Dream Girl Ellie On Training With Aleister Black & Zelina Vega

Dream Girl Ellie is a proud member of the Dark Arts.

While already a decorated champion on the indies, Dream Girl Ellie is always striving to learn even more about her craft as pro wrestler. Fortunately for her, her coaches are loaded with experience, both in the ring and in life.

During a recent interview with WrestleZoneâ€s Ella Jay, Ellie opened up about her experience learning under WWEâ€s Aleister Black and Zelina Vega at their invitation-only training gym, The Dark Arts. According to Ellie, one of Blackâ€s most important lessons is not only improving his students as athletes, but also as humans.

“Itâ€s actually really funny because with Aleister, heâ€s helping everyone come out of their shell in a confident way,†she said. “I was very confident when I would wrestle, but the real me wasnâ€t for a hot minute. I mean, everyone goes through their phase and stuff, but I think being there and he always says it, heâ€s like, ‘Iâ€m not just making you a better athlete, Iâ€m making you a better person.’â€

“Thereâ€s little things. There was stuff I didnâ€t think about,†Ellie continued. “Thereâ€s a gym in the school, and we always wipe down our equipment. And itâ€s one of those things where heâ€s like, ‘If youâ€re doing it here when you go to the gym, youâ€re going to do it there no matter what.†Youâ€re going to see something and be like, ‘Oh, let me go pick up this piece of trash.†Again, heâ€s making you a better person. So if youâ€re at the gym and you see cloths on the floor, Iâ€ve picked them up and I donâ€t even think about it anymore. Itâ€s just like normal.â€

Ellie Also Focuses On Psychology & Character

As a long-time fan of pro wrestling as well, Ellie is admittedly sometimes in disbelief of her opportunity to train with Black and Vega. Still, this disbelief comes with immense gratitude as the Florida native is able to further hone her skills, such as in-ring psychology and character work.

“From a fan standpoint sometimes Iâ€m like, ‘Wow, I actually know these people.†Then like I see them on TV and I was like, ‘Oh my god.†But from just a wrestling psychology standpoint, Aleister himself looks at wrestling so differently than everybody else,†Ellie said. “Zelina, sheâ€s such a great, I donâ€t want to say character because sheâ€s herself, but sheâ€s such a great character. We honestly have really, really good chemistry in the ring.â€

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