WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton details her transition into professional wrestling following her departure from gymnastics.
“I was a gymnast basically my entire life. I grew up doing gymnastics. I wanted to go to the Olympics, that was like my ultimate goal.
“However injuries and stuff like that had me fall short of that. Eventually I had to quit gymnastics, it was very sad, but I then took up crossfit and then did bodybuilding for a little bit.
“I wanted to do something a little bit more competitive, and I saw wrestling on Instagram. My mom and I too were scrolling through the channels and SmackDown was on, and my mom had mentioned like ‘that’s totally something I can see you doing.’
“Eventually I was like ‘you know what, I’m going to give it a go.’ I looked up my nearest pro-wrestling school, it was Mr Kennedy’s, and I signed up for classes.
“My mom actually got in contact with Greg Gagne, he agreed to train me and help me get a tryout. Then I tried out and they signed me a week later.”
(Sidewalks Entertainment)