

Bliss successfully captured the title again after defeating Lynch on February 21, 2017, becoming the first two-time SmackDown Women’s Champion. Bliss successfully defended her title in a steel cage match against Lynch on January 17, 2017. (WWE) Bliss even ran the show single-handedly, which was after Wyatt's ouster. SmackDown” tag team match, but her team lost. Referee raises Asuka and Alexa Bliss' hands following a win in the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Tournament. In November 2016, Bliss was featured in the “Raw vs. When they finally met on November 8, Lynch defended her title against Bliss The matchup was postponed, however, as Lynch had an injury. On the September 13 episode of SmackDown Live, Bliss won a five-way match to earn a title match against Lynch at No Mercy on October 9. She defeated Becky Lynch on August 9, her first victory in “SmackDown Live.” She followed this up on August 21 in the SummerSlam, with her and her teammates Natalya and Nikki Bella defeating Lynch, Carmella, and Naomi.

She joined the main roster on July 26 of “SmackDown,” featuring in a segment discussing the women’s division. Women’s Championship.” She defeated former Divas Champion Alicia Fox in the first round but lost to Charlotte in the semi-finals.īliss was drafted to the “SmackDown” brand in 2016. She made her televised in-ring debut on the May 8 episode of N.X.T., playing a glitter fairy gimmick with her ring entrance set to the theme track ‘Bling Bling,’ competing in a tournament for the vacant “N.X.T. Her first televised appearance on the main roster came at WrestleMania XXX on April 6, 2014, when she played a part in Triple H’s entrance. She acted as an unnamed ring announcer for the November 20 episode of N.X.T. roster page and assigned the ring name, Alexa Bliss. On the July 24 episode of N.X.T., she made her first televised appearance, congratulating the inaugural N.X.T. When she was 17 her parents allowed her to get breast augmentation surgery, as a way to help her overcome her eating disorders and to feel more feminine.īliss had no prior wrestling experience when she was signed by W.W.E. At the age of 15, she suffered from a life-threatening eating disorder, but turning to fitness competitions helped her overcome it. She spent time in competitive fitness competitions and competed in the Arnold Classic. She was also a cheerleader at Hilliard Davidson High School and reached Division I status at the University of Akron, where she graduated with an M.A. She has been involved in a range of sports since the age of five, including kickboxing, softball, and gymnastics. Moments after winning their first WWE Womens Tag Team Championship together, Alexa Bliss & Asuka state they knew they could dethrone Damage CTRL.
