Xia Brookside

Xia Brookside
Born Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Parent(s) Robbie Brookside (father)
Professional wrestling career
Billed height 5 ft 3 in (160 cm)[1]
Billed weight 110 lb (50 kg)[1]
Trained by Robbie Brookside[1]
Dean Allmark[1]
Robbie Dynamite[1]
Debut May 16, 2015 (wrestler)[1]

Xia Brookside is an English professional wrestler and valet currently signed to WWE where she performs on the NXT UK brand.[1] The daughter of British wrestling legend Robbie Brookside,[2][3] she is best known for her appearances in World Wonder Ring Stardom and All Star Wrestling.

Professional wrestling career

Independent Circult (2014-2017)

Brookside was trained under her step father, Robbie Brookside, Robbie Dynamite and Dean Allmark.[4] In 2015, Brookside made her in-ring professional wrestling debut for All Star Wrestling where Brookside and El Ligero defeated Kay Lee Ray and Sammy D.[5] In February 2016, Xia made her Insane Championship Wrestling in a ICW Women's Championship three-way match against Kay Lee Ray and Carmel Jacob in a losing effort.[3][6] In May 2016, Brookside took part in the Empress Pro Invitational held by Empress Pro Wrestling where she defeated Toni Storm in the semi-finals and Kay Lee Ray in the tournament finals.[7] On June 26, 2016, Brookside defeated Toni Storm to become Pro Wrestling Ulster Women's champion.[8] In 2017 at a Kamikaze Pro event, Brookside was defeated by Rosemary.[9]

In 2016, Brookside made her Revolution Pro Wrestling debut losing to Jinny Couture.[10]

In 2017, Brookside began working for the Japanese World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. She made her debut teaming with Mari Apache and Gabby Ortiz where they defeated Hiromi Mimura, Konami and Starlight Kid.[11] In her second Stardom match, Brookside and Ortiz defeated Natsuko Tora and Kaori Yoneyama of Team Jungle.[12] During the 2017 5STAR Grand Prix she gained two points by defeating Kris Wolf in the first set of block B matches.[13] After this she would not pick up anymore points during the tournament.

WWE (2018–present)

On July 30, 2018, it was announced that Brookside would be taking part in the second WWE Mae Young Classic in August.[2][14] She lost to Io Shirai on the first round.[15]

Personal life

She is the daughter of British wrestler and current NXT trainer, Robbie Brookside.[3]

Championships and accomplishments

  • Empress Pro Wrestling
    • Empress Pro Invitational (2016)[16]
  • International Pro Wrestling United Kingdom
    • IPW:UK Women's Championship (1 time, current)[17]
  • Pro Wrestling Ulster
    • PWU Women's Championship (1 time)[18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Xia Brookside". Cagematch. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ashley Rayne, Priscilla Kelly and Xia Brookside join Mae Young Classic 2018". WWE. July 30, 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Docking, Neil (February 24, 2016). "Xia Brookside, daughter of Liverpool wrestling great Robbie Brookside, to fight for ICW women's title". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Xia Brookside". Cagematch. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "ASW". Cagematch. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "ICW Hey Look! It's That Mad Wrestling Thing Aff The Telly Tour - Whatever Happened To The ICW Lads?". Cagematch. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Empress Pro #EveryTimeIDie". Cagematch. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "PWU Super Show XII: Boom! Boom! Cabanarama". Cagematch. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Kamikaze Pro Wildfire". Cagematch. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "RevPro Live At The Cockpit 11". Cagematch. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Stardom X Stardom 2017". Cagematch. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "Stardom X Stardom 2017 In Osaka". Cagematch. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Stardom 5STAR Grand Prix 2017 - Tag 1". Cagematch. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  14. ↑ Lake, Jefferson (July 30, 2018). "British wrestler Xia Brookside joins WWE women's Mae Young Classic tournament". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  15. ↑ Powell, Jason (September 26, 2018). "Powell's WWE Mae Young Classic 2018 Ep. 4 Review: Io Shirai vs. Xia Brookside, Rachel Evers vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto, Jessie Elaban vs. Taynara Conti, Isla Dawn vs. Nicole Matthews in the final first round matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Empress Pro Invitational 2016". Cagematch. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  17. ↑ "IPW:UK Women's Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "PWU Women's Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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