Serena Deeb was born on June 29,1986 and is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling.
59 Facts About Serena Deeb
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Serena Deeb is well known for her first stint with WWE, appearing on the SmackDown brand and known for her time with the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, under the ring name Serena.
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Serena Deeb made appearances for National Wrestling Alliance where she is a former NWA Worlds Women's Champion, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling.
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Serena Deeb was born and raised in the Washington, DC suburb of Oakton, Virginia.
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Serena Deeb graduated from Oakton High School in nearby Vienna, Virginia in 2004.
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Serena Deeb has a desire to learn more languages, other than Spanish, and enjoys Arabic, Thai, and Italian food which matches her interest in traveling.
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Serena Deeb started her wrestling career in the OVW Wrestling School, training from March until November 2005 after relocating on her own money from Virginia to Kentucky to attend the school.
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Unhappy with the loss, Serena Deeb changed her partners and teamed with Roadkill and Kasey James for a mixed tag team match with The Untouchables, including Cherry Pie, but lost once more.
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When she became champion, Serena Deeb was targeted by Beth Phoenix.
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Serena Deeb instantly set her sights on winning back the title and commandeered an all-female six-man tag team victory over Beth Phoenix and her team three days later before interfering in Beth's title defence, spearing her to end the match in disqualification just as Phoenix was about to pin ODB.
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Serena Deeb tried to contend with The Kat once more for the title but the match ended in disqualification.
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Milena Roucka picked up the victory in this six-way match-up, while Serena Deeb lost a non-title match the following week in an attempt to prove her contendership.
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Serena Deeb avenged this loss by similarly attacking Josie during a speech and winning the title back.
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In 2009, Serena Deeb turned heel for the first time in her career.
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On October 22,2006, Serena Deeb began working for Shimmer Women Athletes at Volume 5 where she lost to Amber O'Neal in her debut match after O'Neal used Serena Deeb's tights to keep her down.
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Serena Deeb gained a victory in a rematch during Volume 6 with a roll-up pin.
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Daffney's friend MsChif and Serena Deeb, having history with Fyfe, came to clear the ring leading to a match-up between Hosaka and Serena Deeb after the others had been chased off.
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Serena Deeb pinned Hosaka after a spear but her revenge was short-lived, as The Experience pinned her after a double inverted suplex slam, despite help from Allison Danger.
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En route to the tournament to crown the inaugural Shimmer Champion, Serena Deeb was involved in a car crash and thus could not participate.
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On Volume 21, Serena Deeb maintained she demanded another title match, blaming her loss on an injury.
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Sara Del Rey refused, calling her "bottom of the barrel" but an impromptu brawl turned into a sanctioned match, in which Serena Deeb put up a strong effort but lost.
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The event closed with Serena Deeb talking backstage about how the defeat would not stop her in trying to become champion at which point MsChif, the Shimmer Champion, commended her drive and ambition and offered her a match on the condition of beating Del Rey.
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At Volume 22 Del Rey's manager, Larry Sweeney, announced she did not need to face Serena Deeb having beaten her twice already and that Del Rey's only goal was to reclaim the Shimmer Championship.
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Also in early 2009, Serena Deeb appeared in the fledgling all-female Wrestlicious promotion.
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Serena Deeb made her debut on July 15,2009, at a Florida Championship Wrestling house show where she teamed with Maria and Angela Fong to win against the team of Natalya, Layla and Alicia Fox in a six Diva Tag match.
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At the February 4,2010, FCW television tapings, AJ Lee defeated Serena Deeb, who incorporated her SmackDown character into the Mancini role, to become the new Queen of FCW.
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When Matt Martlaro announced that there would be a creation of the FCW Divas Championship, Serena Deeb competed in the tournament to determine the inaugural Champion, during which she defeated Aksana and AJ Lee en route to the final where she was defeated by Naomi Night.
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On September 11,2010, at the Volume 33 taping for Shimmer, Serena Deeb made a surprise return to the promotion, answering Kellie Skater's open challenge and defeating her in a singles match.
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Serena Deeb then had a verbal confrontation with former partner Portia Perez who accused her of selling out by going to WWE which led to a match at Volume 35 where Serena submitted to a crossface after the referee was distracted from seeing Serena reaching the ropes.
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Serena Deeb then rekindled her rivalry with Sara Del Rey, who made a speech criticizing her, leading to Serena main eventing Volume 36 in a Four-on-Four Tag Team Elimination match where Serena was eliminated second after Tomoka Nakagawa.
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In March 2011, Serena Deeb defeated Daizee Haze on Volume 37 and was victorious in a tag team match on Volume 38.
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Serena Deeb continued her rivalry with Portia Perez on Volume 39, defeating her via DQ.
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On Volume 40, Serena Deeb defeated Portia Perez, Cheerleader Melissa, and LuFisto in a four-corner survival match to earn a shot at the Shimmer Championship.
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Serena Deeb lost to Nicole Matthews on Volume 42 after interference from Portia Perez.
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Serena Deeb finished her rivalry with Portia on Volume 43 by defeating her in a no holds barred match.
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Serena Deeb came out on the losing end of a Shimmer guest match at 2008's Southern Hostility in a four corner survival match.
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Serena Deeb returned to ROH for their year-end internet pay-per-view Final Battle 2010 teaming with long-term rival Del Rey against Daizee Haze and Amazing Kong, winning the match after taking out Kong with a spear to let Del Rey pin Haze.
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Serena Deeb appeared at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's pay-per-view Slammiversary in June 2008, where she took part in Awesome Kong's $25,000 Fan Challenge in a three-minute squash match, as did fellow OVW and Shimmer wrestler Josie, who signed a contract with the company.
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In November 2008 at a Pro Wrestling Syndicate show, Serena Deeb wrestled Daffney for the vacant NWA France Women's Championship, which she won.
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Serena Deeb found herself back in France during March 2009 for American Wrestling Rampage's nine-day tour of France.
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For most of the events, Serena Deeb wrestled fellow Shimmer wrestler Portia Perez, who was the only other woman on the tour.
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In November 2010, Serena Deeb debuted for Women Superstars Uncensored and established herself as a villainess by cutting a promo stating that she should be handed a title shot because she was in WWE.
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Serena Deeb followed up by winning a Four Way match over Alicia, Portia Perez and Jana to become number one contender to the WSU Championship.
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Serena Deeb received her title shot in the main event of WSU's 4 Year Anniversary show where she was defeated by Mercedes.
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On June 25,2011, at The Uncensored Rumble IV event Serena Deeb defeated Nikki Roxx but was eliminated from the eponymous match by Lexxus, having made it to the final two.
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In January 2011, Serena Deeb made her first excursion to Japan.
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On October 22,2011, Serena Deeb announced that she was taking an indefinite break from wrestling, following her doctor's instructions after suffering a serious concussion.
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On March 17,2013, Serena Deeb returned to TNA to take part in the tapings of the Knockout Knockdown pay-per-view, where she was defeated by Mickie James.
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Three days later, Serena Deeb made her debut for the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion, teaming with Hanako Nakamori and Morii in a six-woman tag team match, where they were defeated by Kayoko Haruyama, Leon and Tsubasa Kuragaki.
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On January 24,2014, Serena Deeb made her debut for Shine Wrestling, defeating Santana Garrett in a singles match.
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Serena Deeb challenged for the Shine Championship against Ivelisse at Shine 20, with their match ending in a time-limit draw.
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On March 21,2014, Serena Deeb debuted for Queens of Combat as a villainess at the promotion's first show, competing in a losing effort to Taeler Hendrix.
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On June 17,2015, the Japanese Reina Joshi Puroresu promotion announced that Serena Deeb would be wrestling her retirement match for the promotion on July 10 in Korakuen Hall.
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Serena Deeb teamed with James Storm in a losing effort against Mickie James and Magnus.
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Serena Deeb returned to WWE as part of the first Mae Young Classic on July 13,2017, defeating Vanessa Borne in the first round.
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Serena Deeb was released on April 15,2020, amid company-wide cutbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Serena Deeb made her All Elite Wrestling debut on September 2,2020, episode of Dynamite, losing to NWA Women's Champion, Thunder Rosa.
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On October 27,2020, Serena Deeb faced Rosa again during United Wrestling Network's Primetime Live event, where Serena Deeb defeated Rosa to become the NWA World Women's Champion for the first time in her career.
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At When Our Shadows Fall, Serena Deeb lost the NWA Women's title to Kamille.