The Accidental Ring Announcer: Kelley Berk’s Pro Wrestling Side Quest

She didn't grow up watching professional wrestling. In fact, Kelley Berk didn't even want to attend her first indie wrestling show.A few years later, she's standing in the middle of the ring.Kelley joins The Heel Federation to tell the unlikely story of how she went from sitting in the front row with her friends to becoming a ring announcer for One Fall Wrestling (1FW).We talk about the unexpected text that led to her first announcing gig, learning the wrestling business on the fly, getting advice from AEW's Stokely Hathaway, working around names like Jay Lethal and Paul Wight, accidentally mispronouncing Tony Schiavone's name — twice — and whether her wrestling “side quest” could eventually lead somewhere even bigger.Kelley also takes us inside her life away from wrestling as a certified prosthetist and explains how one chance encounter completely changed the direction of her career.Plus: Why is everyone trying to convince Kelley to get in the ring herself?From wrestling outsider to part of the wrestling family, this is Kelley's story.Follow The Heel Federation for more conversations about the wrestling we love, the wrestling that drives us crazy, and everything in between.