Nicola Glencross (born 21 April 1989) is a Scottish

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. She is signed to

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where she performs on the

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under the

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Nikki Cross and is a member of The Wyatt Sicks faction. In WWE, she is a former one-time Raw Women's Champion, a three-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion, and an 11-time and final

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. Glencross began her wrestling career on the

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with the name Nikki Storm, most notably working for Insane Championship Wrestling, Pro-Wrestling: EVE, and

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. In 2016, Glencross signed a contract with WWE, altering her ring name to Nikki Cross. In her first years with the company, she was in the NXT brand as part of the

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. Her first character gimmick was that of a psychopathic and unhinged woman who would suffer mood swings. In mid-2018, Sanity was drafted to SmackDown without Cross, who stayed in NXT. Cross was promoted to the main roster in December 2018. In 2019, Cross was drafted to Raw and formed a

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with

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, winning the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship twice. From June 2021 to October 2022, Glencross' character became a faux-superhero known as Nikki A.S.H. (standing for "Almost A Superhero"). As Nikki A.S.H., she won the Money in the Bank contract and successfully cashed it in the next day to become Raw Women's Champion. She also won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship alongside

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. In 2022, she reverted back to the Nikki Cross name and persona.

Early life

Nicola Glencross was born and raised in

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, Scotland. She attended and graduated from the

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with a

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, and would obtain her

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from the

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, also majoring in history; her Master's dissertation was on the subject of women's wrestling.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2008–2016)

In September 2008, Glencross made her professional wrestling debut with the Scottish Wrestling Alliance. She initially performed under the

"Nikki Storm", a name given to her by then-SWA ring announcer Marty Michaels, inspired by the '' X Men'' character

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. In February 2010, she began working on the British

, and became a mainstay for promotions such as her debuting at the Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), and Pro-Wrestling: EVE, where she held the Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship three times. In 2013, Storm began touring in Japan with

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, and made some appearances for

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until the middle of the summer of 2015. In October 2013, Storm began wrestling for American all-female promotions

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and

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. She has also wrestled for Global Force Wrestling (GFW), Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW), World Wide Wrestling League (W3L), Queens of Combat, and

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. Glencross competed in

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(TNA)'s '' British Boot Camp 2'', which began airing in October 2014, in which she was unsuccessful. During the show, she had a four-way match against Kasey Owens, Kay Lee Ray and Leah Owens, which she was victorious.

WWE

Sanity (2016–2018)

Glencross received a tryout with

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during the autumn of 2015, and in April 2016, she was one of ten signees that had begun training at the

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. She debuted for NXT on 22 April during a

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. During a

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live video in August, she was introduced as Nikki Cross. She made her first televised appearance and in-ring debut on 17 August episode of '' NXT'' under the name Nikki Glencross, where she competed in a six-woman tag team match along with Carmella and Liv Morgan, defeating Daria Berenato, Mandy Rose, and

. On 12 October episode of ''NXT'', Nikki Cross returned as part of the debuting

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, along with Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young, and Sawyer Fulton (who was later replaced by Killian Dain). Nikki Cross and Young accompanied Fulton and Wolfe for their winning effort against

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and Tye Dillinger in the first round of the

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. One week later, Nikki Cross scored her first televised singles victory over Danielle Kamela, however, the decision was reversed because Nikki Cross continued to attack Kamela after the match. On 11 January 2017 episode of ''NXT'', Nikki Cross came to the aid of NXT Women's Champion Asuka, who was being attacked by The Iconic Duo (

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and Peyton Royce), before turning on Asuka and attacking her as well. As a result, Cross, Royce, and Kay were placed in a four-way match at the TakeOver: San Antonio event on 28 January, which Cross failed to win. In May, Cross participated in a number one contender's battle royal for Asuka's NXT Women's Championship, where she, Ruby Riot, and

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were attacked by Asuka for being the last competitors left in the match and as a result, all four of them were placed into a four-way championship match at TakeOver: Chicago, which was later changed to a

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after Ember Moon suffered an injury. At the event, Cross failed to capture the title. In a rematch which was contested in a

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once again against both women, Riot was the first eliminated before the match ended in a no contest as Cross and Asuka brawled backstage. This led to a last woman standing match (the first-ever in WWE history) between the two women for the NXT Women's Championship on 28 June episode of ''NXT'', in which Cross was once again defeated. Nikki Cross standing sleeper hold on Aliyah

Nikki Cross standing sleeper hold on Aliyah

On 19 August at TakeOver: Brooklyn III, Cross accompanied and helped Sanity to capture the

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from The Authors of Pain. On 20 September episode of ''NXT'', Sanity helped

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against The Undisputed Era, thus turning them

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in the process. In October, Cross earned herself a spot for the fatal four-way match for the vacant NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: WarGames on 18 November, which was ultimately won by Ember Moon. During the 2018 Superstar Shake-up, her fellow stable partners Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe, and Killian Dain were drafted to SmackDown, leaving Cross on NXT to work again as a singles competitor. In 2018, Cross began a short winning streak, defeating

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and Vanessa Borne. Throughout the summer, Cross started a feud with

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over the NXT Women's Championship, which led to a match between the two at TakeOver: Chicago II, in which Cross was once again unsuccessful and was defeated by technical submission. After a short hiatus, Cross returned in August and she was placed in the Aleister Black attack storyline where she was revealed to be a witness as she was on the roof of the building at the time he was attacked. In September, Cross also started a short feud with

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which led to a match between the two that ended in a double count-out. One month later on 17 October episode of ''NXT'', a rematch ended in a no contest after Aleister Black returned and interrupted it to ask Cross who his attacker was. Johnny Gargano was eventually revealed as the attacker and her involvement in the storyline sparked a match between Cross and Gargano's wife Candice LeRae, whom she was able to defeat in a singles match at TakeOver: WarGames.

Teaming with Alexa Bliss (2018–2020)

On 6 November 2018 episode of '' SmackDown'' from

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, England, Cross made her surprise main roster debut on SmackDown by answering an open challenge from WWE SmackDown Women's Champion

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, who defeated her in a non-title match. On 17 December 2018 episode of '' Raw'', Cross was advertised as one of the six NXT wrestlers about to be moved up to the main roster. Cross wrestled her final NXT match on 9 January 2019 episode of ''NXT'', where she lost to Bianca Belair, officially ending the feud between the two as well. On 14 January 2019 episode of ''Raw'', Cross made her Raw debut, teaming with Bayley and Natalya in a winning effort against The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan, Ruby Riott, and Sarah Logan). At the

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, Cross entered her first Royal Rumble match at number 8, lasting nine minutes before being eliminated by The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce). On 4 February episode of ''Raw'', Cross and Alicia Fox were defeated by The Boss 'n' Hug Connection ( Bayley and Sasha Banks) in a match to determine the final Raw entrants in the

Elimination Chamber match to determine the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Champions at the

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event. On 8 April ( aired 24 April) at Worlds Collide, she took part in a triple threat match for the NXT UK Women's Championship, which was won by defending champion Toni Storm. After not being mentioned during the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Cross was confirmed to have been drafted to the Raw brand on 8 May taping of ''

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'' (aired on 11 May). She began to work with

and, during the following weeks, they would have matches for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship and the SmackDown Women's Championship. On 5 August 2019 episode of Raw, Bliss and Cross captured the

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, marking Nikki Cross's first championship in WWE. They would defend the title at

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and at Clash of Champions but lost it at

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to Asuka and

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. Although drafted separately instead of as a team during the 2019 WWE Draft, they remained on Raw, but the team was then traded to SmackDown. At

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, Cross and Bliss won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship for a second time by defeating Asuka and

, but they lost it on 5 June 2020 episode of SmackDown to Bayley and Sasha Banks. On the 26 June episode of ''SmackDown'', Cross won a fatal four-way match to earn a SmackDown Women's Championship match against Bayley at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules, where Cross lost the match. On the 24 July episode of ''SmackDown'', Cross demanded a rematch for the SmackDown Women's Championship, but Bayley stated that Cross must defeat a worthy adversary in Bliss, setting up a match between Bliss and Cross where the winner would face Bayley for the title on the following week's SmackDown; Cross defeated Bliss to earn a rematch. On the 31 July episode of SmackDown, Cross shoved Bliss onto the floor after losing a SmackDown Women's Championship match against Bayley, and Bliss was attacked by "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt. Bliss then aligned herself with The Fiend, and Cross tried to maintain her friendship with her, but Bliss refused and attacked Cross. As part of the

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, Cross was drafted to the Raw

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"Almost a Super Hero" and return as Nikki Cross (2021–2023)

On 21 June 2021 episode of ''Raw'', Nikki Cross debuted an inspired faux-superhero gimmick with her ring name changing to Nikki A. S. H., with A. S. H. standing for "Almost a Super Hero". At Money in the Bank, She won the women's Money in the Bank ladder match and cashed in her Money in the Bank contract the following night on Raw, defeating

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to win the

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for the first time in her career.. However, she lost the title back to Flair at

. On 20 September episode of ''Raw'', she would win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship for a third time with

by defeating Natalya and Tamina. They lost it on 22 November episode of ''Raw'' to Queen Zelina and Carmella, ending their reign at 63 days. On 10 January 2022 episode of ''Raw'', she turned

by attacking Ripley. She participated in the Royal Rumble match at the namesake event and entered at #22, eliminating Mighty Molly (who also had a super heroine gimmick) before she was eliminated by eventual winner Ronda Rousey. At

, she entered the Elimination Chamber match for a Raw Women's Championship match at

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, but was eliminated by Ripley. On the 2 May episode of ''Raw'', she would win the WWE 24/7 Championship from Dana Brooke, only to lose it to Brooke on the same episode. In May 2022, she began to work with Doudrop as a tag team. After the Women's Tag Team Championship was vacated in May, A. S. H. and Doudrop entered a tournament to crown new champions which began in August. They lost in the first round to

and Asuka. On the 30 August episode of '' NXT 2.0'', A. S. H. and Doudrop made a surprise appearance as they challenged the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Katana Chance and Kayden Carter for their titles at Worlds Collide, but lost the match. On the 24 October 2022 episode of '' Raw'', she interfered in a match between Bayley and

, attacking both women, and reverting to her "unhinged" gimmick and her "Nikki Cross" name. On the 7 November episode of ''Raw'', Cross joined Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, and Iyo Sky) in a brawl against Bianca Belair, Asuka, and

. It was announced later that Cross would team with Damage CTRL to take on Belair, Asuka, and Bliss in a

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on 26 November 2022. Later in the night, Cross defeated Dana Brooke to win her 11th 24/7 Championship, but later discarded the title belt backstage; the title was deactivated shortly thereafter. Cross then started a storyline where she stalked Candice LeRae. Cross partnered Natalya against Chelsea Green & Piper Niven on the 23 October 2023 episode of ''Raw'', but just stood by the ring, making no effort to take part in the match before walking off. Cross spent the next few months in a similar state, making no attempt to fight when involved in matches and mainly being seen wandering backstage areas.

The Wyatt Sicks (2024–present)

Cross reintroduced herself as part of the debuting Wyatt Sicks stable on 17 June 2024 episode of ''Raw'', appearing visually to represent Abby the Witch from the late

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's "Firefly Funhouse", a persona formerly a part of Wyatt's history and lore. On the September 9 episode of ''Raw'', Cross and the rest of the Wyatt Sicks defeated American Made in a Street Fight. The stable was then drafted to the SmackDown brand, but it didn't appeared on television due to an injury to leader Bo Dallas, also known as "Uncle Howdy". The stable returned to television on the May 23, 2025 episode of ''SmackDown'', attacking

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, Fraxiom and DIY.

Personal life

In 2016, Glencross married her long-time boyfriend, Northern Irish professional wrestler Damian Mackle, best known as Big Damo, and performed as Killian Dain in WWE alongside Glencross as part of the stable

. In 2023, she graduated from the

with a

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Other media

Nikki Cross has made her

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debut in ''

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'' and made it on video games such as '' WWE 2K20'', '' WWE 2K22'', '' WWE 2K23'' '' WWE 2K24'' and '' WWE 2K25''.

Championships and accomplishments

* Pro-Wrestling: EVE ** Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship ( 3 times) ** Queen of the Ring (2012) * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 18 of the top 100 female singles wrestlers in the '' PWI Women's 100'' in 2019 ** Ranked No. 22 of the top 50 tag teams in the '' PWI Tag Team 50'' in 2020 – * ''Scottish Wrestling Network'' ** OSWtv/SWN Award (2 times) *** Female Wrestler of the Year (2015) *** Outstanding Recognition Award for Extraordinary Service (2021) ** Hall of Fame (2021) ** W3L Women's Championship (1 time) *

** WWE Raw Women's Championship ( 1 time) **

( 3 times) – with

(2) and

(1) ** WWE 24/7 Championship ( 11 times, final) ** Women's Money in the Bank (

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) ** Slammy Award (1 Time) *** WTF Moment of the Year (

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)

References

External links

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