Deonna Purrazzo

Deonna Lynn Purrazzo (born June 10, 1994) is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

Deonna Purrazzo was born on June 10, 1994, in Livingston, New Jersey, to Italian parents.

She has a twin brother, Dominic, Deonna was born first.

She grew up in Jefferson Township, New Jersey, and attended Jefferson Township High School.

Purrazzo began training in December 2012, and then started wrestling in various independent promotions the following year, eventually appearing in national companies TNA and ROH.

Purrazzo started training at the now defunct D2W Pro Wrestling Academy in December 2012 after she spotted an advertisement for it.

She made her in-ring debut in 2013.

She is best known for her tenures with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2014 to 2017 and 2020 to 2023, where she is a former three-time TNA Knockouts World Champion and a former TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champion.

She also appeared in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) from 2021 to 2023 and Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2015 to 2018, where she is a former AAA Reina de Reinas Champion and ROH Women's World Champion, respectively, making her a five-time professional wrestling women's world champion.

After making various appearances for WWE beginning in 2014, she signed with the company in 2018 and was appointed to its developmental brand NXT, but was released in 2020.

Purrazzo left D2W in 2014, alongside trainer Damian Adams.

Both continued training at Team Adams Training facility in Northern New Jersey.

She has attended extra training sessions alongside Rip Rogers at Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky.

Purrazzo made her TNA wrestling debut during the May 10, 2014, taping of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, losing a singles match against Brooke at Knockouts Knockdown II.

On October 17, 2015, at the East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA)'s second annual Super 8 ChickFight Tournament, Purrazzo won the tournament and the ECWA Women's Championship after defeating Tessa Blanchard in the finals, marking Purrazzo's first title win in her wrestling career.

Purrazzo is co-credited with starting the "rebirth" of Ring of Honor (ROH)'s women's division (officially called Women of Honor), as her ROH debut match against Mandy Leon (in Baltimore, Maryland on July 25, 2015) was ROH's first women's match in roughly a decade.

Although losing the contest, this match set the tone for what was to come in WOH.

In December 2015 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Purrazzo teamed with Hania "The Howling Huntress" in another losing effort against Mandy Leon and Sumie Sakai.

On October 22, 2016, Purazzo, still being the ECWA Women's Champion, won the third Super 8 ChickFight Tournament after defeating Karen Q in the finals, being the first wrestler in ECWA's history to win the tournament back-to-back.

Purrazzo made an appearance at the Ring of Honor Supercard of Honor X in April 2016 where she teamed with Amber Gallows in a tag team match against Solo Darling and Mandy Leon, but lost via submission.

On the December 14 episode of ROH's Women of Honor Wednesday webseries, Purrazzo returned to face off against Sumie Sakai in a winning effort.

Purrazzo made her first appearance on ROH TV episode that aired on December 10, 2016.

Purrazzo defeated Candice LeRae.

Deonna returned to TNA on January 8, 2016, at the One Night Only: Live PPV and participated in a number one contender's gauntlet match, where she was eliminated by Awesome Kong.

She made a third appearance on March 17, 2016, at Knockouts Knockdown IV where she lost to Madison Rayne.

She also worked for the Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom from 2017 to 2018.

Purrazzo then re-signed with TNA, which had been renamed to Impact Wrestling in 2017, and quickly rose through the ranks in the women's division, and also appeared in AAA through a partnership with Impact.

After leaving Impact at the end of 2023, which reverted to its TNA name in January 2024, Purrazzo signed with AEW that same month.

On June 17, 2017, Purrazzo vacated the championship after defeating Karen.

On October 21, at the fourth Super 8 ChickFight Tournament, Purrazzo advanced to the finals, where she faced against Karen and Santana Garrett in a three-way match, which was won by Karen.

On June 23, 2017, at Best in the World, Purrazzo teamed with Mandy Leon in a losing effort against Kris Wolf and Sumie Sakai.

During the following night's TV tapings, Purrazzo wrestled a three-way match against Karen Q and Kelly Klein, and was pinned by Karen Q. On the July 29 tapings (uploaded on YouTube on September 6), Purrazzo lost a singles match to Klein, following interference from Karen Q, who attacked Purrazzo during and after the match.

On October 13, at Global Wars: Pittsburgh, Purrazzo teamed with Leon and Jenny Rose in a winning effort, against Britt Baker, Faye Jackson and Sumie Sakai.

On January 19, 2017, episode of Impact Wrestling, Purrazzo faced Brooke in a losing effort.

Purrazzo was also featured in an Xplosion match, losing to Laurel Van Ness.

On January 11, 2018, Purrazzo signed a contract with ROH.

Purrazzo was a featured participant in the ROH Women of Honor Championship tournament, held in the spring of 2018.

At ROH Manhattan Mayhem 2018 she won together with Tenille Dashwood in a tag team match against Jenny Rose and Sumie Sakai.

Purrazzo advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women Of Honor Championship tournament by defeating Holidead, then was eliminated by World Wonder Ring Stardom's Mayu Iwatani.

Purrazzo left ROH on July 1, 2018, her final match came in a loss against Kelly Klein.