Taynara Conti

Taynara Melo de Carvalho (born 9 June 1995),[5] better known by the ring name Tay Conti, is a Brazilian professional wrestler and judoka signed to All Elite Wrestling. She is also known for her time in WWE, where she wrestled on the NXT brand under the ring name Taynara Conti.

Tay Conti
Conti in January 2020
Birth nameTaynara Melo de Carvalho
Born (1995-06-09) June 9, 1995
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Jorge Conti
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(m. 2016)​
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Tay Conti[1]
Taynara Conti[2]
Billed height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Billed weight125 lb (57 kg)
Billed fromRio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]
Trained byDustin Rhodes
WWE Performance Center[3]
DebutApril 1, 2017 (2017-04-01)[4]

Early life

Conti holds a black belt in judo and a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.[3] She participated in trials for the Brazilian Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics prior to joining WWE.[2]

Conti began in the artistic gymnastics in CR Vasco da Gama, but soon migrated to the martial arts. First, Conti fought for the project "Brasil vale ouro" (Brazil is worth gold) and later went to "Instituto Reação", by judoka Flávio Canto. Conti was a regional champion and four-time state champion. In addition, she was a four-time Brazilian runner-up. She joined the Brazilian team and participated in the European circuit in Portugal and Germany.[6]

Professional wrestling career

WWE (2016–2020)

Conti was announced as having signed with WWE, and reported to the WWE Performance Center in October 2016.[3] She made her professional wrestling debut at WrestleMania Axxess in Orlando, Florida on April 1, 2017, competing against Sarah Bridges in a losing effort.[7] She took part in the inaugural Mae Young Classic, during which she lost to Lacey Evans during the first round of the tournament.[8]

Conti appeared on television on the October 11 episode of NXT, interfering in a triple threat match between Nikki Cross, Peyton Royce, and Liv Morgan on behalf of The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly) to prevent Cross from winning the match.[9][10] This led to a match between Conti and Cross on the November 1 episode of NXT, where Conti lost.[11] On April 8, 2018, Conti made her WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania 34, competing in the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, becoming the first female Brazilian to compete at WrestleMania.[12] Later in the year, Conti qualified for the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament after she defeated Vanessa Borne.[13] She defeated Jessie Elaban in the first round but lost to Lacey Lane in the second round.[14][15]

On April 20, 2020, Conti was released from her WWE contract as a result of budget cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [16] Like all other talent released, she remained under the 90-day no compete clause, which expired on July 23, 2020.

All Elite Wrestling (2020–present)

In August 2020, Conti appeared for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), participating in the AEW Women's Tag Team Cup Tournament: The Deadly Draw and teaming with Anna Jay. The team defeated Nyla Rose and Ariane Andrew in the quarterfinals but lost to Ivelisse and Diamante during the semifinals.[17][18] On the August 26 episode of Dynamite, she received a contract from the stable The Dark Order to join them.[19] On September 9, AEW announced that Conti had signed with the company.[1] On the January 13 episode of Dynamite, Conti competed for the NWA World Women's Championship for the first time, in a losing effort.

Championships and accomplishments

References
  1. Satin, Ryan (September 9, 2020). "AEW Confirms Tay Conti Is Now "All Elite"". Pro Wrestling Sheet. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. "Taynara Conti". WWE. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  3. "WWE Performance Center welcomes new class of recruits". WWE. October 25, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  4. "Taynara Conti". Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  5. Nason, Josh (February 7, 2020). "Taynara Conti leaves NXT following disagreement". F4Wonline.com. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  6. "Ex-atleta da seleção brasileira troca judô pela luta-livre e vira estrela nos EUA". Rede Globo. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  7. "Atualizado (02/04): Resultados dos combates realizados na WrestleMania Axxess". Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  8. "WWE Mae Young Classic episode four results: Kairi Sane debuts". August 31, 2017.
  9. Trionfo, Richard (October 11, 2017). "WWE NXT REPORT: GARGANO VERSUS ALMAS, THE NEXT QUALIFIER FOR THE WOMEN'S TITLE MATCH, BURCH VERSUS SULLIVAN, DREAM VERSUS RUSH, AND MORE". PWInsider.
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  11. Johnson, Mike (November 1, 2017). "WWE NXT SPOILERS FOR TONIGHT". PWInsider.
  12. Carapola, Stuart (April 8, 2018). "COMPLETE WRESTLEMANIA 34 KICKOFF SHOW COVERAGE". PWInsider.
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  14. Trionfo, Richard (September 26, 2018). "WWE MAE YOUNG CLASSIC REPORT: THE SECOND ROUND IS SET: IO SHIRAI, RACHEL EVERS, HIROYO MATSUMOTO, NICOLE MATTHEWS, AND MORE". PWInsider.
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  16. Johnson, Mike (April 17, 2020). "WWE RELEASES CONTINUE (UPDATED AGAIN)". PWInsider. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  17. Lambert, Jeremy (August 3, 2020). "AEW Women's Tag Team Cup Tournament: Deadly Draw Results (8/3): Veda, Shaul Guerrero, Madusa Appear". Fightful. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  18. Powell, Jason (August 17, 2020). "8/17 AEW Deadly Draw tournament results: Powell's live review of Diamante and Ivelisse vs. Tay Conti and Anna Jay, and Brandi Rhodes and Allie vs. Big Swole and Lil' Swole in semifinal tournament matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  19. Powell, Jason (August 27, 2020). "8/27 AEW Dynamite results: Powell's live review of FTR vs. Best Friends vs. The Young Bucks vs. Dustin Rhodes and QT Marshall in a gauntlet match for a shot at the AEW Tag Titles, Jon Moxley vs. MJF contract signing for the AEW Championship match at All Out, Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara in a tables match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  20. "The PWI Top 100 Female Wrestlers in the World". November 1, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
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