Emma | |
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Emma in March 2015
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Birth name | Tenille Averil Dashwood |
Born |
Boronia, Victoria, Australia |
1 March 1989
Residence |
Orlando, Florida, United States |
Website | www |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Emma Emmalina Tenille Dashwood Tenille Tayla Tenille Williams Valentine |
Billed height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Billed weight | 132 lb (60 kg) |
Billed from | Melbourne, Australia |
Trained by |
Lance Storm WWE Performance Center |
Debut | 2007 |
Tenille Averil Dashwood (born 1 March 1989) is an Australian professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Emma, who performs on the Raw brand. She previously wrestled on the independent circuit under the ring name Tenille Tayla.
Dashwood was introduced to wrestling by her older brother, Jake, when she was about 8 years old. She involved herself in the Australian wrestling scene, and did some training from the ages of 13 to 15. In 2005, Dashwood made some appearances for the Australian wrestling promotion PWA Australia under the ring name Valentine. However, from the age of 16 to 18, Dashwood was limited to merely setting up the ring at events and helping out after she suffered a severe shoulder injury. In 2007, she moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada for a few months to train with Lance Storm at the Storm Wrestling Academy.
In early 2011, Dashwood returned to Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy for further training, during which she became one of the ten trainees featured on the World of Hurt reality television show.
Dashwood returned to Australia by September 2008, and wrestled there until February 2009 for promotions such as Wrestlerock and PWA Queensland.
Dashwood then traveled to the United States, and made her in-ring debut for all-female American promotion Shimmer Women Athletes on 2 May 2009 at Volume 23 as Tenille Tayla, where she lost to Amber O'Neal. At Volume 25, Tenille defeated Jetta of the International Home Wrecking Crew, but was attacked by the Crew after the match. At Volume 26, Tenille lost to Rain, another member of the Crew. Rain and Jetta defeated Tenille and Jessie McKay at Volume 28. Tenille teamed with McKay again at Volume 36, when they unsuccessfully challenged Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship.