Anna Jade Keefer (born December 26, 1998) is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs under the

ring name A ring name is a type of stage name used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting ...

Adriana Rizzo on the NXT brand and is a member of The D'Angelo Family stable.

Early life

Keefer attended the University of North Carolina majoring in media productions and interdisciplinary studies. She also competed in Track and field as part of the UNC Track and Field team and was a 5 time NCAA All-American.

Professional wrestling career

On November 10, 2022, Keefer was announced as having signed with WWE as part of the WWE Performance Center Fall 2022 Rookie Class. She made her in-ring debut on the October 28, 2022 NXT live event in an NXT Women's Title #1 Contender's Battle Royal which was won by

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. After being sidelined for almost a year due to an Achilles tendon rupture, she made her in-ring return on the October 27, 2023 NXT live event taking part in a Halloween Costume Rumble which was won by Karmen Petrovic. In November, Keefer began appearing alongside

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and

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as a member of The D'Angelo Family, an Italian-American mobster group. She was later assigned the ring name Adriana Rizzo and she made her televised in-ring debut in an NXT Women's Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal which was won by Roxanne Perez. The D'Angelo Family would feud with SCRYPTS, Bronco Nima, Lucien Price and

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of OTM (Out The Mud), leading to a six person tag team match at NXT Vengeance Day which The D'Angelo Family won. On the February 13 episode of ''NXT'', Rizzo was defeated by Parker in her first televised singles match, ending the feud. On the August 20 edition of ''NXT'', Rizzo competed in a six-woman gauntlet match to determine the number one contender for Roxanne Perez's NXT Women's Championship at No Mercy, where she would be eliminated by

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