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WWE wrestler Trinity Fatu, aka "Naomi"- Trinity Fatu is back in the WWE world after walking away in 2022
- The veteran star tells PEOPLE she feels she can finally "really put my own touch" on her character
- Now, Fatu is hoping to become a WWE Grand Slam champion with two major upcoming championships
It’s been a whirlwind few years for Trinity Fatu. And there’s been few opportunities for the professional wrestler to think about how she wound up here, back working with WWE on the cusp of another WrestleMania performance.
But the veteran WWE star took a few moments to reflect this past week while in London, speaking with PEOPLE about her recent onscreen success as the professional wrestling company wrapped up its latest European tour.
“It's hard to even put it into words, because I didn't even think I would be in WrestleMania this year,” Fatu, 37, tells PEOPLE. “The fact that I just caught fire over this last month or two, it's just crazy.”
Not only was Fatu not supposed to be on this month’s WrestleMania 41 card, the WWE wrestler – who recently made her major motion picture debut in Queen of the Ring – wasn’t even supposed to be in WWE after she walked out from the company in 2022 alongside her former tag team partner Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado, aka WWE’s “Sasha Banks.”
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Trinity Fatu, aka WWE's "Naomi," wrestles WWE's Blair Davenport in August 2024Fatu previously explained she and Varnaro made that decision after raising concerns with their characters and being dismissed by management, telling Busted Open radio show that that she began to feel the “lowest” she had ever felt “because of the way I was talked to and handled.”
But Fatu — who performs under the name “Naomi” but is commonly also referred to by her birth name, which she wrestled under outside of WWE — eventually returned to the company where she first got her start, made an unexpected career for herself and met her husband, Jonathan Fatu, aka WWE’s “Jimmy Uso.”
Fatu says she’s historically found it hard being an entertainer on the road, though often being able to work with her husband, 39, and her newfound momentum as a performer have made it easier to handle.
The former Orlando Magic dancer, who first joined WWE in 2009 after being recruited for a tryout, has had plenty of success in the ring: a two-time WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion and a two-time WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion, as well as a world championship with Impact Wrestling during her time away from WWE.
