Kandi Krush is one of the most fearsome competitors on the Women of Wrestling (WOW) roster.Krush, Coach Campanelli and Gloria Glitter (the group known as Top Tier) once held the WOW World Trios Championship.But as with everything else in pro wrestling, Krush and Campanelli turned on Glitter and kicked her out of Top Tier.Krush’s rise in professional wrestling was far from smooth.COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON FOX NEWS DIGITALKandi Krush looks to dish out pain from the top rope during a Women of Wrestling match.
(Women of Wrestling)The powerful puncher was once an Olympic hopeful in synchronized swimming.But injuries and what she described in a recent interview with Fox News Digital as a "toxic environment" left her dreams of a gold medal drowned."My dreams were essentially kind of stripped from me," she said.
"But at the same time, I took control over my own future and decided to just pivot.Anytime something bad has happened in my life or, you know, ‘bad’ because, really, it's just like a lesson and maybe like a sign to switch gears, but I pivoted.
I pivoted to boxing."Krush said she was able to tap into her work ethic to go undefeated in professional boxing.But not long after she put on gloves, another obstacle was thrown in her way – COVID-19."I worked my way up in boxing, turned pro, undefeated as a pro and then COVID hit and like it hit all of us like a like a punch from Mike Tyson," she said.
"It shut down all the boxing gyms and so it gave me a lot of time to reflect and like what do I want to do? I love being under the bright lights on the big stage which is why I turned pro in the first place for boxing.I love to put on a good show.
The crowd's energy just invigorates me, excites me, and I just want to go harder."Krush was inspired by a movie with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and thought pro wrestling was an avenue she could pursue.She said she was going to put her whole heart into the endeavor, despite never watching pro wrestling when she wa...