TNA star Dani Luna does not think she was ready for WWE during her first run with the company.
Luna was among the earlier signees to NXT UK, joining the brand in 2019 at the age of 19. She gained recognition as one-third of Subculture alongside Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews.
In 2022, WWE shut down NXT UK and released most of its stars from their contracts. Dani Luna, along with Morgan and Andrews, also had their time cut short. She joined TNA the following year, rising through the ranks until she eventually signed a full-time contract with the company.
During a recent appearance on the I Love Wrestling podcast, Dani Luna opened up about her time in WWE, saying she was not ready for the spotlight, partly because of her age at the time.
“No, I don’t necessarily think I was ready,” the TNA star said. “I think I was physically capable enough, and ability-wise, I think I was ready. But ultimately, I was very much still a child and that’s such a big scary world to be thrown into, suddenly Shawn Michaels is my boss. It’s such a crazy thing to go through at that age.
“I think more so that I was just kind of passive, you know? I’d go to training, I’d do what I was asked, I was very easy to work with, but I feel like I didn’t necessarily have anything about me yet because I was still a very blank slate of a wrestler.”
Dani Luna credits her WWE and indie run for shaping her TNA career
“Being there kind of helped build me up to become the Dani Luna I am today. I feel like leaving WWE and having some time on the indies to grow as well really created the wrestler that I actually am today and somebody that very much believes in what I put out there and what I present to the world that I now get to show on TNA every week.
“I feel like I wouldn’t be the wrestler I am without all these things happening, and even [though] it feels terrible at the time, to be released from WWE, I knew that it was going to turn me into something better and something more valuable, which I feel like I am now.” [H/T WrestlingNewsCo]
Dani Luna is a former two-time TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champion alongside Jody Threat. The pair were collectively known as Spitfire. They disbanded after failing to defeat Ash and Heather by Elegance at Under Siege earlier this year.
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