
Three months later, Jade returned to television on the May 25 episode NXT where she lost a match against Franky Monet.

Jade made her television debut on the February 10 episode of NXT, losing to Xia Li. On that episode she teamed with Gigi Dolan in the opening round of the 2021 Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic where they were eliminated by Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell.

Quickly renamed Cora Jade, she debuted on the January 22 episode of 205 Live. It was announced on JanuBlack was one of three female wrestlers including Lacey Ryan and Priscilla Kelly signed to developmental contracts with WWE.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2021–present) She returned the following month on the November 3 episode of AEW Dark, teaming with Leyla Hirsch in a tag match lost to Brandi Rhodes & Red Velvet. She also appeared in SHIMMER Women Athletes, debuting in SHIMMER Women Athletes Volume 118 competing in a scramble match against notable names as Shazza McKenzie, Cheerleader Melissa, Kris Statlander, Nevaeh and Skylar.īlack made her first-ever pay-per-view debut while in iMPACT! Wrestling at Prelude To Glory, where she lost to Havok.īlack first appeared in 2020 on the October 13 episode of AEW Dark losing to Red Velvet. On September 1 Black competed in RISE Wrestling's 2019 Regional Rising Stars Tournament where she was eliminated in the quarter final by Sophie King. On August 15 while in Zelo Pro Wrestling, Black competed in a four-way match for the vacant Zelo Pro Women's Championship. On July 11, 2019, Black won her first tournament while in ZOWA Live, becoming the 2019 Zen Of Womens Athletics Tournament Champion. She went on to wrestle throughout the following year, becoming a frequent talent in Freelance Wrestling.

An Illinois native, Black debuted on Decemin the Illinois-based Kaiju Attack Wrestling promotion in a tag match against her former instructor Bryce Benjamin. Professional wrestling career Early career (2018–2019)īlack first trained at the Freelance Wrestling Academy by Bryce Benjamin and Isaias Velazquez.
