Carmella 'Takes Pride' In The WWE SmackDown Women's Locker Room

Carmella has reflected on her five years on WWE Friday Night SmackDown and says she takes a lot of pride in her role in creating a special, positive environment for the women on the brand.

Carmella has been drafted to WWE Monday Night Raw in the 2021 WWE Draft, having been on SmackDown since the brand split in 2016, meaning she will be departing the blue roster for the first time in five years.

While Carmella is excited for a new challenge, she admits she will miss the comradery she helped create on SmackDown.

Speaking on WWE After The Bell, Carmella said: "This is our family. We spend more time on the road than we do at home, so the girls you’re surrounded with in your locker room, they become your family. 

"I’ve been on SmackDown since the inception of the draft back in 2016, so this is all I’ve known. I take pride in knowing SmackDown has always had a very positive locker room and great comradery. I take a lot of pride in that because I’ve only ever been on SmackDown. That is my locker room – the girls there, I love.

"I’m excited for Raw because I do feel like our locker room on Raw is gonna be great too, but I think people forget – Bianca did an interview and said Carmella and I are the glue that has held SmackDown together over the last year. And of course, there’s [the reaction] of, ‘Carmella? What does she do? All she does is lose and she sucks and this and that.’ People forget there’s so much more that goes on behind the scenes than what you just see on TV.

"I take pride in knowing Bianca can go out there and say that about me. That means so much to me. I think just being a part of this environment and locker room has been so special to me."

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