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Former Fighter Shayna Baszler Balances Pro Wrestling’s More Theatrical Elements

SI.com’s Week in Wrestling is published every week and provides beneath-the-surface coverage of the business of pro wrestling.

Shayna Baszler on the juxtaposition between pro wrestling and sports entertainment: “It’s always been a constant juggling act”

Shayna Baszler is one of the most fearsome, intimidating, legitimate wrestlers in the entire industry.

Trained by former UFC champion Josh Barnett and the late Billy Robinson, her style is hard-hitting and authentic. Baszler can grapple and brawl, as well as get technical on the mat with her mastery of joint manipulation. A former MMA fighter, there is simply no questioning her background in combat sports.