Billie Starkz
Quick Facts
Biography
Lillian Bridget (born December 8, 2004), known under her ring name Billie Starkz, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She also appears in AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). She has also wrestled in numerous promotions such as Game Changer Wrestling, Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, and Major League Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2018–present)
Starkz began training in wrestling at age 13 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, making her professional wrestling debut in October 2018. According to a 2023 story by local TV station WDRB, during her first weeks at Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky in 2019, "a caring teacher pulled her into the hall to ask questions about her parents and home life" because she showed up with bumps and bruises resulting from wrestling.
In 2020, she began working for Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) and on October 10 of that year, she competed in a 30-person battle royal at Joey Janela's Spring Break 4.
On June 25, 2022, Starkz won the H2O Hybrid Championship. On November 12, at BLP Slamilton, Starkz defeated Calvin Tankman to win the BLP Heavyweight Championship.
All Elite Wrestling (2022–present)
On the December 27, 2022 episode of AEW Dark, Starkz made her debut, losing to Red Velvet. On April 7, 2023, at Battle of the Belts VI, Jade Cargill defeated Starkz to retain the AEW TBS Championship. Four days later, it was reported that Starkz had been signed by AEW.
On June 25 at Forbidden Door, Starkz competed in the Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament, losing to Athena in the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Major League Wrestling (2023)
On the February 28, 2023 episode of MLW Underground Wrestling, Starkz made her MLW debut, defeating Kayla Kassidy. On the March 21 episode of Underground Wrestling, she faced Taya Valkyrie for the MLW Women's Featherweight Championship but lost the match. Starkz then faced B3cca twice at SuperFight and War Chamber, both in a winning effort.
Ring of Honor (2023–present)
On the March 9, 2023 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Starkz made her ROH debut where she lost to Trish Adora. Two weeks later, she had her first win in ROH when she defeated Miranda Alize.
In late 2023, Starkz along with Lexy Nair became 'minions' to ROH Women's World Champion Athena. On the November 23 episode of ROH Honor Club TV, Starkz and Athena lost to Ronda Rousey and Marina Shafir. On the following episode of ROH Wrestling, Starkz defeated Shafir in a one-on-one match, with Starkz proceeded to attack Shafir after the match. Athena and Nair come out and feigned announcing that Starkz had graduated from 'minion training'. Athena then announced that only Nair was the valedictorian. Starkz then got upset and attacked Athena. Starkz then met Tony Khan backstage and requested a championship match with Athena, which Khan accepted. The match was then made for Final Battle. At the event, Starkz was unsuccessful at winning the ROH Women's Championship from Athena.
During December 2023 Billie Starkz name was confirmed to be in the inaugural ROH Women's World Television Championship tournament. On February 10, 2024's tapings of Ring of Honor Billie Starkz defeated Robyn Renegade to advance in first round of the ROH Women's World Television Championship tournament.
Personal life
Shortly before her 2023 graduation from Atherton High School in Louisville, she had maintained a 4.0 grade point average while taking several honors courses, despite her frequent travel for wrestling shows.
Championships and accomplishments
- 2econd Wrestling
- 2econd Wrestling Championship (1 time)
- Black Label Pro
- BLP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Capital Championship Wrestling
- CCW Global Fighting Championship (1 time)
- Girl Fight
- Girl Fight Championship (1 time, current)
- H2O Wrestling: Hardcore Hustle Organization
- H2O Hybrid Championship (1 time)
- Party Hard Wrestling
- PHW Party Monster Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 52 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 150 in 2022
- Ranked No. 96 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2023
- Spark Joshi Puroresu of America
- Spark Joshi World Championship (1 time, current)
- The Wrestling Revolver
- Women's Grand Prix (2023)