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

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

Becker precocious partnered with BZZR arsenic she continues her broadcasting career. Pro wrestling fans who tune into Becker’s sportscasts volition surely beryllium reminded of the days she was down the broadcast table for pre-shows, backstage for interviews oregon adjacent ringing announcing.

She explained however she was capable to get the WWE gig successful a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital. She said she was hosting a question conception for a section presumption earlier idiosyncratic from WWE reached retired to her and asked whether she would beryllium funny successful announcing.

"So, I knew idiosyncratic who was moving determination and they knew who I was due to the fact that I was an ‘Orlando personality.’ And they were like, ‘Hey, would you beryllium funny 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 vocation is headed," she said. "And they sent maine determination 1 time to Full Sail (University) wherever they were doing immoderate tapings and instantly I was conscionable enthralled.

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

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

Becker was successful for a treat.

She recalled to Fox News Digital the infinitesimal that got her hooked.

"I deliberation the archetypal pay-per-view I remember, possibly the archetypal 1 that I attended, was the Royal Rumble," she said. "At the time, I deliberation I was conscionable attending. I worked determination but I inactive wasn’t connected the main roster yet. So, I kinda conscionable got to beryllium determination arsenic a instrumentality and the excitement successful the gathering of a Royal Rumble, if you ne'er experienced it, there’s thing similar it. In that moment, I retrieve getting goosebumps and past I was like, wait, I enactment here. I’m a portion of this satellite 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 the archetypal moments I was similar dang, this is benignant of a chill spot to be."

Becker’s occupation was mode antithetic from the athletes that execute successful the ring.

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

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

"I deliberation my archetypal gig I was an NXT backstage interviewer and I did ringing announcing for location shows. So, we’d spell astir to the tiny armories astir Florida and I’d ringing announce," Becker told Fox News Digital. "And I ne'er was a large ringing announcer. Never truly 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 the astir stressful. Any ringing announcer volition archer you. You mentioned Alicia Taylor, we person Mike Rome, Samantha Irvin was determination for a while, that is 1 of the astir hard jobs, I think, crossed the board. People underrate the ringing announcers and the referees due to the fact that that I deliberation is truthful stressful, truthful connected the fly. As a ringing announcer, we don’t person cards. You person to memorize hometowns, weights, monikers, the cadence successful which you accidental their names. I retrieve conscionable similar spending hours beforehand conscionable benignant of saying these things implicit and implicit to myself. And erstwhile you get successful there, you’re live. I retrieve this 1 time, I was expected to say, ‘The archetypal 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 the satellite 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 the company, it was a batch different. I deliberation a batch much originative went into it successful my part. I got to speech to the superstars, speech to the writers, however to champion enactment distant the stories they’re trying to archer connected screen. I deliberation I had a batch much amusive successful that relation due to the fact that I deliberation … I had a batch much amusive trying to archer the communicative versus screaming into a microphone."

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

"Listen, John Cena volition beryllium synonymous with wrestling and Hollywood for each of time," she said. "John Cena was 1 of the archetypal mentor-type radical I’ve ever experienced erstwhile I archetypal started successful WWE. I was ringing announcing location shows and helium was giving maine proposal connected however to beryllium amended and it kinda went connected passim the years. He’s specified a bully mentor and illustration backstage."

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Now, Becker gets to beryllium beforehand and halfway successful each sports with BZZR arsenic the caller societal media platforms looks to unite sports fans from each fandoms into 1 spot.