Character from WWE by WWE / TKO Group
The Role Model — a hugger turned manipulator who went from being everyone's best friend to the most obnoxious champion in women's wrestling history.
The Role Model. Bayley arrived in NXT as the ultimate underdog hugger — a character that should have been saccharine and was instead completely genuine, producing the most emotionally resonant NXT women's match in history against Sasha Banks. Her main roster babyface run was mishandled; her heel turn as the self-proclaimed Role Model was not. Inflatable tube men, a sledgehammer, a new attitude — Bayley turned everything she had learned about being a face into the toolkit for being the most effective, petty heel imaginable.
Bayley-to-Belly suplexes delivered with enthusiasm. Her babyface era featured ponytails and bright colors and inflatable tube man entrances of unironic joy. Her heel era recontextualized everything — same colors, different sneer. The Role Model's ring gear says fun; the expression says otherwise.
Also known as: The Role Model, The Hugger