New NXT star Ember Moon recently spoke with WWE.com, talking about her NXT Takeover: Back To Brooklyn debut, her goals for NXT, working with Booker T and her other trainers along the way to WWE, and more. You can read a few highlights below:
Ember Moon comments on making her NXT debut in Brooklyn:
It was absolutely incredible and surreal. TakeOver: Brooklyn was a justification that everything I went through on the independents wasn’t for nothing. There were fun times and great times, but there were just as many bad ones. I had to fight my way for recognition and respect out there. Now, I’m starting all over again and I’m ready rise to the challenge.
What has it been like training at the WWE PC waiting for the chance to debut since she signed her WWE contract last year?
I was doing two to three times the amount of training just to burn off extra energy. I would get up at 5 a.m. and do a cardio session before going to the Performance Center. After our normal training session, I’d stay late just to get extra ring training. Then after I’d leave the Performance Center, I’d go back to the gym for another workout. I was determined to prove I belonged here in NXT.
Moon talks about how Booker T helped train her:
After training with Vance [former WWE Superstar Vance Archer], I drove five hours for a tryout and made the cuts to be part of Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling promotion in Houston. In addition to being able to work his shows, I received full access to his training facility. Booker was the one who helped me hone in on the high-flying aspect of my move set. Even though I was really comfortable in the ring, Booker gave me the confidence and motivation that I really needed to succeed in the wrestling world. Booker even suggested that I try to broaden my training by traveling around the world.
Moon explains how she got on WWE’s radar:
I would like to think I was on their radar after my first tryout in 2007 at the FCW facility. After getting rejected, they called me in for two more tryouts in 2008 and mid-2009. After the 2009 tryout, I decided that my way into WWE was to make a name for myself on the indies, so I did. Their rejection became my ultimate motivator. I not only wanted to show WWE what they missed out on, but to also prove to them that a woman could do anything. I’ve wrestled in one-night in tournaments, main events, in thumbtacks, in TLC Matches and even competed against men. I had no limits because I wanted to be the best, and that’s what got me here.
What are her goals now that she made it to NXT?
I look forward to raising the bar set by the Four Horsewomen of NXT. They changed the way people view the Women’s division, and I want to continue that. I am not a porcelain princess; I am here to break barriers. I not only want to change women’s wrestling, but I also want to change the industry as a whole. This is the path they choose and the war I will take up arms for. It is a new beginning and I am ready for it.
