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Kiana James

Title History

  • WWE NXT women’s tag team titles w Fallon Henley defeating Katana Chance & Kayden Carter (February 4, 2023);

Career Highlights

  • September 21, 2021 – AEW Dark #109: The Bunny defeated Xtina Kay.
  • September 25, 2021 – Daily Wrestling Taping: Valentina Rossi defeated Xtina Kay. Xtina Kay was also in the rumble match won by Allan Martinez.
  • October 25, 2021 – AEW Dark Elevation #34: Leyla Hirsch and Ryo Mizunami defeated Diamante and Xtina Kay.
  • October 26, 2021 – AEW Dark #114: Riho defeated Xtina Kay.
  • December 28, 2021 – AEW Dark #123: Julia Hart defeated Xtina Kay in a dark match.

World Wrestling Entertainment – NXT:

  • February 1, 2022 – NXT 2.0: Sarray defeated Kayla Inlay.
  • February 18, 2022 – NXT Level Up: Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley defeated Fallon Henley and Kayla Inlay.
  • February 22, 2022 – NXT 2.0: Nikkita Lyons defeated Kayla Inlay.
  • March 25, 2022 – NXT Level Up: Ivy Nile defeated Kiana James.
  • April 15, 2022 – NXT Level Up: Tatum Paxley defeated Kiana James.
  • May 17, 2022 – NXT 2.0: Roxanne Perez defeated Kiana James in the 1st round of the women’s breakout tournament.
  • May 31, 2022 – NXT 2.0: Ivy Nile defeated Kiana James.
  • June 21, 2022 – NXT 2.0: Kiana James has some harsh truths for Indi Hartwell.
  • June 24, 2022 – NXT Level Up: Kiana James defeated Brooklyn Barlow.
  • June 25, 2022 – NXT Live Event: Ivy Nile defeated Elektra Lopez, Kiana James and Tatum Paxley in a 4-way match to become #1 contender for the women’s title.
  • June 28, 2022 – NXT 2.0: Kiana James defeated Indi Hartwell.
  • July 15, 2022 – NXT Level Up: Kiana James defeated Sol Ruca.
  • July 19, 2022 – NXT 2.0: Kiana James was in the #1 contenders battle royal for the women’s title won by Zoey Stark.
  • July 22, 2022 – NXT Live Event: Fallon Henley and Wendy Choo defeated Kiana James and Tiffany Stratton.
  • July 26, 2022 – NXT 2.0: Kiana James discusses her research on Nikkita Lyons.
  • August 5, 2022 – NXT Live Event: Nikkita Lyons defeated Kiana James.
  • August 9, 2022 – NXT 2.0: Nikkita Lyons defeated Kiana James.
  • August 20, 2022 – NXT Live Event: Katana Chance and Kayden Carter defeated Arianna Grace and Kiana James to retain the women’s tag team titles.
  • August 26, 2022 – NXT Level Up: Kiana James defeated Amari Miller.
  • August 30, 2022 – NXT 2.0: Zoey Stark defeated Kiana James.
  • September 6, 2022 – NXT 2.0: Kiana James finds a solution to her problem in Arianna Grace.
  • September 9, 2022 – NXT Live Event: Nikkita Lyons and Zoey Stark defeated Arianna Grace and Kiana James.
  • September 10, 2022 – NXT Live Event: Alba Fyre, Kayden Carter, Roxanne Perez, Sol Ruca and Wendy Choo defeated Arianna Grace, Cora Jade, Jakara Jackson, Kiana James and Lash Legend.
  • September 13, 2022 – NXT 2.0 – One Year Anniversary: Nikkita Lyons and Zoey Stark defeated Arianna Grace and Kiana James.
  • September 23, 2022 – NXT Live Event: Roxanne Perez and Sol Ruca defeated Arianna Grace and Kiana James.
  • September 24, 2022 – NXT Live Event: Fallon Henley, Thea Hail and Valentina Feroz defeated AJ Amrhein, Arianna Grace and Kiana James.
  • October 7, 2022 – NXT Level Up: Fallon Henley and Sol Ruca defeated Arianna Grace and Kiana James.
  • October 11, 2022 – NXT: Kiana James defeated Thea Hail w Chase U.
  • October 14, 2022 – NXT Live Event: Indi Hartwell defeated Kiana James.
  • October 22, 2022 – NXT Halloween Havoc: Kiana James defeated Valentina Feroz in a dark match.
  • October 27, 2022 – WWE Main Event: Dana Brooke defeated Kiana James.
  • November 1, 2022 – NXT: Kiana James defeated Thea Hail.
  • November 3, 2022 – WWE Main Event: Kiana James defeated Dana Brooke.
  • November 12, 2022 – NXT Live Event: Katana Chance and Kayden Carter defeated Elektra Lopez and Kiana James to retain the women’s tag team titles.
  • November 17, 2022 – WWE Main Event: Asuka defeated Kiana James.
  • November 22, 2022 – NXT: Ivy Nile defeated Kiana James.
  • November 29, 2022 – NXT: Kiana James defeated Fallon Henley.
  • December 3, 2022 – NXT Live Event: Fallon Henley and Sol Ruca defeated Cora Jade and Kiana James.
  • December 10, 2022 – NXT Deadline: Roxanne Perez [2] defeated Cora Jade [1] and Indi Hartwell [1] and Kiana James [0] and Zoey Stark [1] in a iron survivor challenge to become #1 contender for the women’s title.
  • December 17, 2022 – NXT Live Event: Elektra Lopez and Kiana James defeated Fallon Henley and Valentina Feroz.
  • January 3, 2023 – NXT: Kiana James supposedly tries to make amends with Fallon Henley.
  • January 7, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Diamond Mine (Brutus Creed, Ivy Nile & Julius Creed) and Tatum Paxley defeated Brooks Jensen, Fallon Henley, Josh Briggs and Kiana James.
  • January 10, 2023 – NXT: Kiana James was in the #1 contenders battle royal for the women’s title won by Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne.
  • January 20, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Fallon Henley and Kiana James defeated Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley. Fallon Henley and Kiana James w Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs defeated Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley.
  • January 24, 2023 – NXT: Fallon Henley & Kiana James earn a championship opportunity.
  • January 31, 2023 – NXT: Fallon Henley doesn’t trust Kiana James.
  • February 4, 2023 – NXT Vengeance Day: Fallon Henley and Kiana James w Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs defeated Katana Chance and Kayden Carter to win the NXT women’s tag team titles.
  • February 7, 2023 – NXT: Fallon Henley & Kiana James still don’t see eye to eye.
  • February 10, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Fallon Henley and Kiana James w Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs defeated Elektra Lopez and Lola Vice to retain the women’s tag team titles.
  • February 11, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Brooks Jensen and Kiana James w Fallon Henly & Josh Briggs defeated Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson).
  • February 14, 2023 – NXT: Fallon Henley ruins Valentine’s Day for Brooks Jensen and Kiana James.
  • February 21, 2023 – NXT: Henley is sorry for ruining Jensen and James’ Valentine’s Day date.
  • February 24, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Fallon Henley and Kiana James w Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen defeated Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn & Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley in a 3-way tag team match to retain the women’s tag team titles.
  • February 25, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) defeated Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen w Fallon Henley and Kiana James to retain the women’s tag team titles.
  • February 28, 2023 – NXT: Kiana James plants a kiss on Brooks Jensen.
  • March 7, 2023 – NXT Roadblock: Josh Briggs becomes skeptical of Kiana James.
  • March 10, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Fallon Henley and Kiana James w Josh Briggs & Brook Jensen defeated Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn, Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley & Katana Chance and Kayden Carter in a 4-way tag team match to retain the women’s tag team titles.
  • March 11, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Edris Enofe and Malik Blade defeated Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs w Fallon Henley & Kiana James.
  • March 14, 2023 – NXT: Gigi Dolin defeated Kiana James to qualify for the NXT women’s title match.
  • March 21, 2023 – NXT: Fallon Henley confronts Kiana James over her alleged infidelity.
  • March 24, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Fallon Henley and Kiana James w Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs vs. Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn ended in a no contest. Henley & James retains the tag team titles.
  • April 1, 2023 – NXT Stand & Deliver: Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn defeated Fallon Henley and Kiana James w Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs to win the women’s tag team titles.
  • April 4, 2023 – NXT: Jensen becomes angry with Briggs and Henley over James.
  • April 11, 2023 – NXT: Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn defeated Fallon Henley and Kiana James w Josh Briggs to win the women’s tag team titles.
  • April 18, 2023 – NXT: Kiana James & Brooks Jensen Challenge Fallon Henley & Josh Briggs To A Mixed Tag.
  • April 25, 2023 – NXT Spring Breakin: Fallon Henley and Josh Briggs defeated Brooks Jensen and Kiana James.
  • April 28, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Lea Mitchell and Roxanne Perez defeated Kiana James and Monika Klisara.
  • May 9, 2023 – NXT: Lyra Valkyria defeated Kiana James in the 1st round of the women’s title tournament.
  • May 12, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Kiana James defeated Brooklyn Barlow.
  • May 16, 2023 – NXT: Kiana James defeated Thea Hail.
  • May 19, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Roxanne Perez defeated Kiana James.
  • May 20, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Fallon Henley, Valentina Feroz and Yulisa Leon defeated Kiana James, Monika Klisara and Stevie Turner.
  • June 2, 2023 – NXT Level Up (Taped): Kiana James defeated Kelani Jordan.
  • June 6, 2023 – NXT: Kiana James was in the #1 contenders battle royal for the women’s title won by Thea Hail.
  • June 9, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Blair Davenport, Kiana James and Tatum Paxley defeated Dani Palmer, Gigi Dolin and Roxanne Perez.
  • June 20, 2023 – NXT Gold Rush: Dolin and James talk about their different paths to NXT.
  • June 23, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Lyra Valkyria defeated Kiana James.
  • June 27, 2023 – NXT Gold Rush: Gigi Dolin defeated Kiana James.
  • July 4, 2023 – NXT: Kiana James finds her office destroyed.
  • July 8, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Kiana James and Lola Vice defeated Brooklyn Barlow and Fallon Henley.
  • July 18, 2023 – NXT: Kiana James defeated Gigi Dolin.
  • July 21, 2023 – Friday Night SmackDown: Tiffany Stratton defeated Kiana James in a dark match.
  • July 22, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Lyra Valkyria defeated Kiana James.
  • August 8, 2023 – NXT: Kiana James defeated Ivy Nile.
  • August 11, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Gigi Dolin defeated Kiana James.
  • August 18, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Elektra Lopez, Jade Gentile and Lola Vice defeated Jacy Jayne, Kiana James and Tiana Caffey.
  • August 25, 2023 – NXT Level Up: Kiana James defeated Kiyah Saint.
  • August 29, 2023 – NXT: Kiana James defeated Blair Davenport, Gigi Dolin and Roxanne Perez in a 4-way match to become #1 contender for the women’s title.
  • September 5, 2023 – NXT: Tiffany Stratton defeated Kiana James to retain the women’s title.
  • September 19, 2023 – NXT: Becky Lynch and Lyra Valkyria defeated Kiana James and Tiffany Stratton.
  • October 3, 2023 – NXT: Kiana James is seen speaking to someone on the cell phone.
  • October 12, 2023 – WWE Main Event: Nikki Cross defeated Kiana James.
  • October 14, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Lyra Valkyria defeated Kiana James.
  • October 17, 2023 – NXT: Shotzi defeated Kiana James.
  • October 24, 2023 – NXT Halloween Havoc – Night 1: Roxanne Perez defeated Kiana James in a devil’s playground match.
  • October 27, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Kiana James was in the Halloween costume battle royal won by Karmen Petrovic.
  • November 7, 2023 – NXT: Tiffany Stratton and Kiana James are on the same page.
  • November 11, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Kiana James and Xia Li defeated Karmen Petrovic and Lyra Valkyria.
  • November 28, 2023 – NXT: Kelani Jordan defeated Kiana James to qualify for the Iron Survivor Challenge.
  • December 1, 2023 – NXT Live Event: Fallon Henley defeated Kiana James in a lumberjill match.
  • December 5, 2023 – NXT: Fallon Henley defeated Kiana James, Roxanne Perez and Thea Hail in a 4-way, last chance qualifying match for the Iron Survivor Challenge.
  • December 12, 2023 – NXT: Thea Hail gets fired up over comments from Kiana James and Izzi Dame.
  • December 19, 2023 – NXT: Izzi Dame and Kiana James defeated Chase U (Jacy Jayne and Thea Hail).
  • January 2, 2024 – NXT: Kiana James & Izzi Dame speaks backstage.
  • January 5, 2024 – NXT Level Up: Izzi Dame and Kiana James defeated Brinley Reece and Kiyah Saint.
  • January 6, 2024 – NXT Live Event: Gigi Dolin, Kelani Jordan and Roxanne Perez defeated Cora Jade, Izzi Dame and Kiana James.
  • January 12, 2024 – NXT Live Event: Karmen Petrovic, Kelani Jordan and Roxanne Perez defeated Arianna Grace, Elektra Lopez and Kiana James.
  • January 13, 2024 – NXT Live Event: Izzi Dame w Kiana James defeated Brinley Reece.
  • January 16, 2024 – NXT: Izzi Dame was in the #1 contenders battle royal for the women’s title won by Roxanne Perez.
  • January 26, 2024 – NXT Level Up (Taped): Izzi Dame and Kiana James defeated Brinley Reece and Kelani Jordan.
  • February 6, 2024 – NXT: Kiana James & Izzi Dame bullies Brinley Reece.
  • February 10, 2024 – NXT Live Event: Kelani Jordan defeated Kiana James.
  • February 13, 2024 – NXT: Kiana James w Izzi Dame defeated Brinley Reece.
  • February 16, 2024 – NXT Level Up (Taped): Izzi Dame w Kiana James defeated Gigi Dolin.
  • February 16, 2024 – NXT Live Event: Fallon Henley and Wren Sinclair defeated Izzi Dame and Kiana James.
  • February 27, 2024 – NXT: Kiana James w Izzi Dame defeated Kelani Jordan.
  • March 1, 2024 – NXT Live Event: Izzi Dame and Kiana James defeated Breanna Covington and Brinley Reece.
  • March 2, 2024 – NXT Live Event: Lyra Valkyria and Tatum Paxley defeated Izzi Dame and Kiana James.
  • March 8, 2024 – NXT Level Up (Taped): Izzi Dame w Kiana James defeated Karmen Petrovic.
  • March 12, 2024 – NXT: Izzi Dame and Kiana James defeated Fallon Henley and Thea Hail.
  • March 19, 2024 – NXT: Kiana James, Izzi Dame, Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx speaks backstage.
Updated: March 23, 2024 @ 9:03 am

Social Media

Twitter: kianajames_wwe

Trained By

Flatbacks Wrestling School (Shawn Spears & Tyler Breeze)

Debut

September 11, 2021

Birthday

May 23, 1997

Hometown

Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Gender

Female

Height

Weight

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Notable Feuds

Status

Living