WWE Star Wants To Win A Title To Honor Her Father

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A WWE star wants to win a title to honor her father.

September 11 marks the anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001.

On that date, WWE star Zelina Vega lost her father in the attack, and she has publicly said that she intends to honor him by winning a title in WWE.

Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Bully Ray stated that he thinks Vega should be challenging for the title on Monday night due to the day’s importance to her. When asked if she had an answer as to why today isn’t her day, Zelina answered:

“I’d like to think that maybe part of it has to do with the fact that they wouldn’t want to do it just to do it because of the day.”

“I think either way, you’re gonna get, ‘Oh, they only gave it to her because it’s 9/11 and they wanted to throw her a bone after blah-blah-blah happened at MSG,’ or ‘They just gave it to her in Puerto Rico because she’s from there.’”

“I’d like to think that they’d want to give it to me because I deserve it. That’s what I’m looking for.”

“I don’t want to be thrown a bone because this is a sympathy bone that you get on the day. As much as it would be literally everything I could have wanted, I want to get it because I deserve it.” 

On her goal to win a title in honor of her father, Vega stated:

“I genuinely believe that it has to [happen]. There’s no reason that it shouldn’t. I had a dark match this past Friday, and whether it was the dark match Friday, the live events on Saturday and Sunday, the crowd was so, obviously it wasn’t like Puerto Rico high, but they were so high for me.”

“I feel like a part of it was because of that, but it was also just them showing them that they loved me for me. There’s just so much you can ignore the people, and what they want.”

“I feel like if this continues that way, a decision’s gonna have to be forced at some point. So it’s just on me to keep doing what I’m doing because there’s nothing else I can do. I’m gonna do it for him.” 

When asked to describe what keeps her going in her career despite some setbacks, Zelina replied:

“I think a part of it definitely is feeling unfulfilled in this way. Because I started it because of him. I started because I made a promise, and even when I did get let go in 2020, I felt unfulfilled.”

“I felt like I didn’t complete my promise, and I still don’t feel like I have until that’s complete. I think because I genuinely feel like it will happen, I still keep going.”

“I have that, I have my husband, who supports me so much, and my family that do. I feel like I have so many reasons to look forward that I don’t feel like it’s complete yet.”

“One of the things that happened that really made me feel like, ‘Wow, this is real’ was when Dwayne [Johnson] went to the 9/11 memorial with Simone.”

“When they went there and took a picture and I said his name, knowing that that was his favorite wrestler, I felt like that was such a ‘wow’ moment, I’m like,’I have to keep doing this. I have to keep pushing forward.’”

“I know, it’s just something in me that just feels it has to. It has to. There’s no reason why, like why not?”

Transcription via Fightful

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