Who is Johnnie Robbie? Meet West Coast Pro's women's champion and rising star on the indie scene

LAS VEGAS – Johnnie Robbie volition participate WrestleMania week arsenic a comparative chartless and rising pro wrestling star, but erstwhile the particulate settles successful Las Vegas this week, fans volition surely cognize who she is.

Robbie is simply a California autochthonal who has trained astatine New Japan Pro-Wrestling and has made little appearances astatine Ring of Honor and All Elite Wrestling. She volition participate the week arsenic West Coast Pro wrestling’s women’s champion. She volition person astir a half-dozen matches implicit the people of the week, headlining the company’s amusement and competing successful respective others.

She opened up to Fox News Digital astir her inheritance and however she got started.

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Johnnie Robbie hits Persephone with a crossbody from the apical rope. (Courtesy Marc Blair)

"I watched it a spot arsenic a kid," Robbie said of getting started successful pro wrestling. "Kinda fell disconnected of it. Then, my champion person got maine into it and past I started rewatching it again. And past I conscionable thought I alternatively bash it than ticker it. A small spot astir Johnnie Robbie – she’s conscionable kinda doesn’t instrumentality thing from anybody.

"I travel from Chicano roots – the mode I was praised beauteous much. From the sneakers that I deterioration to the mode that I’m dressed, you tin spot that it’s streetstyle and immoderate radical whitethorn beryllium reminded of location it."

Robbie said she initially started grooming arsenic a referee earlier she was capable to person much bookings.

"My champion friend, similar I said, helium was like, ‘Oh, fig retired however to go a wrestler due to the fact that you’re ever saying you privation to beryllium thing caller each day,’ and this was thing I dug for and tried to find a schoolhouse due to the fact that it is kinda hard to find a school, particularly present successful LA due to the fact that determination conscionable a fistful of them," she said. "I started grooming and past I wasn’t picking up arsenic overmuch arsenic everyone other and my trainers astatine the time, they suggested I go a ref until I’m acceptable for my main debut. I judge that’s however they did it – they schoolhouse they came from, they would bash that. I took the thought from there."

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Robbie told Fox News Digital she is trying to amplify her roots erstwhile she comes to the ring.

She said the cogwheel she wears from head-to-toe each person thing to bash with wherever she’s been and her background.

"I’m present for a bully clip and truthful I’m irked oregon I’m p---ed disconnected and I thin to get p---ed disconnected precise easily. I deliberation I thin to amusement that in-ring. I person a speedy temper and if I’m connected top, I kinda get, I don’t privation to accidental cocky, but I get existent comfortable," she said. "I deliberation mostly what you spot is idiosyncratic not arsenic large arsenic everyone other oregon conscionable beryllium capable to instrumentality hits and conscionable the mode that I determination successful the ring,

"I deliberation that comes crossed good successful presumption of … One of my champion friends, Alan Breeze, I go, ‘I don’t cognize what my benignant is,’ and he’s like, ‘You’re a small pitbull, you’re a small dog, you’re conscionable similar messy.’ You’re benignant is, I deliberation helium said, ‘Scrappy.’ I deliberation that comes into play erstwhile I’m wrestling. You tin spot that. Like I said, I propulsion from the mode I was raised by a clump of, ‘Cholos.’ Just similar I said, the Chicano lifestyle. I deliberation you spot a batch of that erstwhile I’m successful the ring."

Johnnie Robbie feels the wrath of Persephone successful the ring. (Courtesy Marc Blair)

Robbie stressed that being capable to stock her inheritance with the radical that travel to her shows is important to her and however overmuch of a quality it makes.

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"I personally emotion it due to the fact that are sometimes radical are like, ‘Oh, you’re conscionable kinda cool,’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah, no, you conscionable don’t get it due to the fact that you ne'er seen it before.’ As opposed to erstwhile I’m present successful LA oregon up northbound successful San Francisco with West Coast, I person the small girls that look similar maine oregon I person fans that are older and they’re like, ‘Oh my God you punctual maine of my sister, you punctual maine of my tia,’" Robbie said. "Little girls spot themselves successful maine oregon they spot their bigger sister successful me.

"So, I deliberation it’s whether you not recognizing wherever I travel from oregon it’s the small kids seeing it oregon it’s the radical who grew up similar maine seeing it, that conscionable makes a difference. I’m conscionable blessed to beryllium that idiosyncratic you’re reminded of determination due to the fact that adjacent if you’re not acquainted with the mode I was raised opposed to a small miss retired present successful LA, you’re inactive present being introduced to it. So, I bask the information that, ‘Oh, this is what they mean by that.’"

Robbie said she volition beryllium successful six matches during the week, but it wasn’t her archetypal play.

She said she had hoped to bash astatine slightest 3 matches and enactment connected prime shows, until much radical started to telephone her to wrestle astatine their shows. The hustle mentality is simply a driving unit for Robbie.

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"I deliberation we’re each hustling … But I was look at, immoderate instrumentality made a database of everybody who had matches, and I retrieve reasoning coming in, like, ‘Oh, I lone privation possibly 3 matches this year,’ due to the fact that past twelvemonth I deliberation I had conscionable arsenic many. I privation prime implicit quantity," Robbie said. "I didn’t privation to beryllium implicit oregon nether booked. And then, I conscionable getting these opportunities, large names oregon radical I’ve ever been wanting to wrestle. I was like, ‘Oh, well, OK, I guess, I’m free, so. …’ It’s ‘Mania week and I’ve just, I don’t adjacent cognize however to explicate it. You privation arsenic galore matches arsenic you tin perchance person due to the fact that adjacent if you’re not trying to, you conscionable support getting these opportunities due to the fact that everyone from each implicit the satellite is here.

"If you’re not retired determination having galore (matches), oregon if you’re conscionable not retired determination astatine all, I would anticipation you would similar to get retired there. I cognize its hard – it’s a full week off. Hustling successful wide for me, that hustle mentality, are you giving it your each successful presumption of what you tin do? If I could bash was 3 matches and I did everything I could bash is person those 3 matches and get to WrestleMania week that is bully enough. … It’s OK to miss it arsenic good due to the fact that the hustle is inactive going connected on the different side. What tin you bash if you’re not showing up for that week? To me, I usage each infinitesimal and each accidental to pursuit aft immoderate it is portion besides knowing that there’s limitations. As agelong arsenic you’re doing it and not whining and not doing it, to me, you’re hustling."

Johnnie Robbie appears successful a Ring of Honor lucifer against Persephone. (Courtesy Marc Blair)

Robbie volition beryllium among the dozens of wrestlers who volition beryllium progressive successful matches implicit the people of the week.

She volition commencement her week with 2 matches connected Wednesday -- 1 astatine Pandemonium Pro Wrestling and different with Unapologetic Pro.

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Thursday night, Robbie volition support the West Coast Pro Women's Championship astatine their lawsuit and past proceed connected to a Marvelous event. Then, she volition beryllium looking for different loop astatine PrideStyle Pro arsenic well, going up against Chris Nastyy for the PrideStyle World Championship connected Friday night. It volition beryllium her archetypal of 2 matches there.

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