Arianna Grace
Arianna Grace | |
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Birth name | Bianca Sophia Carelli[1] |
Born | (1997-06-29) June 29, 1997 (age 27) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada[2] |
Parent(s) | Santino Marella (father) |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Arianna Grace[3] Bianca Carelli[4] |
Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Billed weight | 138 lb (63 kg) |
Trained by | Tyson Dux[5] |
Debut | 2018[6] |
Bianca Sophia Carelli (born June 29, 1997) is a Canadian professional wrestler and beauty pageant competitor now signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name Arianna Grace on the NXT brand. She is the daughter of Santino Marella, making her a second-generation professional wrestler.
Early life
Bianca Carelli was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada to Petrina and professional wrestler Anthony Carelli, who is best known for his time in WWE as Santino Marella, and currently works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). At a young age, Carelli took part in live theater performances, improvisation competitions, competitive dance and beauty pageants. She won the Miss Teen Ontario-World pageant in 2013 at age 17 and she graduated from Western University in London, Ontario, Canada with a Bachelor's degree in biology. Carelli also has extensive training in MMA fighting with a focus on Judo, Jiu Jitsu and Boxing.[7][8][9][10]
Professional wrestling career
National Wrestling Alliance (2018–2022)
Carelli began training in 2018 under independent wrestler Tyson Dux in Canada and she made her debut on June 9, 2018. At NWA EmPowerrr in 2021, Carelli competed in the NWA Women's Invitational Cup Gauntlet, which was won by Chelsea Green. She went on to compete on several independent shows in Florida before being signed by WWE in March 2022.[11][12]
WWE (2022–present)
On March 17, 2022, it was announced that Carelli had signed with WWE where she would report to the NXT brand.[13] On the April 29 episode of NXT Level Up, she made her debut under the ring name Arianna Grace where she defeated Amari Miller.[14] She was soon announced as a participant in the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament where she was defeated by Nikkita Lyons in the first round on the May 10 episode of NXT.[15] On the August 10 episode of NXT, Grace earned her first televised win by defeating Thea Hail. In October, Grace suffered a torn ACL injury which sidelined her for a year.[16][17]
Grace made her in-ring return on the August 29, 2023 episode of NXT Level Up losing to Fallon Henley. Now portraying a beauty pageant gimmick calling herself "Miss NXT", Grace made her televised return in the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament in October where she defeated Brinley Reece in the first round but lost to Kelani Jordan in the semi-finals.[18][19][20] On the January 16, 2024 episode of NXT, Grace participated in an NXT Women's Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal which was won by Roxanne Perez.[21] On the March 12 episode of NXT, Grace defeated Gigi Dolin by disqualification with the stipulation that if Dolin lost, Grace had to give her a makeover. However, this storyline was dropped after Dolin suffered a knee injury.[22][23] On the June 25 episode of NXT, Grace fought Sol Ruca for an opportunity at the NXT Women's North American Championship at NXT Heatwave against Kelani Jordan but was defeated. The following week on NXT, after Karmen Petrovic challenged Jacy Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx to a tag team match at NXT Heatwave, NXT General Manager Ava assigned Grace as Petrovic's partner much to Petrovic's dismay. At the NXT Heatwave pre-show, Grace and Petrovic defeated Jayne and Nyx. After the match, Grace and Petrovic had a disagreement on who contributed to the match victory, to which Ava booked a match between them on that week's NXT, where Grace was defeated.[24][25][26][27][28]
Personal life
Carelli is of Italian, Pakistani, Métis and Finnish descent.[29] Carelli is currently in a relationship with American professional wrestler Mitchell Lavalley, better known by the ring name Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo.[30] In 2023, she competed in the Miss Universe Canada beauty pageant where she finished in the top 20.[31]
References
- ^ "Bianca Sophia Carelli Profile". Miss Universe Canada. August 20, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "Arianna Grace Cagematch". Cagematch. January 30, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "Arianna Grace". WWE. April 30, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "Arianna Grace Cagematch". Cagematch. January 30, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "Arianna Grace Cagematch". Cagematch. January 30, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "Arianna Grace Cagematch". Cagematch. January 30, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "Hello from Bianca Carelli, Miss Teen Ontario–World 2013".
- ^ "Miss Teen Ontario World 2013!". Miss Teenage Canada. January 25, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
I would like to congratulate 17 year old Bianca Carelli from Toronto for obtaining the title of Miss Teen Ontario!
- ^ "WWE welcomes newest class of recruits to the WWE Performance Center". WWE.com. March 17, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "Bianca Sophia Carelli Profile". Miss Universe Canada. August 20, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "Arianna Grace Cagematch". Cagematch. January 30, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "NWA Empowerrr 2021 Results". Cagematch. August 28, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "WWE welcomes newest class of recruits to the WWE Performance Center". WWE.com. March 17, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "WWE NXT Level Up Results: April 29, 2022". WWE.com. April 29, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "WWE NXT results: May 10, 2022". WWE.com. May 10, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "WWE NXT Results: August 9, 2022". WWE.com. August 9, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "Day 28 post ACL surgery! Finally get to sleep with my knee brace off & Can walk without crutches. Still get sore very easily and my knee is not 100% of course but every day is better than the one before it and for that, I am grateful! #aclrecovery #comeback #wwenxt #selfie". Instagram. November 16, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "WWE NXT Level Up Results: September 29, 2023". WWE.com. September 29, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "WWE NXT Results: October 17, 2023". WWE.com. October 17, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
- ^ "Halloween Havoc Week One results, October 24, 2023". WWE.com. October 24, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "WWE NXT Results: January 16, 2024 Results". WWE.com. January 16, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "WWE NXT Results: March 12, 2024". WWE.com. March 12, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ Currier, Joseph (June 21, 2024). "WWE NXT wrestler Gigi Dolin believed to have suffered torn ACL". F4W Online. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "WWE NXT results: June 25, 2024". WWE.com. June 25, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "WWE NXT Results: July 2, 2024". WWE.com. July 2, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (July 2, 2024). "Arianna Grace And Karmen Petrovic vs. Jacy Jayne And Jazmyn Nyx Added To NXT Heatwave". Fightful. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ Powell, Jason (July 7, 2024). "NXT Heatwave results: Moore's live review of Trick Williams vs. Ethan Page vs. Je'Von Evans vs. Shawn Spears for the NXT Championship, Roxanne Perez vs. Lola Vice for the NXT Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
- ^ "WWE NXT results: July 9, 2024". WWE.com. July 9, 2024. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ "Arianna Grace Bio". Instagram. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
🧬Italian, Pakistani, Métis & Finnish
- ^ Hamdy, Ahmed (March 8, 2023). ""Love you" - When Santino Marella's daughter confirmed that she is dating current WWE star". Sportskeeda. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ "I am so proud myself, and all of the amazing women who participated in the @missuniversecanada pageant. I have been out of the ring for quite some time due to my injury and this was a fantastic way for me to use this time to grow as a person and do something I had always dreamed of doing. I am so happy to say…. we did the damn thing! I placed top 20 and I feel so happy and fulfilled!!!". Instagram. August 20, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
External links
- Arianna Grace on WWE.com
- Arianna Grace's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
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