Sophie Asani

Sophie posing backstage (2023)

Sophie Asani is an Albanian-born English professional wrestler, who is signed to Three Lions Wrestling. Sophie is a fast rising wrestler in the GWA with her ability to grasp the live audience being beyond her years. Sophie also competes in all of the other GWA companies with having major success in the North American region.

## Early Life

Sophie was born on September 23rd, 2004 in Vlorë, Albania, the third most populated city in Albania. At the age of 3, her family immigrated to Birmingham, England in order for her and her future siblings to gain a better education. She grew up in the industrial town of Smethwick and excelled in her early school years. Sophie made it through her early and teenage years often feeling out of place as she was never surrounded with people of the same background as herself, but soon learned to embrace it once she enrolled into the Shireland Collegiate Academy at age 11. Sophie is the eldest of 5 siblings, with her having 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Sophie is a big football fan, with her supporting Birmingham City but playing youth women's football for West Bromwich Albion FC until she was 16. Sophie and her siblings grew up mainly with her mother as her father would constantly be in and out of the country dealing with business in Albania.

### Teenage Years

Sophie after her early years was not an academic phenom and often struggled in class, leading her to get frustrated with life in England. At age 16, she decided to not continue with her studies and enroll in a hair and beauty college course. It was there that a couple of her friends decided to take her to the newly popular wrestling company's show; Steel City Scraps PPV in early 2022. That was her first introduction to wrestling and she was hooked instantly. She wanted to immediately enroll into the TLW Powerplant but her parents would not give her permission until she finished her college course. Sophie decided to take on a part time job babysitting around her local area to save up for her move to London and enrolled into acting classes to prepare herself.

### TLW Powerplant

Once she had graduated from her college course in January 2023, Sophie applied to the TLW Powerplant for an opportunity to gain a fully funded place into the academy. In February, she passed her interview with flying colours, with Head Trainer Harrison Brown taking a liking to her joyful personality and ultra confidence, by March she was offered a fully funded place into the academy which included accommodation and welfare being paid for, alongside a six figure salary once she graduated. By the start of April, Sophie had moved to the Tottenham area in London and started classes hands on with Harrison. One month into her training, she was chosen by Clara Drake, to be her first ever student as she was returning to the company from maternity leave. Clara would become one of her closest mentors and they developed a close friendship over her time training in the Powerplant.

## Entering the Ring

Sophie started her career in the summer of 2023, making her debut on the TLW house show circuit after graduating from the TLW Powerplant and notably defeated premiere GWA main eventer and future mentor; Tiana Thompson in her professional debut. Sophie decided to make her independent debut in Progress Wrestling and quickly captured the Progress Women's Championship after defeating Alex Windsor. Sophie was sent to work in Canada soon after to learn from her friend; Clara and she won the CWC Workhorse Championship in her first singles match in the Canadian company when she defeated Cynthia in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sophie made successful defenses against Toni Storm, Lillian Jade and Megumi before losing to Amelia Miller.

## Becoming the Queen of Bops

After her run as CWC Workhorse Champion, Sophie began to made real strides with her progression in the industry including making appearances in companies all around the world. At this time, she was one of the hottest talent in demand and eventually signed a new long term TLW contract just 6 months after her initial contract was made, with the TLW Board of Directors wanting to show their praise for her development. Sophie agreed to work in Mexico and challenged for the RLL Reina de Reinas Championship but came up short against Kari Seong at CWC x RLL Nightmare Before Christmas. Sophie has now branched out to work in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan but her main home still being in the United Kingdom. Sophie has developed a big fanbase over her first 6 months of being a professional and now has over 3 million followers on Instagram, this fanbase is always showing out in the crowds and making their presence known. Over these months, she developed her 'bops' catchphrase that originates from her theme song "Bops" by Coi Leray, she says that she uses the word bop in many different ways and there is no real definition to the word, it's just what she's feeling on the day.

## Personal Life

Sophie has 4 siblings with her being the eldest, she has two sisters named Jasmin & Marsela and two brothers named Gezim & Malik. She says she has never had a relationship due to her strict parents, including her father and cousins scaring them away! Sophie loves rock climbing, hiking, window shopping and dancing. Her favourite colour is blue and is a massive fan of Stefflon Don.

## Nicknames and Achievements

### Nicknames

The Biggest Bop

The Queen of Bops

The Albanian Allure