Surprise! As you can see, we have found ourselves here at the Rotten Ink Arena for a very quick and special “R.W.I Wrestling Legend” bonus update, and as you can see by the match card, our main event star is Sara Lee who won Tough Enough VI and would work for NXT for a very short time. So let’s grab some nachos and a drink and then get to our seats as it’s almost start time to take a look at this short careered WWE Diva. Oh, it looks like the lights are going down and the house music has stopped playing so with that it’s match time!
Sara Lee started her very brief wrestling career in 2015 and was a cast member on the 6th season of reality TV show Tough Enough and would be trained by Lita, Booker T, Billy Gunn, Sara Del Rey and Team Vision Dojo. Sara Lee was one of the thirteen competitors chosen to compete for a WWE contract as well as prize money, and she had no background in Pro Wrestling. And Sara Lee would find herself on the cutting block many times but fan votes would keep her in the competition. She would make it to the finals where she would have her first official match using the ring name “Hope” she would work against Alicia Fox in a losing effort, but Sara would end up winning the show and the contract once more thanks to fan vote. Sara Lee would start training in NXT, the WWE’s developmental territory in Florida. While in NXT Sara Lee would have mostly tag matches and would face such names as Billie Kay, Liv Morgan, Mandy Rose, Emma, Dana Brooke and Sonya Deville. Sara Lee would win most of her matches, but she would be released from the promotion on September 30, 2016 and would never make it to the main roster and would leave wrestling altogether after this firing. She would end up marrying wrestler Wesley Blake in 2017. Sadly Sara Lee would pass away on October 5, 2022 at the age of 30 by suicide, and while her time in pro wrestling was very short, she still left her mark on the business and it’s sad that she felt that this was her only choice.
I am not going to lie, I was a fan of Sara Lee on that season of Tough Enough and cheered her all the way through until she won the contract, and even got annoyed with Paige as I felt at times she was being a little too harsh on her judgment’s of Sara’s in ring and promo work. Don’t get me wrong, she needed a lot of work in her wrestling and promos but this was just something about her that made me want to cheer her to victory. Plus she was very pretty and if pushed right, she could have been the next Lita in her style. I also feel that if WWE would have kept with her with training, Sara Lee and Paige could have been a good Monday Night Raw match or even a Pre-Show match on a PPV. I think while Sara Lee had the look of a WWE Diva, she just might not of had the personality to become a wrestler, as she just truly seemed like a sweet and nice person. Plus I think that she could have pulled off working as either Sara Lee or Hope. Over all I wish Sara would have made it in wrestling as I would have loved to have seen what she could have done in a WWE ring.
We are now at the point of this review were we will be taking a look at the DVD set and review her one major match. I want to thank B-Videos 101 for having this set in stock and also want to thank Sara Lee for her hard work in the world of wrestling. I also want to remind you that I will be breaking down the match and will be rating the match on a 5 Star rating system. Here is what the stars mean ½ Means a really terrible match, * Means a bad match, ** Means a below average match, **1/2 Means a good average entertaining match, *** Means a good match, **** Means a great match, ***** Means an epic match. So if you are ready lets step into the ring with Sara Lee.
Best Of Sara Lee
Match 1: Sara Lee vs. Alicia Fox
As soon as they lock up, Fox with ease shoves Sara down to the mat, Sara gets back up and grabs Fox into a headlock but is then thrown into the ropes were Sara is able to knock Fox down and then gets her into the corner and lands some kicks and then uses her legs to choke Fox. But momentum switches to Fox when she is able to trip Sara and then starts her assault as she slings Sara across the ring by her hair and then keeps up her attack. As Fox shows out for the fans Sara trues to roll her up and gets a two count, she hits another move and gets another two count as the fans are behind Sara. But as Sara charges Fox who is in the ropes and behind the referees back Fox takes a cheap shot on Sara and then hits a scissor kick and Fox gets the win via pin. Let’s start by saying that this by no mean a great match as Sara Lee was a very green rookie and Alicia Fox while a veteran in the ring might not have been the best choice for her to work against. Alicia Fox does a great job of trying to make Sara Lee look good as she even sells well for the rookie, but is clearly struggles at times when Sara starts to botch. Sara Lee does a pretty good job of pulling off basic moves and sells well for Fox showing that her limited training was panning out, but she did not look like a wrestler as she struggled very much in getting the crowd involved. The match is pretty short and that was very smart as it allowed Sara Lee to not become over whelmed with trying to put on a good match. The best way to sum up this match is that Sara Lee really tried here and for being very new and green she did an ok job.
Grade: *
I truly think that if WWE would have put a little more work into Sara Lee and allowed her to grow in not just her in ring work but also build a character she could have went on to become a bigger superstar. It is also very crazy to think that Sara Lee in her season of Tough Enough would beat such names as Mandy Rose, Chelsea Green, Sonya Deville and Raquel to win the WWE Contract. But as you can see our Surprise Bonus R.W.I. update has came to an end as the Arena lights have been turned on bright and the clean up crew is sweeping up all the spilled nachos and popcorn on the floor, but do not worry we will be back on track for the next update as we will be taking a look at the indie comic series Honor Among Thieves, so until next time read a comic or three, watch a wrestling match or two and as always support your local Indie Wrestlers. See you next one as I really wonder if there is honor among thieves?
