Reaper (RLS CAS)

Ashleigh Wells (born 3rd October 1996 in Tottenham, London) is an English professional wrestler currently signed to UNION Wrestling, currently performing under the name Reaper. She is in her second spell with the promotion. 
She recently used a stint of inactivity to offer supplementary training for the rookies at the UNION Wrestling School.1 
==Career==
===Early career (2015-2016)===
Wells was trained by former wrestler Garrett Henley at his gym in Central London, graduating in early 2015 and wrestling mainly for small promotions around the capital, although she did travel north to compete for Premier Women's Wrestling several times in 2016. She had several closed trials with UNION Wrestling around this time, but felt that their desire to send her for supplementary training at the then-FireForged Academy was a slight against her trainer and declined a contract.
She was offered a deal in late 2016 to join PWW full-time, and nearly signed before a serious leg injury sustained in a motorcycle accident almost ended her career.2
===UNION Wrestling (2017-2018)===
She was offered a route back into wrestling by UNION in mid-2017, and completed her rehabilitation in time to make her debut as Rachel Reaper on the first episode of UNION Wrestling Unleashed in October 2017, defeating Blush and Smashin' Abby Morgan in a shock result. She was managed carefully due to her previous injury, not appearing again until December, on an episode of LIVE, where she and Tara Hunter defeated Anna Roth and Morgan.
She'd defeat Roth again on the next episode, which due to technical issues is lost forever, before making her Charged debut, being attacked by Lara Grey and then recovering to help Amy J defeat her. After more stop-start booking due to more issues with her leg, she'd announce in February 2018 that UNION had granted her a release, leading to a year-long break as she had two operations on the affected leg to correct the problem.
===Premier Women's Wrestling (2019-2021)===
Reverting to her real name, Wells would sign full-time with PWW as a promo trainer and referee in mid-2019, considering herself "mostly retired" from actual wrestling. Despite this, she did appear in a 2020 Battle Royal to crown a new PWW Champion, being eliminated by old rival Anna Roth. She was furloughed, and later released, during the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns in the UK.
===UNION Wrestling return (2022-present)===
Once again going by the name Rachel Reaper, she'd re-sign with UNION Wrestling as part of their Superstar Sunday event in March 2022, alongside the headlining Nancy Warren and former PRIZE trio Anne Marie, CC Sharp and Tammy Washington. She'd debut on the first episode of UNION Unleashed in April 2022, being the non-fall taking loser in a Triple Threat match also featuring Annie Marie that was won by Nancy Warren. She'd end the match by attacking the victorious Warren with a chair, leading to her being storyline suspended.
The suspension allowed her to travel to the UNION Wrestling School in order to come up with a new, more suitable character, while also serving as a part-time trainer to this year's class of rookies.3
She returned for the new 2023/24 season, billed as Reaper, in a non-televised Attendance Only match with Taki, which she won. She'd notably lose to Itsuko on UNION Unleashed in February 2024, in a match also featuring Anne Marie.
== In-Wrestling ==
=== Signatures ===
Kneeling Scoop Slam 
Two-Hand Shove
=== Finishers ===
The Reaping (Full Nelson Slam 2)
=== Nicknames ===
=== Themes ===
Hardcore 3
== Accomplishments ==
-
== Trivia ==
* An avid gamer, Wells got her UNION ring-name from the antagonists of the Mass Effect video game series.4
== Behind-the-Scenes/Notes ==
# This little bit of extra narrative is because I got into the habit of testing some of the newly created female CASs against her during their move-set and motion tweaking.
#Narrative addition retroactively to explain the gaps in her appearances.
# This is down to my own unhappiness with how the character is right now, coupled with issues over her skin tone looking off in the new 2K22 lighting.
# This is true in reality, with Mass Effect being among my favourite series' of all time.
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