Aussie throws herself through glass for a job

A woman has revealed how she “throws herself through glass” and “bleeds” for a living.

A woman has revealed how she “throws herself through glass” and “bleeds” for a living.

Charli Evans is professional wrestler in Australia and has been training to be a professional wrestler since 2014.

“I always loved it as a kid, and my cousins — who are involved with wrestling now — loved it too,” Evans told news.com.au.

“My uncle would take us to local shows. And then I discovered there was a school in Newcastle, not too far from where I grew up.”

Evans begged her parents for a year to let her join up. And, they finally relented and allowed her to join up for her 17th birthday.

At the time, female wrestlers in Australia were still a relatively new concept and Evans had a limited pool of opponents. Each were incredible athletes in their own right, but she wanted variety. So, she moved to the UK to wrestle.

Charli Evans is a professional wrestler. Picture: Supplied

“Over there, there is a lot more wrestling — especially at the time. It’s booming in Australia at the moment, but in the UK you could wrestle every night of the week,” she said.

Evans also began creating content for OnlyFans during the pandemic after her main form of income was shut down. She was wrestling full-time in England at the time — the only job her visa would allow her to do. Evans quickly needed a way to make money.

“I was doing Patreon before that. There was a stigma with OnlyFans — at the time especially,” she said.

But, she decided to give it a shot to replace the income she was losing. Evans uses as a way to interact with her supporters on a more personal level. Evans said her fans — which were evenly split between men and women — were amazing, and she’d never had any problems with anyone disrespecting her.

She enjoyed getting to know fans she’d briefly met at merchandise stands on a more personal level.

She has travelled around the world for her job. Picture: Supplied

The 28-year-old believes she was one of the first pro wrestlers to start using OnlyFans, saying she’s always been confident and comfortable in her sexuality.

“I think there’s a lot of power in being a confident woman. No matter what aspect that is — whether that’s how you carry yourself or what you want to show,” she said.

“It’s all about what you’re comfortable with. I think in wrestling, for so long, it was about “t*ts and arse” and fair play to the women who did come before because I can’t even imagine how hard that would have been. They didn’t have a say in the matter — it was the job.”

She said there are a lot of stories coming out about how female wrestlers were previously treated, being told things such as “they can’t have good matches” or “you can’t be better than the boys” — even though Evans argues they often were.

She revealed she gets thrown through glass for her job. Picture: Supplied

“They were made to smaller than they were and just used as eye candy — and yes, they’re absolutely beautiful. But they didn’t have a say in the way they were sexualised,” she said.

Evans said through doing OnlyFans she feels as though she has taken some of that power back. She said people were going to profit off of her body regardless — she may as well be the one to do it.

Evans has said wrestling companies have been incredibly supportive, and she’s only copped handful of online trolls. She said she only posts things she feels comfortable showing someone herself.

Now, Evans is back in Australia — and she’s feuding with her ex-best friend and PWA heavy weight champion Jessica Troy, with the pair starting their wrestling careers at the same time.

“We’ve been best friends for 10 years and we wrestled at PWA’s big show Colosseum and I turned on her at the end of that event,” Evans said.

“I joined the villains of North Shore wrestling. We’re about to wrestle for the PWA heavy weight championship again in a last wrestler standing match on April 11. I’m really excited.”

Evans said she thinks she has a good shot ahead of the match, as she’s more of a “crazy wrestler” than Troy.

She revealed the importance of equal opportunity wrestling. Picture: Supplied

“I throw myself through glass, and bleed all the time and get hit with weapons. So I think I have the upper hand coming into this,” she said.

Other highlights in her career were wrestling in Japan, but also seeing a boom in Australia wrestling — with AEW and WWE both running shows Down Under in the last 12 months.

But one of her favourite things about Australian wrestling is that there is no women’s class or men’s class — everyone wrestlers against everyone.

“PWA has always been at the forefront of equal opportunity. When you start wrestling, you train with everyone. We are so lucky, especially at PWA. Our head coach is Madison Eagles, who was voted number one female wrestler in the world,” she said.

“On day one, you come to your try out and she makes it clear that everyone is treated equally.”

Evans said she was a big voice when it comes to equal opportunity in wrestling, saying she loves wrestling men, women and non-binary people. She said wrestling was unique, calling it an art form.

“We’re putting in a performance, a show, we’re suspending people’s belief. We’re making you forget about your problems when you come to a show,” she said.

“I think by pigeonholing people into a gender category it’s doing a disservice to the production we’re putting on.”

Originally published as Aussie throws herself through glass for a job