Emma Barkley

**Emma Barkley** (Born 24th May, 2000) is an American pro wrestler, currently signed to Covenant Pro Wrestling.

## **Early Life**

Born in May of 2000, Emma was born to parents Josie and Marcus Barkley. Emma's mother was a nurse, and would often be working during Emma's early years, her dad, however, was a stay at home dad, Emma would grow very close to her father, picking up on 2 of his main hobbies, skating and surfing.

## **Skating And Surfboarding (2012 - 2018)**

At the age of 12, Emma was surfing and skating at an adult level, much to the delight of her father, Emma would start entering skating competitions at the age of 13, winning 4 tournaments in the first 3 years. At the age of 18, during a competition, a very awkward landing would cause Emma to fracture her left leg, leaving her not able to skate and practically leaving her bedbound, dejected at the lack of ability to do the two activities she enjoyed most.

## **Falling In Love With Wrestling (2018 - 2019)**

Being an on and off watcher of wrestling since her youth, the injury to her leg would peak Emma's interest in wrestling, watching countless hours of wrestling over different eras of the sport. Emma's interest would only grow at the discovery of AJW, Emma would fall in love with the likes of Bull Nakano, Manami Toyota and Meiko Satomura. Though an avid enjoyer of classic wrestlers, Emma's favourite wrestler to date is the woman who would go on to train her, Toni Storm.

## **Back To 'Boarding/Starting Training (2019 - 2021)**

After around 7 months, Emma's injury would eventually subside for the most part, leaving her able to skate again, though now she had a side passion, professional wrestling, all whilst still surfing on the side.

For the 2 years after her training, Emma would continue to skateboard, not quite living up to the prior success she had, only winning 1 major competition in the 2 years since her injury, Emma would slowly take a back seat in skating, still doing it as a hobby, but no longer her main passion, she would instead choose to take up wrestling training under professional wrestler, Toni Storm. In 2021, Emma would begin training under Storm, quickly gaining notoriety and being noticed by her local company, California Dreams Wrestling.

## **California Dreams Wrestling (2021 - 2022)**

After around 5 months of training, Emma would be picked up by the 'California Dreams Wrestling' promotion, where she would make her professional debut against A.J. Carter, in a losing effort. Fans would take to Emma very quickly, starting #PushEmmaBarkley. 2 months after this, with 3 wins under her belt following the loss to A.J., the pair would have a rematch for the recently vacated CDW Global Championship, contested under ladder match rules. Emma would climb the ladder and become the 4th ever CDW Global Champion.

Emma's reign with the Global Championship would be record setting for the company, holding the belt till July of 2022, racking up an unmatched number of defences, she would eventually drop the title to Naomi Hyde and would change her target, going after the CDW World Title. After losing 2 title matches to the Champion, Kenzie Feroz, Emma would call her out 1 last time in September, saying that if she wasn't successful in the matchup, that she would leave California Dreams for good, Feroz would go onto accept this match and the match was set for the September PPV.

In a hellacious Ironwoman match, the score would be 7 - 7, but in the dying embers of the match, following an assist from an unpadded turnbuckle, a landslide rollup would put the match 8 - 7 in the favour of Kenzie Feroz, and as the clock struck 0, Emma Barkley's time in CDW was up. Devastated, Emma would give a tearful goodbye to the CDW faithful, admitting not knowing what was next for the self professed California Sweetheart, Emma would leave the mic in the ring, never to be seen in CDW again.

## Covenant Pro Wrestling (2022 - )

Days after the loss on CDW, Emma would be approached by higher up's in the new upstart company, Covenant Pro Wrestling, about a potential future with the company, looking over the company, Emma knew this was the next step in her early career, and would move to Phoenix, Arizona to join CPW.

Emma would make her debut on Episode 1.5 of CPW, picking up a victory over 'Quickdraw' Lex Hook. Following the victory over Lex, Emma would be entered into the Women's Title eliminator to crown the first CPW Women's Champion, drawing Bailey Rae in the first round.

On CPW 1.6, Emma would get another victory, this time over Bailey Rae, not only allowing her to move on in the tournament, but putting her at an undefeated 2 - 0. Up next in the tournament, Emma would go on to face the always impressive Cali Kaplan.

On Uproar 1.7, Emma Barkley would lose a highly contested match to Cali Kaplan. Emma would be a little dejected following the loss, but would dust herself off and continue on.

At Phoenix Rising (1.8), Emma would be part of a 6 woman match between herself, Lauren Osborne, Cammy B, Maria Black, Marilyn Myers & the debuting Maxx Wheeler to decide the first challenger for the newly crowned CPW Women's Champion, Belle Florent. Despite picking up 3 eliminations on Cammy B, Lauren Osborne and Maxx Wheeler, Emma would eventually fall in the final 2, to Marilyn Myers. This loss would frustrate Emma as she did so much work only to fall short again, but once again, she picked herself up, and moved forward.

## **Fun Facts**

* Emma owns a Chinchilla called 'Max', the name given by Sarah Ryan.
* Emma has a tattoo on her wrist, it's a heart formed by vines, the tattoo is rarely ever seen as her wrist tape covers it.

## **Notable Achievements**

### **All Violence Wrestling**

* 1x PVA Limitless Champion
* 1x AVW Women's Champion

## **In Wrestling**

**Finishing Moves**

* **???** - Steiner Screwdriver
* **???** - K360

**Signature Moves**

* **???** - Single Leg Running Knee Strike, Sometimes done from the corner.

## **Themes**

* Tears To Embers - Masquerade (Face CPW Theme)
* Tears To Embers - Pariah (Current Heel Theme)
* California Dreamin' - School Of Rock Students (Cover of Song by The Mamas & Papas) (CDW Theme)