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Former WWE broadcaster Kayla Becker spent eight years with the company before leaving to expand her view of the sports spectrum in general.
Becker recently partnered with BZZR as she continues her radio career. Pro wrestling fans who tune in to Becker’s sportscasts are sure to be reminded of the days she was behind the broadcast desk for pre-shows, backstage for interviews or even ring announcing.
She explained how she was able to land the WWE gig in a recent interview with Pakinomist Digital. She said she was hosting a travel segment for a local station before someone from WWE reached out to her and asked if she would be interested in advertising.
“So I knew somebody who worked there and they knew who I was because I was an ‘Orlando personality.’ And they said, ‘Hey, would you be interested in joining our announce team. And I’ve never seen wrestling a day in my life. And I was like, I just don’t know, that’s where my career is going,'” she said. “And they sent me over there one day to Full Sail (University) where they did some recordings and immediately I was just blown away.
Kayla Becker attends the “Five Nights At Freddy’s 2” Premiere presented by Universal Pictures and Blumhouse at TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California on December 2, 2025. (Savion Washington/Getty Images for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse)
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“I was like this is the craziest, coolest world I’ve ever been a part of. All the wrestlers that were superstars, behind the scenes they were so cool, so knowledgeable, so exciting. So literally, I was like, let’s do it. Maybe I’ll be here for a year or two. And fast forward, eight years, basically, kicking out the door and screaming was the coolest part of my career bar none.”
For someone who had never watched wrestling in their entire life, being thrown into the WWE was like being thrown into the deep end of a pool when you’ve never swam before.
Becker got a treat.
She recalled to Pakinomist Digital the moment she was hooked.
“I think the first pay-per-view that I remember, maybe the first one I attended, was the Royal Rumble,” she said. “At that point, I think I was just participating. I was working there, but I still wasn’t on the main roster yet. So I just had to be there as a fan and the excitement in the build-up to a Royal Rumble, if you’ve never experienced it, there’s nothing like it. At that moment, I remember I got goosebumps and then I was like, wait, I’m going to be a part of this world, now I’m going to be a part of this. announce, which I did, I was a part of a lot of Royal Rumbles, I think that was probably one of the first moments I was like dang.
Becker’s job was very different from the athletes who performed in the ring.
Kayla Becker attends the HIM Training Camp Creator Event in Venice, California on August 5, 2025. (Tiffany Rose/Getty Images)
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She got a taste of doing in-ring announcing before becoming a backstage interviewer and jumping on pre-show broadcasts. She said she didn’t really enjoy her time as a ring announcer and felt she did better as a backstage interviewer.
“I think my first gig, I was an NXT backstage interviewer and I was doing ring announcing for house shows. So we would go around to the little armories around Florida and I would call and announce,” Becker told Pakinomist Digital. “And I’ve never been a good ringer. I’ve never really loved it. The fans, I’ve been gone two years, they love to remind me on Twitter that I wasn’t a good ringer. Okay, knock it down guys. You’re trying to do it. It’s not easy. But those days I think were some of the most stressful. Any ringer that you mentioned, Mike Taylor, we’ll tell you, Mike Taylor, Mike, I’ll tell you. for a while, it’s one of the hardest jobs, I think, across the board People underestimate the ring announcers and the judges, so on the fly, we don’t have cards, weights, monikers, until you get in there, you’re live. I remember this time I had to say, ‘The first one to be incapacitated,’ and you’re alive and honestly, would work gets decapitated, you cannot continue breaking.
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Kayla Becker attends the world premiere of “Black Phone 2” presented by Universal Pictures and Blumhouse at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California on October 8, 2025. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse)
“But as a backstage interviewer, as an actual ‘journalist’ in the company, it was very different. I think there was a lot more creativity that went into it on my end. I got to talk to the superstars, talk to the writers, how to best present the stories they’re trying to tell on screen. I think I had a lot more fun in that role because I think I had more fun telling a story versus a microphone.”
Becker credited John Cena’s mentorship with helping her become the best she could be in her position.
“Listen, John Cena will be synonymous with wrestling and Hollywood forever,” she said. “John Cena was one of the first mentor-type people I ever experienced when I first started in WWE. I would call and announce house shows and he would give me advice on how to get better and it kind of carried over the years. He’s such a great mentor and example backstage.”
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Now Becker will be front and center in all sports with BZZR as the new social media platforms look to bring sports fans from all fandoms into one place.
