Despite picking up the job at Hooters and finishing her GED, Liv Morgan said that wrestling was always in the back of her mind. 

"That was my 11-11 wish," Morgan said. "That was my pipe dream; like I'm gonna grow up and I'm gonna be in the WWE and I'm gonna save my family." 

Morgan then briefly noted how her family was in a "crazy cycle" of violence, which led her to believe that people in her position couldn't make it to the WWE. She recalled training at Joe DeFranco's gym, which largely consisted of professional athletes, and claimed that she had never worked harder before in her life. DeFranco assessed her and eventually put together a training montage for her to see her progression which they sent to WWE. 

"They were like, 'Unfortunately, you guys just missed a tryout but if you keep training, we have a tryout in six months,'" she recalled. 

They then worked out every day while she was working for Hooters every night to prepare for the tryout. Morgan ultimately debuted in "NXT," which she described in the past as an overwhelming feeling.