Booker T praises Roxanne Perez.
Roxanne Perez started training with WWE Hall of Famer Booker T at his Reality of Wrestling school when she wad 16 years old. She went on to have a prominent run in Ring of Honor before she joined WWE. Perez has since become a two-time NXT Women's Champion. She is now making a name for herself on WWE Raw, as she has qualified for the Women's Elimination Chamber.
Speaking with Jon Alba for The Takedown on SI, Booker T noted that Perez was the ideal WWE developmental talent.
"She's exactly what we're striving for, as far as coming in and picking it up. But Roxanne Perez, who started learning television wrestling at 16 years old. She's, that's all she's known, is working television. She's, I mean, she worked out there on the independent scene for a second. But all she's known is television wrestling, and I think that's why she's had such a great rise in WWE is because, you know, I watch her and just the small, little bitty things that her and I have talked about so many times," Booker T said.
Booker T also said that Perez would still come to him for feedback, and he would tell her that he didn't see anything, so they would try again the next week. He then highlighted his general approach to working with young talent.
"It is kind of crazy because, she comes back to me, or she would come back to be on a weekly basis and go, you know, 'what did you see?' I go, 'man, I couldn't see anything. Let's try next week.' She'd come again, and I did. So that's what, I think what we're trying to work with and get to the point with these young guys to where they can learn it, get comfortable with it because it is very technical. It is very difficult," Booker T said.
Perez recently discussed wrestling on TV. Check out her comments here.
Check out what Perez had to say about her time in Ring of Honor here.
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