An Olympic Gold Medalist Canadian Wrestler Is Getting A WWE Tryout

An Olympic Gold medalist is spending some time at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando this week. Her name is Erica Wiebe, a 28-year-old Canadian freestyle wrestler that won a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 75kg weight division.

Following her gold medal win, WWE immediately expressed interest in her because they thought she could make it as a WWE superstar. Earlier today, WWE.com wrote about Wiebe’s visit to the WWE Performance Center and posted a picture of her in a ring with trainer Norman Smiley. The article notes that “Wiebe has been on the radar of WWE talent scouts since their recruiting trip to the Rio Summer Games last year.”

Earlier this week, Wiebe was in Las Vegas for WWE Smackdown Live, 205 Live and the Mae Young Classic finals. She posted these photos from the event including a picture on the red carpet with Stephanie McMahon.

Wiebe talked about the possible transition to WWE in an interview with GlobalNews.ca last December:

“I think bringing freestyle wrestling, which is what I love, into the context of the WWE… it’s going to inject legitimacy into their organization. It’s entertainment, it’s like this cultural phenomenon and it’s so interesting how people are so hooked on the WWE. It’s interesting about the way they portray women, about the way that they portray violence, and I think that there’s a lot of discussions there that we can have.”

Wiebe sounded interested last year and since she’s at the Performance Center this week as well as the Mae Young Classic in Las Vegas on Tuesday, it’s obvious she has some interest in WWE. There are WWE NXT tapings in Orlando tonight too, so Wiebe will be attending that also.

It’s not known if Wiebe will sign a contract as soon as this week, but the fact that she’s visiting with WWE shows that this talented Canadian may be stepping into a WWE ring one day in the near future.