Rossall began training at a small Gold Coast based wrestling company and debuted when she was 13 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foxsports.com.au/wwe/a-debut-at-13-wrestling-around-the-world-and-living-her-dream-toni-storm-is-wrestlings-next-big-womens-star/news-story/bb37be8ffabd6425a93de7143b4941d9|title=A debut at 13, wrestling around the world and living her dream: Toni Storm is wrestling's next big women's star|date=29 April 2018|website=[[Fox Sports (Australia)]]|access-date=21 November 2021|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121053142/https://www.foxsports.com.au/wwe/a-debut-at-13-wrestling-around-the-world-and-living-her-dream-toni-storm-is-wrestlings-next-big-womens-star/news-story/bb37be8ffabd6425a93de7143b4941d9|url-status=live}}</ref> AfterAt fivethe yearsage of honing13 her(as skillsper withan that company,interview she decidedgave atto theESPN) ageshe of 18 thatdecided she wanted to receive further training to become a better wrestler, and got her mother's permission to move to England and live with her [[Liverpool]]-based British grandmother.<ref name="ESPN">{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/feature/article/20533915/mae-young-competitor-toni-storm-proud-humble-wrestling-roots|title=Mae Young competitor Toni Storm is proud of her humble wrestling roots|last=Hurd|first=Sean|date=4 September 2017|work=[[ESPN]]|access-date=11 September 2017|archive-date=10 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910054029/http://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/feature/article/20533915/mae-young-competitor-toni-storm-proud-humble-wrestling-roots|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=TokyoSports>{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/womens_prores/694962/|script-title=ja:【スターダム】トニー・ストーム 得意技の名前の由来は？|date=8 June 2017|access-date=8 June 2017|work=[[Tokyo Sports]]|language=ja|archive-date=15 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615101221/http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/womens_prores/694962/|url-status=live}}</ref> While there, she trained under [[Dean Allmark]].<ref name=ESPN /> She then started working internationally in countries such as Finland, France, Germany, and Spain.<ref name=ESPN /> She took part in a WWE tryout camp in [[Melbourne]] during WWE's 2014 Australian tour,<ref>{{cite web|last=Dunn|first=David|url=http://www.nzpwi.co.nz/2014/08/wwe-tryouts-begin-in-melbourne-today/|title=WWE tryouts begin in Melbourne today|publisher=NZPWI|date=6 August 2014|access-date=4 October 2016|archive-date=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426230758/http://www.nzpwi.co.nz/2014/08/wwe-tryouts-begin-in-melbourne-today/|url-status=live}}</ref> and attended another tryout camp in [[Manchester]] during WWE's 2015 UK tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diva-dirt.com/117642/women-receive-wwe-tryouts-during-uk-tour/|title=Women Receive WWE Tryouts During UK Tour|publisher=Diva Dirt|date=11 November 2015|access-date=4 October 2016|archive-date=15 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815222504/http://www.diva-dirt.com/117642/women-receive-wwe-tryouts-during-uk-tour/|url-status=live}}</ref>
