Rachael Ellering Says Her Father Was Against Her Wrestling Career

In an interview with AEW Unrestricted (via Wrestling Inc), Rachael Ellering spoke about how her father, WWE Hall of Famer Paul Ellering, didn’t want her to become a wrestler. She is currently a part of the Ring of Honor roster.

She said: “A lot of people assume multi-generational talents have all grown up around wrestling and I had a total opposite experience of that. My dad did not let us watch it, he didn’t take us to shows. When I told him I wanted to be a wrestler he was like, ‘Absolutely not.’ He’s like, ‘You have scholarships for college, go get your degree and we will kind of talk about it later’. I think he thought it was just a phase that I was maybe going to grow out of. I did go to college, I did get my bachelor’s degree, I didn’t phone it in, I graduated with Latin and National honors, so I did the thing … But I made my degree so wrestling-centric it’s a joke.“