Nikkita Lyons

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Nikkita Lyons
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Lyons in 2022
Personal information
BornFaith Marie Jefferies
(1999-08-05) August 5, 1999 (age 27) [1]
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Big Kat Kita
Faith
Faith Jefferies
FaithyJ
Faith the Lioness
Nikkita Lyons
Billed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [1]
Billed weight150 lb (70kg)
Billed from Las Vegas, Nevada
Los Angeles, California
Trained by Selina Majors
DebutOctober 11, 2018 [1]
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2017–present
Label
  • Grand Jury
Website faithyj.com

Faith Marie Jefferies (born August 5, 1999) is an American professional wrestler. [2] As a wrestler, she has been signed to WWE since August 2021, where she performs on the NXT and Evolve brands under the ring name Nikkita Lyons. In Evolve, she is the reigning WWE Evolve Women's Champion in her first reign.

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Jefferies has also worked for Women of Wrestling (WOW) as Faith the Lioness. [3]

Early life

Jefferies was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and raised in Hollywood, California. She began practicing Taekwondo at the age of four, [3] earning a black belt by the age of 8. [2] She graduated from high school in early 2017. [3]

Professional wrestling career

Women of Wrestling (2019–2021)

Shortly after graduating high school in 2017, Jefferies began professional wrestling training under Selina Majors. She debuted for Women of Wrestling under the ring name Faith The Lioness. [2]

WWE (2021–present)

In summer 2021, Jefferies attended WWE's tryout in Las Vegas, where she was offered a developmental contract. [4] Her WWE debut was on the December 31, 2021 episode of 205 Live , under the ring name Nikkita Lyons, losing to Amari Miller. [5] She made her NXT brand debut on the February 22, 2022 episode of NXT , defeating Kayla Inlay. [6] In April, Lyons entered into a feud with Lash Legend, beating her on the April 5 and 26 episodes of NXT respectively. [7] [8] At Spring Breakin', she teamed with Cora Jade to defeat Legend and Natalya in a tag team match. [9] On the May 10 episode of NXT, Lyons participated in the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament, defeating Arianna Grace in the first round. [10] On May 24, it was announced that Lyons was removed from the tournament due to an injury, revealing on her Instagram account a day later that she suffered a partial MCL tear and an MCL sprain. [11] [12]

Lyons returned on the June 28 episode of NXT, defeating NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose by disqualification. [13] On the July 19 episode of NXT, Lyons competed in a 20-woman battle royal to determine the number one contender for the NXT Women's Championship, eliminating Kayden Carter and Kiana James, but was eliminated by Tiffany Stratton. [14] On the August 8 episode of Raw , it was announced that Lyons would be teaming with Zoey Stark in a tournament to fill the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship that had been vacant since May. [15] On the August 19 episode of SmackDown , Lyons and her tag partner were removed from the tournament due to Stark reportedly sustaining a concussion days earlier in an NXT Women's Championship match. On September 13 at the NXT 2.0 One Year Anniversary Show, Lyons and Stark defeated James and Grace. [16] On the November 8 episode of NXT, Lyons and Stark failed to capture the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship from Carter and Katana Chance, and Lyons was taken out by Stark after the match. [17] Lyons lost to Stark on the December 20 episode of NXT and was injured by Blair Davenport on the January 24, 2023 episode of NXT. Lyons returned to NXT on the December 5 episode, attacking Davenport. On the December 12 episode, she made her return to the ring after a near year-long absence in a tag team match with Lyra Valkyria, facing Blair Davenport & Cora Jade, where she and Valkyria failed to win.

In March 2024, Lyons was revealed to have suffered another injury. [18] She returned to in-ring action at a NXT house show in Davenport, Florida, on September 27 [19] [20] and returned to NXT on the October 15 episode, defeating Lola Vice after interference from Jaida Parker, showing signs of a heel turn. [21] On the October 29 episode of NXT, Lyons turned heel, as she was revealed as Adrianna Rizzo's attacker following Lyons' defeat against Kelani Jordan. [22] Around a month later, Lyons got involved in a love triangle storyline between Ashante "Thee" Adonis and Karmen Petrovic. [23] On the May 7, 2025 episode of Evolve , Lyons made her Evolve brand debut where she defeated Kendal Grey. [24]

On the January 27, 2026 episode of NXT, she made her return as a spiritual guru. She aligned herself with Blake Monroe and offered to take on Jaida Parker on Monroe's behalf, which led to her being defeated. In April of the same year, Lyons participated in season 3 of LFG (Legends & Future Greats) [25] , she would return to NXT on the April 28 edition losing to the debuting Lizzy Rain, the following week she would return to NXT regularly by confronting Tatum Paxley. On June 24 at Evolve: Succession III (taped May 29), Lyons defeated Wendy Choo to win the WWE Evolve Women's Championship, her first championship in WWE. [26]

Other media

Jefferies, as Nikkita Lyons, made her video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K23 . [27] She is also a playable character in WWE 2K25 and WWE 2K26.

On August 8, 2024, Jefferies, under her music stage name FaithyJ, released a music video for her song To Be A Champion. [28] In the following month, Jefferies, as Nikkita Lyons, appeared in fellow NXT wrestler Trick Williams' music video for the song The Realest. [29]

Video games

YearTitleNotesRef.
2023 WWE 2K23 Video game debut [30]
2024 WWE 2K24 [31]
2025 WWE 2K25 [32]
2026 WWE 2K26 [33]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 The Dying Gaul DebbonActing debut [34]
2007The Killing Grounds/Children of WaxKid [35]
2018INCONTRAMIGirl 8Music video [36]
2020One Mo' ChanceShe-Rah/She-Raw11 episodes [37] [38]
QuartshipSelfEpisode: "Minikon Scores a Perfect 10 from Faith"; credited as FaithyJ [37]
Baby USelfMusic video [39]
2021One Mo' Chance: The ReunionShe-Raw4 episodes [38]
2022 Father Stu TimekeeperUncredited [40]
2024To Be A ChampionSelfMusic video [28]
The RealestSelfMusic video [29]
2026Phat CheckSelfMusic video [41]
Agent of ShadowsSvetlana Microdrama series [42]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums
TitleAlbum details
Rough Cuts

Singles

List of singles as lead artist
TitleYearAlbum
"No Time" [44]
(featuring La Jones)		2017Non-album singles
"Baby U" [45] 2020
"To Be a Champion" [46] 2024
"Sky on Fire (Remastered 2025)" [47] 2024
"Bullshyt" [48]
(featuring La Jones)		2024
"Brand New Me (Remastered 2025)" [49] 2024
"Phat Check" [50] (with Mara Sadè)2026

Championships and accomplishments

References

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  2. 1 2 3 "'Quartship' Episode 6: Contestant With Perfect Score Gets Virtual Date With Crush Faith Jefferies". Maxim . September 21, 2020. Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Meet Faith Jefferies". VoyageLA. July 6, 2020. Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  4. ↑ Guzzo, Gisberto; Salcedo, Denise (August 19, 2021). "Faith Jefferies And Isaac Odugbesan Offered WWE Developmental Contract During Las Vegas Tryout". Fightful. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
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  7. ↑ Moore, John (April 5, 2022). "4/5 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of the Stand & Deliver fallout edition with Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez vs. Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin for the NXT Women's Tag Titles, Nikkita Lyons vs. Lash Legend". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  8. ↑ Moore, John (April 26, 2022). "4/26 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Tony D'Angelo vs. Von Wagner, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, and Elektra Lopez vs. Josh Briggs, Brooks Jensen, and Fallon Henley, Nikkita Lyons vs. Lash Legend, Solo Sikoa vs. Trick Williams, Katana Chance and Kayden Carter vs. Valentina Feroz and Yulisa Leon, Nathan Frazer debuts". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on May 22, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
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  44. ↑ No Time (feat. La Jones) - Single by FaithyJ on Apple Music, January 27, 2017, retrieved October 21, 2024
  45. ↑ Baby U - Single by FaithyJ on Apple Music, October 30, 2020, retrieved October 21, 2024
  46. ↑ To Be a Champion by FaithyJ on Apple Music, August 8, 2024, retrieved October 21, 2024
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  48. ↑ Bullshyt (Remastered 2025) - Single by FaithyJ on Apple Music , retrieved October 21, 2024
  49. ↑ Brand New Me (Remastered 2025) by FaithyJ on Apple Music, August 8, 2024, retrieved October 17, 2026
  50. ↑ Phat Check by FaithyJ & Mara Sadè on Apple Music, August 8, 2024, retrieved October 21, 2024
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