Steve Carrier on March 23, 2025
Life on the road as a pro wrestler isn’t all glam, and indie star Brittnie Brooks made sure fans understood that loud and clear.
On March 23, 2025, Brooks took to Twitter to shine a light on the real grind indie wrestlers go through every weekend. “Ppl don’t give wrestlers on the road enough credit,” she began. “They be driving all day, wrestling for 8-10 mins and then driving all night back, and it’s like every weekend.”
She didn’t stop there, adding that the adrenaline dump post-match is “crazy,” and while she doesn’t do it every weekend, she knows plenty who do—and solo. Still, Brooks made it clear she wouldn’t trade it for anything: “It’s the grinnndddd!! 🩷”
WWE United States Women’s Champion Chelsea Green immediately jumped in with her own receipts from the trenches. “I did Friday, Saturday, Sunday, minimum. Every weekend from 2014 – 2019. Car, plane, car, wrestling, car, sleep 3 hours, car, plane, REPEAT,” Green wrote. “I lived off of packaged eggs from gas stations and protein shakes. I made $500 a show, when I was making ‘great money’ and $20 a show for my first year or two. People just don’t understand the grind. It takes special humans to be indie wrestlers ♥️”
Then came WWE veteran Natalya with her own war story from the road: “I made 10-20$ a match working for my uncles lol and driving 9 hours to Cold Lake, Alberta following the ‘broken down stampede wrestling ring truck’ that carried the ring we had to set up…….. ‘back in myyyyyyy day!’ 😂”
She added, “But I loved every second of it. We had so much fun. And I’d do it all again in a heartbeat! Learned the most from those moments!!!”
Wrestling might be about spotlight and spectacle—but behind every match is a brutal road story like these.
What do you think of the reality these stars are sharing? Do fans underestimate how hard the grind really is? Sound off in the comments below—we want to hear your thoughts.
March 23, 2025 12:59 pm
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