Naomi On Why She Struggled At The Beginning Of Her WWE Career

Naomi is a former SmackDown Women’s Champion, and she seems to be in a pretty good spot in the women’s division on the blue brand. Naomi has come a long way over the course of her career, and 2017 was a great year for her.

The fans have always been behind Naomi, but it seems that she’s taken her career to a whole new level since developing her “Glow” character.

Things are going well for her at the moment, but she recently admitted during an interview with TV Insider that she struggled at the beginning of her WWE career.

“I think that is why I struggled in the beginning, because I feel like I was put in storylines that weren’t me,” she said. “I did the heel stuff. When I first came to NXT, I was wearing the neon stuff. Then I got away from it and ended up being a Funkadactyl dancer, which was awesome. Then I ended up being with Tamina and Team B.A.D. Then I was with the Usos for a little while. I just felt like I needed an opportunity to be on my own. I knew that once I got that moment the ‘Glow’ was what I wanted to do. That’s who I was. I really believe in the ‘Glow’ and live my life that way. It’s about being positive inside and out, and being the best version of yourself possible. I really wanted to incorporate that into wrestling. That was my way of doing it.”

Naomi had been pitching the idea to WWE for quite some time, and she noted that she went directly to Vince McMahon, and she credited Vince, Triple H and Road Dogg for helping to bring her vision to life.

“I went and had one of the many talks with Vince [McMahon],” she recalled. “I went to him with the idea and he was like, ‘Well, we will give it a try.’ It was a at a point where they weren’t doing anything with me. Thanks to Vince and Triple H and Road Dogg, they really helped me get everything off the ground. It was rough trying to get the gear, trying to get the lighting. I just had to stay on them on that, because this is a machine. There is so much going on each day.”