Taynara Conti

Taynara Melo de Carvalho (born June 9, 1995) is a Brazilian professional wrestler and judoka. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she wrestled on the NXT brand under the ring name Taynara Conti.

Taynara Conti
Conti in January 2020
Birth nameTaynara Melo de Carvalho
Born (1995-06-09) June 9, 1995
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, United States
Spouse(s)
Jorge Conti (m. 2016)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Taynara Conti[1]
Tay Conti[2]
Billed height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Billed weight126 lb (57 kg)
Billed fromRio de Janeiro, Brazil[1]
Trained byWWE Performance Center[3]
DebutApril 1, 2017 (2017-04-01)[4]

Early life

De Carvalho holds a black belt in judo and a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and participated in trials for the Brazilian Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics prior to joining WWE.[3][1]

De Carvalho 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.[5]

Professional wrestling career

WWE

De Carvalho 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.[6] Starting the summer of 2017, she began wrestling regularly at house shows and was given the ring name Taynara Conti. Conti also took part in the inaugural Mae Young Classic, however, she was eliminated in the first round by Lacey Evans and was unable to move forward in the tournament.[7]

NXT (2017–2020)

In her television debut, Conti appeared on the October 11 episode of NXT, as she interfered 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), preventing Cross from winning the match.[8][9] This led to a match between the two, that took place on the November 1 episode of NXT, where Conti was defeated by Cross in her first televised singles match.[10] On April 8, 2018, Conti made her WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania 34, competing along with several other NXT women in the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, becoming the first female Brazilian to compete at WrestleMania.[11] In July (aired on tape delay during September and October), Conti qualified for the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament after she defeated Vanessa Borne.[12] She defeated Jessie Elaban in the first round,[13] but was eliminated by Lacey Lane in the second round of the tournament.[14]

On April 17, 2020, Conti was one of the many releases from WWE as part of budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.[15]

Championships and accomplishments

References
  1. "Taynara Conti". WWE. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  2. https://411mania.com/wrestling/taynara-conti-on-released-shirt-nxt-live-events/
  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. "Ex-atleta da seleção brasileira troca judô pela luta-livre e vira estrela nos EUA". Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  6. "Atualizado (02/04): Resultados dos combates realizados na WrestleMania Axxess". Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  7. "WWE Mae Young Classic episode four results: Kairi Sane debuts". 31 August 2017.
  8. 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.
  9. Trionfo, Richard (October 25, 2017). "WWE NXT REPORT: BATTLE ROYAL, IS THE VELVETEEN DREAM A NIGHTMARE FOR ALEISTER BLACK?, ALMAS VERSUS STRONG, LORCAN AND BURCH TEAM UP, AND MORE". PWInsider.
  10. Johnson, Mike (November 1, 2017). "WWE NXT SPOILERS FOR TONIGHT". PWInsider.
  11. Carapola, Stuart (April 8, 2018). "COMPLETE WRESTLEMANIA 34 KICKOFF SHOW COVERAGE". PWInsider.
  12. Trionfo, Richard (August 8, 2018). "WWE NXT REPORT: BASK IN KEITH LEE'S GLORY, A POOLSIDE SUMMIT, RICOCHET IS SENT A MESSAGE, AND MORE". PWInsider.
  13. 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.
  14. Trionfo, Richard (October 2018). "WWE MAE YOUNG CLASSIC REPORT: SATOMURA VERSUS MARTINEZ, TONI STORM, AND MORE AS THE SECOND ROUND STARTS". PWInsider.
  15. Middleton, Marc (April 17, 2020). "Taynara Conti Reportedly Released From WWE NXT". wrestlinginc.com.
  16. https://wrestlingtravel.org/2018/11/01/pro-wrestling-illustrated-top-100-female-wrestlers-results/
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