Last month, the star of WWE Trinity Fatu stood in the middle of the wrestling ring in Philadelphia. Thousands of fans were stunned. They watched her sobbing in the ring.

“Every time I begin to change and take care of myself,” she shouted at the crowd, “everyone turned to me.”

It was a decisive moment for the character of Fat on the Naomi screen, which was a beloved favorite fans since debuting in 2012. But that night she did something that would do or break her profession: the “heel” modified for the first time, became the most important villain at the event level. But not only became a villain, but she did it to proceed the story that ends in the match at Wrestlemania 41 this weekend. He must do it well. These are the highest rates in her profession.

“There was definitely pressure,” said Fatu AndScape. But he also knows that the best way to solidify a terrific promotion is to make emotions. To come from an actual place.

“I think it’s just a lot of feeling that it is not approved,” she said fully. “I don’t feel respected, I don’t feel appreciated and not receiving what I feel, as if I gave my friends to reciprocate.”

“We are all so talented,” she continued. “We know how important it is that we all give our best. No matter whose perspective you choose, we put everything in, because it is so significant.”

One of the most vital moments that determine the success of the heel’s rotation is the opening promotion, for the first time the newly spent villain explains their motivations. An amazing promotion on the heel – identical to Rock joining the nation of domination in 1997 or Seth Rollins after he joined the authority in 2012 – he can redefine the figure in the foreseeable future. A nasty promotion can potentially lose fans and threaten the Wrestlemia match.

It was the Fat pressure when she caught the microphone and justified her vile actions: in November last yr Jade Cargill, one third of the group, which consisted of Bianca Belair and Fatu, was found behind the scenes after he suffered from a camera because of the mysterious attacker. After months of speculation, it was revealed that the offender was a Fatu, also often called Naomi.

This is where the heel promotion appeared: Fatu in the ring, explaining her motivations to betrayal while Belair looked. It was a promotion of her life, and the whole profession lasted until now.

Fatu, from Sanford in Florida, began an entertainment profession as a dancer Orlando Magic, concerting around the country with the band. When she learned that WWE was on the lookout for recent talents, she joined the development company Florida Championship Wrestling before she made the most important WWE list in 2012. The original form of WWE Fasu was “funadacttyl”, a spare dancer for men’s wrestling clay. She would make her name as a singles star even in the WWE era “Divas” when women wrestle didn’t receive the right television time. For example, in 2013, her match was cut off from Wrestlemia at the last minute. Fatu found her position, changing as the final performer, a “shining” figure that directed her dance and athletic, finally becoming the first black woman who won the title of women’s champion Smackdown in 2017. It would also gain a recognition of the mainstream from appearing at the WWE reality show on female enemies.

FASU popularity will grow from 2022, when creative differences from WWE forced her to leave the company. At that point, she was half of the Tag Team champions from Sasha Banks, which also left. However, the creative plan for them as masters was insufficient and devoid of an actual direction. And according to Fat, disrespect was simply an excessive amount of to bear.

“I finally left that day because of the way I talked and managed,” she said in an interview with Retained open radio In 2023, “Everything that simply broke that day. It had nothing to do with anything else, whoever others. It was only that. I had to.”

Being a WWE superstar is a dream of every skilled wrestler. When leaving, not to mention the departure during the master, he accepts immeasurable courage and self -confidence. For months of Fat, he hung out away from wrestling and doubt began to creep.

“I definitely thought I finished,” she admitted. “It was also terrifying, because everything I did since I was eight years old.”

Then Fatu received phones from Gail Kim and Scott D’Amore, who work in one other wrestling company, Total Nonstop Action. “They literally displaced me from the couch to come to TNA.”

In TNA, she began to find her step again, becoming a master of knockout. Her time in TNA meant one of the best matches in her profession, even when she was moving after response from online trolls, which attacked her for leaving WWE. Her relationship with fans was motivated. “Negativeness in social media reached me,” she said in 2023. “I felt so broken in mentally that I didn’t want to go back to wrestling, but the fans constantly brought me positivity. Their care gave me confidence and faith in myself.”

Another moment, which gave the family confidence, got here when the film was played in a pioneering wrestling, Ethel Page.

“It was also during my strike,” she said. “So I really experienced a difficult time. It raised me. Ethel opened the door for me. I felt a lot of inspiration with her history. I am a direct result and made me feel like I had to continue.”

Nobody ever really stays away from WWE. Wrestlers fall out with management and ultimately come back. Fatu was no exception because she knew he would end his profession. However, her return would present a breakthrough moment in an expert wrestling wrestling.

Within a number of months of reintegration of Fatu with WWE, one other star, Jade Cargill, made her debut. Cargill, which began his profession in all elite wrestling, is probably as megastar as he saw wrestling, thanks to natural charisma and construction help. Both would almost immediately join forces with Belair, which has already established as a Supergivid in WWE. Three women unofficially called a terrific three – a trio of black women who celebrated their black, dominated in the ring and charming fans.

“Our representation was everything at the moment,” said Fatu. “It was a creation of history, especially as black women, because it was only one of us at once, for example five or six years.”

The big three will debut in Wrestlemia in 2024 and will happen after months of viral moments focusing on celebrating black women. For example, in August they wore costumes (designed by Bianca Beair) Paid tribute to Simone Biles. Earlier they paid tribute to Beyoncé. Their camaraderie and authenticity in the ring allowed them to make contact with fans, especially fans of black women who didn’t have many stories or groups in wrestling fandom. Belair, Cargill and Fatu modified it.

“The jaw was falling,” said Jaida Parker, the star of Nxt, Wwe’s Development League and the future star in itself. “Because I know in WWE, there were really no great moments that are like around black women. So to do it on this great stage, it was amazing. Seeing how this moment he played on national television and on the stage that they were, it was warm, but also inspiring at the same time, because if they can do it, we can do it.”

Know to know this to know that the bands never proceed. Not only do they not last, they at all times blow up a dramatic way, often at the hands of betrayal. Which leads us to the November episode of the incontrovertible fact that Cargill was spread behind the scenes. For months, fans speculated whether Belair or Fatu committed this act. Ultimately, it was revealed that Fasu was the perpetrator, finalizing the breakdown of the trio and strengthening it as a newly bid villain.

Which brings us back to the heel promotion.

“There were definitely a lot of nerves in this,” admitted Fat. “Almost water because I have as much justice as a child. There is definitely a fear of going a heel with my fans base, which I built for a decade.”

Promo-rear with Belair, through which Fatu confessed his sins-was a masterpiece. Fatu managed her acting skills and even tears to conjure up the emotions of breaking and wrestler, who had enough supporting others. In the case of Fatu Cięcie, she meant her turn on selfish. The promoter was based on a really real emotional space: Fasu has at all times been a supporting figure – a one who increases his teammates and willingly raises the people round her. But she had enough with Cargill.

“I let you be great,” she shouted at Belair when she was suffocating her tears, finally letting them run down her cheek.

“This promotion was everything that is great in our business,” says Natalya Neidhart, a WWE veteran who worked with Fas and was a friend of Fas for over a decade. She was emotional, frightening considering, charming audience. She made you’re feeling something while you watched it. I felt her passion. I saw her tears and really felt like she had many small print. And I felt like I could refer to why she did what she did. She was pushed to the edge. There are so many individuals in the world who can refer to their limitations, and not knowing after they intend to break or after they break, and not knowing in the event that they may be strong. “

“I think that what makes it so good is the biana biana and the combination of Bianca,” said Fatu. “We are very close to each other. And we have always had this special relationship since we met. If he sees me upset, disturbing or crying, I feel it and vice versa. Many magic that is happening now results from our relationship.”

The promo was a direct classic. It was also, particularly, black fans, mainly since it was an emotionally resonant and layered presentation of friendship and conflicts of black women in wrestling, which we don’t see. Immediately the web was flooded with memes and fans declaring that Belair and Fatu win BET awards or that the segment was written and produced by Tyler Perry. Promia was exactly what the story needed and was strong enough to increase Fat and Cargill in the Wrestlemania match. This is the richest, deeply supplied story between black women we have ever seen in WWE.

Now he is on Fas as a veteran to not only provide a terrific match, but have to be an emotional anchor of a big history, while ensuring he helps to raise the future star. This is not something that it takes barely.

“The opportunity to convey the star power that I have now another generation of women is a victory for me and I am very proud of it,” said Fatu. “I just plan to give WWE everything. Everything they need, and I want to improve this division into all capacity. I treat it very seriously, because it is important and I will not be here forever.”