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- Being a WWE superstar
is a mindset.

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- It's about confidence.

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- Focus.
- Inner strength.

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- But to find that, we've all had to
overcome personal setbacks.

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- Now each of us is being paired
with a young woman...

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- Who'll take 10 weeks out of her life...

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- To transform herself
inside and out...

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- With the help of WWE.

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- These women aren't training
to become wrestlers.

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- They're here to push themselves...

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- Refocus their energy...

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- And discover the inner confidence
they need...

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- To begin a new chapter in their lives.

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- I'm Stephanie McMahon,

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chief brand officer of WWE.

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I have selected 10 special women
to go on this journey.

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This is Shavonne's story.

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- My name is Shavonne Johnson.
I'm 27 years old.

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Since I was born,
I've always been a daddy's girl.

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He was the man, you know?

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But he passed away last year.

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It was traumatic, losing him.
He died in my arms.

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And I just feel like he was
taken from my life too soon

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and it just wasn't fair,

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um, 'cause we were always
so close, you know?

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I was always there for him.
He was there for me.

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Now I'm struggling
with dealing with the pain.

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My mother pointed out to me

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that I've been doing
a lot of emotional eating.

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I'm the heaviest weight I've ever been.

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- STEPHANIE:
Shavonne is stuck in her grief

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and needs help fighting her way
back to a meaningful life.

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- Brie mood!

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- WWE champion Brie Bella
is ready to help her

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take on that very personal battle.

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- Oh, my God!

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- Hello.

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- So nice to meet you.
- You, too.

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- All right. I'm gonna get you
working out.

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I'm gonna pick your brain.
- Okay.

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- It's so important for women
to support each other

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because when a woman truly supports
another woman,

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the other woman's confidence goes up.

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- [sighs] I'm so--I'm struggling right now
with emotional eating

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due to the loss of my father last year.

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- I'm so sorry.

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- So I've always been like a huge foodie
and, like, love food,

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um, but I feel like my relationship
with food had changed...

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- Yeah.
- ...since his passing.

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The amount of eating has changed.
- Mm-hmm.

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- So...
- How was it like for you growing up?

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Like, how was your childhood?
How was...

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- Growing up, it was--
it was bittersweet.

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Um, you know, I dealt with some bullying.

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Um, I dealt with...
- Really?

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- Yeah. It was because I had darker skin

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than...
- What?

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- Yeah. I know.

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It's amazing.
Colorism in our own community

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is--is--it's horrible, and it hurt.

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It really, really hurt.

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- So you feel like that's where a lot
of stuff started emotionally for you?

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- Oh, definitely.

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- I know what it's like to hurt.

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I know what it's like
to feel really insecure.

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I remember in high school people--

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'cause I went to high school
where it was mainly Caucasians.

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- Mm-hmm.
- I'm half Mexican.

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They'd always be, like,
"Border Patrol! Border Patrol!"

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And it would always make me wish
I was different than what I was.

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- Wow.
- So it was really hard on me.

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Kids' words hurt.
- They do.

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- So many people fail in the beginning

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because they don't think they have
enough strength inside to fight.

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We all have enough strength inside.
We all have enough bravery and courage.

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It's hard, but we do.
We have to push through.

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Here. What do you have?

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- Courage and strength.

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- Okay, I want to hear it louder!

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- I have courage, and I have strength.

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- Yes, you do.
- Whoo!

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- You've got this.
- And I have burn. Whoo.

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- I can tell you want to give up
right now, but you're not going to.

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- No.
- I just hope,

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when she's going through
really hard times,

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she speaks to her dad
or she thinks of me

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and is like, "You know what?
Brie's right.

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Like, I just got to fight
through the pain.

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I got to fight like a girl

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because when I do, I'm gonna be
feeling really damn good."

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- Break! You're losing control.

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Keep your effort
but still focus in on the rope.

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- I'm super proud of myself today.

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Got up. Did some cardio this morning.

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At 7:30, went to strength training.
That kicked my butt.

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It's amazing to see muscles
in different places

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that I've never seen muscles.
- Good!

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- I just want to come out
on top of this thing.

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- ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,
Shavonne Johnson!

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[cheers and applause]

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- Whoo!

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♪ Till I get to where I need... ♪

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- Before starting this journey,
I felt down and out,

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and now I feel so empowered.

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I get my little flex on,
and I just feel unstoppable now.

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- You look amazing.

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- Oh, my God.
- Whoo-hoo!

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- Wow!

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I can't even believe this right now.

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You're a whole new woman,

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and I am just so proud of you.

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- Thank you.

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- How do you feel?
- I feel amazing.

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As you know,
I came from a very dark place,

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with losing my father and being
at the heaviest weight I've ever been.

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So having to come
and just kind of change all that mindset,

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it was super difficult,

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but I remember you telling me
that I was stronger than what I thought,

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and those words were just
ringing in my ears

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as I was every day dragging myself up
to just hit the cardio

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and get her done.

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- And you did.
[cheers and applause]

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I know your mom is here.

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Say, look at Mom.
- Thank you.

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Aah! Ha ha!
- [laughs]

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Oh, my God!
- Are you just so proud of your daughter?

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- I am most definitely.
I am so proud of you.

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You look beautiful.

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There's just a glow.

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That confidence is just there.
It's back.

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- Oh.
- It's the old Shavonne that I remember.

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- Group hug.
- Okay, group hug.

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I'm so proud to see Shavonne
transform so quickly.

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I knew she had it in her.

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She just needed a little fire
under her bum to get going,

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and look at--
Like, it's--it's incredible to see.

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- What did it feel like
to see your mom's face?

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- It was great seeing her and being
able to share this with her.

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This has meant a lot to me.
- Tell me about it.

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- You know, my father passed in our home,

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so I was in the same house
that he had passed in,

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and it just really was eating at me.

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Being able to be out of that element
for 10 weeks

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and just focus on me from mentally,
physically, all of it,

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it changed my life.

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- Thank you so much

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for showing the world
what we're all capable of

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if we believe in ourselves.
- Yeah.

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♪♪♪