Naomi Speaks About Capturing Respect, Women's World Title At WWE Evolution

While speaking during the Evolution Post Show Press Conference, Naomi expressed her belief that a great deal of wrestling fans can connect with the journey she's been on over the past year.

“I think whether it’s wrestling or real life, I think we all experience moments or times in our life where we don’t feel appreciated, we don’t feel loved, we don’t feel seen, we don’t feel valued and sometimes, you have to adjust. You can’t keep doing the same thing, expecting a different result. Sometimes, you gotta stop being so nice and make people respect you and make people step to you properly and I think that’s what people resonate with."

Everyone has a breaking point, Naomi said. She reached hers ahead of Survivor Series: WarGames last November when she shoved Jade Cargill on top of a car windshield. It was a moment that led to a one-on-one match at WrestleMania 41 and Sunday night's No Holds Barred contest that saw Naomi take an avalanche Jaded through a table and leave with a busted up nose.

She'd feel much better by the end of the night as she walked out of Evolution with her first Women's Championship victory in WWE since 2017.

“Very emotional, very cool, very surreal," Naomi told The Takedown on SI about the moment she won. "To go to the back and just feel the love, that’s what touches me the most and what I enjoy and love the most is the reactions, you know what I mean? And just seeing so many new faces and talent but also… they’re like, ‘Oh, I been watching you since –’ we got a lot of NXT girls here — ‘I been watching you since Total Divas’ or, ‘I been watching you since NXT season three’ and just to see them get emotional and happy, it’s really cool." h/t Fightful

Next up for Naomi is a change of scenery. Her Women's World Championship victory means a move from SmackDown to Raw, and break from both Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair.