Nyla Rose

Nyla Rose
Rose in February 2020
Born (1982-08-03) August 3, 1982 (age 42)[1][2]
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Debbie Kong[3]
Nyla Rose
Nyla The Destroyer
Billed height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[4]
Billed weight185 lb (84 kg)[4]
Billed fromWashington, D.C.[5]
Trained byJames Zaveski[6]

Nyla Rose (born August 3, 1982) is an American professional wrestler and actress signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a former AEW Women's World Champion. She also starred in the 2016 Canadian television series The Switch.

Rose became the first openly transgender wrestler in history to sign with a major American promotion when signing with AEW in 2019. She also became the first trans wrestler to win a title in a major American promotion when she won the AEW Women's World Championship the following year.

  1. ^ "Nyla Rose The Native Beast". wrestlingjunkies (in German). Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Out-of-the-ring chat with women pro wrestlers". infoweb.newsbank.com. Sussex Post (Seaford, DE). February 21, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "A historic night for transgender wrestler Nyla Rose at AEW's Double or Nothing". Outsports. May 24, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference WaPo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Free Match - Riho vs Nyla Rose vs Yuka Sakazaki from AEW's Fyter Fest". YouTube.com. All Elite Wrestling. July 4, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  6. ^ Greenberg, Keith Elliot (January 25, 2020). "Nyla Rose Is Pro Wrestling's First Trans Superstar". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 8, 2021.