Bianca Pizano Discusses Joining WWE NIL Program, Her Father & Matt Bloom’s Friendship
A feature was published about one of WWE’s newest N.I.L. recruits.
Pizano shared that WWE is supportive of her aspirations to attend dental school.
WWE unveiled its newest N.I.L. (Next In Line) class, and one of the student-athletes is Bianca Pizano, who plays Field Hockey at Michigan State University.
There’s a feature piece about Pizano that was published by Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice. She spoke about getting the opportunity and it was noted in the write-up that her father was college roommates with WWE Performance Center coach Matt Bloom.
“Matt (Bloom) was actually in contact with me and my dad, and said that I should become part of this. They contacted me, and I went through a handful of interviews before I was selected for the N.I.L. deal with them. Most of it was about seeing how you are as a person, really seeing what your personality is like, and seeing what kind of fit you can be… It’s an amazing opportunity. If I graduate from college, and I really miss the competitive nature, that’s definitely the place I would go to.
Matt always brought us around when we were kids, and we were always going to shows, meeting people backstage, and sometimes, people would even stay at our house if there was a show close by. Even my brother, when he was in mini football, my dad would bring them to his mini football practice, and the kids would go insane. I always thought it was so cool. Matt was a big guy, and it was kind of intimidating at first. Being around him, you can tell how easygoing everyone was. Everyone was so personable to talk to, and super nice to be around. It was very family-oriented.”
Pizano shared that at the end of June or early July, WWE is going to be bringing members of her N.I.L. class to the Performance Center. She does not know if she’ll be able to attend because it’ll be around the time that her field hockey season kicks off.
“Possibly at the end of this month or early next month, they are going to bring some of us to Orlando to the training center. I don’t know if I will be able to go because of my preseason. With them, they have a lot of opportunities for us to go to shows, go to the training center, but they work around your availability. If you are in season, that comes first. In the offseason, then, you can begin to do things associated with the WWE.”
Also in Pizano’s N.I.L. class is Jacob Henry, Brock Rechsteiner and T.J. Bullard, who are the sons respectively of Mark Henry, Scott Steiner and Titus O’Neil.
