Liv Morgan (@YaOnlyLivvOnce) is a professional wrestler with WWE. She sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Las Vegas, NV to discuss winning the Women’s Royal Rumble after being in the match every year since it began, the upcoming WWE Women’s World Championship match against Stephanie Vaquer, her return from injury at Survivor Series and her low blow John Cena, why she believes she and Dominik Mysterio are the greatest couple in WWE history, her memorable NXT debut and much more!
This is your eighth WrestleMania. How’s that feel?
“Iconic. We’re just going, and we’re just getting better matches every single year.”
Do you feel the pressure going into this one?
“Not right now, and not in a bad way. I don’t know. I feel like since I’ve come back from my injury, I’m very much just trying to stay in the moment and be present. Obviously, WrestleMania is heavy on my mind, but I’m not feeling any anxiety or pressure yet. I’m just kind of taking everything day by day and just preparing as best as I can. So no, I don’t feel pressure right now in this moment.”
What happened with this injury, and did you immediately know something?
“Yeah, I just took a weird fall, tried to brace myself, which is stupid. As soon as it happened, I knew, just because you can’t feel anything. But first of all, it’s like such an intense pain, then it just goes away, and then you can’t feel anything because your shoulder is just not connected. So yeah, I knew. I rolled out the ring. I tried to pop it back in. Medical came and tried to pop it back in, and it was kind of just like, I can’t continue, I can’t do anything else. So I had to throw in the towel, which I hated. I think I tried to be really optimistic until my MRI news, I was like, I think I’m okay, but I had done the same thing two years prior. So I knew it wasn’t okay, but I didn’t really want to speak it into existence.”
What a return at Survivor Series. The look on your face just sold that moment so perfectly.
“I don’t even know how I did that. My eyes, I was like, Whoa, dilated. I must have tapped into something right there. I don’t know. But yeah, it was so iconic, and I couldn’t have written a better return, and I mean that so wholeheartedly. I couldn’t, first of all, I would not even have come up with that myself that was so much more grand and special to me than anything I could have thought of myself. So I was just so happy and honored.”
Walk me through winning the Royal Rumble, and what that moment meant, eliminating Tiffany Stratton
“I’ve been in every single Royal Rumble since we started doing these in 2018. I think myself and Natalya are the only women that can say that at this point. I’ve had every position in that match. I’ve come out first, I’ve come out last. I’ve had the fastest elimination time. I’ve had the time for the shortest elimination. To finally be the bride and not the bridesmaid this year, and not only that, but to solidify myself a WrestleMania spot where I was able to pick a champion of my choosing. None of that is lost on me. Even 11 years in, none of that is lost on me. So I don’t know, I kind of felt like how I felt when I won the Money in the Bank match. Just kind of like, overwhelming awe and gratitude and it just being so surreal that all I can do was just look out into the audience, just because I wanted to really remember that feeling and try to, like, I said, just be really present in the moment. So it was a dream come true.”
You are on a whole new level over the last two or three years. Do you recognize it too?
“For sure, yeah, I’ve been saying, ever since the Liv Morgan Revenge Tour, I feel like I’ve just, been able to tap into something else. I think I just really needed something to sink my teeth into, and that was that for me. Then I feel like I just understood everything better after that.”
Then you and Dom being paired together leveled both of you up. What is it about that chemistry that works so well?
“I think, ultimately, we just understand the assignment. I feel like the fans love to hate us, or they hate to love us. It’s such an intriguing, complex, messy, wholesome, love story that we haven’t seen for a while, and I feel like the audience really loves that. I think, honestly, we’re just iconic. I know I say that word a lot, but we’re just iconic together. I think we are the greatest couple in the history of WWE. I’m not just saying that. I mean that wholeheartedly. We’re better than Becky and Seth, we’re better than AJ and CM Punk. We’re better than Macho Man and Miss Elizabeth. I stand on that. I feel like we’ve resurged couples in WWE. What couples were couples before Dominik and I? Now you have tons of people coupling up, trying to do what we do, but they just can’t.”
I feel like fans are so used to seeing you in this role now, but if we go back to your NXT debut, Tyler Breeze is making his entrance, and you’re a crazed fan who jumps out and jumps on him.
“I guess I’ve always been a little bit crazy, huh?”
What was your gimmick even at that time?
“I don’t think I had one. I think that was my very first feature on WWE TV, and I think they just wanted to have someone obsess over Tyler Breeze, so they chose me and I was like, okay. It was just very, we’re gonna give you a little spotlight on this takeover I just started. I probably was there for like, two months maybe. So I was surprised. I was like, okay, yeah, I totally will do it. I just got a phone call while I was at home, ‘Come to rehearsal,’ and I was like, why? And they’re like, ‘We have something for you.’ I was just like, okay, and it was just that. Then I think I was also in his entrance a couple of months later.”
So how did you become Liv Morgan?
“I walked into work one day and they were like, ‘Okay, you’re either Liv Morgan or Liv Gallow, pick.’ I was like, oh. I had known we had Luke Gallows at some point in time there, he wasn’t employed in that moment in time when I was there. But I had known of him and his history. So I was like, I’ll be Liv Morgan, and that was really it. I never really liked Morgan, now I like it. But I remember, first time signing an autograph, I was like, I’m just gonna sign Liv, and that’s all I’ve done. That just stayed with me my whole career. Only because I didn’t like Morgan.”
Do you have a favorite moment from the last 11 years? One that you come back to, one that maybe replays in your head.
“No, and not in a bad way. But no, I don’t think that there’s a moment that stands out to me multiple times. I just feel like my career as a whole, I guess I think of so many moments in my career as a whole. I just feel like, I don’t know, I’m just so grateful, really, I’m just so f*cking grateful. I don’t know how else to put it, I just feel blessed. I feel lucky. I feel like I’m living the life of my dreams.”
You were on the receiving end of one of Bianca Belair’s hardest, loudest hair whips ever. How long did it take for that to heal up?
“I had a scar for quite a while. Honestly, I haven’t looked at it in a bit. I still think I have a very bit of a tail end mark still. Also my back too. I have a scar on my back from some injury I had taken from the Elimination Chamber. So yeah, it scarred me up pretty well. But honestly, that’s like one of my favorite matches ever. That was one of my favorite matches ever, and like the final two with Bianca and I is one of my favorite moments. I feel like the audience really didn’t know who was going to take it. I think just that Chamber specifically in and of itself, with Jade and Naomi. I just think it was so well done. I think that was like one of the best Chamber matches, in my opinion, for the women.”
What is Liv Morgan grateful for?
“My family, my job and my health.”
Please support our sponsors:
ON LOCATION: Experience WrestleMania like never before with Priority Pass by On Location. Purchase your package now at https://onlocationexp.com/wwe
HELIX SLEEP: Flash sale! Go to https://helixsleep.com/cvv for 20% off sitewide!
COZY EARTH: Go to https://cozyearth.com/CVV for up to 20% off!
AMERICAN FINANCING: NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org. APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.196% for well qualified borrowers. Call 866-721-3300 for details about credit costs and terms or visit https://americanfinancing.net/Chris
BEAM: Go to https://shopbeam.com/INSIGHT and use code INSIGHT for up to 40% off Beam’s Dream Powder
DELETEME: Use the code INSIGHT to get 20% off your DeleteMe plan at https://joindeleteme.com/INSIGHT
FACTOR: Get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year with the code INSIGHT50OFF at https://factormeals.com/INSIGHT50OFF
PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/cvv
SEAT GEEK: Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/CVV Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount
NORDVPN: Exclusive deal! https://nordvpn.com/cvv Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee!
PRIZEPICKS: Download the PrizePicks app today and use code INSIGHT to get $50 bonus credit in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup!