Dana Brooke
Ashley Mae Sebera (born November 29, 1988) is an American fitness model and a female professional wrestler. She is currently signed with World Wrestling Entertainment on its NXT brand, where she competes under the name Dana Brooke.
Career[]
World Wrestling Entertainment[]
NXT (2014-2016)[]
Sebera was signed by WWE on June 15, 2013 and was given the ring name Dana Brooke months later. Brooke made her first appearance on TV at the NXT Takeover: Fatal 4 Way event on September 11, 2014 in a backstage segment with Tyler Breeze. A week later on September 18, Dana Brooke made her in-ring debut as a villainess at a house show in Wauchula, teaming with Sasha Banks in a victorious effort against Alexa Bliss and Bayley. On October 23, the evil Dana Brooke defeated Devin Taylor via submission in a dark match at that night's TV tapings.
During the following NXT show on October 24, Brooke teamed with Becky Lynch & Sasha Banks in a losing 6-woman tag team match against Bayley & Charlotte & Devin Taylor. Two months later on December 18, Dana returned to ring action, facing off against Carmella and Alexa Bliss in a three-way match, won by Bliss. Bliss would defeat Carmella and Brooke in a consecutive three-way match on December 19's NXT show. Brooke and Carmella would again lose to Alexa Bliss on December 20 in a third consecutive three-way match.
During the following year, on the February 18 NXT TV taping, Brooke defeated Blue Pants in singles action. On March 7, during Day 1 of NXT Live! At the Arnold Classic, Brooke defeated Bayley. On Day 2 of NXT Live! At the Arnold Classic, on March 8, Brooke defeated Carmella. During the March 12 NXT show, Brooke teamed with Becky Lynch to defeat Alexa Bliss & Devin Taylor. On March 13, Brooke lost to Bayley in singles competition. The following show held on March 14, Brooke teamed with Becky Lynch in a losing match against Alexa Bliss & Devin Taylor. Brooke and Lynch teamed again on March 27, losing to Alexa Bliss & Bayley. On March 28, during Day 3 of the NXT WrestleMania Axxess 2015, Brooke faced and lost to Charlotte. After the WrestleMania pre-events, entering the next month, Brooke teamed with Becky Lynch on April 2, in a losing tag team match against Bayley & Carmella. Two days later on the April 4 NXT show, Brooke teamed with Carmella in losing tag match facing Alexa Bliss & Bayley.
Main Roster (2016–present) []
Dana Brooke debuted on the May 9 episode of Raw, attacking Becky Lynch and siding with Emma. Brooke then faced Becky Lynch twice, which she won. She interfered at Extreme Rules, distracting Natalya to allow Charlotte to retain the WWE Women's Championship. After the 2016's Money in the Bank pay-per-view, Brooke and Charlotte started their feud with Banks, and despite being drafted to the Raw brand during the 2016 draft on July 19, Brooke continued managing Charlotte, while also working with her in tag team matches against Banks. The following night after Summerslam, Brooke and Charlotte started their feud with Bayley, but continued feuding with Banks. Throughout October, Brooke started her feud with Bayley, whom she defeated by using the ropes for leverage on the October 17 episode of Raw, and the rematch between the two features Brooke losing to Bayley at the Hell in a Cell.
After losing to Banks on the March 13, 2017 episode of Raw, Brooke was being berated by multiple insults by Charlotte, Brooke turned face for the first time in her career when she attacked Flair and ended her association with her. A week later, Brooke lost to Flair. Their feud ended when Flair was moved to the SmackDown brand during the Superstar Shake-up.