Deonna Purrazzo

Deonna Purrazzo
Purrazzo at a WWE event on April 6, 2019
Born (1994-06-10) June 10, 1994
Hackettstown, New Jersey
Spouse(s)
Steve Maclin
(m. 2010)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Deonna
Deonna Purrazzo
La Luchadora
Billed height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Billed weight144 lb (65 kg)
Trained byDamian Adams
WWE Performance Center
Rip Rogers
Robbie E
DebutDecember 6, 2013

Deonna Lynn Purrazzo (born June 10, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. She currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and their sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). She is one-half of The Vendetta tag team with Taya Valkyrie.

She has also made appearances in Ring of Honor (ROH) (before AEW's purchase), Total Nonstop Action / Impact Wrestling (TNA), World Wonder Ring Stardom, WWE, and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA).

Purrazzo has won many championships throughout her career. In Impact, she was a three-time Impact Knockouts Champion and one-time Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Champion. In AAA, she was a one-time AAA Reina de Reinas Championship, and in ROH, she was a one-time ROH Women's World Champion.

Professional wrestling career

All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor

On the May 4, 2022 episode of Dynamite, Purrazzo made her All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut in a one-night only appearance. She faced Mercedes Martinez in a title unification match for the ROH Women's World Championship and lost.[1]

On the January 3, 2024 episode of Dynamite, Purrazzo made her return to AEW and her official debut for the company. She kicked Mariah May and announced that she was coming after Toni Storm and the AEW Women's World Championship.[2] On the January 13 episode of Collision, Purrazzo made her official AEW in-ring debut in a win against Red Velvet.[3] At Revolution, Purrazzo challenged "Timeless" Toni Storm for the AEW Women's World Championship but was unsuccessful.[4] On the April 27 episode of Rampage, Purrazzo lost a match to Thunder Rosa. After the match, Purrazzo attacked Rosa and turned heel.[5] Purrazzo decided to enter the Women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament but lost in the first round to Hikaru Shida.[6] At Battle of the Belts XI, Purrazzo fought Willow Nightingale for a chance at challenging for her CMLL World Women's Championship in the future but lost.[7]

At AEW Homecoming, Purrazzo challenged Yuka Sakazaki, Queen Aminata and Serena Deeb in a four-way match umber one contendership for the AEW TBS Championship but the match was won by Sakazaki.[8]

Personal life

On November 10, 2022, Purrazzo married fellow professional wrestler Steve Maclin.[9]

References

  1. "AEW Dynamite Results (5/4/22): Deonna Purrazzo Faces Mercedes Martinez For The Undisputed ROH Women's Title + More!". Fightful. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  2. "AEW Dynamite Results (1/3/24): Darby Allin vs. Konosuke Takeshita, International Title Bout, More". Fightful. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  3. "AEW Collision Results (1/13): Keller's report on FTR & Garcia vs. House of Black, Purrazzo vs. Red Velvet, Copeland Open Challenge, Mogus Embassy vs. Archer & Righteous". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  4. "AEW Revolution results: Powell's live review of Sting and Darby Allin vs. The Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Titles in Sting's final match, Samoa Joe vs. Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Page for the AEW World Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  5. "AEW Rampage Results (4/27/24): Parking Lot Fight, Big Bill In Action, And More". Fightful. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  6. "AEW Collision (6/29/2024) Results: World Title Weigh In, Daniel Garcia, Stephanie Vaquer, More Compete". Fightful. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  7. "AEW Battle of the Belts XI results (6/27): Powell's review of The Kingdom vs. Dustin Rhodes and The Von Erichs for the vacant ROH Six-Man Tag Titles, Toni Storm vs. Taya Valkyrie, and Willow Nightingale vs. Deonna Purrazzo in eliminator matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  8. "AEW Collision results (1/25): Murphy's review of Konosuke Takeshita vs. Katsuyori Shibata for the AEW International Title, Samoa Joe vs. Nick Wayne, Mariah May and Toni Storm meet face-to-face". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  9. "Two Years After Leaving WWE, Steve Maclin Is Hitting His Stride in Impact". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 5, 2025.

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