# Arianna Grace

Bianca Sophia Carelli (born June 29, 1997) is a Canadian and American professional wrestler and beauty pageant competitor. She is signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name Arianna Grace on the NXT brand. She also appears in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is the liaison between NXT and TNA.
A second-generation professional wrestler, Carelli is the daughter of Anthony Carelli, better known as Santino Marella.

## Early life

Bianca Carelli was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada to Petrina and professional wrestler Anthony Carelli, who is best known for his time in WWE as Santino Marella, and currently works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). At a young age, Carelli took part in live theater performances, improvisation competitions, competitive dance and beauty pageants. She won the Miss Teen Ontario-World pageant in 2013 at age 17 and she graduated from Western University in London, Ontario, Canada with a Bachelor's degree in biology. Carelli also has extensive training in MMA fighting with a focus on Judo, Jiu Jitsu and Boxing.

## Professional wrestling career
### National Wrestling Alliance (2018–2022)

Carelli began training in 2018 under independent wrestler Tyson Dux in Canada and she made her debut on June 9, 2018. At NWA EmPowerrr in 2021, Carelli competed in the NWA Women's Invitational Cup Gauntlet, which was won by Chelsea Green. She went on to compete on several independent shows in Florida before being signed by WWE in March 2022.

### WWE (2022–present)

On March 17, 2022, it was announced that Carelli had signed with WWE where she would report to the NXT brand. On the April 29 episode of NXT Level Up, she made her debut under the ring name Arianna Grace where she defeated Amari Miller. She was soon announced as a participant in the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament where she was defeated by Nikkita Lyons in the first round on the May 10 episode of NXT. On the August 10 episode of NXT, Grace earned her first televised win by defeating Thea Hail. In October, Grace suffered a torn ACL injury which sidelined her for a year.
Grace made her in-ring return on the September 29, 2023, episode of NXT Level Up losing to Fallon Henley. Now portraying a beauty pageant gimmick calling herself "Miss NXT", Grace made her televised return in the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament in October where she defeated Brinley Reece in the first round but lost to Kelani Jordan in the semi-finals. On the January 16, 2024, episode of NXT, Grace participated in an NXT Women's Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal which was won by Roxanne Perez. On the March 12 episode of NXT, Grace defeated Gigi Dolin by disqualification with the stipulation that if Dolin lost, Grace had to give her a makeover. However, this storyline was dropped after Dolin suffered a knee injury. On the June 25 episode of NXT, Grace fought Sol Ruca for an opportunity at the NXT Women's North American Championship at NXT Heatwave against Kelani Jordan but was defeated. The following week on NXT, after Karmen Petrovic challenged Jacy Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx to a tag team match at NXT Heatwave, NXT General Manager Ava assigned Grace as Petrovic's partner much to Petrovic's dismay. At the NXT Heatwave pre-show, Grace and Petrovic defeated Jayne and Nyx. After the match, Grace and Petrovic had a disagreement on who contributed to the match victory, to which Ava booked a match between them on that week's NXT, where Grace was defeated. In August, Grace has reportedly suffered an undisclosed injury. She made her on-screen return at NXT Vengeance Day on February 15, 2025 with her father, Santino Marella.

### Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2024–present)

On the September 5, 2024, episode of Impact!, Carelli, as Arianna Grace, made her Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) debut and announced that she will be the new liaison between NXT and TNA. At Victory Road on September 13, Grace appeared on-screen with her father, TNA's Director of Authority Santino Marella, for the first time in their career.

## Personal life

Carelli is of Italian, Pakistani, Métis and Finnish descent. Carelli is in a relationship with American professional wrestler Mitchell Lavalley, better known by the ring name Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo. They got engaged on December 27, 2024. In 2023, she competed in the Miss Universe Canada beauty pageant where she finished in the top 20. On January 25, 2025 Carelli announced that she had become an American citizen.