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informationRosita on whats the story with
TNA and not being on TV in a while: "Unfortunately it has been awhile,
and I know everyone was going crazy a couple weeks ago when it came to me being
taking off the knock outs gallery page, but, I will finally tell all of you, I
am still with TNA. I will hopefully be brought back soon. I am doing a lot more
training and a lot of fresh new things. If I do come, relatively soon back to
TNA, there will a new finisher, and a whole new look really. Its going be very
fresh, very new. No matter where you see me, whether it is TNA or independent
show youre going to get all of me and I guarantee you its something youre
going to want to see."
Rosita on being fan friendly and
being a heel: "It was something that was very new for me because, to be
quite honest, on the independence scene I was always a face. It was something
very new and I basically had to learn on the job. Sarita, she did an amazing job
with me and took me under her wing completely. It was fun though, I can say
that, it was definitely fun being a heel. When you first look at me, youre like
oh shes so small and shes not very intimidating. I mean, I was known as the
spicy chili pepper Chihuahua-ish chick. It was different for me, but I would
love to just come out as the real me and just be the natural baby face that I
think I am."
Rosita on becoming a fan of
wrestling: "Its funny cause of a lot people ask me that, theyre like,
'Oh is the story with your dad really true?' 'Was he really in the towers?' 'Was
he really a wrestler?' Absolutely. He was an amateur wrestler in high school; I
still have his trophies in my attic. He took me to wrestling events all time
when I was younger. I will never forget the time he brought us to an ECW event;
it was the scariest thing ever. Ive been a wrestling fan since I was really
young, I think that around 4 years old I was telling my dad, 'I want to be a
wrestler dad, I really want to!' He was the one that actually taught me how to
put on a proper headlock so whenever people compliment me on that I always give
props to him.
"And my uncle was a pro wrestler in Puerto Rico so it was
definitely a family thing. I grew up in it and couldnt wait to start. My mom
was very hesitant, she didnt want me to do it, but when I was 17 thats when I
got into pro wrestling school but the thing is that my dad always wanted to be a
pro wrestler, and I knew that. But the thing is when he had a night job, and a
day job, kids, and a wife, there was just no time to do anything. And when he
passed away, and it may sound corny, but when he passed away I said, you know
what, everyone is breaking down right now, and its a world tragedy but for me,
I always try to flip it to a positive. I always say from tragedy to triumph. I
do wrestling for me and I am doing it for him."
Rosita
on 9/11: "It was so much pressure; I think that once I brought this
forward and once people knew who I really was and why I got into wrestling. You
were going to get the good with people who support and feel a certain way either
happy or sad and want to share their stories with you. Because I have gotten
that with fans all the time, 'oh my uncle was in this' or 'I served in the
military during this time.' And Ive gotten such great feedback from fans, and I
also knew there was a chance I was going to get hate form it to, and I did.
Especially on my Youtube video, Ive gotten people saying 'the U.S deserved it'
and all this stupid stuff. Ive gotten the good and the bad. I knew that once I
did on the day at a pay per view it was going to be something that was going to
be big.
"When they brought it to my attention they said will you come
through with this and I said, 'Yeah, I think I can.' And when they asked me I
just finished crying my eyes out with Micky James and Tara, like right before,
because I was listening to the names being read. It was around 9:00 in the
morning and 9:04 was when he called, so that was he called and 9:14 was when he
got cut off. It definitely took me a long time to be okay and talk about it.
Right now sitting here with you guys I can talk about and be strong with it.
When I got the PWI inspirational wrestler of the year, I was like you know what,
Im helping and this is good for people to hear, I have no problem with it. That
day happened like any other day. He had called, and I just remember my mom
frantically pacing and saying 'no Michael, what are you talking about! What are
you talking about! She turns on the TV, and Im just watching her and she was
like 'what do you mean youre there? I didnt know you worked there.'
"I
knew my dad worked in the World Trade Center but my mom didnt. He had so many
jobs in and out so she never knew what he was doing day to day. He would take us
to that building all the time. My little brother and I would play with the
walkie talkies, we were there all time. And she had no idea, I was like, 'oh
thats where dad works, why is it on fire? Whats going on?' I had no idea what
was happening it looked like a movie, and she was like your dads in there right
now! And Im just listening to the whole thing. And my mom used to work there
too, she worked on the 99th floor and he worked on the 103rd floor of the North
Tower. She was just saying can you take this stairway? And I remember hearing
saying him saying no its too dark and its hot, its really hot, and I cant go
this way and I cant go that way.
"And Im just, for some odd reason, I
wasnt in my body, like I was watching from afar, watching myself just frozen
and listening to the whole conversation. Everyone elses story starts out with I
was at school that day and my mom pulled me from school. I was home because I
had a doctors appointment, 10 years old at the time. I was watching it on the
TV and listening to my dads voice on the phone. I couldnt speak. I never spoke
to him that day. But me and my brother had a great weekend with him prior to
that. So it happened on that Tuesday, so the weekend before we had a great
weekend with him. Its crazy to think back to be quite honest. I didnt get to
speak to him that day, but I also think its best that I didnt. Because I had
such a great weekend with him prior, I think it was the perfect way to say
goodbye. I still think back and think what didnt I say, 'Dad let me speak to
you let me speak to you! Let me say bye!' I still think would it have been
better? But now I think, no I think we said goodbye in the perfect the weekend
before. So I dont regret it at all."
Rosita on who her
influences were growing up: "Most of them were guys, but there was one
female wrestler that I look up to completely, and thats where my finisher, the
moonsault came from, its in dedication to Lita. Right off the bat, I remember
seeing Rey Mysterio, a long time ago, and he was the one I was like, 'wow I want
to be just like him!' I want to be the female Rey Mysterio, mask or not I want
to do what he can. So Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero, Halloween Havoc 97 was
my favorite match, it was absolutely awesome. I definitely say those two. I
always liked Shawn Michaels, there was something about that dance, besides the
fact he was amazing, I think when I was younger I was like that dance is
awesome, that little shimmy he does with his hips. Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero,
HBK, and the Hardys. When I was younger I went through a little bit of a rocker
stage and it was because of them."
Rosita on a three
hour show and doing taped shows: "It was difficult some days because
regardless of how good a match can be, some of those fans are so spoiled and
have seen everything they werent going to react to really much. And some of the
people were tourists and didnt even know what wrestling was. It was very
difficult. There were some nights that were really great but some nights when
they have just seen everything. Thats why I loved when we went on the road,
when we did pay per views on the road, or tapings on the road. It was amazing,
not only did you get a bigger venue but a mix of different people who are
waiting to see their favorite stars and when they finally do and see how much we
put into it, its great to see how much they give us back. When its live, its
just brings a better feel, not just to the people working, because there are no
edits, no cuts, nothing. It brings the best out of the wrestlers and has a
better flow."