<Tr> <Th> Trained by </Th> <Td> WWE Performance Center </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Debut </Th> <Td> April 19, 2018 </Td> </Tr> <P> Kacy Esther Catanzaro (born January 14, 1990) is an American professional wrestler, gymnast and athletics - based television personality . She is signed to WWE, where she competes in their developmental territory NXT . She was the first woman to qualify for the finals of the television sports show American Ninja Warrior and the first, and so far only, woman to complete a City Finals course . </P> <P> Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Catanzaro grew up and attended high school in nearby Belleville and is of Italian descent . She is a relatively small woman, standing only 5 ft (1.52) tall and weighing only 95 pounds (43 kg). She began doing gymnastics at age 5 . She attended Towson University in Towson, Maryland, from 2009 until 2012, studying early childhood education on an athletic scholarship . </P>

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