Excerpt from an Interview with Ember Moon

WWE.COM: Although you made your TakeOver debut in Brooklyn, you actually signed with WWE in August 2015. What has it been like to hone your skills at the WWE Performance Center in preparation for your debut?

MOON: I was doing two to three times the amount of training just to burn off extra energy. I would get up at 5 a.m. and do a cardio session before going to the Performance Center. After our normal training session, I’d stay late just to get extra ring training. Then after I’d leave the Performance Center, I’d go back to the gym for another workout. I was determined to prove I belonged here in NXT.

WWE.COM: What did you do to get yourself on WWE’s radar?

MOON: I would like to think I was on their radar after my first tryout in 2007 at the FCW facility. After getting rejected, they called me in for two more tryouts in 2008 and mid-2009. After the 2009 tryout, I decided that my way into WWE was to make a name for myself on the indies, so I did. Their rejection became my ultimate motivator. I not only wanted to show WWE what they missed out on, but to also prove to them that a woman could do anything. I’ve wrestled in one-night in tournaments, main events, in thumbtacks, in TLC Matches and even competed against men. I had no limits because I wanted to be the best, and that’s what got me here.

by WWE.com