5 women that inspired WWE's openly gay wrestler Aaron Rourke

Aaron Rourke brings sparkle, glamour and unapologetic confidence everywhere he goes, and the women who inspired his wrestling journey might surprise you. 💎 We sat down with the former WWE Evolve Champion to rank the five women who shaped his wrestling style, character and confidence. From Charlotte Flair, Mercedes Moné, Asuka, Kris Statlander and Alexa Bliss to stories about Molly Holly, Victoria, The Bella Twins and more, Aaron shares how those trailblazers helped him become one of wrestling's most distinctive rising stars. A huge thank you to Aaron for being such an open book and bringing so much heart (and diva energy 😭) to this interview. We loved hearing his passion for women's wrestling and can't wait to see what he accomplishes next. #WWEEvolve #WomensWrestling #AaronRourke ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTER TIME 0:00 Intro 00:53 Aaron Rourke's Top 5 Women Who Inspired Him 01:30 Alexa Bliss 2:43 Aaron Rourke's character 03:53 Kris Statlander 6:22 Aaron Rourke's Makeup 07:55 Asuka 10:52 Mercedes Moné 14:13 WWE Evolve's Rising Women's Division 16:39 Honorable Mentions 18:47 Charlotte Flair 21:06 Becoming WWE's Openly Gay Evolve Champion 22:09 Staying Authentic in Wrestling 25:11 Aaron Rourke's Goals & Message to Fans ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Follow us on Instagram Aaron Rourke (  / perfectaaron1  ) DS Shin (  / dsshin  ) Ring the Belle Membership (www.youtube.com/ringthebelle/join) 👕 Ring the Belle Merch! (https://ringthebelle.myspreadshop.com/) Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.