Jenna Grattan (born October 26, 1987) is a Canadian former

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better known by her

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Portia Perez. Perez teamed with

Nicole Matthews Lindsay Miller (born January 15, 1987) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by her ring name Nicole Matthews. Matthews regularly wrestles for Shimmer Women Athletes and Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling among other independent p ...

The Canadian NINJAs The Canadian NINJAs (National International Nation of Jalapeño Awesomeness) were the professional wrestling tag team of Nicole Matthews and Portia Perez. They are former two-time Shimmer Tag Team Champions. History Shimmer Women Athletes Nicol ...

, and they are former two-time Shimmer Tag Team Champions.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Perez made her professional debut in mid-2004 for Professional Wrestling Entertainment. While still in high school, Portia took bookings with many companies in

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and

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, including the promotion she trained with: Universal Wrestling Alliance. In 2005, Perez began accepting bookings in the United States, making her United States debut for Cleveland All Pro Wrestling. She also competed for several other American companies, such as

Heartland Wrestling Association The Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA) was a Midwestern independent professional wrestling promotion based in Cincinnati, Ohio. A former developmental territory for World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation during the 199 ...

in Cincinnati, Ohio, and IWA East Coast in Charleston, West Virginia.

Shimmer Women Athletes

Perez debuted for

Shimmer Women Athletes Shimmer Women Athletes (often referred to and stylized as SHIMMER) is an American, Chicago-based independent women's professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005. Established by Dave Prazak and run by both him ...

in May 2006. Perez missed all of her June and July 2007 dates after suffering a broken hand in a match against

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at Shimmer Women Athletes's show of June 2. She returned to action at

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 ...

's show of July 27 in Long Island. In October 2007, Perez formed a regular tag team with

, later dubbed

(National International Nation of Jalapeño Awesomeness). She began a

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with

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at Shimmer's July 5, 2008, show. On May 3, 2009, at the tapings of ''Volume 26'' Perez and Matthews defeated Ashley Lane and Nevaeh to win the

Shimmer Tag Team Championship The Shimmer Tag Team Championship (stylized as SHIMMER Tag Team Championship) is a professional wrestling tag team championship in Shimmer Women Athletes. The title is recognized nationally by Ring of Honor, and also by several independent promot ...

. They held the title for 692 days, before losing them to

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and

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on March 26, 2011. On October 2, the Ninjas failed in their attempt to win back the championship, losing to

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and

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. In March 2012, at the tapings of ''Volume 48'', The NINJAs participated in a four-way elimination tag team match, but were the final team eliminated by

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and

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, who won the Shimmer Tag Team Championship. On July 7, Perez and Matthews defeated Rush and Del Rey at an

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(NCW FF) event to win the Shimmer Tag Team Championship for the second time. They lost the title to the Global Green Gangsters (

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and

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) on April 14, 2013, at the tapings of ''Volume 57''.

Other North American promotions

On December 15, 2008 Perez was defeated by

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in a dark match for

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. On January 10, 2009, Perez made her Jersey All Pro Wrestling debut defeating Jennifer Blake. On August 1, she unsuccessfully challenged the JAPW Women's Champion Sara Del Rey for her title. The following year, on January 9, Perez and

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lost to The Addiction (Angeldust and Brittney Force). In Anarchy Championship Wrestling (ACW), Perez defeated

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to be crowned the first ACW American Joshi Champion on August 23. On January 17, 2010, at ''Guilty By Association'', Perez lost the American Joshi Championship to Summerlyn. On June 27, Perez was crowned the 2010 ACW Queen of Queens and also captured the ACW American Joshi title for the second time. On November 12, 2011, Perez won the ACW Heavyweight Championship in the first round of the 2011 Lone Star Classic, defeating former champion Darin Childs and Summerlyn in a three-way. Perez lost the title on the same night, as she was defeated in the semi-final of the tournament by JT LaMotta, due to interference by

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. In early 2009 Grattan took part in the first season tapings of

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, which began airing in March 2010. In the promotion she appears as "Faith" and teams with regular partner Nicole Matthews, who portrays "Hope". She debuted on the fifth episode on March 31, teaming with Hope in a losing effort against the team of

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and Paige Webb. Perez defeated Kylie Pierce at the debut show of

in September 2009 by cheating. At the following show, on February 5, 2010, she was defeated by

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. Due to being one-half of the SHIMMER Tag Team Champions she entered the tournament to determine the first NXW Femmes Fatales Champion and in the first round she defeated PJ Tyler.

International excursions

In January 2006, Portia took part in her first international tour, spending four weeks in Ireland's

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and England's

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. Perez made her Mexican wrestling debut in June 2006 as a masked competitor named Xtasis. She spent three weeks competing for Lucha Libre Feminil as well as appearing for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA). Perez returned to Europe in November 2006, touring once again with Irish Whip Wrestling. During her trip, Perez took part in the Queens of Chaos 2 tournament in Paris, France and also debuted for Real Quality Wrestling in London's

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, challenging RQW Women's Champion "Jezebel"

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. She returned to Europe for a third time in April 2007, wrestling shows in England and Ireland over the course of four weeks. On September 23, 2011, Perez made her

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ese debut for the Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina promotion, when she and Nicole Matthews entered the

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tournament, defeating Mia Yim and Sara Del Rey in their first round match. The following day, Perez and Matthews were defeated in the finals of the tournament by

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and Zeuxis. Perez returned to Japan on January 14, 2013, to work for the

World Wonder Ring Stardom World Wonder Ring Stardom (スターダム女子プロレス), often referred to simply as Stardom (stylized as ST★RDOM), is a Japanese '' joshi puroresu'' or women's professional wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan. Stardom was founded i ...

promotion. For the appearance, Perez teamed up with Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa as "Team Shimmer" in the

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tournament, defeating Planet (

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, and Natsumi Showzuki) in their first round match. Later that same day however, the trio were defeated in the final of the tournament by Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu Plus One (

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, and Saki Kashima). On January 19, Perez defeated Natsumi Showzuki in a singles match at another Stardom event. The following day, Perez, in her final match of the tour, teamed with Skater in a tag team match, which they lost to Hiroyo Matsumoto and

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Retirement

On October 10, 2015, Perez announced she would be forced to retire from professional wrestling due to a major neck injury that required surgery. She wrestled her final match at the following day's Shimmer tapings, where she, Nicole Matthews,

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and Lacey were defeated by

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and Madison Eagles.

Championships and accomplishments

** ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ** ACW American Joshi Championship (2 times) ** American Joshi Queen of Queens (2010) *

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** GCW W.I.L.D. Championship (1 time) * Main Event Wrestling ** MEW Women's Championship (1 time) * New Horizon Pro Wrestling ** Global Conflict Shield Tournament (201 * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 25 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2010 *

(

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) – with

* Squared Circle Wrestling ** 2CW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jason Axe

References

External links

*
NCW Femmes Fatales profile

CageMatch profile
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