‘No Girl Is That Tall’ – WWE Champion Shares Training Advice From NXT Star

Published: Nov 28, 2025 by Dave Adamson | Last Updated: Nov 28, 2025 by Dave Adamson

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A WWE champion has shared the advice she has been offered as she continues to work on her in-ring skills with other names.

Maxxine Dupri is the current WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion and has been recognized for “working her ass off every week“.

With Dupri continuing to training at The Dungeon, Natalya has recengtly praised the star for her dedication.

The Dungeon isn’t the only outlet for Dupri when it comes to training, recently revealing that she trains under Shawn Spears and Tyler Breeze.

During a recent appearance on Wrestling Republic, Dupri shared the advice she got from Spears and Breeze as she works to perfect her leg game, saying:

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“I train at Flatbacks a lot, Shawn Spears and Tyler Breeze, they’ve helped me with a lot of those moves where it’s like okay I need to do something with my legs. Try this knee, try the kick.

“And it is funny because we were working on something new last week and they’re like, ‘Okay, no girl is that tall, you’re gonna need to lower your leg’.”

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During the interview, Dupri would also share her thoughts on the locker room in WWE, calling it the ‘favorite part‘ of the job.

Tyler Breeze recently made his return to WWE television, appearing NXT, losing to North American Champion Ethan Page at Homecoming in September.

Since losing the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship to Dupri. Becky Lynch has been on a quest to see justice service for the ‘corruption‘ she believes is taking place.

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