‘My dad’s a wrestling icon however did not prepare me – I’ve been kicking a** since 16’

The daughter of a UK wrestling legend is has been kicking arse all on her personal because the age of 16.

Xia Brookside, the latest TNA Knockout, has instructed how she has had no coaching or profession recommendation from her well-known dad, Robbie Brookside. The latter is at the moment a high WWE coach, and had an illustrious profession on the UK unbiased scene holding 30 completely different championships between 1991 and 2011.

But regardless of that, his daughter Xia has made a reputation for herself internationally, and has now landed at TNA Wrestling, having joined on a long-term contract earlier this yr. And regardless of claims on-line that she was educated by her dad – shock, the web is fallacious and he or she wasn’t.

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Speaking completely to the Daily Star, the 25-year-old Leicester native mentioned: “I used to be truly educated by Darren ‘Thunder’ Walsh who took over my dad’s coaching faculty, so it was technically Brookside School of Wrestling, but it surely was Darren that was coaching me.

“And I instructed my dad I mentioned, ‘Hey, I actually need to begin wrestling’ and he mentioned, ‘not an opportunity – go be a vet, go do what you need to do’.

“And I used to be like, Well, now, you mentioned no, I undoubtedly need to do it. I educated for a yr after which I went straight into the ring and that is once I began coaching with Dean Allmark. But my dad’s by no means had something to my wrestling profession.

“As a second generation wrestler, you are always going to get the comments of: ‘she’s only here because of this or he did this or he did that,’ and for both of us to be able to look at each other and look at it ourselves in the mirror and say that it’s not true, that means the most. It doesn’t matter what everyone else is saying as long as you know yourself.”

Xia, regardless of being comparatively younger, has been across the wrestling scene for a very long time and has amassed three championship reigns throughout numerous UK promotions. Before turning to TNA, she spent 5 years in WWE as a part of the new-defunct NXT UK model.

After the model was cancelled, she went to Japan to compete as a part of the much-loved Stardom promotion group referred to as Club Venus. She debuted alongside fellow UK standout and present AEW star Mariah May, and Japanese wrestling legend Mina Shiarakawa in January 2023.

Since then, Xia has been on a journey of rebirth and progress – and {golfing}, apparently – and has joined TNA at a time when the corporate has gone again to the long run with re-brand from Impact Wrestling again to the family title it at the moment holds.

So why TNA?

She defined: “It’s such an unbelievable firm, what they’re doing proper now for wrestling as a complete. And the entire wrestlers which can be there, it is simply, it is wonderful, we actually have a lot alternative right here and to enter my first match with the corporate was a pay per view, I wasn’t signed on the time, they usually threw me straight in there.

“They’re like ‘you’re gonna go do an Ultimate X match for the opportunity at the title’ – so much belief in me from day one was just incredible. It really feels like it was meant to be. I want to develop my wrestling brain. I’ve been wrestling for nine years at this point, and I’ve always definitely been the bubbly baby face.

“Just keep in developing, learning new moves, learning stronger moves, like I’m a lot stronger than people think I just don’t show that out there because I’m always the smaller one, you know. So just putting it all on the line I feel like now is the time to just every match that I have and put 110% in.

“TNA has given me that opportunity. You know, they given me these matches that are just incredible opportunity to get out there more.”

The Daily Star’s full interview with Xia Brookside is out there to view on our YouTube channel, and options Xia admitting which Premier League crew she helps, which UK star she desires to affix TNA and what she’s realized about herself throughout her profession.

TNA Wrestling is out there to observe within the UK on Impact+, DAZN and YouTuber through the TNA Insiders subscription bundle.

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