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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 Annie's story.

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- Earlier this year, it hit me
that I wasn't as happy as I thought I was.

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Physically, I'm in the worst shape
I've ever been in my life.

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My name is Annie Allsup.
I am 36 years old.

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My current struggle is being able
to put myself first.

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Also, I struggle with issues
with my confidence.

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And I lost my father in 2017.

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I did not see him from 2001 till 2017.

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I know that he wanted
to take care of his other family he had,

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and I'm like, "Why don't you want
to see your child

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that you spent early years with,
see them as an adult?"

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So that hurt a lot.

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- Annie needs inner strength.

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And no one has more of that
than veteran superstar Natalya.

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Personal tragedy almost derailed
her career,

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but she fought her demons
to stay on top.

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WWE HEADQUARTERS

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DAY 1 TRAINING BEGINS
- [gasps, laughs]

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- So you're Annie.
- Yes.

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- Oh, my goodness. Aw.

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Oh, you're so sweet. Thank you so much
for making me feel good. Like...

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I struggled through
many different things.

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Today I'm grateful for my struggles.

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But I'm also grateful that I was able
to have a very short pity party,

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dust myself off, get back on my feet,
and hit the ground running.

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What are your struggles?
- I have the tendency

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to always help everybody else
and put myself on the back burner.

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- Whenever I put myself last,
it comes back down to self-esteem issues.

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- Yeah.
- You know, how are you as far as...

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- I struggle with self-esteem for sure.

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I've gotten to this point
where I'm not comfortable with myself,

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and I feel like if I keep
going down this line,

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it's just gonna get worse.
- Right.

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And some point--and this was
actually really hard for me--

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you need to be selfish.

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After my dad passed away last August,

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I was, like, so worried about my mom,
and I was so worried about my sisters,

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and I looked at myself
in the mirror one day,

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and I was like,
I don't, like, like what I see.

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- I kind of went through the same things.

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My father passed away in 2017.

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- Oh, really?
- And I did the same thing

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with making sure my mom--
even though they weren't together,

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you know, she loved him,
so I wanted to make sure she was good.

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- When you last were with your dad,
what was the--

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like, what was that day like?
What--Describe that to me.

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Describe that moment.

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- Well, last time I saw him,

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he was actually
basically on his deathbed.

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He was in the hospital,

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and there was really nothing else
that they could do for him,

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so we just, as a family,
were spending time together

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and, you know,
just kind of saying goodbye.

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It's nice to have someone to talk to
that's gone through the same things

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that you can relate with

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and use what they've been through
to help you get through life as well.

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- I want you to give me 10 more of these.
- Okay.

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- And I want you to make
every single one of them count.

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You know why, Annie?
Because you are good enough.

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'Cause we are all human.

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Everybody makes mistakes.
Everybody struggles. Everybody fails.

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But what are you going to do
with those mistakes

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to turn your life around
and be a better person

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and fulfill your dreams?

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TEN WEEK JOURNEY

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- I physically took my body to the test.

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I did not think, at my age,
that I could do random tumbles in a ring.

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And just even the workouts
that we did,

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I felt very scared and felt
a little threatened by everything.

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It was just a new experience for me.

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I feel like I'm becoming
the better version of myself

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that I wanted to be,
uh, emotionally and physically.

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I can see where my muscles
are getting stronger.

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I've kind of built up that confidence
and realized that, no matter what,

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if I put my mind to it, I can do it.

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- You're showing me.
- That felt a lot better.

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REVEAL DAY

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WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER

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- Ladies and gentlemen,
Annie Allsup!

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- Watching Annie walk out
and do this incredible entrance,

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I'm just blown away
by how good she looks.

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But I can see the sparkle,

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this, uh, glow that is just radiating
the entire room.

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- It felt really good. I saw everybody
cheering and screaming.

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That really amped me up.
I was already pretty hype anyways.

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My confidence,
it is definitely through the roof.

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I feel like it's gonna continue
to go up from here.

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- Wow.
I can't believe the transformation.

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You look absolutely beautiful.

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You really look like you're
where you need to be in your life.

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- And I had the time
to just focus on myself,

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which has been amazing.

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Weight-wise,
I've been working out like crazy.

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I've lost 30 pounds...
- I can see that.

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- ...since I saw you 10 weeks ago.

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So it's--I still have a way to go,
but it's just such a great start,

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and you helped so much
by reinstating how strong I was

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and just relating your life with mine,
our fathers,

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and it meant so much to me,

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and I realized there was more healing
that I needed,

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and I want to keep going.
I feel so good,

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and I feel like I'm radiating light again,
like I used to.

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- It's nice to hear you say
that you finally feel like you are enough,

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to see you reaching those little goals,
they add up to big dreams.

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- So I'm glad this is something
that I actually stuck with

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and was like,
"No you're gonna push through."

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- I do have
one more little surprise for you.

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- Yay.
- It's your best friend Liz.

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- Oh. Hello.

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it feels really great
to have Liz' support.

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She means a lot to me,
and I just always know, no matter what,

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I'll be in her corner
and she'll be in mine.

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- As your best friend for years,

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I've watched you give so much
to everyone else.

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And it's all right to give to yourself.

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You need it. You deserve it.

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'Cause this is the Annie we all see.

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- Yeah. Yeah.
- Every day.

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- Seeing the physical, emotional,
and spiritual transformation

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that Annie has made,

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it's just inspiring.

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SEND OFF

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- How do you feel?
- I feel fantastic.

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- That's great.

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Sounds like you're
in such a wonderful place.

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- Yeah, I am. It's nice, at least,
having this to, like, platform off of.

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- Yeah.
- And I can still focus myself

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and figure out how to, like,
build it into my daily schedule

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and make sure that I'm always
taking "me" time first.

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- "Me" time first.
- Yes.

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- Amen.
- I don't want to feel

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the way I did before ever again.