 |
| Nina Samuels | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Samantha Allen |
| Born | 17 October 1988 Aldershot, England |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Nina Samuels |
| Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Billed weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Billed from | Aldershot, England |
| Trained by | London School of Lucha Libre |
| Debut | 15 June 2014 |
Samantha Allen (born 17 October 1988) is an English professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed on the NXT UK brand under the ring name Nina Samuels. [1]
Samuels began wrestling for British Empire Wrestling (BEW) in 2014. On 19 September at BEW/RCW Britain's Rising 2, Samuels teamed with Kirsty Love in a tag match against to Dragonita and Shanna. She returned at BEW Britain's Rising IV in a match against the then-champion Leah Owens for the Revolution Championship. Samuels competed on 3 June 2017, at the International Grand Prix Triple Threat match against Christi Jaynes and Shotzi Blackheart. Samuels debuted on the 18 February in Pro-Wrestling: EVE at EVE: A Day at the Resistance, where she teamed with Meiko Satomura and Shanna in a tag match losing to Emi Sakura, Erin Angel and Nixon Newell. She won the Wildcard Ladder Match at the 1st Wrestle Queendom on 5 May 2018. She cashed in her contract on 11 November 2018 during a match between Charlie Morgan and Kay Lee Ray, which she pinned Morgan to win the Pro-Wrestling: Eve Championship.
On 25 August 2018, Samuels competed on the First Round NXT UK Women's Championship Tournament, where she was defeated by Dakota Kai. On 23 January 2019, Samuels faced Lana Austin, where Samuels was victorious. Samuels faced Toni Storm for the NXT UK Women's Championship on the 19 April episode of NXT UK. She competed in the Battle Royal to decide the number one contender for the NXT UK Women's Championship on the 14 June episode, where Kay Lee Ray was victorious. On 12 November 2020, Samuels went up against Xia Brookside. In the match, Samuels attempted to fake a knee injury but was backfired when Brookside rolled her up for the quick win. After the match, however, Samuels still gained the upper hand by assaulting Brookside at ringside. The feud between Samuels and Brookside would continue weeks to weeks. Notably, Samuels cost Brookside a match against Isla Dawn on 10 December 2020. Eventually, the two faced again on the 4 February 2021 episode of NXT UK, where Samuels was victorious after hitting Brookside with her handbag. Brookside demanded a rematch where the loser becomes the winner's personal assistant for a whole month. And on the 25 February episode, Brookside defeated Samuels in that match. Throughout in March, Samuels would be forced to work as Brookside's assistant. On 18 August 2022, Samuels was the one of several NXT UK employees released from their contracts with the announcement of NXT UK was going into hiatus and the upcoming launch of the new brand, NXT Europe. [2]
The Lucha Dragons were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Kalisto and Sin Cara. They previously wrestled in WWE's developmental territory NXT, where they were one-time NXT Tag Team Champions. Their name is a reference to their lucha libre style of wrestling. They won the NXT Tag Team Championship after defeating then champions The Ascension on September 11, 2014, at NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way.
Blake and Murphy was a villainous professional wrestling tag team in WWE on their developmental territory NXT consisting of Wesley Blake, Buddy Murphy and their valet Alexa Bliss, where they are one time NXT Tag Team Champions after defeating former champions Lucha Dragons.
The Vaudevillains were an American professional wrestling tag team in WWE, composed of Aiden English and Simon Gotch. Their gimmick is a pair of Vaudeville-era throwbacks. They also formerly wrestled in WWE's developmental territory NXT, where they were one-time NXT Tag Team Champions.
Daniel Marshall Wheeler is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Cash Wheeler where he is a former two-time AEW World Tag Team Champions with Dax Harwood together they form FTR. As FTR, Wheeler and Harwood also wrestle for AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), and appeared in AEW 's partner promotions Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where they held those promotions' respective tag team championsips once each.
Nicola Glencross is a Scottish professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Nikki Cross. She is a one-time WWE Raw Women's Champion, three-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion and an 11-time and final WWE 24/7 Champion.
Humberto Garza Solano is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Smackdown brand under the ring name Angel. He is one-half of Los Lotharios with his cousin Berto and is a member of Legado Del Fantasma.
Kimberly Benson is a Scottish professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Piper Niven. Niven is a former one-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion.
Jinny Hahn is an English retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Jinny.
Xia-Louise Henderson, known by her ring name Xia Brookside, is an English professional wrestler and valet. She is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). She was previously signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, and was a member of Club Venus. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed on the NXT UK brand. She has also worked for All Star Wrestling.
Demi Bennett is an Australian professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Rhea Ripley. She is a member of The Judgment Day stable and is the current Women's World Champion in her first reign.
Kayleigh Rae is a Scottish professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Alba Fyre, and is one-half of The Unholy Union with Isla Dawn. She previously wrestled under the ring name Kay Lee Ray.
Beatrice St. Clere Priestley is an English-New Zealander professional wrestler, best known by the ring name Bea Priestley. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Blair Davenport. From 2017 until 2021, she wrestled for World Wonder Ring Stardom and she also made appearances in New Japan Pro-Wrestling serving as Will Ospreay’s valet.
David Minton is an English professional wrestler. He is most known for his time in WWE, where he performed on its NXT UK brand under the ring name "Bomber" Dave Mastiff.
Courtney Florence Stewart is a Scottish professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Isla Dawn, and is a member of tag team The Unholy Union with Alba Fyre. She was a one-time and the final holder of the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship with Alba Fyre.
Aoife Cusack is an Irish professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Lyra Valkyria and is the current NXT Women's Champion in her first reign.
The NXT Heritage Cup is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is a specialized championship for men of NXT, the promotion's developmental brand. The title is defended just like any other championship but has a special stipulation in which all matches are contested under British Rounds Rules. The current champion is Charlie Dempsey, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating previous champion Noam Dar by 2–1 on the February 27, 2024, episode of NXT.
Amale Dib is a French-Moroccan professional wrestler. She was most recently signed to WWE, where she performed for on the NXT UK under the mononymous ring name Amale. She was the first French female wrestler to be signed to WWE. She is best known for her time on the independent circuit, as well as the German-based professional wrestling promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), where she is a former wXw Women's Champion.
Samantha De Martin is an Australian professional wrestler. As of 2024, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Indi Hartwell. She is a former one-time NXT Women's Champion and a former one-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion with Candice LeRae. She was a member of The Way stable.
Taylor Grado is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Jacy Jayne. She is a former record-tying two-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion with former Toxic Attraction stablemate Gigi Dolin. Grado began her career under the name Avery Taylor, and had previously performed World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW).
Laura Di Matteo is an Italian professional wrestler best known for her tenure with British promotions Pro-Wrestling: EVE and Progress Wrestling. She is also known for her tenures with various promotions from the European independent scene.