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She is one of the meanest female superstars which the WWE has seen in a long time. Her run on the main roster has seen her achieve a lot in her career in a very short space of time. Alexa Bliss is the first woman in the history of the WWE to win both the SmackDown Live and Raw Women's Titles.
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This makes it very clear that she has had an eventful career within the WWE, but Little Miss Bliss has had an even more eventful life before she became a WWE superstar.
Fans are so used to seeing Alexa Bliss play the role of a mean heel that it is very difficult to think of her as being anything else.
The truth of the matter is that her background is one of the most interesting of all the WWE superstars and there is a lot more to Alexa Bliss that meets the eye.
This article will take a closer look at Bliss and discuss five reasons as to why she is the first of a new kind of Diva within the WWE.
#1 She got her surname by accident
In case you didn't already know this, Alexa Bliss' real name is Alexis Kaufman. Her real name makes it easy for fans to understand where the name Alexa came from but the story behind how Bliss would become her surname is a rather interesting one.
If you remember her from her NXT days, Bliss was originally a sweet and friendly southern girl who used the catchphrase 'Bless your heart'. However, her accent made the word 'bless' sound more like 'bliss' and this was something which the WWE began to notice.
Her pronunciation of the world 'bless' as 'bliss' started to catch on with the fans as well. It was due to this that the WWE decided to go ahead with the name Alexa Bliss.
#2 Her mother was against the idea of her becoming a WWE Superstar
During a documentary produced by the WWE, Alexa Bliss' mother revealed that she was completely against the idea of her daughter becoming a WWE superstar.
As far as her mother was concerned, her daughter would be beaten and bruised by muscle-bound female superstars.
She even went as far as to use Chyna as an example of the type of superstar which the WWE wanted and the type of superstar which Bliss would become victim to.
Bliss was determined to make her dream of becoming a WWE superstar a reality. In the end, it would so happen that Bliss fell into the image of what the WWE wanted their female superstars to look like and become a sensation in the women's division.
This is something which highlights her commitment to being a superstar and changing the way in which women were perceived within the WWE. Before the Divas revolution began, being a woman in the WWE either meant that you were an overly muscular female or that you were someone who was there to have your sexuality exploited for entertainment.
Bliss showed that being a Diva means a lot more than that and that size does not matter when it comes to following your dreams in the WWE.
#3 Her doctors once gave her only 24 hours to live
Many people are not aware of this fact but Alexa Bliss was given only 24 hours to live when she was a teenager.
Alexa Bliss had been going through a severe eating disorder from the age of fifteen. It got so bad that her parents were actually forced into tricking her into a hospital visit.
That visit to the hospital would shock Bob and Angela Kaufman regarding the true state of health which their daughter was in - both mentally and physically.
Medical staff had indicated that Alexa's vital signs were poor and that she was facing death unless someone intervened quickly. Thankfully, this would prove to be a huge turning point in her life and would serve as the stepping stone to her eventual WWE success.
There are not many people within the WWE who have such an experience to draw from when it comes to what inspired their journey into the WWE.
#4 She was a bodybuilder before coming to the WWE
Her near-death experience during her childhood would lead her to tackle her body issues in a more beneficial way.
A relapse in college led to Bliss seeking the assistance of personal trainers Natalie Call and and Mike Davies. This saw Bliss change her lifestyle and move away from the idea which she had about starving herself and having a poor perception towards her body.
Her diet improved and she would begin to eat properly at home as well as keep a strict watch on the types of foods which she ate. This is something which she continues to do to this very day which has seen her transform her body with tremendous success.
Weight training was something which also became incorporated into her lifestyle and eventually led to her entering the Arnold Classic competition.
This story proved to be inspirational to many fans as well as superstars within the WWE and highlighted just how powerful a proper support structure can be and how it can inspire massive changes in one's life.
This has also given Bliss the ability to execute her moves with a lot of power for someone of her size. She has a lot of confidence in the ring and rarely ever looks as if though she is at a a disadvantage because of her size.
#5 She was at WrestleMania 30
Alexa Bliss was fortunate enough to have made a WrestleMania appearance even before she made her main roster debut. There are not many superstars who can say that.
Triple H was competing at WrestleMania 30 and he wanted to give some of the female superstars from NXT some time on a big stage before they eventually made their way onto the main roster.
He approached Sasha Banks, Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss as three candidates for the role. The three superstars would eventually be the ones chosen for the event and Bliss displayed such tremendous poise and confidence during her first time on such a big stage that it is not difficult to see why the WWE would eventually give her such a massive push.
For those of you wondering who she is in the picture, she is the girl on the left.
This is something about Bliss which has been known for a while, but what it does do is highlight just how much the WWE were keen on Bliss being a top contender within the women's division.
Bliss has achieved more than both Sasha Banks and Charlotte Flair in her time on the main roster and there is still a lot left for her to do.
She was a thoroughly entertaining Women's champion on both Raw and SmackDown Live and it won't be long until she wears the belt again.
