- Being a WWE superstar is a mindset.
- It's about confidence.
- Focus. - Inner strength.
- But to find that, we've all had to overcome personal setbacks.
- Now each of us is being paired with a young woman...
- Who'll take 10 weeks out of her life...
- To transform herself inside and out...
- With the help of WWE.
- These women aren't training to become wrestlers.
- They're here to push themselves...
- Refocus their energy...
- And discover the inner confidence they need...
- To begin a new chapter in their lives.
FIGHT LIKE A GIRL
- I'm Stephanie McMahon,
chief brand officer of WWE.
I have selected 10 special women to go on this journey.
This is Holly's story.
- Hey, yo.
My name is Holly Jackson. I'm 24 years old.
I have an eating disorder.
I've never until now really been able to talk to anybody about it.
My household was very unstable growing up.
We had a lot of drugs, a lot of violence.
I developed an eating disorder
because there was no other part of my life I could control,
so I took it out on myself, and I just wouldn't eat.
I really, really am in a place where, like, if I don't change it,
I'm scared that I will die because...
I just--I can't keep going down to 80-something pounds.
I'm, like, three steps away from a statistic, to be honest,
and I don't want that to be me.
- To overcome her anorexia,
Holly will need help from someone who has been there.
- Nowadays you can see Alexa Bliss
take on some of the world's toughest women in the ring.
But before she was a WWE superstar,
she fought to be seen at all.
WWE HEADQUARTERS
DAY 1 TRAINING BEGINS
- People tend to see you for your issues
and what you're going through, not who you are.
- Hi. - Hey.
- So I know that feeling of walking into a room
and people saw anorexia. They didn't see Alexa.
- Who's a superstar? - I am.
- Believe it. - I am.
- Now who are you gonna do that for?
- A little girl with an eating disorder.
My mom.
My relationship with my mom was very affected
because of the fact that, like, she couldn't protect me.
I had a lot of bitterness and anger towards her
because I felt, as a mother,
it was her job to, like, make sure none of that happened.
I'm gonna be better, do better, and be super.
I want to do better for my mom to see that she can do better.
I don't want to be seen as anorexic.
- That's how people looked at me.
- Everywhere I touch, it's just bone.
I'm always cold.
Headaches all the time.
- I, too, struggled with eating disorders,
um, for a very long period.
My mother had an eating disorder.
My grandmother had an eating disorder.
So I was kind of put in that path as well,
and for me it was--
breaking the cycle was choosing to help myself.
- I'm still in the process, like, of getting out of mine.
- Yeah. - So I went down to, like, 85 pounds, 83.
- That's how I was. - Right now I'm, like, 97.
I used to weigh, like, 117, and...
- Come here.
- I don't know.
People, they think it's easy-- "Oh, just eat," you know?
Like, "Just go eat something."
It's like I wish I could eat something.
I wish I could eat a burger when I want without throwing it up.
- It's a process. - You're good one minute,
and the next minute you're all [ bleep ] up.
Like, I don't know how to get out, and that's why I'm here
'cause I don't know how to fix it by myself.
- I see that she wants to get better.
I see the struggles that she's going through
because I've been there.
One more. Let it out. Let it out. Good.
There you go. I see how bad you want to help yourself.
I'm gonna be here every step of the way,
and I can't wait to see what you're gonna look like
and how you're gonna feel. Come over here.
- Thanks. - Of course.
We're gonna get you there, girl.
TEN WEEK JOURNEY
- Go, go, go, go! - Drive those legs!
Drive those legs! Come on!
Work! Come on! Get it! Get it!
- Hah! Come on.
- Breathe.
The more relaxed you are in there, the more relaxed you choose to be.
- HOLLY: I never had the kind of hope that I had before coming here.
- Good. Drop. Good. Yeah.
Pull!
- Yeah. Nice, Holly, nice!
- Nice. Good job.
- I'm seeing doctors, like, nutritionists and therapists.
I mean, I know, these are, like, cramps and not muscles yet,
but, like, it's happening.
I'm super grateful and blessed
to push my body like I never thought I could.
- Break!
- All right.
REVEAL DAY
WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER
HOLLY'S MOM
- Ladies and gentlemen,
Holly Jackson!
- 10 weeks ago, I did not think that I would be standing right here,
but here I am
and better than ever.
I think that these 10 weeks have been the best 10 weeks of my life
and going home is starting a new chapter.
Now! - You look so good!
You just look so happy, so confident,
and I'm just--I'm so proud of you.
- Since coming here and being on this journey,
I've gained 15 pounds,
something I didn't really see possible.
So I want to thank you for coming
and sharing your story with the whole world
and helping everyone that you felt was-- Look at me now.
I feel great. You know, my face is starting to fill out.
I'm not cold all the time. I don't have headaches all the time.
I can eat. I have an appetite.
- Well, we also have your mom here,
and I'd like to invite Mom to come into the ring.
- Me and my mom have been through a lot,
but I think coming here was a great opportunity
for me to grow and for me to understand
why things have happened the way they have.
I love you, Mom.
And now I'm in a place where I just want her to do good,
and I want to inspire her to do better, too.
I think sometimes people are too afraid to ask for help,
but I know the help that I received, that it saved my life.
- Holly definitely has come so far.
For someone that's struggling with such a disorder, that's incredible.
PERFORMANCE CENTER
SEND OFF
- Will you promise me that you will keep this going?
- I swear. There's no other way.
Like, I can't go back. I can't.
- And it doesn't matter promising me, but promise yourself.
- No, I know. I promise both of us. - You know?
Yeah. Good. Good. - I can't go back to that.
- I want you to remember that, too, though, we are here for you.
- Thank you. - Okay?
So you're not alone. - Thank you.
- And I don't want you to forget that.
- I'm just super grateful.
IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS STRUGGLING WITH AN EATING DISORDER,
PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL EATING DISORDERS HELPLINE
AT 1-888-931-2237, OR VISIT https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/