Competing Against Veterans
She noted that she was competing against wrestlers who had much more experience. “I’m like 26 years old, and I’m competing against Soraya Paige, Emma, Sasha, and Bayley. Bayley was 22 years old and had already wrestled for seven years, so it’s like, if these girls were 7-10 years old, and they’re like, 21, 22, 23, and I’m like, okay, 30 is around the corner. Like, it’s gonna take me 10 years to get really good at this,” Perry detailed.
Perry chose to focus on a different goal. “So yes, I want to wrestle, but I want to be iconically great. And I’m like, Okay, there’s this I can become iconically great,” she said. Even after Vince McMahon wanted her to wrestle more, she trained for 200 days a year at the “dungeon” with Natalya, which still did not result in a championship.
Perry now looks at her career with perspective, noting that not everyone wins a championship ring and that people can still “live your dreams and have a great livelihood”.
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