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- Being a WWE superstar
is a mindset.

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- It's about confidence.

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- Focus.
- Inner strength.

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- But to find that, we've all had to
overcome personal setbacks.

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- Now each of us is being paired
with a young woman...

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- Who'll take 10 weeks out of her life...

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- To transform herself inside and out...

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- With the help of WWE.

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- These women aren't training
to become wrestlers.

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- They're here to push themselves...

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- Refocus their energy...

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- And discover the inner confidence
they need...

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- To begin a new chapter in their lives.

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FIGHT LIKE A GIRL

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- I'm Stephanie McMahon,

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chief brand officer of WWE.

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I have selected 10 special women
to go on this journey.

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This is Holly's story.

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- Hey, yo.

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My name is Holly Jackson.
I'm 24 years old.

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I have an eating disorder.

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I've never until now really been able
to talk to anybody about it.

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My household was very unstable
growing up.

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We had a lot of drugs,
a lot of violence.

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I developed an eating disorder

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because there was no other part
of my life I could control,

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so I took it out on myself,
and I just wouldn't eat.

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I really, really am in a place
where, like, if I don't change it,

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I'm scared that I will die because...

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I just--I can't keep going
down to 80-something pounds.

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I'm, like, three steps away
from a statistic, to be honest,

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and I don't want that to be me.

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- To overcome her anorexia,

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Holly will need help
from someone who has been there.

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- Nowadays you can see Alexa Bliss

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take on some of the world's
toughest women in the ring.

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But before she was a WWE superstar,

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she fought to be seen at all.

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WWE HEADQUARTERS

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DAY 1 TRAINING BEGINS

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- People tend to see you
for your issues

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and what you're going through,
not who you are.

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- Hi.
- Hey.

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- So I know that feeling
of walking into a room

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and people saw anorexia.
They didn't see Alexa.

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- Who's a superstar?
- I am.

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- Believe it.
- I am.

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- Now who are you gonna
do that for?

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- A little girl with an eating disorder.

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My mom.

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My relationship with my mom
was very affected

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because of the fact that, like,
she couldn't protect me.

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I had a lot of bitterness
and anger towards her

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because I felt, as a mother,

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it was her job to, like, make sure
none of that happened.

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I'm gonna be better, do better,
and be super.

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I want to do better for my mom
to see that she can do better.

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I don't want to be seen as anorexic.

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- That's how people looked at me.

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- Everywhere I touch, it's just bone.

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I'm always cold.

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Headaches all the time.

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- I, too, struggled with eating disorders,

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um, for a very long period.

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My mother had an eating disorder.

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My grandmother had an eating disorder.

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So I was kind of put in that path
as well,

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and for me it was--

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breaking the cycle was
choosing to help myself.

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- I'm still in the process, like,
of getting out of mine.

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- Yeah.
- So I went down to, like, 85 pounds, 83.

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- That's how I was.
- Right now I'm, like, 97.

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I used to weigh, like, 117, and...

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- Come here.

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- I don't know.

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People, they think it's easy--
"Oh, just eat," you know?

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Like, "Just go eat something."

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It's like I wish I could eat something.

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I wish I could eat a burger when I want
without throwing it up.

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- It's a process.
- You're good one minute,

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and the next minute
you're all [ bleep ] up.

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Like, I don't know how to get out,
and that's why I'm here

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'cause I don't know
how to fix it by myself.

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- I see that she wants to get better.

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I see the struggles
that she's going through

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because I've been there.

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One more. Let it out.
Let it out. Good.

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There you go.
I see how bad you want to help yourself.

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I'm gonna be here
every step of the way,

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and I can't wait to see
what you're gonna look like

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and how you're gonna feel.
Come over here.

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- Thanks.
- Of course.

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We're gonna get you there, girl.

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TEN WEEK JOURNEY

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- Go, go, go, go!
- Drive those legs!

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Drive those legs! Come on!

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Work! Come on! Get it! Get it!

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- Hah! Come on.

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- Breathe.

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The more relaxed you are in there,
the more relaxed you choose to be.

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- HOLLY: I never had the kind of hope
that I had before coming here.

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- Good. Drop. Good. Yeah.

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Pull!

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- Yeah. Nice, Holly, nice!

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- Nice. Good job.

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- I'm seeing doctors, like,
nutritionists and therapists.

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I mean, I know, these are, like,
cramps and not muscles yet,

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but, like, it's happening.

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I'm super grateful and blessed

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to push my body
like I never thought I could.

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- Break!

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- All right.

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REVEAL DAY

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WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER

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HOLLY'S MOM

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- Ladies and gentlemen,

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Holly Jackson!

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- 10 weeks ago, I did not think
that I would be standing right here,

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but here I am

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and better than ever.

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I think that these 10 weeks have been
the best 10 weeks of my life

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and going home
is starting a new chapter.

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Now!
- You look so good!

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You just look so happy, so confident,

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and I'm just--I'm so proud of you.

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- Since coming here
and being on this journey,

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I've gained 15 pounds,

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something I didn't really see possible.

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So I want to thank you for coming

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and sharing your story
with the whole world

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and helping everyone that you felt was--
Look at me now.

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I feel great. You know,
my face is starting to fill out.

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I'm not cold all the time.
I don't have headaches all the time.

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I can eat. I have an appetite.

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- Well, we also have your mom here,

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and I'd like to invite Mom
to come into the ring.

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- Me and my mom have been
through a lot,

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but I think coming here
was a great opportunity

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for me to grow and for me to understand

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why things have happened
the way they have.

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I love you, Mom.

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And now I'm in a place
where I just want her to do good,

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and I want to inspire her
to do better, too.

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I think sometimes
people are too afraid to ask for help,

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but I know the help that I received,
that it saved my life.

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- Holly definitely has come so far.

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For someone that's struggling
with such a disorder, that's incredible.

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PERFORMANCE CENTER

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SEND OFF

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- Will you promise me
that you will keep this going?

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- I swear. There's no other way.

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Like, I can't go back. I can't.

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- And it doesn't matter promising me,
but promise yourself.

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- No, I know. I promise both of us.
- You know?

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Yeah. Good. Good.
- I can't go back to that.

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- I want you to remember that, too,
though, we are here for you.

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- Thank you.
- Okay?

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So you're not alone.
- Thank you.

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- And I don't want you to forget that.

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- I'm just super grateful.

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IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS STRUGGLING
WITH AN EATING DISORDER,

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PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL
EATING DISORDERS HELPLINE

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AT 1-888-931-2237, OR VISIT
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/