Shotzi Blackheart
Ashley Louise Urbanski (born March 14, 1992) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Shotzi (shortened from her previous ring name Shotzi Blackheart) and is one half of the tag team Shotzi & Nox along with Tegan Nox.[5]
On October 15, 2019, it was reported that Blackheart had signed with WWE and would report to the WWE Performance Center.[13] Blackheart made her debut on a live NXT house show on December 5, 2019, losing to Chelsea Green. She made her televised debut on December 18 episode of NXT in a loss to Bianca Belair.[14] On the January 15, 2020, episode of NXT, Blackheart entered a battle royal for an NXT Women’s Championship opportunity at NXT TakeOver: Portland, where she eliminated Shayna Baszler.[15]
This led to a match against Baszler on the following episode, where Blackheart lost to Baszler.[16] At the Royal Rumble, Blackheart entered the women’s Royal Rumble match at number 26 before being eliminated by Baszler, managing to last until the final seven in the match.[17] Additionally, she was attacked backstage by Deonna Purrazzo after the match, resulting in a match between the two on the January 29, 2020, episode, where Blackheart defeated Purrazzo.[18] On the June 17 episode of NXT, Blackheart teamed with Tegan Nox to challenge Bayley and Sasha Banks for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful.[19]
On the September 16 episode of NXT, Blackheart challenged the NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai in a non-title match, but was unsuccessful. At NXT: Halloween Havoc on October 28, she served as the host during that episode, preventing Shirai during her match against Candice LeRae from being a attacked by a mysterious person wearing a Ghostface mask (later revealed as indi Hartwell).[20] She formed an alliance with Rhea Ripley, Io Shirai and Ember Moon to compete at the Takeover: WarGames pay-per-view, where they faced off against LeRae, Storm, Raquel González and Dakota Kai in a WarGames match, which her team lost.
On the March 10, 2021, episode of NXT, Blackheart and Ember Moon, defeated Kai and González to win the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship, her first title in NXT.[21] At NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver, they successfully retained the titles against The Way (Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell). On the May 4 episode of NXT, Blackheart and Moon dropped the titles to The Way in a Street Fight, ending their reign at 55 days.
