Billie Kay

Billie Kay

Kay in April 2016
Birth name Jessica McKay
Born (1989-06-23) 23 June 1989
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Residence Orlando, Florida, United States[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Billie Kay[3]
Jessie[4]
Jessie McKay[5]
Billed height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3][6][7]
Billed weight 132 lb (60 kg)[6][7]
Billed from Sydney, Australia[3][6][7]
Trained by Madison Eagles[6]
Debut June 2007[7]

Jessica "Jessie" McKay[8] (born 23 June 1989)[9] is an Australian professional wrestler[5] currently signed to WWE under the ring name Billie Kay,[10] performing on their developmental territory NXT.

In June 2007, Kay made her professional wrestling debut at Pro Wrestling Alliance (PWA),[2] and she debuted one-year later for the Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance promotion, where she became a two-time PWWA Champion.

She later started competing on the independent circuit with multiple promotions at the United States for several years, most notably and commonly for Shimmer Women Athletes.[11][12]

Early life

Kay began watching wrestling at the age of 10 along with her brother, and started her professional wrestling career first attending to the Australian promotion base on Sydney, Pro Wrestling Alliance.[2] Prior to becoming a wrestler, Kay excelled in basketball.[3] She attended the same high school as fellow wrestler Peyton Royce.[2]

Professional wrestling career

Pro Wrestling Alliance Australia (2007–2015)

Kay was trained by Madison Eagles.[6] She debuted on 23 June 2007, on her eighteenth birthday, at PWA Australia with a win over Eagles and Aurora.[2][13]

On 2 August 2008,Kay defeated defending champion Kellie Skater to win the PWWA Championship for the first time.[14][15] She had one successful title defence on 8 November against Tenille Tayla.[14] On 22 November, she lost her title to Penni Lane.[14] After Lane vacated her title due to injury, She won the PWWA Championship for the second time in a four-way match against Kellie Skater, Sway and Shazza McKenzie on 14 September 2009.[14] Kay then enjoyed two successful title defenses against KC Cassidy and Madison Eagles in March and May 2010, but lost the title to Eagles on 11 June 2010.[14]

In September 2011, Kay failed to win a three-way match for the Shimmer Championship also featuring champion Madison Eagles and Nicole Matthews.[14][16] In August 2012, in a match to crown the interim PWWA Champion, she was defeated by Evie.[14]

Shimmer Women Athletes (2008–2015)

Kay began wrestling for the American all-female promotion Shimmer Women Athletes in October 2008, making her debut at Volume 21 along with Madison Eagles as the Pink Ladies,[17][18] participating in a tag team gauntlet match to determine the inaugural Shimmer Tag Team Champions, but were the first team eliminated.[17][19] Kay made her singles debut in Shimmer with a loss to Kellie Skater at Volume 24.[12][20][21]

At Volume 33 in September 2010, Kay defeated Nicole Matthews,[22][23] after having lost to Matthews earlier that year in April at Volume 30.[24][25] She followed up with an upset victory over Ayako Hamada and Sara Del Rey in a three-way match by pinning former Shimmer Champion Del Rey at Volume 34.[16][22][26] As a result, later in September 2010, Kay was granted a title match against her trainer and former tag partner, Shimmer Champion Madison Eagles at Volume 35, but failed to win.[22][27][28]

After her failed title challenge, Kay continued her feud with Nicole Matthews. At Volume 36, she teamed up with Tenille, challenging The Canadian NINJAs (Matthews and Portia Perez) for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship, but were defeated.[21][22] However, she gained a victory over the Canadian NINJAs at Volume 38 while teaming with Serena.[21][29] Kay concluded her feud with Matthews with a loss in a two-out-of-three falls match at Volume 39 in March 2011.[21][29]

In March 2012, victories over Mia Yim at Volume 45 and former Shimmer Champion MsChif at Volume 46 led to Kay receiving another shot at the Shimmer Championship,[16][30] but lost to defending champion Cheerleader Melissa at Volume 47.[31][32] At Volume 53 in April 2013, Kay was defeated by Madison Eagles in Eagles' return match.[33][34] At Volume 57, Kay defeated Mercedes Martinez.[35][36]

Other promotions (2008–2015)

Other than wrestling for Shimmer, Kay has also wrestled for other American promotions, including Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and Ring of Honor (ROH) in 2008,[37][38] and Chikara in 2011.[39] She also wrestled for the Canadian promotion NCW Femmes Fatales in 2012.[40] Kay debuted for the American promotion Shine Wrestling at Shine 9 in April 2014, with a victory in a six-person tag team match, teaming with Kellie Skater and Shazza McKenzie to defeat Nikki Roxx, Santana and Mia Yim.[41]

WWE

NXT (2015–present)

Kay prior to a match at WrestleMania Axxess in April 2016

Kay received a tryout with WWE during their tour of Australia in August 2014.[2] On 13 April 2015, WWE announced Kay as part of a new class of NXT trainees.[8] Kay made her televised in-ring debut on the 10 June episode of NXT, where she competed in a losing effort against Becky Lynch.[4] On 7 August, She was given the new ring name Billie Kay.[10] After competing in most of her matches at NXT as a face,[42][43] Kay competed on her first match as a heel on the 21 October episode of NXT, losing to Asuka.[44] Through the end of 2015, Kay started being managed by fellow wrestler, Sylvester Lefort, during multiple NXT live events,[45][46] however it did not last for long after Lefort was released from his contract in February 2016.[47]

On the 13 January 2016 episode of NXT, Kay competed in a number one contender's battle royal for Bayley's NXT Women's Championship, which was won by Carmella.[48] After a long hiatus from live in-ring televised action, Kay returned on the 30 June episode of SmackDown, where she worked as a jobber losing to Dana Brooke, in which would be Billie's first appearance for the WWE's main roster.[49] Kay finally made her return to NXT television on 27 July, where she achieved her first live victory in the company by defeating Santana Garrett.[50] After asking NXT's general manager William Regal a match at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II on the 17 August episode of NXT, she was granted one against the debutant Ember Moon.[51] At the event on 20 August, Kay was defeated by Moon.[52] Following a brief hiatus, Kay returned on the 21 September episode of NXT, where she defeated Aliyah.[53] After accompanying her new ally, Peyton Royce, on the 5 October episode of NXT,[54] she would be accompanied and helped by her to defeat Liv Morgan one week later on the 12 October episode of NXT.[55] On the 16 November episode of NXT, Kay along with Royce attacked Morgan during a match between both that ended in disqualification, before Aliyah and Ember Moon saved her.[56] This resulted in a six-women tag team match at NXT TakeOver: Toronto that was taped and aired for the 23 November episode of NXT, in which Aliyah, Moon and Morgan defeated Kay, Royce and their mysterious partner Daria Berenato.[57]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

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