10 Things WWE Fans Need To Know About Ruby Riot

4. As A Child, She Had No Interest In Wrestling

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Riot revealed in the same interview that unlike most future pro-wrestlers, she had absolutely no exposure to the spectacle of the squared circle until she was fifteen years old. It was only through the insistence of her childhood best friend - who wanted to attend a show in support of her trainee older brother - that the future Heidi Lovelace was introduced to the independent scene.

Wrestling's tendrils quickly ensnare you, and despite the low-grade production and cheap costumes, the new SmackDown star knew it was something she wanted to do almost immediately. Despite having absolutely zero athletic background, she started in-ring training four years later - and has never looked back.

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