Alexa Bliss

Bliss was signed by WWE in May 2013 and reported to WWE's developmental territory *NXT*. On the July 24 episode of *NXT* (which was taped on June 20), she made her first televised appearance, congratulating the inaugural NXT Women's Champion Paige. In August, she was added to WWE.com's NXT roster page. She acted as an unnamed ring announcer for the November 20 episode of *NXT*. Her first televised appearance on the main roster came at WrestleMania XXX on April 6, 2014, when she played a part in Triple H's entrance. She made her televised in-ring debut on the May 8 episode of *NXT*, playing a glitter fairy gimmick, competing in a tournament for the vacant NXT Women's Championship. She defeated former Divas Champion Alicia Fox in the first round, but lost to Charlotte in the semi-finals.

After a hiatus due to a legitimate injury, Bliss returned on the March 11, 2015 episode of *NXT*, where she defeated Carmella. The following week on *NXT*, she defeated NXT Women's Champion Sasha Banks by countout in a non-title match, which led to Bliss being granted a title match against Banks on the March 25 episode of *NXT*, which she lost. On the May 13 episode of *NXT*, Bliss defeated Carmella after the NXT Tag Team Champions Buddy Murphy and Wesley Blake set up a distraction. On May 20 at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable, Bliss helped Blake and Murphy retain the NXT Tag Team Championship against Colin Cassady and Enzo Amore, forming an alliance with them and turning into a villainous character in the process. On the July 29 episode of *NXT*, Bliss helped Blake and Murphy retain the NXT Tag Team Championship against The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) and slapped both English and Gotch after the match. The Vaudevillians were granted a rematch for the NXT Tag Team Championship against Blake and Murphy at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn on August 22, which they won after Blue Pants stopped Bliss from providing a distraction during the match. This led to a match between the two, where Bliss would go on to defeat Blue Pants in a singles match on the September 2 episode of *NXT*.

Throughout October and November, Bliss was involved in a feud with Bayley over the NXT Women's Championship. The two faced off in the main event on the November 18 episode of *NXT*, where Bliss was unsuccessful in capturing the title. On the January 13, 2016 episode of *NXT*, Bliss competed in a number one contender's battle royal, but lost. On May 18 episode of *NXT*, Bliss and Blake abandoned Murphy, officially disbanding the trio. On the May 25 episode of *NXT*, Bliss competed in a triple threat match against Carmella and Nia Jax to determine the number one contender to Asuka's NXT Women's Championship, which was won by Jax. On the August 17 episode of *NXT*, Bliss competed in a tag team match along with Daria Berenato and Mandy Rose, in which they were defeated by Carmella, Liv Morgan and Nikki Glencross in what would be also her last match in NXT.

On July 19, Bliss was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2016 WWE draft. She made her main roster debut on the July 26 episode of *SmackDown Live* in a segment involving the brand's women's division. Bliss achieved her first victory on the main roster by defeating Becky Lynch on the August 9 episode of *SmackDown Live*. On August 21 at SummerSlam, she teamed with Natalya and Nikki Bella in a winning effort against Lynch, Carmella and Naomi. On September 11 at Backlash, Bliss competed in a six-pack elimination challenge to determine the inaugural SmackDown Women's Champion, in which she was unsuccessful and was won by Becky Lynch.

On the September 13 episode of *SmackDown Live*, Bliss won a fatal five-way match to earn a title match against Lynch at No Mercy on October 9. However, due to Lynch suffering a legitimate injury, the match was rescheduled for the November 8 episode of *SmackDown*, where Lynch successfully defended the title against Bliss. Bliss participated in the *Raw* versus *SmackDown* women's elimination tag team match at Survivor Series on November 20, where her team lost the match. On December 4 at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Bliss defeated Lynch in a tables match to become the new SmackDown Women's Champion.

On the January 17, 2017 episode of *SmackDown Live*, Bliss successfully defended her title against Lynch in a steel cage match following an interference by the returning Mickie James, who aligned herself with Bliss. On February 12, Bliss dropped the title to Naomi at Elimination Chamber. On the February 21 episode of *SmackDown Live*, Bliss defeated Lynch to capture the title for the second time after Naomi was forced to vacate the title due to injury, becoming the first two-time SmackDown Women's Champion. Bliss' partnership with Mickie James dissolved shortly after and the two would face off in a match on *SmackDown Live*, with James defeating Bliss. On April 2, Bliss lost the title to Naomi in a six-pack challenge also involving Carmella, James, Lynch and Natalya at WrestleMania 33. Bliss and Naomi faced off in a rematch on April 4 episode of *SmackDown Live*, where Bliss was once again defeated.

On the April 10, 2017 episode of *Raw*, Bliss was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the Superstar Shake-up, confronting Raw Women's Champion Bayley. A week later, Bliss won a fatal four–way match to become the number one contender for the title. At Payback, on April 30, Bliss defeated Bayley to become the new Raw Women's Champion, becoming the first woman to win the Raw and SmackDown Women's Championships in the process. In a rematch between the two, which took place on June 4 at Extreme Rules, Bliss retained her title over Bayley in a kendo stick–on-a-pole match. Bliss then started a feud with Sasha Banks, whom she defeated on July 9 at Great Balls of Fire via count–out before losing the title to Banks on August 20 at SummerSlam, ending her reign at 112 days. She regained the title eight days later on *Raw*.

Bliss went to defend her title on September 24 at No Mercy in a fatal five–way match against Bayley, Nia Jax, Emma, and Sasha Banks. Bliss was then confronted the following night on *Raw* by Mickie James due to remarks Bliss made about her. At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Bliss defeated James to retain the title, and did so again on the October 30 episode of *Raw*.

On February 25, 2018, at Elimination Chamber, Bliss won the inaugural women's elimination chamber match, after she successfully retaining her title. In parallel to her activities as a singles wrestler, she took a part of the Mixed Match Challenge tournament with Braun Strowman as her partner, and the duo was able to qualify to the semi–finals of the tournament, where they were defeated by the eventual winners Asuka and The Miz. On April 8 at WrestleMania 34, Bliss lost the title to Nia Jax, ending her reign at 223 days. On May 6 at Backlash, Bliss invoked her rematch clause and challenged Nia Jax for the title, however she was unsuccessful and suffered a shoulder injury during the match.

Shortly after losing the title, in mid–May, Bliss won a triple threat match against Bayley and Mickie James to earn a spot at the Money in the Bank ladder match, which she would go on to win at the event on June 17. That same night, Bliss cashed in her contract on Nia Jax and defeated her, after attacking both Jax and Ronda Rousey, winning the Raw Women's Championship for a third time. This made her the first woman, and third wrestler overall, to cash–in the Money in the Bank contract the same night after winning it. At Extreme Rules, Bliss retained the championship against Jax in the inaugural women's extreme rules match, thereby ending their feud. At SummerSlam, on August 19, Bliss lost the championship to Ronda Rousey, ending her reign at 63 days. She failed to regain the title in a rematch at Hell in a Cell the following month.

In October, Bliss and Mickie James started a feud with WWE Hall of Famers Trish Stratus and Lita, which eventually led to the announcement of a tag team match between the two duos at WWE Evolution, the first ever all women's pay–per–view. Just three days before the event, however, on October 25, it was announced that Bliss was pulled off the match due to a concussion she suffered beforehand and she was replaced by Alicia Fox. During that time it was also revealed that Bliss would be taking time off from in–ring competition to heal from various injuries that she had sustained. A few weeks later, Bliss was announced as the team captain of Team Raw in a non–wrestling role for the traditional interbrand women's five–on–five tag team elimination match at the Survivor Series event, in which they were victorious. The following night, on the November 18 episode of *Raw*, Bliss was named the new head of the Raw women's division by General Manager-elect Baron Corbin. In December, Bliss' role as well as those of other authority figures on Raw and SmackDown Live were removed after The McMahon family announced they were taking charge again.

Starting on the January 7, 2019, episode of *Raw*, Bliss was given an interview segment named "Moment of Bliss", where she interviewed various guests. On January 27, at the Royal Rumble, after a nearly five month in–ring hiatus, Bliss competed in her first women's Royal Rumble match, lasting 12 minutes and eliminating Ember Moon and Sonya Deville before she was eliminated by Bayley and Carmella. In March, it was announced that Bliss would be the host of WrestleMania 35. On the post–Wrestlemania episode of *Raw* on April 8, Bliss defeated Bayley in her first singles match since her hiatus from in–ring competition in late 2018. In May, Bliss was supposed to compete in the annual Money in the Bank ladder match at the namesake pay–per–view, however, just days before the event she was pulled off the match as she was not medically cleared and instead was replaced by Nikki Cross with whom she was paired in various segments and tag team matches. In early June, Bliss reignited her rivalry with Bayley whom she was set to face at the Stomping Grounds pay–per–view, after she won a triple threat match to become the number one contender for the SmackDown Women's Championship. At the event, she was ultimately unsuccessful. After her loss at Stomping Grounds, Bliss, accompanied by Nikki Cross, continued to feud with Bayley. The two would challenge Bayley to a two-on-one handicap match at Extreme Rules, where Bayley once again retained the championship by pinning Bliss.

On the August 5 episode of *Raw*, Bliss and Cross would win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship in a fatal 4-way tag team match. In late August, Bliss and Cross would begin feuding with Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, whom Bliss and Cross faced at the Clash of Champions pay-per-view in a winning effort. The next month, at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, Bliss and Cross lost the titles to The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane). Although drafted separately instead of as a team during the 2019 WWE Draft, Bliss and Cross remained on *Raw*, but the team was then traded to *SmackDown* four days later. After a brief hiatus, Bliss returned on the November 29 episode of *SmackDown*, saving Cross from an attack by Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville. At Starrcade, Bliss and Cross competed in a fatal four-way tag team match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, but the match was won by defending champions The Kabuki Warriors. At the Royal Rumble, Bliss entered the namesake match at number one, lasting twenty-seven minutes and eliminating Kairi Sane, Mia Yim, and Chelsea Green. Leading up to WrestleMania 36, Bliss and Cross reignited their feud with the Kabuki Warriors and Bliss went on to defeat Asuka in a singles match to earn a match for the Women's Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania. At the event, the duo defeated the Kabuki Warriors to win the titles for a second time. On the *SmackDown* immediately after WrestleMania, they defeated them again in a rematch for their titles, and were subsequently challenged by Carmella and Dana Brooke, against whom they defended the titles on *SmackDown* two weeks later. On the May 18 episode of *Raw*, Bliss and Cross retained their titles against the IIconics via disqualification, after losing to them in a non-title match the week prior. On the June 6 episode of *SmackDown*, the duo lost their titles to the team of Bayley and Sasha Banks, making their reign end at sixty-two days yet again. At Backlash, Bliss and Cross were unsuccessful in regaining their titles in a triple threat tag team match also involving The IIconics, as Banks managed to roll up Bliss for the win.

At The Horror Show at Extreme Rules, Bliss appeared to Braun Strowman, luring him into a trap set by Bray Wyatt. To continue the storyline, Wyatt (as The Fiend), attacked Bliss using the mandible claw on the July 31 edition of *SmackDown*. Bliss' involvement with The Fiend would continue in the coming months, with Bliss going into trance and using his finisher, *Sister Abigail*. On the October 2 episode of *SmackDown*, Bliss joined The Fiend after he attacked Kevin Owens.

As part of the 2020 draft in October, both Bliss and The Fiend were drafted to the *Raw* brand. They would then begin a feud with Randy Orton after Randy set the Fiend on fire. Alexa begin to interfere in Randy’s matches and harass him leading to a match with Randy at Fastlane 2021, where the Fiend made his return and Alexa was able to defeat Orton in an intergender match. On night two of WrestleMania 37, Orton and The Fiend had another match. At the event, The Fiend emerged from inside a jack-in-the-box as part of his entrance. Later in the match, Bliss would also appear from the box, black liquid pouring down her face. The Fiend would be distracted enough to allow Orton to hit an *RKO* and pick up the win. After a brief staredown between The Fiend and Bliss, the lights would go out and the pair disappeared. On the following episode of *Raw*, Bliss declared that The Fiend was her mentor, but now she no longer needed him. She then introduced her new friend, a demonic looking doll named Lilly.

On the May 31 episode of *Raw*, Bliss would begin a feud with Shayna Baszler with Baszler claiming that Bliss was the reason why Baszler and Jax lost the WWE Womens Tag Team Championships. A match between Baszler and Bliss would then be announced for Hell in a Cell. At the event, Bliss would defeat Baszler. Throughout the month of June, Bliss would take on an ever increasingly darker appearance, and for the June 21 episode of *Raw*, it was announced that Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross would be in a Money in the Bank qualifier tag team match against Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler. For this match, Bliss debuted a new entrance theme and wore solid black lipstick to match her eye makeup. Bliss and Cross ended up securing the victory when Cross pinned Baszler with a cradle in the middle of the ring*.* On the July 12 episode of *Raw*, Bliss would then begin a feud with Eva Marie. A match between Bliss and Marie was announced at SummerSlam on the August 16 episode of *Raw*. At the event, Bliss would defeat Marie. At Extreme Rules (which took place in her hometown of Colombus, Ohio), Bliss failed to win the Raw Women's Championship from Charlotte Flair, and after the match, Flair would tear up Lilly. Following a short brawl, Bliss would scream with foam seeming to come out of her mouth.

At Elimination Chamber, Bliss entered the Elimination Chamber match for the Raw Women's Championship, eliminating Liv Morgan before being eliminated by Bianca Belair. On the May 9, 2022 edition of *Monday Night Raw*, Bliss made her return by defeating Sonya Deville after the latter's contract as a WWE official was terminated. During a six -woman tag team match on the July 18 episode of *Raw*, Bliss won the 24/7 Championship for the first time by pinning Nikki A.S.H before immediately losing the title to Doudrop.

On the October 31 episode of *Raw*, Bliss and Asuka defeated Damage Control (Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky) to win WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. In a rematch at Crown Jewel, Bliss and Asuka lost the titles back to Kai and Sky due to an interference from Nikki Cross. At Survivor Series WarGames, the team of Bliss, Bianca Belair, Asuka, Becky Lynch, and Mia Yim defeated the team of Damage Control, Cross, and Rhea Ripley in a WarGames match.

With the return of Bray Wyatt to WWE in late 2022, Bliss would begin to occasionally have backstage segments or in-ring moments interrupted by flickers of imagery connected to Wyatt and the related new Uncle Howdy character. On the January 2, 2023 episode of *Raw*, during a match against Bianca Belair, Bliss would be distracted by crowd members wearing Uncle Howdy masks, which would cause her to snap and viciously attack both the referee and Belair. A rematch between the two for the title was later scheduled for the Royal Rumble. At the event on January 28, Bliss failed to win the title.