Vanessa Borne

Kamela trained with Rikishi and Gangrel at Knokx Pro Entertainment. She made her in-ring debut on March 26, 2016 using her real name Danielle. She was defeated by Pedro in the European Cruiserweight Championship Match.[1]

On April 12, 2016 it was announced that Kamela had signed with WWE, where she was assigned to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.[3] She made her WWE NXT debut shortly after at a live event, under her real name.[7] Her television debut took place on the October 5, 2016, episode of NXT, working as an enhancement talent, where she was defeated by Peyton Royce.[8] She made another appearance on the October 19 episode of NXT, where she was defeated by Nikki Cross, but the decision was later reversed because Cross continued to attack Kamela.[9] On June 28, 2017, Kamela returned to television under the new ring name Vanessa Borne, where she defeated Jayme Hachey in a Mae Young Classic qualifier match.[10] On July 13, she was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Serena Deeb.[11] Towards the rest of the year and the beginning of 2018, Borne continued to compete against various competitors such as Liv Morgan,[12] Nikki Cross,[13] Kairi Sane,[14] and Dakota Kai, however, she ended up on the losing side against all of them.[15][16]

On February 13, 2019, Borne started an alliance with Aliyah, after she helped her defeat Taynara Conti.[17] In their first match together, Borne and Aliyah defeated Conti and Xia Li.[18] On the November 27 episode of NXT, she faced Li in a losing effort after she kayfabe injured Aliyah with a spin kick to her nose.[19][20]