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Fallon Henley
Henley in 2018
Birth nameTheresa Schuessler[1]
Born (1994-09-25) September 25, 1994 (age 30)[2]
Tampa, Florida, U.S.[3]
Alma materUniversity of South Florida
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Anna Scheer[4]
Fallon Henley[5]
Tenilla Price[6]
Tesha Price[1]
Billed fromChelsea, Michigan[5]
Trained byRain[7]
WWE Performance Center[7]
DebutJune 24, 2017[7]

Theresa Schuessler (born September 25, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. As of 2022, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Fallon Henley, and is a member of the Fatal Influence stable. She is a former one-time NXT Women's North American Champion and a former one-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion (with Kiana James).

Schuessler, under the ring name Tesha Price, previously performed for various promotions, such as All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Shine Wrestling, and World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW).

Early life

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Theresa Schuessler[1] was born on September 25, 1994 in Tampa, Florida.[2] Schuessler grew up in Chelsea, Michigan, graduated from Chelsea High School in 2012 and left when she was 17 years old for college. She attended the University of South Florida and graduated with a Bachelors in Criminology and a Business certificate.[3]

Professional wrestling career

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Early career (2017–2021)

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Schuessler made her professional wrestling debut on June 24, 2017, under the ring name Tesha Price, at World Xtreme Wrestling. [7] On December 16, Price made her Shine Wrestling debut at Shine 47, competing in a battle royal to determine the number one contender for the Shine Championship, which was won by Rain. Later that night, she also competed in a four way match against Dynamite DiDi, Kikyo, and Robyn Reid, which would be won by DiDi.[7]

Price made her All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut on the November 6, 2020 episode of AEW Dark in a match against Big Swole, which she lost.[8] She made her AEW Dynamite debut on December 9, where she lost to Abadon.[9] She went on to have 21 matches in AEW from 2020 to 2021.[10]

WWE

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Early appearances (2018–2022)

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Schuessler appeared on the July 25, 2018 episode of NXT under the ring name Tenilla Price, losing to Lacey Evans.[6] On August 8, now back under the ring name Tesha Price, she lost to Britt Baker in a dark match held during the second annual Mae Young Classic.[7] On the September 21, 2021 episode of NXT, she appeared under the ring name Anna Scheer, losing to Elektra Lopez.[4] She also appeared under the ring name Fallon Henley on the November 30 episode of NXT, faced Joe Gacy in a intergender match, which ended in a no contest.[11] Throughout the remainder of late 2021 and into early 2022, Henley competed on 205 Live and NXT 2.0 in losing efforts against the likes of Ivy Nile, Tiffany Stratton, and Lash Legend, she would score her first victory against Tiffany Stratton at Roadblock with the help of Sarray.[12][13]

Alliance with Jensen and Briggs (2022–2024)

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On March 17, 2022, it was announced that she officially signed a developmental contract with WWE.[1] In April 2022, Henley's backstory was explained as she was a country girl who worked at her family's bar to pay for her wrestling training, and developed a friendship with Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs who had similar blue collar characters, accompanied them in matches.[14] Henley entered the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament, defeating Sloane Jacobs in the first round but was eliminated by Tiffany Stratton in the semifinals.[15][16]

In early 2023, Henley began being involved in a storyline with Kiana James. James, as part of her businesswoman gimmick, was looking to buy the Henley Family Bar and redevelop the land for condos. After a while, Henley and James developed a grudging respect and formed a tag team. At NXT Vengeance Day, on February 4, 2023, Henley and James defeated Katana Chance and Kayden Carter to win the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship, the first title in her professional wrestling career.[17] At NXT Stand & Deliver, they lost the tag titles to Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn.[18] Later on NXT, Henley and James tried to regain their titles against Dawn and Fyre, but they were unsuccessful.[19] After discovering that James was cheating on Brooks Jensen with a man named Sebastian, Henley parted ways with James, but Jensen choose to stay with James. However, on April 25 at Spring Breakin', Henley and Josh Briggs defeated James and Jensen,[20] which caused James to admit to Jensen that she never actually loved him, she broke up with him, leading Jensen to reunite with Henley and Briggs.[21]

On the December 5 episode of NXT, Henley would take the final spot in the women's Iron Survivor Challenge, determined by a last chance fatal four-way match also including James, Roxanne Perez, and Thea Hail, which she won.[22] At NXT Deadline, she failed to win the match.[23] On the December 27 episode of NXT, Henley, Briggs, and Jensen agreed to go their separate ways, splitting up the team.[24]

Fatal Influence (2024–present)

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At New Year's Evil on January 2, 2024, Henley's win over Tiffany Stratton made the latter become a "Ranch Hand for a Day”.[25] At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 6, Henley teamed up with Kelani Jordan and Thea Hail to defeat Kiana James, Izzi Dame, and Jacy Jayne in a six-woman tag team match.[26] On April 30, at Night 2 of Spring Breakin', Henley turned heel by attacking Hail following Hail's victory over Jayne, frustrated over the lack of respect from her peers along with her career going nowhere after not being called up to the main roster, decides to focus on herself and win the NXT Women's North American Championship.[27][28] At NXT Battleground, she participated in a six-women ladder match for the newly created NXT Women's North American Championship but failed to win the title at the event.[29][30] On the July 9 episode of NXT, Henley, who took issue with wrestlers with no independent wrestling backgrounds getting more opportunities in NXT, formed an alliance with Jacy Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx[31] (with Nyx given an exception by Henley and Jayne despite having never competed on the independent circuit herself),[32] eventually calling themselves Fatal Influence.[33] The trio teamed up for the first time at Night 1 of NXT: The Great American Bash on July 30, where they defeated Karmen Petrovic, Lola Vice, and Sol Ruca in a six-woman tag team match.[34]

Fatal Influence had set their sights on the NXT Women's North American Championship held by Kelani Jordan. At NXT Halloween Havoc on October 27, Jordan faced Fatal Influence in a gauntlet match for the NXT Women's North American Championship. Henley defeated Jordan to win the title as the third person in the gauntlet after interference from Jayne and Nyx, winning her first singles championship in her wrestling career.[35] On the November 26 episode of NXT, Henley defended her title against Tatum Paxley, after which she along with Jayne and Nyx would deliver a beatdown to Paxley, until Gigi Dolin came down to even the odds, thus starting a feud with Dolin and Paxley (after which Shotzi would align with Dolin and Paxley a week later). The two teams would face off at NXT: New Year's Evil, with Fatal Influence coming out on the losing end.[36] At NXT Vengeance Day on February 15, 2025, Henley lost the NXT Women's North American Championship to Stephanie Vaquer, ending her reign at 111 days.[37]

Other media

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Schuessler, as Fallon Henley, made her video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K24[38] and has since appeared in WWE 2K25.[39]

Championships and accomplishments

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References

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