After accompanying WWE superstar Trick Williams at WrestleMania in April, Lil Yachty is preparing to make his debut inside the ring.
Ahead of the full training video’s premiere at 10 a.m. ET on WWE’s YouTube account on Friday (May 29), Billboard obtained a one-minute clip showcasing Yachty’s experience while honing his craft and chasing his dream of becoming a wrestler.
Lil Boat is a longtime passionate WWE fan and always finds himself attending wrestling events, so it’s no surprise once he got a taste of WWE action, that he’s going full-speed into attempting to wrestle professionally. However, as he’s finding out, the vigorous training that comes with it, is no easy task.
“This is new for me. I’m at ground zero. It’s a challenge and testing my body in ways I’ve never done before, so it’s fresh. I enjoy the pain, I enjoy the struggle because I feel like I’m working,” he said during a break from a workout at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando.
Yachty continued: “I’m always setting goals. It was a goal to get here and I’m here. Now the goal is to transform this body and start whooping some a– in that ring.”
Another clip finds the 28-year-old learning how to take a fall or a “bump” as its known in the wrestling world. Under the tutelage of WWE Performance Center coach Norman Smiley, Lil Yachty is taught how to fall properly and brace himself after being undercut by superstar Trick Williams.
“You’re getting better every time,” Trick said while encouraging his rapper friend.
The “Minnesota” rapper is taking a break from the studio to pursue his chance at appearing in a WWE match, which comes nearly two months after making his debut as Trick Williams’s manager during an April 3 episode of SmackDown.
Watch the clip of Lil Yachty training below.
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