Cathy Kelley Admits Not Having Stephanie McMahon Full-Time Is a Loss for WWE

Cathy Kelley isn’t just making waves on Monday Night Raw; she’s opening up about her path back to WWE and her big dreams within the wrestling world.

During an eye-opening interview with B4theBell, Kelley gave props to Stephanie McMahon and Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque for their roles in bringing her back to the company in 2022. “She [Stephanie McMahon] really is an advocate for so many women,” Kelley said, emphasizing McMahon’s impact on WWE’s female talent. “I think it’s a little bit of a detriment that we don’t have her there full-time right now, but, God, I love her so much.”

The WWE backstage interviewer didn’t hold back when sharing how instrumental McMahon was to her return. “She is the reason I came back,” Kelley revealed. “We had multiple conversations before I came back and she is the one that really encouraged me… It was her and Triple H, and they really took care of me the first time that I was there.”

Kelley also highlighted Triple H’s influence on both NXT and the main roster, saying, “So many of the things that Hunter implemented during that time I think are now bleeding over into Raw and SmackDown and we’re really, as fans, getting to reap the benefits of that.”

As a current member of the Raw broadcast team alongside Joe Tessitore, Wade Barrett, Jackie Redmond, and Lilian Garcia, Kelley is already a fixture in WWE programming, but her aspirations show she’s just getting started.