External links
- Persephone's profile at Cagematch
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 3, 2001 El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Black Widow Perse Persephone Viktoria |
| Billed height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
| Billed weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
| Trained by | Rey Escorpión Scorpio 2000 Tritón |
| Debut | August 2016 |
Persephone (born August 3, 2001) is the ring name of a Mexican-American professional wrestler. She is signed to American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is also signed to Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where she is the current CMLL World Women's Champion in her first reign. She has also wrestled as Perse and Black Widow. Initially performing under a mask, she voluntarily removed her mask in 2023, which is unusual for Mexican wrestlers who typically only unmask after losing it in a match. [1] [2]
Persephone was raised in El Paso, Texas.
Persephone began wrestling in August 2016. Persephone made her wrestling debut under New Era Wrestling (NEW), a local wrestling promotion in El Paso, Texas, She wrestled for several months under the name of Black Widow. She wrestled in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and on the Mexican independent scene.
In 2023, Peresophone signed with AAA's rival promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). [3]
In CMLL, Persephone notably has had a feud with Tessa Blanchard and generally is a ruda , an evil character, as opposed to the tecnicas who are the good doers. [4] [5] She won the 2024 Campeonato de Amazonas (the title for the best female wrestler in CMLL) after defeating veteran Zeuxis in an upset during the championship finals on October 18, 2024. [6] At La Noche de las Amazonas ("The Night of the Amazons") on March 6, 2026, Persephone defeated Mercedes Moné to win the CMLL World Women's Championship. [7] [8]
On July 11, 2025, Persephone made her Ring of Honor (ROH) debut by competing in a Worldwide Women's Wild Card four-way match for the interim ROH Women's World Television Championship at Supercard of Honor, which was won by Mina Shirakawa. [9] On August 24, at the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) co-promoted event Forbidden Door, Persephone wrestled in a four-way match for Mercedes Moné's AEW TBS Championship, but lost. [10]
In January 2026, Persephone announced on CMLL's weekly magazine show Informa that she had signed with AEW, while also keeping her contract with CMLL. [11]
Persephone holds dual American and Mexican citizenship. In addition to wrestling, Persephone also holds a bachelor's degree in kinesiology. [3]
