If you run into AEW World Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa when you’re out shopping, don’t be surprised if she has a very noticeable piece of gold with her.
Rosa said she was still getting used to having the title with her “at Walmart and at the court house” when she appeared as this week’s guest on the Under the Ring podcast with Phil Strum. The 35-year-old Rosa, who became champion when she defeated Britt Baker in a Steel Cage Match on the March 16 episode of AEW Dynamite, told Strum that she’s still wrapping her head around what it really means to be champion and how she can make her reign meaningful.
“It’s very, very special,” Rosa said. “It’s such a wonderful tool that I can utilize, not only to elevate myself as a wrestler, as a woman, as an entrepreneur, but also to elevate other women that want to be at the same level as I am right now.”
Other topics Rosa discusses on this episode include:
- Her journey to define herself as a wrestler, which took her back and forth from Japan to the U.S.
- What attracted her to pro wrestling to start training at the relatively late age of 28 — and which one of her current AEW colleagues inspired her to take the leap
- The influences and thought that go into her ring gear
- What drove her to start her own women’s wrestling promotion, Mission Pro Wrestling
You can check out the entire episode with Thunder Rosa below.
Under the Ring drops new episodes every Monday, with Strum interviewing different guests from the entire spectrum of pro wrestling each week. Other recent guests have included veteran wrestler Tony Devito, AEW star and one half of The Acclaimed, Anthony Bowens, and Impact Wrestling’s Matt Taven.
Be sure to subscribe via Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider, or check out the conversations in video form on the Under the Ring YouTube channel.
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