Faith Marie Jefferies (born August 5, 1999) is an American professional wrestler,taekwondo practitioner, and musician.[2] She is signed toWWE, where she performs on theNXT andEvolvebrands under thering nameNikkita Lyons.
Jefferies was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and raised in Hollywood, California. She began practicingTaekwondo at the age of four,[3] earning a black belt by the age of 8.[2] She graduated from high school in early 2017.[3]
Shortly after graduating high school in 2017, Jefferies began professional wrestling training underSelina Majors. She debuted forWomen of Wrestling under the ring nameFaith The Lioness.[2]
In summer 2021, Jefferies attendedWWE's tryout in Las Vegas, where she was offered a developmental contract.[4] Her WWE debut was on the December 31, 2021 episode of205 Live, under the ring nameNikkita Lyons, losing to Amari Miller.[5] She made herNXTbrand debut on the February 22, 2022 episode ofNXT, defeatingKayla Inlay.[6] In April, Lyons entered into a feud withLash Legend, beating her on the April 5 and 26 episodes ofNXT respectively.[7][8] AtSpring Breakin', she teamed withCora Jade to defeat Legend andNatalya in atag team match.[9] On the May 10 episode ofNXT, Lyons participated in theNXT Women's Breakout Tournament, defeatingArianna Grace in the first round.[10] On May 24, it was announced that Lyons was removed from the tournament due to an injury, revealing on herInstagram account a day later that she suffered a partialMCL tear and an MCL sprain.[11][12]
Lyons returned on the June 28 episode ofNXT, defeatingNXT Women's ChampionMandy Rose by disqualification.[13] On the July 19 episode ofNXT, Lyons competed in a 20-womanbattle royal to determine the number one contender for the NXT Women's Championship, eliminatingKayden Carter andKiana James, but was eliminated byTiffany Stratton.[14] On the August 8 episode ofRaw, it was announced that Lyons would be teaming withZoey Stark in a tournament to fill theWWE Women's Tag Team Championship that had been vacant since May.[15] On the August 19 episode ofSmackDown, Lyons and her tag partner were removed from the tournament due to Stark reportedly sustaining a concussion days earlier in anNXT Women's Championship match. On September 13 at theNXT 2.0 One Year Anniversary Show, Lyons and Stark defeated James and Grace.[16] On the November 8 episode ofNXT, Lyons and Stark failed to capture theNXT Women's Tag Team Championship from Carter andKatana Chance, and Lyons was taken out by Stark after the match.[17] Lyons lost to Stark on the December 20 episode ofNXT and was injured byBlair Davenport on the January 24, 2023 episode ofNXT. Lyons returned toNXT on the December 5 episode, attacking Davenport. On the December 12 episode, she made her return to the ring after a near year-long absence in a tag team match withLyra Valkyria, facingBlair Davenport &Cora Jade, where her and Valkyria failed to win.
In March 2024, Lyons was revealed to have suffered another injury.[18] She returned to in-ring action at a NXThouse show inDavenport, Florida, on September 27[19][20] and returned toNXT on the October 15 episode, defeatingLola Vice after interference fromJaida Parker, showing signs of a heel turn.[21] On the October 29 episode ofNXT, Lyons turnedheel, as she was revealed as Adrianna Rizzo's attacker following Lyons' defeat against Kelani Jordan.[22] Around a month later, Lyons got involved in alove triangle storyline betweenAshante "Thee" Adonis andKarmen Petrovic.[23] On the May 7, 2025 episode ofEvolve, Lyons made herEvolve brand debut where she defeatedKendal Grey.[24]
Jefferies, as Nikkita Lyons, made hervideo game debut as a playable character inWWE 2K23.[25]
She was also featured on the showOne Mo’ Chance on theZeus Network as “She-Raw.”[26]
On August 8, 2024, Jefferies, under her music stage name FaithyJ, released a music video for her song "To Be A Champion".[27] In the following month, Jefferies, as Nikkita Lyons, appeared in fellow NXT wrestlerTrick Williams' music video "The Realest".[28]
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