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Indiana Fever icon Caitlin Clark is receiving her flowers from some of the WWE's biggest superstars.
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Feb 2, 2025; Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Former Iowa Hawkeyes player Caitlin Clark speaks after the game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against the USC Trojans. The Hawkeyes retired Clark’s jersey after the game. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images
Feb 2, 2025; Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Former Iowa Hawkeyes player Caitlin Clark speaks after the game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against the USC Trojans. The Hawkeyes retired Clark’s jersey after the game. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images | Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images

Every professional athlete surely wants a sliver of the superstardom that Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark has in spades.

This was made apparent with the NBA's attempt to get Clark to participate in a three-point shooting contest during the 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend, which Clark respectfully declined.

However, Clark was still a topic of discussion during the NBA's 2025 All-Star festivities, which was made apparent when WWE superstar Bayley showed her love during an interview with Yahoo! Sports.

Yahoo! Sports' TikTok account posted a video of them asking Bayley, "Which men's and women's basketball players would have the best WWE superstars?"

"Well, you know, Caitlin Clark is hot right now, right? I think I'm gonna have to, might sound cliché, but I think I'm gonna have to go with her," Bayley said.

"She just has like that killer instinct in her eyes, and I think she would fit in really well with our crazy talented locker room right now."

When discussing the men's side, Bayley said, "I just mentioned Jimmy Butler, I think he has the personality for it. He's got that crazy charisma that we all want to see out of WWE superstars, so those would be my top two."

Last year, Bayley's WWE colleague Bianca Belair extended Clark an invite to participate in the 2025 Royal Rumble, which took place in Indianapolis. And the legendary Seth Rollins compared Clark to Michael Jordan during an appearance with ESPN last summer.

While Clark didn't accept Belair's 2025 Royal Rumble offer, perhaps Bayley's endorsement of her abilities will be enough to convince No. 22 to debut in the ring at some point.

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Grant Young covers Women’s Basketball, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on USF’s Division I baseball team for five years. However, he now prefers Angel Reese to Angels in the Outfield.

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