

Newell debuted her Luchadora The Explorer character on 24 January 2015, teaming with Brookes in a loss to The Anti-Fun Police ( Damian Dunne and Ryan Smile).

Later that night, Newell and Austin lost the championship to Mike Bird in a handicap match. Firstly she defeated Lana Austin and later in the evening teamed with Austin to defeat Mark Andrews and Pete Dunne to win the Attack! 24/7 Championship for the second time in her career. Newell debuted for Attack! Pro Wrestling in July 2014, competing three times on the same show. Newell was interviewed by SoCal Val.Īttack! Pro Wrestling (2013–2017) She won an all expenses paid trip via Challenge TV. Newell made a one-time appearance on Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling at their pay-per-view event Slammiversary XI as a fan under her real name. Professional wrestling career Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2013) Despite playing football for the majority of her youth, Newell grew up as a fan of professional wrestling after being introduced to it at the age of five and cites Molly Holly as her favourite female wrestler and dream opponent. Outside of football, she played netball and tag rugby. She said that the encouragement of her late grandfather to pursue a career in professional wrestling was her main inspiration. Shortly after quitting football, she found a professional wrestling school in Port Talbot and began training under Dave Stewart and "Wild Boar" Mike Hitchman. When she finally turned 16, she gave up football, instead planning on taking a long hiatus from all sports, citing her knee injury and a lack of passion for the sport as her reasons. At age 13, she suffered a knee injury which would ultimately cost her a place on the Wales Under-16 team. As a little girl, Newell played football for a number of teams in her area and at one point took part in trials for both Cardiff City and the Welsh national team. Steffanie Newell was born on 15 November 1994 in Bargoed, Wales, 15 miles north of Cardiff. 3 Professional wrestling style and persona.2.1 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2013).
