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Lillian Bridget (born December 8, 2004), better known by the ring name Billie Starkz, is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She also appears in AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where is she a former one-time and the inaugural ROH Women's World Television Champion. She has also wrestled in numerous promotions such as Game Changer Wrestling, Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, and Major League Wrestling.




Professional wrestling career






= Independent circuit (2018–present)

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Starkz began training in wrestling at age 13 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, making her professional wrestling debut in October 2018. According to a 2023 story by local TV station WDRB, during her first weeks at Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky in 2019, "a caring teacher pulled her into the hall to ask questions about her parents and home life" because she showed up with bumps and bruises resulting from wrestling.
In 2020, she began working for Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) and on October 10 of that year, she competed in a 30-person battle royal at Joey Janela's Spring Break 4.
On June 25, 2022, Starkz won the H2O Hybrid Championship. On November 12, at BLP Slamilton, Starkz defeated Calvin Tankman to win the BLP Heavyweight Championship.




= All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor (2022–present)

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Early appearances (2022–2023)

On the December 27, 2022, episode of AEW Dark, Starkz made her debut, losing to Red Velvet. On April 7, 2023, at Battle of the Belts VI, Jade Cargill defeated Starkz to retain the AEW TBS Championship. Four days later, it was reported that Starkz had been signed by AEW.
On the March 9, 2023, episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Starkz made her Ring of Honor (ROH) debut, where she lost to Trish Adora. Two weeks later, she had her first win in ROH when she defeated Miranda Alize.On June 25 at Forbidden Door, Starkz competed in the Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament, losing to Athena in the quarterfinals of the tournament.



Storyline with Athena (2023–present)

In late 2023, Starkz along with Lexy Nair became 'minions' to ROH Women's World Champion Athena. On the November 23 episode of ROH Honor Club TV, Starkz and Athena lost to Ronda Rousey and Marina Shafir. On the following episode of ROH Wrestling, Starkz defeated Shafir in a one-on-one match, with Starkz proceeded to attack Shafir after the match. Athena and Nair come out and feigned announcing that Starkz had graduated from 'minion training'. Athena then announced that only Nair was the valedictorian. Starkz then got upset and attacked Athena. Starkz then met Tony Khan backstage and requested a championship match with Athena, which Khan accepted. At Final Battle, Starkz was unsuccessful at winning the ROH Women's Championship from Athena. After the match, Starkz and Athena made amends. In December 2023, Starkz was confirmed to be in the tournament to crown the inaugural ROH Women's World Television Champion. She defeated Robyn Renegade in first round, Diamante in the quarterfinals and Mercedes Martinez in the semifinals to advance to the final at Supercard of Honor. At the event on April 5, 2024, Starkz defeated Queen Aminata to become the inaugural ROH Women's World Television Champion by feigning an injury and choking out Aminata, turning heel in the process. On July 26 at Death Before Dishonor, Starkz lost the ROH Women's World Television Championship to Red Velvet, ending her reign at 112 days. On the October 25 episode of ROH Wrestling, Starkz walked out on Athena during Athena's record setting title reign celebration, teasing a face turn.




= Major League Wrestling (2023)

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On the February 28, 2023, episode of MLW Underground Wrestling, Starkz made her MLW debut, defeating Kayla Kassidy. On the March 21 episode of Underground Wrestling, she faced Taya Valkyrie for the MLW Women's Featherweight Championship but lost the match. Starkz then faced B3cca twice at SuperFight and War Chamber, both in a winning effort.




Personal life


Shortly before her 2023 graduation from Atherton High School in Louisville, she had maintained a 4.0 grade point average while taking several honors courses, despite her frequent travel for wrestling shows.




Championships and accomplishments


2econd Wrestling
2econd Wrestling Championship (1 time)
Black Label Pro
BLP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Capital Championship Wrestling
CCW Global Fighting Championship (1 time)
Girl Fight
Girl Fight Championship (1 time, current)
Grindhouse Pro Wrestling
Grindhouse Pro Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Alice Crowley
H2O Wrestling: Hardcore Hustle Organization
H2O Hybrid Championship (1 time)
Party Hard Wrestling
PHW Party Monster Championship (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Ranked No. 52 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 150 in 2022
Ranked No. 96 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2023
Ring of Honor
ROH Women's World Television Championship (1 time, inaugural)
ROH Women's World Television Championship Tournament (2024)
Spark Joshi Puroresu of America
Spark Joshi World Championship (1 time)
The Wrestling Revolver
Women's Grand Prix (2023)




References






External links



Billie Starkz's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Billie Starkz
• ROH Women's World Television Championship
• Lexy Nair
• Final Battle (2023)
• Supercard of Honor (2024)
• Athena (wrestler)
• List of current champions in Ring of Honor
• Death Before Dishonor (2024)
• Queen Aminata
• Forbidden Door (2023)