WWE Superstar Tamina spoke with Dean Muhtadi (the former Mojo Rawley) of TMZ Sports about her relationship with Ava Raine. Ava is the real-life Simone Johnson, daughter of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and she made her WWE NXT debut in October 2022. Tamina spoke about watching Ava grow up and what it was like to see her debut.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
Tamina’s relationship with Ava: “Man, that girl… I have known her since Dani was pregnant with her. That’s how long I’ve known Simone. This is how it is. This girl, she has been there at every single… bro, I don’t know if you remember this but her and [Aunt] will be at front row behind commentators and everything, this is how it works. They’re at every single show. This girl has been there through her whole life.”
Watching Ava’s NXT debut: “Now to see her come and debut… I was with my [Aunt] at the time and we were watching here in LA and when we watched her debut, I mean, we just flipped. That’s something different, brother. When you have your niece, who has been there watching your career, and you’re seeing this girl grow up and be the woman that she is today, you can’t help but be so totally proud of her. My girls are my everything. Simone, I have that relationship with her and I look at her as like a daughter to me too in that way. It was awesome, she was great. She did amazing. You can not be more proud of a family member in that way. You just get proud, you just get really really proud.”
