Aired (March 31, 2025): Gaya ni Super P, si Crystal ang inspirasyon ni Patricia Ligaia sa pagsali sa wrestling. Pero aminado siyang hindi naging madali ang kanyang pinagdaanan. Panoorin ang video.
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Hosted by veteran and premier documentarist Kara David, ‘Kara Docs’ gives faces to significant statistics on social issues. It amplifies the subjects’ voices as Kara David immerses herself in their lives.
Watch 'Kara Docs' every Monday, 5:00PM on GMA Public Affairs YouTube Channel. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KaraDocs
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00:00So even though it was really hard, not just physically but mentally, I really pushed through everything.
00:09One of the people who inspired Crystal in the world of wrestling is the 25-year-old Patricia Ligaya.
00:16Patricia, when you joined wrestling, was Crystal the first person you watched?
00:23Actually, when I watched Pinoy wrestling, I was attracted to the others.
00:27I started getting into pro wrestling in general because of Pinoy wrestling.
00:33I discovered the world of pro wrestling late.
00:37I also watched Crystal on YouTube and documentaries.
00:47Crystal is a very big inspiration to a lot of Pinoy wrestlers today.
00:53I would say that she opened a lot of doors for us.
00:58Patricia did not dream of becoming a female wrestler.
01:03She just started as a fan of what she watched in the pro wrestling community.
01:09So you were a fan, you were just idolizing them, and now you're the one who's watching.
01:16How does it feel to transition from being a fan to now being the idol of fans?
01:23In a literal sense, my life changed.
01:28At the time, during the pandemic, I started in Nueva Ecija.
01:32I started there through online training.
01:36I watched Coach Fabio teaching us.
01:39Then one February, he told me to come here and train in person.
01:45From there, I traveled from Nueva Ecija to Manila.
01:48Every month, that's what happened.
01:51It wasn't easy because it took me two years to debut.
01:56Although it's hard for Patricia to travel back and forth between the province and Manila for training,
02:02it was a big help for her to get to know herself better.
02:06When I entered the pro wrestling industry, I was actually struggling with my direction in life.
02:12During that pandemic, I was just at home in the province.
02:16So I was thinking, when will this end? What will I do with my life?
02:21I also stopped schooling for a while because of the pandemic.
02:25So when they told me to come here and train,
02:30it was like a shift in my life because I now have a direction.
02:35Patricia is currently doing training in wrestling and studies.
02:39She also uses her course because she designs the gears that she wears whenever there are live matches.
02:48And because their training is no different from men's,
02:52it's also nice to feel that they don't underestimate their femininity in a world that is dominated by men.
03:00We're actually celebrated here.
03:03Pinay Wrestling is celebrated here.
03:05So it feels very heartwarming to finally have a community that pushes you to do better.
03:35Pinay Wrestling