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Zoey Stark
Theresa Serrano (born January 25, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Zoey Stark, and is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Early career (2012–2020) On June 8, 2013, Serrano made her debut at Vendetta Pro Wrestling, losing to Hudson Envy. On November 16, 2013, she entered under the ring name Lacey Ryan and won her first match against Larry Butabi. During this time she also won the UCW-Zero Ultra-X Championship. She was able to keep this until January 25, 2014, when she lost it to The Durango Kid. On March 22, she wrestled her last wrestling match for the time being. Ryan celebrated her comeback on August 16, 2018. She wrestled a match against Thunder Rosa, but this ended in a no contest. On May 23, 2019, she wrestled a match against Alex Gracia under the ring name Serrano, which she was able to win. On September 29, she won the FSW Women's Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its west by Nevada. Utah also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast. Of the fifty U.S. states, Utah is the 13th-largest by area; with a population over three million, it is the 30th-most-populous and 11th-least-densely populated. Urban development is mostly concentrated in two areas: the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state, which is home to roughly two-thirds of the population and includes the capital city, Salt Lake City; and Washington County in the southwest, with more than 180,000 residents. Most of the western half of Utah lies in the Great Basin. Utah has been inhabited for thousands of years by various indigenous groups such as the ancient Puebloans, Navajo and Ute. The Spanish were the first Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Io Shirai
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Iyo Sky (stylized in all caps). She is a member of Damage CTRL and one-half of the current WWE Women's Tag Team Champions with fellow stablemate Dakota Kai in their second reign. She previously wrestled in WWE's developmental brand NXT under the ring name ( ), where she was a former NXT Women's Champion and NXT Women's Tag Team Champion. She is also known for her time in World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom), where she was a former two-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, six-time Artist of Stardom Champion, two-time World of Stardom Champion, the inaugural SWA World Champion, one-time Goddess of Stardom Champion, and one-time High Speed Champion. She was recognized as the "ace" of Stardom, and was the recipient of the 2015, 2016 and 2017 ''Tokyo Sports'' Joshi Puroresu Grand Prizes. Making her debut in March 2007, she spent several years working as a tag team wrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe, as a noun, is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true", specifically the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being genuine and not staged. The term ''kayfabe'' has evolved to also become a code word of sorts for maintaining this "reality" within the direct or indirect presence of the general public. Kayfabe, in the United States, is often seen as the suspension of disbelief that is used to create the non-wrestling aspects of promotions, such as feuds, angles, and gimmicks in a manner similar to other forms of fictional entertainment. In relative terms, a wrestler breaking kayfabe during a show would be likened to an actor breaking character on-camera. Also, since wrestling is performed in front of a live audience, whose interaction with the show is crucial to its success, kayfabe can be compared to the fourth wall in acting, since hardly any conventional fourth wall exists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persia Pirotta
Stephanie De Landre is an Australian professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where she competes under her real name. She previously wrestled in WWE, where she performed on the NXT 2.0 brand under the ring name Persia Pirotta. She began her career under the name FaceBrooke. Before signing with WWE, Pirotta had previously been signed to Melbourne City Wrestling and Newcastle Pro Wrestling. Early life Pirotta was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and raised in Avalon, New South Wales, a northern suburb of Sydney. She is of Maltese descent. Professional wrestling career It was reported on 14 March 2021, Steph De Lander was one of two Australian wrestlers signed by WWE. Under the ring name "Persia Pirotta", she made her NXT debut as the close friend of Indi Hartwell who had come all the way from Australia for Hartwell's wedding with Dexter Lumis. On 26 October during the NXT: Halloween Havoc television special, Pirotta and Hartwell teamed again to compete in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halloween Havoc (2021)
Halloween Havoc is a professional wrestling event currently produced by WWE. As the name implies, it is a Halloween-themed show held in October. It was originally produced as an annual pay-per-view (PPV) by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1989 until 2000. The first four events were held when WCW was still affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The final five events under WCW were held in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. WWE—at that time still known as the World Wrestling Federation—purchased WCW in 2001. In 2018, Las Vegas based company, KBN Inc. filed for the trademark of Halloween Havoc which according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office had been listed as "dead" since 2005. Nineteen years after WWE purchased WCW, they revived the event for their NXT brand division in 2020. In 2015, all WCW pay-per-views were made available on the WWE Network WWE Network is a subscription video on-demand ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Dolin
Priscilla Lee Kelly (born June 5, 1997) is an American professional wrestler. She performs under the ring name Gigi Dolin in the NXT brand, and is one-half of the tag team Toxic Attraction with Jacy Jayne, and she is a former record-tying two-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion with Jayne. Before signing with WWE, Kelly worked for Major League Wrestling (MLW). She is best known for her appearances in Shine Wrestling, where she is a former Shine Nova Champion. Early life Priscilla Lee Kelly was born into a family of Romanichal descent in Douglasville, Georgia, on June 5, 1997. She left school at the age of 12. When she was 14 years old, she took part in the first season of the reality show ''My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding'', in which she was the main focus of the episode "14 and Looking for Mr. Right". Her younger brother introduced her to professional wrestling. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015–2021) Kelly made her professional wrestling debut in Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toxic Attraction
Toxic Attraction was a professional wrestling stable in WWE on the NXT brand. The group originally consisted of Mandy Rose, Gigi Dolin, and Jacy Jayne. After Rose was released from her WWE contract in December 2022, Toxic Attraction became a tag team of Dolin and Jayne before they split in February 2023, ending the group. The stable originally formed in August 2021. During their time together, Rose held the NXT Women's Championship for 413 days and unified the NXT UK Women's Championship into the NXT Women's Championship, while Dolin and Jayne held the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship a record-tying two times. Toxic Attraction was at the forefront of the NXT women's division during the " NXT 2.0" era until Rose was released in December 2022. The group came to an end in February 2023 after Jayne turned on Dolin following an unsuccessful attempt at the NXT Women's Championship. History On the July 13, 2021, episode of ''NXT'', Mandy Rose, who had been performing on WWE's main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indi Hartwell
Samantha De Martin (born 17 August 1996) is an Australian professional wrestler, best known by the ring name Indi Hartwell. She is signed to WWE, performing on the NXT brand, and was a member of The Way. She is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion, as well as a former WSW Women's Champion and RCW Women's Champion. Professional wrestling career Early career De Martin began her training at the age of 19, and she was trained by Professional Championship Wrestling (PCW) Academy in Melbourne. Hartwell made her debut in March 2016, in her home country of Australia. She performed for several promotions like Melbourne City Wrestling, Shimmer, Rise, Riot City Wrestling, and World Series Wrestling. WWE (2019–present) On 5 November 2019, it was reported that Hartwell signed a WWE contract. On 7 November 2019, she made her debut at a NXT live event. On 15 January 2020, episode of ''NXT'', she made her ''NXT'' televised debut by participating in the Number One Contender Battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candice LeRae
Candice LeRae Gargano (''née'' Dawson; born September 29, 1985) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand. She is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion and was a member of The Way. LeRae began her professional wrestling career in 2002, working for the Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF) promotion until 2006. Over the following years, LeRae competed in various promotions on the independent circuit, including Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Shimmer Women Athletes, DDT Pro-Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where she is a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion, making her the only female title holder in the promotion's history. Other titles she held include the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship and the FWE Women's Championship. After competing at the inaugural Mae Young Classic in 2017, LeRae signed with WWE in early 2018 and debuted for the NXT brand, where she became involve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Way (professional Wrestling)
The Way is an American and Australian professional wrestling stable consisting of leader Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae, Indi Hartwell, and Hartwell's on-screen husband Dexter Lumis. They are all currently signed to WWE, where they perform on the Raw brand. History Background On February 16, 2020 at NXT TakeOver: Portland, Gargano turned heel by costing Tommaso Ciampa, his longtime partner and rival, his match against Adam Cole for the NXT Championship, with Gargano justifying his actions by exclaiming that Ciampa had put him through hell for nearly two years and was simply getting his long-overdue revenge. On the April 8 episode of ''NXT'', Gargano and Ciampa faced off in an Empty Arena match, during which LeRae, who for several weeks prior attempted to play peacemaker between the two, also turned heel by assisting Gargano in defeating Ciampa, therefore ending the longtime feud between them. Following this, Gargano and LeRae began portraying themselves as a power couple, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great American Bash (2021)
The Great American Bash is a professional wrestling event currently produced by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. Created by Dusty Rhodes (wrestler), Dusty Rhodes, the event was established in 1985 and was originally produced by the National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). In 1988, it began broadcasting on pay-per-view (PPV), and later that same year, JCP was rebranded as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which seceded from the NWA in January 1991. In March 2001, the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF) purchased WCW. In May 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the promotion revived The Great American Bash as their own annual PPV in 2004. It was held exclusively for WWE's SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WWE brand extension, brand from 2004 to 2006 before brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued in April 2007. In 2009, WWE renamed the event as WWE The Bash, The Bash, which was also the final Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
