WWE NXT star Arianna Grace has revealed on social media that she has officially become a United States citizen, sharing a celebratory photo online. Grace, the real-life daughter of former WWE star and current TNA Wrestling authority figure Santino Marella, proudly posed in front of the United States and Department of Homeland Security flags. The Canadian-born wrestler smiled while holding a miniature American flag to mark the occasion.

Grace’s announcement caught the attention of Chelsea Green, the reigning and inaugural Women’s United States Champion. In a response, Green, who earned her Green Card last year, saw a role in her adminstration for her fellow Canadian.

Grace has been absent from WWE television for some time, with her last televised NXT match occurring in July 2024. While fans haven’t seen her in NXT for some time, Grace has played a pivotal role in TNA Wrestling, where she’s served as the official NXT-TNA liasion. With WWE’s recently announced multi-year partnership, fans can expect to see much more of Miss NXT in both promotions.

Grace is not the only WWE Superstar to have earned citizenship, with Becky Lynch telling fans after the March 18, 2024, Raw that she is now a citizen of the good ol’ U.S. of A. Lynch hasn’t appeared for WWE since May 2024, though it has been reported that her return to programming is imminent after she signed a new contract.

In the days leading up to TNA Genesis 2025, it was teased that the show would see involvement from WWE NXT as part of a multi-year partnership between the two sides. This certainly proved to be the case with multiple names from the silver brand appearing in Garland, Texas.

Before the show, Arianna Grace served in her role as the offical liasion between WWE NXT and TNA Wrestling and brought out Ashante ‘Thee Adonis. The NXT Superstar issued an open challenge to the TNA roster, which was answered by Jake Something. Despite a valiant effort by Adonis, it was Something who got the win.

During the show, TNA World Tag Team Champions The Hardyz put their titles on the line against The Rascalz. During the match, NXT Tag Team Champions Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer & Axiom) arrived to get a better look at the action. Things turned ugly when The Rascalz attacked Fraxiom, but the match would end with Jeff Hardy getting the pin over Trey Miguel to retain.

In the brutal Clockwork Orange match, Masha Slamovich retained her TNA Knockouts World Championship against Rosemary. After the match, Cora Jade showed up and gestured that she wants a shot at the gold. Slamovich was featured in the crowd during the latest WWE NXT ahead of Jade’s match with Kelani Jordan, and traded some barbs on X with Jade after the match.

TNA’s multi-year partnership promises plenty of exciting crossovers with WWE, and that has already been the case. Stay tuned to SEScoops for the latest on this partnership and to see who ever crosses the line.

Joe Hendry Wins The TNA World Championship at Genesis

2024 was a monumental year for the world of professional wrestling, from the WWE exit of Vince McMahon to huge signings in AEW. With 2024 officially at an end, many in the world of wrestling are looking back at the year that was.

On X, WWE NXT Tag Team Champion Nathan Frazer reflected on teaming with Axiom, adding that the pair have become like brothers.

IYO SKY had an impressive 2024, including walking into WrestleMania as Women’s Champion. The Damage CTRL star also competed outside WWE and is ready to do even bigger things in 2025.

WWE CCO Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque is ready for fans to see plenty more in 2025 after WWE “lit the world on fire” last year.

NXT Superstar Arianna Grace ended 2024 with a party of her own, and hopes that 2025 proves to be as beautiful as the Beauty Pagent queen.

Several wrestlers also shared their plans for 2025, including ‘Big’ Bronson Reed, who had some choice verbiage on X.

Michin shared that she can’t wait to see what 2025 brings for everyone and included a photo of herself and her husband Keith Lee. The Limitless One has been out of action since December 2023.

And TBS Champion Mercedes Mone had a huge year in 2024, which she plans to expand upon in 2025, judging by the image The CEO shared on social media.

Happy New Year to everyone from the SEScoops team! Here’s to another exciting year in the world of pro wrestling

Congratulations are in order for WWE NXT’s Arianna Grace and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, who announced their engagement this week in Paris. Grace shared the exciting news on X, describing it as the “proposal of my dreams.”

This engagement caps off an impressive year for both NXT Superstars. Lorenzo began 2024 as one-half of the NXT Tag Team Champions and continues to be a prominent figure on TV as part of the D’Angelo Family. Meanwhile, Grace’s contributions extend beyond competing in NXT. In addition to her role with the silver brand, she’s been pivotal in her role as the official liaison for the NXT-TNA working partnership.

Love Is In The Air

Grace and Lorenzo are the latest wrestling power couple to take their relationship to the next level, as several Superstars have gotten engaged in recent memory:

• Earlier this week, Maxxine Dupri got engaged to Anthony Luke, who will be part of the WWE’s upcoming show WWE LFG: Legends & Future Greats.
• In November, Lorenzo’s ‘Don’ Tony D’Angelo married his sweetheart Isabella with their pet dogs serving as the couple’s groomsmen.
• That same month, Mandy Rose and Tino Sabbatelli got married with the former NXT Women’s Champion saying the big day was worth the wait.
• In September, WWE Raw’s Lyra Valkyria said yes to her long-time boyfriend LJ Cleary, who popped the question with rose petals in New York City.
• That same month, Pretty Deadly’s Kit Wilson and NXT’s Stevie Turner got married in a ceremony that represented the couple’s love of the outdoors.
• NXT’s Brooks Jensen married his long-time sweetheart Chloe with Jensen rightfully calling their wedding a “really great day!”
• In July, Angelo Dawkins married his partner Grace in a ceremony officiated by his tag-team partner Montez Ford while Ford’s wife Bianca Belair also attended.

We here at SEScoops would like to offer our congratulations to Grace and Lorenzo on this joyous news.

Arianna Grace has become a popular act as part of WWE NXT, despite a deep-seated resentment toward the industry early in her life. Despite her name, Grace is the daughter of former WWE Superstar Santino Marella who was on the road with the company for years. Speaking to Nikkita Lyons on The Lyon’s Den, Grace shared her issue with the industry that formed from a young age.

“I always thought of it as his thing. And I also harbored a little bit of resentment toward the industry when I was little. Because I felt very much like ‘Oh, wrestling stole my dad. I don’t see my dad because he’s wrestling. I hate wrestling.'”

Despite this issue with wrestling, Grace leaped at the opportunity to pursue a career in the ring after her father suggested the idea to her.

“When he mentioned to me ‘Why don’t you try it?’ I was like, wow. I could take something that I felt caused me a lot of pain and turn it into something that gives me my life back. And that’s what we did.”

Marella’s days with WWE are far behind him, though the father and daughter have reunited in TNA, where Santino serves as an on-screen authority figure. Grace meanwhile, has served as the liaison between NXT and TNA and oversees the working relationship between the two. Stay tuned to SEScoops for the latest on Arianna Grace and her path in the industry she once loathed for taking her father away.

WWE NXT and TNA Wrestling have embarked on a partnership this year that has seen talent from both sides appear for the other. This relationship has proven to be very popular with fans and this partnership continued at TNA’s latest tapings.

This past weekend, TNA held its Emergence event from the Old Forester’s Paristown Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. At the following tapings, multiple WWE NXT Superstars stepped through the ‘prohibited portal’ (a copyright-friendly alternative for the Forbidden Door.)

Karmen Petrovic made her TNA debut by challenging Jordynne Grace for the TNA Knockouts World Championship but failed to dethrone the Juggernaut. Grace herself has played a pivotal role in WWE’s crossover with TNA, first by appearing in the Women’s Royal Rumble match and later in WWE NXT.

Arianna Grace was also part of the WWE NXT influx at the TNA tapings. Grace is the daughter of TNA’s Santino Marella, who serves as TNA’s on-screen director of authority.

While Petrovic and Arianna Grace will soon appear on TNA Wrestling programming, they weren’t the only WWE names at the latest tapings. Riley Osborne was part of the TNA Emergence event, as he competed in the Ultimate-X match that saw Zachary Wentz become the TNA X-Division Champion. It has been reported that Osborne’s partner Blair Davenport was backstage at the show as well.

The NXT-TNA partnership shows no signs of slowing down, with Joe Hendry and Zachary Wentz set to be part of tonight’s WWE NXT No Mercy show. Stay tuned to SE Scoops for all the latest on the ongoing partnership between the two promotions.

WWE NXT Battleground 2024 will be a historic night for the gold brand as the show will see the crowning of the first NXT Women’s North American Champion. 

During the April 30, episode of WWE NXT, General Manager Ava announced that the title will be on the line at NXT Battleground on June 9 in a six-woman ladder match. Before that match though, there will be qualifying matches to determine the entrants in the much-anticipated ladder match. 

This announcement brought out Jaida Parker, who declared that she wanted to be part of the qualifying matches. She was joined in the ring by Sol Ruca and Arianna Grace who had similar intentions. Up next it was ‘Michin’ Mia Yim, who despite being on the SMackDown roster, wants to be part of the Women’s North American Championship hunt. 

The four women brawled before the rest of the NXT Women’s roster came out which led to a bigger brawl in the ring. The qualifying matches are set to begin soon but the entrants have yet to be revealed. 

NXT Battleground won’t just be historic for its introduction of the Women’s North American Championship. The event will take place at the UFC Apex and in partnership with WWE’s sister company under TKO Group Holdings. It will be WWE’s first event hosted at the Apex and shows WWE’s commitment to cross-promotional endeavors as part of TKO. 

Women’s Mid-Card Championships

WWE will soon have a women’s mid-card title, but this isn’t a new idea. Here are some recent articles about having such a title in wrestling:

This week’s WWE NXT saw a few segments that will help set the stage for Stand & Deliver. The 2024 NXT Stand & Deliver event is scheduled to go down on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We might have a totally different Gigi Dolin by then.

Gigi Dolin and Arianna Grace set a wager in their match last week during NXT. The two squared off this week, and if Grace won, then Dolin was under her guidance. After a DQ finish, Dolin will now have to take beauty tips from Grace.

What Happened on WWE NXT

This week’s NXT featured Dolin vs Grace, and it ended with two low blows. You don’t see those typically happen in women’s matches, but Gigi vs Arianna saw two of them. Sadly for Dolin, the referee only saw her cheap shot.

Arianna Grace, who is also daughter of Santino Marella, has a beaty pageant gimmick. This week’s episode of NXT saw her win the big match, albeit it by DQ, but that will take Gigi Dolin in a brand-new direction.

We will have to see what happens in the weeks to come, but Gigi Dolin may get a bit of a character reboot. If Grace can transform Gigi into a beauty pageant princess, for only a short time, it will certainly give the former Toxic Attraction member something to do.

Not like this!@gigidolin_wwe just got disqualified and now has to get a makeover from @AriannaGraceWWE… ?#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/ClkHaelGYF

— WWE (@WWE) March 13, 2024

What’s Next For Gigi Dolin

Since Toxic Attraction’s breakup, Gigi Dolin has been doing her thing. Jacy Jayne ended up in an angle with Chase U, but Dolin has remained on her own. Now, it appears that she will be aligned with Grace in this storyline, with a likely match to get her out of the verbal contract down the line.

SEScoops will have more coverage of this story, and many more. Please keep checking back for the headlines and coverage you need.

Fans of Arianna Grace will have to keep on waiting for the second-generation Superstar, who isn’t expected to return until the spring of next year.

Grace, real name Bianca Carelli, signed with WWE in February 2022, and received the Grace name in April of this year.

Last month, Grace suffered an injury, which was later reported to be a torn ACL.

Recovery

Grace isn’t just a WWE Superstar, but is a second-generation Superstar, as she is the daughter of Santino Marella.

Speaking to Fightful, the ex-Intercontinental Champion said that Grace will be sidelined for the remainder of this year, and they are hopeful for a spring return.

Marella added that he is also fine with his daughter not using the Marella name, as he wants her to carve her own path in WWE, without being compared to him.

The Marella surname is actually a tribute to Gorilla Monsoon (Robert James Marella) who worked for decades in wrestling before his passing in 1999.

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Santino

Santino Marella is excited for his daughter to get back in the ring, but don’t expect to see the pair in mixed-tag team action.

In the same interview, Santino said that while he remains active in the ring, his days as a wrestler are behind him as far as a career goes.

Marella is open to working as a producer or color commentator but said he wants to raise his children and is worried about the risk of injury.

Santino made his main roster debut in 2007, being pulled from the crowd as a ‘fan’ and defeating then-Intercontinental Champion Umaga, albeit thanks to Bobby Lashley.

WWE NXT’s Arianna Grace has provided an injury update after getting surgery to repair a knee injury.

Gace first revealed on October 13th that she suffered the injury that needed surgery with the following message on Twitter:

“Hey you guys!!!! Sadly, I’m injured and will have surgery next week. I’m going to do all I can to recover properly and come back stronger so I can get back to doing what I love, performing for all of YOU! I can’t wait to get back in the ring.”

Gace later thanked fans and fellow wrestlers for their support and well wishes following her announcement.

Arianna Grace’s Road to Recovery 

Grace later revealed on TikTok that she had surgery due to a torn ACL and meniscus in her knee. In another TikTok video, she noted that she would miss in-ring action for nine months. “The Iron Princess” announced today that she underwent successful surgery this past Tuesday. 

“Hey guys, surgery went well. Now is the hard part. Really difficult to move or even use my crutches without excruciating pain. Hoping it gets better soon,” Grace wrote via Twitter.

Gace had a WWE tryout last December and signed with the company to start training at the Performance Center earlier this year. She worked the inaugural NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament but fell short to Nikkita Lyons in the opening round. Her last match happened at the October 4 NXT Level Up taping, where she teamed with Kiana James against Fallon Henley & Sol Ruca.

We wish her a speedy recovery.