SHAYNA BASZLER
Shayna Andrea Baszler is a 43-year-old professional wrestler and former MMA fighter. She is currently signed to the WWE and performs on RAW.
Baszler started her career in MMA in 2006 and is most notable for her time in Ultimate Fight Championship (UFC). She made her professional wrestling debut on September 26, 2015, losing to Cheerleader Melissa for Quintessential Pro Wrestling (QPG). In April 2016, Baszler debuted for Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW) and lost to Mia Yim. She returned to AIW in-ring action the following month and started winning matches against Veda Scott, Annie Social and then she defeated Heidi Lovelace to become the AIW Women’s Champion. Baszler won titles across many different wrestling promotions including World Wonder Ring Stardom, DDT Pro-Wrestling, and Premier Wrestling.
Shayna Baszler’s WWE Debut
In 2017, Shayna Baszler made her WWE debut as part of the 2017 Mae Young Classic Tournament. She defeated Zeda in the first round and then defeated Mia Yim, Candice LeRae, and Mercedes Martinez. She lost in the finals to Kairi Sane. On October 3rd, WWE announced that she signed with the company and then started training at the WWE Performance Center in Florida.
Baszler made her televised debut in December 2017 by attacking Kairi Sane and in her first NXT match against Dakota Kai, she was victorious. She then started feuding against Ember Moon and defeated her for the NXT Women’s Championship at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans. Baszler had successful defenses against Dakota Kai and Nikki Cross before losing the title to Kairi Sane at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4. Her reign lasted 133 days.
Shayna Baszler Wins NXT Women’s Championship
Baszler regained the championship after defeating Kairi Sane at the Evolution event and she became the first ever two time NXT Women’s Champion. Baszler had successful defenses against Kairi Sane, Bianca Belair, Mia Yim, Io Shirai, and Candice LeRae. In November 2019, Baszler attacked Bayley on SmackDown and confronted Becky Lynch on RAW which set up a triple threat match between the three wrestlers at Survivor Series. Baszler won the triple threat champions match against RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley to win Survivor Series for the NXT brand.
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Career Championships and Accomplishments
- Mixed martial arts
- Freestyle Cage Fighting
- FCF Women’s Bantamweight Grand Prix Championship (1 time)
- Invicta FC
- Fight of the Night (2 times)
- The Cage Inc.
- TCI Women’s 140 lb Championship (1 time, first)
- Professional wrestling
- Absolute Intense Wrestling
- AIW Women’s Championship (1 time)
- DDT Pro-Wrestling
- Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)
- New Horizon Pro Wrestling
- IndyGurlz Australian Championship (1 time)
- Global Conflict Shield Tournament (2017)
- Premier Wrestling
- Premier Women’s Championship (1 time)
- Quintessential Pro Wrestling
- QPW Women’s Championship (1 time)
- World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
- NXT Women’s Championship (2 times)
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship (3 times)
- Elimination Chamber match (2020)
- NXT Year-End Award (1 time)
- Female Competitor of the Year (2019)