Roxanne Perez reveals the storyline that made her fall in love with wrestling
WWE star Roxanne Perez did an interview with Chris Van Vliet to discuss her wrestling career. Here are the highlights courtesy of ChrisVanVliet.com…
When she knew she wanted to be a wrestler: “I feel like it was a bunch of moments combined into one. But just everything about wrestling, the storytelling, the athleticism. I was big into sports when I was a kid, and then I loved theater and acting, so seeing them combine the two was really cool to me.”
The storyline that got her into wrestling: “I definitely remember one of the biggest storylines that made me really just love wrestling so much was The Rock versus John Cena, that once-in-a-lifetime match. Just the whole story, everything that went into it, all the things that came out of it. The Fruity Pebbles, The Rock going out there and singing songs on a guitar and all of that. It was just so cool to me.”
How old were you when you started training with Booker T? “I was about 16.”
Where does school fit into all this? “I was doing my homework on the bus, so yeah, I’d be with my laptop or all my papers, and then once I got to 17-18 years old, is when I was a senior in high school. So I was also doing college classes at the same time. That was tough, because it was like I was doing an indie show and then finishing my match and running to the back and trying to finish a test online in the back with everybody around me. I’m like, I gotta finish this by 11:59.”
On first working with Booker T: “That was really, really cool. Because I was a big fan of Booker too, and so starting to work with him at 16, and then having Sharmell there too. I love Sharmell. I was still a kid, so going over there and not really knowing anybody, but having Booker and Sharmell, they’re basically kind of like my second parents. She always says, ‘Yeah, I’m like, your mom.’ But yeah, it was awesome. I am really grateful that Booker saw me as a scrawny, 16-year-old kid and was like, okay, I see something in her, and I feel like she’s taking this seriously. I’m gonna take her seriously too.”