Jessica McKay (born 23 June 1989) is an Australian
professional wrestler
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. She is best known for her time in
WWE
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, where she performed under the
ring name
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Billie Kay and for her time in
Impact Wrestling
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Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
, where she competed as Jessie McKay.
In June 2007, Kay made her professional wrestling debut at Pro Wrestling Alliance (PWA),
and she debuted one-year later for the
Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance promotion
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, where she became a two-time
PWWA Champion. She later started competing on the
independent circuit
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for multiple promotions in the
United States
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for several years, most notably and commonly for
Shimmer Women Athletes
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.
[
]
Early life
McKay began watching wrestling at the age of 10 along with her brother, and started her professional wrestling career first attending to the Australian
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promotion
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based in Sydney, Pro Wrestling Australia. Prior to becoming a wrestler, McKay excelled in basketball
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. She attended the same high school ( Westfields Sports) as fellow wrestler Cassie Lee.
Professional wrestling career
Pro Wrestling Alliance Australia (2007–2015)
McKay was trained by Madison Eagles.[ She debuted on 23 June 2007, on her eighteenth birthday, at PWA Australia with a win over Eagles and Aurora, wrestling under her birth name as Jessie McKay.]
On 2 August 2008, McKay defeated defending champion Kellie Skater
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to win the PWWA Championship for the first time. She had one successful title defence on 8 November against Tenille Tayla.[ On 22 November, she lost her title to Penni Lane.][ After Lane vacated her title due to injury, McKay won the PWWA Championship for the second time in a four-way match against ]Kellie Skater
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, Sway, and Shazza McKenzie
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on 14 September 2009.[ McKay had two successful title defences against ]KC Cassidy
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and Madison Eagles in March and May 2010, but lost the title to Eagles on 11 June 2010.[
In September 2011, McKay failed to win a three-way match for the ]Shimmer Championship
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also featuring champion Madison Eagles and Nicole Matthews
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. In August 2012, in a match to crown the interim PWWA Champion, she was defeated by Evie Evie may refer to:
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.[
]
Shimmer Women Athletes (2008–2015)
McKay began wrestling for the American all-female promotion Shimmer Women Athletes
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in October 2008, making her debut at '' Volume 21'' along with Madison Eagles as the Pink Ladies, participating in a tag team gauntlet match
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to determine the inaugural Shimmer Tag Team Champions, but were the first team eliminated.[ McKay made her singles debut in Shimmer with a loss to ]Kellie Skater
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at ''Volume 24''.
At ''Volume 33'' in September 2010, McKay defeated Nicole Matthews
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, after losing to Matthews earlier that year in April at ''Volume 30''. She followed up with an upset victory over Ayako Hamada
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and Sara Del Rey
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in a three-way match by pinning former Shimmer Champion Del Rey at ''Volume 34''.[ As a result, later in September 2010, McKay was granted a title match against her trainer and former tag partner, Shimmer Champion Madison Eagles at ''Volume 35'', but failed to win.][
After her failed title challenge, McKay continued her feud with Nicole Matthews. At ''Volume 36'', she teamed up with ]Tenille Tenille is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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, challenging The Canadian NINJAs
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History
Shimmer Women Athletes
Nicol ...
(Matthews and Portia Perez
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Pro ...
) for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship, but were defeated.[ However, she gained a victory over the Canadian NINJAs at ''Volume 38'' while teaming with Serena.] McKay concluded her feud with Matthews with a loss in a two-out-of-three falls match at ''Volume 39'' in March 2011.[
In March 2012, victories over ]Mia Yim
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at ''Volume 45'' and former Shimmer Champion MsChif
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at ''Volume 46'' led to McKay receiving another shot at the Shimmer Championship,[ but lost to defending champion ]Cheerleader Melissa
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at ''Volume 47''. At ''Volume 53'' in April 2013, McKay was defeated by Madison Eagles in Eagles' return match. At ''Volume 57'', Kay defeated Mercedes Martinez
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.
Other promotions (2008–2015)
Other than wrestling for Shimmer, McKay has also wrestled for other American promotions, including Combat Zone Wrestling
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(CZW) and Ring of Honor
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(ROH) in 2008, and Chikara in 2011. She also wrestled for the Canadian promotion NCW Femmes Fatales
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in 2012. McKay debuted for the American promotion Shine Wrestling
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at ''Shine 9'' in April 2014, with a victory in a six-person tag team match, teaming with Kellie Skater
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and Shazza McKenzie to defeat Nikki Roxx
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, Santana
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and Mia Yim
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.
WWE (2015–2021)
NXT (2015–2018)
McKay received a tryout with WWE
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during their tour of Australia in August 2014 and became an NXT
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trainee on 13 April 2015. McKay made her televised in-ring debut on the 10 June episode of ''NXT
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* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
'', where she competed in a losing effort against Becky Lynch
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under the ring name
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Jessie. On 7 August, she was given the new ring name Billie Kay. After competing in most of her matches at ''NXT'' as a face
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, Kay competed on her first match as a heel
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on the 21 October episode of ''NXT'', losing to Asuka
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. Through the end of 2015, Kay started being managed by fellow wrestler, Sylvester Lefort
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, during multiple NXT live events, however, it did not last for long after Lefort was released from his contract in February 2016.
On the 13 January 2016 episode of ''NXT'', Kay competed in a number one contender's battle royal
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for Bayley's NXT Women's Championship
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, which was won by Carmella
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. Kay made her first appearance on the main roster on the 30 June episode of ''SmackDown
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'', where she worked as a jobber
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losing to Dana Brooke
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. Kay finally made her return to ''NXT'' television on 27 July, where she achieved her first live
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victory in the company by defeating Santana Garrett
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. After asking NXT's general manager
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William Regal
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for a match at TakeOver: Brooklyn II on the 17 August episode of ''NXT'', she was granted one against the debutant Ember Moon
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. At the event on 20 August, Kay was defeated by Moon. Following a brief hiatus, Kay returned on the 21 September episode of ''NXT'', where she defeated Aliyah
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.
In October, Kay started an alliance
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with Peyton Royce
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, later dubbed The Iconic Duo, and later entered a feud
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with Liv Morgan
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In 20 ...
with the duo attacking and defeating Morgan in singles matches. This ultimately led to a six-women tag team match at TakeOver: Toronto, which was taped and aired for the 23 November episode of ''NXT'', in which Aliyah, Ember Moon, and Morgan defeated Kay, Royce, and their partner Daria Berenato
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. In the end of December, Kay and Royce were placed in a brief feud with the NXT Women's Champion Asuka after the latter stated there is no competition for her. This resulted in a fatal four-way match
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, which also involved Nikki Cross
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, at the TakeOver: San Antonio event on 28 January 2017, in which both Kay and Royce failed to capture the NXT Women's Championship.
The IIconics (2018–2020)
Kay and Royce, now dubbed The IIconics, made their main roster debut on the 10 April 2018 episode of ''SmackDown Live
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'' attacking then SmackDown Women's Champion
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Charlotte Flair
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She is a second-generati ...
, whilst she was cutting a promo
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about her match at WrestleMania 34
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. Week later, Kay lost to Flair. In their first match together as part of the main roster, The IIconics racked up their first victory against Asuka and Becky Lynch
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. Throughout the next few months, Kay competed in various singles and tag team matches but ended up on the losing end. In August, The IIconics started their first feud
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on the main roster, with Naomi
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, and the two were able to defeat her in singles matches. Eventually, Naomi teamed up with Asuka but lost to the IIconics at the Super Show-Down on 6 October, held in the latter's homeland of Australia
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. Three weeks later, both Kay and Royce took part in WWE's first all-women's pay-per-view, Evolution
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; they were the first two eliminated from a battle royal for a future women's championship match.
On 27 January 2019, both Kay and Royce entered their first Royal Rumble match
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at number 7 and number 9, respectively, and they managed to eliminate Nikki Cross
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, before they both were eliminated by Lacey Evans
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. On 17 February, at the Elimination Chamber
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event, The IIconics competed in a tag team
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Elimination Chamber match
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for the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
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, which was won by The Boss 'n' Hug Connection ( Bayley and Sasha Banks
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Banks previously wrestled on ...
). In March, The IIconics started a feud with Banks and Bayley, whom they defeated in a non-title match. Because of their win, they (and two other teams) challenged Banks and Bayley for the championship at WrestleMania 35
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in a fatal four-way match
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. At the event, which took place on 7 April, The IIconics won the match after Kay pinned Bayley to win the Women's Tag Team Championship for the first time. On the 5 August episode of ''Raw
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'', The IIconics lost the titles to Alexa Bliss
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and Nikki Cross
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in a fatal four-way match also involving the teams of The Kabuki Warriors
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(Asuka and Kairi Sane
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) and Fire and Desire
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(Mandy Rose
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and Sonya Deville
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). On 16 October, it was announced that The IIconics had been drafted to the Raw
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brand
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as supplemental picks of the 2019 WWE Draft.
After a brief hiatus, Kay and Royce made their return on the 11 May 2020 episode of ''Raw'', interrupting WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross. They later defeated the champions in a non-title match. They would unsuccessfully challenge for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships multiple times throughout the summer. They would begin a feud with Ruby Riott
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