{"id":64897,"date":"2020-03-24T20:27:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T00:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=64897"},"modified":"2021-05-12T12:53:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T16:53:02","slug":"indie-watch-trish-adora-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/03\/24\/indie-watch-trish-adora-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Watch: Trish Adora (VIDEOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Indie Watch is our regular series that looks at amazing talents working the independent circuits around the world. Some are veterans revitalizing\u00a0their careers. Some are indie prospects hitting their peaks. Others are names to be on the watch for!\u00a0<\/em><em>This edition looks at Trish Adora, a rising star on the US independent scene.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Women&#8217;s wrestling has never been more appreciated on a global scale &#8211; from indies to majors &#8211; as it is right now. Previously relegated to gimmick matches or treated as novelties, the rise of women&#8217;s wrestling in Japan and the indies has permeated the majors to finally truly showcase women as credible performers without the use of gimmicks. Washington DC&#8217;s <strong>Trish Adora<\/strong> is a newer face on the scene compared to many, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped the former US military servicewoman from making a name for herself, and quick.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65511\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65511\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200125_185553_667_2-e1585095045177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"483\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Mike Dunn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Growing up in a house with five brothers, she was drawn to professional wrestling at a young age. While she enjoyed seeing the likes of <strong>Chyna<\/strong> in the WWF, it wasn&#8217;t until she saw <strong>Jacqueline<\/strong> that she truly felt it was something she could do. &#8220;Representation absolutely matters,&#8221; she told <strong>Post Wrestling<\/strong>&#8216;s Andrew Thompson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postwrestling.com\/2019\/11\/14\/exclusive-trish-adora-praises-big-swole-competing-on-nxt-representation\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in an interview last November<\/a>. &#8220;As a kid, I watched wrestling with my father and brothers and I thought it was so cool. They were such larger than life characters; I thought they were superheroes! And it wasn\u2019t until I saw Jacqueline for the first time that I thought, \u2018Oh, I can do that too?!\u2019 And then I had it stuck in my head from then on that I was going to be a wrestler.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trish Adora vs Brandi Lauren\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2_lIELq1nzs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2015, she relocated to Florida, where she found herself finally entering the wrestling business, after a co-worker told her of the <strong>Team 3-D Academy<\/strong> nearby, run by WWE Hall of Famers <strong>The Dudley Boyz<\/strong> &#8211; Bubba Ray and Devon. &#8220;Before I joined in May 2015, I didn\u2019t put much stock into which school I was going to,&#8221; she told Post Wrestling in the same interview. &#8220;I mean, I was actually going to go to another school. Then, after I moved to Florida, I got a job, and on the first day of my new job, one of my co-workers told me she was a wrestler and trained with the Dudleyz. I couldn\u2019t believe the universe put that in place for me. I went to visit the school a few times and the rest is history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trish Adora vs Chuckles\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZCuIc9ShCnA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By the following year, she was becoming a new face in the Florida independent scene, working with Winter Park&#8217;s <strong>Pro Wrestling 2.0<\/strong> and others like <strong>American Combat Wrestling (ACW)<\/strong> and <strong>IGNITE<\/strong>, wrestling the likes of <strong>Santana Garrett, Lacey Lane<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/09\/25\/lacey-lane-debuts-on-nxt-on-usa-as-kayden-carter\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">now Kayden Carter in NXT<\/a>), and <strong>Brandi Lauren<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trish Adora vs Avery Rose [1cw]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5F14hZ_dw14?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By 2018, she had added <strong>FEST Wrestling<\/strong> and <strong>Generation Championship Wrestling<\/strong> to her local itinerary. That August, she made her WWE debut in a match against <strong>Kairi Sane<\/strong> on NXT television, albeit in an enhancement role. She continued to work the Florida indies, working on her work and building her resume.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lady K v. Trish Adora - GLAM 1\/11\/19\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cT8ZkNViJUE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last year, Trish Adora finally exploded beyond the Florida border, becoming a regular on the West Coast with <strong>Hoodslam<\/strong>. But she didn&#8217;t just expand her reach in the US &#8211; where she also competed for <strong>MCW Pro<\/strong> (formerly Maryland Championship Wrestling), <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong> (two showcase matches at last year&#8217;s <em>Future of Honor<\/em> shows), faced <strong>Priscilla Kelly<\/strong> at <strong>EVOLVE Wrestling<\/strong>&#8216;s <em><strong>EVOLVE 119<\/strong><\/em>, and got her debuts with Shine Wrestling and <strong>Queens of Combat<\/strong> &#8211; but internationally. She wrestled for <strong>Wrestle-1<\/strong> in Japan at Korakuen Hall and made her UK debut with <strong>Pro Wrestling EVE<\/strong> and <strong>Tidal Championship Wrestling<\/strong> in England.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ydiAQfj2yss<\/p>\n<p>Now back home in DC, Trish Adora is training at the ROH Dojo in Maryland and continues to push herself further into the US indie scene as well, including working with her local indie promotion, <strong>Prime Time Pro Wrestling<\/strong>. PTPW started in 2019 but has already created buzz in DC, with Adora a hometown favorite. She was also crowned the first Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Champion by another DC promotion, <strong>F1ght Club Pro Wrestling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prime Time Pro Wrestling presents Logan Easton Laroux vs Trish Adora from First Annual IGPTTCI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kqLs2EOXc98?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Trish Adora is a name to keep track of &#8211; with her dedication and commitment to improving herself, pushing herself to international markets so early in her career, she&#8217;s only going to get bigger and bigger as the year progresses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65518\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65518\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/03\/ETvwpUYWsAAj7N2-e1585095977172.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"378\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jay Lee Photography \/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayLeeAC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/search\/indie+watch\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check out our full list of previous Indie Watches, showcasing emerging talent from around the world!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indie Watch is our regular series that looks at amazing talents working the independent circuits around the world. Some are veterans revitalizing\u00a0their careers. Some are indie prospects hitting their peaks. Others are names to be on the watch for!\u00a0This edition looks at Trish Adora, a rising star on the US independent scene. 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