Killer Death Machines was a

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consisting of

Jessicka Havok Jessica Cricks (born June 20, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Jessicka Havok. She is signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), under the ring name Jessicka, where she is a former three-time TNA Kn ...

and

Nevaeh Nevaeh is a feminine given name which was coined by spelling ''heaven'' backwards. It peaked in popularity in the 2000s and 2010s but remains one of the most popular girls' names as of 2020. History and meaning The name Nevaeh is the word ''h ...

. They were best known for their time in

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. They also competed as a team in the

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most notably for

Shimmer Women Athletes Shimmer Women Athletes (often referred to and stylized as SHIMMER) was an American, Chicago-based independent women's professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005. Established by Dave Prazak and run by both ...

and

Rise Wrestling Rise Wrestling (stylized as RiSE Wrestling or RISE Wrestling and often referred to simply as RiSE) was an American independent women's professional wrestling promotion. It aired events on Internet pay-per-view (iPPV by subscription) and hosts l ...

, where they are the reigning and longest reigning Guardians of RISE Champions in their first reign. The team would also compete for

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's sixth season as Monsters of Madness in 2019. The team would also compete in Impact Wrestling from 2020 to 2021 until the team disbanded after repetitive losses as Nevaeh turned on Havok. This would lead to Havok defeating Nevaeh and Nevaeh leaving Impact shortly after.

History

Independent circuit (2014–2020)

and

both represented

and formed their tag team "Killer Death Machines" at an

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event ''Point of No Return'' on April 11, 2014, where they competed against

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and

Heidi Lovelace Dori Elizabeth Prange ( ; born January 9, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she performs under the ring name Ruby Soho, and is a former member of The Outcasts (professional wrestling), T ...

in a losing effort. Killer Death Machines wrestled two more matches in 2014, once at

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's ''Prelude to Violence'' where they defeated

Kimber Lee Kimberly Ann Frankele (born June 27, 1990), better known by her ring name Kimber Lee, is an American professional wrestler. She is known for her work on both the American and international independent circuits, most notably as part of The Kimber ...

and

LuFisto Genevieve Goulet (born February 15, 1980), better known by the ring name LuFisto, is a French Canadian professional wrestler. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (1997–present) LuFisto began training when she was 17 years old in ...

and at Queens of Combat (QOC) event ''QOC 2'' event where they defeated

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and

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. The team would then go their separate ways as Havok joined

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(TNA) and wrestled there exclusively while Nevaeh continued to compete on the independent circuit. After competing separately for three years, the Killer Death Machines reunited at the '' WrestleCon Women's SuperShow'' on April 1, 2017, where they competed against

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and

Mia Yim Stephanie Hym Lee (née Bell; born April 16, 1989), better known by the ring name Mia Yim, is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Michin ( , ). Bell is also kno ...

, Eddy McQueen and Jamie Senegal and Sexy Young Caramels (Devyn Nicole & Savannah Evans) in a four-way match, which Bates and Yim won. The team would then regularly compete as a tag team for various independent circuit between 2017 and 2019. On May 19, 2018, Killer Death Machines returned to QOC at ''Royalty Returns'', where they lost to Ruthless Ambition (Maria Manic and

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). They made an appearance for The Wrestling Revolver at the event ''The Catalina Wrestling Mixer Vol. 2'', where they participated in the One Night Tag Team Tournament. They competed against the eventual winners

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(

Dezmond Xavier Deveon Everhart Aikens (born November 2, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT and Evolve brands under the ring name Wes Lee and is the leader of The High Ryze stable. He is a former one-t ...

and

Zachary Wentz Zachary Green (born April 29, 1994), better known by his ring name Zachary Wentz, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The Rascalz tag team. He ...

) in the opening round for the latter's PWR Tag Team Championship in a losing effort. Killer Death Machines made several appearances for Rockstar Pro Wrestling in 2018 and 2019, wrestling against women in tag team matches as well as against men in intergender tag team matches. They would also compete for Bar Wrestling's event ''

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Shimmer Women Athletes (2017–2019)

Killer Death Machines reunited in SHIMMER at ''Volume 93'' on July 8, 2017, where they unsuccessfully challenged Mount Tessa (

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and

Vanessa Kraven Vanessa Kraven (born February 10, 1982), is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler who competed in several Independent circuit, independent Professional wrestling promotion, promotions in both the United States and Canada. She ...

) for the

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. At ''Volume 102'', Killer Death Machines competed against Gokumon-To (Dynamite DiDi and Kikyo). Killer Death Machines rebounded with a win against The Blue Nation (Charli Evans and Jessica Troy) at ''Volume 104''. However, at ''Volume 106'', Killer Death Machines lost a rematch to Blue Nation to determine the #1 contenders for the Tag Team Championship. At ''Volume 107'', Killer Death Machines competed against The Totally Tubular Tag Team (Delilah Doom and Leva Bates), Blue Nation and the team of

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and

Mercedes Martinez Jazmin Benitez (born November 17, 1980) is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Mercedes Martinez. She also appears for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is a former ROH W ...

in a four-way elimination match for the Tag Team Championship, which Melissa and Martinez won. In their last appearance for Shimmer, Killer Death Machines defeated

Indi Hartwell Samantha De Martin (born 17 August 1996), better known by the ring name Indi Hartwell, is an Australian professional wrestler. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). She is best known for her tenure in WWE from 2019 to 2024, wh ...

and

Steph De Lander Stephanie Josephine De Landre (born 21 January 1997), better known under the ring name Steph De Lander, is an Australian professional wrestler. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is a former as well as the final TNA ...

at ''Volume 111''.

Rise Wrestling (2018–2019)

Killer Death Machines made their televised debut in

on the June 27, 2018 episode of ''Ascent'' against Delilah Doom and

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in a losing effort. Killer Death Machines achieved their first win in Rise at ''RISE 10: Insanity'' where they teamed with

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and Dynamite DiDi against Alex Gracia, Layne Rosario, Myka and Nikki Victory in an eight-woman tag team match. At ''RISE 12: ROW on the RISE'', Killer Death Machines received a

Guardians of RISE Championship Rise Wrestling (stylized as RiSE Wrestling or RISE Wrestling and often referred to simply as RiSE) was an American independent women's professional wrestling promotion. It aired events on Internet pay-per-view (iPPV by subscription) and hosts l ...

title shot against Paradise Lost (

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and Raven's Ash) but the match ended in a double count-out. Killer Death Machines received a rematch against Paradise Lost for the titles in a Rosemary's Rules match at ''RISE 13: Legendary''. Killer Death Machines defeated Paradise Lost to capture the Guardians of RISE Championship. They made their first successful title defense against Almost Paradise (Courtney Rush and Zoey Skye) and Team Sea Stars (Ashley Vox and Delmi Exo) in a three-way match at ''Pride and Joy''. At ''Regional Rising Stars Tournament - The Midwest Bracket'', Killer Death Machines successfully defended the titles against Paradise Lost (Dust, Raven's Ash and

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) in a

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. Their final title defense occurred against Blue Nation at ''La Escalera''.

Women of Wrestling (2019)

In 2019, Killer Death Machines worked some tapings for

's sixth season which would air in the fourth quarter of the year on

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. They were repackaged as Monsters of Madness and Nevaeh was renamed Hazard. Havok had competed for WOW in the fifth season and returned to compete for the sixth season. On the September 7 episode of ''WOW'', Havok competed against The Beast and Jungle Grrrl in a three-way match to determine the #1 contender for the WOW World Championship. The match ended in a no contest after Hazard made her WOW debut and attacked both opponents, setting up a match between the Monsters of Madness and the team of Beast and Jungle Grrrl on the September 28 episode of ''WOW''. Monsters of Madness lost the match via disqualification after Hazard attacked both opponents with a steel chair. Monsters of Madness would enter a tournament for the vacant WOW Tag Team Championship. They defeated The Dixie Darlings (Jolene Dixie and Jolynn Dixie) in the first round, Chantilly Chella and Sassy Massy in the second round and Holidead and Siren the Voodoo Doll and Holidead and Siren the Voodoo Doll and

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and

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in a three-way match in the semifinal to advance to the final round in the season finale, where they lost to Adrenaline and Fire.

Impact Wrestling (2020–2021)

On April 28, 2020, during the second night of

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, Nevaeh made her

debut as she watched from distance a

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between Havok and

, which was won by Rosemary. On the May 26 episode of '' Impact!'', Nevaeh interfered a match between Havok and

, as Nevaeh stopped Lee from hitting Havok with a

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. Havok and Nevaeh continued to attack Lee afterwards, reuniting their team in Impact Wrestling. They began feuding with

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(

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and

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) leading to a

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between the two teams on the August 11 episode of ''Impact!'', which Havok and Nevaeh lost. In the fall of 2020, Havok and Nevaeh entered a tournament for the vacant Knockouts Tag Team Championship, in which they defeated

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and

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in the quarterfinal round on the November 17 episode of ''Impact!''. Havok and Nevaeh defeated

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(

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and

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) at the

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. Havok and Nevaeh defeated

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and

Jordynne Grace Patricia Forrest Gresham (née Parker, born March 5, 1996), better known by her ring name Jordynne Grace, is an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and powerlifter. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand. She is best ...

in the semifinal on the January 5, 2021 episode of ''Impact!'', to advance to the tournament final against Fire N Flava at the

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on January 16. Havok and Nevaeh unsuccessfully challenged Fire N Flava for the titles in a Texas Tornado match at No Surrender. At

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, Havok and Nevaeh lost to Tenille Dashwood and Kaleb with a K. On the March 30 episode of ''Impact!'', Havok and Nevaeh lost a match to Fire N Flava. Nevaeh turned on Havok by attacking her after the match, blaming her to be the weak link, thus ending their team in the process. This led to a match between the two former partners on the April 15 episode of ''Before The Impact'', which Havok won. Nevaeh would subsequently leave Impact Wrestling after the loss.

The Wrestling Revolver (2023)

Killer Death Machines reunited as a team after two years at The Wrestling Revolver's ''Women Grand Prix'' event on , where they lost to

and

Killer Kelly Raquel Lourenço (born 21 March 1992), best known by her ring name Killer Kelly, is a Portuguese professional wrestler signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is a former two-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion (with Masha S ...

Championships and accomplishments

(1 time) **RISE Year End Awards (1 time) ***Tag Team of the Year (2019)

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