Nikki Cross  Nicola Glencross (born 21 April 1989) is a Scottish professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Nikki Cross. Cross previously wrestled on the independent circuit under the ring name Nikki Storm, most notably for Insane Championship Wrestling, , Scottish Wrestling Entertainment, and Shimmer Women Athletes. She and Alexa Bliss are the first two-time Women's Tag Team Champions in WWE history. Glencross was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, and graduated from the University of Glasgow with a Bachelor of Arts in history. She is also a qualified fitness instructor and personal trainer. In September 2008, Glencross began training at the Scottish Wrestling Alliance, where she made her debut for the promotion, performing under the ring name Nikki Storm. In February 2010, she began working on the British independent circuit, and became a mainstay for promotions such as her debuting at the Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), and , where she held the three times. In 2013, Storm began touring in Japan with JWP Joshi Puroresu, and made some appearances for World Wonder Ring Stardom until the middle of the summer of 2015. In October 2013, Storm began wrestling for American all-female promotions Shimmer Women Athletes, Shine Wrestling and Women Superstars Uncensored. She has also wrestled for Global Force Wrestling (GFW), Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW), World Wide Wrestling League (W3L), Queens of Combat, and World Xtreme Wrestling. Glencross competed in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)'s "British Boot Camp 2", which began airing in October 2014, in which she was unsuccessful. Glencross received a tryout with WWE in London during the autumn of 2015, and in April 2016, she was one of ten signees that had begun training at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. She debuted for NXT on 22 April, during a live event. During a Facebook live video in August, she was introduced as Nikki Cross. She made her first televised appearance and in–ring debut on the 17 August episode of "NXT" under the name "Nikki Glencross", where she competed in a six-woman tag team match along with Carmella, and Liv Morgan, defeating Daria Berenato, Mandy Rose, and Alexa Bliss. On the 12 October episode of "NXT", Cross returned as part of the debuting heel stable, "Sanity", along with Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young, and Sawyer Fulton (who was later replaced by Killian Dain).