5 Superstars who didn't watch WWE while growing up

#4: Xia Li grew up in China's farmlands and didn't know anything about WWE

Xia Li

Before joining WWE as their first Chinese Superstar, Xia Li was a lifelong combat-sport athlete.

A few years ago, Triple H was in China with WWE as they were scouting for athletes from that country. Triple H spoke to ESPN in 2018 and explained how Xia Li made her way to WWE despite not knowing anything about the world of sports entertainment.

Two years ago in China when I first met Xia Li, she didn't know what WWE was. We had to explain to her what WWE was because we were there looking for athletes and she had never seen it. She grew up in farmlands in China so she didn't know what it was. Once we told her what it was and showed it to her, she was, "oh yeah, definitely." Then she came in and tried out and she just fell in love with it, and she has so much heart and passion I was like, "yeah, we're bringing her back."

The world won't change because of you, but you can change the way you look at the world. 😊😊 Hello, December. 😊😊😊😊Hello,#spicy 😊😊 pic.twitter.com/L8wKFKE5R4

— Xia Li (@XiaWWE) December 1, 2020

Triple H also said that Xia Li is one of those athletes who get attracted to WWE once they get to know about the product despite not having followed it for years.

#spicy 😏🔥⚔️🌶😏 pic.twitter.com/yhICw0w644

— Xia Li (@XiaWWE) December 8, 2020

Just like Lacey Evans, the Performance Center trainers molded Xia Li into a WWE Superstar after she signed with the company, and Li currently performs for the NXT brand in 2020.