As the division grew, she transitioned to Raw to compete, and ultimately won the WWE Divas Championship.
But when asked about her expectations, she said she was just grateful to even be there.
A lot of people can’t say they’ve been on WWE for even just a little segment.
So any little bit was just such a big deal, especially with my culture and everything.
So I was just appreciative of the whole entire ride.
Like, wrestling, I never thought I could be a part of wrestling.
There were just no women at my school, so I was just so happy."
“Because I could have been doing flips.
I kept thinking like, ‘What?
I was I’m like, Oh, okay.
I’m like, I do want to protect my joints.
I do want to protect my knees and stuff.
It’s about the art.
The company trusted me with that, and that was such an honor.”
But then the second injury is when he started dying down.
So that was an honor.
It means something."
Well, the biggest was always Sensational Sherri, because I watched ‘Glow.’
I love ‘Glow.’
It’s not their fault.
They were actresses and everything.
But if you look at it, the cat fighting.
She really just got slammed against that wall.
She got dropped to the floor.
She almost ripped out her hair for real!'"
“They worked hard to make it what it is.
But I give credit to everybody.
I also say Bull Nakano and Madusa because they were my inspiration for the I Quit match.
I watched this one match, and that one match stayed in my brain forever.
I wanted to recreate it.
I always wanted it.
As a kid, I thought, She’s hurting her.
Oh, my God.
She bent her in half.
That stayed with me, that feeling and that concern.
That’s why she ended up sitting on the floor and then doing it.”
“Sensational Sherri was it.
That woman did everything.
And she was in main events.
She was in every show.
She made it happen.
She was able to be there and know the psychology in a man’s world.
She was able to make it happen.
I thought it was so brilliant.
I loved her so much for that.
She entertained me, and she also taught me.”
Don’t assume that everybody knows you.’
I do that with life, too.
Some people get upset.
‘You don’t know who I am?’
‘No, I don’t.
I don’t know who you are.’
I’ll go watch you.
I’ll go Google and go watch videos' and stuff like that.
I love that he said, ‘We’re planting seeds everywhere we go.’
Every time you step into the ring, it’s a commercial for you, for your work.
I’m like, ‘Okay, that’s why I will never go into the ring.
I want to be better than the last time I stepped into a ring.'"
“I think that it’s better to do it now than never because it’s been so long.
It was just so heartbreaking to think this was the one-time deal.
Now we wait all these years and still nothing with all the talent that they have on their roster.
It’s just the camaraderie would be so beautiful.
It’s something that I feel like I would like to see every year.
I would really like to see that.”
The crowd went crazy for her, giving her the hero’s welcome she so rightfully deserved.
She’s such a great athlete.
It was just effortless, beautiful storytelling.
Then they came around and they told us, ‘Oh, yeah, we’re cutting everything out.
You just get thrown out.’
I was like, ‘Are you serious?
Do I at least get my entrance?’
And they’re like, ‘Let me see.
Okay, you’ll keep your entrance.’
I was like, ‘Thanks.’
And then as soon as I got out there and I heard the pop, I started crying.
Oh, my gosh, I couldn’t control it.
I was just like, I want to hug all of you.
I’d be okay, life fulfilled, because it was such a beautiful feeling.
You go through your career thinking, ‘Did I do enough?’
It’s hard to be at home thinking, ‘Are people going to forget you?
Are they going to replace you?
Is this the end of your career?
Does it even matter?
Did you do anything?’
Did you do anything that made a difference in wrestling?’
The character was so entertaining that they missed her and they loved her.
I wanted to hug each and every person because thank you for getting it.
I just I wanted to hug each and every one of them.
It was beautiful."
“That night at the Rumble, there was so much happiness and love.
Because it’s us as a whole, the viewers.
I know I was a fan watching wrestling, and they gave that to me.
So now I was there, and now I give it that to them.
You don’t have to be a wrestler to deserve love or get that love.
Just know that you being a loving person, you are that beautiful entity in life.
On top of the excitement she feels for “Divas and Drag Wrestling!
I love positive places and positive people.
Everybody there was so sweet.
Then the families, all over so many families, more than most places.
I was just like, I love it.
My last experience, I was like, ‘I love talking to everybody there.
Thank you for your kindness.’
Keep bringing it in.
“I don’t think there’s a defining moment.
It was always a presence.
It was always an energy.
Someone who makes you feel.
