I keep trying to be a wrestler and be the wrestler everyone wants me to be, but I think I am content with my skills on the microphone and commentary. It was getting to an unhealthy point for me. I have put so much pressure on myself because I have huge shoes to fill. But with me wrestling, there is so much pressure and so many expectations. It’s always been the thing that has put food on our table, from me being a child to my husband being in WWE, that’s all I’ve known. I want to be honest and say that wrestling has been a huge blessing in my life. But you know what, I feel better and I am focusing on things that are not as much of a trigger as wrestling.” Chris asks if wrestling is a trigger:
I’m also going to therapy every week, which is really f*cking hard. I got diagnosed 2 weeks later with all those things, and I am on medication now.
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I was supposed to do a Mission Pro Wrestling show, and I knew I had to step aside because my mental health was completely breaking. I had a really scary episode when I was in Texas. I think there is PTSD with anxiety and depression, that’s what I got diagnosed with. “I don’t think anyone fully heals from mental illness. He’s like ‘what is this? Why do we have a flesh bodysuit? What’s this leather harness?’ I’m like ‘It’s burlesque, it’s fine.’ On how she is battling mental illness: I think the only thing he has ever quarrelled with me about it was when I kept getting shipments of random crap. If you go to a show, you’ll see every body type along with everyone’s creativity and vulnerability.” On whether her husband is supportive:
I love that burlesque is getting better at highlighting more bodies. At the end of the day, I always have the best time and it’s always so empowering. Sometimes the last thing I want to do is get on stage naked and do this thing. “There are still some days that I am struggling with my mental health. I was hooked.” On still battling with body image: I did a dance in tighty whiteys and morphed into a whole fem-bot. I did my first act as Austin Powers, I had the whole hairy chest thing.
Merging those two worlds seemed like something challenging to do. It’s something I love to do, I have been a dancer ever since I was a child.
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Honestly the ultimate epitome of recovery in my mind is to put my body on full display. “So it’s no secret that I have had an eating disorder and whatnot, I have come out publicly about it. Basically yeah but it’s way more sparkly and you happen to be telling a story as you are taking your clothes off.” On how she got started in the Burlesque world:
I talked to my husband about burlesque and he was like oh so it’s like wrestling. The similarities between wrestling and burlesque are very similar. When we were talking, it was all about storytelling and spoon feeding the audience exactly what you want them to know. I have worked with a burlesque mentor in Chicago. She joins Chris Van Vliet from her home in Chicago to talk about growing up as Eddie’s daughter, how she dealt with her father’s death, her career as a pro wrestler, why WWE made her use the name Raquel Diaz, how she met her husband and former WWE superstar Aiden English, her career as a burlesque dancer, working for AEW as a special guest ring announcer and much more! On wrestling being similar to burlesque: She is also the daughter of the legendary Eddie Guerrero and Vickie Guerrero. Shaul Guerrero is a pro wrestler, ring announcer, and burlesque dancer.
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