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| Birth name | Theresa Schuessler |
| Born | (1994-09-25) September 25, 1994 (age 30) Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Fallon Henley Tenilla Price Tesha Price |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Billed from | Chelsea, Michigan |
| Debut | June 24, 2017 |
Theresa Schuessler (born September 25, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Fallon Henley and is a member of the Fatal Influence stable. She is the current NXT Women's North American Champion in her first reign and is a former one-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion.
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2017–2021)
She made her in-ring debut on June 24, 2017, under the name Tesha Price. On December 16, 2017, she made her Shine Wrestling debut at Shine 47, competing in a battle royal to determine the #1 contender for the Shine Championship, which was won by Rain. Later that night, she also competed in a 4-way match against Dynamite DiDi, Kikyo, and Robyn Reid, which would be won by DiDi. She appeared on the July 25 episode of NXT under the name Tenilla Price, losing a squash match to Lacey Evans, where after the match Evans draped her used handkerchief across Price's face. On August 8, now back under the name Tesha Price, she lost to Britt Baker in a dark match held during the second annual Mae Young Classic. She made her All Elite Wrestling debut on the November 6, 2020, episode of Dark in a match against Big Swole, which she lost. She made her Dynamite debut on December 9, where she lost to Abadon.
WWE
Teaming and feuding with Kiana James (2021–2024)
In 2021, she returned to WWE under the name of Fallon Henley during Joe Gacy's invitation for NXT wrestlers, and faced Gacy that night, before being interrupted by Diamond Mine. Throughout the remainder of late 2021 and into early 2022, Henley competed on 205 Live and NXT 2.0 in losing efforts against the likes of Ivy Nile, Tiffany Stratton and Lash Legend. As 2022 went along, Henley's backstory was explained as she was a country girl who worked at her family's bar to pay for her wrestling training, and developed a friendship with Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen who had similar blue collar/country characters. Henley began feuding with Kiana James. James, as part of her businesswoman gimmick, was looking to buy the Henley family bar and redevelop the land for condos. After awhile, James and Henley developed a grudging respect and formed a team.
At NXT Vengeance Day, Henley and James defeated Katana Chance and Kayden Carter to win the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship, the first title in her wrestling career. On April 1, 2023, at NXT Stand & Deliver, they lost the tag titles to Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn. Later on NXT, Henley and James tried to regain their titles against Dawn and Fyre but they were unsuccessful. After discovering that James was cheating on Brooks Jensen with a man named Sebastian, Fallon parted ways with her but Jensen choose to stay with James. However on April 25 at Spring Breakin', Henley and Josh Briggs beat James and Jensen, which caused James to finally admit to Jensen that she never actually loved him. She broke up with him, leading Jensen to reunite with Henley and Briggs. Henley would take the final spot in the women's Iron Survivor Challenge in December, determined by a last chance fatal four-way match also including James, Roxanne Perez and Thea Hail, which she won. However, she failed to win the match at NXT Deadline.
Fatal Influence (2024–present)
At New Year's Evil on January 2, 2024, Henley's win over Stratton made the latter become a "Ranch Hand for a Day”. At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 6, Henley teamed up with Kelani Jordan and Chase University's Thea Hail to defeat Jacy Jayne, Kiana James, and Izzi Dame in a six-woman tag team match. At Night 2 of Spring Breakin', Henley turned heel for the first time in her career by attacking Hail following Hail's victory over Jayne. At NXT Battleground, she participated in a six-women ladder match for the newly created NXT Women's North American Championship but failed to win the title at the event. On the July 9 episode of NXT, Henley, who took issue with rookies getting more opportunities in NXT, formed and alliance with Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx (with Nyx given an exception by Jayne and Henley despite being a rookie herself), eventually calling themselves Fatal Influence. The trio teamed up for the first time at Week 1 of NXT: The Great American Bash on July 30 where they defeated Karmen Petrovic, Lola Vice, and Sol Ruca in a six-woman tag team match. Since September, Fatal Influence had set their sights on the NXT Women's North American Championship held by Kelani Jordan. At NXT Halloween Havoc on October 27, Jordan faced Fatal Influence in a gauntlet match for the NXT Women's North American Championship. Henley defeated Jordan to win the title as the third person in the gauntlet after interference from Jayne and Nyx, winning her first singles championship in her wrestling career.
Championships and accomplishments
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 240 of the top 250 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Women's 250 in 2023
- WWE
References
- "Chelsea's Tesha Price Dreaming Big in Professional Wrestling" (PDF). Chelsea Guardian.
- "Fallon Henley WWE bio". WWE.
- ^ "Tesha Price Cagematch bio". Cagematch.
- "AEW DARK 11/6/20 Results". fightful.com.
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- Dangoor, Louis (December 1, 2021). "WWE NXT 2.0 results: Team advantages decided for WarGames bouts". GiveMeSport. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
- McGuire, Colin (April 1, 2023). "NXT Stand & Deliver results: McGuire's live review of Bron Breakker vs. Carmelo Hayes for the NXT Title, Roxanne Perez vs. Zoey Stark vs. Gigi Dolin vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Lyra Valkyria vs. Indi Hartwell in a ladder match for the NXT Women's Title, Wes Lee vs. Dragon Lee vs. JD McDonagh vs. Ilja Dragunov vs. Axiom for the NXT North American Title, Johnny Gargano vs. Grayson Waller". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
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- Defelice, Robert (April 30, 2024). "Fallon Henley Turns On Thea Hail At NXT Spring Breakin' Week 2 On 4/30". Fightful.
- MULLER, DOC-CHRIS (April 30, 2024). "WWE NXT Spring Breakin' 2024 Night 2 Results: Winners, Live Grades, Reaction and More". B/R. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- "WWE NXT results, May 21, 2024: Shayna Baszler and Lola Vice engage in a massive brawl after losing tag team match". WWE. May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- Chiari, Mike (June 10, 2024). "Kelani Jordan Wins 1st-Ever NXT Women's North American Title at Battleground". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on June 10, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- Tessier, Colin (July 9, 2024). "Jacy Jayne And Jazmyn Nyx Align With Fallon Henley, Attack Sol Ruca On 7/9 NXT | Fightful News". Fightful. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- Moore, John (July 16, 2024). "NXT TV results (7/16): Moore's review of The Rascalz vs. Gallus, Oba Femi vs. Duke Hudson for the NXT North American Title, Je'Von Evans vs. Brooks Jensen". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- Lambert, Jeremy (August 20, 2024). "Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne, And Jazmyn Nyx Named 'Fatal Influence' On 8/20 NXT | Fightful News". Fightful. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
- Berge, Kevin (July 30, 2024). "WWE NXT Great American Bash 2024 Results: Winners, Live Grades, Reaction, Highlights". Bleacher Report. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- Lambert, Jeremy (October 27, 2024). "Fallon Henley Wins NXT Women's North American Title At NXT Halloween Havoc | Fightful News". Fightful. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- Ross, Patrick (October 19, 2023). "Full 2023 PWI Women's 250 list revealed". aiptcomics.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
- "NXT Women's North American Champion". WWE. Archived from the original on July 4, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- "NXT Women's Tag Team Championship". World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
External links
Media related to Fallon Henley at Wikimedia Commons- Fallon Henley on WWE.com
- Fallon Henley's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
- Fallon Henley on Twitter
- Tesha Price at IMDb
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