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Update: Joey Ryan showed support for Ivelisse on social media and commented that “Prior to S4, we were told anybody who requested a release would be granted one. Some did and left after the ...

Who is Ivelisse and how did she get into wrestling? Ivelisse was born Ivelisse Milagro Velez on September 21, 1987 in Puerto Rico. She most known for her time in Lucha Underground, and Shine ...

WWE signed Ivelisse Velez to a developmental contract back in November 2011 and she went on to participate in the Florida Championship Wrestling. A year later, FCW was rebranded as NXT and ...

Former WWE Tough Enough competitor and NXT Superstar Ivelisse Velez. A 15-year ring veteran, Velez was known as Sofia Cortez during her tenure in Florida Championship Wrestling and NXT in 2011-2012.

This is according to Dave Meltzer in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, though there's no word on how it actually went. As pointed out in the writeup, Ivelisse was with WWE ...

This is where Ivelisse confirms that she has officially signed a contract with AEW after getting permission to do so from management. Prior, Ivelisse was wrestling on AEW on a show-by-show basis.

Ivelisse then reflected on her time in the developmental FCW (now known as NXT), and the highly-covered incident with former WWE coach, Bill DeMott.

Velez is the more experienced of the two, but it's tough to pass up on either one. Both of these ladies, Ivelisse Velez and Lei'd Tapa, deserve a contract within IMPACT Wrestling.

In Ivelisse's most recent tweet of the situation, she questions why she is unable to work for Impact Wrestling if the two companies have been producing joint projects together.

For any wrestling fan who has watched Lucha Underground, the rise of Ivelisse has been the perfect example of how female performers can be just as talented and just as over with the crowd as their ...