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Aired (March 31, 2025): Lumalahok ang 30-anyos na si Crystal sa international competitions bitbit ang titulong ‘The Queen of Philippine Wrestling.’ Nagsimula ang kanyang pagkahilig sa wrestling noong 4 na taong gulang pa lamang siya. Ang buong kuwento, panoorin sa video.   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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00:00Meet Patricia Ligaya, the Pinay Wrestling Sweetheart.

00:07A sweet man in your eyes, who can knock you down in the wrestling ring.

00:14He cuts- Ooh!

00:15Oh, look at that.

00:17Almost right to the throat.

00:19Right, kicking things off.

00:21Hard after hard.

00:24Let's go!

00:31Yeah!

00:34He's the do-it-yourself superhero, Super P.

00:39His superpower is the power of friendship.

00:43Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's understandable.

00:46Hey!

00:47Hi, I'm Super P, I'm Joya.

00:51Ooh!

00:53The next person we'll meet is considered a pioneer female wrestler in the country.

00:59Let's welcome Krystal, the Queen of Philippine Wrestling.

01:16Krystal started liking wrestling when she was a kid.

01:20I think I was 3 or 4 years old.

01:22But I remember, I was with my grandmother and my uncle.

01:27We were watching WWF.

01:30My grandmother was a big fan of wrestling.

01:36Brett Howard was a huge fan because he was so handsome.

01:41Undertaker was so cool.

01:44At the time, when I was 4 years old, my grandmother had breast cancer.

01:48And she wasn't- There was no cure.

01:51We were doing everything to prolong her life.

01:56But you know, even though she was already so poor,

02:00but when she cheered,

02:03the joy she got from wrestling was different.

02:08It was like, go Brett Howard!

02:11And I was like,

02:14I watched wrestling even though I was already so poor.

02:18It was so hard for me.

02:21When I think about it,

02:25it's like wrestling can bring joy to people.

02:29Because of this, she didn't lose her desire to become a pro wrestler.

02:34Me and my college friends, we heard about this promotion.

02:38We all tried out.

02:40And that was in 2015.

02:42And now we're here, 10 years later.

02:45But when you started, you were the only female.

02:48It was hard.

02:50Because all of my trainees were male.

02:53So for me, I had to be with the girls.

02:56I had to be with them.

02:58The training before was really male-focused.

03:02Correct, correct.

03:04There was no consideration for the girls.

03:06Even if they were wearing suplexes,

03:09I also had to wear suplexes.

03:11If they were doing body slams, I also had to do body slams.

03:14So it was really hard for me.

03:15But didn't they get tired?

03:18Because of course, wrestling is very physical.

03:21Of course, you have to hold on to things.

03:24It was...

03:26I gave my permission.

03:29And they were very respectful.

03:31And you, weren't you afraid?

03:35Because before wrestling,

03:37I was really an athlete.

03:39So I swam for 6 years.

03:41I also did taekwondo for another 6-7 years.

03:45And I also did cheerleading.

03:47So really, I've...

03:49In cheerleading,

03:51I'm already used to being held.

03:53Because when they throw me,

03:55they catch me.

03:57As long as they catch me, it's okay even if they hold me.

03:59As long as I don't land on the floor.

04:02So you're used to being thrown.

04:05Right?

04:07You're used to being circled.

04:09And you're also used to getting hurt.

04:12Yes.

04:13Athletic background.

04:15Physically, not mentally.

04:22After intense trainings,

04:24she was challenged in the ring

04:26with a male wrestler.

04:29One team dominating, utterly.

04:31Astro.

04:33Another big boot.

04:35This is where Kristal's one-decade career began.

04:37Kristal.

04:41She also fought in other countries.

04:43In Asia, her nickname is Queen of Philippine Wrestling.

04:47When there's a wrestling event in another country,

04:50I always carry the pinast on my back.

04:53Because I want to show that

04:55the wrestlers here in the Philippines are good.

04:57So it's really pressuring because

04:59it's not just me as a person,

05:02but me as a Filipino.

05:05Me as an embodiment of Filipinos.

05:08So it's really pressuring.

05:10But when the achievements are good,

05:14when you see the support of Filipinos,

05:17even if you only see it in my comment section

05:21on social media,

05:23when you see the pinast,

05:25you'll see the support of Filipinos

05:27from America or other places.

05:30It warms my heart.

05:36Try again.

05:38Oh, nice!

05:40Kristal only earns a small amount of money from wrestling.

05:43He is...

05:45Queen's guillotine!

05:49Oh, no!

05:51They still don't consider it a full-time career.

05:55So whenever there's no training or wrestling match,

05:58they do different rackets.

06:01I have, like, four or five part-time jobs.

06:06Apart from wrestling,

06:09which is, I wish it was the main job that I can do.

06:12But sadly, we're not there yet.

06:15We'll get there.

06:17I do also hair and makeup on the side.

06:19I stream online,

06:22video games and such.

06:24I also have a corporate part-time on-call job.

06:28We give seminar workshops to companies in buildings.

06:32I also do commercial modeling sometimes.

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