Charli Evans

Charli Evans, is an Australian professional wrestler best known for her tenures with various promotions from the British independent scene such as Pro-Wrestling: EVE, Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) and Progress Wrestling. She is also known for competing in American promotions such as Shimmer Women Athletes and Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), Japanese promotion Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling, and Australian promotion Melbourne City Wrestling.

Professional wrestling career Australian independent circuit (2014–present) Evans made her professional wrestling debut at BMPW Night Of Heritage, an event promoted by Blue Mountains Pro Wrestling on 13 December 2014, where she fell short to Shazza McKenzie. Evans has also competed for several other promotion from Australia such as Platinum Wrestling Enterprises (PWE), Newcastle Pro Wrestling (Newy Pro), Australian Wrestling Entertainment (AWE), Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW) and Pro Wrestling Australia (PWA). At NJPW Tamashii VIII on 15 September 2023, she teamed up with Kyla Knight in a losing effort against Cherry Stephens and Frankie B.

British independent circuit Evans debuted in the British independent scene in 2017, making Pro-Wrestling: EVE her main battlefield. She competed for various other promotions as a developmental talent sent by the EVE, having shared stint or longer tenures with Revolution Pro Wrestling, Progress Wrestling, International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom (IPW:UK) or TNT Extreme Wrestling (TNT).

During her time in the company, she mainly competed as a tag team wrestler alongside "Floozies/The Blue Nation" tag team partner Jessica Troy, alongside Millie McKenzie as "Medusa Complex", and as part of the "Four Nations" and "New Nation" stables. She competed in the inaugural tournament for the Undisputed British Women's Championship, starting with the first rounds from RevPro Live At The Cockpit 24 on 6 January 2018, where she fell short to Millie McKenzie. She challenged for the same Women's Title at RevPro Live In Bristol 2 on 28 April 2019, where she came short to Zoe Lucas. Evans made her last appearance for the promotion at the 2022 edition of RevPro High Stakes where she unsuccessfully challenged Alex Windsor for the exact same Women's Title.

Progress Wrestling (2017–2022) Evans made her first appearance in Progress Wrestling at Progress Revelations Of Divine Love on 2 October 2017, where she won a one-night number one contendership tournament for the Progress Wrestling World Women's Championship by defeating Charlie Morgan in the first rounds, Chakara in the semifinals and Jinny in the finals. She then stepped up to challenge Toni Storm for the title at Progress Chapter 56: La Danse Macabre on 29 October 2017, but came up short. Carey returned to the promotions two years later at Progress Chapter 95: Still Chasing on 15 September 2019, where she competed in a Royal Rumble match for the inaugural Progress Proteus Championship won by Paul Ribonson and also involving various other notable opponents, both male and female such as Chris Brookes, Dani Luna, Ilja Dragunov, TK Cooper, Chuck Mambo, Eddie Kingston, Mike Bailey, Dan Moloney, Millie McKenzie and many others. Carey made her last appearance for the promotion at Progress Chapter 127: And The Word Was Progress on 23 January 2022, where she defeated Lana Austin.

American independent circuit Besides Shimmer and GCW, Carey also competed for various ther promotions from the United States. At Impact Wrestling/Rise Rise 9 - Rise of the Knockouts, a cross-over event promoted by Impact Wrestling and Rise Wrestling on 7 July 2018, she competed for the inaugural Guardians of Rise Championship by teaming up with Jessica Troy and falling short to the winners Paradise Lost (Dust and Raven's Ash) and the teams of Fire And Nice (Britt Baker and Chelsea Green), and Wily Smilies (Kylie Rae and Miranda Alize). On the second night of the ROH Honor Re-United from August 18, 2018, Carey fell short to Kay Lee Ray.

Shimmer Women Athletes (2017–2021) Charli made her debut in Shimmer Women Athletes at Volume 92 on 8 July 2017, where she fell short to Thunderkitty in singles competition. On the same night, she also wrestled in a pre-taped Volume 93 where she teamed up with her "Blue Nation" tag team partner Jessica Troy in a losing effort against Delilah Doom and Leva Bates. Evans competed at the promotion's last-ever show before closure, the Volume 120 from 31 October 2021, where she fell short to Mercedes Martinez in singles competition.

During her four-year stint tenure with Shimmer, Evans competed for one of the promotion's championships, however unsuccessfully, the Shimmer Tag Team Championship, having fought for the titles by teaming up with Jessica Troy and unsuccessfully challenging reigning champions The Totally Tubular Tag Team (Delilah Doom and Leva Bates) and the teams of Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez, and The Killer Death Machines (Jessicka Havok and Nevaeh) in a four-way elimination tag team match at Volume 107 on 21 October 2018. Evans alongside Troy once again challenged for the championships at Volume 116 on 3 November 2019, when they came short against Team Sea Stars (Ashley Vox and Delmi Exo).

Game Changer Wrestling (2021–2023) Evans made her first appearance in Game Changer Wrestling at the sixth edition of the GCW Nick Gage Invitational from 13 November 2021, where she defeated Kit Osbourne and Shlak in a three-way first round match, but fell short to Alex Colon in the semifinals. On the first night of the GCW Homecoming Weekend 2022 from 13 August she unsuccessfully challenged Cole Radrick for the GCW Extreme Championship.

Japanese independent circuit Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling (2019–2020) Evans made her debut in Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling at a house show from 18 May 2019, where she teamed up with her "Medusa Complex" tag team partner Millie McKenzie to defeat Beauty Bear (Chihiro Hashimoto and Mika Iwata). Roughly one week later at another house show from 27 May 2019, Carey and McKenzie defeated Hashimoto and Iwata to win the Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship. They defended the titles twice before dropping them to Reiwa Ultima Powers (Dash Chisako and Hiroyo Matsumoto) on 13 October 2019. Carey made her last appearance in the promotions at Sendai Girls New Year Senjo on 5 January 2020, where she teamed up with Yuu in a losing effort against Kaoru and Meiko Satomura.

Personal life Evans is part of the LGBTQ community as listed by Outsports. She announced her marriage to fellow professional wrestler Everrett Connors in November 2023.

Championships and accomplishments Good Wrestling Good Wrestling Grand Prize Championship (1 time) Pro-Wrestling: EVE Pro-Wrestling: EVE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Millie McKenzie Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No. 141 of the top 250 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Women's 250 in 2023 Pro Wrestling Australia PWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) PWWA Championship (1 time) – with Jessica Troy Pro Wrestling Subjective Pro Wrestling Subjective Women's Championship (1 time) Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Millie McKenzie Wrestling GO! Wrestling GO! 24/7 Watermelon Championship (1 time) Wrestling Resurgence Resurgence Championship (1 time)