Earlier this week, it was reported that AQA will be taking a break from the pro wrestling business. AQA had several tryouts with WWE and then wound up signing with All Elite Wrestling back in February. She is trained by WWE Hall of Famer Booker T.
During the latest edition of his “Hall of Fame” podcast, AQA’s teacher and mentor, Booker T, commented on her hiatus, the mental strain wrestling puts on talent, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the mental strain wrestling puts on talent: “I was so worried about Rok-C getting into this industry at 20 years old just because I know how much of a whirlwind it really, really is and how much that whirlwind can take you by storm. I am serious.”
On AQA stepping back from wrestling: I have been through all that. By the time I got to WCW, I was a grown-ass man that was ready to fight and rip somebody to shreds and get fired at the same time. When I got into it, I wasn’t young and impressionable or anything like that. When you get into it, it can be something totally the opposite of what you thought it was.”
On his hopes for AQA: “I can understand AQA stepping back and saying, ‘Man, let me reanalyze this and let me refocus, and more than anything, try to figure this thing out’ … “I have seen so many young guys come through this business — We heard the stories about Rene Dupree being a young kid on the roster. So understand, it’s nothing more than just being young and trying to figure this thing out, and hopefully, that’s what she’ll do and regroup, and we will find her back in the ring sometime.”
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(h/t – Wrestling Inc)
