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Zayda Steel

American professional wrestler (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zayda Steel
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Fatima Zahra (Arabic: فاطمة الزهراء; born October 13, 2003), better known by her ring name Zayda Steel, is a Moroccan-American professional wrestler She performs on Ring of Honor (ROH) & is currently performing on the independent circuit. She is also known for her time in WWE under their WWE ID program, through which she performed on the Evolve brand.

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Early life

Steel was born in Arlington County, Virginia on October 13, 2003, to a Moroccan mother.[1] At 18 years old, Steel dropped out of high school to pursue a career in professional wrestling.[2]

Professional wrestling career

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Independent circuit (2022–present)

Steel made her in-ring debut on August 7, 2022, at Combat Zone Wrestling Limelight 8, losing against Trish Adora. In Steel's debut year, she appeared for promotions like MCW Pro Wrestling, and various independent show in the West Virginia and Pennsylvania region.[3] In the following years, Steel made various appearances for other notable independent promotions like Beyond Wrestling, DEFY Wrestling, Progress Wrestling Game Changer Wrestling and Booker T's Reality of Wrestling.,[4][5]

On August 1, 2025, at Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) ID Showcase, Steel qualified for the triple threat match tournament final to crown the inaugural WWE Women's ID Champion against Kylie Rae and Zara Zakher, where Rae won to become the inaugural champion.[6]

Major League Wrestling (2023–2024)

Steel's first appearance for Major League Wrestling (MLW) took place on September 3, 2023, during MLW's flagship show MLW Fusion. Steel competed under the ring name "Zayda". Steel got her first MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship on the MLW Once Upon A Time In New York event, in a losing effort against Delmi Exo.[7]

Steel would get another opportunity at the Women's Featherweight Championship on May 11, 2024, in a four-way match against Janai Kai, Delmi Exo and Miyu Yamashita at MLW Fury Road 2024, losing to champion Janai Kai.[8]

Steel was part of Mister Saint Laurent's "World Titan Federation" faction, alongside Matt Cardona, Richard Holliday, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Gene Snitsky, Tom Lawlor, Steph De Lander, Josh Bishop, Brett Ryan Gosselin, A.J. Francis & Alexander Hammerstone.

Dream Star Fighting Marigold (2024)

On April 15, 2024, former World Wonder Ring Stardom executive producer Rossy Ogawa held a press conference to announce his new promotion Dream Star Fighting Marigold.[9] On May 20, 2024, at Marigold's debut event Marigold Fields Forever, Steel performed in a tag-team match alongside Mai Sakurai in a losing effort against Myla Grace and Nagisa Nozaki.[10]

Steel appeared on the next Marigold event Marigold Summer Destiny on July 13, 2024, tagging with Myla Grace in a losing effort against Nagisa Nozaki and CHIAKI.

At the Marigold Summer Gold Shine 2024 event, Steel competed in an eight-woman tag team elimination match teaming with Bozilla, CHIAKI & Myla Grace versus Kizuna Tanaka, Mirai, Utami Hayashishita and Victoria Yuzuki, which ended in a 20-minute time-limit draw.[11]

WWE (2024–2025)

Steel signed with WWE in November 2024 as part of the WWE ID program, becoming the third WWE Superstar of Moroccan descent after Layla and Amale to be signed by WWE.[12][13] Steel made her WWE debut on the April 2, 2025 edition of Evolve, losing to Brinley Reece.[14] In April, Steel joined Swipe Right (Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes), Jackson Drake, and Bryce Donovan to form The Vanity Project stable.[15] On the May 21 edition of Evolve, Steel lost in a Fatal Four-Way match against Kylie Rae, Aria Bennett and Chantel Monroe to earn an opportunity for the inaugural Evolve Women's Championship match.[16] On October 9, Steel announced that she would not be renewing her WWE ID contract.[17] She wrestled her last WWE televised match on the October 22 episode of Evolve, where she was defeated by Thea Hail.[18][19]

Ring of Honor and All Elite Wrestling (2025–present)

On December 2, 2025, Steel debuted on Ring of Honor Wrestling confronting Leila Grey. At Final Battle on the Zero Hour, Steel fought Grey in her debut match but was defeated. On the December 11 episode of ROH on Honor Club, she defeated Rachael Ellering earning her first victory.[20][21][22]

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Championships and accomplishments

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