{"id":37187,"date":"2019-01-31T11:40:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T16:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=37187"},"modified":"2019-01-31T11:40:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T16:40:33","slug":"indie-star-kylie-rae-reportedly-headed-to-aew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/01\/31\/indie-star-kylie-rae-reportedly-headed-to-aew\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Star Kylie Rae Reportedly Headed to AEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>DISCLAIMER: Yesterday, we erroneous reported that Scottish indie star <strong>Kay Lee Ray<\/strong> may suddenly be heading to All Elite Wrestling after seemingly heading to NXT UK. The error was due to a case of phonetic misinterpretation of hearing Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio saying <strong>Kylie Rae<\/strong>, but hearing it as Kay Lee Ray. After reading other reports, we have clarified it is US indie star Kylie Rae, not the UK&#8217;s Kay Lee Ray, that is reportedly signing with All Elite Wrestling.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It has been reported that Chicago&#8217;s Kylie Rae, one of the top young women&#8217;s wrestlers in the US indie circuit, is close to finalizing a deal with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) to join their women&#8217;s division. Only wrestling since 2016, Kylie Rae is widely regarded as one of the breakout stars of 2018 who was on a lot of people&#8217;s radars for 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Kylie Rae was trained by WWE Hall of Famer <strong>Booker T<\/strong> and began her career with his <strong>Reality of Wrestling (ROW)<\/strong> promotion in Houston, Texas. She immediately became a focal point of the Women&#8217;s division, where she&#8217;s a 3x ROW Diamonds Division Champion. She also worked for <strong>Tommy Dreamer<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>House of Hardcore<\/strong> in her rookie year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kylie Rae vs Hyan - Ladies Night Out\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9abd9lXpm_Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By 2017, she began to work other Texas area promotions, such as <strong>Inspire Pro Wrestling<\/strong>, as well as diving into her hometown scene in Chicago, working for <strong>Freelance Wrestling, All American Wrestling (AAW), RISE Wrestling, SHIMMER<\/strong> and <strong>Zelo Pro Wrestling<\/strong>, where she&#8217;s the current reigning and 2x Zelo Pro Women&#8217;s Champion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kylie Rae vs. Tessa Blanchard - Women&#039;s Championship - Zelo Pro Arrival\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kD1fla_OfMc?start=16&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last year was a huge breakout year for Kylie Rae, as she did her first tour of Japan with <strong>Stardom<\/strong> in July (along with AEW&#8217;s <strong>Britt Baker<\/strong>), as well as making her debut with <strong>Beyond Wrestling, NOVA Pro<\/strong> and many others, and appearing in tag team action on the <strong>IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> and RISE joint event, <em><strong>RISE of the Knockouts<\/strong><\/em>. She was also invited to a WWE Tryout last February, so she was even on their radar as a future prospect.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=exREiZMqhrA<\/p>\n<p>It was always expected that 2019 would be a massive year for the Chicago grappler, but the AEW news is a huge opportunity for Kylie Rae to show the world what she&#8217;s truly capable of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISCLAIMER: Yesterday, we erroneous reported that Scottish indie star Kay Lee Ray may suddenly be heading to All Elite Wrestling after seemingly heading to NXT UK. The error was due to a case of phonetic misinterpretation of hearing Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio saying Kylie Rae, but hearing it as Kay Lee Ray. 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