10 Things WWE Fans Need To Know About Ruby Riot

5. She Was Shy Growing Up

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Based on Ruby Riot's boisterous SmackDown debut, during which she and her cronies laid out the bulk of the blue brand's female roster, you'd be hard-pushed to describe the NXT graduate as a "shrinking violet." Her abundant self-confidence is plainly evident now, but growing up it was a different story.

"I was an introverted, awkward kid," she told the Miami Herald in October 2015. "I didn't really know how to socialise and make friends - I was kind of a loner, maybe a little weird."

Ruby pondered if she'd really grown out of her shyness, but given her elevation to the main roster of the world's biggest wrestling company - and with two mates in tow to boot - we'd say she has.

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