How skipping prom led Scarlett Bordeaux on path to pro wrestling stardom

Major League Wrestling's Scarlett Bordeaux talks to Fox News Digital about getting her start in the sport.

There is no one way to get into professional wrestling.

Fans have learned through the last few decades that superstars can come from anywhere. The traditional route is going through a wrestling school then finding out what it takes in independent promotions. A few of the other ways include being discovered through bodybuilding competitions and various other sports that really don’t have anything to do with wrestling.

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Scarlett Bordeaux attends Netflix's Los Angeles premiere of WWE's "Monday Night RAW" at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., on Jan. 6, 2025. (Chad Salvador/Variety)

For professional wrestler Scarlett Bordeaux, she told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that she started to get involved after falling in love with the sport when she was young.

"I worked at a movie theater for my first job and some of my co-workers were big indie wrestling fans," she explained. "They would go to AAW every month. I didn’t know what the hell they were talking about when they were talking about going to wrestling every month, but one day I was like, let me just come with you. I don’t want to go to prom, so let me go with you instead of going to prom.

"I loved it. I thought it was amazing. And within a few months of going to these indie shows, I was like, I kind of want to do this. I feel like I could do this. I asked if I could help set up chairs, throw away trash, whatever I could do to be around. I just went up to the promoter of one show, and then a few months later, it was December, Christmas, he asked me if I had a sexy Santa costume because they wanted to give me a