WWE Star Discusses Training At The Performance Center

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WWE star and Alpha Academy member Maxxine Dupri has discussed her early experience training at the WWE Performance Center.

Maxxine Dupri signed with WWE in 2021 before making her on-screen debut in 2022.

Dupri’s in-ring journey began in July 2023 when she made her in-ring debut in a six-person tag team match alongside Chad Gable and Otis of the Alpha Academy.

Leading into her debut, Maxxine received special training from “Coach Gable” and from the coaches at the WWE Performance Center.

Speaking with Lightweights Podcast, Maxxine Dupri discussed her early experience training at the WWE PC. She said:

“[The coaches] watch back your matches, things you’ve done,” 

“We call them PC lives, where you’re doing like practice matches. We watch back stuff from back in the day, everything.”

“It kind of depends on the coach because the coach runs it, so it’s really whoever their cup of tea is.”

“They’ll stop and say, ‘See how he did this. This is why you want to do this or this is why this worked during this time frame, but maybe today, that style wouldn’t work.'”

Describing what she calls as a “pinch me” moment in the ring in her four-way number one contenders tag team match on the November 20 edition of WWE Raw, Dupri said:

“That was not on my bingo card for that Monday,” Dupri said. “Then I was like okay, I know I can do it. I’m very capable, it’ll be fine.”

“It’ll be so fun, but then also you get up there and you’re like ‘Okay I got to go. I can’t sit here too long and overthink it I got to just full send it and go.’ Then afterwards, it’s like the best feeling.”

Maxxine Dupri’s tag team partner Ivy Nile is coming off the heels of her biggest match yet when she lost to Rhea Ripley for the WWE Women’s World Championship on the “Day 1” edition of Raw.

Transcription via Wrestling Inc.

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