Not long after making her case to her then-partner, Harley Cameron stepped into pro wrestling with his support. Considering that she had never been in a wrestling ring since moving from Australia, she was introduced to a whole new world. “The first taste that I had was at Flatbacks Wrestling School in Orlando, and my first bump I instantly thought: ooh, can I do this?’ Big wake up call!” Cameron said. She then added that her training took place three years before her AEW stint, but admitted that she’s in shock at how fast her career has progressed.
Cameron then recalled working at shows and with bands prior to her visa, adding that it was all unpaid for work, but something she’s ultimately grateful for. “It is very lonely leaving your country and coming here, and I think that if I didn’t do that, I don’t know if that would have given me the drive to just, you know, progressively do other things,” she added.
“I was fortunate that in Australia, I was good with my finances and savvy. I had savings, I had enough to survive and get me through,” Cameron also noted, but admitted that there were still moments where she was struggling, especially in her search to find an agent. “I didn’t know anyone and I didn’t have the connections, and I think that there was definitely times where I was like, ‘Well, this is all well and good that I’m performing and that I’m doing it, but I can’t get paid. How much is this money going to last?”
However, even after finding her passion for pro wrestling, Cameron still felt challenged by her future, as she went into an industry with no experience or name-recognition. “I’m very lucky it did work out and I persevered, because, you know, now I’m just living my dream!”
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