1 00:00:00,501 --> 00:00:02,591 - Being a WWE superstar is a mindset. 2 00:00:02,669 --> 00:00:03,999 - It's about confidence. 3 00:00:04,087 --> 00:00:05,797 - Focus. - Inner strength. 4 00:00:05,881 --> 00:00:09,261 - But to find that, we've all had to overcome personal setbacks. 5 00:00:09,343 --> 00:00:12,013 - Now each of us is being paired with a young woman... 6 00:00:12,095 --> 00:00:13,635 - Who'll take 10 weeks out of her life... 7 00:00:13,722 --> 00:00:15,892 - To transform herself inside and out... 8 00:00:15,974 --> 00:00:17,684 - With the help of WWE. 9 00:00:17,768 --> 00:00:19,848 - These women aren't training to become wrestlers. 10 00:00:19,937 --> 00:00:21,397 - They're here to push themselves... 11 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:22,730 - Refocus their energy... 12 00:00:22,814 --> 00:00:25,194 - And discover the inner confidence they need... 13 00:00:25,275 --> 00:00:27,185 - To begin a new chapter in their lives. 14 00:00:27,277 --> 00:00:30,067 FIGHT LIKE A GIRL 15 00:00:30,155 --> 00:00:31,655 - I'm Stephanie McMahon, 16 00:00:31,740 --> 00:00:34,910 chief brand officer of WWE. 17 00:00:34,993 --> 00:00:38,413 I have selected 10 special women to go on this journey. 18 00:00:39,456 --> 00:00:41,956 This is Carly's story. 19 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,760 My name's Carly Cimino. I'm 25 years old. 20 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:52,850 Growing up in my house was really great when I was a child. 21 00:00:52,928 --> 00:00:57,348 It was me and my mom. She was always like my security. 22 00:00:57,432 --> 00:00:58,812 HER MOM DIED A WEEK AFTER CARLY GRADUATED COLLEGE 23 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:01,482 After my mom died, my dad moved, 24 00:01:01,562 --> 00:01:02,982 so he wasn't even in the house with me. 25 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:06,403 We have each other, but I don't feel like we have each other. 26 00:01:06,483 --> 00:01:08,653 I was really suffering alone, 27 00:01:08,735 --> 00:01:11,195 and I just kind of like let myself go. 28 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,570 Believing myself went lower and lower on the ladder. 29 00:01:13,657 --> 00:01:16,617 I didn't follow through with anything. 30 00:01:16,702 --> 00:01:19,502 I felt like a depressed chicken without a head. 31 00:01:19,580 --> 00:01:21,960 Like, I didn't know-- I didn't know what to do. 32 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,130 I still don't know what to do. I can't picture the future. 33 00:01:25,377 --> 00:01:27,247 - Carly's mother was her anchor. 34 00:01:27,337 --> 00:01:29,297 Without her, she's been adrift. 35 00:01:30,340 --> 00:01:33,510 But WWE superstar twins Nikki and Brie Bella 36 00:01:33,594 --> 00:01:35,604 are ready to use their own fighting spirit 37 00:01:35,679 --> 00:01:39,389 to help get her fired up and moving forward again. 38 00:01:39,474 --> 00:01:42,234 - My sister and I have been so lucky as to have each other 39 00:01:42,311 --> 00:01:44,151 and to really support each other 40 00:01:44,229 --> 00:01:46,229 and help build each other's confidence and courage 41 00:01:46,315 --> 00:01:47,685 WWE HEADQUARTERS And we love the fact 42 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:48,864 DAY 1 TRAINING BEGINS that we can support 43 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:50,492 other women like Carly. - Yes. 44 00:01:50,569 --> 00:01:52,279 - Hi. - Hi, baby! 45 00:01:52,362 --> 00:01:54,362 - You got us both. - What the hell! 46 00:01:56,366 --> 00:01:59,866 Oh. Right now, I don't know where I'm at, you know? 47 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:01,663 I feel like I just wake up every day. 48 00:02:01,747 --> 00:02:02,747 - I sleep. 49 00:02:02,831 --> 00:02:05,421 - Right now I'm not working. Like, I'm not doing anything. 50 00:02:05,501 --> 00:02:07,341 Like, I'm trapped in, like, a bad dream. 51 00:02:07,419 --> 00:02:09,919 - You know that one thing I love about working out when you feel pain? 52 00:02:10,005 --> 00:02:14,005 You're conditioning your body in a way to grow muscles and all that. 53 00:02:14,092 --> 00:02:15,642 - Yeah. - But I always relate that 54 00:02:15,719 --> 00:02:17,349 to pain I feel mentally. - Yep. 55 00:02:17,429 --> 00:02:18,969 - So pain from death. 56 00:02:19,056 --> 00:02:21,846 You have to feel the pain. You have to fight the pain. 57 00:02:21,934 --> 00:02:23,354 But once you get through the pain, 58 00:02:23,435 --> 00:02:25,435 all of a sudden you're gonna become stronger. 59 00:02:25,521 --> 00:02:27,651 - My mom was awesome. 60 00:02:27,731 --> 00:02:32,071 I want to be the woman that she thought I would be. 61 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:36,622 I just don't have her to push me, and I don't hear her voice. 62 00:02:36,698 --> 00:02:39,158 You're right. Like, mentally, I feel like this does help 63 00:02:39,243 --> 00:02:41,083 'cause it distracts you for a second. 64 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:43,001 - It does. - You, like, go for the fight. 65 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,500 - Right, and there's-- - Sweat is like tears, you know. 66 00:02:45,582 --> 00:02:47,502 - Yeah. - I feel like it detoxes you 67 00:02:47,584 --> 00:02:49,214 not just physically but mentally. 68 00:02:49,294 --> 00:02:50,714 - Yeah. 69 00:02:50,796 --> 00:02:53,756 - Okay, Carly, this is just the start of your journey. 70 00:02:53,841 --> 00:02:56,641 You're gonna have a lot of moments where you're gonna want to give up. 71 00:02:56,718 --> 00:02:59,048 You're gonna feel really weak and scared and stuff, 72 00:02:59,137 --> 00:03:02,387 but just find that inner strong woman. 73 00:03:02,474 --> 00:03:04,274 - I will imagine you and my mom's face. 74 00:03:04,351 --> 00:03:06,191 - Yes. - I think that's enough of strength 75 00:03:06,270 --> 00:03:07,600 that could give me strength. - Right? 76 00:03:07,688 --> 00:03:08,938 - I agree. Yes. - 'Cause you have it there. 77 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:10,482 You really do. - Thank you. 78 00:03:10,566 --> 00:03:13,936 - You can see that she just needed someone to reach out to her 79 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:16,987 and just be like, "Okay, you need help, and we're gonna do this." 80 00:03:17,072 --> 00:03:18,912 TEN WEEK JOURNEY 81 00:03:18,991 --> 00:03:20,241 - And go! 82 00:03:20,325 --> 00:03:21,945 Here we go. Quick, quick! 83 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:23,695 Move fast, move fast. Pump the arms. 84 00:03:25,122 --> 00:03:26,422 - Keep that core tight. 85 00:03:26,498 --> 00:03:29,498 - Doing cardio, weight training, 86 00:03:29,585 --> 00:03:31,165 I haven't done any of this in years. 87 00:03:31,253 --> 00:03:34,973 I didn't love it at first, but it's growing on me. 88 00:03:36,675 --> 00:03:38,675 - Breathe. - Bouncing off those ropes, 89 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,430 doing flips, I mean, I challenge my mind 90 00:03:41,513 --> 00:03:43,853 to do things that I never thought I could physically do. 91 00:03:43,932 --> 00:03:45,812 - Here we go, here we go. - But it wasn't easy, 92 00:03:45,893 --> 00:03:47,233 and it didn't come quick. 93 00:03:47,311 --> 00:03:51,061 REVEAL DAY 94 00:03:51,148 --> 00:03:54,898 WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER 95 00:03:56,737 --> 00:03:58,817 - Ladies and gentlemen, 96 00:03:58,906 --> 00:04:01,906 Carly Cimino! CARLY'S DAD 97 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:11,079 - Yeah, Carly! 98 00:04:11,168 --> 00:04:13,498 That's a superstar, baby! 99 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:16,167 - Before doing this, I was hoping 100 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:19,336 that I would get a little happier, maybe feel alive, 101 00:04:19,426 --> 00:04:21,716 but in these last 10 weeks, 102 00:04:21,803 --> 00:04:26,273 I have felt the best I've ever felt in my entire life. 103 00:04:26,350 --> 00:04:28,270 - Yay! Give me a hug. 104 00:04:28,352 --> 00:04:29,772 - You did it! 105 00:04:31,021 --> 00:04:32,521 - I came here-- - Wow! 106 00:04:32,606 --> 00:04:34,816 - Look at you, mamacita. 107 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:36,400 - Like a disco queen. 108 00:04:36,485 --> 00:04:39,355 - Yes. You pulled out the guns. - I did. 109 00:04:39,446 --> 00:04:41,236 - Can we see that again? - Like, just one gun. 110 00:04:41,323 --> 00:04:43,583 - Whoa. - Yeah, girl. 111 00:04:43,659 --> 00:04:46,499 - I never had an arm muscle in my life, I don't think. 112 00:04:46,578 --> 00:04:47,578 - Whoa. - Thank you. 113 00:04:47,663 --> 00:04:48,963 - So how do you feel? 114 00:04:49,039 --> 00:04:51,249 - I mean, I was in a dark place, 115 00:04:51,333 --> 00:04:55,093 and I think that I was more depressed than I even realized. 116 00:04:55,170 --> 00:04:56,840 You know, I lost my mom 117 00:04:56,922 --> 00:04:58,802 a week after I graduated college. - Yeah. 118 00:04:58,882 --> 00:05:02,052 - I mean, I don't think anything can prepare anybody 119 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:03,755 for anything like that, 120 00:05:03,846 --> 00:05:08,976 and I learned that I have to open up in order to heal. 121 00:05:09,059 --> 00:05:10,059 That's everything. - Yes. 122 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:12,353 - We have someone here. So your dad came. 123 00:05:12,437 --> 00:05:13,807 - Your dad. 124 00:05:14,773 --> 00:05:16,823 - Come up, Dad. 125 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:19,698 - Anybody seen my daughter? 126 00:05:19,778 --> 00:05:22,658 - I know, right? How amazing does she look? 127 00:05:22,739 --> 00:05:24,239 Does she look amazing? 128 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:25,744 - I love you. 129 00:05:28,287 --> 00:05:30,327 10 weeks is a long time, man, let me tell you. 130 00:05:30,414 --> 00:05:31,584 - I bet. - Let's--Here, you... 131 00:05:31,665 --> 00:05:33,825 - Here, you come right here in the middle. I'll give you... 132 00:05:33,917 --> 00:05:36,127 - I said I wasn't going to cry, but... 133 00:05:39,298 --> 00:05:43,388 When you lose somebody like my wife out of the family, 134 00:05:43,468 --> 00:05:45,388 we all lost the glue, 135 00:05:45,470 --> 00:05:48,100 and everybody reacted and handled it in a different way, 136 00:05:48,182 --> 00:05:49,682 and we were all vulnerable. 137 00:05:49,766 --> 00:05:52,636 I was proud of you before this. 138 00:05:52,728 --> 00:05:56,228 Um, even more proud that you stuck it out. 139 00:05:56,315 --> 00:05:58,065 I can't tell you how much I-- you know how much I love you. 140 00:05:58,150 --> 00:05:59,150 - Thank you. 141 00:06:02,487 --> 00:06:04,737 - I think it's amazing to see from the beginning 142 00:06:04,823 --> 00:06:08,373 someone who just held everything in and wouldn't let the world in 143 00:06:08,452 --> 00:06:12,002 to now just be so open and own her truth, 144 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:13,920 and I just--gives me goosebumps 145 00:06:13,999 --> 00:06:16,749 because, as a mom, I know her mom is just smiling. 146 00:06:18,337 --> 00:06:20,507 SEND OFF 147 00:06:20,589 --> 00:06:23,129 - Wow. You look amazing. - Thank you. 148 00:06:23,217 --> 00:06:25,137 - You really do. - Thank you so much. 149 00:06:25,219 --> 00:06:27,179 I feel good. I do. - Yeah? 150 00:06:27,262 --> 00:06:28,642 - It's weird. - Yeah. 151 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:32,562 - I don't think my dad's ever seen me so confident. 152 00:06:32,643 --> 00:06:34,983 - Did he say anything? - He apologized 153 00:06:35,062 --> 00:06:38,022 because he didn't realize that he wasn't there for me 154 00:06:38,106 --> 00:06:40,146 as much as I wanted him to be. 155 00:06:40,234 --> 00:06:41,324 That was the first time I've ever heard him say that, 156 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:44,201 so I just felt connected to my dad again. 157 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:45,319 It was really nice. 158 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:47,315 - That's awesome. - I don't know what I would have done 159 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:48,947 if this didn't happen, you know? 160 00:06:49,034 --> 00:06:51,794 It just forced me. It forced me to face everything. 161 00:06:51,870 --> 00:06:54,160 - It's a great takeaway. Great lesson. - Yeah.