Billie Kay

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Billie Kay
Billie Kay WrestleMania 32 Axxess.jpg
Kay in April 2016
Birth name Jessica McKay
Born (1989-06-23) 23 June 1989 (age 34)
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 10 in (1.78 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]

In June 2007, McKay 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 become 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

She attended the same high school as fellow wrestler Peyton Royce.[2]

McKay began watching wrestling at the age of 10 along 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, McKay excelled in basketball.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Pro Wrestling Alliance Australia (2007–2015)

McKay 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, McKay 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, McKay 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] McKay then enjoyed two successful title defences 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, McKay 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, McKay was defeated by Evie.[14]

Shimmer Women Athletes (2008–2015)

McKay 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] McKay made her singles debut in Shimmer with a loss to Kellie Skater at Volume 24.[12][20][21]

At Volume 33 in September 2010, McKay defeated Nicole Matthews,[22][23] after having lost to Matthews earlier that year in April at Volume 30.[24][25] McKay 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, McKay 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, McKay continued her feud with Nicole Matthews. At Volume 36, McKay teamed up with Tenille, challenging The Canadian NINJAs (Matthews and Portia Perez) for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship, but were defeated.[21][22] However, McKay gained a victory over the Canadian NINJAs at Volume 38 while teaming with Serena.[21][29] McKay 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 McKay 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, McKay was defeated by Madison Eagles in Eagles' return match.[33][34] At Volume 57, McKay defeated Mercedes Martinez.[35][36]

Other promotions (2008–2015)

Other than wrestling for Shimmer, McKay 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] McKay also wrestled for the Canadian promotion NCW Femmes Fatales in 2012.[40] McKay 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 posing during the WWE WrestleMania Axxess before a match in April 2016

McKay received a tryout with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) during their tour of Australia in August 2014.[2] On 13 April 2015, WWE announced McKay as part of a new class of NXT trainees.[8] McKay made her debut on the 10 June episode of NXT, where she competed in a losing effort against Becky Lynch.[4] On 7 August, McKay 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 villainess on the 21 October episode of NXT, losing to Asuka.[44] 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.[45]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

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