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American professional wrestler (born 1996) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Taylor Grado (born June 2, 1996) is an American professional wrestler. As of February 2021[update], she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Jacy Jayne, and is the current NXT Women's Champion in her first reign. She also makes appearances for WWE's partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as of 2025[update], where she is the current TNA Knockouts World Champion in her first reign. In NXT, she is the leader of the Fatal Influence stable and is a former record-tying two-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion (with Gigi Dolin as part of Toxic Attraction).
Prior to joining WWE, Grado began her career under the ring name Avery Taylor and performed for independent promotions such as World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW), Shine Wrestling, and Evolve.
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Professional wrestling career
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Early career (2017–2021)
Taylor Grado began her professional wrestling training at World Wrestling Academy in New Port Richey, Florida in 2017 ,seemingly quit after a minor injury, but continued her training after WrestleMania 34 and began working shows. On May 30, 2018, under the ring name Avery Taylor, she made her debut in American Combat Wrestling (ACW). She went on to establish a career in the Florida wrestling promotions including ACW, Shine Wrestling, Evolve, and Full Impact Pro (FIP). Taylor became a two-time Women's Champion in ACW and a former one-time Women's Champion in World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW).[5]
WWE
Toxic Attraction (2021–2023)
Prior to signing to WWE, she appeared on the September 23, 2020 episode of NXT, where she competed in a battle royal, which was won by Candice LeRae.[6] On February 24, 2021, it was announced that Grado signed a developmental contract with WWE.[1] She made her debut under the ring name Jacy Jayne on the July 20 episode of NXT, losing to Franky Monet.[7]
On the debut episode of NXT 2.0 on September 14, Jayne and Gigi Dolin faced Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter in a tag team match, which ended in no contest after Mandy Rose interfered, and they subsequently wrestled Catanzaro, Carter, and Sarray in a six-woman tag team match, in which Rose, Dolin, and Jayne emerged victorious.[8] Jayne quickly joined the stable Toxic Attraction led by Rose, thus establishing herself as a heel. On the September 28 episode of NXT 2.0, Dolin and Jayne wrestled their first in-ring match in a NXT Women's Tag Team Championship match won by Io Shirai and Zoey Stark.[9] At NXT: Halloween Havoc, Dolin and Jayne defeated Shirai and Stark and Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta in a Scareway to Hell Ladder triple threat tag team match for the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship, marking the first championship wins for both Dolin and Jayne in the company.[10][11] On the November 16 episode of NXT 2.0, Jayne joined Dolin, Rose, and Dakota Kai in a WarGames match at NXT WarGames to face Raquel González, Kay Lee Ray, Cora Jade, and Io Shirai.[12] At the event, Toxic Attraction and Kai lost the match.[13]
At NXT: Vengeance Day, Dolin and Jayne retained their NXT Women's Tag Team Championship against Hartwell and Pirotta.[14] At NXT Stand & Deliver, Dolin and Jayne lost the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship to Dakota Kai and Raquel González with the help of Wendy Choo, ending their reign at 158 days.[15] They regained the titles with the help of Rose's distraction three days later. At NXT: The Great American Bash on July 5, 2022, Dolin and Jayne lost the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship to Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez. After the titles were vacated, Dolin and Jayne participated in a fatal four-way elimination match on the August 2 episode of NXT 2.0, where Dolin and Jayne were part of the final two teams in the match but eventually lost to Katana Chance and Kayden Carter. On the August 19 episode of SmackDown, Jayne made her main roster debut alongside Dolin as participants in the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship tournament. They would win the first match but were forced out of the tournament due to an injury suffered by Dolin. Dolin and Jayne made their return to SmackDown in a losing effort against new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Aliyah and Raquel Rodriguez.
On December 14, Rose was released by WWE, thus turning Toxic Attraction into a tag team.[16] At NXT: New Year's Evil on January 10, 2023, Dolin and Jayne were declared co-winners of a 20-woman battle royal after eliminating each other simultaneously to earn an NXT Women's Championship match against Roxanne Perez in a triple threat match at NXT Vengeance Day,[17] where Perez successfully retained her title.[18] On the February 7, 2023, edition of NXT, during a Ding Dong, Hello! segment hosted by Bayley, Jayne turned on Dolin, ending Toxic Attraction.[19] Jayne faced Dolin at NXT: Roadblock on March 7 with Dolin winning the match.[20] The former best friends went on to face each other again on May 2, where Jayne pinned Dolin. Their feud finally culminated on the May 30 episode of NXT, where Dolin defeated Jayne in a Weaponized Steel Cage match.
Chase University (2023–2024)
On the August 15 episode of NXT, Jayne defeated Chase University's Thea Hail after Hail was distracted by her stablemates Andre Chase and Duke Hudson. Backstage after the match, Jayne gave praise to Hail and subsequently became a mentor to Hail, turning face for the first time since 2021, with Jayne eventually joining Chase University.[21][22] At Night 2 of NXT: Halloween Havoc, Hail and Jayne failed to win WWE Women's Tag Team Championship from Chelsea Green and Piper Niven after Chase refused to allow Jayne to use the title belt against Green.[23] In December 2023, Chase University started a storyline where it was revealed that the University was in heavy debt after Chase gambled away all their funds. On the January 30, 2024 episode of NXT, Jayne announced that she has created the "2024 Ladies of Chase U" calendar to be launched at NXT Vengeance Day and that the projected sales will save Chase University. Chase thanked Jayne and officially accepted her into the stable.[24] Around the same time, Jayne took on a new protégé, Jazmyn Nyx, who would help Jayne win matches by cheating which Hail refused to do. On the March 12 edition of NXT, after Hail and Fallon Henley lost a tag team match with Jayne refusing to be her partner the previous week, an emotional Hail disavowed her friendship with Jayne and declaring she was returning to the "old Thea Hail".
On the following week of NXT, Jayne (with Nyx) turned on Chase University and cost Riley Osborne the NXT Heritage Cup Championship match against No Quarter Catch Crew's Drew Gulak, turning both women heel in the process.[25] On April 2, a six-woman tag team match was made official for NXT Stand & Deliver with Jayne, Kiana James and Izzi Dame facing Hail, Henley and Kelani Jordan where Jayne's team lost the match.[26][27] Jayne then revealed the truth of Chase U's gambling debt. In Hail's NXT Women's Championship match against Tiffany Stratton in 2023, Andre Chase placed an illegal bet that Hail will win the title. However, he chose Hail's wellbeing and threw in the towel, resulting in him losing the bet.[28] On the April 16 episode of NXT, Jayne and Nyx assisted Tatum Paxley in defeating Hail.[29] A match between Jayne and Hail was then made official for Week 2 of Spring Breakin' on April 30 where Jayne lost, ending their feud. Jayne suffered a legitimate broken nose during the match and had to undergo surgery.[30][31] She made her return on the June 4 episode of NXT sporting a face mask for her broken nose.[32]
Fatal Influence and NXT Women's Champion (2024–present)
On the July 9 episode of NXT, Jayne and Nyx formed an alliance with Fallon Henley, who took issue with wrestlers with no independent backgrounds getting more opportunities in NXT[33] (Nyx was given an exception by Jayne and Henley despite having never competed in the independent circuit herself)[34] and eventually calling themselves Fatal Influence.[35] The trio teamed up for the first time at Week 1 of NXT: The Great American Bash on July 30, where they defeated Karmen Petrovic, Lola Vice, and Sol Ruca in a 6-woman tag team match.[36] Beginning in September, Fatal Influence set their sights on the NXT Women's North American Championship held by Kelani Jordan. At NXT Halloween Havoc on October 27, Jordan faced Fatal Influence in a gauntlet match for the NXT Women's North American Championship. Nyx and Jayne were the first and second person in the gauntlet respectively and assisted Henley to defeat Jordan to win the title.[37] Fatal Influence would soon after begin feuding with Tatum Paxley, Shotzi, and Jayne's former tag team partner and friend Gigi Dolin, with the two teams facing each other at NXT: New Year's Evil in a six-woman tag team match with Fatal Influence coming out on the losing end.
Over the next few months, there were signs of dissension within Fatal Influence, particularly between Jayne and Henley. On the May 27 episode of NXT, Jayne defeated Stephanie Vaquer to win the NXT Women's Championship.[38] Jayne made her first successful title defense on the June 10 episode of NXT against Lainey Reid.[39]
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2025–present)
On the March 20, 2025, episode of Impact!, Grado, as Jacy Jayne, made her unannounced Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) debut by attacking TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich from behind.[40] On Impact! the following week, Jayne made her TNA in-ring debut, facing Slamovich in a losing effort.[41] At Slammiversary on July 20, Jayne defeated Slamovich in a Winner Takes All match to retain her NXT Women's Championship and also become the TNA Knockouts World Champion, becoming a double champion and the first wrestler to hold championships in both WWE and TNA simultaneously.[42]
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Other media
Grado, as Jacy Jayne, made her video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K23,[43] and has since appeared in WWE 2K24 and WWE 2K25.[44][45]
Championships and accomplishments
- American Combat Wrestling
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 49 of the top 150 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Women's 150 in 2022[48]
- Ranked No. 14 of the top 100 Tag Teams in the PWI Tag Team 100 in 2022 – with Toxic Attraction[49]
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- World Xtreme Wrestling
- WWE
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