7 Things WWE Fans Need To Know About Dana Brooke

7. She Was A Gymnast For 18 Years

Most individuals who eventually make their way to the wacky world of professional wrestling will have athletic experience behind them, and Dana Brooke is no different.

Born Ashley Sebera in November 1988, Sebera was encouraged to flip and flop from an early age, starting gymnastics as a two-year-old.

As Sebera tells it her mother took her to the Mon & Tot Classes at the Johnson's Gymnastics Center in Valley View, Ohio at that early age, and from them on gymnastics was her life. She travelled the world for competitions and even took part in the Junior Olympics in 2001.

Sebera did so well as to make the United States National Team with the senior Olympics in mind.

Then, tragedy struck...