Karmen Petrovic On WWE NXT, Karate, Natalya, Shawn Michaels, WWE Tryout, Growing Up & More

In the newest "Casual Conversations with The Classic'' episode, The Wrestling Classic Justin catches up with Monika Klisara better known as NXT’s Karmen Petrovic. They talk about her childhood, joining Karate, travelling the world, adopting Caramel, petting elephants, her WWE Tryout, working with Nattie, words of reassurance from Shawn Michaels and much much more! Enjoy!
The first 45 minutes is about Karmen’s background. Everything after that is about her WWE journey!
00:30 - Intro
01:15 - Karmen shares her family background and moving to Canada
03:25 - Choosing Karate and the story behind starting it
08:00 - First Karate Competition
10:40 - Training with Boys vs Girls
14:20 - How many competitions has Karmen won?
15:52 - Why she would compete on 3 hours of sleep?
21:10 - Has Karmen ever been knocked out?
22:05 - If it wasn't Karate, what else would she had chosen?
24:15 - Karmen's dislike for running and cardio
27:05 - Karmen on travelling the world for Karate
31:20 - The time Karmen pet an elephant
34:50 - Karmen's toxic trait
35:40 - Pets and adopting Caramel
41:05 - How the pandemic crushed her Olympic dreams
48:20 - How she got a WWE tryout
52:30 - Who else was at her tryout?
53:15 - WWE tryout experience in Dallas
56:25 - Running the ropes and differences from Karate
58:45 - Learning to Bump
01:00:50 - Getting the call back from WWE
01:03:07 - Struggle putting on size
01:05:38 - Coming up with the name Karmen Petrovic
01:08:48 - What are the biggest obstacles she's been faced with?
01:11:55 - When she finally started to get it
01:14:54 - Who are Karmen's trainers at the PC
01:16:18 - Working with Nattie
01:18:26 - Words of reassurance from Shawn Michaels
01:21:05 - Dealing with the wrestling fans online
01:25:00 - Was Karmen a fan growing up?
01:27:06 - Hoping to inspire others
01:28:20 - Karmen on her wrestling attires
01:31:23 - Karmen's personal favourite attires of her own
01:33:13 - What is on Karmen's playlist?
01:34:04 - What she misses about Canada
01:36:30 - Does she feel like she made her younger self proud
01:38:35 - One piece of advice
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[@TheLOUIS97531]

I’m a simple man. I see Karmen, and I click. The Wrestling Classic is a staple in this community. Good work brother

[@TheWrestlingClassic]

Thank you! 🙏🏽

[@TeddyTheProWrestlingTroll]

She has such a great story pulling for her even more now!

[@beeasyian1950]

Can’t believe I’m just finding out about your RUclips channel. Followed you on IG for a long ass time. Already loving what I’m seeing so far 🤝

[@TheWrestlingClassic]

@@beeasyian1950 hello 👋🏽

[@voxextremos22]

My goodness what a sweetheart

[@jeremyjimenez8153]

I didn’t realize she was so short

[@pierreschlagenhaft7952]

Well 5"5 is not that short . Pretty much average

[@R3Jonah]

Let’s goooo 🔥🔥

[@jeremyjimenez8153]

Fellow animal lover. And yes, I would definitely put an elephant.

[@jeremyjimenez8153]

Her birthday is October 29? We share birthdays!

[@jeremyjimenez8153]

Sucks the Olympics didn’t work out for her

[@Thepokedek]

Dude wwe is bigger than the Olympics anyway. Who even watches the Olympics.