Ex-WWE broadcaster Kayla Becker reveals moment when pro wrestling got her hooked

Former WWE broadcaster Kayla Becker spent 8 years pinch nan institution earlier departing to broaden her outlook connected nan sports spectrum successful general.

Becker precocious collaborated with BZZR arsenic she continues her broadcasting career. Pro wrestling fans who tune into Becker’s sportscasts will surely beryllium reminded of nan days she was down nan broadcast table for pre-shows, backstage for interviews aliases moreover ringing announcing.

She explained really she was capable to get nan WWE gig successful a caller question and reply pinch Fox News Digital. She said she was hosting a recreation conception for a section position earlier personification from WWE reached retired to her and asked whether she would beryllium willing successful announcing.

"So, I knew personification who was moving location and they knew who I was because I was an ‘Orlando personality.’ And they were like, ‘Hey, would you beryllium willing successful joining our denote team. And I ne'er watched wrestling a time successful my life. And I was like, I conscionable don’t cognize that’s wherever my profession is headed," she said. "And they sent maine location 1 time to Full Sail (University) wherever they were doing immoderate tapings and instantly I was conscionable enthralled.

Kayla Becker attends nan "Five Nights At Freddy's 2" premiere presented by Universal Pictures and Blumhouse astatine TCL Chinese Theatre successful Hollywood, California, connected Dec. 2, 2025. (Savion Washington/Getty Images for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse)

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"I was for illustration this is nan craziest, coolest world I’ve ever experienced, been a portion of. All nan wrestlers who were superstars, down nan scenes they were truthful cool, truthful knowledgeable, truthful exciting. So, literally, I was like, let’s do it. Maybe I’ll beryllium present for a twelvemonth aliases two. And accelerated forward, 8 years, basically, kicking and screaming, I yet had to locomotion retired of those doors. That was nan coolest portion of my profession barroom none."

For personification who had ne'er watched wrestling successful their full life, getting thrust into WWE was for illustration being thrown into nan heavy extremity of a excavation erstwhile you’ve ne'er swam before.

Becker was successful for a treat.

She recalled to Fox News Digital nan infinitesimal that sewage her hooked.

"I deliberation nan first pay-per-view I remember, possibly nan first 1 that I attended, was nan Royal Rumble," she said. "At nan time, I deliberation I was conscionable attending. I worked location but I still wasn’t connected nan main roster yet. So, I kinda conscionable sewage to beryllium location arsenic a instrumentality and nan excitement successful nan building of a Royal Rumble, if you ne'er knowledgeable it, there’s thing for illustration it. In that moment, I retrieve getting goosebumps and past I was like, wait, I activity here. I’m a portion of this world now. One day, I’ll get to announce, which I did. I was a portion of galore Royal Rumbles. I deliberation that was astir apt 1 of nan first moments I was for illustration dang, this is benignant of a cool spot to be."

Becker’s occupation was measurement different from nan athletes that execute successful nan ring.

Kayla Becker attends nan HIM Training Camp Creator Event successful Venice, Calif., connected Aug. 5, 2025. (Tiffany Rose/Getty Images)

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She sewage a sensation of doing in-ring announcing earlier becoming a backstage interviewer and hopping connected pre-show broadcasts. She said she didn’t really bask her clip arsenic a ringing announcer and felt for illustration she performed amended arsenic a backstage interviewer.

"I deliberation my first gig I was an NXT backstage interviewer and I did ringing announcing for location shows. So, we’d spell astir to nan mini armories astir Florida and I’d ringing announce," Becker told Fox News Digital. "And I ne'er was a awesome ringing announcer. Never really loved it. The fans, I’ve been gone for 2 years, they emotion to punctual maine connected Twitter, that I wasn’t a bully ringing announcer. OK, tube down guys. You effort doing it. It’s not easy. But those days I deliberation were immoderate of nan astir stressful. Any ringing announcer will show you. You mentioned Alicia Taylor, we person Mike Rome, Samantha Irvin was location for a while, that is 1 of nan astir difficult jobs, I think, crossed nan board. People underrate nan ringing announcers and nan referees because that I deliberation is truthful stressful, truthful connected nan fly. As a ringing announcer, we don’t person cards. You person to memorize hometowns, weights, monikers, nan cadence successful which you opportunity their names. I retrieve conscionable for illustration spending hours beforehand conscionable benignant of saying these things complete and complete to myself. And erstwhile you get successful there, you’re live. I retrieve this 1 time, I was expected to say, ‘The first 1 to incapacitate,’ I said, ‘decapitate.’ And you’re unrecorded and honestly, would besides work. If you’re decapitated, you can’t proceed wrestling.

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Kayla Becker attends nan world premiere of "Black Phone 2" presented by Universal Pictures and Blumhouse astatine TCL Chinese Theatre successful Hollywood, California, connected Oct. 8, 2025. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse)

"But past arsenic a backstage interviewer, arsenic an existent ‘journalist’ of nan company, it was a batch different. I deliberation a batch much imaginative went into it successful my part. I sewage to talk to nan superstars, talk to nan writers, really to champion put distant nan stories they’re trying to show connected screen. I deliberation I had a batch much nosy successful that domiciled because I deliberation … I had a batch much nosy trying to show nan communicative versus screaming into a microphone."

Becker credited John Cena’s mentorship pinch helping her go nan champion she could beryllium successful her position.

"Listen, John Cena will beryllium synonymous pinch wrestling and Hollywood for each of time," she said. "John Cena was 1 of nan first mentor-type group I’ve ever knowledgeable erstwhile I first started successful WWE. I was ringing announcing location shows and he was giving maine proposal connected really to beryllium amended and it kinda went connected passim nan years. He’s specified a bully mentor and illustration backstage."

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