Guerrero mentions that the long-standing wrestling trainer philosophy is to break the trainees, in order to see who’s ‘tough’ enough to survive the training. Trainers normally treat trainees terribly and put them through the ropes during training. Guerrero says that he had to approach this differently because these women were not attempting to begin a career in the wrestling business; they’re actresses who needed to fall in love with the training in order to learn techniques which would keep them safe during filming.
With this in mind, he approached the training with a much calmer, level-headed approach and all the women seemed to react approvingly to this. He informs that when they started training the women didn’t even know how to get into the ring. About two weeks into the training one woman asked him how wrestlers win matches, and having assumed all along that they knew the basic rules of wrestling, Guerrero realized then that he needed to stop the training and explain the rules to the women.
Jericho informs that he barely recognized Kia Stevens (Awesome Kong) when he first watched the show, and Guerrero agrees, saying that she completely transformed into the Tamme Dawson character. He adds that he met her when they worked together in WWE years prior but they didn’t speak often. After meeting her again years later on GLOW’s set he realized that she’s a wonderful, respectful person.
