Mia Yim recently spoke with the HuffPost to promote the upcoming Mae Young Classic. The Mae Young Classic will debut with four episodes released on 8/28 to be viewed on the WWE Network via Video on Demand. WWE will then release another four episodes on 9/4. The sports entertainment company will hold the finals live on 9/12 at 10 PM on the WWE Network from the SmackDown TV event in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here is what she had to say about the tournament:
“It was a dream come true. I’m excited for everyone to see it. Women for so long have fought to be taken as serious athletes and not just “eye candy,” and so this validates us as equals to the men. I also made sure to incorporate the purple nail into my entrance, because my experience with domestic violence has been a big part of my journey. I want to show other survivors you can still achieve your dreams after an abusive relationship. Lita [WWE hall of famer and announcer for the tournament] was actually my childhood hero and inspiration for me to get into wrestling. After I told her my story, she said, ‘Hey, do you have purple nail polish?’ She didn’t have to do that. That blew me away. I look up to her even more now.”
