WWE NXT star Tiffany Stratton was interviewed by Sam Roberts on the Notsam Wrestling podcast. We have some transcribed highlights below. Be sure to scroll down on this page to hear the entire interview.
If she was surprised that she is in the WWE Video Game:
“I’m not used to it yet, but it was only a matter of time before this all happened. I’m not surprised at all. Honestly, it should have happened earlier, but whatever.”
On being a gymnast, a bodybuilder, and now a wrestler:
“Everything in my entire life has kind of come very easy to me. I’ve always picked things up very quickly. I don’t do things unless I’m 100% in. If I’m not 100% in, I’m not going to do it. I don’t do it at all.”
If her gymnastics has helped her transition into becoming a wrestler:
“I see a lot of gymnasts that have come into the PC and they pick it up immediately. I think there’s a trend with gymnasts and becoming professional wrestlers that really blends well. So I think gymnastics really gives me the leg up. I have really good body awareness. I know what my body can do and what my body can’t do. I think that helps a lot in wrestling. The discipline part of gymnastics, if you start at a young age, it breeds discipline into you like no other. I feel like if you’re a gymnast at a young age and you go into a different sport, you’re gonna pick it up no matter what because gymnastics teaches you coordination, discipline, hard work, flexibility, all of that. So gymnastics has set me up for life.”
If she was familiar with pro wrestling before she got into NXT:
“It was entirely new. I had no idea what I was getting myself into.”
If developing her character was easy for her:
“Yeah, I’ve always had a very strong personality. I’ve always had a big aura. I’ve always just kind of been myself unapologetically and frankly, it’s worked with wrestling. I think wrestling is a lot of the things that I’m good at. I’ve got the athleticism. I have a personality. I can talk. I can cut a great promo. I can talk some crap. I just think professional wrestling is everything that I am good at.”
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