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  • Nikki Blackheart Celebrates Historic WWE Signing

    Nikki Blackheart Celebrates Historic WWE Signing

    Nikki Blackheart has spoken out from inside the WWE Performance Center, posting a photo alongside Shawn Michaels and billing herself as the first female Dominican wrestler to sign with the company.

    “My heart is overflowing with gratitude,” Blackheart wrote, calling herself “the first female Dominican wrestler to sign with the WWE.”

    Michaels oversees WWE’s developmental system out of the Performance Center.

    WWE officially welcomed her on May 21, when the NXT account introduced its newest four-person Performance Center class. Blackheart joins Mason Rook, Marcus Brown, and Lacey Simon, the daughter of WCW and WWE veteran Dean Malenko. She will compete under the name Nicole Martinez.

    The 29-year-old already has one match in a WWE ring. She worked a dark match before the May 19 episode of NXT, wrestling as Martinez and defeating Skylar Raye.

    Blackheart was born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, and trained under former WWE star Gangrel. A former NHL Florida Panthers cheerleader, she made her pro wrestling debut in 2024. In less than two years on the independent circuit, she held women’s championships in Coastal Championship Wrestling and Metroplex Wrestling and worked U.S. spot shows for AAA in 2025. She landed on WWE’s radar after WrestleMania 2025, attended a tryout in February, and signed in March.

    Marti Belle, a New York-born wrestler of Dominican descent, represented the Dominican Republic in WWE’s 2017 Mae Young Classic tournament. Blackheart, born in the country itself, is presenting her developmental contract as a first for Dominican women in WWE.

    WWE has not announced when Martinez will make her NXT television debut.

  • WWE Has Three Secret Signings Waiting To Be Announced

    WWE Has Three Secret Signings Waiting To Be Announced

    Recent reports suggest that WWE signed Nikki Blackheart along with two other unannounced talents.

    Bryan Alvarez reported to subscribers on X that Nikki Blackheart is a former Florida Panthers NHL cheerleader who trained under Gangrel and came onto WWE’s radar after WrestleMania 41 in 2025. The report also claimed Bayley strongly endorsed her before a tryout.

    Additionally, WWE’s Performance Center recruit announcements have not listed any signee matching that description or background.

    Blackheart recently made her WWE debut in a dark match taped at the WWE Performance Center on Tuesday. Her signing had been building over the past several months.

    Per Bryan Alvarez’s update on X:

    “Update on Nikki Blackheart and WWE: She is no longer an indie wrestler. She is a former cheerleader for the NHL Florida Panthers who trained under Gangrel. Right after Mania 2025 she ended up HEAVILY on WWE’s radar, said to be top five.

    She was heavily praised by Bayley, so her tryout was basically a guarantee. That was this past February. She very recently moved to Orlando and is one of the few that have still yet to be officially announced by WWE, but all are officially in Orlando and under the typical starting PC/NXT contracts which are usually about three years.”

    Alvarez further reported that Blackheart is not the only recent signing WWE has yet to announce publicly.

    “There are also three other names besides Nikki that have been signed but haven’t been announced by WWE yet.”