Nevaeh Beth Vocke - Crist ( January 29 , 1986 ) is an American professional wrestler working under the name Nevaeh . She is currently performing for several Northern United States - based independent promotions as well as the all - female promotion Shimmer Women Athletes . Professional wrestling career . Nevaeh made her wrestling debut on December 1 , 2005 , losing to Hellena Heavenly in a match for Mad - Pro Wrestling at their event Rise Up . After wrestling for the Heartland Wrestling Association and Insanity Pro Wrestling in 2006 and 2007 , she debuted in Ohio Championship Wrestling in 2007 and began feuding with Ashley Lane . In November of that year , she won the promotion ' s Women ' s Championship , her first title . In addition to OCW , Nevaeh ' s feud with Lane also spanned into Cleveland All - Pro Wrestling and Bit Time Wrestling . She also competed regularly for the HWA throughout 2008 and 2009 , wrestling against Mary Elizabeth Monroe and Heather Owens on several occasions for both promotions . Shimmer Women Athletes ( 2008 – 2011 , 2013 ) . On April 26 , 2008 , Nevaeh made her debut for Shimmer Women Athletes at the Volume 17 tapings , where she and her rival Ashley Lane lost to The Experience ( Lexie Fyfe and Malia Hosaka ) . They rebounded at the tapings for Volume 18 , however , scoring an upset win against the Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew ( Lacey and Rain ) . On July 5 , 2008 , they beat the duo of Veronika Vice and Cat Power before losing to The International Home Wrecking Crew ( Rain and Jetta ) at the Volume 19 and Volume 20 tapings respectively . On October 19 , 2008 , Nevaeh and Lane won a six - team gauntlet match to crown the promotion ' s first Tag Team Champions after lastly eliminating The Experience . At the Volume 22 tapings , they successfully defended the title against The Canadian NINJAs ( Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews ) . On November 1 , the Tag Team Title was defended outside of Shimmer for the first time as Nevaeh and Lane retained their championship against Stephie Sinclair and Hellena Heavenly in a match for Insanity Pro Wrestling . In addition to Shimmer , Nevaeh and Lane continued to defend the title outside of Shimmer and on November 22 , they defeated Hailey Hatred and Mary Elizabeth at the HWA ' s " High Def " show to retain the title once more . On December 19 , Nevaeh and Lane retained the title against Angel Dust and Stephie Sinclair at the HWA ' s World War III event . On May 2 , Nevaeh and Lane retained their title against The International Home Wrecking Crew in a two out of three falls match . The next day , they again retained their title by defeating Sara Del Rey and Amazing Kong before losing it to The Canadian NINJAs , ending their reign at 196 days . After losing the title , Nevaeh and Lane lost again , this time to Wesna Busic and Melanie Cruise on November 8 . However , they rebounded with a victory over Kacey Diamond and Sassy Stephie later on in the night . On September 30 , 2011 , Nevaeh teamed up with MsChif and Jessie McKay in a losing effort to Madison Eagles , Sassy Stephie , and Mena Libra after Nevaeh turned heel by attacking MsChif . The following day on Volume 41 , the villainous Nevaeh defeated her returning former partner Ashley Lane and later aligned herself with Sassy Stephie . Nevaeh and Stephie defeated Lane and Mia Yim on Volume 42 . Nevaeh returned to Shimmer on April 6 , 2013 as a heel , teaming up with Sassy Stephie and Jessicka Havok in a losing outing to Regeneration X ( Allison Danger and Leva Bates ) and Serena Deeb . Nevaeh returned to Berwyn in October 2013 and teamed with Stephie in defeating Santana Garrett and Savannah Summers . Ring of Honor ( 2009 ) . Thanks to the working agreement between Shimmer and Ring of Honor , Nevaeh made her ROH debut on March 1 , 2009 , as she and Daizee Haze defeated Sara Del Rey and Sassy Stephie on the fourth episode of " Ring of Honor Wrestling " . On May 29 , she lost to Shimmer Champion MsChif , which was broadcast on the fourteenth episode of " Ring of Honor " . The next day , she and Haze lost to MsChif and Del Ray , which was broadcast on the seventeenth episode of " Ring of Honor " . Wrestlicious . Nevaeh made her debut as Kickstart Katie in the sixth episode of Wrestlicious TakeDown , the first series from the all women ' s company Wrestlicious . Women Superstars Uncensored ( 2013 - present ) . Nevaeh debuted for Women Superstars Uncensored at " An Ultraviolent Affair " on February 9 , defeating Jessie Brooks . On May 11 , Nevaeh teamed up with her real - life husband , Jake Crist , in defeating Cherry Bomb and Pepper Parks in the first round of the Queen and King of the Ring Tournament , but they were defeated by Kimber Lee and Drew Gulak in the semifinals . At " Uncensored Rumble VI " , Nevaeh was defeated by Lexxus in a # 1 Contender ' s Match for the WSU Championship , and later participated in the Uncensored Rumble Match , making it to the final five before being eliminated by the eventual winner , Ezavel Suena . At " Blood and Thunder , " on October 12 , Nevaeh teamed with Christina Von Eerie in defeating Jessie Brooks and Veda Scott . At the " Mutiny " event on February 8 , 2014 , Nevaeh and Von Eerie answered the open challenge made by newly crowned WSU Tag Team Champions Annie Social and Kimber Lee and were defeated in the match for the titles . At " Queen and King 2014 " on May 10 , Nevaeh was defeated by Barbi Hayden in a match for the NWA World Women ' s Championship . She would defeat Brittany Blake at " United " on July 12 , but she would be attacked by Niya Barela after the match . Nevaeh and Blake defeated Niya and Jessie Kaye at " Resurgence " on September 13 . At " Breaking Barriers " on November 8 , Nevaeh defeated Jewells Malone and later challenged Niya to a match for the WSU Spirit Championship . At the " WSU 8th Anniversary Show " on February 21 , 2015 , Nevaeh defeated Niya to capture the Spirit Championship . On April 15 , 2015 , it was announced that Nevaeh would be stripped of the WSU Spirit Championship due to injury . Shine Wrestling ( 2013 - present ) . On September 27 , 2013 , Nevaeh debuted for Shine Wrestling as a villain and defeated Leva Bates . After the match , Nevaeh aligned herself with The S - N - S Express ( Jessie Belle and Sassy Stephie ) and attacked Leva in the ring . A month later at SHINE 14 , Nevaeh , Stephie , and Jessie Belle defeated The American Sweethearts ( Amber O ' Neal and Santana Garrett ) and Leva Bates in a six - woman tag team match . At SHINE 15 on December 13 , Nevaeh was defeated by Bates in a Friday the 13th Massacre Match . At SHINE 16 on January 24 , 2014 , Nevaeh once again defeated Bates in a one - on - one match . Nevaeh returned to Shine Wrestling at SHINE 19 on May 23 , 2014 and defeated Justine Silver in a singles match , but she would be defeated by the debuting Candice LeRae at SHINE 20 a month later . At SHINE 21 on August 22 , Nevaeh defeated Amazing Kong , Su Yung , and Leah Von Dutch in a # 1 Contender ' s four - way match for the SHINE Championship . Her title opportunity came later in the evening , where she was defeated by Ivelisse . At SHINE 22 on October 10 , Nevaeh teamed with Marti Belle and Jayme Jameson in a victorious effort against Kellie Skater and The Lucha Sisters . At SHINE 23 on December 5 , Nevaeh defeated new SHINE Champion Mia Yim via DQ after interference from Ivelisse ; however , Nevaeh once again failed to capture the SHINE Championship . At SHINE 25 on March 6 , Nevaeh was defeated by Mia Yim in a 2 Out Of 3 Falls Match for the SHINE Championship . After the match , Nevaeh was confronted by Andréa , who tried to attack Nevaeh , only to end up being speared by her , turning Nevaeh face . Personal life . Nevaeh is married to wrestler Jake Crist , and is therefore the sister - in - law to his brother Dave Crist who is also a wrestler .