WWE star Sol Ruca spoke with KRON 4’s The Finish about various topics, including her choice to wear Vans during matches.
Ruca said, “I think with my character, I kind of wanted everything that I wear, everything that I do be kind of cohesive with that. So I mean, my character is pretty much who I am in real life. I was born and raised in Southern California, obviously spent some time in Hawaii as well. And I have this like surfer/skater kind of gimmick and kind of persona. I grew up wearing Vans. I grew up wearing the the lowtop checkered Vans, I have pictures of me as like a little teeny, tiny little baby wearing them. And I actually did try, I think in my first ever show in front of a crowd. It was like a live event and I tried wearing slip-on bands, and it was a terrible idea because they were obviously slipping off every five seconds. So that’s kind of why I transitioned into the hightop Vans.”
On feeling comfortable in them:
“But yeah, I just kind of wanted to be cohesive and it is just a shoe that I’m so comfortable in. I mean, I grew up doing gymnastics where I was barefoot, and so being able to perform in shoes was a little bit weird for me. Especially you know, doing flips and bouncing off the ropes just felt a little weird, but I think the Vans was an easy choice. It felt comfortable and it was — you know, they’re flat, they’re they’re basically barefoot. So that’s kind of where that came from.”
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