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get the job because I didn’t know anything<br />
about football. I ended up going and there<br />
were hundreds of girls who were trying out.<br />
That’s when I thought it would be pretty cool to<br />
be only one of 20 girls selected. Long story<br />
short, I ended up making the team. But during<br />
that first year I had no idea what was happening<br />
on the field. All I would do was turn around<br />
when all the other girls would turn around and<br />
cheer. Sometimes I would cheer when I wasn’t<br />
supposed to cheer. But during the next summer I<br />
learned all about football and when I went<br />
back and cheered the second season I enjoyed<br />
and loved the game so much I didn’t want to<br />
dance anymore! I wanted to keep watching<br />
what was going on in the field in front of me.<br />
That’s when I won the Nitro Girl contest, which<br />
is how I got into wrestling, I also won ten grand<br />
and I used the money to buy Raven season tickets,<br />
which I still have. I love the Ravens!<br />
It’s a big segue from model and cheerleader<br />
to professional wrestler.<br />
I know! I saw an ad for the Nitro Girls<br />
who at the time were like the ‘Fly Girls’ from<br />
‘In Living Color.’ They were the dancers during<br />
the WCW’s commercial break. So I tried<br />
out and kept winning competition after competition.<br />
They ended up narrowing it down<br />
me and another girl. I ended up getting the<br />
most fan votes on television and was soon<br />
asked to sign a contract with the WCW. I<br />
was 19 years old and my life changed in a<br />
blink of an eye. I have been traveling and on<br />
tv every since.<br />
Vince McMahon bought out the WCW, but<br />
decided to keep you on with the WWE. Did<br />
that surprise you?<br />
When Vince bought out the WCW they<br />
called me right away and said that there<br />
were going to be changes made, but that I<br />
was fine and not to worry about anything.<br />
I’ve had a blast ever since! We’re aired in<br />
over a hundred different countries! It’s just<br />
crazy! But it’s been such a blast. I’m young<br />
and getting to see the world!<br />
It’s amazing how huge wresting is and how it<br />
just continues to get bigger and bigger.<br />
It really is amazing. Our fans are like a cult<br />
following! I love them! They’re so great!<br />
What is it about the WWE catfights that<br />
turns guys on?<br />
I don’t know? I think they’re funny! But I<br />
guess that’s because I’m a girl. I think two girls<br />
rolling around pulling each other’s hair is a turnon.<br />
Why? I don’t know. But I’m not a man.<br />
The WWE story lines are pretty racy to say<br />
the least. Do you think sometimes the WWE<br />
content may be too adult?<br />
I’ve been asked to pose nude, but I’ve<br />
said no. It’s just not something I want to do<br />
with my career. I know that our demographic<br />
is a big range of people. We have fans of<br />
all ages. As far as the story lines… That’s a<br />
tough question. I get asked that all the time<br />
and I never really have a good answer. We<br />
do have such a big audience so we do have<br />
to have a little bit of everything for everyone.<br />
It’s up to the parents on what they want their<br />
children to see and be exposed to.<br />
If you were a mom would you allow your kid<br />
watch the WWE?<br />
I think it depends on the maturity of the child.<br />
I think there are definitely some things on the<br />
WWE that I would not want my child watching.<br />
But than I think if my child could handle it and<br />
they knew it was just a television show and that<br />
he can’t go beating up his classmates or hitting<br />
his sister with a chair I would allow it. It all<br />
depends on the maturity of the child.<br />
Does Vince McMahon come up with all the<br />
story lines himself?<br />
Vince is so hands-on. People wouldn’t<br />
believe it. He’s a genius and such a great businessman<br />
with his product. We have writers and<br />
producers and a long chain of command. But<br />
as far as the story line goes, whether I pitch an<br />
idea or a writer pitches an idea, collectively<br />
everything has to be approved by Vince. He’s<br />
also at every tv show. He’s our boss and he’s<br />
always there. He’s just so hands-on which is<br />
great. If I ever have a question about anything I<br />
can go straight to his office at the arena. He’s<br />
not like this ‘Wizard of Oz’ guy behind a curtain<br />
that you can never get a hold of.<br />
What’s the biggest misconception about<br />
Vince? He nearly tore the head off Bob<br />
Costas during an HBO interview. Was that<br />
the real Vince?<br />
I think Vince take the WWE very seriously.<br />
This is his life. It was handed down from his<br />
father and his father’s father. So they’re all so<br />
passionate about it. When it comes down to<br />
someone asking him if wrestling is fake just…<br />
(long pause) In this day and age, the WWE is<br />
just entertainment. There are a lot of things about<br />
the business that are more entertainment orientated<br />
now then it was many years ago. But he’s<br />
just so passionate and so devoted to everything.<br />
The Rock or Triple H. Who would you<br />
rather pin to the mat?<br />
Oh, the Rock! He’s a great guy! I love him.<br />
Rumor has it that in real life you dated Rick<br />
Flair’s son, David.<br />
I did. Years ago. It was the beginning of the<br />
WCW days.<br />
Rumor has it that you’re currently dating Test?<br />
Not currently. No. I don’t have a boyfriend<br />
right now. But yes, we were dating.<br />
So you dated two wrestlers?<br />
Yes. I did! Our lives are so different. We’re<br />
kind of like a traveling circus. We’re together so<br />
much. We do shows Friday, Saturday and<br />
Sunday that are not televised. Then Monday we<br />
do the live show. So I’m with these people four<br />
days out of the week. A lot of people don’t<br />
know that on Fridays when we fly into a city we<br />
have to pay for our own hotels and our own<br />
rental cars and we have to get ourselves from<br />
town to town. They could be 300 miles away<br />
from each other. We are really like a family. I<br />
spend more time with these people then I do<br />
with my friends and family.<br />
It must be like one big soap opera.<br />
Well with my luck, both the guys I was dating<br />
were let go after we broke up! I never had<br />
to deal with that! I’m like the kiss of death!<br />
So it would be a big mistake for a wrestler<br />
who has any hope of a bright future with the<br />
WWE to date you?<br />
I know! I’m serious and I almost want to<br />
swear to it that I will no longer be dating any<br />
more wrestlers!◆<br />
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