In a recent interview with Denise Salcedo, WWE NXT superstar Roxanne Perez discussed several topics, including her WWE tryouts, advice from current WWE RAW Women’s Champion Bianca Belair and much more.
Highlights of the interview are below:
On her WWE tryout process: “I did my tryout in December, a full-blown tryout in Orlando at the Performance Center and there was like fifty people, I didn’t get chosen from that tryout, so I got invited to a three-week tryout in February and that was pretty brutal, because I was at the Performance Center from like 7-8am to 8pm every single day. We were just training and basically, they’re trying to break you down to see if you’re going to quit or not and I was like, I am not going to quit, this is my dream. It was kind of a long process, but honestly, I am so glad that I got that second tryout, because I met so many great people there, I learned so much and learned so much about myself too. Now, I am finally here, so it was all worth it.”
On receiving advice from current WWE RAW Women’s Champion Bianca Belair: “I met a couple of the girls from the main roster, and they are all literally so nice, they are always open to giving advice and whatnot. I do remember that at my extended tryout, Bianca Belair was there and I asked her for some advice and honestly, her advice really stuck with me. Like I said, it was the second tryout and I had some thoughts like, what did I do wrong, and she was the one that told me, don’t be embarrassed to just go out there, and if you have a thought in your head and you think it’s too crazy, just do it. She basically said just leave it all out there with no regrets and that’s exactly what I did, I feel like I don’t even know if she realized it, but that helped me like so so much.”
On her success in WWE NXT to date: “It’s crazy, it’s surreal, because I am only 20 and I have done a lot in my wrestling career, but it’s just so surreal to me, because I would have never thought, when I was younger, I always knew that I was going to be a WWE superstar and there were no and’s, if’s or but’s about it, but I never thought that I would be the freaking WWE NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion within four months. It just fuels my love for the WWE and this business, it just makes little 10-year-old me so so happy, because I am proud, because I never thought this would be happening so fast, I am thankful.”
The interview is available in full at this link.
