Nikki Cross

This article is about the professional wrestler. For the retired soccer player, see Niki Cross.
Nikki Cross

Cross (then as Nikki Storm) in April 2014
Birth name Nicola Glencross[1]
Born (1989-04-21) 21 April 1989[1]
Glasgow, Scotland,
United Kingdom[1][2]
Residence Orlando, Florida,
United States[3]
Alma mater University of Glasgow[4]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Nikki Storm[1][5]
Nicola Storm[2]
Nicola Glencross[2]
Nikki Glencross[6]
Nikki Cross[7]
Billed height 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)[1][5]
Billed weight 117 lb (53 kg)[5]
Billed from Glasgow, Scotland[7]
Trained by Damian O'Connor[4]
Robbie Brookside[4]
Fergal Devitt[4]
Johnny Kidd[4]
Paul Tracey[4]
Debut 20 September 2008[8]

Nicola Glencross[1] (born 21 April 1989) is a Scottish professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Nikki Cross,[7] performing on their developmental territory NXT.

Cross previously wrestled on the independent circuit under the ring name Nikki Storm, most notably for Insane Championship Wrestling, Pro-Wrestling: EVE, and Shimmer Women Athletes.

Early life

Nicola Glencross was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She began watching professional wrestling at 10 years old.[9]

Cross graduated from the University of Glasgow with a Bachelor of Arts in history. She is also a qualified fitness instructor and personal trainer.[1][4]

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2008–2015)

Cross began training at Scottish Wrestling Alliance and made her debut for the promotion in September 2008 under the ring name Nikki Storm.[4] She then began working on the English independent circuit, and became a mainstay for promotions such as Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), where she debuted in February 2010,[5][8] and Pro-Wrestling: EVE, where she held the Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship three times.[8] In 2013, she toured Japan with JWP Joshi Puroresu, and made appearances for World Wonder Ring Stardom in Summer 2015.[4][8] In October 2013, Cross began wrestling for American all-female promotions Shimmer Women Athletes, Shine Wrestling and Women Superstars Uncensored.[8] She has also wrestled for Global Force Wrestling (GFW), Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW), World Wide Wrestling League (W3L), Queens of Combat, and World Xtreme Wrestling.[2][8]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2014)

Cross competed in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)'s British Boot Camp 2, which began airing in October 2014, however she failed to win.[1]

WWE

NXT (2016–present)

Cross received a tryout with WWE at London on the autumn of 2015,[10] and in April 2016, she was announced as one of ten signees that had began training at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.[11] She debuted for WWE NXT on April 22 during a live event.[12] In August, it was announced via a Facebook live video that she would be competing under the new ring name Nikki Cross.[13] Under the ring name Nikki Glencross, she made her first televised appearance and in–ring debut on the August 17 episode of NXT, where she competed in a six-woman tag team match along with Carmella, and Liv Morgan, in which they defeated Daria Berenato, Mandy Rose, and Alexa Bliss.[6]

On the October 12 episode of NXT, Cross returned as a heel while she was introduced as part of the debuting stable, SAnitY, along with Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young, and Sawyer Fulton, she and Young would accompany Fulton and Wolfe for their winning effort against Bobby Roode and Tye Dillinger in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.[14] One week later, on the October 19 episode of NXT, Cross made her televised singles debut and achieved her first live victory by defeating Danielle Kamela, however, the decision was reversed when Cross continued to attack Kamela after the match.[15]

In wrestling

Cross performing a swinging fisherman's neckbreaker on LuFisto

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Docking, Neil (April 14, 2016). "Why Scottish wrestling star Nikki Storm should shine in WWE NXT". The Daily Mirror. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Nikki Storm". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ Lamont, Colan (May 17, 2016). "Fitness instructor takes wrestling world by Nikki Storm as she becomes first Scots woman to join WWE NXT". The Daily Record. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Nikki Storm". World Wonder Ring Stardom. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Nikki Storm". Insane Championship Wrestling. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Richard, Trionfo (August 17, 2016). "WWE NXT REPORT: WHAT COULD GO WRONG WITH OPPONENTS IN THE SAME ROOM?, ITAMI IN ACTION, SIX WOMAN TAG MATCH WITH SOME DEBUTS, A LOOK AT TAKEOVER, AND MORE". PWInsider. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 "Nikki Cross". WWE. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Nikki Storm". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  9. ↑ Fordy, Tom (August 2, 2016). "'We're not divas': Meet the Scottish WWE star leading the women's wrestling revolution". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Is NXT recruit Nicola Glencross the 'Best in the Galaxy'? The former Nikki Storm speaks out". WWE.com. May 5, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  11. ↑ "WWE Performance Center welcomes new class of recruits". WWE.com. April 12, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  12. ↑ "NXT Tampa Show". The Internet Wrestling Database.
  13. ↑ "Nikki Storm gets NXT name". squaredcirclesirens.com. August 13, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  14. 1 2 Richard, Trionfo (October 12, 2016). "WWE NXT REPORT: DOES JOE GET HIS TITLE OR DOES HE GET NAKAMURA?, THE DUSTY CLASSIC CONTINUES, SANITY COMES TO FULL SAIL, WERE ROODE AND DILLINGER GLORIOUS?, AND MORE". PWInsider. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  15. ↑ Richard, Trionfo (October 19, 2016). "WWE NXT REPORT: NAKAMURA HAS A MESSAGE FOR JOE, THE DUSTY CLASSIC CONTINUES WITH A STRONG PERFORMANCE, NIKKI CROSS IN ACTION, AND MORE". PWInsider. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Nikki Storm". Preston City Wrestling. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  17. 1 2 3 "Nikki Storm". Shine Wrestling. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Millennium". iTunes. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  19. ↑ "WWE: Controlled Chaos (SAnitY) - Single". iTunes. Retrieved October 18, 2016.

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