Penelope Ford Reveals How She Initially Became Interested In Wrestling

Penelope Ford recently looked back at how she initially got interested in professional wrestling. The AEW star was a guest on AEW Unrestricted and reflected on her path to the ring; you can see a couple of highlights below (h/t to Wrestling Inc):

On not knowing much about wrestling growing up: “I had zero idea that wrestling was even a thing. My friend was obsessed with the Total Divas and anything wrestling, and we worked together and our manager overheard her talking and she’s like, ‘My sister, her boyfriend is an independent wrestler,’ and got her to like meet and she went to some of his shows. And then one day she was like, ‘Do you want to go to a show with me?’ I was like, ‘Okay.'”

On taking part in a wrestling tryout: “So people were like going through barb wire, there’s blood everywhere, I’m like, ‘This is so f**king cool.’ And then I saw AR Fox and he was doing all these flips and stuff, and I was like, ‘Oh, I could do this.’ And then 800 squats later, I was like, ‘Well there’s no way that I’m not going to go and see what this is like, and then I got in the ring and I loved it. I was like, This is a way to release my anger,’ because I was an angry person, maybe sometimes still very much so an angry human, and I quit cheerleading for wrestling.”