LeeAnn Adele "Lana" Austin (born 22 September 1986) is an English

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

who currently performs on the

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. She is best known for her tenure with

Progress Wrestling Progress Wrestling (stylized as PROGRESS) is a British professional wrestling promotion that was established in 2011 by comedian Jim Smallman, events and comedy promoter Jon Briley, and later, actor Glen Robinson (professionally known as Glen ...

, where she became a one-time Progress Wrestling World Women's Champion. Austin has also wrestled around the world for promotions such as

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Revolution Pro Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro/RPW) is a British professional wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion founded on 26 August 2012 by Andy Quildan after separating from International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom. Revolution Pro Wre ...

, Pro-Wrestling: EVE, Defiant Wrestling,

Over The Top Wrestling Over the Top Wrestling (OTT) is an Irish professional wrestling promotion founded by Joe Carberry in 2014. It is headquartered in Dublin and opened a UK base in Wolverhampton in 2022, in addition to hosting events throughout Ireland, the UK, Ital ...

, and

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Early life

LeeAnn Adele Austin was born in

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

on 22 September 1986.

Professional wrestling career

British independent circuit (2013–present)

After training with Johnnie Brannigan, Austin made her

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debut at a

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promoted by Britannia Wrestling Promotions on 3 August 2013, where she defeated

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and Porsche in a

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. She has since appeared in British promotions such as

, Pro-Wrestling: EVE, Defiant Wrestling, FutureShock,

, and many others. Austin competed in the 2019 edition of

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's wXw Femmes Fatales tournament where she defeated Baby Allison in the first rounds, then fell short to

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in the second ones. She competed in the 2019 edition of the RevPro Queen of the Ring where she defeated Shax in the first rounds, then fell short to Lizzy Evo in the second ones. At ''ROH Honor United - Newport'' on 26 October 2019, Austin unsuccessfully challenged

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for the

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Progress Wrestling (2018–present)

Austin is best known for her tenure with

. She made her debut in the promotion at ''Progress Chapter 78: 24 Hour Progress People'' on 11 November 2018, where she fell short to

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. She started with sporadic appearances in the promotion's flagship events, having had her next match at ''Progress Chapter 90: The Lonesome Death Of The One-Man Cabaret Act'' on 30 June 2019, where she fell short to

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. Shortly after, she moved to the title scene as she eventually competed in a number one contendership match for the Progress Wrestling World Women's Championship at ''Progress Chapter 105: Bring The Thunder'' on 27 February 2021, bout won by Kanji and also involving Alexxis Falcon,

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, Mercedes Blaze,

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and Taonga. She directly competed for the women's title at ''Progress Chapter 142: The Deadly Viper Tour'' on 25 September 2022, where she unsuccessfully challenged Kanji. She succeeded in defeating Kanji to win the women's title four episodes later, at ''Progress Chapter 146: They Think It's All Over...'' on 27 November 2022. She dropped the title after 329 days and seven successful defenses to

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at ''Progress Chapter 158: The Long Halloween'' on 22 October 2023.

Pro-Wrestling: EVE (2018–present)

Austin made her debut in Pro-Wrestling: EVE at ''EVE Shevivor Series'' on 8 December 2018, where she teamed up with Kellyanne, Mercedez Blaze and Sierra Loxton as "Team Loxton" in a losing effort against "The Moths" (

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, Martina, Jetta and

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. At ''EVE Wrestle Queendom 4'' on 27 August 2021, Austin competed in a

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for the Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship won by Jetta and also involving reigning champion Rhia O'Reilly,

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, Debbie Keitel and many others. At ''EVE Brawl At The Brewery'' on 5 March 2022, Austin fell short to Alexxis Falcon in a number one contendership match for the Pro-Wrestling: EVE International Championship. At ''EVE 120: Women Behaving Badly'' on 8 March 2024, she teamed up with "The Decibelles" tag team partner Ivy as they unsuccessfully challenged Operation SAS (Nightshade and Skye Smitson) for the Pro-Wrestling: EVE Tag Team Championship.

Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (2020)

Austin made a brief excursion to the Japanese independent scene where she made several appearances in

. She made her debut on the first night of the ''TJPW Tokyo Joshi 2020 Winter Wonderful Harmony'' series of events from 2 February where she teamed up with Bakuretsu Sisters (

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and

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) to defeat Magical Sugar Rabbits ( Mizuki and

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) and

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. She made her last appearance at the 11 February event where she unsuccessfully challenged Yuka Sakazaki for the

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WWE (2019–2020)

Austin briefly competed for

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branch as indie developmental talent. She made her first appearance at ''WWE NXT UK #26'' on 13 January 2019, where she was defeated by

Nina Samuels Samantha Allen (born 17 October 1988), better known by her ring name Nina Samuels is an English professional wrestler. She is performing on the British independent circuit. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed on the NXT ...

. She made her last appearance at ''WWE NXT UK #133'' on 25 February 2021, where she fell short to Aoife Valkyrie.

Championships and accomplishments

*Atomic Pro Wrestling **Atomic Rumble (2025) *

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** Attack! 24:7 Championship (1 time) *Evolution Wrestling **Evolution Women's Championship (1 time) *Full Force Wrestling **FFW Women's Championship (2 times) *FutureShock Wrestling **FSW Women's Championship (4 times) *Grand Pro Wrestling **GPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with LA Austin **GPW Women's Championship (1 time) *

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** ICW Women's World Championship (1 time, current) *Kamikaze Pro **Kamikaze Pro Fighting Females Championship (1 time) *Lancashire Wrestling Federation **LWF Women's Championship (1 time) *

** Progress Wrestling World Women's Championship ( 1 time) *Pro Wrestling Chaos **Maiden Of Chaos Championship (1 time) *''

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'' **Ranked No. 48 of the top 250 female singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2023 *Pro Wrestling All Stars **PWA Queen Of Diamonds Championship (2 times, current) *Southside Wrestling Entertainment **SWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

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**Southside Women's Championship (1 time) *Tidal Championship Wrestling **TCW Women's Championship (1 time) *

** TNT Women's Championship (2 times, current) ** TNT IGNition Women’s Championship (1 time, current) **Women's Level Up Briefcase (2025) *WrestlingKULT **Women Of KULT Championship (1 time, current)

References

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