Mike Bailey isn’t interested in Option C, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t want more money.
Throughout the history of TNA Wrestling, many X-Division champions have exercised “Option C” and traded their title for a shot at the TNA World Championship. In the past, stars such as Josh Alexander, Austin Aries and Chris Sabin have won world titles after relinquishing the X-Division belts.
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In a new interview with Fightful, Bayley said she has no plans to utilize Option C to compete for the TNA World Championship, instead, Bayley would like to hold both belts at the same time.
“I really don’t think so. Option C doesn’t interest me for a variety of reasons. For me, the X-Division and that style of wrestling is something I’ve really grown to love. When I saw the X-Division, I saw a style of wrestling that I really wanted to do and the type of wrestler I wanted to be. To me, the World Heavyweight Championship is not inherently more valuable than the X-Division Championship, but I want both. I would like to be X-Division Champion and Heavyweight Champion at the same time. It would be amazing to hold all the belts myself, in addition to being Tag Team Champions with Trent Seven as Speedball Mountain. I know that sounds like a very unrealistic goal, but I have set very high goals for myself and achieved them many times, so my plans with TNA are no different.”
In another part of the interview, Bayley spoke about defending the X Division Championship in an Ultimate X match at TNA Emergence. Read more about those comments here.
Fans can watch Fightful’s full interview with “Speedball” Mike Bailey in the video linked above.