WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion and Alpha Academy member Maxxine Dupri spoke with Wrestling Republic about various topics, including her portrayal of a character who didn’t know how to wrestle.
Dupri said, “It was a shoot, yes. [laughs] My favorite thing is when people would say to me at like a meet and greet like, ‘Oh, I just love how you like are able to play this character that doesn’t know how to wrestle.’ And I always say, ‘I am honored that you think I’m that talented.’ I wish I knew exactly what I was doing, and every mistake and every moment was a joke and I was I was in on the joke.”
On making her WWE in-ring debut on RAW:
“My first match in front of an audience was on Monday Night Raw. And like, that was crazy, I actually remember nothing. I completely blacked out, I was so nervous. I almost threw up after because I don’t think I took one single breath for four minutes straight. And like, the match was probably a minute but I’m saying four minutes — like, the time the music hit, I stopped breathing. I was like, ‘I don’t know what’s happening, but I have to survive this.’ It was crazy. And it’s just been a beautiful thing getting to go on that ride with the WWE Universe. Obviously, there was moments where I wish I was more advanced and could have more control in certain scenarios, but that’s just part of my story.”
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(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
