WWE Champion Reveals Abandoned Olympics Goal

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A current WWE champion has revealed that they hoped to head to the Olympics before signing with the company.

Tiffany Stratton made her WWE debut in November 2021, having become a Performance Center recruit earlier that year.

Coming from a gymnastics background, Stratton has recently revealed her hopes of becoming an Olympian before she signed with WWE.

Appearing on Sidewalks Entertainment, opened up about her ambitions, noting that injuries prevented it becoming a reality, saying:

“I was a gymnast basically my entire life. I grew up doing gymnastics. I wanted to go to the Olympics, that was like my ultimate goal.

“However, injuries and stuff like that had me fall short of that. Eventuall,y I had to quit gymnastics, it was very sad, but I then took up CrossFit and then did bodybuilding for a little bit.

“I wanted to do something a little bit more competitive, and I saw wrestling on Instagram. My mom and I, too, were scrolling through the channels, and SmackDown was on, and my mom had mentioned like, ‘that’s totally something I can see you doing.’

“Eventually, I was like ‘you know what, I’m going to give it a go.’ I looked up my nearest pro-wrestling school, it was Mr Kennedy’s, and I signed up for classes.

“My mom actually got in contact with Greg Gagne, he agreed to train me and help me get a tryout. Then I tried out and they signed me a week later.”

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Mr Anderson has previously spoken about Stratton during her early training and how she focused on the physical side over personality.

Since signing with WWE, Stratton has gone on to hold the NXT Women’s Championship and is the current WWE Women’s Champion.

She has recently spoken about the responsibilities of holding a championship in WWE and “face of the company“.

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