In an interview with Ryan Satin as part of the Out Of Character podcast, WWE RAW superstar Candice LeRae discussed several topics, including her time as part of the Pro Wrestling Guerilla (PWG) promotion, how it changed her life and more.

“I always look at that time in my life as just being lucky, I don’t know I lucked into that, but I felt like I was told no there a lot. They did not have women’s matches, there were no women that were going to wrestle there, and I was just kind of one of those, I’m very stubborn, I’m very, very, very stubborn, my husband will tell you.

I’m so stubborn and I just kind of was like, well why not, why can’t women wrestle here, and so my stubbornness got me a yes from a lot of no’s and it was every day for a year asking, hey so can I have a match, no, alright, hey can I have a match, no, alright and I don’t know, I guess when you really, really want something, you’re pushing, pushing, pushing and I think even though many people don’t know that part of my journey, I think when there’s all of a sudden a girl in the mix with a bunch of guys, for other women that’s empowering, because you’re seeing that and you’re like, well there were no women, now there’s women.

That’s hope. Like you said, I got to work with some of the most amazingly talented people and the knowledge that I got from them, the experience I got, it just changed my whole life, really, it did.”

The full interview is available at this link.