- Being a WWE superstar is a mindset.
- It's about confidence.
- Focus. - Inner strength.
- But to find that, we've all had to overcome personal setbacks.
- Now each of us is being paired with a young woman...
- Who'll take 10 weeks out of her life...
- To transform herself inside and out...
- With the help of WWE.
- These women aren't training to become wrestlers.
- They're here to push themselves...
- Refocus their energy...
- And discover the inner confidence they need...
- To begin a new chapter in their lives.
- I'm Stephanie McMahon,
chief brand officer of WWE.
I have selected 10 special women to go on this journey.
This is Annie's story.
- Earlier this year, it hit me that I wasn't as happy as I thought I was.
Physically, I'm in the worst shape I've ever been in my life.
My name is Annie Allsup. I am 36 years old.
My current struggle is being able to put myself first.
Also, I struggle with issues with my confidence.
And I lost my father in 2017.
I did not see him from 2001 till 2017.
I know that he wanted to take care of his other family he had,
and I'm like, "Why don't you want to see your child
that you spent early years with, see them as an adult?"
So that hurt a lot.
- STEPHANIE: Annie needs inner strength.
And no one has more of that than veteran superstar Natalya.
Personal tragedy almost derailed her career,
but she fought her demons to stay on top.
- [gasps, laughs]
- So you're Annie. - Yes.
- Oh, my goodness. Aw.
Oh, you're so sweet. Thank you so much for making me feel good. Like...
I struggled through many different things.
Today I'm grateful for my struggles.
But I'm also grateful that I was able to have a very short pity party,
dust myself off, get back on my feet, and hit the ground running.
What are your struggles? - I have the tendency
to always help everybody else and put myself on the back burner.
- Whenever I put myself last, it comes back down to self-esteem issues.
- Yeah. - You know, how are you as far as...
- I struggle with self-esteem for sure.
I've gotten to this point where I'm not comfortable with myself,
and I feel like if I keep going down this line,
it's just gonna get worse. - Right.
And some point--and this was actually really hard for me--
you need to be selfish.
After my dad passed away last August,
I was, like, so worried about my mom, and I was so worried about my sisters,
and I looked at myself in the mirror one day,
and I was like, I don't, like, like what I see.
- I kind of went through the same things.
My father passed away in 2017.
- Oh, really? - And I did the same thing
with making sure my mom-- even though they weren't together,
you know, she loved him, so I wanted to make sure she was good.
- When you last were with your dad, what was the--
like, what was that day like? What--Describe that to me.
- Um... - Describe that moment.
- Well, last time I saw him,
he was actually basically on his deathbed.
He was in the hospital,
and there was really nothing else that they could do for him,
so we just, as a family, were spending time together
and, you know, just kind of saying goodbye.
It's nice to have someone to talk to that's gone through the same things
that you can relate with
and use what they've been through to help you get through life as well.
- I want you to give me 10 more of these. - Okay.
- And I want you to make every single one of them count.
You know why, Annie? Because you are good enough.
'Cause we are all human.
Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody struggles. Everybody fails.
But what are you going to do with those mistakes
to turn your life around and be a better person
and fulfill your dreams?
- I physically took my body to the test.
I did not think, at my age, that I could do random tumbles in a ring.
And just even the workouts that we did,
I felt very scared and felt a little threatened by everything.
It was just a new experience for me.
I feel like I'm becoming the better version of myself
that I wanted to be, uh, emotionally and physically.
I can see where my muscles are getting stronger.
I've kind of built up that confidence and realized that, no matter what,
if I put my mind to it, I can do it.
- Whoo. You're showing me. - That felt a lot better.
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- ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, Annie Allsup!
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- Watching Annie walk out and do this incredible entrance,
I'm just blown away by how good she looks.
But I can see the sparkle,
this, uh, glow that is just radiating the entire room.
[cheers and applause]
- It felt really good. I saw everybody cheering and screaming.
That really amped me up. I was already pretty hype anyways.
My confidence, it is definitely through the roof.
I feel like it's gonna continue to go up from here.
- AUDIENCE: Aw!
- Wow. I can't believe the transformation.
You look absolutely beautiful.
You really look like you're where you need to be in your life.
- And I had the time to just focus on myself,
which has been amazing.
Weight-wise, I've been working out like crazy.
I've lost 30 pounds... - I can see that.
- ...since I saw you 10 weeks ago. [laughs]
So it's--I still have a way to go, but it's just such a great start,
and you helped so much by reinstating how strong I was
and just relating your life with mine, our fathers,
and it meant so much to me,
and I realized there was more healing that I needed,
and I want to keep going. I feel so good,
and I feel like I'm radiating light again, like I used to.
- It's nice to hear you say that you finally feel like you are enough,
to see you reaching those little goals, they add up to big dreams.
- So I'm glad this is something that I actually stuck with
and was like, "No you're gonna push through."
- I do have one more little surprise for you.
- Oh. Yay. - It's your best friend Liz.
- Oh. Hello. [laughs]
it feels really great to have Liz' support.
She means a lot to me, and I just always know, no matter what,
I'll be in her corner and she'll be in mine.
- As your best friend for years,
I've watched you give so much to everyone else.
And it's all right to give to yourself.
You need it. You deserve it.
'Cause this is the Annie we all see.
- Yeah. Yeah. - Every day.
- Seeing the physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation
that Annie has made,
it's just inspiring.
- How do you feel? - I feel fantastic.
- That's great. - Mm-hmm.
- Sounds like you're in such a wonderful place.
- Yeah, I am. It's nice, at least, having this to, like, platform off of.
- Yeah. - And I can still focus myself
and figure out how to, like, build it into my daily schedule
and make sure that I'm always taking "me" time first.
- "Me" time first. - Yes.
- Amen. - I don't want to feel
the way I did before ever again.
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