{"id":69000,"date":"2020-02-12T16:57:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T22:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=69000"},"modified":"2020-02-12T16:57:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T22:57:12","slug":"wwe-video-simone-johnson-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/02\/12\/wwe-video-simone-johnson-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Video: Simone Johnson interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3608492439\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>WWE released an interview with Simone Johnson that was conducted by Cathy Kelley. WWE announced earlier this week that Johnson signed with the company and has reported to the WWE Performance Center. Watch the video below or on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=6&amp;v=zkG6xq6VMjU&amp;feature=emb_logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE YouTube Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Johnson said she started watching pro wrestling with her grandmother when she was nine or ten and instantly fell in love with it. She also spoke about watching her father Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson in the ring, his reaction to her telling him that she wants to be a wrestler, training in the ring with him, whether she feels pressure being the first fourth generation wrestler in WWE, continuing her education while training, and more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zkG6xq6VMjU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-1499078188\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[3310,239,128,2573,61,101,750],"class_list":["post-69000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-cathy-kelley","tag-dwayne-johnson","tag-pro-wrestling","tag-simone-johnson","tag-the-rock","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-performance-center"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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