When Rosemary began her career at the age of 24, she started on the independent scene as Holly Letkeman. After trying a few different gimmicks, she would settle on the character of Courtney Rush in women’s promotion Shimmer. Rush went to win the Shimmer Tag Team championship with current WWE trainer, Sara Del Rey.
Fast forward to 2016, when Rosemary and the group Decay debuted in Impact Wrestling. The stable became popular for its unique style and cool gimmick but disbanded once Crazzy Steve left the company. Still, Rosemary was able to shine once she broke out in the knockouts division.
Rosemary discussed several topics relating to her Impact Wrestling journey thus far. Here are the highlights:
On the creation of her Impact character:
“Rosemary is another personality of mine, basically,” she explained about her evolution. “I think my work has always been the best when its been over-the-top. Even with the original incarnations of the dark character.”
“Like in the beginning with Courtney Rush, I was just more straightforward wrestling or doing comedy stuff. I didn’t particularly like myself that way, and I wanted to try something totally different.”
“I’ve always been weird,” she laughed. “When we used to play as kids, I was always into weird characters. I’m into science fiction. I’m into horror. I’m into fantasy. I always have been.”
“I wasn’t the kind of girl who was dreaming about what her wedding would be like someday. I was watching The Nightmare Before Christmas and trying to figure out the things that Tim Burton’s characters were wearing.”
On he rivalry with Taya Valkyrie in Impact Wrestling:
“To me, when you have two characters [her and Taya Valkyrie]on that scale who threaten to clash, it’s a going to be a great story.”
“So far, I think Impact has done a great job of presenting it that way, with these two larger than life figures. I hate to use a wild west cliche, but it’s almost as if the company isn’t big enough for the two of them.”
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