Raquel Lourenço-Winkler (born 21 March 1992) is a

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best known under the ring name Killer Kelly, currently signed to

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. She is best known for her tenure with

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where she competed on the

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brand, and for her time in the independent wrestling scene, mostly working in

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as well as Pro-Wrestling: EVE.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2016–2022)

Lourenço made her professional wrestling debut in 2016 for Wrestling Portugal as Kelly in a battle royal. Throughout the rest of 2016, Kelly continued to pick up victories in Wrestling Portugal. In May 2017, Kelly made her World Stars Of Wrestling debut and was defeated by Nina Samuels. In August, now as Killer Kelly, she made her debut for Revolution Championship Wrestling, losing to Camille in her debut. The next night she teamed with Camille and Debbie Sharp where they were defeated by Hana Kimura, Kagetsu and Dragonita of Oedo Tai. In December 2017, she was defeated by

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at a Next Step Wrestling show. In March 2018, she made her debut for Pro-Wrestling: EVE, losing to Charlie Morgan. On 1 April 2018 she made her

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debut, losing to Bobbi Tyler. In late April she was defeated by

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. On 1 February 2020, Kelly was announced to be competing against

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at Josh Barnett's Bloodsport during Mania weekend. However, that event was postponed due to the

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Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2017–2022)

Killer Kelly made her

debut at Femmes Fatales 2017, losing to Laura Di Matteo. The same day she was defeated by

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. At wXw's 17th anniversary show, she became the inaugural wXw Women's champion after defeating Melanie Gray in the finals of the Women's title tournament after both women scored the most points in the tournament. A month later she lost the title to

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. On an episode of Shotgun, she was defeated by

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. In May 2018, Kelly and Marius Al-Ani defeated Absolute Andy and Melanie Gray. On 19 May Kelly and

defeated

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and Gray.

WWE (2018–2020)

Lourenço made her

debut on the first night of the 2018 United Kingdom Championship tournament in a three way number one contenders match for the

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. The following night she was defeated by Charlie Morgan. She competed in the 2018

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, losing to Meiko Satomura in the first round. On the 24 October edition of ''

'', she would lose to

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. In January 2020, Kelly was released by WWE.

Progress Wrestling (2018)

In July 2018, she made her

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debut at Chapter 73, losing to

Impact Wrestling (2020, 2022–present)

On 14 November 2020, at

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confirmed that Kelly would make her debut on Impact by participating at a tournament to crown the new Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions along with Renee Michelle. Kelly made her official debut on the 24 November episode of '' Impact!'' where she faced

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in a losing effort. On the 1 December episode of ''Impact!'', Kelly and Michelle were defeated by

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and

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during the first round of the Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament. On the 7 July 2022 episode of ''Impact!'', a

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of Kelly was aired upon her return. She made her return on the 4 August episode of ''Impact!'', attacking two local talents after their match and setting her sights on

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. The following week, Kelly made her in-ring return, defeating Tiffany Nieves in a quick squash. Throughout the summer, Kelly started going after Steelz and Savannah Evans. On 23 September, at the Countdown to Victory Road pre-show, Kelly lost to Steelz by disqualification after choking the referee and Steelz with a steel chain. At Bound for Glory, she competed in the

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, where the winner could choose any championship match of their choice, being eliminated by Steelz. The following night, (which aired on tape delay on 13 October), Kelly defeated Steelz in a

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. On 13 January 2023, at

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, Kelly competed in a

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to determine the number one contender to the

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, which was won by

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. On the following week's episode of ''Impact!'', Kelly defeated

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. In February, Kelly started teaming with Wilde and fought

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The Death Dollz (

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and

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) in a non-title bout, but lost when Wilde played with her tarot cards and refused to help Kelly. On the March 9 episode of ''Impact!'', Kelly confronted Wilde over the incident, but was attacked by the debuting

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Personal life

Lourenço has a brother. She started watching professional wrestling when she was 7. Prior to being trained, Lourenço had wrestled in backyard wrestling promotions. She names

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and

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as influences. In 2017 she moved to

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. Kelly currently streams on the Twitch platform on a weekly basis, where she streams wrestling watchalongs and horror based games. Kelly is married to fellow professional wrestler Alexander James.

Championships and accomplishments

* ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 89 of the top 100 female wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2020 **Ranked No. 453 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2021 *

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(1 time) ** wXw Women's Championship Tournament (2017)

References

External links

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