Nina Samuels
Nina Samuels | |
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Birth name | Samantha Allen |
Born | Aldershot, England | 17 October 1988
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Nina Samuels |
Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Billed weight | 150 lb (68 kg) |
Trained by | London School of Lucha Libre |
Debut | 16 November 2014 |
Samantha Allen (born October 17, 1988) is an English professional wrestler currently signed to WWE where she performs on the NXT UK brand under the ring name Nina Samuels.[1]
Professional wrestling career[]
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British Empire Wrestling (2014-2017)[]
Samuels began wrestling for British Empire Wrestling (BEW) in 2014. On 19 September at BEW/RCW Britain's Rising 2, Samuels teamed with Kirsty Love in a tag match against to Dragonita and Shanna. She returned at BEW Britain's Rising IV in a match against the reigning champion Leah Owens for the Revolution Championship Wrestling's Women's title. Samuels competed on 3 June at the 2017 International Grand Prix three-way match against Christi Jaynes and Shotzi Blackheart. On 4 June, during the second night of the BEW International Grand Prix event, Samuels had a match against Toni Storm. 3rd September was her final appearance for the company at BEW Ambition Of The Empire 2, Samuels teamed with Jamie Hayter at Kaitlin Diemond and Thunder Rosa.
Pro-Wrestling: EVE (2017-2018)[]
Samuels debuted on 18 February in Pro-Wrestling: EVE at EVE A Day At The Resistance, where she teamed with Meiko Satomura and Shanna in a tag match losing to Emi Sakura, Erin Angel and Nixon Newell. At the event, she also teamed with Shanna in a tag match defeating The Owens Twins (Kasey Owens and Leah Owens). She finished the year with a match on 12 November at EVE SHE-1 ~ Ace Of EVE, where she defeated Martina.
She won the Wildcard Ladder Match at the 1st Wrestle Queendom in 2018, and cashed in her contract during a match between Charlie Morgan and Kay Lee Ray, pinning Morgan to win the Pro-Wrestling: Eve Championship.
WWE (2014)[]
Samuels made her first appearance for WWE on Raw and SmackDown as a Rosebud, accompanying Adam Rose to the ring.
NXT (2018)[]
Samuels competed in her first match on the NXT brand on Day 2 of NXT at Download Festival 2018 in a 6-women tag team match where Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai & Tegan Nox defeated Samuels, Bianca Belair & Lacey Evans.[2]
NXT UK (2018–present)[]
On 25 August, 2018, Samuels competed in the NXT UK Women's Championship Tournament First Round where she was defeated by Dakota Kai. On 23 January, 2019, Samuels faced Lana Austin where Samuels was victorious. Samuels faced Toni Storm for the WWE NXT UK's Women's Championship on 19 April 2019. She competed in the 12 person WWE NXT UK Women's Title #1 Contendership Battle Royal on 14 June 2019 where Kay Lee Ray was victorious. She defeated Isla Dawn on 14 August 2019, and also defeated Dani Luna on 25 September 2019.
On 8 October 2020, Samuels teamed with Amale, where they were defeated by Xia Brookside and Dani Luna. Samuels walked out on Amale half way through, offended that Amale was stealing her spotlight. That same night, Samuels later appeared with the rest of the WWE NXT UK roster to confront Kay Lee Ray.
On 22 October 2020, Samuels and Amale went one-on-one, where Samuels was victorious. On 12 November 2020, Samuels went up against Xia Brookside. In the match, Samuels attempted to fake a knee injury but this backfired when Brookside rolled her up for the quick win. After the match, however, Samuels still gained the upper hand by assaulting Brookside at ringside.
The feud between Samuels and Brookside would continue week on week. Notably, Samuels cost Brookside a match against Isla Dawn on December 10 2020. Eventually, the two faced again on the February 4 2021 episode of NXT UK, where Samuels was victorious after hitting Brookside with her handbag. Brookside demanded a rematch where the loser becomes the winner's personal assistant for a whole month. And on February 25, Brookside defeated Samuels in that match. Throughout March, Samuels would be forced to work as Brookside's assistant much to her chagrin.
On the 1 July 2021 edition of NXT UK, Samuels made her return to television in the hope of being the first to challenge Meiko Satomura. However, her return was interrupted by Amale (wrestler) who viciously attacked her.
Samuels made her in-ring return on the 22nd July 2021 episode of NXT UK, with an enhanced entrance and a new finishing manoeuvre. As a result, she successfully defeated Laura Di Matteo. But on 12th August 2021, Samuels was defeated by Amale.
On 26th August 2021, Samuels attempted to be granted a rematch against Amale, but instead she was given a match against Blair Davenport for the 2nd September 2021 episode of NXT UK. However, the match never began as Davenport attacked both Samuels and assistant to the general manager Sid Scala before the bell.
Since this point, Samuels has started her own show called The Nina Samuels Show, where she interviews various fellow superstars of NXT UK. This often results in little success. More recently, Samuels developed an issue with Aleah James, and on the 18th November 2021 episode of NXT UK, Samuels was defeated by James in the ring.
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Pro-Wrestling: EVE
- Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship (1 time)[3]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 90 of the top 100 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Women's 100 in 2020[4]
- Lucha Britannia
- Lucha Britannia World Champion (4 times)
References[]
- ^ "Nina Samuels". WWE. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ "WWE NXT Results: Live At Download Festival 2018 Day 2 – Derby, England (6/9) | Wrestling-News.Net". www.wrestling-news.net. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ Richards, Alex. "#AndNEW: Nina Samuels wins Pro Wrestling: EVE Championship". Last Word on Pro Wrestling. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) Female 50/100 for 2020". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
External links[]
- Nina Samuels on WWE.com
- Nina Samuels's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
- Samantha Allen (XX) at IMDb
- Nina Samuels on Twitter
- 1988 births
- Living people
- English female professional wrestlers
- Sportspeople from London