Dani Luna

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Dani Luna
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Birth nameChloe Smyth
Born (1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 26)
Crowland, Lincolnshire, England
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) ChloChlo
Chloe Smyth
Dani Luna [1] [2]
Billed height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) [3] [2]
Billed weight139 lb (63 kg) [3]
Billed from London, England [1]
Trained byJustin Sysum
Luke Savory
Mike Hitchman
Debut3 December 2016

Chloe Smyth (born 2 March 1999), known under the ring name Dani Luna, is an English professional wrestler who is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and is a two-time TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champion with Jody Threat. She also wrestles in her native England for Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), where she is a former one-time Undisputed British Women's Champion. [4]

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From 2020 to 2022, she was signed to WWE where she performed on the NXT UK brand. [5]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2016–2020, 2017)

Smith made her wrestling debut on 3 December 2016, under her real name, and wrestled in the English promotion Evolution, where she was defeated by Lana Austin. Two months later, she reappeared in Evolution, losing a 2 on 1 handicap match to Mya Mae and Sierra Loxton. In 2017, she made her debut for British Empire Wrestling. After a few losses, she decided to appear in various other promotions such as Preston City Wrestling, Dragon Pro Wrestling, International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom and Pro Wrestling Chaos. During this time she was able to win three titles. [6]

Luna returned to the independent circuit after her WWE NXT UK release, working for Progress Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Chaos, Fife Pro Wrestling Asylum, One Pro Wrestling and numerous others. [7]

WWE (2019–2022)

Luna made her WWE debut on the 3 July 2019 episode of NXT UK , teaming with Mercedez Blaze in a 2 on 1 handicap loss to Jazzy Gabert. She appeared again on the 31 July episode, where she lost to Rhea Ripley. On the 25 September episode of NXT UK, Luna lost to Nina Samuels for a third time.

On 31 January 2020, Luna signed a contract with WWE. On the 6 February episode of NXT UK, she lost to Piper Niven. On the 12 March episode of NXT UK, she defeated Amale by disqualification when she was attacked by NXT UK Women's Champion Kay Lee Ray. On the 19 March episode of NXT UK, she challenged Ray for the NXT UK Women's Championship but lost the match. In 2021, Luna formed a group with Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews called Subculture. On 18 August 2022, it was announced that Luna had been released from her WWE contract. [8]

Revolution Pro Wrestling (2022–present)

On 17 December at RevPro Uprising, Luna won the Southside Women's Championship after defeating Kanji. [9] [10] She lost the title to Skye Smitson on 26 March 2023, at Revolution Rumble. [11] [12] On 16 December, at Uprising 2023, Luna won the Undisputed British Women's Championship, defeating Alex Windsor. [4] On 24 August 2024 at RevPro 12th Anniversary Show , Luna lost the Undisputed British Women's Championship to Mina Shirakawa, ending her reign at 252 days. [13]

Impact Wrestling / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2023–present)

Early appearances (2023–2024)

On the 12 May 2023 episode of Impact Wrestling , it was announced that Webster and Andrews (accompanied by Luna) would challenge ABC (Ace Austin and Chris Bey) for the Impact World Tag Team Championship at Under Siege marking Luna's first Impact Wrestling appearance. [14] On 1 June, Luna had her first match in Impact, where she lost to Jody Threat. [15] On the July 27 episode of Impact Wrestling, Luna picked up her first win in Impact, as she teamed with Trinity to defeat The Coven (KiLynn King and Taylor Wilde).

Luna continued to sporadically compete in Impact Wrestling. She lost in singles matches against competitors like Deonna Purrazzo on the September 7 episode of Impact Wrestling, and Jordynne Grace at Turning Point. On 21 December, it was announced by the newly-renamed TNA Wrestling that Luna had signed a full-time contract with the promotion. [16] Luna's first match as a contracted TNA performer occurred on January 13, 2024, at Hard to Kill, where she competed in an Ultimate X match to determine the number one contender for the TNA Knockouts World Championship. Gisele Shaw won the match. [17]

Spitfire (2024–2025)

Luna joined forces with Jody Threat as the two began feuding with MK Ultra (Killer Kelly and Masha Slamovich). As part of the rivalry, Luna got her first win in singles competition in TNA by defeating Killer Kelly on the February 15 episode of Impact!. Luna and Threat subsequently formed a tag team called Spitfire. At Sacrifice, Spitfire defeated MK Ultra to win the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship, marking Luna's first championship win in TNA. [18] At Rebellion, Spitfire successfully defended the title against Decay (Havok and Rosemary). On May 3 at Under Siege, Threat and Luna were defeated by Masha Slamovich and her new partner Alisha Edwards, ending their reign at 56 days. [19]

Spitfire continued their rivalry against The Malisha (Alisha Edwards and Masha Slamovich), unsuccessfully challenging them for the Knockouts World Tag Team Championship at Slammiversary. At Emergence, Spitfire teamed with Jordynne Grace to defeat Malisha and Ash by Elegance in a six-woman tag team match. Spitfire eventually defeated Slamovich and Tasha Steelz (substituting for an injured Alisha Edwards) to regain the Knockouts World Tag Team Championship at Victory Road on September 13. [20] Spitfire would retain the title during the following months against Carlee Bright and Kendal Grey on Impact!, Wendy Choo and Rosemary at Bound for Glory, [21] and Ash by Elegance and Heather by Elegance at Genesis. [22] However, they lost the titles to Ash and Heather at Sacrifice. [23] On May 23, 2025 at Under Siege, Spitfire was defeated by Ash and Heather by Elegance, forcing Dani Luna and Jody Threat to disband as a result of a pre-match stipulation. [24]

Championships and accomplishments

References

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  4. 1 2 Homegrown, Todd (16 December 2023). "RevPro Uprising 2023 Results – 12/16/23". bodyslam.net. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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  10. ↑ Lee, Joseph (17 December 2022). "RevPro Uprising Results: Great-O-Khan Is The Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion". Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  11. ↑ Tessier, Colin (26 March 2023). "RevPro Revolution Rumble Results (3/26): Michael Oku Competes, Lio Rush Makes Surprise Appearance". Fightful. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023.
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  19. ↑ Vetter, Chris (3 May 2024). "TNA Under Siege results (5/3): Vetter's review of The System vs. Matt Hardy, Mike Bailey, and Trent Seven, Mustafa Ali vs. Ace Austin for the X Division Title, Kushida vs. Jonathan Gresham". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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  22. ↑ Pulido, Luis (19 January 2025). "TNA Genesis (1/19/2025) Results: Joe Hendry vs. Nic Nemeth, Hardys, Jordynne Grace, Ace Austin, More". Fightful. Archived from the original on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
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