Bayley

Pamela Rose Martinez[1] (born June 15, 1989),[8] is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Bayley. She is currently inactive due to an ACL injury.[9]

From 2008 to 2012, she wrestled on the independent circuit under the ring name Davina Rose. Martinez signed with WWE in 2012, and was assigned to the NXT brand where she adopted the ring name Bayley. She captured the NXT Women’s Championship in 2015, and subsequently won the 2015 NXT Year-End Awards for Female Competitor of the Year and Match of the Year for her confrontation with Sasha Banks at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn.

Bayley debuted on the main roster in 2016. Since her debut, she has won the WWE Raw Women’s Championship, the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship and the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship, making her the first women’s Triple Crown Champion and Grand Slam winner in WWE history. She currently holds the record for the longest-reigning SmackDown Women’s Champion. Additionally, she won the 2019 Money in the Bank ladder match and was the first woman to defend a WWE title in Saudi Arabia.

Martinez had been attending shows by Big Time Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion in Northern California, since she was 11.[6][7] In April 2008, she started her professional wrestling career at the age of 18, by attending Big Time Wrestling’s training classes by her head trainer Jason Styles,[6][7] which was one of the reasons why Martinez considered Big Time Wrestling as her home promotion.[6][7] She had her first match in September 2008.[7] On the American independent circuit, Martinez wrestled under the ring name Davina Rose.[12] Rose wrestled for Big Time Wrestling from 2008 to 2012.[13][14] Between 2011 and 2012, Rose branched out to wrestle for other promotions such as NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, Pro Wrestling Destination and Shine Wrestling.[15][16][17]

In October 2010, Rose first met her mentor Serena when they teamed together for a tag team match.[6] In October 2011, Rose made her debut for Shimmer Women Athletes. At the tapings of Shimmer Volume 41–44, she became embroiled in Serena’s feud with the Canadian Ninjas (Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews).[6][7] At the tapings, Rose lost all four matches wrestled including her debut match to Mercedes Martinez.[18] In 2012, Rose continued to wrestle for Shimmer and she received her first victory on Volume 48 as she teamed with Mia Yim to defeat Melanie Cruise and Mena Libra; on Volumes 51 and 52, Rose picked up her first two singles victories in Shimmer with wins over Cherry Bomb and Rhia O’Reilly.[19]