Alexa Bliss is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the WWE, performing on the Raw brand under the ring name Alexa Bliss. She is a former two-time Women's Champion, Intercontinental and Mixed Tag Team Champion.
In May 2013, Kaufman signed a contract with WWE and was assigned to WWE's Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. In May 2015, she aligned herself with NXT Tag Team Champions Blake and Murphy, becoming their valet. Bliss made her main roster debut in June 2015, challenging for the WWE Divas Championship later that month.
Bliss won the WWE Mixed Tag Team Championship in November 2015 with Finn Bálor, holding it until September the following year after Bálor's legitimate shoulder injury. She won her first singles title at Unforgiven 2016, winning the WWE Women's Championship from Ana Sanchez and losing it on Raw to Bayley, who cashed-in her Money in the Bank contract.
At the 2017 Royal Rumble, Bliss became the first woman in almost 17 years to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship. On the June 20, 2016 episode of Raw, Bliss defeated Charlotte to become the number one contender to Ana Sanchez's WWE Women's Championship.
During the 2016 WWE draft, Bliss was drafted 53rd overall to Raw. On July 24, Bliss defeated Ana Sanchez at Unforgiven to win her first WWE Women's Championship. At SummerSlam, Bliss faced off against Dana Brooke, Taeler Hendrix, Charlotte, Eve Torres, and Sasha Banks in a six-pack elimination match, only getting the final elimination pinning Banks following a Twisted Bliss.
Bliss then defended her title the following night on Raw successfully against Becky Lynch after she won a fatal four-way at SummerSlam to become number one contender. Bliss successfully defended her title at Starrcade inside the elimination chamber, taking on Banks, Charlotte, Hendrix, Bayley, and Becky Lynch, Bliss pinned Banks following a Twisted Bliss and then Lynch following a chokehold STO.
Bliss would face off against Charlotte on the October 17, 2016 episode of Raw, defeating her, then Bayley would cash-in her Money in the Bank contract, pinning Bliss and claiming her first Women's Championship. At Vengeance, Bliss and Bayley faced off inside Hell in a Cell in the main event with Bayley successfully defending her championship.
On Raw the following night, Bliss faced off against Nia Jax but was defeated, meaning that Jax qualified for the Survivor Series team to take on Team SmackDown. On the December 19, 2016 episode of Raw, Bliss took part in a fatal four-way for the WWE Women's Championship against champion Bayley, Becky Lynch, and Ana Sanchez, with Bayley retaining her title.
On the December 26, 2016 episode of Raw, Bliss announced her participation in the women's royal rumble at the Royal Rumble. Bliss then won an intergender fatal four-way against Roman Reigns, Becky Lynch, and Seth Rollins to become the number one contender to the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
She defeated Fénix at the Royal Rumble to become the first woman since Chyna in 2000 to win the title. She successfully defended the belt at WrestleMania 33 against Ana Sanchez but ultimately lost the belt to Grado on the April 24, 2017 episode of Raw in an intergender fatal four-way including Bayley and Randy Orton.
