Nhooph Al-Areebi (November 23, 1994) is a Canadian female professional wrestler currently signed to WWE The E-Fed's SmackDown brand performing under the ring name Aliyah.
Early life[]
Areebi was born in Toronto, Ontario. She is of Arab descent and grew up in a strict, conservative family. In 2012, she graduated from St. Joseph's College School, and later attended George Brown College, where she studied nursing. She also attended a circus training school.
Professional wrestling career[]
World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2013 - present)[]
Debut and Alliance with Liv Morgan (2013-2014)[]
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Teaming with Liv Morgan; Women's Tag Team Champions (2014-2015)[]
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Championship pursuits (2015-2017)[]
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Feuding with Carmella (2017-2018)[]
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Alliance with Vanessa Borne (2018-2020)[]
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Feud with Nikki Bella and Women's Champion (2020-2021)[]
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Feud with Britt Baker (2021-2022)[]
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Personal life[]
Areebi first decided she wanted to become a wrestler at a taping of Raw on May 5, 2008, after watching Beth Phoenix and Mickie James. Her favorite wrestlers include Edge and Jeff Hardy. Areebi is good friends with professional wrestler Gionna Daddio, known in WWE as Liv Morgan.
In September 2015, a number of racially insensitive comments made several years prior on Areebi's Twitter account were discovered by fans. WWE subsequently issued a statement regarding the controversy, stating that her account was used by another person at the time.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- Total Aliyah-Nation (Kimura lock w/neckscissors)
- Boujee-DT (Jumping DDT)
- Moonsault
- Boujee Buster (Half-nelson bulldog)
- Inverted leg drop bulldog into a split-legged pin
- Signature moves
- Bad Cat Combo (Multiple punches, followed by a European uppercut)
- Running crossbody, to a cornered opponent
- Spear
- Running back elbow
- Diving Lou Thesz press, sometimes from the apron
- Running knee drop (with theatrics)
- Multiple kick variations
- Corner running big boot
- Single leg drop
- Running calf, sometimes preceded by a Sitout arm drag
- Step up enzuigiri
- Diving leg drop
- Sitout powerbomb
- Diving crossbody
- Bridging Northern lights suplex
- Jumping mat slam
- Matrix evasion, followed by a Sitout hip toss
- Multiple headscissors takedown/hurricanrana variations
- Boujeecanrana (Top rope Somersault hurricanrana)
- Double rotation Tilt-a-whirl
- Canadian Maple Leaf (Roll-through Single leg Boston crab)
- Wheelbarrow bulldog
- Lotus lock
- Full nelson (with bodyscissors)
- Seated surfboard
- Multiple neckbreaker variations
- Somersault
- Swinging
- Suplex counter
- Diving meteora, sometimes from the apron
- Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker
- Lou Thesz press (with multiple punches)
- Nicknames
- "The Cat's Meow"
- "The Boujee Superstar"
- "Aliyah 3:17"
- Entrance themes
- "Did You Find It" by Cut One and Dexter French (NXT; April 27, 2016 – July 30, 2016)
- "Fatal Fantasy" by Earl Coolidge (NXT; August 4, 2016 – March 25, 2017)
- "The Cat's Meow" by CFO$ (NXT; March 26, 2017 - September 30, 2020)
- "It's All Boujee" by def rebel (NXT/Smackdown; October 1, 2020 - July 28, 2022)
- "Shining Like a Diamond" by def rebel feat. OllieJayy (Smackdown/Raw; July 29, 2022 - present)
Championships and accomplishments[]
- WWE The E-Fed
- WWE Women's Championship (1 time)
- WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Liv Morgan