Former WWE star and model Zeda Zhang shines spotlight on Chinese wrestling scene with OWE
- Chinese-American is now starring in Oriental Wrestling Entertainment
- Zeda on a mission to hone her craft learning new styles from around the world
For most, the disappointment of losing your dream job would be tough to recover from. But Chinese-American professional wrestler Zeda Zhang has not looked back since leaving WWE.
Former model and singer-songwriter Zhang – real name Julia Ho – finally made it to WWE after also trying her hand at mixed martial arts, but was released from the giant US professional wrestling company’s developmental brand NXT last June, just a year on from making her debut in the groundbreaking all-female “Mae Young Classic” tournament.
“I’m sad I’m not in NXT but I’ll be OK,” she told the South China Morning Post the next day. “I’m gonna explore the indie scene.”
Fast forward seven months and Zhang has been more than busy on professional wrestling’s independent promotion circuit in the US – and now she’s going global.
“As soon as people heard of my release, a bunch of promotions hit me up and then I just got referred by promoters to other promoters, referred by wrestlers and coaches,” she says.