Kelly Kelly made her WWE-ECW debut in 2006 as an “Extreme Exposé” dancer. She soon transitioned to in-ring motion, especially during Mike Knox’s rivalry with The Sandman.
A key moment on this feud happened when The Sandman struck Kelly Kelly with a kendo keep on with the top.
During a recent appearance on the “Fast Break” podcast, Kelly discussed the more physical side of her early WWE profession.
She said, “It was so bad. We rehearsed it with Sandman. He’s like, ‘Oh Kelly, it’s going to be really easy,’ and he does this little poke (with the cane). ‘Oh, okay.’ I saw him swing that thing back and I used to be like, ‘Oh my God.’ Seeing it occur…I remember hitting the bottom, seeing stars. ‘What just happened?’ We go to the back and so they have me on a gurney. I open my eyes and Vince is standing over me. ‘Kelly, you okay?’ All the blokes, those who were brother or father figures, who were guiding me along, they were like, ‘If you get hit with that cane and are available to the back, don’t allow them to see you cry. Don’t cry.’ That’s behind my head. Vince is like, ‘Are you okay?’ ‘I’m wonderful. Yup.’ Everyone seems to be standing there. It’s a line of individuals waiting to see what I’m going to do. I get off the gurney and everyone seems to be like, ‘Are you okay?’ ‘Yeah, I’m great.’ I get to the locker room and I’m bawling, calling my parents, ‘I don’t know the best way to do that.’ Next week, I used to be on the market doing it again.”
