Portia Perez

Portia Perez

Perez in June 2015
Birth name Jenna Grattan
Born (1987-10-26) October 26, 1987
Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Faith[1]
Portia Perez
Xtasis
Dr. Monstrous
Billed height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[2]
Billed weight 123 lb (56 kg)[2]
Billed from Ottawa, Ontario[2]
Hollywood, California
Boston, Massachusetts
Trained by Dave Dalton
Tyson Dux
Max Alexander
Adam Cage
Cody Hawk
Matt Stryker
Mikey Whiplash
Chris Hero
Delirious
Debut December 2003[2]
Retired October 11, 2015[3]

Jenna Grattan (born October 26, 1987) is a Canadian former professional wrestler better known by her ring name Portia Perez. Perez teamed with Nicole Matthews as The Canadian NINJAs, and they are former two-time Shimmer Tag Team Champions.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Perez made her professional debut in mid-2004 for Professional Wrestling Entertainment. While still in high school, Portia took bookings with many companies in Quebec and Ontario, including the promotion she trained with: Universal Wrestling Alliance.[4] In 2005, Perez began accepting bookings in the United States, making her United States debut for Cleveland All Pro Wrestling. She also competed for several other American companies, such as Heartland Wrestling Association in Cincinnati, Ohio, and IWA East Coast in Charleston, West Virginia.

Shimmer Women Athletes

Perez posing in the ring during a 2CW show in 2009

Perez debuted for Shimmer Women Athletes in May 2006. Perez missed all of her June and July 2007 dates after suffering a broken hand in a match against MsChif at Shimmer Women Athletes's show of June 2. She returned to action at Ring of Honor's show of July 27 in Long Island. In October 2007, Perez formed a regular tag team with Nicole Matthews, later dubbed The Canadian NINJAs (National International Nation of Jalapeño Awesomeness).[5] She began a feud with Allison Danger at Shimmer's July 5, 2008, show. On May 3, 2009, at the tapings of Volume 26 Perez and Matthews defeated Ashley Lane and Nevaeh to win the Shimmer Tag Team Championship.[5] They held the title for 692 days, before losing them to Hiroyo Matsumoto and Misaki Ohata on March 26, 2011.[6] On October 2, the Ninjas failed in their attempt to win back the championship, losing to Ayumi Kurihara and Ayako Hamada.[7] In March 2012, at the tapings of Volume 48, The NINJAs participated in a four-way elimination tag team match, but were the final team eliminated by Courtney Rush and Sara Del Rey, who won the Shimmer Tag Team Championship.[8] On July 7, Perez and Matthews defeated Rush and Del Rey at an NCW Femmes Fatales (NCW FF) event to win the Shimmer Tag Team Championship for the second time.[9] They lost the title to the Global Green Gangsters (Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa) on April 14, 2013, at the tapings of Volume 57.[10]

Other North American promotions

On December 15, 2008 Perez was defeated by Angelina Love in a dark match for TNA Wrestling. On January 10, 2009, Perez made her Jersey All Pro Wrestling debut defeating Jennifer Blake. On August 1, she unsuccessfully challenged the JAPW Women's Champion Sara Del Rey for her title. The following year, on January 9, Perez and Mia Yim lost to The Addiction (Angeldust and Brittney Force).

In Anarchy Championship Wrestling, Perez defeated Rachel Summerlyn to be crowned the first ACW American Joshi Champion on August 23. On January 17, 2010, at Guilty By Association, Perez lost the American Joshi Championship to Summerlyn. On June 27, Perez was crowned the 2010 ACW Queen of Queens and also captured the ACW American Joshi title for the second time. On November 12, 2011, Perez won the ACW Heavyweight Championship in the first round of the 2011 Lone Star Classic, defeating former champion Darin Childs and Summerlyn in a three-way. Perez lost the title on the same night, as she was defeated in the semi-final of the tournament by JT LaMotta, due to interference by Robert Evans.

In early 2009 Grattan took part in the first season tapings of Wrestlicious, which began airing in March 2010. In the promotion she appears as "Faith" and teams with regular partner Nicole Matthews, who portrays "Hope". She debuted on the fifth episode on March 31, teaming with Hope in a losing effort against the team of Charlotte and Paige Webb.[1]

Perez defeated Kylie Pierce at the debut show of NCW Femmes Fatales in September 2009 by cheating.[11] At the following show, on February 5, 2010, she was defeated by Mercedes Martinez.[12] Due to being one-half of the SHIMMER Tag Team Champions she entered the tournament to determine the first NXW Femmes Fatales Champion and in the first round she defeated PJ Tyler.[13]

International excursions

Perez in 2011

In January 2006, Portia took part in her first international tour, spending four weeks in Ireland's Irish Whip Wrestling and England's All Star Wrestling. Perez made her Mexican wrestling debut in June 2006 as a masked competitor named Xtasis. She spent three weeks competing for Lucha Libre Feminil as well as appearing for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Perez returned to Europe in November 2006, touring once again with Irish Whip Wrestling. During her trip, Perez took part in the Queens of Chaos 2 tournament in Paris, France and also debuted for Real Quality Wrestling in London's York Hall, challenging RQW Women's Champion "Jezebel" Eden Black.[14] She returned to Europe for a third time in April 2007, wrestling shows in England and Ireland over the course of four weeks.

On September 23, 2011, Perez made her Japanese debut for the Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina promotion, when she and Nicole Matthews entered the Reina World Tag Team Championship tournament, defeating Mia Yim and Sara Del Rey in their first round match.[15] The following day, Perez and Matthews were defeated in the finals of the tournament by La Comandante and Zeuxis.[16] Perez returned to Japan on January 14, 2013, to work for the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. For the appearance, Perez teamed up with Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa as "Team Shimmer" in the Artist of Stardom Championship tournament, defeating Planet (Io Shirai, Mayu Iwatani, and Natsumi Showzuki) in their first round match. Later that same day however, the trio were defeated in the final of the tournament by Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu Plus One (Act Yasukawa, Natsuki☆Taiyo, and Saki Kashima).[17] On January 19, Perez defeated Natsumi Showzuki in a singles match at another Stardom event.[17] The following day, Perez, in her final match of the tour, teamed with Skater in a tag team match, which they lost to Hiroyo Matsumoto and Yuzuki Aikawa.[17]

Retirement

On October 10, 2015, Perez announced she would be forced to retire from professional wrestling due to a major neck injury that required surgery.[18] She wrestled her final match at the following day's Shimmer tapings, where she, Nicole Matthews, Kimber Lee and Lacey were defeated by Daizee Haze, Kellie Skater, Lexie Fyfe and Madison Eagles.[3]

In wrestling

Perez hitting a dropkick on a seated Veda Scott
Portia Perez jamming a foot into the face of Pink Flash Kira at an NCW Femmes Fatales show

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 Byers, Ryan (April 2, 2010). "411's Wrestlicious Take Down Report 03.31.10". 411Mania. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Shimmer Roster". Shimmer Women Athletes. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
  3. 1 2 Namako, Jason (October 12, 2015). "Results from the 10th Anniversary weekend of Shimmer". Wrestleview. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ Clark, Deanna (April 21, 2005). "UWA Teens Aim to Impress Hometown". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer.
  5. 1 2 Kamchen, Richard (May 28, 2009). "Nikki Matthews vaulting to the top". Slam! Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
  6. ↑ Martin, Adam (March 28, 2011). "Indy News #2: SHIMMER Vol. 37, 38, 39, 40 results". WrestleView. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  7. ↑ Namako, Jason (October 3, 2011). "Second report of the SHIMMER 43, 44 tapings". WrestleView. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  8. ↑ Namako, Jason (March 19, 2012). "Second report of SHIMMER Vol. 47 and 48 results". WrestleView. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  9. ↑ Namako, Jason (July 8, 2012). "Indy News #4: ROH Newswire, NCW Femme Fatales". WrestleView. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  10. ↑ Namako, Jason (April 14, 2013). "4/14 Shimmer #57 Results: Berwyn, Illinois (Allison Danger's retirement match)". WrestleView. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Résultats du Premier Gala de NCW Femmes Fatales" (in French). NCW Femmes Fatales. September 5, 2009. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Résultats de NCW Femmes Fatales II" (in French). NCW Femmes Fatales. February 6, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Résultats de NCW Femmes Fatales III" (in French). NCW Femmes Fatales. June 5, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  14. ↑ "Real Quality Wrestling". Real Quality Wrestling. December 6, 2006.
  15. ↑ 【結果】レイナ９・23江戸川区. Ringstars (in Japanese). Ameba. September 23, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  16. ↑ 【結果】レイナ９・24横浜. Ringstars (in Japanese). Ameba. September 24, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  17. 1 2 3 "Season10~" (in Japanese). World Wonder Ring Stardom. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  18. ↑ Namako, Jason (October 12, 2015). "Portia Perez announces retirement during Shimmer weekend". Wrestleview. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  19. ↑ CHIKARA JoshiMania Night III. Smart Mark Video. December 14, 2011.
  20. ↑ "NHPW Roster".
  21. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) Female 50 for 2010". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 4, 2015.

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