Britt Baker spoke in an interview on the latest episode of Talk is Jericho about how it was Rhino who convinced her to try out for the WWE. Here is what she had to say:
“He actually was the one that told me, he said, ‘Have you submitted your stuff to WWE?’ And I said, “No no no, I haven’t even had a match yet. There’s no way.’ And he looked at me and he said, ‘Let me ask you one question.’ And I’ll never forget this, he said, ‘WWVD?’ And I’m like, I don’t know that means. ‘What would Vince do?’ And at that time I was like, who is this crazy man talking to me right now? But no, so I sent in all my stuff and very early on I had communications with WWE. I had my first tryout before…no actually after I had my first match. I had no business being there. I was not any sort of name on the independent scene but just because of catching someone’s eye at a seminar.”
“I’ll never forget at the very end of the camp, Canyon Ceman pulled me aside. If you’re an independent wrestler, Canyon Ceman is the gatekeeper. He is, ‘You shall not pass or come on in to the WWE.’ And he told me, he was like, ‘You really impressed a lot of people at this tryout.’ I was like, so excited, so excited. But he said, ‘As a father, I have a really hard time pulling someone from a professional degree for this business.’ And my heart just sank. So a couple of weeks later I got an email from him saying, ‘You have a lot of the qualities we look for, however we don’t have an opportunity for you at this time, but if you have the passion to succeed in this, you’ll find a way to make this work throughout dental school.’ And I never forgot that. Didn’t work out for WWE but it worked out to my advantage even better because I’m able to do both careers. I’m a dentist and a professional wrestler on TV.”
