Toni Storm

Toni Rossall (born 19 October 1995), better known by the ring name Toni Storm, is a New Zealand-Australian professional wrestler.

She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where she currently performs with the epithet "Timeless" Toni Storm.

She is the current AEW Women's World Champion in her record-tying third reign, and is a former member of The Outcasts.

Rossall previously worked for WWE where she was a former one-time NXT UK Women's Champion.

Toni Rossall was born in Auckland on 19 October 1995, and moved to Australia's Gold Coast with her mother at the age of four when her parents separated.

At the age of 10, while living on the Gold Coast, she discovered WWE on television and developed an interest in professional wrestling.

Rossall began training at a small Gold Coast based wrestling company and debuted when she was 13 years old.

After five years of honing her skills with that company, she decided at the age of 18 that she wanted to receive further training to become a better wrestler, and got her mother's permission to move to England and live with her Liverpool-based grandmother.

While there, she trained under Dean Allmark.

She then started working internationally in countries such as Finland, France, Germany, and Spain.

She took part in a WWE tryout camp in Melbourne during WWE's 2014 Australian tour, and attended another tryout camp in Manchester during WWE's 2015 UK tour.

Storm made her debut for Progress Wrestling on 14 April 2015, being defeated by Elizabeth.

In 2016, Storm began working for the Japanese promotion Stardom, where she won the SWA World Championship on 24 July.

On 2 October 2016, Stardom officially announced that Storm had signed with the promotion.

Rossall first gained attention in WWE from her 2017 and 2018 performances in the Mae Young Classic tournament.

She progressed to the tournament's semi-finals in 2017 and won it in 2018 at Evolution, WWE's first all-female PPV.

She then performed on the NXT UK, NXT, and SmackDown brands before her release in 2021.

Beyond WWE, she has performed in Japanese promotion Stardom, where she held the World of Stardom Championship.

She also held Stardom's SWA World Championship for a record-setting reign of 612 days.

In the British promotion Progress Wrestling, she held the Progress Women's Championship.

In the German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), she held the wXw Women's Championship twice.

In May 2017, she became the first-ever Progress Women's Champion after defeating Jinny and Laura Di Matteo in a three-way match.

This match marked the first time that female wrestlers competed in the main event of a Progress event.

Throughout the year, Storm went on to successfully defend the championship numerous times against challengers like Kay Lee Ray, Laura Di Matteo and Candice LeRae.

She lost the title to Jinny at Chapter 69: Be Here Now.

After winning the 2017 Cinderella Tournament on 30 April, Storm also won the 2017 5★Star GP on 18 September, becoming the first wrestler to win the two tournaments in the same year.

On 24 September, Storm became the new World of Stardom Champion in an unplanned finish, when Mayu Iwatani was legitimately injured during a title defense against her, prompting the referee to stop the match and award Storm the title.

On 16 June 2017, WWE announced Storm as one of the first four participants of the Mae Young Classic.

Storm entered the tournament on 13 July, defeating Ayesha Raymond in the first round.

The following day, Storm defeated Lacey Evans in the second round and Piper Niven in the quarterfinals, before being eliminated from the tournament in the semi-finals by Kairi Sane.

On 9 June 2018, Kagetsu defeated Storm in a title match, ending her reign at 258 days.

On 9 May 2018, Storm was advertised for the upcoming United Kingdom Championship Tournament.

On 24 May, Storm signed a WWE contract.

On 18 June at the United Kingdom Championship Tournament, Storm defeated Killer Kelly and Isla Dawn in a triple threat match to become the #1 contender for the NXT Women's Championship.

The following day at the NXT U.K. Championship, Storm was defeated by the defending NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler.

Months later, she participated in the second Mae Young Classic, a tournament she won when she defeated Io Shirai at WWE Evolution.

She also participated in a tournament to crown the inaugural NXT UK Women's Champion, but she lost against Rhea Ripley.

In a rematch on 12 January 2019 at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool, Storm defeated Ripley to win the title.

She reigned as champion until 31 August 2019 at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, where Storm lost her title to Kay Lee Ray, ending her reign at 230 days.

On 24 November 2019 on the TakeOver: WarGames post-show Q&A session with Triple H, Storm was announced to be a part of the NXT Women's Survivor Series team by team captain Rhea Ripley.