SOPHIA MADE THE TRANSITION FROM FITNESS MODEL TO WRESTLING EFFORTLESSLY. THOUGH SHE SUFFERED A STRING OF DEFEATS IN HER FIRST THREE MONTHS IN THE SPORT, THE SELF-PROCLAIMED ITALIAN TEMPTRESS TURNED THINGS AROUND AND LESS THAN A YEAR LATER HAD CLAIMED THE TELEVISION TITLE IN THE MINOR LEAGUE OF THE XFW. A YEAR LATER, SHE COULD BOAST HAVING WON ALL THREE SINGLES TITLES IN THAT LEAGUE WHICH MEANT SHE WAS READY FOR THE BIG SHOW: THE A.F.W.