Nicola Glencross
Acting
Born: 1989-04-21 in Glasgow, Scotland
Biography
is a Scottish professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Nikki Cross performing on the Raw brand. Cross previously wrestled on the independent circuit under the ring name Nikki Storm, most notably for Insane Championship Wrestling, Pro-Wrestling: EVE, Scottish Wrestling Entertainment, and Shimmer Women Athletes. In September 2008, Glencross began training at the Scottish Wrestling Alliance, where she has made her debut for the promotion, performing under the ring name Nikki Storm. In February 2010, she began working on the British independent circuit, and became a mainstay for promotions such as her debuting at the Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), and Pro-Wrestling: EVE, where she held the Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship three times. In 2013, Storm began touring in Japan with JWP Joshi Puroresu, and made some appearances for World Wonder Ring Stardom until the middle of the summer of 2015.In October 2013, Storm began wrestling for American all-female promotions Shimmer Women Athletes, Shine Wrestling and Women Superstars Uncensored.She has also wrestled for Global Force Wrestling (GFW), Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW), World Wide Wrestling League (W3L), Queens of Combat, and World Xtreme Wrestling On November 6, 2018 episode of SmackDown from Manchester, England, Cross faced WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch after she answered the open challenge but lost. On December 17, 2018 episode of Raw, Cross was advertised as one of the six NXT wrestlers about to be moved to the main roster. On January 14, 2019 episode of Raw, Cross teamed with Bayley and Natalya in a winning effort against The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan, Ruby Riott and Sarah Logan). At Royal Rumble, Cross entered in the Women's Royal Rumble Match at number 8, lasting nine minutes before being eliminated by the IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce).On the February 4th episode of Raw, Cross along with Alicia Fox attacked Bayley and Sasha Banks prior to their Elimination Chamber qualifying match but ended up losing the match. After not being mentioned in the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, she was designated to the Raw roster shortly after in May.] On the May 13, 2019 episode of Raw, Cross appeared in a backstage scene with Alexa Bliss, acting much calmer than usual. She then replaced Bliss in a Fatal Four Way Match that also involved Dana Brooke, Naomi, and Natalya, which she won.This was her first match on Raw since February. She later was announced to replace Bliss in the ladder match at the Money in the Bank PPV, because of Bliss being injured.Cross was unsuccessful in capturing the briefcase, however. The next day, she appeared on Alexa’s Moment of Bliss show, which turned into a six-woman tag team match between Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, and herself defeating Lacey Evans and the IIconics.
