In an interview with Fightful, Thunder Rosa spoke about why she has a stiffer in-ring style than most and who trained her to wrestle that way. Here are highlights:
On working stiff: “I was trained by the best in Northern California. My coaches, Matt Carlos and Dylan Drake, great luxury. Everybody that was a mentor for me. They always tell me, ‘Everybody in the world or the United States, they know that people from NorCal, we are very stiff and they’re gonna know you’re from here. They’re gonna know you’re a wrestler-wrestler.’ The school that I went to, APW, Cheerleader Melissa came out of there and Sara Del Rey or Sara Amato. So, I have very, very big shoes to fill. Like I said, I couldn’t come half through with my moves with anything. If I’m gonna do something, I have to commit to it. Also, I’ve been trained by the best. One of my senpais was Io Shirai, who is now in NXT. She is the champion in NXT and you can tell she is one of the best wrestlers overall in th