Alright, so I went down a bit of a rabbit hole today. Got curious about Shayna Baszler, you know, the MMA fighter turned wrestler. The question popped into my head: is Shayna Baszler gay? Seemed like a straightforward thing to check, right?
So, I started digging around. First thing you find is all the wrestling stuff, obviously. Her time in NXT, being dominant. Then moving up to the main roster. I remembered her tag team runs pretty well. She had that stint with Ronda Rousey, which made sense given their background. And then she teamed up with Nia Jax, not once, but twice winning the tag titles. That pairing was always kinda interesting, felt a bit thrown together but they made it work I guess.
But I was looking for personal stuff. Took a bit more searching. Then I stumbled across something from way back. It was an old podcast appearance she did, I think it was called MMA Roasted, back in 2013. That was ages ago, before her big WWE push.
In that podcast, she apparently mentioned she was dating a woman at the time. Okay, so there’s something concrete. But here’s the kicker – she also apparently said she didn’t really want to label herself. Like, she was hesitant to call herself lesbian or bi. Just said she was dating a woman. Found that pretty interesting, you know? People want neat boxes, but maybe she wasn’t feeling that.
Then I saw some other stuff floating around, more recent maybe? Talk about her friendship with Dakota Kai. They were big rivals back in NXT, Baszler used to really lay into Kai. But apparently, outside the ring, they’re super close. Good friends, even lived together for a while. Of course, you know how the internet is, people see that and jump to all sorts of conclusions. Could just be two friends living together, happens all the time.
So, after all that digging, what’s the takeaway? Well, there’s that confirmation from 2013 that she was dating a woman. But she didn’t want a specific label back then. Since then? Honestly, not much solid info that I could find about her current personal life. Seems like she keeps that stuff pretty locked down now, which, fair play to her. We see her on TV, like recently at Raw: Day 1 on January 1st, 2024, doing her thing in the ring.
So, the answer to the original question? It’s not a clean yes or no based on public info. She dated a woman years ago, didn’t label herself. What’s happening now is anyone’s guess, unless she decides to share it. And that’s the result of my little search today.
