Indie star Maya World spoke with Fightful’s Jeremy Lambert & SP3 on In The Weeds on various topics, including how she was inspired to get into wrestling by top AEW star Mercedes Moné after she saw Moné during her run in WWE as Sasha Banks.
World said, “I always watched. I don’t think I always wanted to wrestle, but I always did love wrestling as a fan. I always say it wasn’t until 2015 when I saw Sasha Banks and the Horsewomen Era that made me want to wrestle. I was like, ‘Oh this is cool,’ but when I saw her and who she was in the ring, her swagger, she was the coolest thing to me. She made me want to be a wrestler, for sure. I was heavily into sports. I played all the sports you can think of, but basketball was my main one. I ended up having one year in college before things happened. Whenever I stopped that, I was like, ‘It’s time. I need to wrestle.’ That was 2021 and that’s when I started training.”
You can check out World’s comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
