One of WWE’s brightest potential stars comments on how her family reacted to her wanting to train.
Aliyah has had a couple of months that have been good for the burgeoning star. Holding the record for the fastest win in WWE history, Aliyah has been involved in a feud with Shotzi on Smackdown, but was pulled from last week’s edition of the blue brand due to an undisclosed injury.
While speaking with Al Jazeera, Aliyah told a story of how her parents reacted to her training to be a pro wrestler.
“The first time I told them, they were like ‘No!’ At first they weren’t supportive at all. So I had to hide it from them. I would tell them I was going to my part-time job but I would take the subway across town and I would train at this warehouse,”
“My parents discovered knee pads and training shoes in my backpack and were like ‘what is this?’. They even showed up to my ‘job’ and I wasn’t there, so it was a red flag for them.”
Aliyah to Al Jazeera
Aliyah would go on to say that her parents are now her biggest supports of her pro wrestling career. It’s a good thing Aliyah trained anyway and hopefully as an Arabic woman, she can inspire a generation of talent to do the same.
Follow Corey at @CoreyBrennanBS on Twitter
If you enjoy Bodyslam’s content, you can help donate to the site here. You can also visit our PWTees store and buy Bodyslam official merchandise here.
You can listen to all of Bodyslam’s podcasts by following us on Spotify and subscribing to our YouTube Channel, or any of your favorite podcast platforms.ⓘⓘ
