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Pamela Rose Martinez (born June 15, 1989) is an American
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. She is currently signed to
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, where she performs on the
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under the ring name Bayley, and the leader of the faction
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. From 2008 to 2012, she wrestled on the
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under the ring name Davina Rose. Martinez signed with WWE in 2012 and was assigned to the
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brand, where she adopted the ring name Bayley (as opposed to Bailey, Martinez chose "Bayley" as she represents the Bay Area). In 2015, she won the
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, and subsequently won the
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for Female Competitor of the Year and Match of the Year for her confrontation with
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at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn. Bayley held the
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, the
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and the
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, making her the first women's Triple Crown Champion and
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winner in WWE history. Bayley holds the record for the longest singular SmackDown Women's Championship reign at 380 days. Additionally, she won the 2019 Money in the Bank ladder match and was the first woman to defend a WWE title in
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.


Early life

Pamela Rose Martinez was born on June 15, 1989, in
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and grew up in a
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family. She attended Independence High School in San Jose and once played as a captain of the school's basketball team, as well as participating in track and martial arts.


Professional wrestling career


Independent circuit (2008–2012)

Martinez had been attending shows by Big Time Wrestling, a
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in
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, since she was 11. In April 2008, she started her professional wrestling career at the age of 18, by attending Big Time Wrestling's training classes by her head trainer Jason Styles, which was one of the reasons why Martinez considered Big Time Wrestling as her home promotion. She had her first match in September 2008. On the American independent circuit, Martinez wrestled under the ring name Davina Rose. Rose wrestled for Big Time Wrestling from 2008 to 2012. Between 2011 and 2012, Rose branched out to wrestle for other promotions such as
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, Pro Wrestling Destination and
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. In October 2010, Rose first met her mentor Serena when they teamed together for a tag team match. In October 2011, Rose made her debut for
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. At the tapings of Shimmer Volume 41–44, she became embroiled in Serena's feud with the Canadian Ninjas (
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and
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). At the tapings, Rose lost all four matches, including her debut match against
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. In 2012, Rose continued to wrestle for Shimmer and on Volume 58, she teamed with
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to defeat
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and Mena Libra, receiving her first victory; on Volumes 51 and 52, Rose picked up her first two singles victories in Shimmer with wins over
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and Rhia O'Reilly.


WWE


Early NXT appearances (2012–2015)

In December 2012, Martinez signed with
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. In January 2013, Martinez made her debut for WWE's
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at a
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, wrestling under a
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as Luchadora for one match, teaming with Paige and Charlotte to defeat Summer Rae, Audrey Marie and Emma in a six-woman tag team match. She adopted the ring name Bayley and made her ''
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'' television debut in a loss to Paige on the March 20 episode. On June 12, Bayley adopted a new
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of a doe-eyed
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, losing to
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in the first round of the
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to crown the inaugural champion. On August 21, Bayley unsuccessfully challenged
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for the
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. On September 4, for her first win, Bayley and
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defeated Alicia Fox and Aksana. To Charlotte's annoyance, The BFFs—Beautiful, Fierce Females (
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and
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), attempted to convince Bayley to join them, but this led to Charlotte attacking Bayley during their match against the BFFs on November 13, promptly joining the BFFs instead. On May 1, 2014, Bayley failed to advance in a tournament for the vacant NXT Women's Championship after losing to Banks in the first round. After pinning Charlotte in a tag team match, Bayley defeated Sasha Banks to become the number one contender to Charlotte's NXT Women's Championship, but she was unsuccessful in capturing the title at NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way on September 11, and in a rematch that took place on October 2. In mid-October, after losing to Banks, Bayley was attacked by her former friend
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, who allied with Banks, and she later formed an alliance with former rival Charlotte to
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with Banks and Lynch throughout the following several weeks. On the November 27 episode, Bayley was attacked by Banks and Lynch, injuring her knee in the storyline. She returned on the January 21, 2015 episode, saving Charlotte from an attack by Banks and Lynch, before reluctantly attacking Charlotte herself. At NXT TakeOver: Rival on February 11, Bayley competed in a
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for the NXT Women's Championship but failed to capture the title.


NXT Women's Champion (2015–2016)

In March, Bayley began a feud with
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after criticizing Bayley for her niceness, claiming it had prevented her from winning the NXT Women's Championship. This led to a match between the two on the April 1 episode, which Bayley won. On the April 29 episode, Bayley was defeated by
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after a distraction by Emma. She gained revenge on Emma the following week, attacking her after her loss to Charlotte. At NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable on May 20, Bayley and Charlotte defeated Emma and Brooke. On the May 27 episode, Bayley lost to Emma; she and Charlotte were attacked by her and Brooke after the match. After a short hiatus, Bayley returned from a broken hand injury on the July 22 episode, defeating Emma and setting her sights on the NXT Women's Championship, thus ending their feud. In August, after defeating Charlotte, Bayley defeated Becky Lynch to become the #1 contender for the NXT Women's Championship. At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn on August 22, Bayley defeated Sasha Banks to win the NXT Women's Championship, celebrating with her, Lynch and Charlotte after the match. In a rematch between the two, contested in the
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of NXT TakeOver: Respect on October 7, in the first ever women's 30-minute Iron Man match in WWE history, Bayley defeated Banks with three falls to two after securing the third fall with three seconds left in the match to retain the title. Throughout her championship, Bayley went on to fend off title contenders such as
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,
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,
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and
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. On the March 16, 2016 episode of ''NXT'', after Bayley and
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won a tag team match, NXT
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announced that Bayley would defend her championship against Asuka at NXT TakeOver: Dallas on April 1, where Bayley lost the championship to Asuka, ending her reign at 223 days. After a brief hiatus from in-ring competition, Bayley returned on the May 18 episode after being challenged by Nia Jax to a match which she lost. After being replaced by Jax at NXT TakeOver: The End on June 8 due to a storyline injury which made her unable to compete in a rematch for the NXT Women's Championship against Asuka, Bayley made her return on June 22, defeating
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. On the July 27 episode, Bayley asked Regal for a rematch against Asuka for the NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, which he granted. At the event on August 20, Bayley failed to regain the title in what was her final match in NXT.


Raw Women's Champion (2016–2017)

At Battleground on July 24, Bayley made her main roster debut in a one-off appearance as
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' mystery tag team partner, defeating Charlotte and Dana Brooke. Her official main roster debut came on the August 22 episode of ''
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'', being established as part of the brand by Raw general manager
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and challenging the
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Charlotte to a title match; she refused and instead forced her protégé Brooke to face her, whom Bayley defeated. At
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on September 25, Bayley failed to win the championship from Charlotte in a
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, which also included Banks. At
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on October 30, Bayley defeated Brooke. At
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on November 20, Bayley survived alongside Charlotte Flair as members of Team Raw, but was attacked by Flair after the match.On January 2, 2017, Bayley defeated Jax to become the #1 contender for Flair's Raw Women's Championship. At the
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on January 29, Bayley failed to win the title from Flair. She earned a rematch after she, Cesaro and
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defeated Flair, Gallows and Anderson the next night on ''Raw'', with Bayley pinning Flair. Two weeks later on the February 13 episode, Bayley defeated Flair in the main event to win the Raw Women's Championship after an assist from Banks. At Fastlane on March 5, Bayley retained the title against Charlotte due to a distraction from Banks, in turn giving Charlotte her first pay-per-view loss. At
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on April 2, she retained the title against Charlotte, Banks and Jax in a fatal four-way elimination match. At
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on April 30, Bayley lost the title to
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, ending her reign at 76 days. On June 4 at Extreme Rules, she failed to regain the title in a kendo stick on a pole match. In July, Bayley again became the #1 contender for the championship after defeating Banks and was slated to face Bliss at
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on August 20, but she suffered a separated shoulder injury which left her unable to perform. Bayley returned from her injury on the September 18 episode of ''Raw'' to help Banks fend off Bliss and Jax. At No Mercy six days later, she lost a fatal five-way match for the Raw Women's Championship.


The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (2017–2019)

On November 19, 2017, at
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, Bayley was again part of Team Raw in a five–on–five elimination tag team match but was eliminated by
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. Towards the end of the year, Bayley, alongside
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and
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, started a
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with
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( Paige,
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and
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) that led to various singles and tag team matches, mostly won by Absolution. On January 28, 2018, at the
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, Bayley competed in the inaugural women's Royal Rumble match, entering at #29, but was eliminated by Banks. At
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on February 25, Bayley took part in the first women's
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, where she was eliminated by Alexa Bliss after Banks pushed her off a pod. At the
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kick-off show on April 8, Bayley competed in the inaugural
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, where she eliminated Banks, and was the last woman eliminated from the match by
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. On the March 26 episode of ''Raw'', after weeks of animosity, including Bayley betraying Banks during their matches, Bayley and Banks brawled backstage and had to be separated. The two faced off in mid-April but their match ended in a no-contest after The Riott Squad (
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, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan) interfered and attacked them both. Throughout mid-2018, Bayley and Banks continued to attack each other, and were told to attend counselor meetings to help maintain their friendship. In July, the two reconciled and created a tag team known as ''
The Boss 'n' Hug Connection''. On October 28, Bayley took part in the first ever all women's pay–per–view
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, teaming with Banks and
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in a winning effort against The Riott Squad. At
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on November 18, Bayley competed as part of Team Raw, where she was eliminated via countout after a brawl with Sonya Deville outside the ring. On January 27, 2019, at the
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, Bayley entered the Royal Rumble match at #27, but was eliminated by Charlotte Flair and Nia Jax. At Elimination Chamber (2019)">Elimination Chamber The Elimination Chamber is a professional wrestling elimination-based match held in the WWE. The match was founded by Chris Jericho , created and introduced by Eric Bischoff in November 2002. It features a large chain-linked circular steel st ...
on February 17, Bayley and Banks won the inaugural
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by lastly eliminating Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville in a six tag team Elimination Chamber match. They made their first successful title defense at Fastlane (2019), Fastlane on March 10 against Nia Jax and Tamina. At WrestleMania 35 on April 7, they lost the titles to
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in a fatal four-way match, ending their reign at 49 days.


SmackDown Women's Champion (2019–2020)

On April 16, Bayley was drafted to the
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as part of the Superstar Shake-up, disbanding her team with Banks, who remained on Raw. At
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on April 21, Bayley and
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defeated The Riott Squad. At Money in the Bank on May 19, Bayley won the
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, granting her a women's championship match at any time of her choosing. Later that same night, she would cash in her briefcase and defeated Charlotte Flair to win the
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for the first time. This win made her the first WWE Women's
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winner in WWE history. Bayley then feuded with
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and
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, defeating Bliss once at Stomping Grounds on June 23, and retaining the title against the two in a
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at Extreme Rules on July 14. At
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on August 11, Bayley successfully defended the title against
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. On the September 2 episode of ''Raw'', Bayley helped Sasha Banks attack Becky Lynch with a steel chair, turning
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for the first time in her career. The following night on ''
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'', Bayley justified her attacking on Lynch, explaining that she was only helping Banks because of their friendship. On September 15 at
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, Bayley retained the title after using an exposed turnbuckle, but lost the title to Flair at
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on October 6, ending her reign at 140 days. On the October 11 episode of ''SmackDown'', Bayley debuted a new look, having cut off her ponytail and attacking the inflatable tube men (called "Bayley Buddies") during her entrance, then regaining the championship from Flair again. On the November 1 episode of ''SmackDown'', Bayley retained her title against Nikki Cross after interference from Banks, and after the match, all three women were attacked by
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. At
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on November 24, Bayley faced Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch and NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler in a non-title triple threat match, which Baszler won. On the November 29 episode of ''SmackDown'', she started a feud with
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after Bayley and Banks insulted the women of the SmackDown roster for their loss at Survivor Series; Evans attacked Banks. At
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on January 26, 2020, she retained the title against Evans. On the following ''SmackDown'', Bayley claimed that she had beaten every woman on the roster, and Naomi interrupted, taking exception to the claim as Bayley had never beaten her, beginning a feud between the two. On the February 14 episode of ''SmackDow''n, Bayley retained her title against Carmella. At
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on February 27, in what was the first women's championship match contested in Saudi Arabia, Bayley defeated Naomi to retain the title. On March 8, Bayley surpassed Charlotte Flair's reign of 147 days, thus becoming the longest-reigning SmackDown Women's Champion. On the March 20 episode of ''SmackDown'', Bayley and Banks came to the ring saying that they were going to skip
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this year, but they were interrupted by Paige, who announced that Bayley would defend her title against Naomi, Lacey Evans, Dana Brooke (who was later removed from the match), Tamina, and Sasha Banks in a six-pack elimination match at WrestleMania 36. At the second night of the event on April 5, Bayley retained the title after lastly pinning Evans. At Money in the Bank on May 10, Bayley retained the title against Tamina after a distraction from Banks. On the June 5 episode of ''SmackDown'', Bayley and Banks defeated Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross to win the Women's Tag Team Championship for the second time, making Bayley a double champion. At
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on June 14, Bayley and Banks retained the titles in a triple threat tag team match against Bliss and Cross and
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. Bayley successfully defended her title twice against Nikki Cross, first at
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on July 19, and then on the July 31 episode of ''SmackDown''. She also retained her title against
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at
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on August 23. At
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on August 30, Bayley and Banks lost the Women's Tag Team Championship against the newly formed team of
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and
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. On the September 4 episode of
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, after failing to win the titles in a rematch, Bayley turned on Banks once again by attacking her, disbanding their team. At
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on September 27, after retaining her title against Asuka, she was attacked by Banks. On the October 9 episode of ''SmackDown'', Bayley retained against Banks via disqualification, and in a backstage segment later that night, Banks challenged Bayley to another title match at
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inside the eponymous structure, which was confirmed the next day. At the event on October 25, Bayley lost the SmackDown Women's Championship to Sasha Banks by submission, ending her reign at 380 days. At
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on November 22, Bayley was the self-appointed captain of team
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, but was eliminated by
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.


Hiatus and Damage CTRL (2021–present)

At the
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on January 31, 2021, Bayley was the first entrant, but was eliminated by eventual winner
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. On the second night of
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on April 11, Bayley came out and started insulting the hosts
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and
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, only to get beaten up by
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. Bayley would then start a feud with Belair, facing her for the
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at
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on May 16 and at
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inside of the eponymous structure on June 20, both in a losing effort. She was booked to face Belair again in an "I Quit" match at Money in the Bank on July 18, but on July 9, WWE announced that Bayley suffered a torn ACL during training at the
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in
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that would sideline her for nine months. After the
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, she was left undrafted due to the injury, therefore making her a free agent. At
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on July 30, 2022, Bayley returned after a year out of action, forming an alliance with
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(formerly known as Io Shirai) and
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while confronting Belair after her Raw Women's Championship defense against
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, resuming their feud and moving Bayley back to the Raw brand. On the August 8 episode of ''Raw'', they challenged Belair,
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, and
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to a six-woman tag team match at
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, which they accepted. At the event on September 3, Bayley, Kai and Sky, under the name Damage Control, defeated Belair, Bliss and Asuka. On the September 6 episode of ''Raw'', Bayley challenged Belair to a
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for the Raw Women's Championship at Extreme Rules, which she accepted. At the event on October 8, Bayley failed to win the title. At Crown Jewel on November 5, Bayley failed to win the title in a
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. Three weeks later At
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on November 26, Damage CTRL competed in a
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, teaming with
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and
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against Belair, Bliss, Asuka,
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and Becky Lynch but lost when Lynch pinned Kai after a diving legdrop from the top of the cage through a table.


Professional wrestling style and persona

When beginning her WWE career, Bayley was depicted as a "hugger", coming out with multiple inflatable skydancers during her entrances as well as hugging many fans (particularly younger children) in attendance. For the first month as a villain, she was depicted as a hypocrite, acting as nothing had changed with her entrance music and in-ring gear remaining intact, despite developing villainous traits and underhanded tactics. On October 11, 2019, Bayley debuted a new look, having cut her ponytail off, destroying her inflatable tube men, and using profanity against the fans in her post-match promo. She now calls herself a role model for little girls around the world. In the ring, Bayley utilizes her finisher of the
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calling it the ''Bayley-to-Belly Suplex''. Since her heel turn, however, she has started utilizing an old finisher previously used on the independent circuit, an arm trap headlock driver known as the ''Rose Plant''.


Other media

Martinez is playable in six WWE video games, making her video game debut in ''
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'', and appearing again in ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and '' WWE 2K Battlegrounds'', and ''
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''.


Personal life

Martinez cites
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, Lita,
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,
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,
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, The Rock,
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,
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, and
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as her influences in wrestling. Martinez was previously engaged to fellow professional wrestler
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, whom she met in 2010. The engagement was called off on February 21, 2021. Martinez has a dog named Flex.


Championships and accomplishments

* ''
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- * ''Busted Open'' ** Tag Team of the Year (2020) – *
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'' in 2020 ** Ranked No. 3 of the top 50 tag teams in the ''
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'' in 2020 – * ''
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'' ** NXT Match of the Year (2015) ** Title Feud of the Year, NXT (2015) * ''
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'' ** Ranked No. 6 of the top 10 wrestlers in 2020 ** Ranked No. 8 of the top 10 women's wrestlers of the year (2019) – * ''
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