Report: Leva “Blue Pants” Bates Has a Ton of Heat

Leva “Blue Pants” Bates has become a cult hero of sorts in NXT, which was never more obvious than during her appearance alongside The Vaudevillians at “NXT Takeover: Brooklyn.”

Unfortunately, several other female performers currently working for the brand are not a fan of the treatment she’s been receiving and the luxuries she’s been afforded.

According to a recent report by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscription required), Bates has a ton of heat on her backstage which she doesn’t even deserve:

“According to one person in the company, Leva “Blue Pants” Bates has a ton of heat, and none of it is her doing. There is the resentment that she was flown to Brooklyn, put in an angle with the tag champs and Alexa Bliss that every woman on the roster would have wanted, that she has and sells her own merchandise and doesn’t have to split the cut, isn’t under contract so he’s not at the Performance Center going through all the daily training, and can do indies, and her rate has increased, so they believe she’s making more than they are, and being pushed more and getting over.”

“But HHH in NXT, totally unlike the main roster, goes with people who get over to the Full Sail crowd, and to be fair, as shown in Brooklyn, San Jose, Philadelphia, etc. that unlike the day after WrestleMania crowd whose actions are forgotten the next week on Raw, the Full Sail crowd leads the NXT crowd when it comes to reactions and getting people over wherever they go.”

Editor’s Note

It’s not even her fault, though. Jealousy, man.

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