Sarona Reiher
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Sarona Reiher is a professional wrestler
who is currently signed to WWE, where she is performing on the SmackDown brand, using the ring name Tamina. She is the daughter of WWE Hall of Fame
r Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
.
, Reiher debuted as a heel
under the ring name Tamina along with Jimmy and Jey Uso
by attacking the Unified Tag Team Champions, The Hart Dynasty
(Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith, and Natalya). The next week on the May 31 edition of Raw, The Usos
and Tamina introduced themselves and stated that The Hart Dynasty
was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and brawled and again layed out The Hart Dynasty. On the June 7 edition of Raw, The Usos
and Tamina again attempted to attack The Hart Dynasty
, but was unsuccessful with The Hart Dynasty getting the upper hand. The Usos
and Tamina made their pay-per-view debut in a six-person mixed tag team match against The Hart Dynasty
in a losing effort after Natalya pinned Tamina. Two weeks later on the June 21 edition of Raw, Tamina made her debut for the brand facing off with Natalya, but ended in a no contest after The Nexus interrupted the match. On the June 28 edition of Raw, The Usos
and Tamina was scheduled to face The Hart Dynasty
in another six-person mixed tag team match, but the Usos and Tamina attacked them during their entrance, leading to Tamina throwing Natalya in the ring and executing the Super Fly Splash and left with the Uso's. On the July 12 edition of Raw, The Usos
and Tamina won their first match by defeating The Hart Dynasty
in a six-person mixed tag team match. At the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, Tamina accompanied The Usos
to a tag team match against The Hart Dynasty
in a losing effort. On the July 26 edition of Raw, Tamina along with Jimmy Uso
accompanied Jey Uso
to a singles match against Randy Orton
, but was unsuccessful in defeating Orton.
The next week on the August 2 edition of Raw, Tamina competed in a six diva tag team match with then Divas Champion Alicia Fox and Jillian Hall
against Natalya, Eve Torres
, and Gail Kim
in a winning effort when Fox pinned Natalya. On the August 8 edition of Raw, Tamina made an appearence after the diva summer spectacular flirting with Santino Marella, hinting a face
turn. Two weeks later, Tamina accompanied The Usos
in a tag team match against Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov in a losing effort, but then Tamina stop the Uso's from attacking Santino, and blew a kiss to Santino as she left the ring. On the September 27 edition of Raw, Tamina competed in a #1 contender diva battle royal, which was ultimately won by Natalya. On the October 11 edition of Raw, Tamina joined Santino Marella after his victory over Zack Ryder
and celebrated with him. A few weeks later on the November 8 edition of Raw, Tamina teamed with Alicia Fox and Maryse
in a Diva Cup Match in a losing effort to Eve Torres
and The Bella Twins
. On the November 15 edition of Raw, Tamina accompanied The Usos
to a #1 contender tag team match against Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov in a losing effort. Tamina made a backstage appearance with Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov on the November 22 edition of Raw when she serenated and kissed Santino. Two weeks later on the November 29 edition of Raw, Tamina teamed with Alicia Fox and Maryse
in a six diva tag team match against Natalya, Gail Kim
, and Melina
, but was distracted by Santino Marella serenating her, and she left the ring with Santino, turning face
in the process.
in a winning effort, as Tamina walked in the ring and kissed Santino, offically becoming the valet of the team. On the December 20 edition of Raw, Tamina teamed with her on-screen boyfriend Santino Marella in a mixed tag team match in a winning effort against Maryse
and Ted DiBiase Jr. after Tamina executed the Super Fly Splash to Maryse. The next week on the December 27 edition of Raw, Tamina accompanied Santino Marella in a singles match in a winning effort to Ted DiBiase Jr., leading to Tamina and Santino being attacked by both DiBiase and Maryse
, after Santino and Tamina made a comeback, they both executed The Cobra on DiBiase and Maryse. On the January 3 edition of Raw, Tamina accompanied Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov in a tag team match against The Usos
in a losing effort, and was afterward confronted by the Uso's, who later was headbutted by Koslov and received a double Cobra from Marella and Tamina. The next week, Tamina accompanied Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov in a tag team title defense against The Usos
in a winning effort. Tamina again accompanied Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov on the January 17 and January 31 editions of Raw in two tag team title defense's against The Nexus (Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater) and (Husky Harris and Michael McGillicutty), both in winning efforts. That same week on the February 2 edition of WWE Superstars
, Tamina competed in a losing effort in singles competition against Melina
. On the February 7 edition of Raw, Tamina competed in a six diva tag team match with Eve Torres
and Gail Kim
in a winning effort against Melina
and The Bella Twins
after Eve pinned Melina.
as part of the 2011 Supplemental Draft, Tamina debuted as a heel on the May 27 edition of SmackDown by defeating The Chickbusters
(Kaitlyn
and the debuting A.J.) with Alicia Fox. A week later on Smackdown, Tamina and Alicia Fox again defeated The Chickbusters
, with Tamina pinning AJ. Tamina competed on the June 13 edition of Raw's All-Star special in a 7 on 7 diva tag team match, teaming with Alicia Fox, Maryse
, The Bella Twins
, Rosa Mendes, and Melina
against the team of Gail Kim
, Natalya, Beth Phoenix
, Eve Torres
, and Kaitlyn and AJ
in a losing effort. On the June 17 edition of Smackdown, Tamina teamed up with Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes in a 3 on 3 diva tag team match against The Chickbusters
and Natalya in a winning effort. On the June 23 edition of WWE Superstars
, Tamina competed in a rematch with Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes against The Chickbusters
and Natalya, but was defeated after AJ pinned Fox. On the July 29 edition of Smackdown, Tamina competed in a six diva tag team match with Rosa Mendes and Alicia Fox in a winning effort against The Chickbusters
and Natalya. On the August 1 edition of Raw, Tamina was unsuccessful in a battle royal to become the #1 contender for the WWE Divas Championship
at the Summerslam
pay-per-view, with Beth Phoenix
ultimately winning the match. On the August 11 edition of Superstars, Tamina was defeated in singles competition against Alicia Fox. On the August 26 edition of Smackdown, Tamina lost a singles match to Kelly Kelly after receiving the K2. Tamina then competed in a re-match against Alicia Fox and was again defeated on the September 8 edition of Superstars. On the October 6 edition of Superstars, Tamina lost a singles match to AJ. The next week on the October 10 edition of Raw, Tamina teamed with Rosa Mendes in a diva tag team match against Eve Torres
and Kelly Kelly, but were defeated after Tamina was pinned by Eve.
On the October 26 edition of NXT Redemption, Tamina began a feud with Kaitlyn
and competed against her in a singles match, but was unsuccessful. The next week on the November 2 edition of NXT Redemption, Tamina again was defeated by Kaitlyn
in a singles match. On the November 8 edition of NXT Redemption, Tamina accompanied her new on-screen boyfriend JTG in a losing effort against old partner Jimmy Uso
, who was accompanied by Jey Uso
. On the November 11 edition of Smackdown, while Natalya was on commentary, Tamina was accompanied by her partner Rosa Mendes in a losing effort to Alicia Fox, who was accompanied by Aksana
. On the November 16 edition of NXT Redemption, Tamina accompanied JTG in a match against Yoshi Tatsu, and assisted JTG in defeating him. Tamina competed in a "Mistletoe on a Pole" diva match on the November 29 live "Christmas
" edition of Smackdown, which was ultimately won by Brie Bella
to kiss any superstar of her choosing before Christmas.
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who is currently signed to WWE, where she is performing on the SmackDown brand, using the ring name Tamina. She is the daughter of WWE Hall of Fame
WWE Hall of Fame
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r Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
Jimmy Snuka
James William "Jimmy" Reiher is a semi-retired Fijian professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. Originally from the Fiji Islands, Snuka wrestled for several promotions in the 1970s and 1980s. Snuka is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having been a...
.
Training
Sarona first began in wrestling after she received the first Lia Maivia Scholarship to train in professional wrestling career at the Wild Samoan Training Center.Raw and Feud with The Hart Dynasty (2010)
On the May 24 edition of RawWWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
, Reiher debuted as a heel
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
under the ring name Tamina along with Jimmy and Jey Uso
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
by attacking the Unified Tag Team Champions, The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty was a professional wrestling stable that appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment. The unit consisted of the tag team of Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith, and WWE Diva Natalya...
(Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith, and Natalya). The next week on the May 31 edition of Raw, The Usos
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
and Tamina introduced themselves and stated that The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty was a professional wrestling stable that appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment. The unit consisted of the tag team of Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith, and WWE Diva Natalya...
was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and brawled and again layed out The Hart Dynasty. On the June 7 edition of Raw, The Usos
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
and Tamina again attempted to attack The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty was a professional wrestling stable that appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment. The unit consisted of the tag team of Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith, and WWE Diva Natalya...
, but was unsuccessful with The Hart Dynasty getting the upper hand. The Usos
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
and Tamina made their pay-per-view debut in a six-person mixed tag team match against The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty was a professional wrestling stable that appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment. The unit consisted of the tag team of Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith, and WWE Diva Natalya...
in a losing effort after Natalya pinned Tamina. Two weeks later on the June 21 edition of Raw, Tamina made her debut for the brand facing off with Natalya, but ended in a no contest after The Nexus interrupted the match. On the June 28 edition of Raw, The Usos
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
and Tamina was scheduled to face The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty was a professional wrestling stable that appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment. The unit consisted of the tag team of Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith, and WWE Diva Natalya...
in another six-person mixed tag team match, but the Usos and Tamina attacked them during their entrance, leading to Tamina throwing Natalya in the ring and executing the Super Fly Splash and left with the Uso's. On the July 12 edition of Raw, The Usos
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
and Tamina won their first match by defeating The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty was a professional wrestling stable that appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment. The unit consisted of the tag team of Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith, and WWE Diva Natalya...
in a six-person mixed tag team match. At the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, Tamina accompanied The Usos
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
to a tag team match against The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty
The Hart Dynasty was a professional wrestling stable that appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment. The unit consisted of the tag team of Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith, and WWE Diva Natalya...
in a losing effort. On the July 26 edition of Raw, Tamina along with Jimmy Uso
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
accompanied Jey Uso
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
to a singles match against Randy Orton
Randy Orton
Randal Keith "Randy" Orton is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE wrestling on its SmackDown brand...
, but was unsuccessful in defeating Orton.
The next week on the August 2 edition of Raw, Tamina competed in a six diva tag team match with then Divas Champion Alicia Fox and Jillian Hall
Jillian Hall
Jillian Faye Fletcher is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to Women Superstars Uncensored. She is also known for her tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Jillian Hall or simply Jillian...
against Natalya, Eve Torres
Eve Torres
Eve Marie Torres is an American dancer, model, and professional wrestler. She is working for WWE on Raw brand. She is a two time WWE Divas Champion.Torres began her career as a model and dancer...
, and Gail Kim
Gail Kim
Gail Kim is a Canadian professional wrestler of Korean descent, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where she is the current TNA Women's Knockout Champion and one half of the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions with Madison Rayne...
in a winning effort when Fox pinned Natalya. On the August 8 edition of Raw, Tamina made an appearence after the diva summer spectacular flirting with Santino Marella, hinting a face
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
turn. Two weeks later, Tamina accompanied The Usos
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
in a tag team match against Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov in a losing effort, but then Tamina stop the Uso's from attacking Santino, and blew a kiss to Santino as she left the ring. On the September 27 edition of Raw, Tamina competed in a #1 contender diva battle royal, which was ultimately won by Natalya. On the October 11 edition of Raw, Tamina joined Santino Marella after his victory over Zack Ryder
Zack Ryder
Matthew Joseph Cardona, Jr. better known by his ring name Zack Ryder, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE and works on the Raw brand as a wrestler and the SmackDown brand as an assistant to SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long.Cardona wrestled mostly with his tag...
and celebrated with him. A few weeks later on the November 8 edition of Raw, Tamina teamed with Alicia Fox and Maryse
Maryse Ouellet
Maryse Ouellet is a Professional Glamour Model and a former professional wrestler, better known simply as Maryse. She most recently worked for WWE...
in a Diva Cup Match in a losing effort to Eve Torres
Eve Torres
Eve Marie Torres is an American dancer, model, and professional wrestler. She is working for WWE on Raw brand. She is a two time WWE Divas Champion.Torres began her career as a model and dancer...
and The Bella Twins
The Bella Twins
Brianna Monique Garcia and Stephanie Nicole Garcia are American twin professional wrestlers. The twins are a professional wrestling tag team under the ring names Brie Bella and Nikki Bella, collectively referred to as The Bella Twins, and work for WWE on the Raw brand.Before being promoted to the...
. On the November 15 edition of Raw, Tamina accompanied The Usos
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
to a #1 contender tag team match against Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov in a losing effort. Tamina made a backstage appearance with Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov on the November 22 edition of Raw when she serenated and kissed Santino. Two weeks later on the November 29 edition of Raw, Tamina teamed with Alicia Fox and Maryse
Maryse Ouellet
Maryse Ouellet is a Professional Glamour Model and a former professional wrestler, better known simply as Maryse. She most recently worked for WWE...
in a six diva tag team match against Natalya, Gail Kim
Gail Kim
Gail Kim is a Canadian professional wrestler of Korean descent, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where she is the current TNA Women's Knockout Champion and one half of the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions with Madison Rayne...
, and Melina
Melina Perez
Melina Nava Perez is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Women Superstars Uncensored. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring mononym Melina....
, but was distracted by Santino Marella serenating her, and she left the ring with Santino, turning face
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
in the process.
Managing Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov (2010–2011)
On the December 6 edition of Raw, Tamina accompanied Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov in a three elimination tag team match against the teams of The Nexus (Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater) and The UsosThe Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
in a winning effort, as Tamina walked in the ring and kissed Santino, offically becoming the valet of the team. On the December 20 edition of Raw, Tamina teamed with her on-screen boyfriend Santino Marella in a mixed tag team match in a winning effort against Maryse
Maryse Ouellet
Maryse Ouellet is a Professional Glamour Model and a former professional wrestler, better known simply as Maryse. She most recently worked for WWE...
and Ted DiBiase Jr. after Tamina executed the Super Fly Splash to Maryse. The next week on the December 27 edition of Raw, Tamina accompanied Santino Marella in a singles match in a winning effort to Ted DiBiase Jr., leading to Tamina and Santino being attacked by both DiBiase and Maryse
Maryse Ouellet
Maryse Ouellet is a Professional Glamour Model and a former professional wrestler, better known simply as Maryse. She most recently worked for WWE...
, after Santino and Tamina made a comeback, they both executed The Cobra on DiBiase and Maryse. On the January 3 edition of Raw, Tamina accompanied Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov in a tag team match against The Usos
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
in a losing effort, and was afterward confronted by the Uso's, who later was headbutted by Koslov and received a double Cobra from Marella and Tamina. The next week, Tamina accompanied Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov in a tag team title defense against The Usos
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
in a winning effort. Tamina again accompanied Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov on the January 17 and January 31 editions of Raw in two tag team title defense's against The Nexus (Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater) and (Husky Harris and Michael McGillicutty), both in winning efforts. That same week on the February 2 edition of WWE Superstars
WWE Superstars
WWE Superstars is a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment that originally aired on WGN America in the United States. It debuted on April 16, 2009 and ended its domestic broadcasting on April 7, 2011...
, Tamina competed in a losing effort in singles competition against Melina
Melina Perez
Melina Nava Perez is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Women Superstars Uncensored. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring mononym Melina....
. On the February 7 edition of Raw, Tamina competed in a six diva tag team match with Eve Torres
Eve Torres
Eve Marie Torres is an American dancer, model, and professional wrestler. She is working for WWE on Raw brand. She is a two time WWE Divas Champion.Torres began her career as a model and dancer...
and Gail Kim
Gail Kim
Gail Kim is a Canadian professional wrestler of Korean descent, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where she is the current TNA Women's Knockout Champion and one half of the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions with Madison Rayne...
in a winning effort against Melina
Melina Perez
Melina Nava Perez is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Women Superstars Uncensored. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring mononym Melina....
and The Bella Twins
The Bella Twins
Brianna Monique Garcia and Stephanie Nicole Garcia are American twin professional wrestlers. The twins are a professional wrestling tag team under the ring names Brie Bella and Nikki Bella, collectively referred to as The Bella Twins, and work for WWE on the Raw brand.Before being promoted to the...
after Eve pinned Melina.
SmackDown; Feud with Kaitlyn and managing JTG (2011)
After being drafted to the SmackDown BrandWWE Brand Extension
WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation and World Wrestling Entertainment , currently promotes its core business of professional wrestling through two "brands" named after their two major television shows Raw and SmackDown...
as part of the 2011 Supplemental Draft, Tamina debuted as a heel on the May 27 edition of SmackDown by defeating The Chickbusters
The Chickbusters
The Chickbusters is a professional wrestling face tag team consisting of Kaitlyn and AJ, both working for WWE and assigned to the SmackDown brand, and also compete in developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling...
(Kaitlyn
Celeste Bonin
Celeste Beryl Bonin is an American model and professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Kaitlyn. She is working for WWE, where she is assigned to the SmackDown brand and also competes in their developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling...
and the debuting A.J.) with Alicia Fox. A week later on Smackdown, Tamina and Alicia Fox again defeated The Chickbusters
The Chickbusters
The Chickbusters is a professional wrestling face tag team consisting of Kaitlyn and AJ, both working for WWE and assigned to the SmackDown brand, and also compete in developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling...
, with Tamina pinning AJ. Tamina competed on the June 13 edition of Raw's All-Star special in a 7 on 7 diva tag team match, teaming with Alicia Fox, Maryse
Maryse Ouellet
Maryse Ouellet is a Professional Glamour Model and a former professional wrestler, better known simply as Maryse. She most recently worked for WWE...
, The Bella Twins
The Bella Twins
Brianna Monique Garcia and Stephanie Nicole Garcia are American twin professional wrestlers. The twins are a professional wrestling tag team under the ring names Brie Bella and Nikki Bella, collectively referred to as The Bella Twins, and work for WWE on the Raw brand.Before being promoted to the...
, Rosa Mendes, and Melina
Melina Perez
Melina Nava Perez is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Women Superstars Uncensored. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring mononym Melina....
against the team of Gail Kim
Gail Kim
Gail Kim is a Canadian professional wrestler of Korean descent, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where she is the current TNA Women's Knockout Champion and one half of the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions with Madison Rayne...
, Natalya, Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix
Elizabeth Kocianski is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE where she wrestles on the Raw brand under the ring name Beth Phoenix, where she is the reigning WWE Divas Champion....
, Eve Torres
Eve Torres
Eve Marie Torres is an American dancer, model, and professional wrestler. She is working for WWE on Raw brand. She is a two time WWE Divas Champion.Torres began her career as a model and dancer...
, and Kaitlyn and AJ
The Chickbusters
The Chickbusters is a professional wrestling face tag team consisting of Kaitlyn and AJ, both working for WWE and assigned to the SmackDown brand, and also compete in developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling...
in a losing effort. On the June 17 edition of Smackdown, Tamina teamed up with Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes in a 3 on 3 diva tag team match against The Chickbusters
The Chickbusters
The Chickbusters is a professional wrestling face tag team consisting of Kaitlyn and AJ, both working for WWE and assigned to the SmackDown brand, and also compete in developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling...
and Natalya in a winning effort. On the June 23 edition of WWE Superstars
WWE Superstars
WWE Superstars is a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment that originally aired on WGN America in the United States. It debuted on April 16, 2009 and ended its domestic broadcasting on April 7, 2011...
, Tamina competed in a rematch with Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes against The Chickbusters
The Chickbusters
The Chickbusters is a professional wrestling face tag team consisting of Kaitlyn and AJ, both working for WWE and assigned to the SmackDown brand, and also compete in developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling...
and Natalya, but was defeated after AJ pinned Fox. On the July 29 edition of Smackdown, Tamina competed in a six diva tag team match with Rosa Mendes and Alicia Fox in a winning effort against The Chickbusters
The Chickbusters
The Chickbusters is a professional wrestling face tag team consisting of Kaitlyn and AJ, both working for WWE and assigned to the SmackDown brand, and also compete in developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling...
and Natalya. On the August 1 edition of Raw, Tamina was unsuccessful in a battle royal to become the #1 contender for the WWE Divas Championship
WWE Divas Championship
The WWE Diva's Championship is a unified professional wrestling championship in WWE. It is competed for by WWE Divas. The championship was created by WWE in 2008, and was introduced in storyline by then-SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero as an alternative to Raw's Women's Championship...
at the Summerslam
SummerSlam (2011)
SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE that took place on August 14, 2011. For the third consecutive year, SummerSlam was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, and it was the 24th annual SummerSlam event...
pay-per-view, with Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix
Elizabeth Kocianski is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE where she wrestles on the Raw brand under the ring name Beth Phoenix, where she is the reigning WWE Divas Champion....
ultimately winning the match. On the August 11 edition of Superstars, Tamina was defeated in singles competition against Alicia Fox. On the August 26 edition of Smackdown, Tamina lost a singles match to Kelly Kelly after receiving the K2. Tamina then competed in a re-match against Alicia Fox and was again defeated on the September 8 edition of Superstars. On the October 6 edition of Superstars, Tamina lost a singles match to AJ. The next week on the October 10 edition of Raw, Tamina teamed with Rosa Mendes in a diva tag team match against Eve Torres
Eve Torres
Eve Marie Torres is an American dancer, model, and professional wrestler. She is working for WWE on Raw brand. She is a two time WWE Divas Champion.Torres began her career as a model and dancer...
and Kelly Kelly, but were defeated after Tamina was pinned by Eve.
On the October 26 edition of NXT Redemption, Tamina began a feud with Kaitlyn
Celeste Bonin
Celeste Beryl Bonin is an American model and professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Kaitlyn. She is working for WWE, where she is assigned to the SmackDown brand and also competes in their developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling...
and competed against her in a singles match, but was unsuccessful. The next week on the November 2 edition of NXT Redemption, Tamina again was defeated by Kaitlyn
Celeste Bonin
Celeste Beryl Bonin is an American model and professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Kaitlyn. She is working for WWE, where she is assigned to the SmackDown brand and also competes in their developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling...
in a singles match. On the November 8 edition of NXT Redemption, Tamina accompanied her new on-screen boyfriend JTG in a losing effort against old partner Jimmy Uso
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
, who was accompanied by Jey Uso
The Usos
The Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
. On the November 11 edition of Smackdown, while Natalya was on commentary, Tamina was accompanied by her partner Rosa Mendes in a losing effort to Alicia Fox, who was accompanied by Aksana
Zivile Raudoniene
Živilė Raudonienė is a Lithuanian fitness model, bodybuilder and professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, performing on their SmackDown brand under the ring name Aksana, and is training in Florida Championship Wrestling , WWE's developmental territory...
. On the November 16 edition of NXT Redemption, Tamina accompanied JTG in a match against Yoshi Tatsu, and assisted JTG in defeating him. Tamina competed in a "Mistletoe on a Pole" diva match on the November 29 live "Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
" edition of Smackdown, which was ultimately won by Brie Bella
The Bella Twins
Brianna Monique Garcia and Stephanie Nicole Garcia are American twin professional wrestlers. The twins are a professional wrestling tag team under the ring names Brie Bella and Nikki Bella, collectively referred to as The Bella Twins, and work for WWE on the Raw brand.Before being promoted to the...
to kiss any superstar of her choosing before Christmas.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Super Fly Splash (Diving splash)
- Samoan drop — 2011–present
- Signature moves
- Super kick
- Headbutt
- Running headbutt drop
- Managers
- Rosa Mendes
- Alicia Fox
- Wrestlers managedManager (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
- The UsosThe UsosThe Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
- Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov
- JTG
- The Usos
- Entrance themesMusic in professional wrestlingMusic in professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music in professional wrestling is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring...
- "Get Up (Instrumental)" by Extreme Music (May 24, 2010–November 29, 2010;used with The UsosThe UsosThe Usos are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of twin brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso. The Usos appear in WWE, competing on the SmackDown brand. The pair were previously managed by Tamina...
) - "La Vittoria É Mia (Victory Is Mine)" by Jim JohnstonJim Johnston (composer)James Alan "Jim" Johnston is an American music composer who has been working for WWE since 1985. His work is often accredited to the names Jim Johnston, James A...
(December 6, 2010–January 31, 2011; used while teaming/managing Santino Marella and Vladimir Koslov) - "60 Second Man" by Dennis Winslow and Robert J. Walsh (February 2, 2011–August 8, 2011)
- "Shake Yo Tail" by Billy Lincoln (May 27, 2011–July 29, 2011; used with Alicia Fox)
- "Anarchy" by Lindsay Jehan and Peter Northcote (August 26, 2011–present)
- "Get Up (Instrumental)" by Extreme Music (May 24, 2010–November 29, 2010;used with The Usos