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Lana Comments On Her New Direction On Smackdown, Being Resilient, Her Training Being Featured On Total Divas

Lana recently spoke with Josh Barnett for USA Today’s For The Win ahead of this weekend’s Money In The Bank PPV; you can read a few excerpts below:

Lana comments on being the same character despite branching out on her own now: 

“I’m the same ‘Ravishing Russian’ that you’ve always known. It’s funny to me when I hear people say that it’s a new character. I embody ‘Ravishing.’ I come out in the most ravishing dress. I have a ravishing entrance. I’m ravishing people’s hearts. I was managing Rusev and wearing a suit because if you’re managing someone or an agent in real life, you are going to wear a suit to work.

“Right now, I’m the focal point, I’m the one competing. If people know anything about Russians, we do things really over the top. We wear high heels everywhere. We show up in the most extravagant outfits. I am just embodying how I was raised and what I grew up in. Some people might think we’re extra, I just think we’re ravishing. I’m the same woman, I’m just going to be crushing people myself.”

Lana comments on being resilient: 

“That has applied to me with everything with wrestling, with this match this weekend or our career with Rusev. Everything is what you make of it in life. Are you going to look at your cup half-full or are you going to look at your cup half-empty? I choose to look at my cup as overflowing. I count myself as so blessed every day that I can do what I love to do and that I can be with Rusev, the man that I love, and travel the world.”

Lana comments on having her in-ring training featured on Total Divas: 

“I’m really excited about showing my in-ring journey because I have been training a lot over the last year. It wasn’t always a skip in the park, but I was just so hungry to learn. My past is very, very different than (the other performers). But I am a strong believer to follow your own path, no matter what people think.”

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