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LAS VEGAS – Johnnie Robbie will participate WrestleMania week arsenic a comparative chartless and rising pro wrestling star, but erstwhile nan particulate settles successful Las Vegas this week, fans will surely cognize who she is.
Robbie is simply a California autochthonal who has trained astatine New Japan Pro-Wrestling and has made little appearances astatine Ring of Honor and All Elite Wrestling. She will participate nan week arsenic West Coast Pro wrestling’s women’s champion. She will person astir a half-dozen matches complete nan people of nan week, headlining nan company’s show and competing successful respective others.
She opened up to Fox News Digital astir her inheritance and really she sewage started.
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Johnnie Robbie hits Persephone pinch a crossbody from nan apical rope. (Courtesy Marc Blair)
"I watched it a spot arsenic a kid," Robbie said of getting started successful pro wrestling. "Kinda fell disconnected of it. Then, my champion friend sewage maine into it and past I started rewatching it again. And past I conscionable thought I alternatively do it than watch it. A small spot astir Johnnie Robbie – she’s conscionable kinda doesn’t return thing from anybody.
"I travel from Chicano roots – nan measurement I was praised beautiful much. From nan sneakers that I deterioration to nan measurement that I’m dressed, you tin spot that it’s streetstyle and immoderate group whitethorn beryllium reminded of location it."
Robbie said she initially started training arsenic a referee earlier she was capable to person much bookings.
"My champion friend, for illustration I said, he was like, ‘Oh, fig retired really to go a wrestler because you’re ever saying you want to beryllium thing caller each day,’ and this was thing I dug for and tried to find a schoolhouse because it is kinda difficult to find a school, particularly here successful LA because location conscionable a fistful of them," she said. "I started training and past I wasn’t picking up arsenic overmuch arsenic everyone other and my trainers astatine nan time, they suggested I go a ref until I’m fresh for my main debut. I judge that’s really they did it – they schoolhouse they came from, they would do that. I took nan thought from there."
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Robbie told Fox News Digital she is trying to amplify her roots erstwhile she comes to nan ring.
She said nan cogwheel she wears from head-to-toe each person thing to do pinch wherever she’s been and her background.
"I’m present for a bully clip and truthful I’m irked aliases I’m p---ed disconnected and I thin to get p---ed disconnected very easily. I deliberation I thin to show that in-ring. I person a speedy temper and if I’m connected top, I kinda get, I don’t want to opportunity cocky, but I get existent comfortable," she said. "I deliberation mostly what you spot is personification not arsenic large arsenic everyone other aliases conscionable beryllium capable to return hits and conscionable nan measurement that I move successful nan ring,
"I deliberation that comes crossed good successful position of … One of my champion friends, Alan Breeze, I go, ‘I don’t cognize what my style is,’ and he’s like, ‘You’re a small pitbull, you’re a small dog, you’re conscionable for illustration messy.’ You’re style is, I deliberation he said, ‘Scrappy.’ I deliberation that comes into play erstwhile I’m wrestling. You tin spot that. Like I said, I propulsion from nan measurement I was raised by a bunch of, ‘Cholos.’ Just for illustration I said, nan Chicano lifestyle. I deliberation you spot a batch of that erstwhile I’m successful nan ring."
Johnnie Robbie feels nan wrath of Persephone successful nan ring. (Courtesy Marc Blair)
Robbie stressed that being capable to stock her inheritance pinch nan group that travel to her shows is important to her and really overmuch of a quality it makes.
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"I personally emotion it because are sometimes group are like, ‘Oh, you’re conscionable kinda cool,’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah, no, you conscionable don’t get it because you ne'er seen it before.’ As opposed to erstwhile I’m present successful LA aliases up northbound successful San Francisco pinch West Coast, I person nan small girls that look for illustration maine aliases I person fans that are older and they’re like, ‘Oh my God you punctual maine of my sister, you punctual maine of my tia,’" Robbie said. "Little girls spot themselves successful maine aliases they spot their bigger sister successful me.
"So, I deliberation it’s whether you not recognizing wherever I travel from aliases it’s nan small kids seeing it aliases it’s nan group who grew up for illustration maine seeing it, that conscionable makes a difference. I’m conscionable happy to beryllium that personification you’re reminded of location because moreover if you’re not acquainted pinch nan measurement I was raised opposed to a small woman retired present successful LA, you’re still now being introduced to it. So, I bask nan truth that, ‘Oh, this is what they mean by that.’"
Robbie said she will beryllium successful six matches during nan week, but it wasn’t her first play.
She said she had hoped to do astatine slightest 3 matches and put connected value shows, until much group started to telephone her to wrestle astatine their shows. The hustle mentality is simply a driving unit for Robbie.
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"I deliberation we’re each hustling … But I was look at, immoderate instrumentality made a database of everybody who had matches, and I retrieve reasoning coming in, like, ‘Oh, I only want possibly 3 matches this year,’ because past twelvemonth I deliberation I had conscionable arsenic many. I want value complete quantity," Robbie said. "I didn’t want to beryllium complete aliases nether booked. And then, I conscionable getting these opportunities, large names aliases group I’ve ever been wanting to wrestle. I was like, ‘Oh, well, OK, I guess, I’m free, so. …’ It’s ‘Mania week and I’ve just, I don’t moreover cognize really to explicate it. You want arsenic galore matches arsenic you tin perchance person because moreover if you’re not trying to, you conscionable support getting these opportunities because everyone from each complete nan world is here.
"If you’re not retired location having galore (matches), aliases if you’re conscionable not retired location astatine all, I would dream you would for illustration to get retired there. I cognize its difficult – it’s a full week off. Hustling successful wide for me, that hustle mentality, are you giving it your each successful position of what you tin do? If I could do was 3 matches and I did everything I could do is person those 3 matches and get to WrestleMania week that is bully enough. … It’s OK to miss it arsenic good because nan hustle is still going connected on nan different side. What tin you do if you’re not showing up for that week? To me, I usage each infinitesimal and each opportunity to pursuit aft immoderate it is while besides knowing that there’s limitations. As agelong arsenic you’re doing it and not whining and not doing it, to me, you’re hustling."
Johnnie Robbie appears successful a Ring of Honor lucifer against Persephone. (Courtesy Marc Blair)
Robbie will beryllium among nan dozens of wrestlers who will beryllium progressive successful matches complete nan people of nan week.
She will commencement her week pinch 2 matches connected Wednesday -- 1 astatine Pandemonium Pro Wrestling and different pinch Unapologetic Pro.
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Thursday night, Robbie will take sides nan West Coast Pro Women's Championship astatine their arena and past proceed connected to a Marvelous event. Then, she will beryllium looking for different loop astatine PrideStyle Pro arsenic well, going up against Chris Nastyy for nan PrideStyle World Championship connected Friday night. It will beryllium her first of 2 matches there.
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Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder editor for Fox News Digital.
