This isn’t your run-of-the-mill wrestling Cinderella story. There’s no pumpkin carriage here — just busted kneecaps, record deals, late-night sparring sessions, and a taste for war painted in eyeliner. Nikkita Lyons didn’t waltz into WWE. She strutted in, barefoot, with a black belt in taekwondo and a chip on her shoulder the size of Sunset Boulevard.
The Girl Who Kicked Before She Could Drive
Faith was breaking boards and bones before most kids learned how to properly tie their shoes. Taekwondo at age four. Black belt by eight. A childhood spent kicking and screaming — but with purpose. Raised among the plastic palm trees and fake tans of Tinseltown, she didn’t become part of the machine. She ripped the gears out and started building her own engine.
While most of her peers were thinking about prom dates and Instagram filters, Jefferies was thinking about how to turn her rage into rhythm — how to package the beast inside into something beautiful, brutal, and bankable. She graduated high school early in 2017, stepped out into the cruel glare of the LA sun, and never looked back.
She was barely legal, already lethal, and burning for something more.
Heel Turns and Heel Clicks
In October 2024, Lyons started playing with fire. Signs of a heel turn. Attacking fan favorites. Sneering in promos. That soft-spoken spiritual warrior from her debut days was now side-eyeing the camera like a femme fatale with blood on her hands.
She attacked Adrianna Rizzo. Lost to Kelani Jordan. Started circling Ashante “Thee” Adonis and Karmen Petrovic in a strange, sultry storyline that felt like a leftover soap opera from the ’90s. But wrestling’s always been part Shakespeare, part strip club, part demolition derby. Nikkita didn’t just survive it — she reveled in it.
Then came the move to Evolve. On May 7, 2025, she debuted with a win over Kendal Grey. A new chapter. A fresh ring. Another jungle.