Next Up: Olympic Gold Medal Winner Set For WWE TV Debut (Contains Mild Spoiler)

Good start. There are all kinds of wrestlers in the world today but they all have one thing in common: they had to start somewhere. Every wrestler has had their first match and that can go in a variety of ways. In addition, there are several first time milestones that can be game changers for a wrestler’s career. We have now seen someone with all kinds of potential reach one of those milestones.

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Earlier this week at the NXT television tapings, Tamyra Mensah-Stock made her televised in-ring debut in a match that will air later this week. Mensah-Stock is a former Olympic gold medal winning freestyle wrestler, winning her medal at the 2021 Summer Games. She joined WWE last year and made her in-ring debut at a live event in Melbourne, Florida on March 30.

She isn’t the only one. Check out some other Olympians in the ring:

Opinion: It is way too early to tell how this is going to go, but there is the chance that this could wind up being the start of something special. Mensah-Stock certainly has the athletic background to make this work and now we get to see what she can do when she actually gets in the ring. She has a very long way to go, but at least she is officially getting her start.

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