Shayna Baszler

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Shayna Baszler 2007

Shayna Baszler 2007
Data
size 1.70 m
Weight 62 kg
nationality United StatesUnited States
Date of birth 8 August 1980 (age 40)
place of birth Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Fighting style Submission , catch wrestling
MMA statistics
Victories 15th
Knockout 1
task 13
Points 1
Defeats 11
Knockout 6th
task 2
Points 3

Shayna Andrea Baszler (born August 8, 1980 in Sioux Falls , South Dakota ) is an American wrestler and former mixed martial arts fighter who is currently competing on the WWE Raw brand of World Wrestling Entertainment .

Life

Education and training

Shayna Baszler grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Her father is of German descent while her mother has Chinese ancestry.

Shayna Baszler attended MidAmerica Nazarene University , where she studied theology . However, shortly after graduating, she started training MMA. Her coach was former UFC fighter Josh Barnett and catch wrestler Billy Robinson . In addition to MMA training, Barnett also worked on Baszler's personality and trained her for interviews. He advised her to take a guitar to the MMA cage as a sign of an open-minded and direct personality. ESP's guitar would become their trademark at the UFC. He also gave her the nickname "Queen of Spades," based on the card tricks she performed from time to time.

MMA career

Shayna Baszler had her first professional fight on June 3, 2006 against Amanda Buckner at Mix Fighting Championship . There she was defeated by her opponent after a technical knockout . Her second fight took place again at New Fight Films on March 10, 2007. She won against Samantha Anderson with the Kimura, an elbow lever that Masahiko Kimura introduced in judo and which became her trademark from then on.

On July 27, 2007, she made her debut for the Elite Xtreme Combat organization . There she won three fights against Jan Finney , Jennifer Tate and Keiko Tamai within a year and rose to the top fighters in the league. At the major event EliteXC: Unfinished Business broadcast by CBS on July 26, 2008, she was defeated by Cris Cyborg via TKO. After EliteXC closed on October 20, 2008, Baszler moved to Strikeforce . There she had two fights. On June 19, 2009, she lost to Sarah Kaufman by referee decision. On January 30, 2010, she faced Megumi Yabushita and won by submission.

From 2010 to 2012 she worked for various organizations. Her greatest achievement was winning the TCI Women's 140 lbs Championship and the FCF Women's Bantamweight Grand Prix Championship .

In 2012 Baszler entered for the Invicta Fighting Championships . Her first fight was against Sara McMann as the main fight of the evening on July 28, 2012 at Invicta FC 2: Baszler vs. McMan . She lost after a controversial referee decision. On October 6, 2012, she defeated Sarah D'Alelio and on January 5, 2013, she was defeated by Alexis Davis.

In 2013 she came to Ultimate Fighting Championship , where she appeared in the television series The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate performed. She chose Ronda Rousey to join her team after a fight against Colleen Schneider . However, she lost her first fight against Julianna Peña . Also in the next season of the series The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Canada vs. Australia was supposed to compete but had to withdraw due to an injury.

She then went to UFC 177 and lost to Bethe Correia . Also at the UFC Fight Night 62 she was unsuccessful and lost to Amanda Nunes . She then asked for her release to pursue a career in wrestling.

Wrestling career

Shayna Baszler
Shayna Baszler 2018

Shayna Baszler 2018
Data
Surname Shayna Andrea Baszler
Ring name Shayna Baszler
Additions to names The Queen Of Spades
height 170 cm
Fighting weight 62 kg
birth August 8, 1980
Sioux Falls , South Dakota , USA
nationality United StatesUnited States United States
Announced from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Trained by Josh Barnett
Mercedes Martinez
WWE Performance Center
debut March 1, 2015

Independent (2015-2017)

On March 1, 2015, Shayna Baszler made her debut on the ROH 13th Anniversary Show of the Ring of Honor (ROH) when she accompanied the ReDRagon tag team ( Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly ) to the ring and held a promo after their match . She made her in-ring debut on September 26, 2015 at Quintessential Pro Wrestling (QPG) in Reno Nevada. She lost her first fight against cheerleader Melissa and was attacked after the match by Nicole Matthews , with whom she subsequently feuded. She then went to Absolute Intense Wrestlin (AIW), World Wonder Ring Stardom and Shimmer Women Athletes , where she met Mercedes Martinez , who she trained from then on alongside Josh Barnett.

WWE (since 2017)

On July 13, 2017, Baszler competed for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for the first time. She was part of the Mae Young Classics tournament and lost to Kairi Sane in the final . She then signed with WWE NXT and trained at the WWE Performance Center. She made her NXT debut on December 27, 2017 when she attacked Kairi Sane. In her first match on January 10, 2018, she defeated Dakota Kai . A feud began with Ember Moon that eventually ended with winning the NXT Women's Championship at the NXT TakeOver: New Orleans . She lost the title after 133 days against Kairi Sane, but won a rematch and became the first two-time champion of the title. She held the title for 416 days. before losing him to Rhea Ripley on December 18, 2019 . Together with the 133-day first reign, it broke Asuka's record of 523 days. In 2020 she made her debut on the main roster on Raw .

On August 30, 2020, she won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship together with Nia Jax . For this they defeated Bayley and Sasha Banks .

successes

Baszler as NXT Women's Champion

Mixed martial arts

  • Freestyle cage fighting
    • FCF Women's Bantamweight Grand Prix Championship (1 ×)
  • Invicta FC
  • The Cage Inc.
    • TCI Women's 140 lbs Championship (1 ×, first)

Wrestling

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Steven Marocco: SHAYNA BASZLER: The Not-So-Cruel Tutelage of Josh Barnett. FCfighter.com, April 14, 2008, archived from the original ; accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Marc Madison: 5 things you need to know about WWE NXT women's champion Shayna Baszler. Sportskeeda, accessed December 22, 2019 .
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  8. ^ Robert Sargent: Freestyle Cage Fighting 39 Live Results. MMArising.com, January 30, 2010, accessed December 22, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Weekend Recap: Baszler, Pene Win At The Cage Inc. MMArising.com, November 22, 2010, accessed December 22, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Robert Sargent: Shayna Baszler Wins FCF Women's Grand Prix. MMArising.com, June 13, 2010, accessed December 22, 2019 .
  11. ^ Robert Sargent: McMann, Baszler Discuss Invicta FC 2 Fight Of The Night. MMArising.com, July 29, 2012, accessed December 22, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Robert Sargent: TUF 18 Episode 2 Recap: Julianna Peña Submits Shayna Baszler. MMArising.com, September 11, 2013, accessed December 22, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Guilherme Cruz: Amanda Nunes replaces Shayna Baszler, meets Sarah Kaufman at the TUF Nations Finale. MMAfighting.com, April 3, 2014, accessed December 22, 2019 .
  14. ↑ 5 Things You Didn't Know About Shayna Baszler's MMA Career: 3. Baszler Never Won An Official Fight In The UFC. Whatculture.com, accessed December 22, 2019 .
  15. ↑ CJ Tuttle: Video: Watch UFC Fighter Shayna Baszler Help Cut a Professional Wrestling Promo in Ring of Honor.Sherdog.com, March 6, 2015, accessed December 22, 2019 .
  16. ↑ John Clapp: Shayna Baszler def. Mercedes Martinez in a semifinal match. WWE.com, September 4, 2017, accessed December 23, 2019 .
  17. ↑ WWE Mae Young Classic finals live results: Baszler vs. Sane. Wrestling Observer, September 12, 2017, accessed December 23, 2019 .
  18. ↑ John Duffy: Shayna Baszler Becomes the longest NXT Women's Champion with her combined reigns. Diva Dirt, December 12, 2019, accessed December 23, 2019 .
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  20. ↑ 海外 絶 賛 流出 中 の ア イ ア ン マ ン ヘ ビ ー メ タ ル 級 王座 の 動向 ＜ 4 月 1 日 分 ＞. In: DDT Pro-Wrestling . Archived from the original on April 3, 2017 ; accessed on April 3, 2017 (jp).
  21. ↑ IndyGurlz Australia Championship. West Australian Pro Wrestling, archived from the original on September 30, 2015 ; Retrieved April 7, 2014 .
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  23. ↑ NHPW Global Conflict. West Australian Pro Wrestling, accessed April 27, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm: PREMIER Women's Championship. In: CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database. www.cagematch.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Becky Lynch tops PWI Women's 100 list. Diva Dirt, October 31, 2019, accessed October 31, 2019 .
  26. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm: QPW Quintapalooza! In: CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database. www.cagematch.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  27. ↑ Justin Barrasso: Counting down the top 10 women's wrestlers of 2018. SI.com, December 28, 2018, accessed June 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Baszler, Shayna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baszler, Shayna Andrea (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler and former MMA fighter
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Sioux Falls , South Dakota