Sara Del Rey WWE.com Interview

[KendoNagasaki]

“To me, [Sara Amato] is the best American female professional wrestler I've ever seen. And I'm talking about ever — including people who’ve been on national television, who wrestled in any era,” Dave Prazak, a producer of Illinois-based all-women's league Shimmer Women Athletes, told WWE.com. “Sara is that good.”

This claim may come as a surprise — if not sound like complete hyperbole — to fans unfamiliar with the onetime Sara Del Rey. But those who have seen her trade forearms with Kharma in New York City or relentlessly headbutt Manami Toyota in the dojos of Japan know that the fierce “Death Rey” — who unabashedly prioritized striking ability over sex appeal — spent a decade pursuing perfection in her chosen craft of wrestling.

Now, Amato is helping shape the look and feel of NXT’s women’s division and, in turn, WWE’s Divas division, for years to come. It just so happens she’s making history doing it, as the first female coach at the WWE Performance Center.

For the self-described tomboy — a protégé of Daniel Bryan who has an affinity for “manipulating people with holds” and considers training her favorite aspect of the game — there couldn’t be a more perfect scenario. When she was approached with the idea of joining the training staff in mid-2012, Amato knew she had knowledge to impart, especially to young women entering an arena dominated by men.

“It’s just not the same for men and women to learn, and I thought I’d love to share what I learned along the way with anyone who’s listening,” she said. “It was a very natural fit. It felt like the ultimate dream.”

Amato was raised on Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior, and she learned the ropes at the Hayward, Calif.-based All Pro Wrestling Boot Camp, the same program that produced former WWE Superstars Spike Dudley and Crash Holly. Several months into her training — around the time Amato says she was “just starting to put it together” — APW’s coaching staff changed, and a new head instructor arrived. Enter the man who would irreversibly alter her outlook on wrestling: “The American Dragon,” Daniel Bryan.

Bryan recognized Amato’s strong work ethic right off the bat. He recalled the day her class was learning to perform back body drops.

“The person who was giving them to her collapsed underneath her, and when she landed, she separated her shoulder,” Bryan said. “She rolled out of the ring, popped her shoulder back in and rolled into the ring.”

Another collapsed backdrop, another separated shoulder. Amato again rolled out of the ring, popped her shoulder back in place, and wanted to continue. Although Bryan admired her tenacity, he couldn’t let her go on. “At that point, we had to say stop,” he said.

Continued....

http://www.wwe.com/inside/how-sara-amato-is-changing-divas-division-26194085

Another cool interview from WWE.com. I saw Del Rey as one of the best on the Indies, male or female, before she signed with WWE. Aksana should have learned when and how to drop a fukking knee from her...

 

[MushroomX]

They need to let her wrestle though and break AJ Lee's neck

 

[Silkk]

To me, [Sara Amato] is the best American female professional wrestler I've ever seen. And I'm talking about ever — including people who’ve been on national television, who wrestled in any era,” Dave Prazak, a producer of Illinois-based all-women's league Shimmer Women Athletes, told WWE.com. “Sara is that good.”

But she not wrestling

 

[KendoNagasaki]

They need to let her wrestle though and break AJ Lee's neck

This has me

 

[MushroomX]

This has me

 

[KendoNagasaki]

'Stone Cold' AJ Lee

 

[MushroomX]

AJ "Pebbles" Lee

Fixed

 

[R=G]

The booking of Del Ray showed Prazak is a mark for Del Ray but she was never better than Melissa, Kong, and Kana seems to be almost untouchable.

 

[MightyHealthy]

Not to discount her talent in the slightest, but she has become much better looking over the years

 

[MenacingMonk]

When she first started her ass was

Those hips

Then I saw her wrestle.

 

[Prince Akeem]

To me, [Sara Amato] is the best American female professional wrestler I've ever seen. And I'm talking about ever — including people who’ve been on national television, who wrestled in any era,” Dave Prazak, a producer of Illinois-based all-women's league Shimmer Women Athletes, told WWE.com. “Sara is that good.”

But she not wrestling

E likely thinks she's too ugly for the main roster.

 

[CBoz]

Just youtube search Sara Del Rey vs Claudio Castagnoli.

 

[El Cocodrilo]

E likely thinks she's too ugly for the main roster.

She could be a masked wrestler

 

[Grifter]

She could be a masked wrestler

They didn't hire Sexy Star cause they want the women to be maskless and then thought she wasn't attractive enough.

 

[TRIPLE M]

the E should let her have a run..just have her do tv only so not to interfere with her job
Finlay was the Divas trainer,road agent and got a run on the roster, so there is a precedent