Early career (2013–2017) in 2016|thumb Newell made a one-time appearance with
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at its
pay-per-view event
Slammiversary XI as a fan under her real name. She won an all expenses paid trip via
Challenge TV. Newell was interviewed by
SoCal Val. Newell debuted for
Attack! Pro Wrestling in July 2014, competing three times on the same show. Firstly, she defeated Lana Austin and later in the evening teamed with Austin to defeat
Mark Andrews and
Pete Dunne to win the Attack! 24/7 Championship for the second time in her career. Later that night, Newell and Austin lost the championship to Mike Bird in a handicap match. She debuted her Luchadora the Explorer character on 24 January 2015, teaming with Brookes in a loss to The Anti-Fun Police (Damian Dunne and Ryan Smile). She competed as Luchadora once again on 14 February, winning a special invitational scramble match. In January 2016, Newell aligned herself with Mark Andrews, forming the extremely popular team known as Bayside High. In their first match as a team, Newell and Andrews defeated #CCK (
Chris Brookes and
Kid Lykos). Two days later on 3 April, Bayside High became the new Attack: Pro! Tag Team Champions, defeating #CCK. The duo retained the titles until August, when they lost them back to #CCK in a
TLC match. In late-2016, Newell turned into a
villainess, abandoning Bayside High and aligning herself with Pete Dunne. In their first match together, Dunne and Newell (dressed as the
Suicide Squad iterations of
The Joker and
Harley Quinn, respectively) defeated Martin Kirby and
El Ligero (dressed as
Kevin Owens and El Generico, respectively). Newell debuted for the American all-female promotion
Shimmer Women Athletes at Volume 81 in June 2016, first losing to
Veda Scott and then losing to
Nicole Matthews the following day at Volume 82. At Volume 84, Newell picked up her first win in Shimmer, defeating Scott. Newell debuted for
Progress Wrestling on 28 August 2016, defeating
Alex Windsor. On 27 November, she entered the Natural Progression Series IV Tournament (a single elimination tournament to crown the first ever
Progress Women's Champion), defeating Katey Harvey in the first round. In January 2017, Newell embarked on her first tour of Japan, competing with the all-female promotion
World Wonder Ring Stardom. In her first match on the tour, she and
Kay Lee Ray defeated Oedo Tai (
Kris Wolf and
Viper). On 29 January, Newell challenged
Kairi Hojo for the
Wonder of Stardom Championship, losing after a diving elbow from Hojo.
WWE (2017–2021, 2022–2024) NXT (2017–2021) In April 2017, it was reported that Newell had signed a contract with
WWE. It was reported that Newell was replaced in the WWE
Mae Young Classic, because of suffering a
torn anterior cruciate ligament before the tournament had even began. Newell returned to the ring on 13 April 2018, at an
NXT live event, where she teamed up with
Dakota Kai in a tag team match to defeat
Reina González and
Vanessa Borne. After being announced as a competitor in the
2018 Mae Young Classic, Newell entered the tournament on 8 August, under the ring name "Tegan Nox", defeating Zatara. Nox returned the following day, defeating
Nicole Matthews in the second round before suffering another knee injury in her quarter-final match against
Rhea Ripley. After the match premiered on the
WWE Network, Nox posted on Twitter that she had suffered numerous injuries during the match, including: a torn ACL,
medial collateral ligament,
lateral collateral ligament,
meniscus, and
patellar dislocation. On 25 June 2019, Nox made her in-ring return at an NXT live event in
Orlando, Florida. On 11 September, Nox made her
NXT UK debut when she defeated Shax. Afterwards, Nox began a feud with
NXT UK Women's Champion Kay Lee Ray, resulting in a non-title match between the two on 3 October episode of
NXT UK, where Nox was unsuccessful. On 16 October, Nox returned to NXT, defeating
Taynara. Thereafter, Nox began teaming with long-time friend Dakota Kai, with the two defeating
Jessamyn Duke and
Marina Shafir to become number one contenders to the
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship on 23 October episode of
NXT. Nox and Kai would go on to lose their title match against The Kabuki Warriors (
Asuka and
Kairi Sane) on 30 October episode of
NXT. Two days later on
SmackDown, Nox and Ripley were one of the many
NXT wrestlers to invade the show, challenging
Mandy Rose and
Sonya Deville to a tag-team match, which Nox and Ripley emerged victorious. Later that night, Nox joined
Triple H and the rest of the NXT roster as they declared war on both
Raw and
SmackDown, and vowed to win the
Survivor Series brand warfare. Nox was chosen by Ripley to join her team as part of a women's
WarGames match at
NXT TakeOver: WarGames. At the event on 23 November, just before the match took place,
Mia Yim was attacked backstage and unable to compete in the women's WarGames match, before her teammate Dakota Kai replaced Yim on Team Ripley. Ripley's team defeated
Shayna Baszler's team, however Nox would not take part in the match after Kai turned on Team Ripley and attacked her. Nox had a title match for the
NXT Women's Championship on 15 July episode of
NXT, but was defeated by
Io Shirai. On 30 September, WWE announced that Nox had once again suffered a torn ACL and would be out of action for an indefinite amount of time. After a near ten-month absence, Nox returned on 6 July 2021 at
The Great American Bash, causing LeRae and
Indi Hartwell to lose the
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship.
Main roster (2021, 2022–2024) On 9 July 2021 episode of
SmackDown, Nox made her main roster debut teaming with Shotzi as Shotzi & Nox to defeat the
WWE Women's Tag Team Champions,
Natalya and
Tamina in a non-title match. The two would then go on to defeat Natalya and Tamina in numerous tag team matches, but would never receive a championship match. As part of the
2021 Draft, Nox was drafted to the
Raw brand while Shotzi remained on the
SmackDown brand, thus ending the team. On 18 November, she was released from her WWE contract without ever appearing on
Raw. After a year, Nox returned to WWE on 2 December 2022 episode of
SmackDown, rescuing
Liv Morgan from an attack by
Damage CTRL (
Bayley, Dakota Kai and
Iyo Sky). On 16 December episode of
SmackDown, Nox and Morgan lost to Damage CTRL for the Women's Tag Team Championship. As part of the
2023 WWE Draft, Nox was drafted to the
Raw brand. On 25 September episode of
Raw, Nox picked up a victory over Natalya to receive a
NXT Women's Championship match against
Becky Lynch. Two weeks later on
Raw, Nox unsuccessfully challenged Lynch for the title. In the weeks to follow, Nox would form an alliance with Natalya. This alliance would result in Nox defeating both Women's Tag Team Champions
Chelsea Green and
Piper Niven in singles matches. On 20 November episode of
Raw, Nox and Natalya won a fatal 4-way tag team match to receive a Women's Tag Team Championship opportunity. The following week on
Raw, Nox and Natalya would challenge for the titles in a losing effort. On 27 January 2024 at the
2024 Royal Rumble, Nox entered in her third women's
Royal Rumble match at number 12, eliminating Natalya before being eliminated by Bayley. During the
2024 WWE Draft, Nox was drafted back to the SmackDown brand. On 1 November, Nox was released from WWE for a second time.
Independent circuit (2024–present) On 6 November 2024, it was announced that Newell would make her return to Attack! Pro Wrestling on 14 and 15 December, but her appearance was cancelled. She made her official independent return for Attack! Pro Wrestling on 1 March for their 'Press Start 8' event.
All Elite Wrestling (2025) Newell, alongside Miranda Alize, made her
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut, during the 25 October 2025 episode of
Collision, interrupting TayJay (
Anna Jay and
Tay Melo) during their backstage interview. Their in-ring debut took place on 1 November edition of the show, where they were defeated by
Megan Bayne and
Marina Shafir in a match lasting under three minutes. On 8 November, it was reported by Mike Johnson of
PWInsider that Newell and Alize refused to perform in a scheduled match on that day's taping of
Collision and walked out. According to the report, the duo were booked to lose to TayJay, but Newell and Alize allegedly objected to the booking, stating they did not want to take another loss after losing their debut match the prior week and left the venue an hour before the match was scheduled to start. On a livestream on 9 November, Newell and Alize denied that they refused to lose to TayJay, stated that their issue was that the match was only going to be three minutes, and that AEW had allowed them to leave the venue. Both Newell and Alize received backlash from other wrestlers and independent promoters. == Professional wrestling style and persona ==