SG> How did you get involved in professional wrestling?
T> Well I was always interested in sports and wrestling and watched it on and
off through the years. As a professional stuntwoman I actually came across
professional wrestling a few times. The first was when a stunt coordinator that
I work for was working on a video game for the ECW and told me to come down
and hang out because he knew I was into wrestling. I had met Kid Kash and
Johnny Swinger and got to watch them work and see some tapes and get in the ring
myself, of course I loved it right away. Then I was asked to coordinate a film
about backyard wrestling, so I started looking into wrestling more to just
get some background knowledge to do the film and also thought to buy a ring to
have to train and use for the movie. I talked to some neighborhood kids that
were wrestling and they informed me about Mikey Whipwreck's school. I went
there to check it out, joined and that was the start of it all.
SG> Were you a pro wrestling fan growing up? Have any favorites?
T> I was interested in wrestling and watched it on and off. I don't really
watch much TV so it's hard to really be a big fan of anything, because I don't
keep up much with TV. I also don't really have favorites per say, I enjoy a lot
of different people for a lot of different things, just mainly study it and
watch it and learn and enjoy.
SG> How did you get involved with TNA?
T> I was training and working with the team Divine Storm and they were doing a
show for Wildside, Bill Behrens in Atlanta, so I went with them to work, hoping
to let them see what I could do too, because he was the connection for
getting dark matches at TNA. After that show they were invited to TNA for a dark
match, not really me, but I also tagged along hoping to work with them. They
didn't really want me, but let me go out with the guys and from there I was
working.
SG> What does TNA have to do to get more over with the fans?
T> Well I don't know if I'm the expert on this, I'm not in the business that
long to be telling people who have been in the business there whole lives, what
to do. I think TNA is always trying to improve on the quality of the product
and they have the knowledge and ability, they have a great crew and great
talent in the locker room and together we are all working hard to put out a great
product.
SG> How did you get the ring name Trinity?
T> I like the meaning of Trinity, it's a state of being three and when I
starting training, I wanted to learn as much as I could. Trinity tries to be
versatile in her skill, as a technical mat wrestler, high flying luchadore style and
brawler. And it has the religious connotation, it never hurts to have that
backing, God Bless.
SG> How long is your contract with TNA?
T> The company has just started entering into contracts with toy companies and
video game deals and just trying to get things going hopefully with a TV deal
too, so before the end of the new year much of the talent were to sign into new
contracts for the year and pending on what's to come with these deals that
are in the works.
SG> Thus far in your career, what has been the highlight? The low light?
T> Well as far as my wrestling career, even though it has been a short one, I
would have to say it's on been highlights so far because of where I got in such a
short time. I went into this very serious and worked very hard and set
goals. I knew where I wanted to go and that I wanted to get there fast and give it
all I got. TNA has given me such a great opportunity with the work that I
was doing. I got to get involved in great angles and be in the ring with great
talent. One of my main highlights was to have a match against Kid Kash. He
is the first wrestler I ever met in the business and that was a few years
before I got into the business and then being able to be in a company working with
him and then getting to be in the ring with him was great. The only really
low has to be my most recent injury, no injury is ever good, and I really have
taken great care of myself throughout my life and various risky careers so to
have gotten injured during a high point has been a bummer.
SG> Do you pattern your ring style after anyone?
T> I don't really pattern myself after anyone particular, I actually trained
with several people and watched many different wrestling tapes ranging from many
different wrestlers and styles. I want to just know as much as I can and be a
versatile as I can. And of course I love to take it to the extreme as much
as I could, having the stunts in my background.
SG> How was your experience working on the "Dare Devil" movie?
T> “Dare Devil” is a big name in movies and it was very exciting to be a part of
it, but working on anything in the stunt business is a great experience,
because sometimes I have done low budget films but more exciting stunts. I am more
about the stunt that I have to perform than the movie itself. That comes
first, but then yes, of course, big name movies are cool to be in, especially for
the residuals. I think that people just like to hear the big name movies that
you worked on more, but for me it's about the stunts.
SG> What do you think about women wrestling men?
T> I don't think that woman can just wrestle men, I think it doesn't and
shouldn't happen for the most part, I'm not against it, of course, but I think it
would have to be believable and it would take a tough woman to be able to get in
the ring with men. I don't think woman wrestling is bad, but it is not the
same as the men, by far yet, not because woman aren't talented, I think it's
more just lack of experience and ring time, but there are definitely talented
woman out there, but to take it up to the guys level, I believe it would have to
be believable. I think why it worked for Trinity is because of how they
developed her character, with the stunt background and for real, I am a tough chick,
even if I am not the best wrestler, I am very athletic and very tough so I
can and will and actually like the battle. And with the skills that I do posses
and my character, my battles with the guys were believable.
SG> Have you ever sent feelers to the WWE? Or have received feelers from
them?
T> I have only been in the business a short time so I wasn't at that point of
sending them anything, and I was so busy right of the bat when I got started so
I was very preoccupied and pretty satisfied with what I was doing and when I
got into TNA and the push they had given me, I was doing everything I wanted to
be doing and didn't feel the need to change directions.....yet, but I was
actually contacted before I thought of sending them anything. So that was
another actual highlight added to my career, the fact that they contacted me. I
felt great about that, but I was in contract at the time so that was that, then.
SG> Do you watch the WWE product? If so, what is your opinion of it?
T> I do watch the WWE, and again, that is when I'm even watching TV, which isn't
too often, I'm a very busy person. But, I do watch occasionally to check out
what's going on, it's like doing homework, I think that if you are in the
business you should be checking out what's going on in your field, so yes I do
watch and you know my opinion changes all the time about it, there are pros and
cons and it's the WWE so what do you say, they are the WWE, and again, I am
still very new to the business so I just pretty much keep my eyes open and mouth
shut and learn and do my best.
SG> In general, how do you feel women are portrayed in wrestling?
Now that I've been in the business and I pay attention, I don't know if you
can say, how woman are perceived, I think woman get the portrayals that they do
because how they are. And there are those that are serious and those that are
not, so when woman have a bad name in wrestling it's because of those woman
that give us a bad name and when woman are getting credited in wrestling it's
because of the ones that are serious about the sport and the product as a
whole. I think it's always been this way and always will be this way and it's
because of so many things, I can get into, but then that would probably be a whole
interview in itself. Like I say in many answers, I just do my thing, try to
be the best that I can be and put forth a great product.
SG> What is one thing that your fans might be surprised to learn about you?
T> Hmmm, I don't know if I'm really too full of surprises, like shocking things,
I'm pretty up front and REAL, not fake, so I don't know if I have too many
things that people would be too surprised about. Maybe one thing, because of the
stunts and wrestling, some people are surprised to know that I am very
educated, I have a masters in elementary education and am certified in elementary,
secondary business, physical education, Health and Technology, and have
Bachelor degrees in Accounting and Psychology.
SG> What are your career goals?
T> I am fulfilling my career goals right now with the wrestling and stunt work.
I used to make plans and set goals but I have reached most of my goals so now
with everything going so well I'm just taking things day by day. I plan to
wrestle for a long while, and always have some other business ventures going on
to make money. So for right now I don't have any major plan set. It's still
so early in this career so I think I am just doing what I'm doing and seeing
how it progresses and then I will set some goals down the line again.
SG> What are your hobbies/Interests outside the ring?
T> Hobbies and interests are so many, I usually tell people to just refer to my
resume when asked this question. Being a stuntwoman for so long, I just had
to and wanted to do as many things as I could so I tried so many things in my
life. I'm like that saying Jack of all trades, master of none, but I'm pretty
good at all the things that I do. Right now everything is about the ring, so
I train a lot and do whatever I need to do to keep up with things for
wrestling. I do have a horse so that is a lot of work and responsibility so that is a
big interest and hobby I would say. I also love golf, so I do try to get
that in as often as I can. Like I said I used to do everything and anything I
could get my hands on, but when you set goals and set forth in a career it does
take a lot of your time so then you can't do everything all the time so a lot
of things get put on the back burner. See as a stunt woman, everything was
part of your job so that's what had me doing everything all the time, that was
part of my job, but even with that I started narrowing my activities down to
practicing driving a lot and fighting and learning more about the safety part of
the business.
SG> In TNA, how much input do you have with your character?
T> I don't know if you can really say I have input or not, but my character was
my character, which is very close to who I really am, but portrayed more of
like a super hero which I believe I am anyway, I am superwoman, I feel like that
with all I have done and accomplished in my life, and I'm not talking about
just the physical, I believe in balance, mind and body.
SG> Who would you most like to wrestle that you haven't yet?
T> I don't really think of who I want to wrestle that I haven't, I really just
want to wrestle so I want to wrestle anyone anytime. But yeah, I am partial to
the guys.
SG> What is the best part of the wrestling business? What is the worst?
T> The best part of wrestling is the wrestling and getting out there and doing
your thing, having fun and going for it, the worst part everything else, lol.
I guess with any business, for example the stunt business, I love doing
stunts, hate the business end, the politics and the BS, again that can be a
whole interview in itself.
SG> Outside of wrestling, what projects do you have lined up?
T> I have a movie coming up that I will be acting and doing stunts in, it's
called the Coalition. We start filming in March (www.ariolaproductions.com). And
I am always working on business ventures, always keeping busy, nothing really
specific in the works but I always try to let people know as things come up,
you can check out my site (www.trinitywrestling.com)
SG> What is your opinion of the other women involved in wrestling?
T> This questions is almost like the other one, with the portrayal of woman in
wrestling. I do see woman that just come into the business to be T&A and there
is obviously a want for that from the men in the business and fans as well
and then there are woman that work very hard to be wrestlers. To me this
business is the entertainment business if you are talking about the WWE and TNA, so
it's about a product and a package. There are those that are bitter because
they feel they are so good at wrestling but that is all they are thinking
about, not that's it's a business and it's about a product, a package, so they get
mad if others are getting somewhere that they are not, because they think they
are T&A, and then there are those that don't have any talent whatsoever and
are just wanting to get by on T&A, and there is opening for it all in the
business, because there are men in this business so they hire what they want for
whatever there reasons may be, and the problem with woman is, like in life, so
I'm not just putting this on woman wrestlers. Woman are so competitive and
caddy and they don't get along or stick together and they are jealous and bitter,
so you may find nice woman here and there and you're lucky if you do, but for
the most part this is a competitive business and woman aren't that nice to
begin with so add that this is a man's world, so what you get is what you get,
so to each his own. Like I say over and over, I just try to keep my focus, do
my thing and just try to have fun, be safe and be the best I can be. I have a
way I want to be perceived, I'm not trying to speak for all woman wrestlers,
I represent myself in the way I want to be perceived and that's just me.
SG> At this point in your career, what are you are strengths and what are
your weaknesses?
T> I still lack a lot of experience and ring time so that is always a weakness,
the men are in the ring every week, sometimes three or four times wrestling
all different guys and lot of the same ones all the time so they just have that
experience and lots of ring time, so that is a big advantage. Even if I am
working every week it's not always matches, so it's hard to always keep brushed
up, even if I am training, it's not the same as actually being in a show,
being in the ring with a crowd, the whole dynamics change, it's like going to the
driving range as opposed to playing a round of golf. So I always have that
against me as a female, and I'm sure I have others but I always am just trying
to train and learn and work hard so I try not to think of my strengths and
weakness, I try to just think of always trying to improve myself and be the best I
can be.
SG> Do you consider yourself a sex symbol?
I definitely do not think of myself as a sex symbol, but it's cool to think of
it. I have always been a tomboy my whole life so that is more natural to me,
the sexy stuff is fun because it's like playing dress up, I think of it as
fun so I'm not uncomfortable doing the sexy stuff, if I was taking it serious
and trying to be a sex symbol I think I would be very uncomfortable with that
role. What I like is that if I do look good and am sexy, the thing I like about
that is, I feel I'm a tough chick so that would mean you can be tough and
sexy, so I like that I made balance there.
SG> Where do you see yourself in five years?
T> I am never good at answering these questions, I am not a fortune teller, I
try to live for today, yes I like setting goals and having plans, but five years
is a long time. I want to be healthy and happy and success isn't so bad
either.
SG> Being a stuntwomen, is there anything you would never do or try?
T> I can't think of anything off hand that I wouldn't try, I wish I can try so
many more things that I might never get the chance to, so I don't think I would
say there was anything I wouldn't do or try. I would never want to pass up
an opportunity to try anything. I would love to try flying planes or
helicopters, better yet, and maybe hang gliding or even race car driving, even though I
feel like I am always doing that when I'm driving, lol.
SG> Do you have anything to say to your multitude of fans?
T> Oh god, the fans, they are great, I feel like it's all about them, because
without them we wouldn't be what we are. To my fans, thank you for all the
support you have given me, my fans have been so wonderful to me and I truly love
them from the bottom of my heart because if there is ever anything negative
going on they definitely don't let anyone take the fizzle out of my soda pop.
Here's to the fans, much love and appreciation.
