Portia Perez
Encyclopedia
Jenna Grattan is a Canadian
professional wrestler
best known under the stage name Portia Perez. Perez currently teams with Nicole Matthews
as The Canadian NINJAs.
and Ontario
, including the promotion she trained with: Universal Wrestling Alliance. In 2005, Perez began accepting bookings in the United States, making her US debut for Cleveland All Pro Wrestling. She also competed for several other American companies, such as Heartland Wrestling Association
in Cincinnati, Ohio, and IWA East Coast in Charleston, West Virginia.
In January 2006, Portia took part in her first international tour, spending four weeks in Ireland's Irish Whip Wrestling
and England's All Star Wrestling
. After returning to Canada, she continued to perform in many Canadian and American companies, including debuting for Shimmer Women Athletes
in May 2006. Perez made her Mexican wrestling debut in June 2006 as a masked competitor named Xtasis. She spent three weeks competing for Lucha Libre Feminil as well as appearing for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
(AAA). Perez returned to Europe in November 2006, touring once again with Ireland's Irish Whip Wrestling. During her trip, Perez took part in the Queens of Chaos 2 tournament in Paris, France and also debuted for Real Quality Wrestling
in London's York Hall
, challenging RQW Women's Champion "Jezebel" Eden Black
.
She returned to Europe for a third time in April 2007. She wrestled shows in England and Ireland over the course of four weeks. Perez missed all of her June and July 2007 dates after suffering a broken hand in a match against MsChif
at Shimmer Women Athletes's June 2 show. She returned to action at Ring of Honor
's July 27 show in Long Island. Perez formed a tag team with Nicole Matthews
debuting at Shimmer Women Athletes's October 2007 show, later dubbed The Canadian NINJAs (National International Nation of Jalapeño Awesomeness). She began a feud with Allison Danger at Shimmer's July 5, 2008 show.
On December 15, 2008 Perez was defeated by Angelina Love in a dark match for TNA Wrestling
. On May 3, 2009, at the tapings of Volume 26 Perez and Matthews defeated Ashley Lane and Nevaeh
to win the Shimmer Tag Team Championship
. They would hold the titles for 692 days, before losing them to Hiroyo Matsumoto
and Misaki Ohata on March 26, 2011.
debut defeating Jennifer Blake
. On August 1, 2009, she unsuccessfully challenged the JAPW Women's Champion
Sara Del Rey
for her title. After missing several shows she came back on January 9, 2010 in a Tag Team Match teaming with Mia Yim against The Addiction (Angeldust and Brittney Force). Portia's Team lost and Mia Yim turned on her aligning herself with the D-Factor.
American Joshi Champion in a five woman scramble in Austin, Texas on August 23. On January 17, 2010 At Guilty By Association in Austin, TX, Portia Perez defended and lost the American Joshi title to Rachel Summerlyn. On June 27, 2010 Perez was crowned the 2010 ACW Queen of Queens and also captured the ACW Canadian Joshi title for the 2nd time. On November 12, 2011 Perez won the ACW Heavyweight Championship in the first round of the 2011 Lone Star Classic, defeating former champion Darin Childs and Rachel Summerlyn in a three way. Perez would then lose the title on the same night, as she was defeated in the semi final of the tournament by JT LaMotta, thanks to interference by Robert Evans.
, which began airing in March 2010. In the promotion she, as "Faith", teams with regular tag team partner Nicole Matthews
, who portrays "Hope". She debuted on the fifth episode on March 31, teaming with Hope in a losing effort against the team of Charlotte
and Paige Webb
.
. Due to her being one half of the SHIMMER Tag Team Champions she entered the tournament to declare the first ever NCW Femmes Fatales Champion and in the first round she defeated PJ Tyler.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
best known under the stage name Portia Perez. Perez currently teams with Nicole Matthews
Nicole Matthews
Nicole Matthews is the ring name of a Canadian professional wrestler. Matthews regularly wrestles for Shimmer Women Athletes and NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling...
as The Canadian NINJAs.
Professional wrestling career
Perez made her professional debut in summer 2004 for Professional Wrestling Entertainment. While still in high school, Portia took bookings with many companies in QuebecQuebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
and Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, including the promotion she trained with: Universal Wrestling Alliance. In 2005, Perez began accepting bookings in the United States, making her US debut for Cleveland All Pro Wrestling. She also competed for several other American companies, such as Heartland Wrestling Association
Heartland Wrestling Association
The Heartland Wrestling Association is a Midwestern independent professional wrestling promotion based in Cincinnati, Ohio. A former developmental territory for both World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation during the 1990s, it was listed as one of the top independent...
in Cincinnati, Ohio, and IWA East Coast in Charleston, West Virginia.
In January 2006, Portia took part in her first international tour, spending four weeks in Ireland's Irish Whip Wrestling
Irish Whip Wrestling
Irish Whip Wrestling is an Irish owned independent professional wrestling promotion established in 2002. The company was named in tribute to Irish professional wrestler Danno O'Mahony, who is credited as the inventor of the "Irish Whip" wrestling maneuver. IWW runs shows throughout the whole of...
and England's All Star Wrestling
All Star Wrestling
All Star Wrestling is a British Professional wrestling promotion also known as All Star Promotions, Superslam Wrestling and Big Time Wrestling and originally known as Wrestling Enterprises , run by Brian Dixon and based in Liverpool, England...
. After returning to Canada, she continued to perform in many Canadian and American companies, including debuting for Shimmer Women Athletes
SHIMMER Women Athletes
Shimmer Women Athletes is an American, Chicago based female independent professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005...
in May 2006. Perez made her Mexican wrestling debut in June 2006 as a masked competitor named Xtasis. She spent three weeks competing for Lucha Libre Feminil as well as appearing for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...
(AAA). Perez returned to Europe in November 2006, touring once again with Ireland's Irish Whip Wrestling. During her trip, Perez took part in the Queens of Chaos 2 tournament in Paris, France and also debuted for Real Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling is a British professional wrestling organisation. Len Davies is the Owner and chairman of the company and their sister company, Spectrum Multimedia. The company began as an independent promotion, but soon became an umbrella promotion in 2007 with the self-stated aim to...
in London's York Hall
York Hall
The York Hall is a health and leisure centre and one of Britain's best known boxing venues.The venue is situated on Old Ford Road in Bethnal Green, London, England. The hall, opened in 1929 with a capacity of 1,200, stages boxing as well as providing a gymnasium and swimming pool.The hall is owned...
, challenging RQW Women's Champion "Jezebel" Eden Black
Eden Black
"The Jezebel" Eden Black is the ring name of a retired British professional wrestler who wrestled internationally on the independent circuit in promotions such as Real Quality Wrestling, Shimmer Women Athletes and ChickFight among others...
.
She returned to Europe for a third time in April 2007. She wrestled shows in England and Ireland over the course of four weeks. Perez missed all of her June and July 2007 dates after suffering a broken hand in a match against MsChif
MsChif
Rachel Collins is an American professional wrestler who is better known by her ring name MsChif. She has been wrestling since 2001 and in that time has worked for several independent promotions across the United States, with guest matches in England and Japan...
at Shimmer Women Athletes's June 2 show. She returned to action at Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
's July 27 show in Long Island. Perez formed a tag team with Nicole Matthews
Nicole Matthews
Nicole Matthews is the ring name of a Canadian professional wrestler. Matthews regularly wrestles for Shimmer Women Athletes and NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling...
debuting at Shimmer Women Athletes's October 2007 show, later dubbed The Canadian NINJAs (National International Nation of Jalapeño Awesomeness). She began a feud with Allison Danger at Shimmer's July 5, 2008 show.
On December 15, 2008 Perez was defeated by Angelina Love in a dark match for TNA Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
. On May 3, 2009, at the tapings of Volume 26 Perez and Matthews defeated Ashley Lane and Nevaeh
Nevaeh (wrestler)
Elizabeth Vocke is an American professional wrestler, currently performing for several Northern United States-based independent promotions as well as the all-female promotion Shimmer Women Athletes.-Professional wrestling career:...
to win the Shimmer Tag Team Championship
Shimmer Tag Team Championship
The Shimmer Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship in Shimmer Women Athletes...
. They would hold the titles for 692 days, before losing them to Hiroyo Matsumoto
Hiroyo Matsumoto
is a joshi puroresu wrestler in Japan who wrestled for Mariko Yoshida's Ibuki promotion. Emi Sakura gave her the nickname of Lady Destroyer because Hiroyo broke a wall in the Ichigaya arena during her Ice Ribbon debut...
and Misaki Ohata on March 26, 2011.
Jersey All Pro Wrestling
On January 10, 2009, Perez made her Jersey All Pro WrestlingJersey All Pro Wrestling
Jersey All Pro Wrestling is an independent wrestling promotion based in New Jersey.-1997:Jersey All Pro Wrestling is an independent wrestling promotion that was founded by "Fat" Frank Iadeavia on April 19, 1997. This promotion was born out of a dream of "Fat" Frank. He wanted to take the promotion...
debut defeating Jennifer Blake
Jennifer Blake (wrestler)
Jennifer Ykema is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Jennifer Blake. She is often referred to by her nickname Girl Dynamite...
. On August 1, 2009, she unsuccessfully challenged the JAPW Women's Champion
JAPW Women's Championship
The Jersey All Pro Wrestling Women's Champion is a professional wrestling championship in Jersey All Pro Wrestling...
Sara Del Rey
Sara Del Rey
Sara Amato is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name, Sara Del Rey. She is a mainstay for Chikara and Shimmer Women Athletes. She has also appeared for many other independent promotions in the United States, including Ring of Honor, IWA Mid-South, All Pro Wrestling, as...
for her title. After missing several shows she came back on January 9, 2010 in a Tag Team Match teaming with Mia Yim against The Addiction (Angeldust and Brittney Force). Portia's Team lost and Mia Yim turned on her aligning herself with the D-Factor.
Anarchy Championship Wrestling
Portia Perez fought and defeated Rachel Summerlyn to be crowned the firstAmerican Joshi Champion in a five woman scramble in Austin, Texas on August 23. On January 17, 2010 At Guilty By Association in Austin, TX, Portia Perez defended and lost the American Joshi title to Rachel Summerlyn. On June 27, 2010 Perez was crowned the 2010 ACW Queen of Queens and also captured the ACW Canadian Joshi title for the 2nd time. On November 12, 2011 Perez won the ACW Heavyweight Championship in the first round of the 2011 Lone Star Classic, defeating former champion Darin Childs and Rachel Summerlyn in a three way. Perez would then lose the title on the same night, as she was defeated in the semi final of the tournament by JT LaMotta, thanks to interference by Robert Evans.
Wrestlicious
In early 2009 Grattan took part in the first season tapings of WrestliciousWrestlicious
Wrestlicious is an American all-female professional wrestling promotion based in Tampa, Florida. The company was founded by Jonathan Vargas, who won a Powerball jackpot of $35.3 million in 2008...
, which began airing in March 2010. In the promotion she, as "Faith", teams with regular tag team partner Nicole Matthews
Nicole Matthews
Nicole Matthews is the ring name of a Canadian professional wrestler. Matthews regularly wrestles for Shimmer Women Athletes and NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling...
, who portrays "Hope". She debuted on the fifth episode on March 31, teaming with Hope in a losing effort against the team of Charlotte
Amber O'Neal
Kimberly Dawn Davis is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name, Amber O'Neal.-Early career :...
and Paige Webb
Serena Deeb
Serena Deeb is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment, appearing on the SmackDown brand and also known for her time with the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling. under the ring name Serena...
.
NCW Femmes Fatales
Perez fought and defeated Kylie Pierce at the debut show of NCW Femmes Fatales with her feet on the ropes. At the following show, on February 5, 2010, she was defeated by Mercedes MartinezMercedes Martinez
Mercedes Martinez is a American professional wrestler, currently performing for Shimmer Women Athletes, as well as numerous independent promotions including World Xtreme Wrestling, Women Superstars Uncensored, and Full Impact Pro....
. Due to her being one half of the SHIMMER Tag Team Champions she entered the tournament to declare the first ever NCW Femmes Fatales Champion and in the first round she defeated PJ Tyler.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Kosher Pickle (Spinning or a flipping inverted double underhook facebuster)
- School's Out (Swinging reverse STO)
- Superkick
- Signature moves
- DropkickDropkickA dropkick is an attacking maneuver in professional wrestling. It is defined as an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet; this sees the wrestler twist as he or she jumps so that when the feet connect with the opponent one foot is raised higher than...
- Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb
- Multiple knee lifts
- Spinning wheel kick
- Victory roll, as a wheelbarrow bodyscissors counter
- Dropkick
- With Nicole MatthewsNicole MatthewsNicole Matthews is the ring name of a Canadian professional wrestler. Matthews regularly wrestles for Shimmer Women Athletes and NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling...
- Finishing moves
- Funky Cold MedinaFunky Cold Medina"Funky Cold Medina" is a hip hop song written by Young MC, Michael L. Ross and Matt Dike, and first performed by Tone Lōc. It was the second single from Lōc's debut album Lōc-ed After Dark . The single was released on March 18, 1989, and rose to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 the following month...
(Superkick (Perez) / bridging German suplex (Matthews) combination)
- Funky Cold Medina
- Finishing moves
- Entrance themesMusic in professional wrestlingMusic in professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music in professional wrestling is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring...
- "Edge of SeventeenEdge of Seventeen (song)"Edge of Seventeen " is a song written and recorded by American singer Stevie Nicks, the third single from her successful 1981 solo debut album Bella Donna...
" by Stevie NicksStevie NicksStephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums... - "Hall of MirrorsCoral FangCoral Fang is the third and final album by the American punk rock band The Distillers. Released on Sire Records in 2003 , this record marked their major label debut...
" by The DistillersThe DistillersThe Distillers were an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1998. They released their first two albums on Hellcat Records/Epitaph Records before moving to Sire, part of the Warner Music Group. The Distillers were originally formed by Australian-born Brody Armstrong , a woman with a...
(Pro Wrestling Ohio)
- "Edge of Seventeen
Championships and accomplishments
- Anarchy Championship Wrestling
- ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- ACW American Joshi Championship (2 times)
- American Joshi Queen of Queens (2010)
- Great Canadian WrestlingGreat Canadian WrestlingGreat Canadian Wrestling is an independent professional wrestling promotion company based in Oshawa, Ontario. GCW was founded in 2005 and promotes shows throughout Southern Ontario. The company also hosts since 2005 an annual Great Canadian Wrestling Expo that takes place over several days and...
- GCW W.I.L.D. Championship (1 time)
- Main Event Wrestling
- MEW Women's Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
- PWI ranked her #25 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2010
- Shimmer Women AthletesSHIMMER Women AthletesShimmer Women Athletes is an American, Chicago based female independent professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005...
- Shimmer Tag Team ChampionshipShimmer Tag Team ChampionshipThe Shimmer Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship in Shimmer Women Athletes...
(1 time) – with Nicole MatthewsNicole MatthewsNicole Matthews is the ring name of a Canadian professional wrestler. Matthews regularly wrestles for Shimmer Women Athletes and NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling...
- Shimmer Tag Team Championship
