ALIYAH

Nhooph Al-Areebi is a 27-year-old professional wrestler from Toronto, Canada. She is currently signed to WWE and performs on SmackDown under the ring name, Aliyah. Aliyah is one half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship team alongside her partner, Raquel Rodriguez.

At the age of 14, Al-Areebi decided she wanted to become a professional wrestler after watching Beth Phoenix and Mickie James compete at a taping of RAW. From 2013 to 2015, Al-Areebi wrestled on the independent circuit under the ring name Jasmin Areebi. She debuted for Squared Circle Wrestling (SCW) in Toronto in January 2013.

She then began wrestling for a variety of promotions in Canada and the United States, including Pure Wrestling Association (PWA), Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW), and New England Championship Wrestling (NECW).

Al-Areebi’s WWE Contract & Debut

In early 2015, she signed a developmental contract with WWE. She made her in-ring debut on June 20 at an NXT live event where she competed in a six–person tag team match. She was assigned the ring name, Aliyah.

Aliyah made her television debut in January 2016 where she competed in a battle royal to become the number one contender for Bayley’s NXT Women’s Championship. She abandoned her Arabian gimmick towards the end of 2016 and debuted new ring gear and entrance music.

Aliyah’s Main Roster Debut

In January 2017, Aliyah made her main roster debut on SmackDown losing to Carmella. Throughout most of 2017, Aliyah was on a losing streak. She lost matches to Lacey Evans, Ember Moon and Kairi Sane. By the fall, she had turned heel and teamed up with Lacey Evans to defeat Dakota Kai and Deonna Purazzo. After a brief hiatus, Aliyah returned to NXT television in February 2019 and formed an alliance with Vanessa Borne. Together, they defeated Conti and Xia Li at the end of February.

In the match against Xia Li, Aliyah’s nose was broken after Li kicked her in the face. She was written off NXT television in November and then underwent surgery. She returned to in-ring competition on the March 25th episode of NXT in a losing match against Io Shirai. In June, Aliyah then joined forces with Robert Stone who finally agreed to an alliance and helped her defeat Xia Li.

At NXT: The Great American Bash, Aliyah competed alongside Robert Stone against Rhea Ripley in a handicap match. The match had the stipulation that if Ripley lost then she would join the Robert Stone Brand, but they were defeated.

On the July 13, 2021 episode of NXT, Aliyah turned on Stone after losing a tag team match with herself and Jessi Kamea versus Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter.

Aliyah Drafted to Main Roster

As part of the WWE Draft in October 2021, Aliyah was drafted to the main roster where she will appear on SmackDown.

Aliyah made her official main roster debut on the November 5th episode of SmackDown. At her debut, she participated in a backstage segment with Jeff Hardy and Sami Zayn. The following week, on the November 12th episode of SmackDown, Aliyah had her debut match competing as a face and teaming with Naomi and Sasha Banks to defeat Shotzi, Shayna Baszler and Natalya. Later that same night, Sonya Deville removed her from the SmackDown Survivor Series team without explanation. She was eventually replaced by Toni Storm.

In January, Aliyah would defeat Natalya, in 3.17 seconds, earning her the record for fastest victory in WWE history.

Aliyah & Raquel Rodriguez Win Women’s Tag Team Championship

On the August 29th episode of Monday Night RAW, Raquel Rodriguez and Aliyah defeated IYO SKY and Dakota Kai in the tournament for the vacant Women’s Tag Team Titles.

Aliyah

STATS

Birth name: Nhooph Al-Areebi
Born: November 23, 1994, Toronto, Canada
Height: 5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight: 112 lb (50 kg)
Ring Name(s): Aliyah, Jasmin, Jasmin Areebi
Current Roster: WWE SmackDown
Finishing Move(s): Half Nelson Bulldog

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Career Championships and Accomplishments

  • Ground Xero Wrestling
    • GXW Women’s Championship (1 time)
  • Great Canadian Wrestling
    • GCW Women’s Championship (1 time)
  • Impact Pro Wrestling
    • IPW Women’s Championship (2 times)
  • New England Championship Wrestling
    • World Women’s Wrestling Championship (1 time)
  • Queens of Chaos
    • World Queens of Chaos Championship (1 time)
  • Pure Wrestling Association
    • PWA Women’s Championship (1 time)
  • Southland World Wrestling
    • SWW Ladies Championship (1 time)
    • SWW Women’s Championship (2 times, final)
  • World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
    • Women’s Tag Team Championship (1 time, current)