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Kelani Jordan
Lea Mitchell (born October 22, 1998) is an American professional wrestler and former artistic gymnast. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Kelani Jordan and is the current and inaugural NXT Women's North American Champion in her first reign. Professional wrestling career In August 2022, Mitchell signed a contract with WWE and reported to the WWE Performance Center. Mitchell made her in-ring debut by participating in a battle royal at a NXT live event on October 28. On June 27, 2023 at ''NXT'': Gold Rush, Mitchell, under the ring name Kelani Jordan, made her on-screen debut as the protégé of Dana Brooke. However, the storyline was dropped when Brooke was released on September 21. Jordan was announced as a participant in the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament, defeating Izzi Dame in the first round and Arianna Grace in the semifinal, but lost to Lola Vice in the final at Night 2 of ''NXT'': Halloween Havoc. On the November 28 ...
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Michigan State Spartans
The Michigan State Spartans are the athletic teams that represent Michigan State University. The school's athletic program includes 23 varsity sports teams. Their mascot is a Spartan warrior named Sparty, and the school colors are green and white. The university participates in the NCAA's Division I and the Football Bowl Subdivision for football. The Spartans participate as members of the Big Ten Conference in all varsity sports. Michigan State offers 11 varsity sports for men and 12 for women. MSU's football team has won six national championships in 1951,1952, 1955, 1956, 1965 and 1966 according to the NCAA, and has won the Rose Bowl in 1954, 1956, 1988 and 2014. Its men's basketball team won the NCAA National Championship in 1979 and 2000. The MSU men's ice hockey team won national titles in 1966, 1986 and 2007. History In 1925, the institution changed its name to ''Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science'', and, as an agricultural school, its te ...
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Arianna Grace
Bianca Sophia Carelli (born June 29, 1997) is a Canadian professional wrestler and beauty pageant competitor. She is signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name Arianna Grace on the NXT brand. She also appears in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is the liaison between NXT and TNA. Carelli is the daughter of Anthony Carelli, better known as Santino Marella, making her a second-generation professional wrestler. Early life Bianca Carelli was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada to Petrina and professional wrestler Anthony Carelli, who is best known for his time in WWE as Santino Marella, and currently works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). At a young age, Carelli took part in live theater performances, improvisation competitions, competitive dance and beauty pageants. She won the Miss Teen Ontario-World pageant in 2013 at age 17 and she graduated from Western University in London, Ontario, Canada with a Bachelor's degree in biol ...
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Wren Sinclair
Madison Dombkowski (born May 25, 1995) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name Wren Sinclair on the NXT brand and is a member of the No Quarter Catch Crew stable. Dombkowski was previously known under the ring name Madi Wrenkowski where she worked for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and made appearances for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2019–2023) Dombkowski made her professional wrestling debut on October 18, 2019 for Mission Pro Wrestling under the ring name Madi Wrenkowski losing to Jazz. From 2020 to 2022, Wrenkowski made appearances for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) mainly on ''Dark'' and ''Dark: Elevation'' where she was used as enhancement talent. She also worked for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) from 2021 to 2023 where she held one half of the NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship as part of M95 with Missa Kate. WWE Singles competition (20 ...
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Six-woman Tag Team Match
Much like the singles match, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted to tag teams; for example, hardcore tag team matches are commonplace. Tag team ladder match and variations are also frequently used as a title feud blow-off match. Stipulations, such as " I quit" or " loser leaves town" may also be applied. The following are match variations that are specific to tag team wrestling. Multiple wrestlers teamed matches Tag team matches can range from two teams of two fighting, to multiple person teams challenging each other. Such examples are six-man tag team matches or eight-man tag team matches, in which two teams of three or two teams of four fight in a standard one fall tag team match. ''Relevos Australianos'' A six-man tag team match between two teams of three wrestlers. Each team has one wrestler designated as team captain. To win, a team must either score a fall against the opposing tea ...
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Jacy Jayne
Taylor Grado (born June 2, 1996) is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Jacy Jayne as a member of Toxic Attraction. She is a former record-tying two-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion alongside stablemate Gigi Dolin. Grado began her career under the name Avery Taylor, and had previously performed World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW). Professional wrestling career Early career (2018–2020) Grado began her career training at World Wrestling Academy in New Port Richy Florida. After 4 months of training, she already began working shows. Under the ring name Avery Taylor, Grado made her wrestling debut around May 30, 2018 in American Combat Wrestling (ACW). She went on to establish a career in the Florida wrestling promotions including ACW, Shine Wrestling, Evolve and Full Impact Pro. She became a three-time Women's Champion including two women's title reigns in American Combat Wrestling and a single women's title reign in Wo ...
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NXT Stand & Deliver (2024)
The 2024 NXT Stand & Deliver was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE for its developmental brand NXT. It was the fourth annual NXT Stand & Deliver event and took place on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event aired via WWE's livestreaming platforms and was held as a part of WrestleMania Weekend, taking place the same day as Night 1 of WrestleMania XL with a special start time of 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Meta-Four (Noam Dar, Oro Mensah, Lash Legend, and Jakara Jackson) served as the hosts of the event. Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the Countdown to Stand & Deliver pre-show. In the main event, Trick Williams defeated Carmelo Hayes. In other prominent matches, Ilja Dragunov defeated Tony D'Angelo to retain the NXT Championship and Roxanne Perez defeated Lyra Valkyria to win the NXT Women's Championship. The event was also notable for the announcement of a new NXT Women's North Am ...
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Thea Hail
Madison Knisely (born September 9, 2003) is an American professional wrestler and gymnast. She is currently signed to WWE where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Thea Hail and is a member of Chase University. Early life Maddie Knisley was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She went to school at Pivik Elementary School, in Plum Borough, Pennsylvania and studied gymnastics at a gymkhana in Monroeville. Professional wrestling career All Elite Wrestling (2021) On September 28, 2021, Knisley made her All Elite Wrestling debut as enhancement talent on '' Dark'' under the ring name Nikita Knight against Thunder Rosa. She wrestled in one other match with the promotion against Julia Hart, on the October 24, 2021 edition of ''Dark'', which she lost. WWE (2022–present) On March 17, 2022, Knisley was announced as one of the 14 recruits who reported to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. One month later, on the April 8 episode of ''NXT Level Up'', s ...
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Chase University
Chase University (often known as Andre Chase University and Chase U) is an American professional wrestling stable consisting of Andre Chase, Duke Hudson and Thea Hail. They are currently signed to WWE, where they perform on NXT. The group's characters contain elements of a post-secondary educational university. History NXT (2021-present) On the September 21 episode of NXT, Chase debuted a new heel teacher persona and began hosting a segment on the show called Andre Chase University. Over the next few months, Chase recruited Bodhi Hayward and Thea Hail as his new students for Chase University and slowly turned face. On the September 20, 2022 episode of NXT, Chase and Hayward picked up a victory over Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams. In November, WWE released Hayward, thereby removing him from Chase University. On the November 1 episode of NXT, Duke Hudson replaced Hayward as Chase U's flag bearer and slowly turned face. On the January 31, 2023 episode of ''NXT'', Chase U defea ...
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Fallon Henley
Theresa Schuessler (born September 25, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE performing under the ring name Fallon Henley on the NXT brand and currently is one-half of the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions with Kiana James in their first reign. Professional wrestling career She made her in-ring debut on June 24, 2017 under the name Tesha Price. On December 16, 2017, she made her Shine Wrestling debut at Shine 47, competing in a battle royal to determine the #1 contender for the Shine Championship, which was won by Rain. Later that night, she also competed in a 4-way match against Dynamite DiDi, Kikyo, and Robyn Reid, which would be won by DiDi. She appeared on the July 25 episode of NXT under the name Tenilla Price, losing to Lacey Evans. On August 8, now back under the name Tesha Price, she lost to Britt Baker in a dark match held during the second annual Mae Young Classic. She made her All Elite Wrestling debut on the November 6, 2020 epis ...
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NXT Deadline (2023)
The 2023 NXT Deadline (stylized as DEADL1NE) was the second annual NXT Deadline professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held primarily for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event took place on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at the Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Ilja Dragunov defeated Baron Corbin to retain the NXT Championship. For the event's Iron Survivor Challenges, Trick Williams won the men's, while the women's was won by Blair Davenport. In other prominent matches, Carmelo Hayes defeated Lexis King and in the opening bout, SmackDown's Dragon Lee defeated Raw's "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio to win the NXT North American Championship. The event also notably saw the return of Cora Jade, who had been on hiatus since August 2023. Production Background In December 2022, the American professional wrestling p ...
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Iron Survivor Challenge
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. Throughout professional wrestling's decades long history, some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. Singles match The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. A victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. Some of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. Duchess of Queensbury Rules match A Duchess of Queensbury Rules match is a singles match contested under specific, often disclosed rules is replaced by a title usually meant to sound traditional for one combatant. A wrestler challenging another wrestler to a matc ...
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Kiana James
Kayla Klingensmith (' Inlay; born May 23, 1997), is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE performing under the ring name Kiana James and is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion. Early life Inlay was born in Sioux City, Iowa. She completed her elementary education at East High School and later graduated from Morningside University in 2019 with a degree in science. Professional wrestling career Early career (2021–2022) On the September 21, 2021 episode of ''AEW Dark'', Inlay made her in-ring debut under the name Xtina Kay, losing to The Bunny. WWE (2022–present) Inlay made her WWE debut under the ring name Kayla Inlay on the February 1, 2022 episode of ''NXT'', losing to Sarray. Inlay was repackaged as Kiana James and took on a businesswoman gimmick, debuting in the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament on May 17, losing to Roxanne Perez in the first round. James would have her first televised win on the June 24 episode of '' NXT Level Up'' by ...
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