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Obsessed With Greatness: The Fire Burns In Thunder Rosa

RUTHLESS AGGRESSION? LET’S SAY THUNDER ROSA SHOWS RELENTLESS DETERMINATION. IN ONLY SIX YEARS, SHE’S BECOME ONE OF THE INDUSTRY’S TOP STARS, REIGNING AS NWA WOMEN’S CHAMPION. OPPONENTS (AND CRITICS) UNDERESTIMATE HER AT THEIR OWN RISK …

AT 5’3” AND 119 pounds, Thunder Rosa is often outsized and sometimes outmuscled. Yet she’ll never be outworked. She’s one of the most driven competitors ever. Some might call her obsessed … she takes that as a compliment.

“I have the heart of a champion,” Rosa said. “I don’t take ‘no’ as an answer. From the moment I became a professional wrestler, the word ‘professional’ has always meant something to me. I always want to look, act,

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