The first woman to꧃ graduate from the PROGRESS Wrestling school opens up about her past an♐d provides a sneak peak as to what's next for her in the future.
London's own Jinny recently spoke with and discussed the feeling of becoming the first-ever RevPro Women's Champion. She would reveal what got her intereste✅d in pro wrestling, along with many more interesting topics. Jinny has competed all over the U.K. scene and has established a name for herself, but this rush for pro wrestling that she has is stemming from somewhere, an♚d she would reveal where that rush came from.
"I started watching in 1997, I just really enjoyed it. I liked the entertainment side and it was during the Attitude Era where everything was out there and bizarre. You could really engage with it in a totally different way. I also had an older brother who was really into wrestling when I was younger. Then I became the diehard fan and would record every single RAW and SmackDown and had bin bags full of tapes."
Jinny was the fi﷽rst woman the graduate from the PROGRESS Wrestling school, the "Projo". She would reflect on her experiences honing her skills in the "Projo".
"It was just incredible and I genuinely remember my first day of training." She recalls. "I was really nervous and didn’t know what to expect. I had to sign a waiver, went and got changed and then we did a workout. After that, they divided the class up into the newbies and the advanced guys/girls. We were in the ring and the more advanced trainees were on the mats and I remember looking at them and thinking they were so cool. It was just amazing to know that they had gone through what I was going through; that was inspiring to me."
In earlꩵy January, Jinny would earn the honor of becoming the first-ever RevPro Women's Champion. Jinny could have made history last year, when she made it to the finals of a tournament that would crown the first-ever PROGRESS Wrestling Women's Champion. She would fall short as that honor went to Toni Storm, but things came full circle for Jinny as her own "first-ever" would come eight months later.
"I cried afterwards and that was one thing I didn’t want to do. But yes, I cried in the ring, I just couldn’t help myself. It was a bunch of mixed emotions and just to be given that chance has really helped me to take Jinny to the next level. When I heard the one, two, three, I just thought that it wasn’t real and I can’t really pinpoint any specific emotions that were running through me. When I got backstage and realized it was real, it was just truly amazing."
With only three 🦋years in the business, Jinny has ways to go as some still feel that she is a bit "green" in the ring. Nonetheless, she will continue making a name for herself as a serious talent in the U.K., but that first starts with the road to recovery in her particular c𒆙ase.
"This year, I am really focused on getting back into the ring [Jinny is currently recovering from surgery]. I must admit, I just really am enjoying what I am doing at the moment. I want to be in a position that when opportunities come up, I will work hard and prove myself to get them. I definitely want to work more York Hall shows. I would also love to work at Wembley Arena for PROGRESS and take that PROGRESS women's title."
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