| 1 | ![[center: [-[[Characters/{{WWE}} Main Index]] | [[Characters/WWEWorldWideWrestlingFederation WWWF Era]] | [[Characters/WWERockNWrestling Rock 'N' Wrestling Era]] | [[Characters/WWENewGeneration New Generation Era]] | [[Characters/WWEAttitude Attitude Era]] | [[Characters/WWEInvasion InVasion Era]] | [[Characters/WWERuthlessAggression Ruthless Aggression Era]] | [[Characters/WWEUniverse WWE Universe Era]] | [[Characters/WWEInc WWE, Inc. Era]] | [[Characters/WWEReality Reality Era]] | [[Characters/WWENew New Era]] | [[Characters/WWEEndeavor Endeavor Era]] | [[Characters/WWETagTeams Tag Teams]] | '''Female Talent''' | [[Characters/{{WWENXT}} NXT]] | [[Characters/{{WWENXTUK}} NXT UK]] | [[Characters/WWEMcMahonFamily McMahon Family]] | [[Characters/WWEManagers Managers]] | [[Characters/WWECommentators Announcers, Commentators, and General Managers]]-]]] |
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| 3 | Lists the various female wrestlers and personalities throughout the history of Wrestling/{{WWE}}. Please limit associated tropes to that wrestler's time in WWE. |
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| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | [[folder: Debuted in the WWWF Era (1963-1984)]] |
| 9 | !!! Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah (Mary Lillian Ellison) 1955-1987, 1998-2007 |
| 10 | |
| 11 | !!! Winona Littleheart (Winona Barkley) late 1970s - mid 1980s |
| 12 | [[quoteright:93:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/winona_littleheart_4110.jpg]] |
| 13 | * BadassNative |
| 14 | * BraidsOfAction |
| 15 | * CaptainEthnic |
| 16 | * GirlishPigtails |
| 17 | * LeotardOfPower |
| 18 | %%zce* SmashSisters: With Vivian St. John. |
| 19 | * WrestlingFamily: Her father was wrestler/booker "Dirty" Dick Barkley |
| 20 | |
| 21 | !!! Judy Martin (Judy Hardee) 1981, 1985-1990 |
| 22 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/judy_martin_5370.jpg]] |
| 23 | * AlliterativeName: Her tag team name, the Glamour Girls. |
| 24 | * ArchEnemy: Desiree Petersen |
| 25 | * DarkActionGirl |
| 26 | * FinishingMove: Judy Drop (Fireman's carry powerslam), Powerbomb |
| 27 | * LeotardOfPower |
| 28 | * TagTeam: With Leilani Kai as part of the Glamour Girls. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | !!! Velvet [=McIntyre=] 1982, 1984-1990 |
| 31 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/velvetmcintyre_5074.jpg]] |
| 32 | * ActionGirl: To pin Moolah, you had to be action something. |
| 33 | * CuteBruiser: Albeit, she was capable of all kinds of {{She fu}} maneuvers but wrestled a fairly conservative style during her time in the WWF. |
| 34 | * DarkhorseVictory: Mostly known for ending a Fabulous Moolah title reign. Moolah got the belt back in six days. |
| 35 | * FieryRedhead: More like strawberry blond. |
| 36 | * FinishingMove: [=McIntyre=] Roll |
| 37 | * UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}: She's from Dublin. |
| 38 | * LeotardOfPower |
| 39 | * SexyBacklessOutfit |
| 40 | |
| 41 | !!! Desiree Petersen 1984–1985, 1988 |
| 42 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/desireepetersen_7459.jpg]] |
| 43 | * ActionGirl |
| 44 | * ArchEnemy: Judy Martin |
| 45 | * UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} |
| 46 | * IHaveManyNames: Melissa Doll would be one of them. |
| 47 | * LeotardOfPower |
| 48 | * PrettyInMink |
| 49 | %%zce* SmashSisters: With Velvet [=McIntyre=] and Susan Starr. |
| 50 | * TagTeam: with Velvet [=McIntyre=] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | !!! Princess Victoria (Vicki Otis) 1983-1984 |
| 53 | [[quoteright:122:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princess_victoria_1317.jpg]] |
| 54 | * ActionGirl |
| 55 | * BadassNative |
| 56 | * BraidsOfAction |
| 57 | * CaptainEthnic |
| 58 | * GirlishPigtails |
| 59 | * LeotardOfPower |
| 60 | * TagTeam: With Velvet [=McIntyre=] |
| 61 | |
| 62 | !!! Wrestling/WendiRichter 1982, 1983-1985 |
| 63 | [[/folder]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [[folder: Debuted in the Rock 'N' Wrestling Era (1984-1993)]] |
| 66 | !!! Wrestling/JumpingBombAngels - Noriyo Tateno (立野 記代), Itsuki Yamazaki |
| 67 | |
| 68 | !!! Wrestling/LeilaniKai (Patricia Schroeder) 1985-1990, 1994 |
| 69 | |
| 70 | !!! Wrestling/MissElizabeth (Elizabeth Ann Hulette) 1985-1992 |
| 71 | See also: Wrestling/TheMegaPowers. |
| 72 | |
| 73 | !!! Rockin' Robin (Robin Denise Smith) 1987-1990 |
| 74 | [[quoteright:175:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rockin_robin_7448.jpg]] |
| 75 | * AlliterativeName |
| 76 | * AnimalThemeNaming |
| 77 | * BoringButPractical: Was somehow able to turn the side headlock into a pin; no one else could. |
| 78 | * FinishingMove: Bulldog, crossbody. |
| 79 | * LeotardOfPower |
| 80 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Defeated Sherri for the title at a house show (non-televised event) in Paris, France. |
| 81 | * WrestlingFamily: Sister to wrestlers Sam Houston and [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]. |
| 82 | |
| 83 | !!! {{Wrestling/Sherri|Martel}} (Sherri Schrull, born Sherri Russell) 1987-1993 |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[/folder]] |
| 86 | |
| 87 | [[folder: Debuted in the New Generation Era (1993-1997)]] |
| 88 | !!! [[Wrestling/{{Madusa}} Alundra Blayze]] (Debra Ann Miceli) 1993-1995, 2018 |
| 89 | |
| 90 | !!! Bertha Faye (Rhonda Ann Sing f.k.a. "Monster Ripper") 1995-1996 |
| 91 | [[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bertha_6587.jpg]] |
| 92 | * CuteBruiser |
| 93 | * FatComicRelief: About all she was good for in Wrestling/VinceRusso's WCW. While in poor taste, she still decimated the waifish Nitro Girls. |
| 94 | * FinishingMove: Powerbomb. |
| 95 | * TheGiant: She was not any taller than Alundra Blayze or Bull Nakano but was much heavier and very difficult to move |
| 96 | * PluckyComicRelief: When not beating up other wrestlers. |
| 97 | * StoutStrength. |
| 98 | * VillainDecay: Someone on the booking team decided that she should not be allowed to use the same power moves male wrestlers were using. She couldn't come up with enough not-taken moves to really command matches anymore, reducing Bertha from dominant villain into a JokeCharacter. |
| 99 | |
| 100 | !!! [[Wrestling/TerriRunnels Marlena/Terri Runnels]] (Terri Lynne Boatright Runnels) 1996-2004 |
| 101 | |
| 102 | !!! Wrestling/BullNakano (ブルなかの, Nakano Keiko) 1994-1995 |
| 103 | |
| 104 | !!! Wrestling/{{Sable}} (Rena Mero [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar Lesnar]], born Rena Greek) 1996-1999, 2003-2004 |
| 105 | |
| 106 | !!! [[Wrestling/TammyLynnSytch Sunny]] (Tamara Lynn Sytch) 1994-1998, 2009 |
| 107 | |
| 108 | !!! Wrestling/LunaVachon 1993-1994, 1997-2000 |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder: Debuted in the Attitude Era (1997-2001)]] |
| 112 | |
| 113 | !!! Nicole Bass (Nicole Bass-Fuchs) 1999 |
| 114 | [[quoteright:266:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nicole_bass.jpg]] |
| 115 | * AmazonChaser: A somewhat twisted RealLife case. She filed a lawsuit against WWF and claimed she was sexually harassed by Steve Lombardi backstage. The suit was eventually dismissed however. |
| 116 | * ArchEnemy: Debra. |
| 117 | * BrawnHilda: A female bodybuilder, though not one of the typical AmazonianBeauty,variety. |
| 118 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: As a female bodybuilder, she was pretty strong. |
| 119 | * FanDisservice: She and Chyna participated in a bikini contest. Whether or not the disservice was intentional or not is up for debate. |
| 120 | * TheDragon: Became the bodyguard to Sable following her 1999 heel turn. |
| 121 | * FinishingMove: A chokeslam or a powerbomb. |
| 122 | * PutOnABus: Disappeared only months after she debuted. |
| 123 | |
| 124 | !!! Barbara Bush/B.B. (Katherine Dingman) 1999-2000 |
| 125 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8d219cbca5bb.jpg]] |
| 126 | * AlliterativeName: At first. |
| 127 | * ArchEnemy: For the short time she was there, Ivory. |
| 128 | * BiggerIsBetter: In hyping the Miss Royal Rumble Swimsuit Competition, she asked Lawler if he thought the fans might want to see a "bigger show." |
| 129 | * ClothingDamage: This was part of her ''debut'', though before she was officially named. Jacqueline had defeated Ivory in a "Gravy Bowl Match" with Miss Kitty as the referee on the 1999 ThanksgivingEpisode of ''[=SmackDown!=]''. Kitty had something lodged in her throat and BB came down to giver her the Heimlich maneuver. Ivory attacked BB, tore her top open, so she was there in her bra, and threw her into the gravy. |
| 130 | ** Ivory ripped BB's shirt off again that following Monday on ''Raw.'' |
| 131 | * EmergencyServices: Her [[TheGimmick gimmick]] was of an EMT. |
| 132 | * [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Girl]]: Other than her appearance in the Evening Gown in a Pool match at ''WWF [=Armageddon=] 99'', she was not used in an in-ring capacity. |
| 133 | * OnlyKnownByInitials: She was first introduced as Barbara Bush, but from that point on she became known as BB. |
| 134 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: Not her, but Bubba Ray Dudley used one to set up the above item. Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} and Wrestling/{{Christian}} had defeated the Dudleys, and Bubba acted like he was injured, which naturally brought out BB. Cue [=tablebomb=]. |
| 135 | |
| 136 | |
| 137 | !!! Wrestling/{{Chyna}} (Chyna, born Joan Marie "Joanie" Laurer) 1997-2001 |
| 138 | See also: Wrestling/DGenerationX and Wrestling/TheCorporation |
| 139 | |
| 140 | !!! Wrestling/{{Debra|Marshall}} (Debra Gale Marshall) 1998-2002 |
| 141 | |
| 142 | !!! Wrestling/MollyHolly (Nora Kristina Greenwald) 2000-2005, 2009, 2018, 2022 |
| 143 | |
| 144 | !!! Wrestling/{{Ivory}} (Lisa Mary Moretti) 1999-2005, 2018, 2022 |
| 145 | See also: Wrestling/RightToCensor |
| 146 | |
| 147 | !!! Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} (Jacqueline [=DeLois=] Moore) 1998-2004, 2018 |
| 148 | |
| 149 | !!! Wrestling/{{Lita}} (Amy Christine Dumas) 2000-2006, 2018, 2022 |
| 150 | |
| 151 | !!! [[Wrestling/StacyCarter Miss Kitty/The Kat]] (Stacy Carter) 1999-2001 |
| 152 | |
| 153 | !!! Ryan Shamrock (Alicia Nicole Webb) 1999 |
| 154 | [[quoteright:263:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2161090.jpg]] |
| 155 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Ken didn't take to kindly to Val Venis and Billy Gunn flirting with her at ringside and he gave both men a beating. |
| 156 | * GirlPosse: PMS, with Jacqueline and Terri Runnels |
| 157 | * HumanSacrifice: [[Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness The Ministry of Darkness]] tied her to the Undertaker's "Symbol." |
| 158 | * [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Girl]]: She wasn't there to wrestle. |
| 159 | * ParallelPornTitles She and Val Venis made a Kayfabe porno called ''[[Film/SavingPrivateRyan Shaving Ryan's Privates]].'' |
| 160 | * PutOnABus: She left the company only five months after her debut, because she wasn't interested in signing a five-year deal. |
| 161 | * TheThreeFacesOfEve: She was the Child to Terri Runnels' Seductress and Jacqueline's Wife. |
| 162 | * [[UnrelatedBrothers Unrelated Sister]]: To Ken Shamrock. |
| 163 | |
| 164 | !!! Wrestling/TrishStratus (Patricia Anne Stratigias) 2000-2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2018, 2019 |
| 165 | |
| 166 | !!! [[Wrestling/TerriPoch Tori]] (Terri Poch) 1998-2001 |
| 167 | See also: Wrestling/DGenerationX |
| 168 | |
| 169 | !!! [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Victoria]] (Lisa Marie Varon, ''née'' Sole) 2000-2009, 2021 |
| 170 | |
| 171 | !!! Wrestling/MaeYoung (Johnnie Mae Young) 1999-2000, 2003-2014 |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder: Debuted in the [=InVasion=] Era (2001-2002)]] |
| 175 | !!! [[Wrestling/CarleneMoore Jazz]] (Carlene Denise Moore-Begnaud) 2001-2004, 2006-2007 |
| 176 | |
| 177 | !!! Wrestling/StacyKeibler (Stacy Ann-Marie Keibler) 2001-2006 |
| 178 | |
| 179 | !!! Wrestling/{{Nidia}} (Nidia Guenard) 2001-2004 |
| 180 | |
| 181 | !!! Sara (Sara Chirie Frank, formerly [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker Calaway]]) 2001, 2002 |
| 182 | [[quoteright:281:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sara_93.jpg]] |
| 183 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: She was the Tiny Girl to Wrestling/TheUndertaker's Huge Guy. |
| 184 | * StatuesqueStunner: She's 174 cm/5'8½". |
| 185 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: More like Violently Protective Wife. While Sara was no wrestler herself, she wasn't afraid to defend Undertaker when he was being attacked, such as when she pick fights with Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage whenever he attacks him in her presence. She even struck Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon with kendo sticks when he made a FaceHeelTurn and helped DDP beat Taker down. All of those instances didn't end well for her with her kendo stick attack resulting in her receiving a Diamond Cutter from DDP. |
| 186 | * WrestlingFamily: The second wife of The Undertaker, their marriage lasting from 2000 to 2007. |
| 187 | |
| 188 | !!! Queen Sharmell (Sharmell Sullivan-[[Wrestling/BookerT Huffman]]) 2001, 2005-2007, 2013 |
| 189 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/83_sharmell.jpg]] |
| 190 | * AlphaBitch: As Queen Sharmell. |
| 191 | * CareerEndingInjury: Suffered one while training at OVW that forced her to retire from in-ring action. |
| 192 | * MoralityPet: To Wrestling/BookerT when she's was a face and not Queen Sharmell. |
| 193 | * MsFanservice: She's a former Nitro Girl. |
| 194 | * PowerStable: The Queen of King Booker's Court. |
| 195 | * SassyBlackWoman: Definitely. |
| 196 | * TakeThatKiss: She was the recipient of one from the Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}}, who had a mouth full of worms at the time. She understandably freaks out. |
| 197 | * UnholyMatrimony: Queen Sharmell with King Booker. |
| 198 | * UpperClassTwit: The "Queen" to her husband King Booker. |
| 199 | * WrestlingFamily: Wife to Booker T and Sister-in-Law to Stevie Ray. |
| 200 | |
| 201 | !!! Wrestling/TorrieWilson (Torrie Anne Wilson) 2001-2008, 2009, 2018, 2021, 2022 |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | [[folder: Debuted in the Ruthless Aggression Era (2002-2008)]] |
| 205 | |
| 206 | !!! Wrestling/BrookeAdams (Brooke Nichole Adams) 2006-2007 |
| 207 | |
| 208 | !!! Ariel (Shelly Leonor Martinez) 2006-2007 |
| 209 | [[quoteright:236:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4dec63aa5ba07df6ecc3ea775d25ba15.jpg]] |
| 210 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: She's Latina, but her heritage was never mentioned and began wearing makeup to appear pale once the vampire thing started. |
| 211 | * ArchEnemy: Kelly Kelly. |
| 212 | * CatFight: Her debut match was an "Extreme Catfight" with Francine. |
| 213 | * FortuneTeller: Was this until she became Kevin Thorn's valet. |
| 214 | * ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: She participated in a Halloween costume contest with Kelly Kelly and Trinity...wearing the same vampire getup that she always did. That combined with Kelly's FetishRetardant Wrestling/CMPunk-tribute attire more or less guaranteed Trinity's victory. |
| 215 | * MinidressOfPower: Her trademark outfit. |
| 216 | * MsFanservice: If vampires are your thing. |
| 217 | * PutOnABus: Was released after getting into a backstage altercation with Batista. |
| 218 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: The New Breed was one strange bunch. |
| 219 | * PowerStable: The New Breed. |
| 220 | |
| 221 | !!! [[Wrestling/AshleyMassaro Ashley]] (Ashley Marie Massaro) 2005-2008 |
| 222 | |
| 223 | !!! [[Wrestling/KaraDrew Cherry]] (Kara Elizabeth Drew) 2007-2008 |
| 224 | |
| 225 | !!! Wrestling/{{Francine}} (Francine Fournier) 2006 |
| 226 | |
| 227 | !!! Wrestling/JackieGayda (Jacquelyn Gayda-[[Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam Haas]]) 2002-2005, 2009. |
| 228 | |
| 229 | !!! Joy Giovanni 2004-2005, 2009 |
| 230 | [[quoteright:313:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joygiovanni.png]] |
| 231 | * ArchEnemy: Amy Weber would probably be the biggest. She also had brief feuds with Torrie Wilson, Dawn Marie and Melina. |
| 232 | * TheBusCameBack: Participated in the Miss [=WrestleMania=] Battle Royal at [=WrestleMania=] 25. |
| 233 | * CatFight: Got into one with Amy Weber. |
| 234 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: She served as Big Show's on-screen girlfriend and was the Tiny Girl to his Huge Guy. |
| 235 | * MsFanservice: Like most [[Wrestling/WWEDivaSearch Diva Search]] participants. She participated in a bikini contest against Torrie Wilson and was fond of shaking her assets for the fans. |
| 236 | * PutOnABus: Released in 2005 due to "budget cuts". |
| 237 | |
| 238 | !!! Wrestling/JillianHall (Jillian Faye Hall, born Jillian Faye Fletcher) 2005-2010, 2021 |
| 239 | |
| 240 | !!! Wrestling/ChristyHemme (Christina Lee "Christy" Hemme) 2004-2005 |
| 241 | |
| 242 | !!! Wrestling/MickieJames (Mickie Laree James-[[Wrestling/NickAldis Aldis]]) 2005-2010, 2016-2021, 2022 |
| 243 | |
| 244 | !!! Lauren Jones (Lauren Lorraine Jones) 2004-2005 |
| 245 | * MsFanservice: She, Michelle [=McCool=], and Joy Giovanni interrupted a bikini contest to take part in it themselves and before that, they, along with Rochelle Loewen, took part in the only [=SmackDown=] Rookie of the Year contest at ''No Way Out''. |
| 246 | * PutOnTheBus: She requested and was granted her release so that she can pursue other activities. |
| 247 | |
| 248 | !!! Rochelle Loewen (Rochelle Nicole Loewen) 2003, 2004-2005 |
| 249 | * MsFanservice: She was a contestant in the only [=SmackDown=] Rookie of the Year contest at ''No Way Out''. |
| 250 | * PutOnTheBus: She departed in 2005. |
| 251 | |
| 252 | !!! Wrestling/MariaKanellis (Maria Louise Kanellis-[[Wrestling/MikeBennett Bennett]]) 2004-2010, 2017-2020 |
| 253 | |
| 254 | !!! Wrestling/KellyKelly (Barbara Jean Blank-Souray) 2006-2012, 2018, 2022 |
| 255 | |
| 256 | !!! Wrestling/GailKim (Gail Kim-Irvine) 2002-2004, 2009-2011 |
| 257 | |
| 258 | !!! Wrestling/{{Layla}} (Layla El-Young) 2006-2015 |
| 259 | See also: Wrestling/LayCool |
| 260 | |
| 261 | !!! Wrestling/DawnMarie (Dawn Marie Psaltis) 2002-2005 |
| 262 | |
| 263 | !!! Kristal Marshall 2005-2007 |
| 264 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ece141ef0852986ebc95699109f4470a.jpg]] |
| 265 | * ActionGirl: She had some believable victories over Jillian(before her jobber period, that is) not long after coming in on Smackdown. On the other hand, this lead Kristal to feud with Ashley, whom she believed herself to be more talented than. |
| 266 | * BeautyContest: She was a beauty queen and a model before joining the company. |
| 267 | * GreenEyedMonster: Toward Ashley Massaro after she lost the diva search, setting up a FaceHeelTurn in the process. |
| 268 | * MayDecemberRomance: With Theodore Long, with the two set to have a Kayfabe wedding, only for Teddy to have a Kayfabe heart attack during it. |
| 269 | * MsFanservice: She participated in many bikini contests and even the odd bra-and-panties match. |
| 270 | * PutOnABus: Kristal was quietly released after the Teddy Long incident. |
| 271 | |
| 272 | !!! Wrestling/{{Maryse}} (Maryse [[Wrestling/TheMiz Mizanin]], ''née'' Ouellet) 2006-2011, 2016- |
| 273 | |
| 274 | !!! Wrestling/MichelleMcCool (Michelle Leigh [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker Calaway]], ''née'' [=McCool=]) 2004-2011, 2018, 2022, 2023 |
| 275 | See also: Wrestling/LayCool |
| 276 | |
| 277 | !!! Wrestling/BeulahMcGillicutty (Trisa [[Wrestling/TommyDreamer Laughlin]], ''née'' Hayes) 2006, 2007 |
| 278 | |
| 279 | !!! Wrestling/{{Melina}} (Melina Nava Perez) 2004-2011, 2022 |
| 280 | |
| 281 | !!! Wrestling/CandiceMichelle (Candice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich) 2004–2009 |
| 282 | |
| 283 | !!! Wrestling/BethPhoenix (Elizabeth Kocanski [[Wrestling/EdgeWrestler Copeland]]. ''neé'' Carolan) 2006-2012, 2018, 2019- |
| 284 | |
| 285 | !!! Shaniqua (Linda Miles) 2002-2004 |
| 286 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shaniquawwe_8334.jpg]] |
| 287 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Teased with Benoit. |
| 288 | * AmazonianBeauty: She was considered ugly by some but most, especially the wrestlers she managed and Wrestling/{{Tazz}}, thought she was fine. |
| 289 | * {{Dominatrix}}: While managing the Bashams, she even had a whip (but not of the bullwhip variety). |
| 290 | * TheGiant: Though she's most known for managing Shelton Benjamin and the Basham Bros this was how she was in the ring when she started on ''[=SmackDown=]'' and was beating up Wrestling/TorrieWilson, Wrestling/DawnMarie, Wrestling/{{Nidia}} and Scotty 2 Hotty. Turned around on her against Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}. |
| 291 | * StatuesqueStunner: She was the tallest woman on Smackdown and was the second tallest woman to be on the main roster after Nicole Bass. |
| 292 | * VoodooShark: She was "mistaken" for Shelton Benjamin, attacked by Bradshaw and removed from WWE television. The logical conclusion was to sell the injury she got even though WWE really took her off to get a boob job. When she returned WWE insisted on drawing attention to them by claiming it was due to swelling caused by Bradshaw's attack, which was so unconvincing it killed all the heat fans gave to the APA/Basham feud and lead to Shaniqua's release not long after. Worse, the increase wasn't as drastic as others in the past, like General Manager Stephanie [=McMahon=]'s! |
| 293 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: To Shelton Benjamin when she moved on to the Bashams and he was in the world's greatest tag team and Jackie Gayda, who betrayed her for Ivory and Molly Holly. |
| 294 | |
| 295 | !!! Wrestling/EveTorres (Eve Torres Gracie, born Eve Marie Torres) 2007-2013 |
| 296 | |
| 297 | !!! Trinity (Stephanie Finochio) 2006-2007 |
| 298 | [[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trinity70.jpg]] |
| 299 | * AmazonianBeauty: Claimed to have the best biceps in the business, and they were pretty impressive. |
| 300 | * MsFanservice: She was "dressing" in police tape before Orlando Jordan made it (in)famous...though she never did it quite to the extent he did and mostly limited it to photo shoots. She even won a costume contest for it, and considering that she was against ''Kelly Kelly'',[[note]]Though admittedly, for the contest Kelly wore a Wrestling/CMPunk costume (due to the contest happening during the time she had a crush on Punk in-storyline) that was considered [[invoked]] FetishRetardant in and out-of-storyline (Tazz in particular didn't known what to make of it).[[/note]] that's saying something. |
| 301 | * PowerStable: Managed The Full Blooded Italians. |
| 302 | * RetiredBadass: Retired to focus on her stunt work. |
| 303 | * SignatureMove: A standing shooting star press. |
| 304 | * WrestlingDoesntPay: A wrestling stunt woman, this was not just a gimmick either, she really worked in both professions at once, being a stunt double for the likes of Creator/JenniferGarner. |
| 305 | |
| 306 | !!! Krissy Vaine (Kristin Eubanks) 2007 |
| 307 | [[quoteright:222:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krissyvaine_9111.jpg]] |
| 308 | * AlphaBitch: Her heel character in developmental. |
| 309 | * IdenticalStranger: Did not get signed for ages because she was told she looked too similar to Torrie Wilson. She darkened her hair and was immediately signed. |
| 310 | * MeanCharacterNiceActor: Krissy Vaine was a prissy AlphaBitch. Kristin Eubanks is a lovely person. |
| 311 | * SouthernBelle |
| 312 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Was last seen talking to Vickie Guerrero in a backstage segment before disappearing into the night forever. |
| 313 | |
| 314 | !!!Wrestling/AmyWeber (Amy Marie Weber) 2004-2005 |
| 315 | |
| 316 | !!! Lena Yada 2007-2008 |
| 317 | [[quoteright:232:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0148b.jpg]] |
| 318 | * AlphaBitch: Turned heel in ECW and joined forces with Layla to beat up Kelly Kelly. |
| 319 | * MsFanservice: A former model. |
| 320 | * NeutralFemale: The first and only match thst she did have was a tag match that she was never tagged in for. |
| 321 | * {{Ninja}}: Dressed as one for a costume contest at Cyber Sunday 2008. |
| 322 | * [[NonActionGuy Non Action Girl]]: Competed in the 2007 Diva Search contest. Once hired, she mostly served as a backstage interviewer and valet. Once she finally did have a match (which was a tag match that she was never tagged in to), she was subsequently let go. |
| 323 | * PutOnABus: Was released at the end of 2008, shortly after her in-ring debut, which was a tag match that she was never tagged in to. |
| 324 | [[/folder]] |
| 325 | |
| 326 | [[folder: Debuted in the WWE Universe Era (2008-2011)]] |
| 327 | !!! Wrestling/{{Aksana}} (Živilė Raudonienė) 2010-2014 |
| 328 | |
| 329 | !!! [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Brie Bella]] (Brianna Monique [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Danielson]]; ''née'' Garcia-Colace) 2008-2012, 2013-2016, 2018-2019, 2022 |
| 330 | |
| 331 | !!! [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Nikki Bella]] (Stephanie Nicole Garcia-Colace) 2008-2012, 2013-2019, 2022 |
| 332 | |
| 333 | !!! [[Wrestling/KatarinaWaters Katie Lea Burchill]] (Katarina Leigh Waters) 2008-2010 |
| 334 | |
| 335 | !!! Serena Mancini/Serena Deeb 2009-2010, 2017 |
| 336 | [[quoteright:269:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/serena_deeb_3.jpg]] |
| 337 | %%* BaldOfEvil: The Straight Edge Society were heels, and before joining them she was already a heel in FCW under a gangster gimmick. |
| 338 | * FinishingMove: A fireman's carry gutbuster and a spear. The former was an adaptation of CM Punk's GTS, the latter was a thing she already did for years. |
| 339 | * PowerStable: The Straight Edge Society, with CM Punk, [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Luke Gallows]] and Joey Mercury. |
| 340 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Wore purple in the Mae Young Classic, and her skills, while not too shabby to begin with, had noticeably improved to match. |
| 341 | * PutOnABus: She was released on August 20 of 2010 for [[ContractualPurity public drunkenness despite playing a Straight Edge character on TV]]. |
| 342 | * TheBusCameBack: She returned for the first and second rounds of the Mae Young Classic Tournament in 2017, later signing a new deal for NXT. |
| 343 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Was the lone female among the Straight Edge Society. |
| 344 | |
| 345 | !!! Wrestling/AliciaFox (Victoria Elizabeth Crawford) 2008-2019, 2021, 2022 |
| 346 | |
| 347 | !!! Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}} (Celeste Beryl Bonin) 2010-2014, 2018-2019 |
| 348 | See also: Wrestling/ChickBusters |
| 349 | |
| 350 | !!! Wrestling/AJLee (April Jeannette [[Wrestling/CMPunk Brooks]], ''née'' Mendez) 2010-2015 |
| 351 | See also: Wrestling/ChickBusters |
| 352 | |
| 353 | !!! [[Wrestling/KarleePerez Maxine]] (Karlee Lelani Perez) 2010-2012 |
| 354 | |
| 355 | !!! Wrestling/RosaMendes (Milena Leticia Roucka) 2008-2017 |
| 356 | |
| 357 | !!! Wrestling/{{Naomi|Wrestler}} (Trinity [[Wrestling/TheUsos Fatu]], ''née'' [=McCray=]) 2010-2022, 2024- |
| 358 | See also: Wrestling/TheFunkadactyls |
| 359 | |
| 360 | !!! [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart Natalya]] (Natalie "Nattie" Katherine Neidhart-[[Wrestling/TysonKidd Wilson]]) 2008- |
| 361 | |
| 362 | !!! Wrestling/TaminaSnuka (Sarona Polamalu, born Sarona Moana-Marie Reiher) 2010- |
| 363 | |
| 364 | !!! [[Wrestling/TarynTerrell Tiffany]] (Taryn Nicole Dryden, ''née'' Terrell) 2008-2010 |
| 365 | [[/folder]] |
| 366 | |
| 367 | [[folder: Debuted in the WWE, Inc. Era (2011-2014)]] |
| 368 | |
| 369 | !!! Wrestling/{{Cameron}} (Ariane Nicole Andrew) 2011-2016, 2022 |
| 370 | See also: Wrestling/TheFunkadactyls |
| 371 | |
| 372 | !!! [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Kharma]] (Kia Stevens) 2011-2012 |
| 373 | |
| 374 | !!! Wrestling/EvaMarie (Natalie Marie Coyle; ''née'' Nelson) 2013-2017, 2021 |
| 375 | |
| 376 | !!! Wrestling/SummerRae (Danielle Moinet) 2013-2017, 2022 |
| 377 | [[/folder]] |
| 378 | |
| 379 | [[folder: Debuted in the Reality Era (2014-2016)]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | !!! Wrestling/SashaBanks (Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado) 2015-2022 |
| 382 | |
| 383 | !!! Wrestling/CharlotteFlair (Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr) 2015- |
| 384 | |
| 385 | !!! [[Wrestling/TenilleDashwood Emma]] (Tenille Dashwood) 2014-2017, 2022-2023 |
| 386 | |
| 387 | !!! [[Wrestling/RusevAndLana Lana]] (Catherine Joy "C.J." Perry) 2014-2021 |
| 388 | |
| 389 | !!! Wrestling/BeckyLynch (Rebecca Quin) 2015- |
| 390 | |
| 391 | !!! Wrestling/{{Paige}} (Saraya-Jade Bevis) 2014-2018 |
| 392 | |
| 393 | [[/folder]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | [[folder: Debuted in the New Era (2016-2023)]] |
| 396 | |
| 397 | !!! Wrestling/{{Aliyah}} (Nhooph Al-Areebi) 2021-2023 |
| 398 | |
| 399 | !!! [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] (Kanako Urai) 2017- |
| 400 | See also: Wrestling/DamageCTRL |
| 401 | |
| 402 | !!! Wrestling/ShaynaBaszler (Shayna Andrea Baszler) 2020- |
| 403 | |
| 404 | !!! Wrestling/{{Bayley}} (Pamela Martinez) 2016- |
| 405 | See also: Wrestling/DamageCTRL |
| 406 | |
| 407 | !!! Wrestling/BiancaBelAir (Bianca Crawford, ''née'' Blair) 2020- |
| 408 | |
| 409 | !!! Shotzi Blackheart/Shotzi (Ashley Urbanski) 2021- |
| 410 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shotzi_blackheart_nxt.png]] |
| 411 | * AerithAndBob: "Shotzi" is a very unconventional first name. It's probably a variant on "Schatzi" (German for "Dear"), which would also be very rare as a given name. |
| 412 | * ButNotTooForeign: She's part Filipino. |
| 413 | * CoolHelmet: She wears a horned helmet in her entrances. |
| 414 | * DeathOrGloryAttack: Building a reputation for ''extremely'' risky spots. It's arguably part of her appeal, but it's also caused her to take some really nasty bumps. |
| 415 | * EarlyBirdCameo: She was originally one of the prospective contestants in season 6 of ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough'', but was cut from the final lineup due to an underlying heart condition. |
| 416 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: WWE [[https://youtu.be/4NseXdmE0zc dedicated a short video to her receiving an NXT contract]] months before she debuted on NXT TV, which wasn't typical for new NXT recruits and probably an early indication of her later featured role on television. |
| 417 | * OneSteveLimit: Blackheart was used as a RedBaron by both the late Wrestling/OwenHart and Wrestling/TommasoCiampa. |
| 418 | * OnlyOneName: Blackheart was dropped after she go to the main roster. |
| 419 | * PartsUnknown: Billed from the Black Lagoon. |
| 420 | * TagTeam: In NXT with Wrestling/EmberMoon, in Smackdown with Tegan Nox. |
| 421 | * TankGoodness: She makes an entrance by riding on a miniature tank. In fact, she seems to have a fascination with tanks in general. |
| 422 | * UseYourHead: She sometimes uses headbutts and a combo of jawbreakers, most notably leveling Wrestling/CandiceLeRae with a headbutt at NXT Takeover: Wargames (2020) before delivering a senton off the ladder. |
| 423 | * WickedHeartSymbol: Has a heart and crossbones symbol on the back of her jacket. |
| 424 | |
| 425 | !!! Wrestling/AlexaBliss (Alexis "Lexi" Kaufman) 2016- |
| 426 | |
| 427 | !!! Wrestling/DanaBrooke (Ashley Mae Sebera) 2016-2023 |
| 428 | |
| 429 | !!! Wrestling/{{Carmella}} (Leah Van Dale) 2016- |
| 430 | |
| 431 | !!! Wrestling/NikkiCross[=/=]Nikki A.S.H (Nicola Glencross) 2019- |
| 432 | See also: Wrestling/{{Sanity}} |
| 433 | |
| 434 | !!! Wrestling/SonyaDeville (Daria Berenato) 2017- |
| 435 | |
| 436 | !!! Jessamyn Duke (2020-2021) |
| 437 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jessamyn_duke_nxt.png]] |
| 438 | * AmazonianBeauty: A StatuesqueStunner and regarded as the most conventionally beautiful of the MMA Horsewomen. |
| 439 | * CoDragons: She and Marina Shafir are Shayna Baszler's cronies. |
| 440 | * SatelliteCharacter: The only Horsewomen who isn't characterized outside of being a member of the group. Shayna is TheLeader and most decorated member, as she is the first two-time NXT Women's Champion and the runner-up of the inaugural ''Wrestling/WWEMaeYoungClassic'' beforehand. Meanwhile, Shafir is at least known for being Wrestling/RoderickStrong's wife and was involved in her husband's pre-Undisputed Era storylines. |
| 441 | * StatuesqueStunner: Stands '''5'11".''' That's an inch taller than Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, who easily towers over most of her contemporaries in the main roster's Women's Division. |
| 442 | |
| 443 | !!!Doudrop/Piper Niven (Kimberly Benson) 2021- |
| 444 | * {{Acrofatic}} |
| 445 | * BigBeautifulWoman: Renowned for her good looks as she is for her {{Acrofatic}} tendencies. |
| 446 | * RedBaron: She's also known as "Viper" (Wrestling/RandyOrton doesn't seem to mind). |
| 447 | * StoutStrength: One of the larger women on the roster and presented as one of the most physically powerful. |
| 448 | * TournamentArc: Competed in the first Mae Young Classic. |
| 449 | |
| 450 | !!! Maxxine Dupri (Sydney Zmrzel) 2022- |
| 451 | * IncompletelyTrained[=/=]RealitySubtext: Maxxine was in NXT very briefly under the name Sofia Cromwell and didn't get the chance to do much of ''any'' in-ring work on television before her shock callup in 2022 to act as a manager to the Maximum Male Models. When she joined the Alpha Academy and began wrestling, her real-life inexperience and status of having to learn on the job was incorporated into storyline, with Chad Gable being cast as her trainer onscreen trying to get her prepared for her very first match. |
| 452 | * PowerStable: She's the current manager of Maximum Male Models. Later left to join the Alpha Academy. |
| 453 | * TookALevelInBadass: Initially strictly a manager for Maximum Male Models and later Alpha Academy, she would also become an in-ring competitor in 2023. |
| 454 | |
| 455 | !!! Wrestling/LaceyEvans (Macey Estrella) 2019-2023 |
| 456 | |
| 457 | !!! Raquel Gonzalez/Rodriguez (Victoria Gonzalez) 2022- |
| 458 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raquel_gonzalez_nxt_6.png]] |
| 459 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Her being a PerpetualFrowner was a telling sign that she wasn't approachable in the beginning unless someone earned her trust. |
| 460 | * AlliterativeName: As '''R'''aquel '''R'''odriguez. |
| 461 | * AmazonianBeauty: Tall, beautiful, and built and wrestles like a brute. Her entrance in fact focuses a lot on her having a massive, muscular back. |
| 462 | * BigGuyLittleGuy: With Dakota Kai. Then again with Liv Morgan. |
| 463 | * TheBrute: She has a brutal smashmouth style of wrestling and enjoys brutalizing other women. |
| 464 | * DistaffCounterpart: |
| 465 | ** She's also been compared to [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]] during his run as Wrestling/ShawnMichaels' heavy, with Mauro Ranallo even bestowing on her the nickname "Big Mama Cool" to reflect this.[[note]]It helps that Kai had just come out from having broken up her previous tag team with Tegan Nox with a brutal attack not too dissimilar from Michael infamous break-up of The Rockers by attacking Wrestling/MartyJannety.[[/note]] Other similarities include her height relative to the rest of her division and her usage of an elevated powerbomb as a finisher. |
| 466 | ** The explanation for her joining a smaller heel wrestler, because she empathized with her, is very close to Wrestling/ErickRowan joining Daniel Bryan. |
| 467 | * FinishingMove: The "Chingona Bomb", a one-handed powerbomb. It was renamed the "Texana Bomb" shortly after her move to the main roster. |
| 468 | * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Via BilingualBonus. |
| 469 | ** In Mexican Spanish, "chingón"/"chingona" roughly means "the greatest", but is also considered vulgar in Spanish to the point of being considered a curse word (akin to "badass"). WWE, while famously PG, has its programming in English, and as such has no problem using it. It was finally averted once she moved to the main roster though; while "chingona" was uncensored in her first match, it was censored for her second. Her finisher was renamed the "Texana Bomb" afterwards. |
| 470 | ** During a promo where she was confronted by Franky Monet, Raquel threatened to shove Franky's poodle pet "up [Franky's] ''culo''". "''Culo''" means "ass" or "asshole" in Spanish, but once again, no problem being used in English-speaking WWE. |
| 471 | * HeelFaceTurn: Turned babyface just shortly after winning the NXT Women's Championship, when her former partner, Dakota Kai, turned her back on Raquel, eyeing up the championship for herself. |
| 472 | * HellBentForLeather: Like her former rival and [=WarGames=] 2021 partner Io Shirai, she's very fond of leather pants. |
| 473 | * TheGiant: She's 6 feet tall, causing her to tower over the rest of her division. |
| 474 | * PhraseCatcher: "Who's 'we'?" after announcing that "they" (not "she") wants to reclaim the Women's Tag Team Championships that they never lost. |
| 475 | * RedBaron: La Chingona, [[StatuesqueStunner Big]] [[DistaffCounterpart Mami]] [[Wrestling/KevinNash Cool]]. |
| 476 | * SuddenNameChange: Upon joining the main roster, her last name became Rodriguez. This is due to Chelsea Green and Keith Lee's legal disputes with WWE over merchandise money caused Wrestling/VinceMcMahon to reharden his stance against newly called-up or signed talent using their real or preexisting names. |
| 477 | * StatuesqueStunner: She's 6 feet tall and an AmazonianBeauty. |
| 478 | * TookALevelInBadass: In 2020-2021, going from Dakota's heavy to a dominant singles star in her own right, culminating with her winning the NXT Women's Championship. |
| 479 | * VillainousFriendship: With Dakota Kai. She views helping her as an act of solidarity with a kindred spirit downtrodden and abandoned by the rest of the NXT Women's Division. |
| 480 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Dakota Kai since Raquel's HeelFaceTurn after her winning the NXT Women's Championship. |
| 481 | |
| 482 | !!! Chelsea Green (Chelsea Anne [[Wrestling/MattCardona Cardona]]) 2020-2021, 2023- |
| 483 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chelsea_green_nxt.png]] |
| 484 | * AlphaBitch: Returned in 2023 with an obnoxious 'Karen' gimmick. |
| 485 | * ChekhovsGunman: She was a contestant on ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough'' Season 6, placing 4th for the females. |
| 486 | * FatalFlaw: Tends to get her wrist injured, which is the reason her main event run didn't go well as expected. |
| 487 | * HappilyMarried: To [[Wrestling/ZackRyder Matt Cardona.]] |
| 488 | * MsFanservice: Beautiful and her wrestling gear accentuates her figure. |
| 489 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Had several months with Robert Stone as manager, which saw her rise quickly up the NXT card. Moments after winning a match where she got to team with Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, she unceremoniously fired Stone, citing this trope. |
| 490 | |
| 491 | !!! Xia Li (Zhao Xia) 2021- |
| 492 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xia_li_nxt_8.png]] |
| 493 | * AscendedExtra: Downplayed, but Xia was one of several NXT wrestlers who showed up for the 2019 Women's Wrestling/RoyalRumble match, and since then has gradually moved up the card after primarily working house shows for most of her time with the company. |
| 494 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She is respectful to both allies and opponents so long as they do not disrespect her. Notably, she opened her fights during the Mae Young Classic by bowing to her opponents. But insult or slap her and she'll remind you that she's a highly-trained martial artist whose kicks pack a punch. |
| 495 | * BoyishShortHair: She has a short bob cut and throws a mean kick. |
| 496 | * CombatHandFan: She walks to the ring with such a fan, although she's never used it as a weapon. |
| 497 | * FaceHeelTurn: After a losing streak she snapped, went through TrainingFromHell with Boa, and came back a ruthless warrior who brutally dismantled her opponents in the ring and often continued to beat on them even after winning at the direction of Mei Ying. |
| 498 | * FinishingMove: A cyclone kick. |
| 499 | * FriendlyRivalry: With Taynara Conti, another female NXT wrestler whose gimmick incorporates martial arts (judo, in her case). They have fought together and opposite each other, and gotten along fairly well each time. |
| 500 | * IKnowKarate: As the announcers never hesitate to remind you, she knows kung fu, taekwondo and other martial arts. She incorporates such moves into her fighting style. |
| 501 | * KickChick: Uses kicks a lot in her moveset, with some variation of a kick usually functioning as her FinishingMove. |
| 502 | * MinidressOfPower: Generally wears one as part of her ring gear. |
| 503 | * RedBaron: "The Protector", since joining the main roster. |
| 504 | |
| 505 | !!! Wrestling/NiaJax (Savelina Fanene) 2016-2021, 2023- |
| 506 | |
| 507 | !!! Dakota Kai (Cheree Crowley) 2022- |
| 508 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dakota_08082022mm_15097_profile_9b0c56a8a4e4ade67cc1c27ac5612904.png]] |
| 509 | * ArchEnemy: Dakota has been tormented by Shayna Baszler since the start of 2018, being Shayna's first victim in her NXT debut match. Following encounters had Shayna intimidating Dakota to the point she couldn't do anything. During a title match against Shayna a few months later, Dakota was too scared to fight and lost the match without putting up much offense. The feud eventually has Dakota allying with fellow Shayna rivals Io Shirai and Kairi Sane, and [[TookALevelInBadass Taking a Level in Badass]] by the time of their third match (she still lost, but put Baszler through a lot more punishment along the way). |
| 510 | * BreakingTheFellowship: One of three ladies, the other two being her Team Kick partner Tegan Nox and Wrestling/CandiceLeRae, who shared a friendship so close they likened it more to a sisterhood. When she chose to violently assault and betray Tegan and abandon Candice and Rhea Ripley to a 2-on-4 disadvantage in their [=WarGames=] match, Candice was in visible shock. |
| 511 | * BreakTheCutie: |
| 512 | ** Dakota's entire ordeal of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of Shayna Baszler, culminating in a spirited but unambiguous defeat at Baszler's hands. Bianca Belair seems to be stepping into the role of Kai's next tormentor. |
| 513 | ** After spending nearly the whole of 2019 recovering from a torn ACL, Dakota returns hoping to capture the NXT Women's Championship, only for her return to be overshadowed by her friend Tegan Nox, who also returned from a long injury. When the first women's [=WarGames=] was announced, Dakota was hoping to be one of Rhea Ripley's team only for Mia Yim to be called in instead, especially after she lost to Shayna for the fourth time. It took an attack on Mia Yim the night of the event for Ripley to finally insert Dakota into the match… but by that time she was already broken. See below… |
| 514 | * CavalryBetrayal: At NXT [=TakeOver=]: [=WarGames=] 2019. She was drafted to Rhea Ripley's [=WarGames=] team after a mystery assailant took out Mia Yim before the PPV started. But after she was let out of the cage, she turned back and attacked her friend Tegan Nox, leaving her unable to compete, and left Ripley and Candice [=LeRae=] to face a four-on-two numbers disadvantage. And then she later revealed (confirmed, really) that ''she'' was the one who took out Mia so she could get herself into position for this. |
| 515 | * CreepySouvenir: Since becoming a heel she has taken to coming to the ring with Tegan Nox's knee brace, which she ripped off her leg at [=WarGames=]. |
| 516 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Her heel turn was motivated by being left out of Rhea Ripley's [=WarGames=] team, which is understandable but [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse doesn't justify]] the lengths she went to for revenge, or what she did to Mia Yim and Tegan Nox. |
| 517 | * DistaffCounterpart: |
| 518 | ** The suddenness and vicious physicality of her FaceHeelTurn, as well as her post-betrayal behavior (including said betrayal being symbolically represented in part by a knee brace), is taking some obvious cues from the now-infamous heel turn of Wrestling/TommasoCiampa on Wrestling/JohnnyGargano a couple years earlier. |
| 519 | ** Besides the sudden and vicious nature of her turn against a established teammate, the fact that she would afterwards take credit for the success of the team via putting a twist on a RedBaron she had during her run with said team ("The Captain of Team Kick"), recalls Wrestling/SethRollins's infamous turn on Wrestling/TheShield, and how afterwards he would use the nickname he was given during his run with the stable, "The Architect of the Shield", to take credit for its success. |
| 520 | ** Her use of a much larger wrestler as an enforcer after said larger wrestler helped her win a match recalls [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] during his Planet's Champion phase. |
| 521 | ** Her being joined by a larger wrestler is also the latest in a long line of acts very reminiscent of Wrestling/ShawnMichaels during the time he adopted [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]] as his heavy. And going back to the FaceHeelTurn against a tag team partner, Michaels of course made the mother of all turns against Wrestling/MartyJannetty. |
| 522 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: A key factor of her FaceHeelTurn in 2019. Despite the hype of her return, she immediately becomes TheChewToy again which include getting her face sprayed by Asuka's green mist. Then, when Rhea Ripley is finding members for the upcoming [=WarGames=] match, both Tegan Nox and Candice [=LeRae=] were immediately chosen while she needs to compete in a match against Shayna Baszler in order to prove herself. Not only did she lose the match, but Rhea chose Mia Yim to be the final member of the team while Dakota was told straight to her face that "she's just not cut out for it". |
| 523 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: Went from very colorful outfits to wearing a lot [[EvilWearsBlack more black]] after her FaceHeelTurn. |
| 524 | * EvilWearsBlack: Her EvilCostumeSwitch above saw her ditch her colorful wrestling gears in favor of darker and muted colors. |
| 525 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Perhaps not coincidentally, her hair is styled very differently during the night of her FaceHeelTurn, and has kept it that way since. |
| 526 | * FaceHeelTurn: Viciously attacking her friend Tegan for seemingly no reason, including removing her knee brace to attack her surgically-repaired leg. The commentary team were aghast. And that was ''after'' she hospitalized Mia Yim so she could take her place on Team Ripley, specifically to set herself up for the attack on Tegan. |
| 527 | * FinishingMove: The Kairopractor (a sunset flip into a double knee backbreaker). She previously used a double foot stomp from the top rope. After returning from injury, she adopted a finisher called "Go To Kick" which is similar to the GTS but involves her kicking with her foot instead of her knee. |
| 528 | * HardHead: During her Progress Wrestling Chapter 71 match, Jinny delivered several headbutts to Dakota, only for them to hurt Jinny more. Dakota shouted "I'm Samoan!" before dropping Jinny with a headbutt of her own. She delivered one in a similar fashion to Vanessa Borne in NXT. |
| 529 | * HeelFaceTurn: On the 2/9/24 episode of [=SmackDown=], she sides with Wrestling/{{Bayley}} against the rest of Wrestling/DamageCTRL, who have all decided to kick the latter out, departing from the stable and turning face after over four years as a heel in Bayley's case. Sadly, this turned out to be a cruel ruse on Dakota's part as she would revert back to a heel on the 3/1/24 episode of Smackdown, refusing to tag Bayley in their match with Asuka and Kairi Sane proving to be TheMole for Wrestling/DamageCTRL in a heartbreaking betrayal, though given Dakota's past, it was suspected by everyone...except Bayley in a particularly brutal HopeCrusher betrayal as Bayley was desperate to find someone she could trust... |
| 530 | * {{Jobber}}: Her first appearance in NXT was being squashed by Wrestling/NiaJax in 2015 before signing in 2017. |
| 531 | * KickChick: Her offense includes a ton of kicks, to the point where she is called the Captain of Team Kick. |
| 532 | -->'''Wrestling/CoreyGraves:''' You talk about superstars that have educated feet; Dakota Kai's got a [=PhD=]. |
| 533 | * OhCrap: She is clearly scared out of her mind whenever Wrestling/ShaynaBaszler appears, as Shayna had previously attempted to break her arm during a match that kept her sidelined for weeks. |
| 534 | * PowerTrio: Currently, she's one-third of Wrestling/DamageCTRL with Wrestling/{{Bayley}} and [[Wrestling/IoShirai IYO SKY]]. |
| 535 | * PrecisionFStrike: After her FaceHeelTurn. Production truck cut that, but after viciously attacking Tegan Nox, Kai called Wrestling/RheaRipley and Wrestling/CandiceLeRae[[CountryMatters "filthy cunts"]]. |
| 536 | * RedBaron: The Captain of Team Kick. |
| 537 | * ShovelStrike: Starting at NXT: Halloween Havoc 2021, she started using a shovel as part of her deranged, banshee-like persona. |
| 538 | * SignatureMove: A pair of running Big Boots to a cornered opponent. One while the opponent is standing, followed by another while the opponent is sitting. |
| 539 | * SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: Debuted in the main roster in 2022 as part of an evil PowerTrio with Wrestling/{{Bayley}} and [[Wrestling/IoShirai IYO SKY]], being a Face in her last appearance in NXT months prior. Notably, she just pulled a HeelFaceTurn then after being a Heel for over two years. |
| 540 | * UseYourHead: Even though the majority of her striking arsenal consists of kicks, she sometimes favors the use of headbutts in her matches. |
| 541 | * VillainousFriendship: With Raquel Gonzalez. She views her as her only true friend in the division, until Dakota betrays her on July 27th, 2021. |
| 542 | * WaifFu: As one of the smallest women in [=WWE=], her opponents nearly always have a size advantage on her. Needless to say, that doesn't prevent Dakota from kicking the crap out of them. |
| 543 | * YankTheDogsChain: After a controversial ending for the Women's Tag Team Championship, William Regal introduces the NXT counterpart for the title and awards Dakota and Raquel as the inagural champions, finally giving Dakota her first title in six years. However, their reign is short lived as they lost the championship to Wrestling/EmberMoon and Shotzi Blackheart on the same night. |
| 544 | |
| 545 | !!! Wrestling/BillieKay (Jessica [=McKay=]) 2018-2021 |
| 546 | |
| 547 | !!! Wrestling/CandiceLerae (Candice [=LeRae=] [[Wrestling/JohnnyGargano Gargano]], ''née'' Dawson) 2022- |
| 548 | |
| 549 | !!! Sarah Logan/Valhalla (Sarah Rowe, ''née'' Bridges) 2017-2020, 2022- |
| 550 | See Wrestling/TheRiottSquad. |
| 551 | |
| 552 | !!! Wrestling/MercedesMartinez[=/=]Retaliation (Jazmin Benitez) 2020-2021 |
| 553 | |
| 554 | !!! Wrestling/EmberMoon (Adrienne Reese) 2018-2021 |
| 555 | |
| 556 | !!! Wrestling/LivMorgan (Gionna Daddio) 2017- |
| 557 | See also Wrestling/TheRiottSquad. |
| 558 | |
| 559 | !!! Tegan Nox (Steffanie Newell) 2021, 2022- |
| 560 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tegan_nox_nxt.png]] |
| 561 | * EtTuBrute: Was viciously beat down by her friend Dakota Kai and left unable to compete at [=WarGames=]. The sheer pain as a result of it left her screaming bloody murder and openly weeping, to the point she was unable to compete. And yet according to a tweet she made a day or two later, the emotional pain of it was ''worse'' than the physical. |
| 562 | * FinishingMove: The Shiniest Wizard, a shining wizard attack using her leg with the titanium knee brace. This move is a holdover from her earlier identity as Nixon Newell at Fight Club: Pro. |
| 563 | * GameBreakingInjury: Has had ''serious'' issues with her knees, where consecutive freak injuries in the [[TournamentArc Mae Young Classic]] kept her out of the ring for the better part of ''two years.'' (Invariably, this gets worked into {{Kayfabe}} where {{Heel}} [[CombatPragmatist opponents]] will ''always'' [[AttackItsWeakPoint go after her knees.]]) Dakota Kai exploited this for ''huge'' heat during her FaceHeelTurn, which basically consisted of a few attacks followed by about 30 seconds of Kai rapid-fire-slamming a cage door onto Nox's knee in a frenzy. Unfortunately, 2020 would see her suffer ''yet another'' legitimate injury to her ACL, which would result in her missing most of that year. |
| 564 | * ASharedSuffering: She and Dakota Kai had knee injuries within a few months of each other and did rehab training together, sparking up a friendship. |
| 565 | * TagTeam: Returned as part of one with Dakota Kai in NXT before Dakota's FaceHeelTurn. On Smackdown she's teamed up with Shotzi. |
| 566 | * UseYourHead: She is likely to do this at least once per match. |
| 567 | * WholeCostumeReference: Has started modeling her ring gear on the outfit of ComicBook/CarolDanvers as seen in ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'', complete with airforce bomber jacket. |
| 568 | |
| 569 | !!! Wrestling/RubyRiott (Dori Prange) 2017-2021 |
| 570 | See also Wrestling/TheRiottSquad. |
| 571 | |
| 572 | !!! Wrestling/RheaRipley (Demi Bennett) 2021- |
| 573 | See also: Wrestling/TheJudgmentDay |
| 574 | |
| 575 | !!! Wrestling/MandyRose (Amanda Rose Saccomanno) 2017-2022 |
| 576 | |
| 577 | !!! Wrestling/RondaRousey ([[Creator/RondaRousey Ronda Jean Rousey]]) 2018-2019, 2022-2023 |
| 578 | |
| 579 | !!! Wrestling/PeytonRoyce (Cassandra [=McIntosh=]) 2018-2021 |
| 580 | |
| 581 | !!! Kairi Sane (Kaori Housako) 2019-2020, 2023- |
| 582 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kairi_11102023mm_5697_profile_ae52fd356b886b7683ee19cd1d98ac4a.png]] |
| 583 | * TheAce: According to Dave Meltzer from Wrestling Observer Newsletter, she, along with Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani, are three best female wrestlers in the world. Kairi does not boast a very wide arsenal or exceptional strength, but her charismatic persona has her captivating every audience she performs for, and what moves she does, she does so well it can be watched on repeat forever and looks as devastating as if a 300lb shredded man did it. |
| 584 | * AmazonianBeauty: Kairi's been working on her legs and biceps for a while now, and she shows progress. |
| 585 | * ArchEnemy: Shayna Baszler, a rivalry that began since the Mae Young Classic in 2017 in which Kairi defeated Shayna in the Finals. When Baszler debuted at NXT, the first thing she did was attacked Kairi from behind. In February 2018, the two had a match in which Shayna won. Fast forward a few months later, Shayna is the reigning NXT Women's Championship and belittled Kairi for not accomplishing anything since the Mae Young Classic. For the latter half of 2018, the two continue their rivalry with the NXT Women's Championship on the line, with Kairi winning it on NXT [=TakeOver=] Brookyln IV but dropping it a few months later at ''Evolution'' and failing to reclaim it at ''[=TakeOver=] [=WarGames=] II''. The feud intensified when Shayna brought in her MMA buddies to interfere in their matches while Kairi is aided by Io Shirai and Dakota Kai and ultimately ended when Kairi Sane was called up to the main roster, but not before getting brutalized by Baszler and the Horsewomen. |
| 586 | * BadassAdorable: Her cute face belies a ferocious competitor who's not to be taken lightly. Applies in RealLife as well since she's no less amiable a person as is the character she portrays, and as any other wrestler, she's not the person you'd want to pick a fight with. |
| 587 | * BashBrothers: Or sister; on NXT she teamed up with Io Shirai as a tag team called the Sky Pirates, while on the main roster she's been paired with [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] as a tag team called the Kabuki Warriors. |
| 588 | * BreakTheCutie: Quite literally, courtesy of Shayna Baszler and her squad, who injured Kairi's arm on various occasions. On the last NXT show before Kairi was called up to the main roster, not only did they beat Kairi up and kayfabe break her arm, but forced Io Shirai to watch it for bonus points. |
| 589 | * TheCorrupter: Her and Asuka managed to get [[Wrestling/IoShirai Iyo Sky]] to turn against Wrestling/{{Bayley}}. |
| 590 | * EasilyForgiven: Kairi joins Damage CTRL immediately upon returning to WWE, despite its leader Wrestling/{{Bayley}} being [[{{Kayfabe}} the very reason]] she was absent for three years. For at least a few months. |
| 591 | * EvilMakeover: After she and Asuka turned heel she began gradually changing up her appearance and gear, ditching her pirate garb for gear that resembled a Japanese noblewoman's and abandoning her wheel and telescope for a parasol. She also got whisker-like warpaint on her face, and a lot of her ring gear was turned [[EvilWearsBlack black and gold]]. |
| 592 | * FaceHeelTurn: At Wrestling/HellInACell 2019 the Kabuki Warriors turned heel after Asuka sprayed green mist from her mouth into Wrestling/NikkiCross's eyes (a long-standing traditional heel tactic in Japanese wrestling) and kicked her in the face. This allowed them to win the Women's Tag Team Championship belts. |
| 593 | * FinishingMove: A diving elbow drop known as the "Insane Elbow". She also uses a Cross-Legged Boston Crab known as "The Anchor". |
| 594 | * GigglingVillain: As a heel she spends a LOT of time chortling, guffawing or cackling. She practically doubles as Asuka's laugh track. |
| 595 | * HappilyMarried: She's announced her marriage on her Twitter and Instagram. |
| 596 | * HeelFaceTurn: After she's congratulating Wrestling/BeckyLynch and celebrate Asuka's championship victory before interrupt by Wrestling/NiaJax. |
| 597 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Io Shirai and Asuka. |
| 598 | * MeaningfulName: Her in-ring name 'Kairi' means "ocean village", derived from the Japanese 'kai' for "sea[=/=]ocean" - perfect for a [[PirateGirl Pirate Princess.]] |
| 599 | * OlderThanTheyLook: [[CuteBruiser Look at that face.]] Would you believe for a second that she's ''30''? |
| 600 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: She may be a rather short woman, but her elbow drop is absolutely deadly. |
| 601 | * PirateGirl: Her longstanding entrance gear evoked a pirate captain's outfit. Subverted after she abandoned the pirate gimmick once she and Asuka were heels. |
| 602 | * PrecisionFStrike: In a PG show no less, she delivered one to Wrestling/BeckyLynch and Wrestling/CharlotteFlair while interrupting a [[Wrestling/TheMiz Miz TV]] session on the October 7, 2019 edition of ''Raw''. Ironically, she and Asuka weren't speaking English so most people couldn't tell. |
| 603 | -->'''Kairi:''' (in Japanese) You [Charlotte and Becky] look tired...so tonight, we're going to...BEAT THE SHIT...out of you. |
| 604 | * RedBaron: "The Pirate Princess". |
| 605 | * SignatureMove: The Sliding D, a sliding elbow strike to a cornered opponent. The Interceptor, a striking Spear. |
| 606 | * SkyPirate: When teaming with the "Genius of the Sky" Wrestling/IoShirai, they are called the "Sky Pirates". |
| 607 | * SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: Kairi returned to WWE after a three-year absence as a Heel joining Wrestling/DamageCTRL, despite leaving as a Face - recently turned at that. Notably, the Face turn happened in the first place due to Kairi and [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] feuding with Wrestling/SashaBanks and Wrestling/DamageCTRL's future leader Wrestling/{{Bayley}}. |
| 608 | * TournamentArc: Debuted during the inaugural ''[[Wrestling/WWEMaeYoungClassic Mae Young Classic]]'' (2017) and was its first winner. |
| 609 | * UseYourHead: Whenever she is on the top rope or on the apron, chances are she is going to knock her opponent down with a headbutt. This is usually followed by her signature elbow drop. |
| 610 | |
| 611 | !!! Wrestling/{{Scarlett|Bordeaux}} (Elizabeth Chihaia) 2022- |
| 612 | |
| 613 | !!! Marina Shafir (2020-2021) |
| 614 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marina_shafir_nxt.png]] |
| 615 | * ActionMom: She has a son with Roderick Strong. |
| 616 | * AmazonianBeauty: She's easy on the eyes, something both Wrestling/BobbyRoode and Wrestling/TheVelveteenDream have acknowledged to taunt her husband. |
| 617 | * CoDragons: She and Jessamyn Duke are Shayna Baszler's cronies. |
| 618 | * FaceHeelTurn: Along with Jessamyn Duke, they help Shayna recapture the NXT Women's Championship from Kairi Sane during ''Evolution'' in 2018. A year before that, she frequently appeared during her husband's feud with Wrestling/BobbyRoode for the NXT Championship, clearly as a {{Face}}. |
| 619 | * HappilyMarried: To Wrestling/RoderickStrong. |
| 620 | |
| 621 | !!! [[Wrestling/IoShirai Io Shirai[=/=]IYO SKY]] (Masami Odate) 2022- |
| 622 | See also: Wrestling/DamageCTRL |
| 623 | |
| 624 | !!! Wrestling/ToniStorm (Toni Rossall) 2021 |
| 625 | |
| 626 | !!! [[Wrestling/TheaTrinidad Zelina Vega]] (Thea Megan Trinidad [[Wrestling/AleisterBlack Budgen]]) 2018-2020, 2021- |
| 627 | |
| 628 | !!! Mia Yim/Reckoning/Michin (Stephanie Hym [[Wrestling/KeithLee Lee]], ''née'' Bell) 2020-2021, 2022- |
| 629 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mia_yim_nxt_1.png]] |
| 630 | * AntiHero: Her feud with Shayna Baszler saw her evolve into a CombatPragmatist often seen using the same brutal sneak attack tactics employed by heels. In her case, though, it's partly out of necessity as Shayna's GirlPosse tends to get involved in her matches, and she was very concerned with standing up for the trainees and other wrestlers Shayna was bullying all the time. |
| 631 | * AttackHello: Has snuck up on Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke like this. In Duke's case, she didn't even see Mia until after the latter slammed her arm in a gym locker. |
| 632 | * BattleCouple: Her RealLife relationship with Wrestling/KeithLee made it to the screen in 2020, as an angle on NXT pitted them against the heel-turned Wrestling/JohnnyGargano and Wrestling/CandiceLeRae. |
| 633 | * TheBusCameBack: After being absent for several months following the disbandment of Retribution, she returns on November 7 episode of ''Raw'', aiding The O.C. against The Judgement Day. |
| 634 | * CoolMask: As a part of Retribution. |
| 635 | * FinishingMove: An arm-trap variation of the Overdrive, she's dubbed "Protect Ya Neck." |
| 636 | ** Previously she used an inverted stomp facebreaker which has been called "Seoul Food" and "Eat Defeat." She's since used it as a signature move. |
| 637 | * InSeriesNickname: Much like Pete Dunne as Butch, The OC began publicly coining the nickname "Michin" for Mia, meaning "crazy" in Korean, which WWE toyed with applying as a new ring name. Subverted in that this was her idea, as when The OC approached her about needing a nickname she told them how her Korean mother would call her crazy whenever she did something mischievous as a child. Still, after enough fan backlash, it was decided that she would keep the Mia Yim name, announced to the ring as "Michin" Mia Yim. |
| 638 | * PowerStable: |
| 639 | ** Retribution as Reckoning with Wrestling/MustafaAli, T-Bar, Mace and Slapjack. |
| 640 | ** [[Wrestling/BulletClub The O.C.]] with Wrestling/AJStyles, Wrestling/KarlAnderson and [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Luke Gallows]]. |
| 641 | * PrecisionFStrike: |
| 642 | ** After her AttackHello on Jessamyn Duke mentioned above and shown on an NXT episode, she dropped a "[[Series/{{Dexter}} Surprise, motherfucker!]]" (Albeit bleeped.) |
| 643 | ** Also doubles as a ShoutOut to an infamous [[MemeticMutation meme]] from Series/{{Dexter}}. |
| 644 | * RedBaron: The HBIC, or "Head Baddie In Charge". Also Blasian Baddie. |
| 645 | * SignatureMove: Code Blue (a delayed sunset flip powerbomb). |
| 646 | * SlobsVersusSnobs: Mia has a lot of urban, inner-city affect about her, such as her baseball cap and scarf entrance gear and speech manmerisms, and expresses pride in her background by calling herself "the rose that grew from concrete". On the flipside, some of the heels in the NXT women's locker room (namely Vanessa Borne and Aliyah and Shayna Baszler) look down on her for it and call her a street rat or some such. |
| 647 | * SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: She debuted as a heel on the main roster in RAW as a member of Retribution and change ring name to Reckoning despite being face in NXT. |
| 648 | * TomboyishBaseballCap: Wears one as part of her entrance. |
| 649 | * TournamentArc: Debuted in the ''2017 Mae Young Classic.'' Came back in 2018 for a return tour shortly before signing to NXT as a full-time competitor. |
| 650 | [[/folder]] |
| 651 | |
| 652 | [[folder: Debuted in the TKO Era (2023-present)]] |
| 653 | |
| 654 | !!! Jade Cargill 2023- |
| 655 | * AmazonianBeauty: Tall and extremely toned. |
| 656 | * MsFanservice: Jade is a fitness model/personal trainer, and loves to flaunt her physique/looks, even bragging about her ass during promos. Jade was definitely not lacking in confidence. |
| 657 | * SignificantWhiteHairDarkSkin |
| 658 | * SquashMatch: After Wrestlemania XL, Jade has a match against Chelsea Green and defeated Green less than ten seconds. |
| 659 | |
| 660 | !!! Kayden Carter (Allyssa "Lacey" Lane) |
| 661 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kayden_carter_nxt.png]] |
| 662 | * LifeOfTheParty: She and Kacy "Katana Chance" Catanzaro started taking up the party animal lifestyle in late 2021. |
| 663 | * TagTeam: Frequently pairs together with Kacy Catanzaro as Team Ninja. |
| 664 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Xia Li after she joined Tian Sha and Kayden and Kacy failed to bring her back to being a {{Face}}. |
| 665 | |
| 666 | !!! Kacy Catanzaro/Katana Chance (Kacy Catanzaro) |
| 667 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kacy_catanzaro_nxt.png]] |
| 668 | * LifeOfTheParty: She and Kayden Carter started taking up the party animal lifestyle in late 2021, which wound up playing nicely into her SuddenNameChange as Katana Chance when an edict came down in April 2022 stamping out non-WWE-created ring names for developmental talent and new call-ups. |
| 669 | * MeaningfulName: Katana Chance bears the same initials as both her real name of Kacy Catanzaro and her tag team partner's ring name of Kayden Carter, not to mention having the exact same amount of letters and syllables as her partner's name. In addition, it evokes both her American Ninja Warrior background and her party animal persona. |
| 670 | * PutOnABus: Requested her release from WWE at one point and even ''retired'' for a time because of injuries and doubts about continuing in the wrestling business. TheBusCameBack several months later and she has been heavily involved on television ever since. |
| 671 | * TagTeam: Frequently pairs together with Kayden Carter as Team Ninja. |
| 672 | * WaifFu: Most of Kacy's offense. Listed at 5' tall and 95 lbs., she is likely the smallest in-ring competitor in WWE, full stop, and is a former gymnast. |
| 673 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Xia Li after she joined Tian Sha and Kacy and Kayden failed to bring her back to being a {{Face}}. |
| 674 | |
| 675 | !!! Isla Dawn (Courtney Stewart) 2023-present |
| 676 | * CoolTeacher: Was trained by Wrestling/AleisterBlack. Which isn't really brought up much on programming, but may also explain quite a bit about her onscreen character (see DarkIsNotEvil). |
| 677 | * TheCorrupter: Isla, a former face in NXT UK who debuted as a heel on the main NXT, got into the head of Alba Fyre, a former heel in NXT UK who turned face on the main NXT, and turned her back over to the dark side in more ways than one to form a deadly alliance. |
| 678 | * DarkIsEvil: Plays a "witch" character with occultist overtones, and her first course of action on NXT 2.0 was to antagonize and corrupt Alba Fyre back into a heel. |
| 679 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Despite her interest in the occult, she operated as a face in the UK. |
| 680 | * HotWitch: Dresses like a provocative heel wrestler, has her share of sensuous mannerisms, and routinely partakes in backstage vignettes involving hexes, spirits, and rituals. |
| 681 | * SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: Established herself on the stateside version of NXT by costing Alba Fyre the NXT Championship and antagonizing her for months. |
| 682 | |
| 683 | !!! Alba Fyre (Kayleigh Rae) 2023-present |
| 684 | * BatterUp: Alba Fyre is typically carrying a baseball bat. [[IncendiaryExponent A flaming baseball bat.]] And can and ''will'' use it in the right context. |
| 685 | * TheCorrupter: |
| 686 | ** When she tortured Wrestling/ToniStorm in an I Quit match for the NXT UK Women's championship. It resulted in Toni's first FaceHeelTurn on the November 25th, 2021 edition of {{Wrestling/WWE NXT}}. |
| 687 | ** Was placed on the other end of this by Isla Dawn in late 2022 into early 2023, resulting in her first FaceHeelTurn since becoming Alba Fyre. |
| 688 | * EvilRedhead: She has dyed red hair and is mostly a Heel. |
| 689 | * FaceHeelTurn: Her brief face run on NXT culminated in a feud with Isla Dawn which turned out to be Isla's means of getting into Alba's head, initiating her into Isla's occultic ways as they joined together in a heel duo. |
| 690 | * HeelFaceTurn: Right after saving Io Shirai from the attacks of Toxic Attraction, and since then, she's now an AntiHero and later an outright Face as Alba Fyre. |
| 691 | * ManipulativeBitch: An expert at psychological warfare. |
| 692 | * MeaningfulRename: After years of being known as Kay Lee Ray, she turned up in a vignette using the new WWE-ordered ring name Alba Fyre in 2022, where she talked about retracing her past to unlock her true self. The name also matches well with her red hair and daredevil nature. |
| 693 | * RedBaron: The Scottish Daredevil, or The Scary Queen of Scots. |
| 694 | * OddFriendship: With Io Shirai, who barely showed any kind of empathy to anyone, even her former tag partner Zoey Stark. Resulted in a sort of HeelFaceTurn for her. |
| 695 | * UseYourHead: Staying true to her Scottish heritage, she often precedes her finishing move with a Glasgow Kiss. |
| 696 | * VillainousCheekbones: A prominent Heel known for her distinct cheekbones. |
| 697 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Wrestling/ToniStorm. |
| 698 | |
| 699 | !!! Indi Hartwell (Samantha De Martin) 2023-present |
| 700 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/indi_hartwell_nxt.png]] |
| 701 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Harboring a crush on Dexter Lumis, to Johnny and Candice's horror. |
| 702 | * BrattyTeenageDaughter: She plays this role in the Gargano household. |
| 703 | * HeelFaceTurn: Her relationship with Dexter eventually turned her face, with the rest of The Way following soon after. |
| 704 | * LikeADaughterToMe: Johnny and Candice treat her like their child. |
| 705 | * OfficialCouple: With Dexter Lumis after being married in the first episode of ''NXT 2.0''. Even started going by "Indianapolis Lumis" on Twitter. |
| 706 | * StatuesqueStunner: Stands 5'10". It especially stands out in The Way, where she's visibly taller than Wrestling/JohnnyGargano and ''towers'' over the petite Wrestling/CandiceLeRae. |
| 707 | * TagTeam: Worked with Candice as a team under The Way's banner. Later, with Candice on leave, Indi teamed up with her [[RememberTheNewGuy best friend]] Persia Pirotta. |
| 708 | |
| 709 | !!! Elektra Lopez (Karissa Rivera) 2024-present |
| 710 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elektra_lopez_nxt.png]] |
| 711 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Commentary notes that Santos sought out Elektra to join Legado del Fantasma both to even the odds against Hit Row and branch the faction out for greater dominance of [=NXT=]. |
| 712 | * WrestlingFamily: Her father was the professional wrestler Jose Rivera, better known in the WWE as Steve King. |
| 713 | |
| 714 | !!! Zoey Stark (Theresa Serrano) 2023-present |
| 715 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zoey_stark_nxt.png]] |
| 716 | * FaceHeelTurn: After failing to win the tag titles from Katana Chance and Kayden Carter on the November 8, 2022 edition of ''NXT'', Zoey turned on Nikkita Lyons by hitting her with one of the tag team titles and finishing off the attack with a sliding kick for good measure. |
| 717 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: After she unable to help her mentor inside the steel cage at ''Payback'' against Wrestling/BeckyLynch, Trish berates her and gets a slap to the face for her trouble. This would be the last straw when Zoey knocks the Hall of Famer out with a knee to the face. |
| 718 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: When she teamed up with Io to take the tag titles from The Way, Zoey tried to get along with Io after they became champions, but they were too different and did not become friends. However, they respected each other and worked well enough together in the ring to defend the titles for several months. |
| 719 | |
| 720 | !!! Tiffany Stratton (Jessica Woynilko) 2024- |
| 721 | * BattleCouple: For a while, she got a program with her on-screen boyfriend Grayson Waller. |
| 722 | * BellyFlopCrushing: Her finishing move is a spinning corner slingshot splash followed up by a Flatliner. Later changed it to the corner splash being just one of her regular while using an absolutely BEAUTIFUL moonsault as her finish. |
| 723 | * MeaningfulName: She bears the first name of [[Wrestling/TarynTerrell a former ECW General Manager]] as well as a very similar naming structure to Wrestling/TrishStratus. All three women were beautiful, sculpted blondes who came to WWF/E with non-wrestling athletic backgrounds, and daddy's girl introducing herself by her lifestyle before bringing up her athletic talents matches how the previous Tiffany and Stratus both started out on TV with non-wrestling roles before transitioning to the ring. |
| 724 | * SpoiledBrat: Her character is that of daddy's little rich girl. Prior to her debut, it has been established that her father paid for everything she wanted. Always getting what she wanted greatly shaped her personality into adulthood. She was later retooled into more of an AlphaBitch character with fewer of the 'trust fund baby' implications - reportedly because WWE wanted the rich dad to be an onscreen character and couldn't find anybody to fit the role. |
| 725 | * StatuesqueStunner: Her 5'7", 143-pound, solidly muscular figure being the one visible constant in all her introductory vignettes was an early tell that, despite being spoiled rotten and proud to tell the tale, she put a lot of work in and was given the best training available to be conditioned and ready for NXT. And that was before her real-life Olympic gymnast background was included as part of that story. |
| 726 | * ThatWasntARequest: Not being used to rejection, when Sarray politely refused her offer of giving her a new necklace to replace the one she received from her grandmother, Tiffany responded by attacking Sarray. |
| 727 | * UseYourHead: During a match against Sarray, Tiffany countered a waistlock by slamming the back of her head into Sarray's face. This knocked her out long enough for Tiffany to execute her finishing move. |
| 728 | [[/folder]] |
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