Thunder Rosa surprised a lot of people when she showed up in All Elite Wrestling. Upon her arrival, Rosa was the NWA Women’s Champion, and she has gone on to have defended the title in AEW while she was champion, in addition to having face Hikaru Shida for the AEW Women’s Title and even take place in the first women’s match to main event AEW Dynamite.
Speaking with Fightful, Rosa recalled when she got the call to come appear for AEW and how supportive her husband was when she got the news.
“I was in Corpus Christi taking a vacation with my husband, and it was cut short. ‘Aw, dang.’ We were just drinking our water. It was so hot. I remember my husband, we had the conversation, I was shaking and he’s like, ‘Don’t fuck this up, okay?’ I was like, ‘Damns, man. Thanks for the support.’ No, it was like, he’s giving me the 8 Mile, Eminem song. ‘It’s the only shot you got. You only got one shot.’ You only got one shot. So, he said, ‘If you shit the bed, they’re not gonna call you back. But, you go out there and you make sure you show them all the things that you’ve been preaching to everybody and you’ll be fine. But, don’t doubt yourself. You know you’re a badass bitch and you’ve always been a badass bitch.’ So, he gave me a pat on the back and he’s like, ‘Go out there and kill it. I’ll be there watching.’ Every time I’m doubting myself, I call him and I say, ‘I just need a pep talk. I don’t want to talk about this match. I just need a pep talk. Just call me. Tell me something I don’t want to hear.’ Then he reminds me that I have a lot of balls to go out and do a lot of things that nobody else will give me two cents about it, that I have what it takes to achieve and accomplish anything in life. This is something we talked about since he knew me when I was 19. He told me the same thing about college. He said, ‘You are very smart. You are very talented. You need to get out of this area and achieve something nobody else will.’ He gives me the same speech and recently he gave me that speech again and I was in tears because I was doubting myself again and he just reminded me how much of a badass person that I am, fearless I have become and I should not be afraid of taking risks in life anymore because I will come triumphant no matter what.”
Rosa has been a prominent member of the AEW Women’s Division since her arrival has certainly made the most of her shot since AEW gave her the call. Months later, it’s clear she made the most of the opportunity.
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