IYO SKY Says She Emptied Out An Actual Trash Can At The WWE Performance Center To Practice Her WarGames Spot

IYO SKY recalls how she practiced her WWE WarGames spot.

IYO SKY is known for many things in WWE, but one of them is her death defying nature inside the WarGames structures, having jumped off the cage multiple times with a trash can over her upper body and head.

While speaking to Insight With Chris Van Vliet, IYO SKY recalled how she emptied out a trash can prior to her WarGames spots to practice at the WWE Performance Center.

“Yes, totally [I practiced it]. Because in my head, I think of course I can do that. Yeah, put on the trash can and do the back flip. Feels easy, but actually it is such a dangerous move. I went to the WWE Performance Center, and they have a normal trash can. I took off the plastic bag and clean up myself, and make it a little bit cleaner, and I hope nobody was watching what I’m doing. I put on my head, and I did my own practice thing, and it worked. That was only from the top rope, but I made it, so that’s why I thought it should be fine from the cage. Make it double high.”

IYO continued speaking, explaining her process relating to the spot.

“I know I am crazy, that’s why I thought at that time, I won’t practice it. So I just think in my head, oh, maybe I can do that, because cross-body is my familiar move. Even putting on the trash can doesn’t make me nervous, or make me scared, or something like that. But actually, I was standing on the edge and tried to put my head in the trash can, and I realized at that time, oh my gosh, I can’t see anything. So I didn’t think about I would be blind. I just think about putting it on my head and jumping off. I didn’t think about my vision. And, of course, in the trash can it was so dark and I couldn’t see anything, and oh my gosh, I started to get scared. Wow, I might have to jump off from here. Oh my gosh. I can’t do that. Maybe I will get injured. One second, two seconds, you know, oh my gosh, I can’t. No, I have to just jump. So first time, I was so scared. But no, because camera is here, so show must go on. I have to jump off. I did it, and second time I was relaxed. I could do it because, yeah, I knew it.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, SKY spoke about how much it meant for her to win her WWE Women’s World Title match at WrestleMania 41. You can read more about that here.

Thanks to Chris Van Vliet for the quotes in this article.