Taynara Conti
Taynara Conti was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 9th, 1995 and is the Wrestler. At the age of 28, Taynara Conti biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 28 years old, Taynara Conti has this physical status:
Taynara Melo de Carvalho (born July 9, 1995) is a Brazilian professional wrestler and judoka.
She has signed to WWE, where she appears in their emerging NXT region, Taynara Conti, shortened from her initial ring name Taynara Conti.
Early life and judo
Taynara Melo de Carvalho was born in Rio de Janeiro on June 9, 1995. She has a brother and two sisters, one of whom is adopted. Melo grew up in Rio's infamous poverty-stricken and murder-infested favelas. Melo holds a black belt in judo and a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Melo attended law school in Brazil for a short time before joining WWE, and she participated in trials for the Brazilian Olympic team during the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Melo began her athletic career in CR Vasco da Gama, but soon moved to martial arts. Melo started with the initiative "Brasil vale ouro" (Brazil is worth gold), and then proceeded to "Instituto Reaço" by judoka Flávia Canto. Melo was a regional champion and four-time state champion. In addition, she was a four-time Brazilian runner-up. She joined the Brazilian team and competed in Portugal and Germany on the European circuit.
Personal life
Melo married fellow judoka Jorge Conti in 2017. Melo revealed in November 2021 that she was not married and that the couple had been separated "for a long time."
Melo has been in a feud with fellow professional wrestler Sammy Guevara since January 2022. The couple got engaged in June in Paris and were married on August 7, 2022, in Orlando.
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Professional wrestling career
Melo was announced as having signed with WWE, and reported to the WWE Performance Center in October 2016. She made her professional wrestling debut as Taynara Conti at WrestleMania Axxess in Orlando, Florida on April 1, 2017, competing against Sarah Bridges in a losing effort. She took part in the inaugural Mae Young Classic, during which she lost to Lacey Evans during the first round of the tournament.
Conti appeared on television on the October 11 episode of NXT, interfering in a triple threat match between Nikki Cross, Peyton Royce, and Liv Morgan on behalf of The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly) to prevent Cross from winning the match. This led to a match between Conti and Cross on the November 1 episode of NXT, where Conti lost. On April 8, 2018, Conti performed during the pre-show of WrestleMania 34, competing in the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, becoming the first female Brazilian to compete on the evening of WrestleMania. Later in the year, Conti qualified for the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament after she defeated Vanessa Borne. She defeated Jessie Elaban in the first round but lost to Lacey Lane in the second round.
On April 20, 2020, Conti was released from her WWE contract as a result of budget cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like all other talent released, she remained under the 90-day no compete clause, which expired on July 23, 2020. Conti later revealed in an interview that she had been unhappy for months at WWE and wanted to be released, but the company initially would not grant her a release out of fear she would go to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
On August 4, 2020, Melo appeared on AEW as Tay Conti, participating in the AEW Women's Tag Team Cup Tournament: The Deadly Draw and teaming with Anna Jay. The team, known officially as TayJay, defeated Nyla Rose and Ariane Andrew in the quarterfinals but lost to Ivelisse and Diamante during the semi-finals. On the August 26 episode of Dynamite, she received a contract from the stable The Dark Order to join them. On September 9, AEW announced that Conti had signed with the company.
On the January 13, 2021, episode of Dynamite, Conti competed for the NWA World Women's Championship for the first time, and was defeated by Serena Deeb. In the following weeks, Conti earned a title match for the AEW Women's World Championship, but she was not successful in beating the champion, Hikaru Shida, on the April 21 episode of Dynamite. In September, Conti and Anna Jay began a feud with Penelope Ford and The Bunny in a series of singles and tag matches on Dynamite and Rampage. On November 13, Conti fought again for the AEW Women's World Championship, this time facing defending champion Britt Baker at Full Gear but came up unsuccessful. The TayJay/Bunny & Ford feud came to a head when the team of Jay and Conti defeated the team of The Bunny and Ford in a Street Fight on December 31 on Rampage.
On March 6, 2022, at Revolution, Conti faced Jade Cargill for the AEW TBS Championship in a losing effort. After months of feuding, on May 29 at Double or Nothing Conti teamed up with Sammy Guevara and Frankie Kazarian in a trios mixed tag team match facing American Top Team's Ethan Page, Paige VanZant and Scorpio Sky, which Conti's team lost. On June 15, at Road Rager, Conti along with Guevara, joined the Jericho Appreciation Society, turning heel. On August 12 on Rampage Quake by the Lake under the new ring name Tay Melo, teamed up with Guevara defending the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship against Dante Martin and Skye Blue which they successfully retained.
On April 30, 2022, Conti made her AAA debut teaming with Sammy Guevara to defeat Los Vipers, Maravilla and Látigo, and Sexy Star II and Komander to win the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship at Triplemanía XXX. For most of the match, La Parka Negra would wrestle in Guevara’s place.