Shadia Bseiso ( ar, شادية بسيسو, born June 20, 1986) is a

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

ian TV presenter, jiu-jitsu athlete and

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...

. In October 2017, Bseiso became the first Arab female wrestler from the

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to sign a contract with

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, the world's largest wrestling promotion company.

Biography

Shadia Bseiso was born on 20 June 1986 in Amman,

. She has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the American University of Beirut. She began her career as a TV presenter and voice-over artist for a

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

-based media group. Her sister Arifa Bseiso is also a boxing champion in Jordan. Bseiso competed in the 2014 Abu Dhabi World Pro Championship where she got the silver medal in her weight category and the bronze medal overall. Bseiso, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu athlete and a

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enthusiast, participated in an invitation-only WWE tryout in Dubai along with 40 men and women from the Middle East and India in February 2017. In October she was accepted and signed with WWE becoming the first Arab female wrestler from the

. Until her expected debut in January 2018 she told the

Jordan Times ''The Jordan Times'' is an English-language daily newspaper based in Amman, Jordan. History Established in 1975, ''The Jordan Times'' is owned by the Jordan Press Foundation, a shareholding company which also runs the Arabic-language daily '' ...

: "I am preparing mentally and physically. I am doing rigorous training with my coach to get me in the best shape before I train full time at the WWE Performance Centre". She revealed to media that she is planning for a Jordan-themed persona, but did not elaborate. In one interview Bseiso said: "I want to be myself, and I grew up in the Middle East, I’m from Jordan, so that’s definitely going to be part of my character and my story. I feel like that’s one of the things that I can add". Bseiso, requested her release from WWE in April 2019.

References

External links

Interview with Shadia BseisoFacebook page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bseiso, Shadia 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Amman Jordanian female martial artists Female Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners Jordanian professional wrestlers American University of Beirut alumni