NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n LAS VEGAS \u2013 <\/span>Johnnie Robbie will enter WrestleMania week<\/a> as a relative unknown and rising pro wrestling star, but when the dust settles in Las Vegas this week, fans will certainly know who she is.<\/p>\n Robbie is a California native who has trained at New Japan Pro-Wrestling and has made brief appearances at Ring of Honor and All Elite Wrestling. She will enter the week as West Coast Pro<\/a> wrestling\u2019s women\u2019s champion. She will have about a half-dozen matches over the course of the week, headlining the company\u2019s show and competing in several others.<\/p>\n She opened up to Fox News Digital about her background and how she got started.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Johnnie Robbie hits Persephone with a crossbody from the top rope.<\/span> (Courtesy Marc Blair)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “I watched it a bit as a kid,” Robbie said of getting started in pro wrestling. “Kinda fell off of it. Then, my best friend got me into it and then I started rewatching it again. And then I just thought I rather do it than watch it. A little bit about Johnnie Robbie \u2013 she\u2019s just kinda doesn\u2019t take anything from anybody.<\/p>\n “I come from Chicano roots \u2013 the way I was praised pretty much. From the sneakers that I wear to the way that I\u2019m dressed, you can see that it\u2019s streetstyle and some people may be reminded of home it.”<\/p>\n Robbie said she initially started training as a referee before she was able to receive more bookings.<\/p>\n “My best friend, like I said, he was like, \u2018Oh, figure out how to become a wrestler because you\u2019re always saying you want to be something new every day,\u2019 and this was something I dug for and tried to find a school because it is kinda hard to find a school, especially here in LA<\/a> because there just a handful of them,” she said. “I started training and then I wasn\u2019t picking up as much as everyone else and my trainers at the time, they suggested I become a ref until I\u2019m ready for my main debut. I believe that\u2019s how they did it \u2013 they school they came from, they would do that. I took the idea from there.”<\/p>\n JAPANESE PRO WRESTLING STAR MIYU YAMASHITA GEARS UP FOR LAS VEGAS RETURN AT SLAM FEST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Robbie told Fox News Digital she is trying to amplify her roots when she comes to the ring.<\/p>\n She said the gear she wears from head-to-toe all have something to do with where she\u2019s been and her background.<\/p>\n “I\u2019m here for a good time and so I\u2019m irked or I\u2019m p—ed off and I tend to get p—ed off very easily. I think I tend to show that in-ring. I have a quick temper and if I\u2019m on top, I kinda get, I don\u2019t want to say cocky, but I get real comfortable,” she said. “I think mostly what you see is someone not as big as everyone else or just be able to take hits and just the way that I move in the ring,<\/p>\n “I think that comes across well in terms of \u2026 One of my best friends, Alan Breeze, I go, \u2018I don\u2019t know what my style is,\u2019 and he\u2019s like, \u2018You\u2019re a little pitbull, you\u2019re a little dog, you\u2019re just like messy.\u2019 You\u2019re style is, I think he said, \u2018Scrappy.\u2019 I think that comes into play when I\u2019m wrestling. You can see that. Like I said, I pull from the way I was raised by a bunch of, \u2018Cholos.\u2019 Just like I said, the Chicano lifestyle. I think you see a lot of that when I\u2019m in the ring.”<\/p>\n Johnnie Robbie feels the wrath of Persephone in the ring.<\/span> (Courtesy Marc Blair)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Robbie stressed that being able to share her background with the people that come to her shows is important to her and how much of a difference it makes.<\/p>\n SLAM FEST TO BRING PRO WRESTLING FESTIVAL TO PALMS CASINO RESORT IN LAS VEGAS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “I personally love it because are sometimes people are like, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re just kinda cool,\u2019 and I\u2019m like, \u2018Yeah, no, you just don\u2019t get it because you never seen it before.\u2019 As opposed to when I\u2019m here in LA or up north in San Francisco<\/a> with West Coast, I have the little girls that look like me or I have fans that are older and they\u2019re like, \u2018Oh my God you remind me of my sister, you remind me of my tia,\u2019” Robbie said. “Little girls see themselves in me or they see their bigger sister in me.<\/p>\n “So, I think it\u2019s whether you not recognizing where I come from or it\u2019s the little kids seeing it or it\u2019s the people who grew up like me seeing it, that just makes a difference. I\u2019m just happy to be that person you\u2019re reminded of somewhere because even if you\u2019re not familiar with the way I was raised opposed to a little girl out here in LA, you\u2019re still now being introduced to it. So, I enjoy the fact that, \u2018Oh, this is what they mean by that.\u2019”<\/p>\n Robbie said she will be in six matches during the week, but it wasn\u2019t her initial play.<\/p>\n She said she had hoped to do at least three matches and put on quality shows, until more people started to call her to wrestle at their shows. The hustle mentality is a driving force for Robbie.<\/p>\n RISING PRO WRESTLING STAR PERSEPHONE TO BE PART OF HISTORIC CMLL SHOW AT SLAM FEST, REACTS TO TONY KHAN PRAISE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “I think we\u2019re all hustling \u2026 But I was look at, some fan made a list of everybody who had matches, and I remember thinking coming in, like, \u2018Oh, I only want maybe three matches this year,\u2019 because last year I think I had just as many. I want quality over quantity,” Robbie said. “I didn\u2019t want to be over or under booked. And then, I just getting these opportunities, big names or people I\u2019ve always been wanting to wrestle. I was like, \u2018Oh, well, OK, I guess, I\u2019m free, so. \u2026\u2019 It\u2019s \u2018Mania week and I\u2019ve just, I don\u2019t even know how to explain it. You want as many matches as you can possibly have because even if you\u2019re not trying to, you just keep getting these opportunities because everyone from all over the world is here.<\/p>\n “If you\u2019re not out there having many (matches), or if you\u2019re just not out there at all, I would hope you would like to get out there. I know its difficult \u2013 it\u2019s a whole week off. Hustling in general for me, that hustle mentality, are you giving it your all in terms of what you can do? If I could do was three matches and I did everything I could do is have those three matches and get to WrestleMania week that is good enough. \u2026 It\u2019s OK to miss it as well because the hustle is still going on on the other side. What can you do if you\u2019re not showing up for that week? To me, I use every moment and every opportunity to chase after whatever it is while also understanding that there\u2019s limitations. As long as you\u2019re doing it and not whining and not doing it, to me, you\u2019re hustling.”<\/p>\n Johnnie Robbie appears in a Ring of Honor match against Persephone.<\/span> (Courtesy Marc Blair)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Robbie will be among the dozens of wrestlers who will be involved in matches over the course of the week.<\/p>\n She will start her week with two matches on Wednesday — one at Pandemonium Pro Wrestling and another with Unapologetic Pro.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Thursday night, Robbie will defend the West Coast Pro Women’s Championship at their event and then continue on to a Marvelous event. Then, she will be looking for another belt at PrideStyle Pro as well, going up against Chris Nastyy for the PrideStyle World Championship on Friday night. 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