Olympic champ Erica Wiebe trains with WWE

Canada's Erica Wiebe might be looking to add a WWE belt to hergold medal from the Rio 2016 Olympics.

The Calgary-based freestyle wrestler was invited to train at the WWE'sPerformance Centre in Orlando, Fla., last week after attending a women's wrestling event in Las Vegas.

"The training experience was super fun,"Wiebetold CBC Sports. "Very different than the type of wrestling I'm used to but I now understand why the WWE is the global cultural phenomenon that it is."

Wiebe, who sat ringside at the inauguralMae Young Classic on Sept. 12, praised the "contagious" energy at the eventin Las Vegas. "If nothing else, they have a new fan," Wiebeadded.

"We've always had the technique, we've always had the ability, but what the Mae Young Classic did was provide a platform to showcase [women's wrestling],"Wiebetold the WWE,addingthat she met chief brand officerStephanieMcMahon at the event.

This isn't exactlyWiebe'sfirst foray into professional wrestling. The 28-year-old heavyweight from Stittsville, Ont.,competed inIndia's Pro Wrestling League 2, a six-team freestyle wrestling competition, in January.