Dani Luna has reflected on her WWE run.
First appearing for NXT UK in July 2019, Dani Luna officially signed with the brand on January 31, 2020. She competed in a total of 13 matches under the WWE banner before ultimately being released from her contract in 2022. Now commonplace in TNA, Luna has looked back on her time with WWE and how it may have helped her prepare for the future.
On the I Love Wrestling Podcast, Dani first touched on the talent and coaches she was around whilst with WWE, saying her time there took her to the next level.
“It was awesome. I was there for three years, and I learned so much in that time, training under the best coaches in the world and surrounded by some of the best wrestlers in the world. It was great, and I feel like it really helped push me into that next level of my career that I needed to achieve now in TNA. I felt like I could then go into TNA a much more rounded wrestler than I was before WWE.”
-Dani Luna
Having signed at 20 years old, Luna then opened up on joining WWE before she was ready. Here, she talked through her experience of navigating the landscape at such a young age and how it helped her become who she is today.
“No, I don’t necessarily think I was ready. I think I was physically capable enough, and ability-wise I think I was ready, but ultimately, I was very much still a child, and that’s such a big, scary world to be thrown into. Suddenly, Shawn Michaels is my boss; it’s such a crazy thing to go through at that age. I think more so, I was just very passive. I’d go to training, and I’d do what I was asked and I was very easy to work with, but I feel like I didn’t necessarily have anything about me yet because I was still just a blank slate of a wrestler. So I feel like being there kind of helped build me up to become the Dani Luna that I am today. And I feel like leaving WWE, having some time on the indies to grow as well, really created the wrestler I actually am today and someone who very much believes in what I put out there, and what I present to the world that I now get to show on TNA every week. So I feel like I wouldn’t be the wrestler I am without all these things happening, even if it feels terrible at the time to be released from WWE, I knew it was going to turn me into something better and something more valuable, which I feel like I am now.”
-Dani Luna
Dani Luna made her first TNA appearance in 2023. In the company, she’s found success alongside Jody Threat and the pair are now two-time former Knockouts World Tag Team Champions, even winning the Knockouts Tag Team of the Year award in 2024.
Luna has also continued to be a mainstay of the UK independent scene, making frequent appearances in ATTACK!, RevPro and Progress among others.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on Dani Luna as soon as we hear more.
H/T to WrestleTalk for the transcription.
