Mention of WWE's Chinese players, in addition to the Tianbing Wang Bin who has left WWE, there are currently three left, Xia Li Li Xia, Boa Wang Yanbo and Erica Yan Aili, the strongest plot strength at present is of course Li Xia, who has entered the SD blue brand, today we will introduce the story of China's first female wrestling star who is affectionately known as "XiaJie" by Chinese wrestling fans.
Yan Aili and Li Xia
Li Xia's original name was Zhao Xia, XIA LI is actually her ring name, the reason why she changed her surname to Li is because in the United States, the representative figures of Chinese kung fu are mostly surnamed Li, such as Bruce Lee and Jet Li. Li Xia is a native of Chongqing Jiangbei girl, cheerful and optimistic, height 160cm, weight 62kg, people's first impression of her is a healthy bronze complexion, small figure, but with tight muscles, and very unique tattoos, legs full of explosiveness, in a group of blonde blue-eyed wrestlers is a unique landscape.
China's pride
It is no exaggeration to call WWE "China's first person", in this star-studded world's top wrestling entertainment company, Li Xia, who is halfway out of the house, is indeed relying on her own step by step efforts and persistence to have today's achievements, for many wrestling fans, in WWE, the league where European and American players occupy the majority of seats, there are very few Asian faces, even if there are mostly from Japan, India, South Korea, after all, Japanese wrestling culture has a deep foundation, Li Xia was the first wrestling star to enter the main show with a Chinese face.
Li Xia herself is a martial arts student, because of the large number of brothers and sisters, the family situation is not very superior, so she will often be bullied by other classmates, which is very similar to the plot of the very Chinese-style animated short film that WWE promoted her before.
So since she was a child, she has been determined to learn martial arts, protect herself and her family, and be a "protector" who hoes the strong and the weak, which is also her nickname after entering the SD brand, Protector! When she was studying martial arts at the sports school, she worked very hard and participated in many martial arts competitions, such as winning a gold and silver medal in the martial arts competition in Chongqing in 2005, and also participated in the second World Traditional Chinese Wushu Championships, where she achieved many results, and then she learned sanda techniques.
Then in 2016, under the impetus of the WWE executives led by HHH, the global future star excavation program was launched, after a four-day devilish trial, Li Xia became one of the seven future stars in China, and she was the only female player, in fact, her own small height was not optimistic, HHH said that she did not know what professional wrestling was at the time, but her performance was amazing, and then she went to the United States to open WWE wrestling professional training, a lean short hair, The Chinese-style cheongsam of Street Fighter Chunli and a Chinese origami fan allow American wrestling fans to appreciate a different Chinese style.
In addition to being good at martial arts, she is also an excellent female bodybuilder, from Xiajie's outstanding three-dimensional size can see the fiery size of her figure, she has been a fitness coach after learning Sanda, WWE has had many superstars who have turned from bodybuilding to the wrestling industry, such as HHH and Alexa Brith, because of her bodybuilding skills, so after coming to WWE, she showed a strong explosiveness, in a "Celtic Warrior" fitness program with "Big White" Seamus, Sister Xia, who was only 130 pounds, actually carried a 270-pound Seamus!
Carry the big white
In fact, when Li Xia went to the United States to participate in WWE's professional training, she also faced great pressure, and HHH once mentioned that Li Xia's family did not know what she was doing in the United States, which was at the risk of breaking off relations with her family. Li Xia said that her family really did not understand her purpose of coming to the United States, but from now on wrestling is her dream, in the village of her hometown, girls will not do these things, but she thinks that she can not do without wrestling, she has to work hard to adapt to everything in the United States. Later, HHH also helped her communicate with her family, so that she could train in the United States with peace of mind, and Sledgehammer really broke her heart for NXT.
Li Xia's debut was on July 13, 2016, and although the competition was not won, her hard work was also recognized by DX member X-PAC Sean Waterman, who won the cheers and appreciation of wrestling fans through her unremitting efforts and sweat.
In addition to Li Xia's own efforts, her mentors at NXT have also helped her a lot, her mentors are two, the first is the "selfie brother" Taylor Bretz, who was previously partnered with the "debauchery brother", and the other is the "logo gem" Peyton Royce's lover "Perfect Very" Sean Spears, both of whom played a very important role in Li Xia's understanding of the concept and technique of American wrestling.
Mentor selfie brother
She was not willing to be pushed without any plot, and took the initiative to find the then NXT general manager William Rigg took the initiative to ask for a stronger opponent for herself, in the late NXT, she and the Chinese player BOA Wang Yanbo assisted the current "Sleeping God" Wendy, forming a terrifying combination of heavenly fires, but unfortunately, she was accidentally injured in the NXT women's championship battle with Raquel Gonzalez, resulting in the abrupt end of the pushing plot.
At this moment when the plot stagnated, Xia Jie also planned to participate in the MMA competition, but due to the strict rules of the WWE, without permission, its players were not allowed to go to other leagues, so it was ultimately unable to make the trip.
In the NXT program, Li Xia also met her best friend, Boseong Haili, once again proving the saying that the country of wrestling has no borders, indeed, one is a Japanese player, one is a Chinese player, as a successful Japanese super wrestling star, Boseong Sea Lane also helps Kasumi a lot. After Li Xia's efforts, she won 7 games in 2018, which is also an affirmation of her efforts.
Boseong Nautical Miles
In fact, Li Xia in WWE also has no lack of highlight moments, she has twice participated in the "Royal Showdown Competition" women's 30-person rope challenge, the performance is satisfactory, in the competition she is a "king of fighters do not know the fire dance" shape, so that the wrestling fans are refreshed, as an affirmation of her, she is not eliminated by the average person, but the women's wrestling ceiling level "queen" Charlotte defeated, it is also quite strong.
He came in the 11th pick of the Royal Showdown
On December 11, 2021, Li Xia landed on the main program blue brand FlashDown under the name of "Protector", and had a plot with Natalia, believing that as the focus of WWE's training in order to open up the Chinese market, she will strive to show Chinese culture to more foreign wrestling fans and let them understand Chinese culture, and she will also strive to make WWE' American free wrestling entertainment understand by more Chinese audiences, which is a win-win situation.
Hot sister Xia
Li Xia said that her idol is the "queen" Sasha Banks, she said that when she first came to the WWE Performance Center due to the language barrier, Sasha helped herself a lot, as one of the big stars of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, she also invited Li Xia to her home to party, very approachable, hoping that Sister Xia's next development can be smooth and smooth, becoming a powerful superstar like Sasha.
And we also hope that Xia Jie can overcome her own shortcomings, such as excessive dependence on leg skills, clumsy and incoherent movements, to bring greater surprises to the majority of wrestling fans, her popularity at WWE is actually very high, there are many foreign wrestling fans, now she has been able to use fluent English to participate in the plot, this is also a very important microphone skill progress, I wish Xia Jie can bring us more surprises to Chinese wrestling fans in the coming days.
Protector Lightning Blessing