Lana Austin | |
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Born | [1] Manchester, England | 22 September 1986
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Billed height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) |
Billed weight | 51 kg (112 lb) [2] |
Trained by | Johnnie Brannigan |
Debut | 2013 |
LeeAnn Adele Austin, known by the ring name Lana Austin, is an English professional wrestler, who is currently working as a freelancer. She is best known for her tenure with Progress Wrestling, where she is a former Progress Wrestling World Women's Champion. She has also wrestled for other British promotions, including Pro-Wrestling: EVE and TNT Extreme Wrestling. [3]
Austin made her professional wrestling debut at a house show promoted by Britannia Wrestling Promotions on 3 August 2013, where she defeated Nixon and Porsche in a three-way match. [4] Due to mainly working as a freelancer, Auatin shared brief or longer tenures with various promotions from the British independent scene such as Progress Wrestling, Revolution Pro Wrestling, Pro-Wrestling: EVE, Defiant Wrestling, FutureShock, Over The Top Wrestling and many others. [2]
She competed in the 2019 edition of Westside Xtreme Wrestling's wXw Femmes Fatales tournament where she defeated Baby Allison in the first rounds, then fell short to LuFisto in the second ones. [5] She competed in the 2019 edition of the RevPro Queen of the Ring where she defeated Shax in the first rounds, then fell short to Lizzy Evo in the second ones. [6] At ROH Honor United - Newport on 26 October 2019, Austin unsuccessfully challenged Kelly Klein for the Women of Honor World Championship. [7]
Austin is best known for her tenure with Progress Wrestling. She made her debut in the promotion at Progress Chapter 78: 24 Hour Progress People on 11 November 2018, where she fell short to Isla Dawn. [8] She started with sporadic appearances in the promotion's flagship events, having had her next match at Progress Chapter 90: The Lonesome Death Of The One-Man Cabaret Act on 30 June 2019, where she fell short to Candy Floss. [9] Shortly after, she moved to the title scene as she eventually competed in a number one contendership match for the Progress Wrestling World Women's Championship at Progress Chapter 105: Bring The Thunder on 27 February 2021, bout won by Kanji and also involving Alexxis Falcon, Gisele Shaw, Mercedes Blaze, Millie McKenzie and Taonga. [10] She directly competed for the women's title at Progress Chapter 142: The Deadly Viper Tour on 25 September 2022, where she unsuccessfully challenged Kanji. [11] She succeeded in defeating Kanji to win the women's title four episodes later, at Progress Chapter 146: They Think It's All Over... on 27 November 2022. [12] She dropped the title after 329 days and seven successful defenses to Rhio at Progress Chapter 158: The Long Halloween on 22 October 2023. [13]
Austin made her debut in Pro-Wrestling: EVE at EVE Shevivor Series on 8 December 2018, where she teamed up with Kellyanne, Mercedez Blaze and Sierra Loxton as "Team Loxton" in a losing effort against "The Moths" (Erin Angel, Martina, Jetta and Laura Di Matteo. [14] At EVE Wrestle Queendom 4 on 27 August 2021, Austin competed in a Royal Rumble match for the Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship won by Jetta and also involving reigning champion Rhia O'Reilly, Zoe Lucas, Alex Windsor, Debbie Keitel and many others. [15] At EVE Brawl At The Brewery on 5 March 2022, Austin fell short to Alexxis Falcon in a number one contendership match for the Pro-Wrestling: EVE International Championship. [16] At EVE 120: Women Behaving Badly on 8 March 2024, she teamed up with "The Decibelles" tag team partner Ivy as they unsuccessfully challenged Operation SAS (Nightshade and Skye Smitson) for the Pro-Wrestling: EVE Tag Team Championship. [17]
Austin made a brief excursion to the Japanese independent scene where she made several appearances in Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling. She made her debut on the first night of the TJPW Tokyo Joshi 2020 Winter Wonderful Harmony series of events from 2 February where she teamed up with Bakuretsu Sisters (Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino) to defeat Magical Sugar Rabbits (Mizuki and Yuka Sakazaki) and Mina Shirakawa. [18] She made her last appearance at the 11 February event where she unsuccessfully challenged Yuka Sakazaki for the Princess of Princess Championship. [19]
Austin briefly competed for WWE's NXT UK branch as indie developmental talent. She made her first appearance at WWE NXT UK #26 on 13 January 2019, where she fell short to Nina Samuels. [20] She made her last appearance at WWE NXT UK #133 on 25 February 2021, where she fell short to Aoife Valkyrie. [21]
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