WWE lands Olympic gold medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock

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Olympic gold medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock is taking her talents to the WWE.

Officials with the professional wrestling promotion confirmed that Mensah-Stock signed a contract. She became an Olympic champion at the Tokyo Games in 2021, and became the first Black woman to win gold in freestyle wrestling.

The 30-year-old has previously expressed interest in joining the WWE, but opted to staying the amateur wrestling ranks — until now.

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Gold medalist USAs Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock poses with her medal after the womens freestyle 68kg wrestling competition of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo on August 3, 2021.  (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Mensah-Stock won the 2022 world championship in Belgrade, Serbia, which marked her second world title. She only managed to produce a third place finish in 2021, which was something that she was not happy with.

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"I didn't want to end my career on that note," Mensah-Stock said. 

"So I did another world championships, I wiped the floor with everybody, and I was like, 'Man, this is not fun anymore. I need a change.' Something in the back of my head that's just been itching at me, a dream of mine for I don't know how long. I just wanted to be in the WWE."

Aug 3, 2021; Chiba, Japan; Tamyra Mensah-Stock (USA) celebrates after defeating Blessing Oborududu (NGR) in the women's freestyle 68kg final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Makuhari Messe Hall A. (Grace Hollars-USA TODAY Sports)

Mensah-Stock will begin in WWE's