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"She is watched by millions and has won titles in sold out arenas, but WWE wrestler Isla Dawn has one challenge still to overcome – getting her nephews to cheer her on.

"They refuse to watch me," laughs the wrestler, real name Courtney Stewart.

"They'll watch anyone on it but me! Auntie Coco is my name with them, and they'll just skip through my matches and go onto a battle royal or whatever's next."

"I remember when we walked out for our entrance and got in the ring, I could see my family sitting in the second row. That was such a nice moment as they don't get to see me wrestle that often. I think the last time my mum saw me would have been about 2019.

"It was like the whole of the Hydro were behind us. My sister started crying when we won and my brother-in-law took a photo of her, so that's the family WhatsApp group chat's cover photo now!"

Dubbed the Unholy Union, the duo held the titles for 77 days before dropping them back to former champions, Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill.

Isla grew up in Balornock in the north of Glasgow, and first had her attention grabbed by the squared circle as a child, loving early 2000s competitors like Trish Stratus and Lita.

"Although I loved the matches, it was more about the moments in-between and the characters" she says.

"It's why acting was so closely linked to wrestling for me. It's performance, it's characters, it's big personalities – I got drawn into that, losing myself in that world."

However, while she "grew up performing" in acting and dance classes, it was much later that the idea of wrestling entered her head.

"I went to study acting at Langside College and we did a play about professional wrestling," she recalls.

"My uncle had connections in Scottish wrestling and put me in touch with [local wrestlers] Big Damo and Nikki Cross, who came in to explain about the physicality of it all.

"They're like my wrestling mum and dad. They kept encouraging me, and saying I'd be good at it, so they shepherded me into starting training."

From 2013 onwards Isla was wrestling across Scotland, rather than just for a play.

She then progressed from the company's smaller "brands", NXT and NXT UK, to the flagship Raw and Smackdown shows, moving to Florida in the process.

Perhaps it's not surprising some Scottish exports are making an unlikely trip across the Atlantic as a result.

"I'm a great baker and will make tablet at any opportunity, so I've been sharing tablet any chance I get.

Even surrounded by Scots, upping sticks from Glasgow to Florida was a huge move, and Isla says she couldn't have done it without her family.

"They are my biggest supporters in everything, whether acting, dancing or random hobbies.

"When I moved to America I was moving on my own and it was my first time living by myself. I don't know if I could have done that without my family supporting me.

"Even knowing coming home for Christmas that there's a room ready for me or that my dad will pick me up from the airport – they are my complete support unit."

Such sweet sentiments are at odds with her onscreen character - as the Unholy Union both Isla and Alba are villains, or heels in wrestling terms.

For Isla, her wrestling persona isn't totally dissimilar from reality, even if she isn't venomous away from the ring.

"It's a version of me ramped up, whether it's little bits of personality or taking part of a bad mood and going 'oh, I can use this'.

She hopes that among the thousands in attendance might be a young girl who decides a career in wrestling is now her dream.

"When I started watching WWE it was a different continent, a different time zone and it felt so far away," she says.

"Hopefully I can show there's a pathway into it, and that's true not just for wrestling but for any big dream. Maybe it's acting or singing or owning your own business – it's never too far away."