WWE NXT newcomer Kacy Catanzaro recently spoke with TV Insider and below are some interview highlights.

On Alexa Bliss’ influence on her career:

“[Alexa] helped changed my perspective,” Catanzaro said. “She has been growing and rising so much the last couple of years that I’ve really been thinking about WWE and seeing if it would be possible.

“I’ve definitely been looking to her to fuel that drive. The ‘Five Feet of Fury’ and being tiny but bringing that fire. She gave me that extra push to show that I could do this.”

On making her TV debut at the last set of NXT tapings:

“I could feel that dream getting closer and closer,” Catanzaro said. “The live events are so fun. I love interacting with the crowd and getting that time out there.

“The TV tapings are bigger. There is more lighting, cameras and everything that goes into it that it does add to everything when you are out there. I remember coming out for my entrance and looking around thinking to myself, ‘This is what I want. I want to be out here. I want to entertain these people.’”

On which NXT star would do well on “American Ninja Warrior”:

“I would say Bianca Belair, because she is one of the most athletic people I’ve seen in real life,” she said. “Bianca just has great body control and is the strongest, fastest, toughest. Within all of that, she would do really well on the obstacle course.”