Adriana Rizzo | |
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Birth name | Anna Jade Keefer [1] |
Born | [2] St. Michael Albertville, Minnesota, U.S. [3] | December 26, 1998
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Adriana Rizzo |
Billed height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) [4] |
Billed weight | 130 lb (59 kg) [5] |
Trained by | WWE Performance Center |
Debut | October 28, 2022 [6] |
Anna Jade Keefer (born December 26, 1998) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name Adriana Rizzo on the NXT brand and is a member of The D'Angelo Family stable.
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. [7]
On November 10, 2022, Keefer was announced as having signed with WWE as part of the WWE Performance Center Fall 2022 Rookie Class. [8] She made her in-ring debut on the October 28, 2022 NXT live event in an NXT Women's Title #1 Contender's Battle Royal which was won by Thea Hail. [9] After being sidelined for almost a year due to an Achilles tendon rupture, she made her in-ring return on the October 27, 2023 NXT live event taking part in a Halloween Costume Rumble which was won by Karmen Petrovic. [10] [11]
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. [12] [13] 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. [14] [15]
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