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==Early career==
==Professional wrestling career==
Training (2003–2007, 2011)


Tenille was introduced into 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, Tenille made some appearances for the Australian wrestling promotion PWA under the name Valentine. However, from the age of 16 to 18, Tenille was limited to setting up the ring at events and helping out after she suffered a 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 the fall of 2008, Tenille returned to Australia. She wrestled for several promotions, with one of her most notable appearances being at Nightmare Wrestling, where she teamed up with [[Christy Hemme]], Kellie Skater and Sara Jay to defeat the team of [[Traci Brooks]], Vixsin, Sway and Aurora. On 22 February 2009 Tenille also won PWA Queensland's first-ever "Queen of the Warriors" tournament, after defeating Shazza McKenzie, Jessie McKay and Kellie Skater.
Dashwood was introduced into 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 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.


==Canada and Shimmer Women Athletes (2009–2011)==
In early 2011, Tenille 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.North American and Australian independent circuit (2008–2011)


On 2 May 2009 Tenille made her debut for all-female American promotion Shimmer Women Athletes, at the tapings of Volume 23, losing to Amber O'Neal. Tenille wrestled on Volumes 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 34 and 36 in a variety of matches.
Dashwood returned to Australia by September 2008, and wrestled there until February 2009 for promotions like Wrestlerock and PWA Queensland.


She made her debut for the Canadian wrestling promotion ECCW on 22 May 2009 under her real name. In her debut match Dashwood defeated Nicole Matthews to earn a shot at the SuperGirls Championship. She challenged the then-champion Veronika Vice, but was unsuccessful. On 1 August 2009 Tenille defeated Veronika Vice and Nicole Matthews in a 3-way match to win her first-ever ECCW Supergirls title.  
Dashwood then travelled to the United States and made her in-ring debut for all-female American promotion Shimmer Women Athletes as "Tenille" on 2 May 2009. This was at the tapings of Volume 23 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 on Volume 28. Tenille teamed with McKay again on Volume 36, when they made an unsuccessful challenge for Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews' Shimmer Tag Team Championship.
Tenille held the championship until 27 November 2009, when she lost it to Veronika Vice. On 19 March 2010 Tenille defeated Veronika Vice to re-capture the ECCW Supergirls championship. Tenille defended the championship against Lylah Lodge, Nicole Matthews, KC Spinelli and Veronika Vice, before losing it to Matthews in a Tables match. In addition to Shimmer and ECCW, Dashwood wrestled for wrestling promotions such as RWF, Prairie Wrestling Alliance, MLW, PCW and Wrestling Fan Xperience.


In early 2011, Tenille 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. On 9 July 2011, at a Melbourne City Wrestling show Tenille was defeated by Shazza McKenzie in Tenille's last match in Australia.
Dashwood made her debut for the Canadian wrestling promotion Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW) on 22 May 2009 under her real name. In 2009, Dashwood also wrestled for another Canadian promotion, Prairie Wrestling Alliance, as "Tenille Williams". In Dashwood's debut match for ECCW, she defeated Nicole Matthews to earn a shot at the SuperGirls Championship, but later lost to champion Veronika Vice. On 1 August, Tenille defeated Vice and Matthews in a 3-way match to win her first-ever ECCW Supergirls title. By racking up successful titles defenses in singles matches against Vice and Matthews, Tenille held the championship until 27 November 2009 when she lost it back to Vice.
 
At the 19 March 2010 ECCW event, Tenille defeated Veronika Vice to re-capture the ECCW Women's Championship. She then enjoyed successful title defenses against Vice, Nicole Matthews and Lylah Lodge in singles matches, as well as against Matthews and KC Spinelli in a three-way. Dashwood lost the title to Matthews in a tables match on 26 October, and went on to lose a title rematch to Matthews in December 2010. Tenille's last match in ECCW was on 7 May 2011, where she was defeated by Matthews.
 
On 9 July 2011, at a Melbourne City Wrestling event, Tenille had her last match in Australia before heading to WWE and was defeated by Shazza McKenzie.


==World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2011–present)==
==World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2011–present)==


On 4 March 2011 Tenille Tayla attended a Florida Championship Wrestling tryout camp and it was reported that WWE had signed her to a developmental contract. On 19 July she announced that she was going to undergo surgery on her shoulder, which had caused her problems throughout her career. She finally reported to FCW on 16 July 2012 and made her debut at their live event on 28 July in Melbourne, Florida in a Divas Battle Royal that also featured [[Audrey Marie]], [[Britani Knight|Paige]], Raquel Diaz and [[Buggy Nova|Skyler Moon]]. In August 2012, WWE dropped the Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) name and it now serves as the primary television program for the NXT Wrestling promotion.
Developmental territories (2011–2014)
   
 
Emma made her televised debut on the November 28 episode of NXT, where she competed against Audrey Marie in a losing effort. Emma would debut a bad dancer gimmick on the 9 January edition of NXT Wrestling. Emma competed against Paige in a losing effort. Emma won her first match on the April 17 episode of NXT, defeating Bayley via submission.
In March 2011, SHIMMER announced that Dashwood had signed a developmental contract with WWE. In July 2011, Dashwood decided to undergo surgery for her shoulder, which had caused her problems throughout her career. In June 2012, Dashwood relocated to Florida, and eventually reported to WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).  She made her FCW in-ring debut on the 1 August live event, participating in a battle royal.
 
In August 2012, Dashwood revealed "Emma" as her new ring name. WWE went on to rebrand its developmental territory, FCW, into NXT.  Emma made her television debut on the 28 November episode of NXT, where she competed against Audrey Marie in a losing effort. Emma debuted a clumsy dancer character on the 9 January 2013 episode of NXT. From April, the goofy Emma began to rack up wins (over the likes of Bayley and Audrey Marie) while becoming one of the most popular NXT wrestlers. On the 26 June episode of NXT, Emma competed in the NXT Women's Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champion and defeated Aksana in the first round. She went on to defeat Summer Rae in the semi-finals on the 10 July episode of NXT. On the 24 July episode of NXT, Emma was defeated by Paige in the finals for the NXT Women's Championship tournament.
 
On the 7 August episode of NXT, Emma won a dance-off against Summer Rae to become the number one contender for the NXT Women's Championship, but Rae then attacked her to start a feud. In the following months, Emma teamed up with Paige to feud with the Beautiful Fierce Females (Rae and Sasha Banks). On the 18 December episode of NXT, Emma was challenged by Natalya for Emma's shot at the NXT Championship, which was contested on the 1 January 2014 episode of NXT in which Emma was victorious. On 27 February, at NXT Arrival, Emma finally received her title match against Paige, but was unsuccessful in capturing the championship. After Paige was stripped of the championship, Emma lost to Charlotte in a tournament to determine a new champion.
Alliance with Santino Marella (2014–present)
 
On the 13 January 2014 episode of Raw, Emma made her first appearance on the main roster when WWE acknowledged her appearing amongst the live audience, Emma continued to appear in the crowd on Raw and SmackDown that month, with tensions developing between her and Summer Rae.
On the 3 February episode of Raw, Emma was invited into the ring by Santino Marella to participate in a dance-off against Rae, which Emma won by fan vote. In the following weeks, the feud between Emma and Rae continued and Emma eventually began teasing a on-screen relationship with Marella, showing romantic feelings towards one another on both Raw and Smackdown. The two would finally face off in a match on the February 24 episode of Raw, where Emma would defeat Rae. Week later, on the 3 March episode of Raw, Emma and Santino would defeat Rae and Fandango in a mixed tag team match, when Emma once again made Rae submit. On the March 25 episode of Main Event, Emma teamed up with Natalya, The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi) and Eva Marie in a losing effort to the team of Rae, Alicia Fox, Aksana, Layla and Tamina Snuka, when Snuka pinned Naomi. On the 27 March episode of WWE Superstars, Emma once again defeated Rae via submission. On April 6 at Wrestlemania XXX, Emma competed in the "Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational" match for the WWE Divas Championship, which was won by defending champion AJ Lee. The following night on Raw, Emma and Marella once again defeated Rae and Fandango in a mixed tag team match, with Emma making Rae submit. On the April 15 episode of Main Event, Emma participated in a Divas Battle Royal to determine the No.1 Contender to the Divas Championship and face Paige at Extreme Rules, but was eliminated by Nikki Bella.
 
==Personal life==
Dashwood has an older brother named Jake, who introduced her to wrestling.
 
==In wrestling==
 
    Finishing moves
        Emma Lock (Muta lock)
        Queen Cobra/VenEmma (Right-handed thrust to an opponent's throat or face, with theatrics) - adopted from Santino Marella
        Running big boot
 
    Signature moves
        Dil-Emma (Rope-hung Boston crab)
        Discus elbow smash
        Emma-mite Sandwich (Running crossbody to an opponent seated in the corner)
        Monkey flip, sometimes from out of the corner
 
    Wrestlers managed
        Carlo Cannon
        Dylan Knight
        Dan Myers
        Scotty Mac
        Stephen James and Foxx
        Santino Marella
 
    Nicknames
        "Valentine"
        "The Dancing Queen"
 
    Entrance themes
        "Feedback" by Janet Jackson (Independent circuit)
        "#Emmalution" by Brian Randazzo (NXT / WWE, 2012–present)
 
Championships and accomplishments
 
    Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
        ECCW Women's Supergirls Championship (2 times)
 
    Pro Wrestling Alliance Queensland
        "Queen of the Warriors" tournament (2009)
 
    Pro Wrestling Illustrated
        PWI ranked her #38 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2013
    Zero Calvin Wrestling
        Zero Calvin Gravity Championship))
 





Revision as of 23:31, 21 May 2014

Tenille Dashwood is an Australian professional wrestler, better known by her ring name, Tenille Tayla. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs in its developmental territory NXT Wrestling under the ring name Emma.


Professional wrestling career

Training (2003–2007, 2011)

Dashwood was introduced into 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 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, Tenille 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.North American and Australian independent circuit (2008–2011)

Dashwood returned to Australia by September 2008, and wrestled there until February 2009 for promotions like Wrestlerock and PWA Queensland.

Dashwood then travelled to the United States and made her in-ring debut for all-female American promotion Shimmer Women Athletes as "Tenille" on 2 May 2009. This was at the tapings of Volume 23 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 on Volume 28. Tenille teamed with McKay again on Volume 36, when they made an unsuccessful challenge for Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews' Shimmer Tag Team Championship.

Dashwood made her debut for the Canadian wrestling promotion Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW) on 22 May 2009 under her real name. In 2009, Dashwood also wrestled for another Canadian promotion, Prairie Wrestling Alliance, as "Tenille Williams". In Dashwood's debut match for ECCW, she defeated Nicole Matthews to earn a shot at the SuperGirls Championship, but later lost to champion Veronika Vice. On 1 August, Tenille defeated Vice and Matthews in a 3-way match to win her first-ever ECCW Supergirls title. By racking up successful titles defenses in singles matches against Vice and Matthews, Tenille held the championship until 27 November 2009 when she lost it back to Vice.

At the 19 March 2010 ECCW event, Tenille defeated Veronika Vice to re-capture the ECCW Women's Championship. She then enjoyed successful title defenses against Vice, Nicole Matthews and Lylah Lodge in singles matches, as well as against Matthews and KC Spinelli in a three-way. Dashwood lost the title to Matthews in a tables match on 26 October, and went on to lose a title rematch to Matthews in December 2010. Tenille's last match in ECCW was on 7 May 2011, where she was defeated by Matthews.

On 9 July 2011, at a Melbourne City Wrestling event, Tenille had her last match in Australia before heading to WWE and was defeated by Shazza McKenzie.

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2011–present)

Developmental territories (2011–2014)

In March 2011, SHIMMER announced that Dashwood had signed a developmental contract with WWE. In July 2011, Dashwood decided to undergo surgery for her shoulder, which had caused her problems throughout her career. In June 2012, Dashwood relocated to Florida, and eventually reported to WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). She made her FCW in-ring debut on the 1 August live event, participating in a battle royal.

In August 2012, Dashwood revealed "Emma" as her new ring name. WWE went on to rebrand its developmental territory, FCW, into NXT. Emma made her television debut on the 28 November episode of NXT, where she competed against Audrey Marie in a losing effort. Emma debuted a clumsy dancer character on the 9 January 2013 episode of NXT. From April, the goofy Emma began to rack up wins (over the likes of Bayley and Audrey Marie) while becoming one of the most popular NXT wrestlers. On the 26 June episode of NXT, Emma competed in the NXT Women's Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champion and defeated Aksana in the first round. She went on to defeat Summer Rae in the semi-finals on the 10 July episode of NXT. On the 24 July episode of NXT, Emma was defeated by Paige in the finals for the NXT Women's Championship tournament.

On the 7 August episode of NXT, Emma won a dance-off against Summer Rae to become the number one contender for the NXT Women's Championship, but Rae then attacked her to start a feud. In the following months, Emma teamed up with Paige to feud with the Beautiful Fierce Females (Rae and Sasha Banks). On the 18 December episode of NXT, Emma was challenged by Natalya for Emma's shot at the NXT Championship, which was contested on the 1 January 2014 episode of NXT in which Emma was victorious. On 27 February, at NXT Arrival, Emma finally received her title match against Paige, but was unsuccessful in capturing the championship. After Paige was stripped of the championship, Emma lost to Charlotte in a tournament to determine a new champion. Alliance with Santino Marella (2014–present)

On the 13 January 2014 episode of Raw, Emma made her first appearance on the main roster when WWE acknowledged her appearing amongst the live audience, Emma continued to appear in the crowd on Raw and SmackDown that month, with tensions developing between her and Summer Rae. On the 3 February episode of Raw, Emma was invited into the ring by Santino Marella to participate in a dance-off against Rae, which Emma won by fan vote. In the following weeks, the feud between Emma and Rae continued and Emma eventually began teasing a on-screen relationship with Marella, showing romantic feelings towards one another on both Raw and Smackdown. The two would finally face off in a match on the February 24 episode of Raw, where Emma would defeat Rae. Week later, on the 3 March episode of Raw, Emma and Santino would defeat Rae and Fandango in a mixed tag team match, when Emma once again made Rae submit. On the March 25 episode of Main Event, Emma teamed up with Natalya, The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi) and Eva Marie in a losing effort to the team of Rae, Alicia Fox, Aksana, Layla and Tamina Snuka, when Snuka pinned Naomi. On the 27 March episode of WWE Superstars, Emma once again defeated Rae via submission. On April 6 at Wrestlemania XXX, Emma competed in the "Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational" match for the WWE Divas Championship, which was won by defending champion AJ Lee. The following night on Raw, Emma and Marella once again defeated Rae and Fandango in a mixed tag team match, with Emma making Rae submit. On the April 15 episode of Main Event, Emma participated in a Divas Battle Royal to determine the No.1 Contender to the Divas Championship and face Paige at Extreme Rules, but was eliminated by Nikki Bella.

Personal life

Dashwood has an older brother named Jake, who introduced her to wrestling.

In wrestling

   Finishing moves
       Emma Lock (Muta lock)
       Queen Cobra/VenEmma (Right-handed thrust to an opponent's throat or face, with theatrics) - adopted from Santino Marella
       Running big boot
   Signature moves
       Dil-Emma (Rope-hung Boston crab)
       Discus elbow smash
       Emma-mite Sandwich (Running crossbody to an opponent seated in the corner)
       Monkey flip, sometimes from out of the corner
   Wrestlers managed
       Carlo Cannon
       Dylan Knight
       Dan Myers
       Scotty Mac
       Stephen James and Foxx
       Santino Marella
   Nicknames
       "Valentine"
       "The Dancing Queen"
   Entrance themes
       "Feedback" by Janet Jackson (Independent circuit)
       "#Emmalution" by Brian Randazzo (NXT / WWE, 2012–present)

Championships and accomplishments

   Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
       ECCW Women's Supergirls Championship (2 times)
   Pro Wrestling Alliance Queensland
       "Queen of the Warriors" tournament (2009)
   Pro Wrestling Illustrated
       PWI ranked her #38 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2013
   Zero Calvin Wrestling
       Zero Calvin Gravity Championship))




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