Thea Hail says that Thunder Rosa helped get her in contact with a recruiter from WWE.
Since debuting for the company in 2022, Thea Hail has continued to improve as a wrestler both in and out of the ring. Hail would look to capitalize on the momentum on the July 30 edition of WWE NXT, as she'll challenge Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women's Championship.
In a recent interview with Pittsburgh City Paper, Hail recalled the moment when she decided to pursue the world of professional wrestling.
“I quit gymnastics, I quit cheer. I had no clue what I wanted to do with my life, and I was just scrolling through Instagram, and I always follow[ed] WWE. I always thought it was amazing, but I never really thought it was a thing you could do. I saw this video of Rey Mysterio, and I just put my phone down, and went, ‘I'm doing that.’”
Hail went on to talk about how her dad found her a wrestling school in Pittsbugh and how it led to her getting a match with Thunder Rosa on AEW Dark. Hail also noted that Rosa got her in contact with a recruiter from WWE.
“He found me a training school in Pittsburgh called the Stronghold Training Center, and then that was combined with the Iron City Wrestling Academy, and I trained at both of those schools,” Hail tells City Paper. “I ended up landing a dark [non-televised] match for AEW after having a seminar with QT Marshall, and I wrestled Thunder Rosa, and she got me in contact with a recruiter from WWE.”
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Special thanks to Pittsburgh City Paper for the quote(s).
