Origins Before forming as a team, Kay (under her real name Jessie McKay) and Royce (as KC Cassidy) wrestled each other at
Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance (PWWA) throughout their careers including a title match for the PWWA Championship. Both women joined WWE, where they were assigned to
NXT, in 2015, originally under their ring names from PWWA. Cassidy made her debut on the 15 May episode of
NXT, losing to
NXT Women's Champion Sasha Banks in a non-title match.
WWE (2015–2021, 2025) Early years (2015–2018) McKay and Cassidy were teamed up shortly after joining NXT, although they would only appear in
house shows for over a year. Their first match as a team was on 8 May 2015 at a house show in
Largo, Florida, where they lost to
Bayley and
Carmella in what was also McKay's first match in WWE. For a period of over a year, the two were used as
jobbers and lost all of their matches as a team, although they won a few separately; during that period, they were renamed Cassie (Royce) and Jessie (Kay), before taking on their names of Peyton Royce and Billie Kay in August 2015. The team made their TV debut on the 5 October 2016 episode of
NXT, and were later dubbed "The Iconic Duo". Almost a year and a half after the creation of their team, the duo picked up their first win on 14 October 2016 at a house show in
Fort Pierce, Florida, defeating
Aliyah and
Liv Morgan. They also won their first match on television on the 28 December 2016 episode of
NXT, defeating Aliyah and Morgan again. On 28 January 2017 at
NXT TakeOver: San Antonio, the two were voted 2016's "Breakout of the Year" at the
NXT Year-End Awards; they also competed at the event in their live TV debut, both losing in a
fatal four-way match for the
NXT Women's Championship won by defending champion
Asuka. At
NXT TakeOver: WarGames, Royce unsuccessfully competed in a fatal four-way match for the vacant NXT Women's Championship against
Kairi Sane,
Nikki Cross, and winner
Ember Moon. The duo's final televised match on NXT TV was on the 4 October 2017 episode of
NXT in a loss against Cross and
Ruby Riott, although they kept on competing in house shows and Peyton made her main roster debut for
SmackDown in the 20-woman
WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal at
WrestleMania 34; their final match as a part of the NXT brand was on 12 April 2018 at a house show in Fort Pierce, Florida, where they lost against
Dakota Kai and
Steffanie Newell; after the match, both teams embraced one another.
Women's Tag Team Champions (2018–2019) house show in August 2019 Kay and Royce, now known as "The IIconics", debuted on 10 April 2018 episode of
SmackDown Live, attacking
SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair, allowing
Carmella to cash in her
Money in the Bank contract and defeat Flair to win the championship. The following week on
SmackDown, The IIconics won their first match on the main roster by defeating
Asuka and
Becky Lynch. On 6 October at
Super Show-Down in their native country, they defeated Asuka and
Naomi. In 2019, The IIconics entered their first
Royal Rumble match at the
Royal Rumble (2019), eliminating
Nikki Cross before being eliminated by
Lacey Evans. The following month at
Elimination Chamber, they participated in the first female tag team
Elimination Chamber match to determine the inaugural holders of the
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, eliminating
Naomi and
Carmella before being eliminated by
Nia Jax and
Tamina; the match was ultimately won by The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (
Bayley and Sasha Banks). In March, The IIconics started a feud with The Boss 'n' Hug Connection, whom they defeated in a non–title match on the 19 March episode of
SmackDown. Because of their win, they (and two other teams) challenged Banks and Bayley for the championship at
WrestleMania 35 in a
fatal four-way tag team match. At the event on 7 April, The IIconics won the Women's Tag Team Championship after Kay pinned Bayley. Their win made them the first all-Australian tag team champions in WWE history (the only previous occurrence of an Australian tag team champion was
Buddy Murphy, who became
NXT Tag Team Champion alongside American
Wesley Blake in 2015), and the first Australians to win a title at
WrestleMania. Two days later on
SmackDown, in their first title defence, The IIconics defeated
Kris Statlander and Karissa Rivera. On 17 June episode of
Raw, the IIconics successfully defended their titles against
Alexa Bliss and
Nikki Cross. On the 16 July episode of
SmackDown, The IIconics retained their titles against The Kabuki Warriors (
Asuka and
Kairi Sane) via count-out. On the 5 August episode of
Raw, the duo lost the titles to Bliss and Cross in a fatal four-way elimination match. They were the first team eliminated in the match, being knocked out by
Mandy Rose and
Sonya Deville. Their reign ended at 120 days.
Disbandment (2019–2021) On 16 October, it was announced that The IIconics had been drafted to
Raw as supplemental picks of the
2019 WWE Draft. The team unsuccessfully challenged for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships multiple times throughout the summer. They also feuded with
Ruby Riott, mocking her backstage for not having any friends. They would go on to trade victories as Kay and Royce defeated Riott while Riott defeated Kay. At
Payback, The IIconics were defeated by Riott and her newly reunited tag partner
Liv Morgan. The following night on Raw, The IIconics were forced to disband after losing to
The Riott Squad per a stipulation. As a result of the
2020 WWE Draft, Royce was drafted to Raw while Kay was drafted to SmackDown, solidifying the breakup. As a result of budget cuts made by WWE just days following
WrestleMania 37 on 15 April 2021, Kay and Royce were released from their WWE contracts ending their six-years runs with the company. Both women were placed under a 90-day no compete clause which expired on 14 July 2021.
Return to NXT (2025) On the 30 September episode of
NXT, The IIconics, which uses the name of The IInspiration, made their return to WWE telelvision in four years along with their first appearance on
NXT since 2018, were chosen to be with Team TNA in a 4-on-4 Survivor Series style match at
NXT vs. TNA Showdown.
Impact / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2021–2022; 2025–2026) Following their releases, the two confirmed their intention to resume teaming-up outside of WWE, calling themselves a package deal. They had also stated in numerous interviews that they were considering their options, and were undecided on if they would sign with
Impact Wrestling or
All Elite Wrestling. In June, the two filed a trademark for The IInspiration name, which indicated their new team name. On 27 August, the two announced The IInspiration Tour, marking their return to wrestling. At
Knockouts Knockdown on 9 October 2021, it was announced that The IInspiration would be making their debut for
Impact Wrestling at
Bound for Glory, where they defeated
Decay (
Havok and
Rosemary) for the
Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship, becoming the first female team to have won women's tag titles in both Impact Wrestling and WWE in history. They retained the titles against Decay at
Turning Point. At
Sacrifice, The IInspiration lost the titles to The Influence (
Madison Rayne and
Tenille Dashwood), and failed to regain the titles at
Rebellion. On 27 April 2022, The IInspiration announced that they will be indefinitely stepping away from in-ring action, ending their tenure with Impact Wrestling. On 6 June 2025 at
Against All Odds, The IInspiration made their return to Impact Wrestling, now known as
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), confronting
TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champions The Elegance Brand (
Ash by Elegance and
Heather by Elegance). They won the titles for the second time during the TV tapings on 27 September 2025 but lost the titles back to The Elegance Brand (Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance) on
Thursday Night Impact!'
s AMC debut on 15 January 2026.
All Elite Wrestling (2026–present) McKay and Lee made their
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut and announced that they had signed with the promotion at a
house show in
Brisbane, Australia, on 15 February 2026. They made their in-ring debut on the 4 March epiosde of
Dynamite, losing to The Brawling Birds (
Alex Windsor and
Jamie Hayter) in a
squash match.
Ring of Honor (2026–present) On the March 22, 2026 episode of
Ring of Honor Wrestling The Iinspiration made their
Ring of Honor debut as the faced
Viva Van and Frankie B.
Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (2026–present) On 17 March 2026, The Iinspiration made their
Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW) debut during the first day of an event in the United States, where they defeated
Shoko Nakajima and
Wakana Uehara. On 23 March, during the Grand Princess event, they defeated Ober Eats (
Yuki Kamifuku and Wakana Uehara) to win the
Princess Tag Team Championship. On 16 April, they had their first successful title defense against Kyoraku Kyomei (
Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima). == Other media ==