5 Things You Didn't Know About Dana Brooke

#4 Dana's Promo Mirrored How She Really Felt About Rousey

WWE Superstar Dana Brooke

WWE finally gave Brooke an opportunity to be herself. She was encouraged to speak from the heart and put things in her own words. Brooke purposefully came out wearing little make up to add authenticity to the moment.

Brooke had already grown genuinely frustrated with RAW Women's Champion Ronda Rousey.

"First and foremost Ronda was calling out the locker room. She is dissing the WWE. Take it for what it is. She has posted on YouTube cussing out WWE, the WWE locker room, our talent, just everyone and I took that very personal too because I've been here for five years busting my tail just for a second, just to be heard, just to feel like what a true person feels like that gets told no, that's not handed anything, that's worked for this moment forever."

Brooke consulted with Paul Heyman before cutting the promo and confessed that it came from such a personal place that she may cry. Heyman's advice? "That's OK. If you cry, that's OK."

Dana; however, had other plans.

"I can't [cry]. I want to be brave. I want to stand up for all these women and children and females, males, everybody around the world. I want to be the voice for them, the voice for the locker room. This is it....I need to be brave. I need to stand my ground."

Brooke tapped into a special place in her heart.

"I felt like from the moment I was a child until that second everything I had been through, everything that I'd overcome, I was like, 'OK, this is my chance to go out there and be heard.' I had nothing left to lose. This was my one chance."

Dana Brooke made her way to the ring to interrupt Rousey.

"I'm not gonna let you disrespect the WWE Universe and I'm not gonna let you disrespect the women's locker room. I might not be some big time fighter, but I love WWE. I love this business. I've worked my tail off to be here, to earn the respect of the women's locker room and to prove that I belong here. Each week on RAW I fight for a chance and I don't even get the time of day, let alone a match. I might not be on TV and I'm not a household name like you, but all I want is just a chance."

The promo was deemed a resounding success and led to a championship opportunity for Brooke the following week on RAW.