Toying Around Q & A (Toyfare - November 2000)

Toyfare: The Nitro Girls toys from Toy Biz appear to be dead. What'd you
think of the prototypes?

Byrne: I loved them. I was disappointed they're not going to come out.

T: What action feature should your toy have?

B: I think my hair should catch on fire. Or it would shootflames.

T: That might be a little dangerous, don't you think?

B: Yeah. It would be fun.

T: What was it like to perform in front of millions of viewers every week
on WCW Monday Nitro?

B: It was one of the most exciting experiences of my whole life. Words can't
explain the ongoing excitement, the changes, the fun, the adrenaline rush...
it was a great experience.

T: Do you have a favorite wrestler?

B: It's hard to say because I know all of them on a personal level. I think
Buff Bagwell was probably one of my all-around favorites because he's a
really fun person to hang out with, and he's very entertaining in the ring.

T: So tell us about what we're really interested in: those Nitro Girls
slumber parties.

B: The one thing about the Nitro Girls is that we were an unusual group of
girls. For a group of girls our age, you normally find a lot of cattiness
and jealousy and fighting over the camera. But the Nitro Girls were all like
sisters. We got along remarkably well for our different personalities, and
we were extremely close. We could talk about anything. There was a degree of
intimacy there, and I think that's what made us stand out.

T: What happened to the Nitro Girls? You're off the team, and they're not
even on TV that much anymore.

B: We had a new director of the team come on board, they replaced Kimberly,
and to make a long story short, that was pretty much the beginning of the
end of the Nitro Girls. The new director had different opinions on what the
team should be and she didn't feel like I was part of that plan, so it was
her decision to let me go.

T: Now that you're doing comic conventions, do you notice a difference
between comic/toy fans and wrestling fans?

B: Comic fans are very different from wrestling fans. They're not nearly as
crazy and loud and maniacal. They're a lot quieter, a lot more reserved and
a lot more serious. But both groups definitely take their hobby very
seriously.

T: Would you ever date a guy who insisted on hanging Star Wars Figures on
the bedroom wall?

B: I don't think so. It wouldn't go very well with the decor in my room.
Maybe if he painted, like, stars and moons and stuff on my ceiling now that
I would like.

T: Will you give Nitro Girl Spice all the poems we wrote about her? There's
about 500 or so.

B: No. I don't get involved in third-party fan mail distribution.