5 Superstars who didn't watch WWE while growing up

#3: Mandy Rose wasn't a pro wrestling fan before she signed up for WWE Tough Enough

Mandy Rose

Mandy Rose came from the world of fitness competitions before she was encouraged by her trainer and her ex-boyfriend to pursue a career in WWE by participating as a contestant in Season Six of Tough Enough.

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Mandy Rose has talked about not being a lifelong fan of WWE during an interview with talkSPORT earlier in 2020.

"Obviously, it was from day one. On Tough Enough, when I didn’t even know that much about the business, I thought it was so strange. I was like ‘everyone liked me in the fitness world, why does no one like me here!’ [laughs]. The fans [I mean], ya know. It was definitely really weird to me and then actually, I was like screw it, I’m going to embrace this."

"I didn’t grow up wrestling. I was an athlete, I have my own background and experience and I could see that stigma people have on pretty girls. They're just here to look good and blah, blah blah. But that’s not me."

Interestingly, Rose made her way to the finale and became the runner-up of the sixth season of Tough Enough.

Despite finishing in second place, Mandy Rose made quite an impression on the company. She eventually signed a developmental contract with WWE in 2015 at the same time as Sonya Deville, and both of them became best friends in real and reel life pretty soon after that.