Izzy Moreno talks about the matches she's most proud of in her young career.
Still only 17 years old, Izzy Moreno, the WWE superfan-turned-pro wrestler, has already had the opportunity to be in the ring with notable names, including AEW's Thunder Rosa and KiLynn King, among others.
During an interview with Sean Ross Sapp, Izzy discussed the matches she is most proud of at this stage in her career and the benefits of working with such talented veterans.
"I've been so lucky to have these type of matches so early in my career, especially because I think getting to learn from them and getting allowing them to kind of steer the ship—and when I say that I don't mean like the ‘oh, yeah, just you plan the match.’ I don't mean it like that. I mean it in ‘what is your mindset,’ like ‘how do you plan your matches,’ ‘what's the storyline,’ and then like I can kind of insert myself where I need to be," she said. "I've been so lucky and also the other thing is getting to see how I match up with them and if I'm able to hang because that was my biggest concern. I think when I was going into my match against Thunder Rosa, I was like, ‘Okay.’ That was a pretty like rough time for me. Mentally, I wasn't like fully checked in, and I remember I was kind of mad at myself for that, but I was like, ‘Okay, Izzy, we got to lock in. We're about to face Thunder Rosa.’ I'm like, ‘What is this going to look like?’"
Izzy Moreno believes that she was able to hold her own against the former AEW Women's World Champion and remains grateful to Thunder Rosa for allowing her to learn and grow in those positions.
"I can like confidently say—and like, I don't mean this in like a rude way—I feel like I hung with her and that's honestly the match that I'm most proud of just because of the story, the story we were able to tell, how much the fans were invested in it and how it was talked about and the moment we created at the end," she said. "Because that was the last Mission show, and I wanted for her to really just show off Mission Pro and have that stage and like that platform for her, just to show how much work she's put into that brand. Also, to tell the story that we've been telling for the past few months leading up to that match. I've been so lucky, and honestly, a lot of those matches wouldn't be possible without Thunder trusting me and putting me in those situations. So I've been so lucky to be able to face those people. Those are some of my favorite matches from Tiffany, KiLynn, and Thunder. I adore them, and I'm just so grateful for those matches."
At this link, fans can read about a recent social media interaction she had with Mercedes Mone, formerly Sasha Banks, a wrestler who made her cry as a child.
Check out the full interview with Izzy, which is embedded above.
