Shotzi Blackheart continues to be a highlight in NXT with her energy and in-ring prowess. She is currently preparing for NXT TakeOver WarGames and her team looks to be solid so far. She recently opened about her troubling past.
While speaking to Chasing Glory, Blackheart opened up about a traumatic experience in her life. She had earlier talked about her being sexually abused as a child. Now she revealed that she was sexually assaulted during her freshman year in high school. When she came forward with her story, no one believed her and it made the entire experience all the more traumatic.
“I had fun in school, except for high school. High school was the worst. I deal with — girls were really mean to me in high school, it was the worst. And I was raped in high school, like my freshman year … But like, I told my best friend and she got me to come out about it. And everyone at school did not believe me. And like, they just labeled me as a slut. They were just like, ‘She’s lying, she’s a skank.’ And I just got bullied. I would come to school and go to one period, and then I I would get bullied so much that I would just run back home. So I had to change high schools like halfway through my freshman year. And then I just was like, ‘I don’t want friends. I just want musical theater. I just want to hide in the theater.’ So I kind of did. I just stayed in the theater, I ate lunch in the theater, I just focused on musical theater.”
Shotzi got invested in musical theatre and eventually found her way into professional wrestling, where she continues to express herself.
h/t to 411 Mania for the transcription.
