The 17 year old prodigy is already headed to Japan.
It was announced early last month that the 17 year old independent wrestling standout, Billie Starkz, will be heading to Japan to compete for Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling on November 27th. In her debut, Starkz will battle Yuka Sakazaki for the Princess Of Princess Championship. Billie Starkz has quickly risen up in the independent wrestling scene battling everyone from Mike Bailey to Maki Itoh. Recently, Billie sat down to speak with Kaden of Fightful Overbooked where she discussed her upcoming trip to Japan.
Yes, I’m so excited. It’s crazy to me because I probably found out a couple of days before they announced it who I was going to be wrestling. I was like, ‘oh my God, this is insane,'” she said. “It’s definitely crazy. I feel all my dreams are coming true and it’s all happening way quicker than I expected. Wrestling has flown by for me. I expected to be doing it for so much longer before I got any of these opportunities and everything has been like, ‘bam, bam bam’ and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, it’s already happening. Okay.’ It’s very exciting and very stressful because my parents just recently started letting me travel on my own and it’s been a new concept. I’m definitely prepared for it because I’m one of those people who is very resourceful and I can figure out anything on my own. Just Google. I’ll figure it out. I feel I’m prepared for my trip to Japan and I’m excited to go explore and see things. A lot of my friends who have gone are like, ‘you have to see this and this.’ I have a hit list of things I want to do.
– Billie Starkz via Fightful Overbooked
This is her first time heading to Japan, but, Billie has been preparing for the trip during her high school years, taking Japanese in order to learn the language.
I’ve literally built up to this for multiple years because I love Japanese women’s wrestling, it’s so entertaining for me to watch and they are some of the best female wrestlers in the world. I took three years of Japanese in high school just because I wanted to know Japanese and my goal was to one day go to Japan. Now, I know a little Japanese and I feel I’m gonna be so confused when I use it with people who speak this language every day. ‘I hope I don’t sound like an idiot,’
– Billie Starkz via Fightful Overbooked
Don’t fret, Billie was able to get it approved by her school without using unexcused days as her school counts it as an educational trip. Billie Starkz is set to compete at BLP Slamilton on tonight against Zoe Lucas.
H/T Fightful
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