“I feel like my whole career, up until after my injury — I didn’t come from entertainment, I don’t have a wrestling family, I’m not a division-one athlete. And so I think I almost had like imposter syndrome for a very long time. Not feeling like I deserved to be here or that I earned to be here, but I loved it so much. I grew up a fan of WWE since I was five years old. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. But I think I struggled for a long time just feeling like I don’t fit the bill."
“And it wasn’t until I had my time off during my injury that I got to just really sit with myself for the first time in the last 10 years of my life. I’ve been with WWE since I was 20 years old. And so, to just have no schedule and to just really like sit with myself — I feel like it did wonders for my mental health, my confidence. And so when I came back, I felt so different. And I just knew I was ready now.”
