5 Things You Didn't Know About Nikki Cross

#4 She was trained by a stablemate

Cross was trained by a member of SAnitY

Another little-known fact about Nikki Cross is that she was, in fact, trained by a member of the faction SAnitY.

Reportedly, Cross searched on Google for "Scottish Wrestling School", where she found Source Wrestling School. One trainer who was there at the time was Big Damo - now known as Killian Dain.

Dain trained Cross

In 2016, Dain told the Miami Herald of the attributes that made Cross perfect to teach.

She was fiery, determined, and if we told her she couldn’t do something, then she would go and do it 100 times over.

Dain went on to speak of Nikki's determination to be as good as the male wrestlers in the school.

This was at a time when women’s wrestlers were often treated with kid gloves at wrestling schools, but Nikki absolutely refused to be treated differently to her male counterparts and demanded the guys hit her as hard as they hit each other.

It wasn't all fun and games for Cross, but she had the makings of a star from the get-go.

She was crazily resilient. for example, she broke three bones in her hand and was back to training the next day. i struggle to think if she ever missed a training session.