Candice LeRae Gargano (''

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'' Dawson; born September 29, 1985) is an American

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currently signed to

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, where she performs on the

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. She is a former

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and was a member of The Way. LeRae began her professional wrestling career in 2002, working for the

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(EWF) promotion until 2006. Over the following years, LeRae competed in various promotions on the

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, including

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(CZW),

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(TNA),

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, and

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(PWG), where she is a one-time

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, making her the only female title holder in the promotion's history. Other titles she held include the

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and the FWE Women's Championship. After competing at the inaugural

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in 2017, LeRae signed with WWE in early 2018 and debuted for the

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brand, where she became involved in her husband

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's feuds before becoming a singles competitor. In 2020, LeRae joined Gargano,

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, and

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to form the villainous faction The Way, until it dissolved the following year. She left the company in May 2022 and returned in September.

Early life

Candice Dawson was born and raised in

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. She grew up watching professional wrestling with her two brothers, and fell in love with the profession. In addition to her two brothers, Dawson has many male cousins, and was often the only girl when they would play sports together. After being in a marching band where she played flute and piccolo, Dawson went to an unspecified college and earned a degree in

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, and worked at

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as a

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for a few years. Numerous outlets list her as being born in

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. According to Dawson, this misconception is due to a decision made by an

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promoter early in her wrestling career. The promoter in question didn't perceive Dawson as a viable

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, so in an attempt to generate

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, she was billed as a Canadian.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2002–2005)

LeRae spent the first two years of her career wrestling for the

(EWF) and the International Wrestling Council. She appeared as a substitute in a round one match at the

ChickFight ChickFight was a women's professional wrestling promotion based in San Francisco, California. History ChickFight originally began as an eight-woman tournament with the first one taking place on October 29, 2004, in Hayward, California as part of ...

tournament in 2004, replacing the injured Miss Chevius, but lost in the first round to Princess Sugey. During 2005, LeRae was a mainstay in the EWF, facing wrestlers including Hurricane Havana, Kid Omega, and

Amazing Kong Kia Stevens (born September 4, 1977) is an American actress and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)/Impact Wrestling under the ring name Awesome Kong. She also worked with Ring ...

. She continued competing for the

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throughout 2006, while also wrestling for

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and Ground Zero Wrestling. 2007 saw LeRae branch out to the

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, where she competed for Insanity Pro Wrestling and

Ring of Honor Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011, when the promotion was so ...

(ROH). LeRae had two matches for ROH in August 2007, losing to

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and

Daizee Haze Emily Sharp (born May 11, 1983) is an American former professional wrestler known under the ring name Daizee Haze. She is best known for her time on the independent circuit, where she performed for numerous promotions such as Chikara, Ring of Hon ...

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es on August 10 and 24, respectively. LeRae began wrestling for the Alternative Wrestling Show (AWS) promotion in December 2007. In May 2009, she participated in a tournament for the AWS Women's Championship; she defeated Kitana Vera and

Christina Von Eerie Christina Maria Kardooni (born August 28, 1989) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Christina Von Eerie. She has worked for various promotions, including the American Global Force Wrestling (GFW), Pro Wrestling Guer ...

en route to the final, where she defeated Erica D'Erico and Morgan in a three-way match for the

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championship. She successfully defended the title against Carla Jade, Nikki, and Von Eerie until September 6, when she lost the championship to Von Eerie. She also appeared for the

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(NWA), and unsuccessfully challenged Amazing Kong for the NWA Women's Championship in 2008.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2006–2016)

LeRae debuted in

(PWG) in 2006, when she put together a

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to face a team managed by Jade Chung in an

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, with fellow future WWE superstars

Seth Rollins Colby Daniel Lopez (born May 28, 1986) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Seth Rollins (often referred to as Seth "Freakin" Rollins). Prior to signing ...

Chris Hero Chris Spradlin (born December 24, 1979), better known by his ring name Chris Hero, is an American professional wrestler and trainer. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor as a producer. Hero has worked for a number of independent wrestling pr ...

, and

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where her team was victorious. In April 2007, she returned as the

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Human Tornado Craig Williams (born May 1, 1983), better known by his ring name, Human Tornado, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler. His character was that of a 1970s blaxploitation street pimp. He performed primarily on the California independen ...

. Her first main storyline in the company began later that year in September; Tornado had been abusing LeRae, who stood up for herself and cost Tornado a match at the 2007 Battle of Los Angeles. After the match, Tornado began to attack LeRae, who was saved by

. As a result, Hero and LeRae united to take on Tornado. In January 2008, Tornado,

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, and

Eddie Kingston Edward Moore (born December 12, 1981), better known by his ring name Eddie Kingston, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Kingston started his wrestling career in 2002, and has wrestled for numerous ...

defeated LeRae, Hero, and

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in a six-person match, which meant that LeRae was forced to face Tornado in a singles match the following night. LeRae lost the match by disqualification when Hero, who was banned from ringside, came to the ring to aid her.

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entered the feud in March when she teamed with Tornado in a loss to LeRae and Hero. The following night, LeRae defeated LuFisto in a singles match. LeRae continued to be involved in the storyline between Hero and Tornado over the next few months. LeRae spent the rest of the year in intergender competition, facing wrestlers including

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, John Morrison,

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and Chuck Taylor. In 2009, LeRae entered a feud with

when LeRae defeated Von Eerie in the first women's match in PWG in more than a year. Throughout early 2010, they teamed with a variety of male wrestlers to face each other, until LeRae defeated Von Eerie in a match in June to end the feud. At ''Kurt RussellReunion 2'' in January 2011, LeRae was on the winning side of an eight-person tag team match. At PWG's ''DDT4'' event on April 3, 2011, LeRae won a Joey Ryan invitational

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to advance to a number one contenders match for the

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against Ryan later that same night, which she lost. She wrestled only sporadically in PWG in 2012 and 2013, mainly in six and eight-person tag team matches, which included being on the winning side of an eight-person tag team match at ''Kurt RussellReunion 3'' in January 2012. LeRae began teaming with Joey Ryan in October 2013, with a loss to

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(Matt and Nick Jackson), and in January 2014 they participated in the 2014

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, but were eliminated in the first round by

and

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. On March 28, 2014, at ''Mystery Vortex 2'' LeRae unsuccessfully challenged Adam Cole for the PWG World Championship. On July 27, LeRae and Ryan defeated The Young Bucks in a Guerrilla Warfare match to win the

PWG World Tag Team Championship The PWG World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the tag team division of the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) promotion. It was created and debuted on January 25, 2004, at PWG's Tango & Ca ...

. Known as the

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, LeRae and Ryan made their first title defense on August 29 in a

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, defeating The Inner City Machine Guns (

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and

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) and the team of

Christopher Daniels Daniel Christopher Covell (born March 24, 1970), better known by the ring name Christopher Daniels, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and is the Head of Talent Relations. He is best kno ...

and

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. The following night, LeRae entered the 2014

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tournament, where she defeated Rich Swann in the first round before losing to

in the quarter-finals. LeRae and Ryan finished out the year with successful title defenses against Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano in October, and Daniels and Kazarian in December. LeRae and Ryan lost the championships to Monster Mafia (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) on May 22, 2015, in the opening round of the 2015 DDT4. LeRae's final PWG match took place at ''Mystery Vortex IV'', where she made a surprise appearance in a losing effort against Trent? on December 16, 2016.

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2016–2017)

LeRae debuted for Japanese promotion

(DDT) on January 3, 2016, teaming with Joey Ryan to defeat Golden Storm Riders (

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and Suguru Miyatake). On January 10, LeRae teamed with the Golden Storm Riders in a losing effort against Happy Motel (Antonio Honda,

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and Tetsuya Endo). The following day, LeRae teamed with Sasaki once again, this time defeating T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata and

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). LeRae once again toured with DDT in March 2016, unsuccessfully challenging Sasaki and

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for the

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along with Joey Ryan on March 26 and defeating

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and

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the following day. LeRae returned to DDT in January 2017, losing to Sasaki on January 3, but teaming with Kouki Iwasaki and Kazusada Higuchi to defeat T2Hii (Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata and

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) on January 9. During her time with DDT, LeRae also infamously won the company's Heavymetalweight Championship by pinning Ryan in a

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. LeRae has also competed for DDT's all-female sister promotion

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(TJP), defeating

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in her debut on January 4, 2016 and losing to Mil Clown exactly one year later on January 4, 2017.

Other promotions (2011–2018)

In 2011, LeRae began competing for

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, where she developed a feud with Buggy. Candice LeRae Nov 2014

In September 2013, LeRae debuted for

(CZW), teaming with Greg Excellent in a loss to

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and Pepper Parks. She returned to CZW in February 2014, losing a singles match to

Kimber Lee Kimberly Ann Frankele (born June 27, 1990), better known by her ring name Kimber Lee, is an American professional wrestler who is currently a free agent. She is known for her work on both the American and international independent circuits, mos ...

. At ''Proving Grounds'' on May 10, she unsuccessfully challenged

Shane Strickland Stephon Strickland (born September 30, 1990) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Swerve Strickland and is a former AEW World Tag Team Champion (with Keith Lee). ...

for the

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. LeRae first began appearing for

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(FWE) in late 2013 as the mystery tag team partner of Joey Ryan at the ''Open Weight Grand Prix Final'' event. On October 3, LeRae and Ryan defeated

Ivelisse Vélez Ivelisse Milagro Vélez (born September 21, 1987), better known by her ring name Ivelisse, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. She is known for her time in Lucha Underground, where she twice held the Lucha Underground Trios Championship (wi ...

and

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at ''Refuelled Night One'' following interference from

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. The next night at ''Refuelled Night Two'', LeRae and Ryan defeated Christina Von Eerie and Carlito. Later the same night, LeRae issued a challenge to Ivelisse Vélez, and defeated her to win the FWE Women's Championship for the first time. She successfully defended the title against

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at ''No Limits'' in February 2015. The following month, LeRae and Ryan lost to Scott and

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in a

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, in which LeRae lost the FWE Women's title to Scott. LeRae appeared for

(TNA) at

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on November 21, 2013, in a losing effort to

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. On May 10, 2014, LeRae and Joey Ryan competed in the 2014

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(WSU) Queen and King of the Ring tournament, defeating the teams of

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and Kimber Lee, and J. T. Dunn and

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to advance to the final, before being defeated by

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and

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. The following month, on June 7, 2014, she won Dream Wave Wrestling's Tag Team Championship with Ryan, but they lost the title the next day. LeRae competed at

' ''Volume 62'' taping in April 2014, losing to

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. She returned to Shimmer in October, losing to

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and Kay Lee Ray in singles matches on ''Volume 68'' and ''Volume 70'', respectively. LeRae appeared for

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(FIP) on June 22, 2014, teaming with Ivelisse Vélez to unsuccessfully challenge The Lucha Sisters (

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and

Leva Bates Leva Bates (born May 21, 1983) is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling. She also had a successful tenure on the independent circuit, most notably for Shimmer Women Athletes. She has also appeared in WWE on their develop ...

) for the

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. She then made her debut for

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at ''Shine 20'' on June 27, defeating Neveah. LeRae made her first appearance on the December 14, 2016, episode of ''

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'', in a losing effort against

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WWE

Early years (2017–2019)

On the May 3, 2017, episode of ''

'', LeRae made her televised in-ring debut for

, participating in a #1 contender's battle royal for

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, but was unsuccessful after she was eliminated by

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. In July, she was announced as one of the participants for the

tournament. LeRae defeated Renee Michelle in the first round and Nicole Savoy in the second round, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals by

Shayna Baszler Shayna Andrea Baszler ( ; born August 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, kickboxer and former mixed martial artist. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand. Baszler is a former two-time and longest ...

Victorious Gargano & LeRae TakeOver NOLA crop

On January 16, 2018, WWE announced that LeRae had signed a contract with the company. She was inserted into her husband

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with then-

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Andrade "Cien" Almas and his manager

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as an equaliser from Vega's interferences and attacks during their matches. This led to a match between the two on the April 18 episode of ''

'', which LeRae won. Two weeks later, now working as an active competitor, LeRae lost to

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, suffering her first loss. In July, LeRae competed against

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and

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in a triple-threat #1 contender's match, which Sane won. After a few months of investigation, it was revealed that Gargano was the mystery attacker of

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, a storyline in which Nikki Cross was the witness. This sparked a match between LeRae and Cross, which Cross won. After a short hiatus, in what was her first appearance on the main roster, LeRae competed in her first women's

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at the

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on January 27, 2019, entering at # 17 but was eliminated by

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. A few months later on April 7, LeRae made her WrestleMania debut as she competed in the second WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal during the WrestleMania 35 pre-show, where she was eliminated by Asuka. On the April 11 episode of ''NXT'', that was taped on NXT TakeOver: New York, LeRae returned to ''NXT'', as she defeated

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in her first match back. In the end of May, LeRae aligned with

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who was feuding with

and her allies

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and

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. The alliance between the two ended after a month, after Shirai lost to Baszler for a second time, despite LeRae's attempts to help her during their

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. This led to a match between the two, that took place at NXT TakeOver: Toronto on August 10, where Shirai defeated LeRae. In September, LeRae was inserted in a fatal four-way match to determine the #1 contender to Shayna Baszler's NXT Women's Championship, which she won after pinning

. LeRae received her title match on the October 2 episode of ''NXT'', but lost. On November 23, at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, she competed in the first-ever Women's WarGames match as part of

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's team, where LeRae and Ripley secured the victory against Baszler's team. The next night at

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, LeRae competed as part of Team NXT, in the first-ever 5-on-5-on-5 Women's

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, where she was one of the survivors alongside Rhea Ripley and Io Shirai.

The Way (2020–2022)

On January 26, 2020, at the

, LeRae competed in the women's Royal Rumble match at #9, but was eliminated by Bianca Belair. On the April 8 episode of ''NXT'', LeRae helped Johnny Gargano (who turned heel in February) defeat

, thereby turning

. On the April 29 episode of ''NXT'', LeRae debuted a new look, titantron and entrance theme as she defeated

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. Gargano and LeRae began appearing together more frequently as a power couple as they feuded with

and Keith Lee. At TakeOver: In Your House on June 7, LeRae,

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and Raquel González lost to Mia Yim,

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and

Shotzi Blackheart Ashley Louise Urbanski (born March 14, 1992) is an American professional wrestler and singer. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Shotzi (shortened from her previous ring name Shotzi Black ...

. On July 8 at

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, LeRae defeated Yim in a Street Fight. On the September 23 episode of ''NXT'', LeRae competed in a battle royal to determine the #1 contender for Io Shirai's NXT Women's Championship, which she won by eliminating Blackheart. LeRae teamed up with Gargano the following week in a "Champions vs. Challengers" tag team match against Shirai and

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, where the former were victorious. At

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on October 4, LeRae failed to win the title. On the October 14 episode of ''NXT'', LeRae was successful in gaining yet another NXT Women's Championship match at NXT: Halloween Havoc with a consecutive win over Blackheart. Facing off against champion

in a renamed Tables, Ladders and Chairs match on October 28, LeRae once again failed to win the title, despite having been assisted by

(then presented as a masked figure), who was stopped by Halloween Havoc host Blackheart. An incensed LeRae felt that Blackheart cost her the Women's Championship, so she swore revenge by stealing and destroying Blackheart's toy tank in front of her, leaving Blackheart an emotional wreck and kicking off a feud between the two. On the November 18 episode of ''NXT'', it was announced that LeRae would lead one of the two women's teams (Team Candice) against that of Blackheart (Team Shotzi) in the second-ever women's

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at NXT TakeOver: WarGames on December 6, where LeRae's team was victorious. The following week on ''NXT'', LeRae was featured in a segment alongside Gargano, Hartwell, and

, in which they started referring to themselves as The Way – a

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consisting of the four. On the January 22, 2021, episode of ''205 Live'', LeRae and Hartwell defeated the team of Cora Jade and

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in the quarterfinals of the Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament, which marked the first time that a women's match has ever taken place in the brand's history. On the May 4 episode of ''NXT'', she and Indi Hartwell defeated

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and

in a Street Fight to win the

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. On July 6, the pair would drop the titles to the newly-formed team of

and

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at the

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after the returning

attacked LeRae, costing her and Hartwell the championship. The Way would officially disband later that year, following the announcement of LeRae's pregnancy, the expiration of Gargano's contract with WWE, and Theory's call-up to the

. LeRae remained under contract with WWE while on

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until May 6, 2022, when her contract expired after deciding not to renew it.

Return (2022–present)

On the September 26 episode of ''

'', LeRae returned to WWE as a

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, defeating Nikki A.S.H.

Other media

She made her

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debut as a downloadable character in ''

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'' and returned for ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

LeRae married fellow professional wrestler

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on September 16, 2016. They have been featured in a short-documentary on their dynamics as a wrestling couple. On August 12, 2021, the two announced that LeRae was pregnant with their first child. The child, Quill Gargano, was born on February 17, 2022. LeRae is an avid fan of

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movies, as well as

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team the

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. She has three brothers, one of whom was adopted by her parents when she was in high school.

Championships and accomplishments

* Alternative Wrestling Show ** AWS Women's World Championship (2 times) ** AWS Women's Title Tournament ** 2nd Annual Women's Tournament (2013) ** 3rd Annual Women's Tournament (2013) *

( 1 time) * Dreamwave Wrestling ** Dreamwave Tag Team Championship (1 time) *

** FWE Women's Championship (1 time) * Fighting Spirit Pro Wrestling ** FSP Tag Team Championship (1 time) *

( 1 time) – with Joey Ryan * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 18 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2016 * Smash Wrestling ** Gold Tournament (2015) *

( 1 time) – with

References

External links

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