Dasha Janis Kuret (née González; born April 17, 1988) is an American fitness model,

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, and

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. She is also known for her time as a backstage interviewer and ring announcer in

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under the

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Dasha Fuentes and

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(AEW) under the ring name Dasha Gonzalez.

Early life and career

Gonzalez was born and raised in

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and later attended the

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(UCF), where she studied

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, and

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, graduating in 2012. She worked at

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and at the beauty retail store

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. Gonzalez also competed in the

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organization, winning several titles including Miss UCF and Miss Volusia County. Gonzalez was active in swimming,

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, and

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until a knee injury sustained in the summer of 2014 forced her to be sidelined.

Professional wrestling career

WWE (2014–2019)

Dasha signed a contract with

in 2014 and was assigned to their developmental territory NXT in May, where she was given the

Dasha Fuentes. Fuentes debuted in a ''NXT'' live event in April 2015, teaming with Dana Brooke and

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in a losing effort to Carmella, Alexa Bliss and Devin Taylor. In mid 2015, Dasha began appearing as a backstage interviewer on ''NXT''. Fuentes appeared at the NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable event on May 20, as part of Tyler Breeze's entrance. On April 9, 2019, Fuentes was released from WWE.

All Elite Wrestling (2019–2024)

In October 2019, Gonzalez competed in a singles match against Renee Michelle as part of Great Lakes Championship Wrestling's Blizzard Brawl Event, where she was victorious. On August 31, 2019, Gonzalez was part of the Spanish announcers for

's inaugural

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PPV. In October 2019, Gonzalez made her debut as a Spanish commentator for the AEW program ''

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''. On November 4, 2019, during ''AEW Dark'', Gonzalez appeared alongside host

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and was later revealed to be joining the program as Schiavone's co-host. On the November 27 episode of ''

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'', Gonzalez took Justin Roberts' place as the event's ring announcer after Roberts was (

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) attacked earlier in the night. On the August 10, 2020, episode of the AEW Women’s Tag Team tournament, she made her in-ring debut teaming with Rachael Ellering in a losing effort to Ivelisse and Diamanté. On April 1, 2024, Dasha Kuret was released from AEW.

Other media

In 2020, Gonzalez competed during the second season of the sports competition series '' The Titan Games''.

References

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