The former Victoria Winner recently revealed that WWE gave her a month to learn how to wrestle before she signs up. Victoria impressed WWE officials with a video she submitted, and received a call two days later telling her about the position and when she should attend a meeting.
Victoria began training at Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW), and appeared on several television shows as an extra in 2000. After signing with the company, Victoria played heels for the major. part of her tenure and won the WWE Women ‘s Championship twice.
In a recent interaction with Chris Van Vliet, Victoria talked about her path to WWE and the feedback she received from a video package she sent to the company. (H / T. 411mania.com)
“I submitted my stuff. I paid $ 600 to do this VHS. I started it with energy – Lisa Marie Varon. There was music and all sorts of things, and it showed all my competition. showcasing exercises and stuff like that. I got feedback from Jim Ross and Kevin Kelly. They said, ‘We’ve never seen a video so professionally and a package was put like this.’ Living in LA, you know someone who owns the tools, you know someone who edits, “Victoria said.
“They said, ‘We want to meet you in 30 days.’ I said, ‘What do you see me doing? It’s not clear that I’m Torrie Wilson or Trish Stratus. I’m a bigger girl. “They said,’ We’ll see you wrestle. ‘So I went to pro wrestling school, and UPW came up. So I called them and said WWF wants to meet me and I have to learn how to do wrestling in 30 days, which I didn’t know. I thought it was normal – 5-6-7-8, Okay, you go here to the corner. I never thought in a million years that I would do that for 20 years. ”
Despite the limited time she had to learn the ropes, The Vicious Vixen found a successful career in WWE, where she met alongside other top female Superstars such as Trish Stratus and Mickie James.
Victoria will retain a post-WWE position
Published January 10, 2021, 10:58 IST