Gaia Cassidy (RLS CAS)

Cassidy at an MPW show in July 2021

**Natalie Garrett-Bowen** *(born 17th November 1995 in Clapham, London)* is a professional wrestler currently signed to UNION Wrestling, where she performs under the name **Gaia Cassidy**.

She also had a prominent spell with PRIZE Wrestling League, where she was a two-time WCE International Champion.

## Career

### Training, Fife Wrestling Kingdom (2017)

Garrett-Brown was trained by Rafe Daniels,**1** mostly at his home in London, during the Spring of 2017, before debuting in FWK as Gaia, a spiritual, easy going jobber for heels to run through**2**.

She won only one match in FWK, her last, against Tansa Rupani.

### PRIZE Wrestling League (2018-2020)

Now known as Gaia Cassidy, she'd soon appear in PRIZE Wrestling League, again mainly as enhancement talent, as she continued to train under Rafe Daniels. Daniels apparently pulled for her to get a push at this time, but Women's Division Booker Angel believed she wasn't ready**3**.

She debuted on the first episode of PRIZE Fights, losing to Jessie Hu, and would appear on that show and Live over the next few months as enhancement, usually taking beatings from heels like Becca Bond. Once WCE took over the promotion, however, she was marked for greater things due to her attitude and improvement**4**.

She'd participate in the first round of the WCE Openweight Championship tourney on the first ever Premier League Wrestling, losing to Tammy Washington. She also featured prominently on the debut episode of Championship Wrestling, losing narrowly to WCE International Champion Indira.

She'd turn heel soon after this, tired of her character being mocked by the crowd**5**, ruthlessly defeating Dulcy Bravo, who she'd spend much of the next couple of months feuding with. She'd defeat her rival in a #1 Contendership clash for the WCE International Championship, though she'd lose the title match to champ Indira at On The Line 2019.

Her continued feud with Bravo would bleed into the International title picture, and at Up Front 2019 she'd pin Bravo following Indira weakening her- and being expelled from the ring by Cassidy- to thunderous boos. This would be followed by a continuation of the feud with Bravo, which was criticised in mid-2019 by Squared Circle Insider.

She'd team up with Jackie Compton a few times in late 2019, before the latter's injury forced her to vacate the Openweight Championship and eventually leave the promotion. Cassidy, however, would continue to thrive in the promotion, signing a new deal in January 2020. She'd lose the International Championship to Sarah Fenix at Eyes on the PRIZE 2020, and would have won it back for a second time but for COVID-19 forcing the promotion to suspend it's operations in November 2020.

She was presented with the championship after agreeing to forego the last part of her owed wages in early 2021, and would be considered a two-time champion despite only actually winning it conventionally once**6**.

### Indy scene (2021)

Reverting to the mononym Gaia, she'd return to active competition for Midlands Pro Wrestling in July 2021, defeating Hailey Brass and Kelpie in a Three-Women match at their Return to War show in Wolverhampton**7**.

### UNION Wrestling (2022-*present*)

In January 2022, Cassidy signed with UNION Wrestling, as part of their women's division roster expansion, along with Terri Law, Kenzie Starr and Bella Yang. She'd debut as a heel at the Aberdeen show at the end of January, defeating Sarah Fenix before attacking her arm with a chair.

## In-Wrestling

### Signatures

DDT 15 *(in tribute to her trainer)*

Snapmare Knee Smash 1/2 *(2 done outside ring)*

## Accomplishments

**WCE International Championship** x2 (2019-2020, 2021 honorifically)

## Trivia

* Garrett-Bowen is, like her trainer, a vegan**8**.
* Despite her gimmick, Garrett-Bowen describes herself as "unspiritual" in real life, claiming that she doesn't personally believe in such things. She says she's happy for people who do to identify with the character, however**9**.

## Behind-the-Scenes

1. I used the same move-set template for both, in reality, and it narratively made sense given their potential geographical closeness.
2. She was created as something of a jobber, though I grew to like her quite quickly.
3. I could never seem to find any kind of push that would fit, until...
4. ...the soft reboot that came with WCE taking over and introducing new championships.
5. I felt that a heel turn would help reset the character given her win/loss record.
6. She held the title when I stopped using PRIZE, and I enjoyed her run so much I decided to just allow her to keep it in the narrative.
7. She might have stayed in that indy scene , should I not have be able to do her justice in whatever I decided to next. But, in the end, I figured she could be used properly in UNION.
8. Narrative fluff to flesh the character out.
9. This is my own philosophy bleeding through. As long as it's not harming anyone, live and let live on these things. It can be interesting, at the very least.