Alex Gracia on Her WWE Tryout in 2019, How Her Second One Was Cancelled Due to the Pandemic

– Fightful recently interviewed wrestler Alex Gracia, who discussed her WWE tryout in 2019. She was going to be brought back for another WWE tryout in March 2020. However, the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and the tryouts had to be cancelled as a result. Below are some highlights.

Alex Gracia on being brought back for a WWE tryout in March 2020, which was cancelled due to the pandemic: “There was nothing that they could do about it at the moment, of course. ‘Cause it was right after the NBA also announced that they were going to put everything on hold. So, it’s kind of like, ‘I’m sorry, we know we just know we need to get y’all home and keep y’all safe,’ and just that everyone there would have a guaranteed chance of coming back and doing another try-out. But, of course, things have changed and you start to evolve during the summer and just start to figure out, ‘Okay, what would be the best plan for me and this and that.’ Because circumstances are different now. So, you’re just trying to play it by ear and it’s really hard because no one knows what to expect right now. So, you’re just sitting there trying to take every opportunity that you are given at the moment and running with it.”

On her first WWE tryout in April 2019: “I had flown back from Stardom in Japan at the beginning of March and then literally when I came back, just a little bit after that, was my invitation for the first try-out. I mean, I just had my year anniversary so I was still really new and still figuring things out as of now. We’re just always trying to figure things out and get better, but of course I was a totally different person a year ago than I am now. So, it was just kind of like, ‘Go and get more exposure and keep building your name.’ That was already my mindset anyways. So, I’m like, ‘Okay.’”

On making sacrifices to make it in the business: “I had plans, I had already moved to Houston because I wanted to move there to work with Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling full time So, I was like, ‘Okay, you know what? I’m just going to continue what I already had in motion.’ Like, I feel like the luck and the opportunities come to you more when you are just working. My main goal is all the time is to go somewhere and get better and to keep improving. The goal isn’t the opportunities or the chance. I just hope that those come with them seeing that I work hard because I want to give people a good product and I want to be a good wrestler for them. Also, be a good wrestler for myself.”