Ava Raine made her WWE dwell occasion debut final weekend at an NXT present and seems to be off to an amazing begin.
The 20-year-old star – whose father is wrestling legend turned Hollywood icon Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson – is taking her early steps within the household enterprise as she grew to become the corporate’s first ever fourth technology expertise.
Ava – actual identify Simone Johnson – appeared and sounded assured as she minimize her first promo in entrance of a dwell crowd, placing the NXT 2.0 ladies’s division on discover with references to stars like Wendy Choo and Cora Jade.
‘Ava Raine is the embodiment of NXT 2.0. I'm one thing contemporary, I'm one thing new and I'm one thing that every one of you've been craving,’ she stated to cheers from the viewers, as seen in a video shared by followers on Twitter.
‘I don’t want to return out right here and say that I’m a wealthy woman, or come out right here with a pillow. Or come out right here and experience across the ring on a skateboard! To all of you, I'm utterly a thriller.’
She added: ‘They'll all fall down, all of them, besides me! I'm Ava Raine, and I'm the Last Lady!’
Whereas we’re positive Dwayne has been readily available to assist out – and he did go to WWE’s Efficiency Middle in early 2020 to work together with his daughter and her fellow trainees prior to now – the actor has revealed she is forging her personal path.
He instructed Leisure Tonight: ‘She is fiercely impartial. It’s essential for her to make her personal approach. Blaze her personal path. Blaze her personal path. She doesn’t come to me wanting for lots which I respect that. And I’m right here watching and supporting.’
Though Ava is but to look on tv, it solely be a matter of time as she was just lately noticed backstage at NXT 2.0 with footage shared on her Twitter in an interview space exhibiting off her new black and purple coiffure.
It’s not been too straightforward for the rising star, as she has suffered three knee surgical procedures since signing for WWE in 2020, however now she appears poised to grab her second within the highlight.
Exhibiting her confidence, she just lately hit out at individuals criticising her identify change as she moved away from her household’s wealthy historical past within the enterprise and appeared to forge her personal path as Ava Raine.
‘I most likely sound like a damaged report and hopefully that is the final I’ll point out this, however I don’t perceive why individuals being portrayed as separate people from their household identify is such a heated matter,’ she argued. ‘A reputation doesn’t discredit any prior accomplishments from any household.’
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