Naomi
Trinity Fatu[6] (née McCray; born November 30, 1987)[7] is an American professional wrestler and dancer. She is currently signed to WWE, performing on the Smackdown brand under the ring name Naomi.
In August 2009, Fatu signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was assigned to its past developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where she was the inaugural FCW Divas Champion. In August 2010, she competed in the all-female third season of NXT, where she came in second place. In January 2012, she made her main roster debut alongside Cameron, forming The Funkadactyls. Since July 2013, Naomi has appeared as one of the main cast members of the reality television series Total Divas.
In February 2017, Naomi won the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship at the Elimination Chamber event, becoming the first African-American woman to capture the title. After vacating the title due to injury, Naomi regained the championship two months later at WrestleMania 33, and became the inaugural winner of the WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal at the following year’s WrestleMania.
On the January 9, 2012, Naomi made her main roster debut on Raw alongside Cameron as valets for Brodus Clay, with the duo dubbed The Funkadactyls.[20] On the TLC pre-show on December 16, Naomi scored a victory in a Santa’s Little Helpers battle royal, earning a match against Divas Champion Eve Torres later that night, where she lost.[21][22] On the March 15, 2013, episode of SmackDown, The Funkadactyls were attacked backstage by The Bella Twins.[23] The Funkadactyls, Clay, and Tensai, collectively known as Tons of Funk, were originally set to face Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow) and the Bella Twins in an eight-person mixed tag team match at WrestleMania 29, but after the match was cut due to time constraints, it instead took place the following night on Raw, with Tons of Funk coming out victorious.[24]
On the August 26 episode of Raw, Naomi was ringside for a match between Natalya and Brie Bella alongside the cast of Total Divas, also including Cameron, Nikki Bella, Eva Marie, and JoJo, which ended with Divas Champion AJ Lee coming out and cutting a worked shoot promo directed at the women.[25] On the September 15, Naomi competed against Natalya, Brie Bella, and Lee in a fatal four-way match for the Divas Championship at Night of Champions, where Lee retained the title.[26] The cast of Total Divas went on to defeat Lee, Alicia Fox, Aksana, Kaitlyn, Rosa Mendes, Tamina Snuka, and Summer Rae in a traditional elimination tag team match at Survivor Series.[27] On December 15 at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Naomi, Cameron and Tensai abandoned Clay due to his attitude.[28]
In February 2014, Naomi suffered a legitimate displaced fracture of the orbital bone during a match against Aksana on Raw.[29][30] She returned on the March 17 episode of Raw, teaming with Cameron to defeat Lee and Snuka in a tag team match.[31] On April 6 at WrestleMania XXX, Naomi competed in the Vickie Guerrero Invitational match for the Lee’s Divas Championship, where Lee successfully retained her title.[32] At Money in the Bank, Naomi lost to the new Divas Champion Paige in a title match.[33] On the July 7 episode of Raw, Naomi and Cameron lost to Lee and Paige in a tag team match, which caused a brawl to ensue between Cameron and Naomi.[34] Naomi and Cameron faced off on the Battleground pre-show, during which the former lost.[35] Naomi went on to secure a victory over Cameron on the September 15 episode of Raw.[36] At Survivor Series, Naomi participated in a traditional elimination tag team match, where she eliminated Cameron before eventually pinning Paige to get the win for her team in a clean sweep.[37]
