Sierra Presley

**Amelia Tamatoa Walker**(born 4 October, 1999), better known by her ring name **Sierra Presley**, is an Australian professional wrestler and actress of Samoan and Scottish descent. She is apart of the Tamatoa Family, the main rivals to the Anoai Family. She is also the main star of the reality show titled "Tamatoa Culture".

## **Early Life**

Not much is known about Tamatoa's early life. Tamatoa was born into a very athletic and competitive family, with her father Fetu Tamatoa being a former pro wrestler, her elder brother Brandon growing up to become a professional rugby player, and her mother Charlotte Walker being a retired professional tennis player. At age 14, she would begin training to become a professional wrestler. The hard work would pay off and she would be ready for the ring by age 17. She would then make her debut at age 18.

## **Professional Wrestling Career**

She would make her professional debut in 2016, primarily wrestling in Australia and New Zealand.

In 2018, she would make her debut in Stardom and TJPW, in Japan. It was around this time Sierra moved to Japan. Stardom and TJPW would be her main promotions until 2021, where she would move back to Australia. She would move back to Japan 3 months later.

### **SaM**

On 27 January 2021, SaM would announce the signing of Sierra Presley. On Power Episode 1, she would defeat a local competitor.

### **GAW**

On 19 February 2021, GAW would announce the signing of Sierra Presley. She would be put in the GAW Women's Championship tournament. She would then proceed to beat Roxy Gunnz in the first round of the tournament. She moved on to the second round of the tournament to beat Jemma Blackwell but suffered her first loss in GAW in the semifinals to Whitney Qunn. Sierra returned on GAW Episode 2 to defeat Roxy Gunnz again.

On Episode 4, she would compete in a triple threat match to determine the number 1 contender to Whitney Qunn's women's championship, in a losing effort. On Episode 5, she would defeat Amber Yung and Jemma Blackwell in another triple threat match.

On Episode 7, she would defeat Sunshine Silva. Sierra Presley was then announced to face A.J. Jones at the *Rising Power* PPV. Sierra won this match and gained Jones' respect as a result.

### **Ascend**

On 29 June 2021, Sierra was announced to debut in the company, competing against Iva Cyanide on Episode 16 of Season 2, in a losing effort.

### **FPW**

On 27 May 2021, FPW announced that Sierra Presley would make her debut in the promotion against Jacquelyn Fletcher, in a losing effort. Sierra would participate in the Women's Wildcard Ladder Match on Night 2 of the Legacy 2 PPV, and she would win the Women's Wildcard briefcase. At FPW's *Summer Break* special, Sierra would face Sookie to determine the number 1 contender to the UCN Diamond's Championship, in a losing effort.

Sierra would lose in the 1st round of the Women's Fight For Freedom Tournament to Amber Yung.

### **IPW**

On 15 October 2021, KickStar Inc would debut for IPW and defeat the Sky Riders. Immediately after this, KickStar Inc would pursue their own singles goals.

6 days earlier on 9 October, Sierra Presley debuted and defeated the IPW Television Champion Jayda Storm in a non-title match.

On 6 November 2021, on Day 1 of the *Chaos In Chicago* PPV, Sierra Presley would defeat Jayda Storm once again and win the IPW Television Championship in the process.

### **Arrival Pro**

On 8 June 2021, Sierra would compete in a fatal 4 way elimination match to qualify for the Television Championship match at Turbocharged, which was won by Scratches.

### **FCW**

On *FCW Apex Episode 3: Battle of Champions,* which aired on 13 July 2021, Sierra Presley made her in-ring debut, in a winning effort against Atomi Zuki. On Episode 4, she would defeat Riley Boulay. At the Legacy 52 PPV, she would suffer her first loss at the hands of Iva Cyanide. On Episode 7, she would defeat Kodie Kaine, and then proceeded to call out Apex Women's Champion Amber Yung. Sierra then defeated Atomi Zuki to become the number 1 contender to Yung's Women's Title. At the Curtain Call IV PPV, Sierra was defeated by Yung.

On Episode 9, Sierra would defeat Halie Ricci.

As apart of the 2021 FCW Draft, Sierra was drafted to the Ground Zero brand, thus remaining on the brand she debuted in. Following this, Sierra would continue her winning ways, defeating Akari Star and Sammy Stone in back-to-back weeks (Episode 14-Episode 15)

### **VRW**

On Episode 77 of VRW Warzone, Sierra Presley would successfully debut against Roxxy Blackheart. On Episode 79 of Warzone, she and Roxy Gunnz would make their tag team debut in a win against The Huntress.

On Episode 81, Sierra and Roxy were scheduled to face the Brood, but were attacked on the stage by the Silent Knights. On Episode 82 "Own The Throne", KickStar Inc. would be involved in the VRW War Maiden's Tag Team Championship Gauntlet, which was won by the Undisputed Elite.

## **Personal Life and Trivia**

* **Tamatoa stated in** **an interview that she has arachnophobia. In fact, she also said that encountering arachnids is her only fear in life.**
* **Tamatoa owns a cat named Harlow.**
* **Tamatoa mainly listens to rap and alt rock. She has never specified what band/rappers she listens to.**
* **Religiously, Tamatoa identifies herself as a Catholic.**
* **Politically, Tamatoa is aligned with the centre-left.**
* **Tamatoa has green eyes.**
* **Tamatoa is a big anime fan.**
* **Tamatoa can speak English, Samoan, and Japanese.**
* **Following her father's footsteps, Tamatoa is a 2nd generation wrestler.**
* **Tamatoa has 2 cousins, Samuel Iosefa (wrestles as Samuel Tamatoa) and Daniel Aputi Tamatoa (wrestles as Daniel Tamatoa), both being 2nd generation wrestlers following in the footsteps of their father, who is Fetu's brother. Tamatoa also has an uncle named Leati Jacob Smith Tamatoa who wrestles in the US West Coast independent circuit under the ring name Wayne Smith. All 3 relatives are Australian born.**
* **Tamatoa is an avid traveler, having traveled to 5 continents with yearly trips. The only continents she has not visited as of now are Antarctica and South America.**
* **Given how athletic she and her family was, Tamatoa was one of the most popular students in school.**
* **Tamatoa's elder brother Brandon Akeakamai Tamatoa is the only Tamatoa Family member that does not wrestle, opting to play professional rugby instead.**
* **At one point in her childhood, Tamatoa considered becoming a women's international football player on the Australian team, but then decided to follow in her father's footsteps.**
* **Tamatoa is, for the most part, a singles wrestler, but is 1/2 of the tag team "Kickstar Inc" with Roxy Gunnz and also 1/3 of the stable "New Tokyo Underground" with Gunnz and Spring Tigress.**

## **In Wrestling**

**Signatures:**

* **Spear From Brisbane**(Spear 6)
* **Sierra Point Zero** (Stormbreaker) **[VRW ONLY]**
* **Shadousan Lariat** (Clothesline From Hell) **[VRW ONLY]**
* **Power Surge** (Sit Out Uranage)
* **Sun's Light**(Diving Codebreaker)
* **Green Acres** (Frog Splash 5) **[THIS MOVE USED TO BE A FINISHER BUT IS NOW RELEGATED TO BEING A SIGNATURE.]**

**Finishers:**

* **Sierra Point Zero** (Stormbreaker)
* **Ausbreaker**(Kairopractor)
* **Wilcox-Davis Choke** (Coquina Clutch) **[VRW ONLY]**
* **Tamatoa Death Lock** (Leg Sweep Octopus Stretch) **[CAN ALSO BE ABBREVIATED AS "TDL".]**

* **Wilcox-Davis Choke** (Coquina Clutch)
* **Shadousan Lariat** (Clothesline From Hell)
* **Stevenson Combo** (O'Reilly Combo)

*Submissions:*

* Figure 8
* Ankle Lock
* Guillotine Choke **[ONLY IN BIG MATCHES]**

*Strikes (Running and Non Running):*

* Superkick
* Double Tap Axe Kick
* Roundhouse Kick
* Handstand Heel Kick
* European Uppercut
* Rolling Elbow
* Eye Gouge/Neck Stomp
* Running Bicycle Kick
* Running Kick To The Leg
* Spinning Roundhouse Kick *[Black Mass]*

*Diving Moves:*

* Diving Foot Stomp
* Diving European Uppercut
* Moonsault
* Rolling Thunder

*Grapples (Non Technical):*

* Spanish Fly
* Brainbuster
* Cross Legged Fishermans Buster
* Exploder Suplex
* Shirauni
* Tiger Bomb '97
* Inverted Powerslam
* Deadlift Gutwrench Sit Out Powerbomb
* Michinoku Driver
* Samoan Driver
* Elevated Sit Out Last Ride
* Scoop Slam

*Grapples (Technical):*

* Old School
* Knee Pick/Knee Drop
* Wrist Clutch Assault
* Arm Drag/Knee Drop

**Theme Songs:**

* **"Catch The Sun"**by Danny Farrant **[Debut-present] (Arrival Pro only)**
* **"Tangerine Dreams"** by The Zealots [Debut-April 2021] (GAW Only) **[Debut-present] (FCW only)**
* "Words So Hollow" by Control [April 2021-June 2021] (GAW Only)
* **"LST CTRL"** by Eralise **[June 2021-present]**

**Nicknames:**

* **"The Matai of the Tamatoa Family"**
* **"The Pacific Kicking Machine"**
* **"The Pacific Rim Warrior"**

**Achievements:**

* **Women's Wildcard Briefcase Winner** *(1x) (FPW)* **[CURRENT]**
* **IPW Television Championship** *(1x) (IPW)* **[CURRENT]**