Since winning the Queen's Crown tournament (Queen of the Ring, basically), Zelina Vega has started using what sounds an awful lot like an Australian accent on SmackDown each week.
As King of the Ring, The New Day's Xavier Woods surprisingly hasn't gone full-blown comedy character, but Vega does appear to be embracing that King Booker-style approach to her win. That's not a bad thing, of course, but what's the deal with that accent? During a recent interview, Vega attempted to explain her approach to this regal gimmick.
"I didn’t want to do anything too similar to him because no one will ever be King Booker and Queen Sharmell. They’re untouchable in my eyes," she explained. "I remember talking to Vince about an accent and I don’t even think he knew that I can actually kind of do an accent."
"I’ve been trying to make it sound worse and worse every time I do it. It’s an added layer which makes it more fun," Zega continued. "People keep tagging me saying, ‘That’s not how we do the accent, or that sounds a bit Australian all of a sudden.’ I’m like, ‘Yea,h that’s the point. I want you to not like it. I’m the bad girl. You’re not supposed to like me.’"
Doing a bad English accent in front of an American crowd is certainly one way to try and get heat, and it will be interesting seeing how Vega fares with this new gimmick moving foward.
Check out the full interview below: