WWE Signs New Woman Wrestler/Weightlifter to Developmental Deal

WWE has signed a Canadian model and olympic-style weightlifter, Isabel Lahela to a developmental contract, according to Squared Circle Sirens. She will be starting at the WWE Performance Center this April after she participated in a WWE tryout in September 2016.

Isabel, 22, is a Toronto, Canada native and an Olympic Weightlifter who won the 48kg weightlifting Junior Ontario Championship in 2014.

She has been training at Superkick’d Wrestling in Toronto, Canada since August under the guidance of professional wrestlers Ashley Sixx and Kris Chambers.

You can check out her Instagram.

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