Between her WWE tryouts in 2013 and her signing in 2017, Zelina Vega struggled to make a mark on the independent circuit and there was even a time when she thought about quitting on her dream of becoming a WWE Superstar.
Vega recently appeared on the Busted Open Radio where she talked about a number of things including the biggest lesson she has learned in WWE, the difference between NXT and main roster and more.
While discussing her struggles, Vega revealed the time she had started thinking of quitting. According to her, there was a time when she had gotten another no from WWE and a no from the audition of Spider-Man.
The former NXT Star claimed that she was at the end of her rope there and she was going to give up so she texted Dwyane ‘The Rock’ Johnson and asked him for some advice.
In response, The Rock told her to wait for a couple of days because he was working on something and then Vega got the role of AJ Lee in the Fighting With My Family movie, produced by the former World Champion.
Her movie role turned out to be the door for her entry in WWE as she began filming the movie in early-2017 and she was signed by WWE to a development contract by mid-2017.