Birth name Cheree Crowley Billed height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Role Professional wrestler Ring name(s) Evie Trained by Dave O'Connor Career start December 2007 | Name Cheree Crowley Weight 60 kg Billed weight 132 lb (60 kg) Height 1.68 m | |
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Born 6 May 1988 (age 35) Auckland, New Zealand ( 1988-05-06 ) | ||
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Dakota kai vs kavita devi first round match mae young classic aug 30 2017
Cheree Crowley (born May 6, 1988) is a New Zealand professional wrestler of Samoan and Irish descent currently signed to WWE, where she performs in their development territory NXT, under the ring name Dakota Kai. Under the ring name Evie, Crowley also wrestled internationally for the American promotions Shimmer Women Athletes and Shine Wrestling as well as for Pro Wrestling Alliance in Sydney, Australia, where she is a former PWWA champion. She also worked for Impact Pro Wrestling in New Zealand, where she is a former three-time IPW Women's Champion.
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- Dakota kai vs kavita devi first round match mae young classic aug 30 2017
- Dakota kai vs rhea ripley second round match mae young classic sept 5 2017
- Impact Pro Wrestling 20072015
- Pro Wrestling Alliance Australia 20122016
- Other promotions 20132016
- World Wonder Ring Stardom 20152016
- Early appearances 2015present
- Other media
- In wrestling
- Championships and accomplishments
- References
Dakota kai vs rhea ripley second round match mae young classic sept 5 2017
Impact Pro Wrestling (2007–2015)
Evie made her professional wrestling debut in December 2007 for the Auckland based company, Impact Pro Wrestling.
Pro Wrestling Alliance Australia (2012–2016)
In September 2011, she debuted in Sydney, Australia-based Pro Wrestling Alliance Australia (PWA Australia) for their annual PWWA show, where she defeated Kellie Skater. In August 2012, Evie became the first ever Impact Pro Wrestling NZ Women's Champion, defeating Britenay and Megan-Kate in a triple threat match. A week later, she won the Interim PWWA Championship by defeating Jessie McKay in the finals. She retained the title during her first defense against Kellie Skater on 6 October.
Other promotions (2013–2016)
Evie made her debut for the all-female American promotion Shimmer Women Athletes at Volume 53 on 6 April 2013, participating in a five-way match which she lost to Christina Von Eerie and also included Yuu Yamagata, Kalamity, and Rhia O'Reilly. At Volume 54, Evie defeated Kimber Lee to pick up her first win for the promotion, but she was defeated by Mia Yim the next day at Volume 56.
On 19 April, Evie made her debut for Shine Wrestling at Shine 9, in a losing effort against Mercedes Martinez.
After Impact Pro Wrestling returned after a few months from folding in mid-2013, all the previous title holders were stripped of their championships. Evie won the IPW Women's Championship back in December 2013 and aligned herself with a new heel faction called 'The Investment'.
Evie began 2014 in Japan working on a three-month contract awarded to her through Zero1 Pro Wrestling Australia. She was the first ever female to receive such a contract. She competed with the promotion Diana. During her stay, Evie also teamed with Madison Eagles in a losing effort against Global Green Gangsters (Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa) for the Shimmer Tag Team Championships as part of the Joshi4Hope show.
In April, she traveled back to the United States, beginning her second tour in New Orleans, Louisiana. She competed in a losing effort against Hikaru Shida at Shimmer Volume 62. At Volumes 63 and 64, Evie defeated Rhia O'Reilly and Nicole Matthews, respectively.
At the Shine 18 iPPV on 20 April, Kellie Skater and Evie lost to defending champions the Lucha Sisters (Leva Bates and Mia Yim) for the Shine Tag Team Championships.
World Wonder Ring Stardom (2015–2016)
On 6 December 2015, Evie made her debut for the Japanese World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. In her first match she won the vacant Artist of Stardom Championship alongside Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kellie Skater. They lost the title to Io Shirai, Kairi Hojo and Mayu Iwatani in their third defense on 28 February 2016.
Early appearances (2015–present)
She appeared on NXT on the 14 October, 2015 episode, losing to the debuting Nia Jax.
On December 15, 2016, she signed a contract with WWE. On June 29, 2017, Crowley was announced as a participant in the upcoming Mae Young Classic under the ring name Dakota Kai. Kai entered the tournament on July 13, defeating Kavita Devi in the first round. The following day, Kai defeated Rhea Ripley in the second round, before being eliminated in the quarterfinals by Kairi Sane.
Other media
In September 2009, Evie starred in the music video for "Sweet December" by Auckland band 'These Four Walls'. In April 2013, 20/20 aired a story which followed Evie on her lead up to her first tour in the United States. Also that summer, she was similarly profiled on the Māori Television sports show Code.