Australia Quote by Rhea Ripley

Scott Armstrong got me my tryout at the WWE Performance Center. I went there and got my tryout and it was one of the…

— Tessa Blanchard

Starting at 16 in Australia at Riot City Wrestling, I learned a lot about myself and wrestling in general.

— Rhea Ripley

I kept doing tryouts, and finally, after five years I got signed by WWE.

— Mickie James

I was 15 years old when I started wrestling full time, and I know what I had to go through to get here.

— Roddy Piper

When I was a teenager, a friend of mine got a job on a wrestling radio show in Montreal, and he found a local…

— Sami Zayn

I became involved in the Australian independent wrestling scene between the ages of 13 and 19. When I was 19, I left home on…

— Tenille Dashwood

I was the first WWE developmental talent. When I moved to Connecticut to start training, I had no idea what wrestling was other than…

— Mark Henry

I remember looking up wrestling schools at the age of 10, and I emailed so many people. The responses were that I had to…

— Sasha Banks

I started training at the Monster Factory, the ROH dojo, CZW, and I trained there. And eventually, I had a tryout with WWE.

— Matt Riddle

I went to my tryout in WWE, and I think within like six weeks, it was really fast for me, I was like down…

— Summer Rae

I trained at All Pro Wrestling in the U.S. Later, I signed up with the New Japan Pro Wrestling. Then WWE noticed me.

— The Great Khali

Back in 2004 I trained at an independent wrestling school and performed in front of crowds of around 200, then I got signed to…

— Wade Barrett