IIconics Give Advice To Wrestlers After WWE Changes Scouting Focus

IIconics Give Advice To Wrestlers After WWE Changes Scouting Focus

Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay, formerly of The IIconics, have offered advice to independent wrestlers following some big changes within WWE.

WWE President Nick Khan recently confirmed that WWE will focus on recruiting athletes who look the part, rather than experienced independent stars.

Speaking on their Off Her Chops podcast, Lee and McKay advised those on the independent scene to never stop chasing their dreams. Noting that there are many other companies that are fruitful, the former WWE stars said:

Lee: “Don’t stop chasing a dream. If you are good enough, and if you are the star, like you said that you know that they need, they will sign you. On the flip side of that, if they don’t feel like they absolutely have to have you and this is maybe a tough pill to swallow, but you don’t want to be there. Yeah, like getting caught in the shuffle. You know, being a part of something where there are 300 other people vying for the one spot and you’re fighting for three minutes of TV time.”

McKay: “There are so many companies all over the world that are fruitful. There are so many other companies where they’re flourishing, the industry in general. I feel like industry — just because there’s one door that’s shut, there are a million others that you can walk through.”

Lee: “It’s easy for us to say on this side of things that we did achieve our dream, we did win, we were the second-ever Women’s Tag Team Champions. We were the first women’s Tag Team Champions to ever win them a WrestleMania. We were, I think, the youngest women to win a title on WrestleMania.”

McKay: “Like, I totally get it. We’ve been there we achieved our dreams we did what others kind of dream of totally. So we can, we can step away knowing that we achieved our dreams, and that’s different are very different. So we understand that and we feel for everyone to like you said I wouldn’t give up this industry. It’s always evolving, and it’s always changing. There’s always going to be another opportunity. You got to keep going.”

Lee: “The only thing I will say and again, it’s so much easier said than done. If you told me this when I was 16, I probably wouldn’t have listened. Yeah, what I would say is don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Yeah, firstly, because we’ve got 10 different baskets now, and secondly, if WWE is your goal, they want people with college degrees, they want people who are smart and who have a lot of interesting hobbies. You have something to bring other than wrestling, which is freakin’ tough. Because I know for the two of us, there was nothing else.”

Both Lee and McKay were released in April. The former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions have announced their return to wrestling, revealing that the “IInspiration Tour” will be coming our way soon.

Transcription via Fightful.

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