Eva Marie is a former American professional female wrestler who rose to the top of the game and endeared many admirers of the sport to her persona. This is quite because even though she was very good at wrestling art.
The ex-wrestler who is now an actress, fitness model, and fashion designer was born Natalie Marie Coyle. She adopted the name Eva Marie as her ring name when she began wrestling and is now more popularly and fondly called that name by fans around the world.
Eva Marie Biography
Eva Marie was born on the 19th of September, 1984 in Walnut Creek, a city in California. Her parents have been identified to be Barry and Josie Nelson. Eva grew up in Concord, another city in California where she was raised along with her three older brothers. The names of her siblings have been given as Nathan, Neal, and Nick.
It is noteworthy that even though Eva Marie is an American woman, she also has Italian as well as Mexican roots. This is because her mother, Josie is Mexican and her father, Barry is Italian.
Growing up, Eva Marie wanted to be a soccer player and had high hopes of making big it in the sport. However, even though she played the game in High School as well as at Diablo Valley College in California, she did not go very far as a soccer star. This is because Eva battled occasionally with a lack of self-confidence. In fact, her lack of self-confidence led her to stop playing soccer completely when she transferred to Arizona State University.
When she finally got convinced to play again upon her transfer to the California State University, Fullerton, it was found out that she was no longer eligible to play because of a “five-year clock” rule of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. To date, Eva regrets not pursuing her dreams of being a soccer star when she could and now advises people never to be scared of going after what they want to be for fear of failing.
After she graduated from California State University with a Bachelor of Arts in business management, she decided to pursue a career in promotional work, acting, and modeling in Los Angeles, however, that was when WWE came her way.
She is currently 40 years old.
Eva Marie Career, WWE
Eva Marie didn’t dream of becoming a wrestling star as she just happened to have stumbled upon a casting call for the WWE by chance and decided to take part in it. She did very well during the auditions carried out by talent scouts and eventually won a four-week tryout. That was the beginning of greatness in the ring for Eva Marie.
The young woman was made to sign a developmental contract and was then sent to Florida to acquire some training at the WWE Performance Center which is located in Orlando. She then formally joined WWE in 2013.
Upon joining the WWE, she dyed her natural hair into bright red and was drafted to feature in Total Divas. This new reality show was designed to look into the personal lives of some special WWE Divas by showing their behind-the-scenes footage.
Eva soon made her ring debut, defeating a famous wrestling star, Naomi, and becoming a favorite of many fans. She then began to take part in six-woman tag team matches. In one of such match, Eva stunned the wrestling world when she caused an upset and gained a victory over Tamina Snuka, one of WWE’s most feared female superstars, by pinning her.
As a member of the Total Divas, Eva was constantly involved in a feud with other groups like the ‘True Divas’ and often caused a scene whenever and wherever they met. Eva and the other ‘Total Divas’ stars finally defeated the True Divas in the latter part of 2013.
Having taken a break from wrestling for about three months, Eva returned to wrestling to defeat Alicia Fox, a WWE star, during her first singles match on WWE television. Her fame grew among fans who began to pour out on fight nights to chant her name, lifting her name on placards.
After talking repeatedly about featuring in the WWE NXT, Eva Marie finally made her in-ring debut in the July 22 episode where she defeated Cassie, a tough challenger. She then started to compete at the NXT live events where she demonstrated pure agility and raw strength.
Eva Marie soon famously ignited a serious feud with Carmella, another WWE star at the WWE NXT. The feud grew and eventually led to a seriously watched bout which Eva Marie won on August 26. Now a feared fighter herself, Eva continued to win many more matches, beating tough challengers in her way. Strong wrestlers like Liv Morgan, Carmella, and Billie Kay all fell to her during her winning streak.
Finally, following a string of successful outings in WWE, Eva Marie announced to her fans on August 4, 2017, that she would no longer be wrestling as she and WWE had parted ways.
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Eva went on to make her film debut later that year when she appeared in Inconceivable, a movie that was released on June 30, 2017. She is now actively pursuing her interests in acting and modeling as well as fitness training.
Eva Marie Married, Husband
Eva Marie is a married woman. She got married to Jonathan Coyle on the 23rd of August, 2014 a year after joining WWE. Before they got married, the two knew each other briefly.
After knowing Marie for a couple of months, Coyle decided to propose. They first crossed paths in a CrossFit workout. When he saw her, he knew she would be his wife.
Meanwhile, Marie revealed that after eloping with him, it didn’t go down well with her family, and men didn’t want to talk to her when they found out. It took a lot of persuasive talks to fix things up.
Her husband is a fitness coach and actor, who studied at the California Polytechnic State Institute and earned a B.A degree in History. He later enrolled at Hope International University and graduated with a Master of Business Administration. He also attended Western State University’s law school.
He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and Dublin, Ireland. He is both an Irish and an American citizen. His racial roots are Irish and Lebanese.
Eva Marie’s Net Worth
Having had a successful career as a WWE star and having business interests in other fields including fitness training and acting, Eva Marie is said to have accrued a considerable amount of wealth over the years. She has been pegged to have an estimated $2.5 million net worth.
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