5 things you didn't know about Toni Storm

#3 She likes training in Japan

Japan has been kind to her

This doesn't come as a big surprise, Japan is arguably the best for women's wrestling. When other places took women's wrestling as nothing more than the bra and panty matches, wrestling in Japan was always taken seriously, especially after the 1980s when JWP Joshi Puroresu really took off.

Some of the most famous WWE female wrestlers like Asuka and Kairi Sane come from Japan. Hall of Fame performers like Bull Nakano, Aja Kong, Manami Toyota, and the Crush Gals are still renowned today.

Because of its prowess in professional wrestling, Japan is a perfect place for foreigners to make their name. It isn't easy though, if you can make it in Japan, you can make it anywhere else in the world.

Japan wasn't easy for Storm either, as she's mentioned herself. And it's not just because of the wrestling, it's also the communication gap. Even though she had studied a bit of Japanese in school, Toni says that it took her days to translate and figure out what the referees were trying to communicate to her, so she has been using someone to translate for her.