Summer Rae On Growing Up Watching Wrestling

WWE Diva Summer Rae recently spoke with The Greenville Mixer to promote next week’s RAW. Below are some highlights:

Growing up watching wrestling:

“I always loved wrestling, but honestly I never thought it was within my reach. I like to always achieve what I set out for, and I think with WWE being 80 guys on the roster and maybe 13 to 15 girls on the roster, those are slim odds. I think deep down, I was just nervous of failing.”

Working with the Lingerie Football League:

“It’s full-contact, 7-on-7 arena football with little-to-no pads. When I was getting rammed and pushed into the wall and spending three to four days at practice, after two years I kind of just said, ‘If I’m spending so much time on this, why not go after what I love — especially if I’m risking my body for this?'”

Fellow East Carolina University alum Vince McMahon:

“The man himself! I think for a while he may have not known that (I was an ECU alum) and then I had my purple and gold on one day and said, ‘Oh, I’ve got to have my ECU colors on’ and he kind of doubletook, he was like ‘what do you mean?’ It’s very, very cool. Pirate pride.”