Emma (wrestler)

Emma
Born (1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 (age 35)[1]
Boronia, Victoria, Australia[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Tenille Tayla[1]
Tenille Dashwood[1]
Tenille Williams[1]
Valentine[1]
Emma[3]
Billed height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[2]
Billed weight132 lb (60 kg; 9.4 st)[2]
Billed fromMelbourne, Australia[3]
Trained byLance Storm[2]
NXT Staff[1]
DebutJuly 2008[2]

Tenille Dashwood[1] (born 1 March 1989) is an Australian professional wrestler.[4] She is best known for her time in WWE from 2011–2017 under the ring name Emma.[3] In 2018, Dashwood began working for Ring of Honor, Impact Wrestling and several more promotions under her real name. She returned to WWE in 2022 but was released again in 2023. Before WWE, she used the ring name Tenille Tayla.

Dashwood was born in Boronia, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. She lives in Orlando, Florida, United States.

Personal life

On 30 June 2014, before Monday Night Raw aired, Dashwood was arrested in Hartford, in the U.S. state of Connecticut for sixth-degree larceny. Dashwood's lawyer said that she had forgotten to pay for an iPad case, when she was using the self-checkout machine at a Walmart. After she appeared at a community court on 1 July, she was ordered to do one day of community service and complete an online course.[5] On 2 July 2014, Emma was released by WWE after she was arrested for sixth-degree larceny.[6] She was reinstated by WWE two hours later.[7]

Championships

America World Wrestling

  • AWW Women's World Championship (1 time)
  • Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
    • ECCW Supergirls Championship (2 times)[8]
  • Impact Wrestling
  • Pro Wrestling Alliance Queensland
    • Queen of the Warriors (2009)[9]
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • Ranked No. 31 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2015[10]
  • Slam Wrestling Awards
    • Worst Tag Team Female (2021) – with Madison Rayne[11]
  • Swiss Wrestling Entertainment
    • SWE Ladies Championship (1 time)[12]
  • Women's Wrestling Fan Awards
    • Best Independent Wrestler of the Year (2018)[13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "OWOW profile". Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "About Tenille". Archived from the original on 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dirt, Diva (14 August 2012). "Tenille's New WWE Name Is..." Diva Dirt. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Tenille Dashwood: Million Dollar Baby". portable.tv. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Tenille"Emma" Dashwood arrested yesterday". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "WWE releases Emma". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "WWE reinstates Emma". WWE. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "ECCW Women's Title (British Columbia)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  9. ↑ Ciara. "Angrymarkette Spotlight: Tenille Tayla". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  10. ↑ Magazine, Pro Wrestling Illustrated (28 November 2016). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) Female 50 for 2016". The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "SLAM AWARDS 2021: WORST TAG FEMALE". 5 December 2021. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "SWE Ladies Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database". cagematch.net.
  13. ↑ Wilkinson, Nick (26 December 2022). "Winners of the 2018 Diva Dirt Fan Awards". Diva Dirt. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

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