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Stephanie De Landre (born 21 January 1997) is an Australian professional wrestler, best known on the independent circuit by her ring name Steph De Lander. She is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
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Birth name | Stephanie De Landre[1] |
Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[2] | 21 January 1997
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | FaceBrooke Steph De Lander Persia Pirotta |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[3] |
Billed weight | 187 lb (85 kg)[3] |
Billed from | Sydney, Australia[4] |
Trained by | Madison Eagles WWE Performance Center |
Debut | 8 April 2017[3] |
She previously wrestled in WWE, where she performed on the NXT 2.0 brand under the ring name Persia Pirotta.
Stephanie De Landre was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and raised in Avalon, New South Wales, a northern suburb of Sydney.[5]
Before signing with WWE, De Landre wrestled for Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW), Newcastle Pro Wrestling, and Shimmer Women Athletes, performing under the names "Steph De Lander" and "FaceBrooke".[6] On 12 October 2019, De Lander defeated Kellyanne in a tournament finals to become the inaugural MCW Women's Champion.[7] She lost the title to Avary at MCW Clash of the Titans on 1 February 2020.[8]
It was reported on 14 March 2021 that De Landre was one of two Australian wrestlers signed by WWE. Under the ring name "Persia Pirotta", she made her NXT debut as the close friend of Indi Hartwell who had come all the way from Australia for Hartwell's wedding with Dexter Lumis.[9] On 26 October during the NXT: Halloween Havoc television special, Pirotta and Hartwell teamed again to compete in a Triple Threat Scareway To Hell Ladder match against Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) and the reigning NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Io Shirai and Zoey Stark, establishing herself as a face in the process.[10][11] She had her first victory in WWE on 16 November episode of NXT, defeating Gabby Stephens and Jenny Levy in a two-on-one handicap match.[12]
After she returned in January 2022,[13] Pirotta and Hartwell started a feud with Toxic Attraction which resulted in a match for women's tag team titles at Vengeance Day where they were unsuccessful in winning the match.[14] She was released by WWE in April 2022.[15]
In February 2023, De Landre made her debut for Impact Wrestling as "Steph De Lander".[16] In her debut match, on 9 February episode of Impact!, she established herself as a heel and faced Jordynne Grace in a losing effort.[17]
On the March 28 TNA Impact!, De Lander returned to TNA and, with help from an also returning Matt Cardona, with whom she has been aligning herself with in the independent circuit, won an 8-4-1 match to become number one contender to Jordynne Grace's TNA Knockouts World Championship at Rebellion.[18][19][20] At the event, De Lander unsuccessfully challenged Grace for the Knockouts Championship.[21]
In the Summer of 2024, De Lander started teasing a face turn when she began an on-screen relationship with PCO, and on the June 20 episode of Impact, she cemented her face turn during an in-ring date segment, when she professed her love to PCO, explaining how it was nice to date a "normal" guy for once and that she has dated "so many weirdos". The two went on to eat black spaghetti until they were interrupted by First Class (AJ Francis and Rich Swann), who proceeded to attack PCO and De Lander. De Lander proposed to PCO at Slammiversary, after the latter defeated AJ Francis for the TNA Digital Media Championship and the Canadian International Heavyweight Championship, and later celebrated Nic Nemeth's TNA World Heavyweight Championship win in the ring alongside PCO and a few other wrestlers. They got married (kayfabe) on the August 1 episode of Impact, with Rhyno and Xia Brookside respectively serving as the best man and maid of honor. As they were about to kiss, Matt Cardona returned and attacked PCO, to De Lander's displeasure. On the August 22 episode of Impact, De Lander was put in a mixed tag team match by Cardona, where she was made to team up with Kon and Madman Fulton against PCO, Rhyno and Xia Brookside, where her team would lose. Despite the loss, De Lander would celebrate with the victors PCO, Rhyno and Brookside.
Steph De Lander made her debut for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) on 28 March 2023, episode of AEW Dark as a heel and faced Marina Shafir in a losing effort.[22]
De Landre is of Maltese descent.[23] She came out as bisexual in 2019.[24]
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