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NXT’s Nicola Glencross Discusses Her Path to NXT, Her Goals in WWE, More

May 5, 2016 | Posted by Larry Csonka

– NXT’s Nicola Glencross (formerly Nikki Storm) recently spoke with WWE.com, here are the highlights…

On How She Got Signed: Last year in London I did a tryout — that was last spring. During the summer they contacted me to start the hiring process, and then, here we are [laughs].

On How Her Pre-WWE Career Has Prepared Her: For me, the good thing about traveling and wrestling across all these different countries is it makes you really grow as a person. It helps your wrestling grow, it helps your skill grow, it gets you used to working with different styles, different people — you really have to adapt. At the same time, when you go to somewhere like Japan, America, Canada or anywhere in Europe, you also still can’t forget why they brought you there in the first place. You very much still have to be able to adapt, but also be yourself and bring stuff to the table. Also, as I touched on earlier, you grow as a person, I think. The more life experience you can have, I think it’s very good and helps a lot. The important thing is holding on to what you are and what brought you to the table, but also to adapt, because, in wrestling, you never know what to expect, so you have to be very open-minded. You have to go with the flow and fight for the stuff that you really want.

On Her First Impression of The WWE Performance Center: The first time I ever walked into the Performance Center was back in January and the only way I can really describe it is you finally understand what it’s like to go down the rabbit hole from “Alice in Wonderland.” I just remember looking around and it’s got the training rings, this amazing gym facility, the promo rooms — you’ve got all the tools there to succeed. It’s just this amazing facility and it’s unbelievable that I get to go there every day. For me, it really was like falling down the rabbit hole and you kind of pinch yourself. You have to know why you’re there. You’re like, “Oh wow, this is amazing, this is a dream come true,” but at the same time, you can’t let your nerves get to you and you have to be confident because you’re there for a reason and you need to prove that reason every single day.

What Are Her Goals in WWE?: NXT Women’s Championship, WWE Women’s Championship, Tag Team Championship … by myself [laughs]. No, for me, I’ve got goals in mind and I want to leave a legacy behind, and in 20 years’ time, I want people to know exactly who I was. I want to be in the WWE Hall of Fame, I want to achieve greatness, I want to have these amazing matches, I want to have history-making matches and I do want to become champion. I’ve got big goals for myself.