super cross growing up. She was a big tomboy. He is a big motocross buff. She volunteers to give awards to the “Pee-wee” round just so she can be a part of it. She has three older brothers, all wrestlers, who were into bikes. She is into sport bikes now. She would like to get a Harley next. She mentions Al Snow having a charity event every year in Lima, Ohio.

They bring up the diva photo shoots and how the divas posed with an iguana. Victoria mentions again that she has three older brothers, so she was raised around reptiles. They used to hunt for different types of snakes. That was her first experience with an iguana. They don’t like being still. They like high places, so it kept climbing up to her head and started hissing. She was scared because she didn’t know what it was doing. You can see that she is smiling big because she was laughing hysterically. She was telling the iguana handler to put the iguana on her butt, because it’s a higher place and she has a “lot of junk in the trunk”. He asked if he could. She replied he can’t touch it, but the iguana can. She didn’t know Stacy posed with the iguana until later. She wanted to get a picture with the monkeys, but she was bummed that she didn’t. Romero says worse than getting bit by a monkey is getting bit by Christy.

Loyd asks her if she owns a restaurant. She just opened a restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky. It’s called “Fat Tony’s pizzeria”. She’s been getting a lot of advertising. Its New York-style pizza and also gourmet-style pizza. They have a lot of OVW wrestlers coming in to eat pizza on their cheat days. She mentions names like Matt Morgan, Simon Dean, and Eugene. They opened on the 20th and on her days off, she is there. The phone number is (502) 339-3553. They have a big show coming up in Louisville, so she plans on having a big thing before that show featuring a lot of media, and cross-promoting etc. A lot of people say that she just owns a restaurant, she is not there physically. But she is there on her days off. Romero wants to know why it’s not called “Hot Victoria’s pizzeria.” She says she might be cocky in the ring, but she isn’t cocky outside the ring.

Victoria says stay tuned because she is not finished with Christy or the new diva.

Victoria leaves the show.

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