Bayley

Pamela Rose Martinez (born June 15, 1989) is an American professional wrestler.

She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Bayley.

Bayley's 380-day reign as WWE SmackDown Women's Champion stands as the longest in the championship's history.

Pamela Rose Martinez was born on June 15, 1989, in San Jose, California and grew up in a Mexican-American family.

She attended Independence High School in San Jose and once played as a captain of the school's basketball team, as well as participating in track and martial arts.

Martinez had been attending shows by Big Time Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion in Northern California, since she was 11.

From 2008 to 2012, she wrestled on the independent circuit under the ring name Davina Rose.

In April 2008, she started her professional wrestling career at the age of 18, by attending Big Time Wrestling's training classes by her head trainer Jason Styles, which was one of the reasons why Martinez considered Big Time Wrestling as her home promotion.

She had her first match in September 2008.

On the American independent circuit, Martinez wrestled under the ring name Davina Rose.

Rose wrestled for Big Time Wrestling from 2008 to 2012.

In October 2010, Rose first met her mentor Serena when they teamed together for a tag team match.

Between 2011 and 2012, Rose branched out to wrestle for other promotions such as NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, Pro Wrestling Destination and Shine Wrestling.

In October 2011, Rose made her debut for Shimmer Women Athletes.

At the tapings of Shimmer Volume 41–44, she became embroiled in Serena's feud with the Canadian Ninjas (Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews).

At the tapings, Rose lost all four matches, including her debut match against Mercedes Martinez.

Martinez signed with WWE in 2012 and was assigned to the NXT brand, where she adopted the ring name Bayley (as opposed to Bailey, Martinez chose "Bayley" as she represents the Bay Area).

In 2012, Rose continued to wrestle for Shimmer and on Volume 58, she teamed with Mia Yim to defeat Melanie Cruise and Mena Libra, receiving her first victory; on Volumes 51 and 52, Rose picked up her first two singles victories in Shimmer with wins over Cherry Bomb and Rhia O'Reilly.

In December 2012, Martinez signed with WWE.

In January 2013, Martinez made her debut for WWE's developmental territory NXT at a live event, wrestling under a mask as Luchadora for one match, teaming with Paige and Charlotte to defeat Summer Rae, Audrey Marie and Emma in a six-woman tag team match.

She adopted the ring name Bayley and made her NXT television debut in a loss to Paige on the March 20 episode.

On June 12, Bayley adopted a new character of a doe-eyed fangirl, losing to Alicia Fox in the first round of the NXT Women's Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champion.

On August 21, Bayley unsuccessfully challenged AJ Lee for the Divas Championship.

On September 4, for her first win, Bayley and Charlotte defeated Alicia Fox and Aksana.

To Charlotte's annoyance, The BFFs—Beautiful, Fierce Females (Sasha Banks and Summer Rae), attempted to convince Bayley to join them, but this led to Charlotte attacking Bayley during their match against the BFFs on November 13, promptly joining the BFFs instead.

On May 1, 2014, Bayley failed to advance in a tournament for the vacant NXT Women's Championship after losing to Banks in the first round.

After pinning Charlotte in a tag team match, Bayley defeated Sasha Banks to become the number one contender to Charlotte's NXT Women's Championship, but she was unsuccessful in capturing the title at NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way on September 11, and in a rematch that took place on October 2.

In mid-October, after losing to Banks, Bayley was attacked by her former friend Becky Lynch, who allied with Banks, and she later formed an alliance with former rival Charlotte to feud with Banks and Lynch throughout the following several weeks.

On the November 27 episode, Bayley was attacked by Banks and Lynch, injuring her knee in the storyline.

In 2015, she won the NXT Women's Championship, and subsequently won the 2015 NXT Year-End Awards for Female Competitor of the Year and Match of the Year for her match with Sasha Banks at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn.

Bayley held the WWE Raw Women's Championship, the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship and the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, making her the first women's Triple Crown Champion and Grand Slam winner in WWE history.

She returned on the January 21, 2015 episode, saving Charlotte from an attack by Banks and Lynch, before reluctantly attacking Charlotte herself.

At NXT TakeOver: Rival on February 11, Bayley competed in a fatal four-way match for the NXT Women's Championship but failed to capture the title.

In March, Bayley began a feud with Emma after criticizing Bayley for her niceness, claiming it had prevented her from winning the NXT Women's Championship.

This led to a match between the two on the April 1 episode, which Bayley won.

On the April 29 episode, Bayley was defeated by Dana Brooke after a distraction by Emma.

She gained revenge on Emma the following week, attacking her after her loss to Charlotte.

At NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable on May 20, Bayley and Charlotte defeated Emma and Brooke.

Additionally, she won the 2019 Money in the Bank ladder match and was the first woman to defend a WWE title in Saudi Arabia.

In 2024, she won the Royal Rumble match and set a new women's record of 1 hour and 3 minutes.