Tegan Nox

Tegan Nox is a Welsh professional wrestler best known for her time with the promotion she is currently working at, the WWE. She currently performs on Monday Night RAW and has previously worked on NXT, and promotions such as Attack Pro Wrestling, What Culture Pro Wrestling and more.

Early Life

The real name of Tegan Nox is Steffanie Newell. She was born on November 15, 1994, in Bargoed, Wales. She was very good at football during her childhood days and had played for enumerated teams during her school days. At one point she took part in trials for both Cardiff City and the Welsh National team. Steffanie suffered a knee injury at the age of 13 which cost her a place in the Under-16 Welsh National Football team.

Later she gave up her passion as a result of the injuries she sustained. After quitting football, she found her interest in the sport of Professional wrestling. Newell grew up as a fan of professional wrestling after being introduced to it at the age of five. Newell got trained in the ring by Dave Stewart and "Wild Boar" Mike Hitchman. She also said that her late grandfather served as an inspiration for her professional wrestling career.

Tegan Nox Pro wrestling career

Attack! Pro Wrestling

Steffanie made her debut in 2014 at the age of 19. She played quite a few matches with the promotion. She had her debut match against Lana Austin and defeated her. Later that night she teamed up with Austin to win the Attack! 24/7 Championship. In 2015, she debuted under a new character name called Luchadora The Explorer. She had a few tag team matches where she teamed up with Mark Andrews and formed a team called Bayside High in January 2016. In April the team won their first Attack! Tag Team champions.

WWE

In April 2017, Steffanie Newell signed a contract with WWE. She was originally planned to compete in the Mae Young Classic. But she was pulled from the tournament as a result of an ACL injury. A year later Newell returned at an NXT live event in April 2018. Later Newell debuted in her new ring name Tegan Nox. Nox then entered the Mae Young Classic Tournament in 2018. She defeated Zatara in the first round and Nicole Matthews in the second round. But suffered another knee injury and left the brand following the injury.

Return to NXT

In June 2019, Tegan Nox made her return in an NXT live event in Florida. Later she made her NXT UK debut and defeated Shax. Tegan Nox then began her feud with the NXT UK Women's Champion Kay Lee Ray. She lost her match. On October 16, she returned to NXT and defeated Taynara. Tegan Nox teamed with Dakota Kai and entered into the tag team division. She then had a couple of matches at the NXT Takeover PPV. At NXT Takeover: Portland she was defeated by Kai in a street fight match. On 7 June at Takeover: In your house, Nox teamed up with Mia Yim and Shotzi Blackheart to defeat Kai, Gonzalez, and Candice Le-Rae in a six-woman tag team match. On 1 July episode of NXT The Great American Bash, Nox defeated Kai, LeRae, and Yim in a fatal four-way elimination match to become the number one contender for the NXT Women's Championship. But was unsuccessful in her match against IO Shirai. On July 9, 2021, Tegan Nox made her debut on SmackDown teaming up with her best friend Shotzi Blackheart against the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Tamina and Natalya. Tegan Nox won the match. The duo later defeated the Tag team champions on multiple occasions but never received a shot at the title. In 2021, as a part of the Draft, she moved to the RAW brand without even competing in a match on the brand. On November 18, 2021, she was released from the company

Source - WWE

Return to SmackDown

In December 2022, Tegan Nox made her return to SmackDown by coming out and assisting Liv Morgan against Damage Control. Tegan Nox then started teaming up with Liv Morgan for a while. The two also defeated the tag team of Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler. They earned a shot for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship that was held by Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky, two members of the Damage CTRL group. In their title opportunity, Morgan and Nox failed to succeed as masked women interfered in the match, later revealed to be Xia Li.

During the 2023 WWE Draft, Tegan Nox was drafted to Monday Night RAW.

Championships and accomplishments

1. Attack! Pro Wrestling
2. Attack! 24/7 Championship (3 times)
3. Attack! Tag Team Championship (1 time)

1. British Empire Wrestling
2. British Empire Women's Championship (1 time)

1. DDT Pro-Wrestling
2. Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (2 times)

1. Southside Wrestling Entertainment
2. SWE Tag Team Championship (1 time)
3. Queen of Southside Championship (1 time)

1. What Culture Pro Wrestling
2. WCPW Women's Championship (1 time)

Tegan Nox Net Worth

As per various sources, Tegan Nox has a net worth of $5 Million in 2023. The majority of her net worth can be credited to her earnings from his work with WWE.

Tegan Nox Personal Life

Tegan Nox confirmed that she is bisexual in an interview on WWE's The Bump.

"For me, it's always been, like, not about gender. If someone makes me laugh and they make me feel good and they're nice people, I'm all for that. It doesn't matter if they're man, woman, it doesn't matter to me." - Said Tegan Nox on The Bump

Speaking of her current relationship, Nox has been dating Sierra St. Pierre for more than a couple of years. She revealed her girlfriend in 2020. Tegan Nox tends to keep her personal life private. But she uploads her pics with her girlfriend quite often on her Instagram handle. Previously, Nox had dated fellow NXT Superstar Travis Banks, who was then signed to NXT UK.

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