Bayley sends heartfelt message to 36-year-old ahead of major showdown on WWE SmackDown

Bayley sent a heartfelt message to a popular WWE star ahead of their clash tonight on WWE SmackDown. The Role Model lost the WWE Women's Championship to Nia Jax last month at SummerSlam.

Last week on SmackDown, Bayley and Naomi pinned Nia Jax at the same time during a high-stakes tag team match. As a result of the controversial finish, the former leader of Damage CTRL will be squaring off against Naomi tonight in a singles match. The winner of tonight's match will go on to challenge Nia Jax for the WWE Women's Championship at Bad Blood.

Ahead of tonight's episode of SmackDown in Oklahoma City, the 35-year-old took to social media to send a heartfelt message to her opponent. Bayley shared an image of herself and Naomi at the San Francisco 49ers NFL game over the weekend and added a five-word message, as seen in her post below.

"May the best sister win. 🍻," she wrote.

TBS Champion Mercedes Moné, formerly known as Sasha Banks, and Tamina also attended the 49ers game this past Sunday.

Bayley names former WWE star as her first crush

SmackDown star Bayley recently admitted that she used to have a crush on Matt Hardy.

Speaking with Dr. Chris Featherstone in an exclusive interview with Sportskeeda Wrestling, Bayley shared that she was a fan of The Hardy Boyz growing up. The former champion noted that her sister preferred Jeff Hardy, but she disagreed.

"Matt Hardy. It started because I was a huge fan of The Hardy Boyz and my sister Brenda thought that Jeff Hardy was the hotter one. She's like, 'He's the hot one of the two' and I feel like everybody was like, that was the more popular opinion. But to me Matt Hardy was really... No, I like the beard and I think in the ring he moves better. So it became a thing with me and my sister and that's really what fired it up." [From 00:57 to 01:23]

You can check out the interview in the video below:

Tiffany Stratton is aligned with Nia Jax on SmackDown but could potentially cash in her Money in the Bank contract for a title match at any moment. It will be interesting to see how long The Irresistible Force can hold onto the title moving forward.