"When I first started it was horrible, because I was really the first woman to travel on the road with them," she says. "Vince didn't even want to hire me at first," Laurer says, "because he thought, 'Well, what's this girl going to do, come in and beat up the guys? The crowd will never buy that, and it will never be believable.'"Īfter persuading McMahon to sign her to a contract, Laurer then had to gain acceptance with the male wrestlers, who weren't exactly eager to stand toe-to-toe in the ring with a woman, regardless of how big or muscular she was. She wasn't the first woman in pro wrestling to compete against - and defeat - men, but she was by far the most successful. If her track record in the WWF is any indication, one shouldn't bet against Laurer. A lot of Hollywood is political, and I'll have to break down barriers and boundaries just as I did in the wrestling world." I plan on being the female Arnold Schwarzenegger, but that will take time because I'm a woman before my time. Since the age of 15, I've been developing my body. "My objective is not to win an Academy Award. "I don't mind being typecast at all," she says. It would seem that acting roles for a woman standing 5-foot-10 and weighing 165 pounds would be somewhat limited, but Laurer says she's fine with that. "But I have to look at my leaving as a business decision. "I think we just started to grow in different directions," she says.
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