Heidi Lovelace Dori Prange ( January 9 , 1991 ) , professionally known as Heidi Lovelace , is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager currently signed to WWE , where she competes in their developmental territory NXT under the ring name Ruby Riot . Lovelace has worked on the independent circuit for promotions such as Shimmer Women Athletes , Shine Wrestling , Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) or Stardom . Professional wrestling career . Independent circuit ( 2010 – 2016 ) . In 2010 , Prange began training with Billy Roc at his School of Roc . Lovelace made her debut for JCW , at the " Arena Chicks at the Gathering ! " event , where she defeated C . J . Lane . Lovelace made her for Shimmer competing in Volume 51 , where she teamed up with December in a losing effort to Pink Flash Kira and Sweet Cherrie in a tag - team match . On May 18 , 2013 , Lovelace made her debut for Chikara , when she and Saturyne entered the 2013 Tag World Grand Prix . They were , however , eliminated in their first round match by Arik Cannon and Darin Corbin . On December 6 , 2014 , in the pre - show of the Tomorrow Never Dies iPPV , Lovelace defeated Missile Assault Ant in the finals of a tournament to win the Chikara Young Lions Cup . Ohio Valley Wrestling ( 2012 – 2013 ) . On May 16 , 2012 , Douglas received a tryout in Ohio Valley Wrestling against Taeler Hendrix , which she failed to win . Douglas made her debut for the promotion under the ring name Heidi Lovelace on the May 23 episode of " OVW episode 666 " , where she lost to C . J Lane . On the June 6 episode of " OVW episode 668 " , Lovelace was defeated by Epiphany in a dark match . Lovelace made her television debut on the June 27 episode of " OVW episode 671 " , where she competed in a fatal – four way match , which was won by Hendrix . On the July 11 episode of " OVW episode 673 " , Lovelace competed in dark match losing to Jessie Belle Smothers . On September 1 at OVW ' s " Saturday Night Special " , Lovelace defeated Hendrix in a no disqualifications match , earning a future championship match against her . Lovelace defeated Hendrix for OVW Women ' s Championship on September 15 during a live event in Elizabethtown , Kentucky . Since winning the Women ' s Championship , Lovelace had victories over several divas : Jessie Belle Smoothers on September 19 at " OVW episode 683 " , Epiphany on September 26 at " OVW episode 684 " and Scarlett Bordeaux on October 3 at " OVW episode 685 " . However , on October 6 at OVW ' s " Saturday Night Special " , Lovelace lost to Josette Bynum in a non - title match , which meant that Bynum would receive a championship match in the future . On November 3 at OVW ' s " Saturday Night Special " , Lovelace successfully defended her championship against Josette Bynum and Taeler Hendrix in a three – way match , after she pinned Hendrix . On the November 14 episode of " OVW episode 691 " , Lovelace dropped the Women ' s Championship to Taryn Terrell after the special guest referee Taeler Hendrix cost her the match . On the December 8 edition of " OVW episode 694 " , Heidi lost to Jessie Belle Smothers in a number one contenders match . Since January 2013 , Taeler Hendrix was receiving gifts from a secret admirer which she thought was either Dylan Bostic or Ryan Howe . The conclusion of that story ended on the April 27 episode of " OVW " when Heidi announced that it was her sending the gifts to Hendrix because she cares about her . On the May 4 episode of " OVW " , Lovelace tried to express her feeling to Hendrix but ended up alone with Hendrix confused . On the May 31 episode of " OVW " , Lovelace ( after being told by Taeler Hendrix that Trina has something against the two of them ) confronted Trina and challenged her to a match for the Women ' s Title on the " Saturday Night Special " , which Trina accepted . The following day at OVW ' s " Saturday Night Special " , Trina reversed Lovelace ' s attempt of a hurricanrana into a powerbomb to retain her title . Lovelace then went on to feud with Taelor after finding out that Taeler was using her . Shine Wrestling ( 2012 – 2016 ) . On August 17 , 2012 it was announced that Douglas would make her debut at the Shine Wrestling event called " Shine 2 " under her ring name Heidi Lovelace . At the event , Lovelace faced fellow OVW wrestlers Sojournor Bolt and Taeler Hendrix in a three – way match , which was won by Bolt . On November 16 , at " Shine 5 " , Lovelace was defeated by Sassy Stephie in a singles match . On February 22 , 2013 at " Shine 7 " , Lovelace was defeated by Brittney Savage . On May 24 , Lovelace teamed with Luscious Latasha and Solo Darling to take on Sojournor Bolt , Sassy Stephie and Jessie Belle in a six – women tag team match , in which her team lost . Lovelace ' s losing streak continued at " Shine 15 " when she was defeated by Mercedes Martinez in singles action . During ' Shine 16 ' on January 24 , 2014 , her losing streak ended after being confirmed as the newest member of the " All Star Squad " ( ASS ) faction run by Daffney , after forming a tag team with fellow ASS member Solo Darling called " The Buddy System " and defeated S - N - S Express ( Sassy Stephie and Jessie Belle Smothers ) . Chikara ( 2013 – 2016 ) . On May 18 , 2013 , Lovelace made her debut for Chikara , when she and Saturyne entered the 2013 Tag World Grand Prix . They were , however , eliminated in their first round match by Arik Cannon and Darin Corbin . On December 6 , 2014 , in the pre - show of the Tomorrow Never Dies iPPV , Lovelace defeated Missile Assault Ant in the finals of a tournament to win the Chikara Young Lions Cup . She went on to defend her Young Lions Cup multiple times in 2015 , remaining undefeated in the year . With a new Young Lions Cup champion being determined in 2016 , Heidi will officially " retire " as champion having never been defeated . Also in 2015 , Heidi took part in the " Challenge of the Immortals " tournament , which was a season long double round - robin event . She was drafted to Dasher Hatfield ' s team , christened " Dasher ' s Dugout " , which also included Dasher ' s fellow Throwbacks teammate " Mr . Touchdown " Mark Angelosetti , and then Chikara Grand Championship holder , Icarus . Their team led in points for much of the tournament , before ultimately forfeitting their points due to it being revealed that " Mr . Touchdown " had been cheating late in the tournament , by giving Dasher a secretly " loaded " elbow pad . Even so , Dasher and Heidi took part in the season closing " Tourneo Cibernetico " 16 - man match together , and as of January 2016 , were still teaming up on occasion . On Saturday , 3 / 19 / 16 she received a title shot at the Chikara Grand Championship against fellow female wrestler Princess Kimber Lee in Gibsonville , North Carolina at the Mid - Atlantic Sportatorium . During the introductions , the crowd threw roses of various colors into the ring as a sign of respect . This marked the first time in the US a major wrestling promotion ' s primary title was contested between two women thus solidifying both wrestler ' s legacies in the sport . During the introduction , the Kimber would retain after escaping the Chikara Special submission and then locking on a bow and arrow style submission that contorted Heidi to the point she had to tap ( she had suffered neck damage due to the double digit German suplexes she sustained over the course of the match ) . The two embraced and were adorned with a standing ovation and another ovation as they were in the lobby . Beyond Wrestling ( 2014 – 2016 ) . She made her first appearance at " St . Louis Sleeper Cell " on February 9 , 2014 . After losing to Brian Fury at " When Satan Rules His World " on April 26 , 2015 , she unexpectedly turned heel at " Beyond Wrestling The Real Thing " on May 31 by superkicking Kimber Lee after Chris Dickinson had interfered in Kimber Lee ' s match with Shynron , thus joining Team Pazuzu . In a video posted to Beyond Wrestling ' s YouTube channel , she explained that her motivation was perceived favoritism shown by the promotion to Kimber Lee . World Wonder Ring Stardom ( 2015 ) . On January 11 , 2015 , Lovelace made her Japan ese debut for the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion , teaming with Act Yasukawa in a tag team match , where they defeated Hudson Envy and Kris Wolf . On January 18 , Lovelace , Yasukawa and Dragonita were forced to join the villainous Monster - gun stable , after being defeated by Envy , Wolf and the stable ' s leader Kyoko Kimura in a six - woman tag team match . Following the addition of the new members , Monster - gun was renamed Oedotai . On February 8 , Lovelace , Dragonita and Envy unsuccessfully challenged Heisei - gun ( Io Shirai , Mayu Iwatani and Takumi Iroha ) for the Artist of Stardom Championship . WWE ( 2017 – present ) . On January 4 , 2017 , WWE announced that Prange had signed with the company and would be reporting to the WWE Performance Center . On January 13 , Lovelace made her in - ring debut at an NXT live event , losing to Daria Berenato . On February 23 , she was given her NXT ring name of Ruby Riot . She made her television debut on the March 22 episode of NXT , attacking Nikki Cross and the rest of SAnitY alongside Tye Dillinger , No Way Jose and Roderick Strong .