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Natalie Elizabeth Beidelschies (née Holland; born October 29, 1996)[2] is an American professional wrestler. As of August 2021, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Tatum Paxley and is one-half of the reigning WWE Women's Tag Team Championship alongside Alexa Bliss in their first reign. She is also a former one-time NXT Women's Champion and a former one-time NXT Women's North American Champion, and the second woman (after Stephanie Vaquer) to win both championships. Natalie Elizabeth Holland[1][2] October 29, 1996 (age 29)[3] Dallas, Texas, U.S. Spouse Javier Bernal ​(m. 2024)Tatum Paxley[5] Billed height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) Billed weight 121 lb (55 kg) Billed from Dallas, Texas[5] Trained by WWE Performance Center[6] Debut February 15, 2022Natalie Elizabeth Holland was born on October 29, 1996 in Dallas, Texas.[3] Holland's athletic experience includes cheerleading and powerlifting.[6] She is a former two-time USA Powerlifting (USAPL) champion, winning competitions in 2019 and 2021.Holland signed a contract with WWE in August 2021, after participating in physical tests carried out by the company. To begin her training, she reported to the WWE Performance Center.[1] On the January 25, 2022, episode of WWE NXT, her first speaking role would be in a backstage segment involving Cora Jade and Raquel GonzálezPaxley returned to a main role again on the November 28, 2023, edition of NXT interrupting a segment involving, NXT Women's Champion Lyra Valkyria and Fallon Henley. Paxley took on the character of a deranged creep and began a storyline where she stalked Valkyria during backstage interviews and during her matches.[14] Paxley turned face at NXT: New Year's Evil on January 2, 2024, after saving Valkyria from a beatdown by Lola Vice and Elektra Lopez, eventually developing an obsession and a crush on Valkyria.[15] Ever since then, Paxley would interfere on Valkyria's matches to the latter's disapproval. At NXT: Roadblock on March 5, Valkyria and Paxley faced The Kabuki Warriors for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship as a reward from Valkyria to Paxley for the latter not interfering with the former's title matches against Shotzi and Lash Legend in the previous week; they failed to win the titles after Valkyria inadvertently kicked Paxley.On the April 9 episode of NXT after NXT Stand & Deliver where Valkyria lost the NXT Women's Championship to Roxanne Perez, Paxley turned on Valkyria and reverted to a heel.[18] On the following week of NXT, Paxley revealed that her obsession with Valkyria was only because she had the NXT Women's Championship. Later that night, Paxley defeated Thea Hail after interference from Jacy Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx, and was attacked by Valkyria after the matchAt NXT Deadline, Paxley was defeated by Dame due to distraction from her former stable. Paxley would then get her revenge on Dame by defeating her at NXT: New Year's Evil[45] and by dethroning her to become the new NXT Women's North American Champion at NXT Vengeance Day.[46] With the win, she became the second woman after Stephanie Vaquer to win both NXT Women's Championship and NXT Women's North American ChampionshipOn the June 9 episode of NXT, she lost the NXT Women's North American Championship to Zaria, ending her reign at 94 days.[49] At NXT The Great American Bash on June 28, Paxley failed to regain the title from ZariaOn the June 30 episode of NXT, Paxley wrestled against Kelani Jordan in a losing effort in what would be her final match in NXT. On the August 7, 2026 episode of SmackDown, Paxley made her main roster debut, attacking B-Fab and Michin to assist Charlotte Flair in defeating Jade Cargill. She aligned herself with Flair and Alexa Bliss.[50] On the August 29 episode of SmackDown, Paxley won her main roster debut match by defeating Michin.[51] Paxley will team with Flair and Bliss in a six-woman tag team match against Cargill, Michin and B-Fab at Sunday Night’s Main Event on September 6.At the event, Paxley, Bliss and Flair lost to Cargill, B-Fab and Michin.[53] On the October 9 episode of SmackDown, Paxley and Bliss, who replaced Flair in the last minute after a backstage attack from Jade Cargill, defeated Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid) to win the WWE Women's Tag Team ChampionshipOn September 17, 2023, Holland was engaged to fellow professional wrestler Randy José Beidelschies, better known as Javier Bernal in NXT.[62] They got married on September 28, 2024.Aside from wrestling, she has a love for emo and metal bands. Some of her favorite bands include Paleface Swiss, Gojira, My Chemical Romance, Coheed and Cambria and Deftones.