Las Vegas autochthonal Peyton Prussin, known arsenic “Kendal Grey” among wrestling fans, is having rather the year.
Just 2 months aft performing successful a WWE exhibition successful her hometown during WrestleMania festivities, Prussin hoisted the NXT Women’s Championship loop by defeating Lola Vice astatine the “NXT Great American Bash” connected Sunday.
SHE DID IT!!! 🏆@kendalgreywwe is the NEW NXT Women's Champion! pic.twitter.com/4HYW9BxT89
— WWE (@WWE) June 29, 2026
Wearing an American-flag themed outfit during Sunday’s match, Prussin paid tribute to WWE fable Kurt Angle, mimicking his walkout show — an homage the WWE Hall of Famer was delighted by.
Angle wrote connected X Tuesday: “Witnessing the emergence of the adjacent procreation is thing abbreviated of incredible! I couldn’t beryllium prouder to spot Kendal Grey rocking my cogwheel and claiming her throne arsenic the caller NXT Woman’s Champion! @kendalgreywwe relentless dedication embodies everything we correspond successful this industry.”
Angle spoke to what has been years successful the making for Prussin.
An alumnus of Arbor View High School, Prussin has helped pave a way for pistillate wrestling. She became the archetypal pistillate wrestler to suffice for the boys’ Class 4A authorities tourney successful Nevada and won 3 NAIA nationalist wrestling titles astatine Life University (Georgia). Girls wrestling volition go an official sanctioned precocious schoolhouse sport this upcoming schoolhouse twelvemonth arsenic 1 of the fastest increasing sports successful the country.
Signing with the WWE successful 2024, Prussin, 25, has galore matches up of her, but Angle did nonstop a connection of caution.
“There’s lone 1 Kendal Grey, and I can’t hold to spot her conquer caller heights. But…… conscionable a heads up, successful 8 years, you mightiness privation to ticker your back, Kendal. There’s different Angle anxious to measurement into that ring, and she’s got her eyes connected you,” Angel said, referring to his daughter, who is progressive successful wrestling.
Just days into her reign, Prussin showed signs of a gracious champion.
“This means truthful overmuch coming for you,” she replied to Angle. “I’ll beryllium waiting for her!”
This means truthful overmuch coming for you… I’ll beryllium waiting for her! 🤝🏼🤼♀️😈
— Kendal Grey (@kendalgreywwe) June 30, 2026
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