Kat Ricci

Katarina Viviana Ricci (born April 11, 1996), better known by her ring name Kat Ricci, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to a developmental contract with Elite Answers Wrestling.

Early Life
Ricci grew up in Pittsburgh's Perry North neighborhood. She's the third of four children born to Victor Ricci, who runs a landscaping business with his father and brothers, and Daniela Ricci (nee Espadero), who is the bookkeeper for the business. She has one sister, Carissa (born 1989) and two brothers, Stephen (born 1993) and Evan (born 2000). Ricci's father is Italian-American and her mother is Sephardi Jewish of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry. Growing up, she and her siblings combined customs of their parents' respective Catholic and Jewish faiths, and Ricci says she celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah.

Ricci was a competitive gymnast for ten years before quitting due to injuries. She then had ambitions of becoming a journalist, working extensively in the school television station at Perry Traditional Academy. She graduated in 2014 and initially worked as a secretary in her family's business while studying journalism at the University of Pittsburgh, where she again worked at the students' television station.

Professional Wrestling Career
In the June 2015, Ricci attended an EAW developmental live event in Philadelphia with her siblings. Because of her journalism background, she was originally approached with the intention of filling the role of an interviewer. She was signed to a developmental deal in August 2015 and assigned to the developmental territory in Newark, New Jersey. She debuted on television in September under the name Kat Ricci and quickly decided she would rather train in-ring. She trained behind the scenes while working as an interviewer before the role was phased out in April 2016.

Personal Life
Ricci lives in Newark, New Jersey, and is roommates with best friend and fellow wrestler Chantal LeBeau. She speaks fluent Italian, and conversational Spanish and Portuguese. After signing with EAW, she transferred to Rutgers University-Newark, where she takes online classes.

In Wrestling

 * Finishing Moves
 * Candy Crush Saga (Sunset flip piledriver)
 * Steel City Kiss (Springboard cutter)


 * Signature Moves
 * Diving seated senton pin
 * Double wrist-clutch flip into a bridging cradle pin
 * Feint roundhouse kick, followed by a legsweep
 * Headscissors in the corner, transitioned into an axe kick
 * Multiple arm drag variations
 * Japanese
 * Split-legged over-the-shoulder
 * Springboard
 * Running double-knee strike, to an opponent against the ropes
 * Slingshot somersault senton
 * Snap swinging neckbreaker
 * Springboard reverse frankensteiner
 * Standing moonsault double-knee drop
 * Suicide dive
 * Tilt-a-whirl headscissors takedown
 * Turnbuckle evasion, followed by a sitout rear mat slam
 * Wheelbarrow bulldog


 * Entrance Themes
 * "Something Kinda Oooh" by Girls Aloud (September 2015 - present)