Toni Storm recently appeared as a guest on the “Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia” podcast and spoke at length about her journey to WWE and what her goals are in the company, as well as her experience winning the Mae Young Classic tournament.
Featured below are some of the highlights of the interview.
On how she felt winning The Mae Young Classic: “It’s like a dream now, to be honest. Thank God there’s video evidence because otherwise, I wouldn’t have believed it. It was the biggest thing at the time that I had ever done, it was like, little Toni just casually on a pay per view winning a big tournament. I didn’t believe I was going to win until I was through the curtain because I was like if this changes, I’m going to be devastated. So, I just said nothing and went about it but it was the best moment of my life. It completely changed me because it was if I can do this, I can do anything.”
On her journey to the WWE: “I did a few tryouts. I did one when I was 18 and then another one when I was 20. I was with Progress and we were on Axxess, I think it was 2017. I was on Axxess with Progress and I guess they got to know me from there. I was then on the Mae Young Classic and it was winning the Mae Young Classic and then that sprang into NXT UK. It’s been a different journey for sure.
“After winning the Mae Young Classic I had challenged for the NXT UK Women’s Championship when I beat Rhea Ripley in January of 2019. It was my biggest accomplishment. It was pretty surreal because I felt like I had a lot of pressure on my shoulders because I was the foreign girl that had come to the UK and I just wanted to do everyone in the UK proud because everyone took care of me when I moved. So, I was like, okay, I’m going to be your champion now and I’m not going to let you down. It was a huge honor. It was an emotional moment for me because my mom and my sister were in the crowd.”
On her goals with the WWE: “I want to headline WrestleMania. It’s just always been the vision so I was like I have to make it happen because I have visualized it that many times. It motivates me [seeing women main event WrestleMania 2019] because every time I see it, I am at awe. Every Mania I’m like, I have to be there.”
Check out the complete Toni Storm interview from the Chasing The Glory with Lilian Garcia podcast below. H/T to WrestlingInc.com for transcribing the above Storm quotes.
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