Zelina Vega on The Rock Talking Her Out of Quitting Wrestling

– During Busted Open Radio, WWE Superstar Zelina Vega discussed her journey getting to WWE, and how Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson talked her out of quitting wrestling before she got a role in Fighting With My Family. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):

Zelina Vega on nearly quitting wrestling before getting a role in Fighting With My Family: “It’s funny because I was about to quit. When Dwayne [Johnson] and I spoke about it, right after I had a WWE tryout for the seventh time…at that point, I was like, ‘I’ve given it my all. They haven’t seen what they’re looking for. I can’t do this.’ There was a movie that I had auditioned for that I didn’t get, too,” Vega continued. “I was just so down and out. I was thinking, ‘Do I just give up at this point?’ Dwayne goes, ‘Give me three days. I’m working on something. Don’t give up.’ I was like, ‘Okay.'”

On training at the WWE Performance Center: “To go from that to train at the Performance Center, it’s been a dream come true. Had I not said anything to him [The Rock], to not be able to live this dream…it’s crazy how these little things [work]. If one thing had just changed, none of this would have happened. I owe a lot to him.”

On her journey to WWE: “I was the person who slept in vans, took a train from Queens into the city, and then took 9-hour bus rides to train with The Hardys. I was also in a motorcycle accident that nearly killed me. I was told I’d never wrestle again, but I fought through that. I also lost my dad at a young age. All these things that could have knocked me out, didn’t. And I don’t think Rhea [Ripley] will be the person, either.”