Adriana Rizzo
{{short description|American professional wrestler}}
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|birth_name = Anna Jade Keefer{{Cite web|url=https://goheels.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/anna-keefer/22917|title=Anna Keefer Profile|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=Go Heels}}
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|birth_place = Albertville, Minnesota, U.S.{{Cite web|url=https://goheels.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/anna-keefer/22917|title=Anna Keefer Profile|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=Go Heels}}
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|billed = Albertville, Minnesota
|trainer = WWE Performance Center
|debut = October 28, 2022{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=28031|title=Adriana Rizzo Cagematch|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=Cagematch}}
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Anna Jade Keefer (born December 26, 1998) is an American professional wrestler. As of October 2022, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Adriana Rizzo.
Early life
Anna Jade Keefer was born on December 26, 1998 in St. Michael Albertville, Minnesota. Keefer attended the University of North Carolina majoring in media productions and interdisciplinary studies. She also competed in Track and field as part of the UNC Track and Field team and was a 5 time NCAA All-American.{{Cite web|url=https://goheels.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/anna-keefer/22917|title=Anna Keefer Profile|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=Go Heels}}
Professional wrestling career
In 2022, Keefer was announced as having signed with WWE as part of the WWE Performance Center Fall 2022 Rookie Class.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/article/meet-the-wwe-performance-center-fall-2022-rookie-class|title=Meet the WWE Performance Center Fall 2022 Rookie Class|date=November 10, 2022|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=WWE.com}} She made her in-ring debut by participating in a battle royal at an NXT live event on October 28.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=353609|title=WWE NXT Live Results: October 28, 2022|date=October 28, 2022|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=Cagematch}} After being sidelined for almost a year due to an achilles tendon rupture, she made her in-ring return at a live event on October 27, 2023, taking part in a battle royal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CwdrG4uu2YD|title=Back in Business. After tearing my Achilles over 5 months ago I am finally cleared! Excited to be back in the ring tomorrow 💪🏼|date=August 28, 2023|access-date=March 25, 2024|author=Adrianna Rizzo|website=Instagram}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=373065|title=WWE NXT Live Results: October 27, 2023|date=October 27, 2023|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=Cagematch}}
In November, Keefer began appearing alongside Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo as a member of The D'Angelo Family, an Italian-American mobster group. She was later assigned the ring name Adriana Rizzo and she made her televised in-ring debut in an NXT Women's Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal which was won by Roxanne Perez.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/2023-11-14/article/results|title=WWE NXT Results: November 14, 2023|date=November 14, 2023|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=WWE.com}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/2024-01-16/article/results|title=WWE NXT Results: January 16, 2024|date=January 16, 2024|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=WWE.com}} The D'Angelo Family would feud with SCRYPTS, Bronco Nima, Lucien Price and Jaida Parker of OTM (Out The Mud), leading to a six person tag team match at NXT Vengeance Day which The D'Angelo Family won. On the February 13 episode of NXT, Rizzo was defeated by Parker in her first televised singles match, ending the feud.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/nxtple/wwe-nxt-vengeance-day-2024/article/results|title=Full NXT Vengeance Day 2024 results|date=February 4, 2024|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=WWE.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/2024-02-13/article/wwe-nxt-results-feb-13-2024|title=WWE NXT Results: February 13, 2024|date=February 13, 2024|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=WWE.com}} On the August 20 edition of NXT, Rizzo competed in a six-woman gauntlet match to determine the number one contender for Roxanne Perez's NXT Women's Championship at No Mercy, where she would be eliminated by Sol Ruca.{{Cite web |last=Lopez |first=Joshua |date=August 20, 2024 |title=WWE NXT Results 8/20/24 |url=https://wrestlingheadlines.com/wwe-nxt-results-8-20-24/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=Wrestling Headlines}}
References
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External links
- {{Professional wrestling profiles}}
- {{wwe superstar|adriana-rizzo}}
{{WWE personnel}}
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Category:American female professional wrestlers
Category:Professional wrestling managers and valets
Category:21st-century female professional wrestlers