WWE Mae Young Classic competitor Lacey Evans recently spoke to USA Today For The Win to promote the tournament’s release on the WWE Network. During their conversation Lacey discussed her rough upbringing, being selected to participate in the tournament, and her father’s passing after a drug overdose just two months before her WWE tryout. Here are the highlights:
Being chosen to participate in the Mae Young Classic tournament:
“It means more than I can even explain. It is the first-ever women’s tournament that WWE has had and there were only select spots… There’s only 32 worldwide to represent what being a hardworking woman is and to be able to show what we’re capable of. I was so blessed and excited.”
Her rough upbringing:
“It was a rough life growing up between the addiction and depression and the suicide attempts that came later. My family was dealing with a lot of things. I was stuck in the middle of it. All I knew is what I didn’t want to become when I became older. I guess I had good role models in a bad way. That made me work extra hard and keep my mind focused.”
Her father passing from an overdose just months before her WWE tryout:
“My father overdosed two months before my WWE tryout… My biggest thing, and he didn’t make it. He didn’t make it to any graduation I’ve ever had. Not high school. Not college. Not the Marine Corps. I’ve done big things and he never made it to one.”
You can check out Evans’ full interview with USA Today For The Win here.
