Toni Storm discusses her recent injury & status for NXT TakeOver UK: Cardiff; Kay Lee Ray making things personal & the pressure of being touted as a future star (Exclusive) 

Toni Storm opens up the pressure of being a future star and having to succeed because 'there's nothing else'

Toni Storm wins the NXT UK Women's Title

You're probably aware that many people consider you to be one of the most promising female wrestlers there are at the moment in terms of your age and your potential for the future. Does that put pressure on you to live up to those sentiments or do you try not to worry about that too much?

Storm: "I think there definitely is a lot of pressure but I think that's a good thing. I think people progress out of pressure. I've definitely achieved all the things I have because I've felt so much stress that it's pushed me to do better."

She added that most of the pressure comes from herself.

Storm: "There is a lot of high hopes for me to continue doing really well and get bigger and bigger. Yeah, I kind of put the pressure on myself rather than take it from other people because I really do have nothing else. There's nothing to fall back on, there's no back-up plan, it's this or nothing so that's the biggest part of the pressure. I really have to succeed or there's nothing else!"

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Toni Storm will defend her NXT UK Women’s Championship at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff. Streaming LIVE on the award-winning WWE Network, August 31. Last tickets are still available from https://motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk/whats-on/nxt-uk-live