Q&A for How to Break Into Professional Wrestling

Yes the WWE gives you a salary, but the amount depends on how good you are and how long your contract is.

Obviously you don't want any of your submissions to be actually painful, as you're not looking to really hurt anyone. That said, I always enjoyed the crippled crossface and the rings of Saturn. But you could also get creative and make up your own!

Many wrestlers don't have managers, so it's not a necessity, but you may prefer to have one. It's up to you.

Yes, and it might be a good idea since they're experienced in the business, but you should also make sure you have someone on your "team" who knows the ins and outs of things like finances and contracts too.

There's no age limit, but it is a physical pursuit. As long as you can do the moves, you can wrestle. However, it takes most wrestlers around 10 years to break into the WWE.

Try looking on Ringsideworld. If there's none on there, then you can still learn a couple of the basics without a wrestling school.

You can try explaining to your parents what you love most about the sport, and perhaps even have them watch it with you. As you get a little older, you can ask about taking classes. Once you become an adult and no longer live with your parents, you'll be able to make the choice to pursue wrestling on your own.

Yes, you can. Mark Henry uses his real name in WWE. If you want to wrestle under your real name, go for it!

You might associate your name with something meaningful to you or use some sort of play on words or other pneumonic device. I have a friend whose name is Skylar. Her in ring name is Sky Blue.

Start now! At least get yourself physically in shape. This way you will be ahead of your peers when it comes time to go to wrestling school, tryout, etc.

You should finish high school and then go to a college that has a good wrestling program. With all that training and coaching you may be able to turn pro.

Having an amateur-wrestling background is definitely useful as it can give you more options for your moveset as a professional wrestler, and it'll give you much needed real experience. Many successful WWE stars have had a background in professional wrestling (Brock Lesnar, Dolph Ziggler, Kurt Angle, Bobby Lashley, etc.).

No. You can start any time, as long as you have wrestling experience and you are in good enough physical shape.

You have to find a way to get the training. You can talk to the people that run the training facility and ask if you can work in exchange for training or you can get a job (or second job) to pay for it. If you want it bad enough, you'll find a way.

Use a simple Google search. Understand that if you don't live in a metropolitan area, you may have to travel.

It depends what stage of life you're in. Honestly, I've seen quite a bit of advice from vets to always have a college/university education first before getting into professional wrestling. That way you'll have a plan B if you ever lose your interest for professional wrestling or you're just not seeing yourself becoming successful. Also, you should get a job and save up as much money as possible from each check.

Just go to wweperformancecenter.com and sign up. They’ll tell you when a tryout is.

Definitely, there are many female divas who aren't American. If you're from another country, though, you'd need to have a bit of financial freedom or leeway to cover traveling expenses.

You have to learn basics from watching on TV, or go to the academy once you are older. Talk to a person who is experienced to figure out what is best for you.

Train as much as you can using online training tips and websites and work on it with your friends. When you get older you can think about traveling to a school.

No, you don't.

It's likely a bit late now but where there's a will, there is often a way. But you'll need to throw yourself into training with a wrestling coach who can make sure you don't do anything the wrong way; by getting your moves right from the start, it'll speed up the training and learning. Get your coach to suggest what competitions to get involved in, once they decide you're ready.

There is not many ways you can apply for AEW, but you definitely need a background in wrestling before you try out. But, AEW doesn't really have try outs, so try making yourself a popular enough wrestler on social media to get noticed by scouts.

You will need an American sponsorship before doing these steps. Become popular in South Africa, then send WWE a promo of you. If they offer you a contract, head down to Orlando.

Most wrestling schools will require you to be 18 years or older, so you might need to wait a couple of years. Keep yourself fit in the meantime and learn all you can.

You cannot do it as a teenager but you can start work on your strength and conditioning in the meantime.

If there is a wrestling circuit in Nepal and/or in your city, try to make connections through there, and if you are extremely serious about wrestling, then consider going to a wrestling school outside of your country.

You can still become a wrestler if you are not from the us. Look at Drew Mclyntire, he is the first Scottish WWE champion; so you still can if you train hard enough.

Wrestling training and probably at least be a high school graduate. Many of the wrestlers there have a college degree or higher, so consider that as well.

Get yourself a job and save up money as best you can. Get yourself a vehicle and a gym membership. Figure out how to diet on a very tight budget (rice and chicken do a lot for very little). Keep saving up, then find a wrestling school you can afford. For example, in Virginia there's one in Shawsville that's really cheap run by "The Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant, who's a Hall of Famer.