JoJo Offerman

JoJo Offerman

JoJo at ringside in March 2015
Birth name Joseann Alexie Offerman
Born March 10, 1994
North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Resides Los Angeles, California, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) JoJo
Billed height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Billed from Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, United States
Trained by Sara Del Rey[1]
Bill DeMott[2]
Debut June 26, 2013

Joseann Alexie Offerman (born March 10, 1994) is an American professional wrestler, valet, ring announcer, and singer. She is signed to WWE as JoJo, and appears in the developmental territory WWE NXT. She was part of the E! Network reality show Total Divas during the first season in 2013.

Professional wrestling career

WWE (2013–present)

In May 2013, Offerman was announced as part of WWE and E! Network's new reality show entitled Total Divas, which features behind the scenes footage of select WWE Divas and a look into their personal lives.[3][4]

Offerman made her main roster debut under the ring name "JoJo" on the June 26, 2013, episode of WWE Main Event, singing the entrance theme for Tons of Funk alongside The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi). Her version of the song was later released on iTunes. The following week on Raw, JoJo was featured in a backstage segment also involving The Bella Twins, Natalya, The Funkadactyls, and Eva Marie.[5][6] On the July 22 episode of Raw, JoJo along with the cast of Total Divas appeared on Miz TV, where she introduced herself to the crowd.[7] JoJo sang the United States national anthem at Summerslam on August 18.

On the August 26 episode of Raw, JoJo served as the special guest ring announcer during a singles match between Natalya and Brie Bella. After the match, WWE Divas Champion, AJ Lee interrupted Brie Bella's victory celebration by cutting a worked shoot promo on the cast of Total Divas.[8] Following this, JoJo appeared at ringside to show support for her Total Divas co-stars during their matches. JoJo was booked in her first match on Raw on October 7, teaming with Natalya and Eva Marie in a winning effort against Alicia Fox, Rosa Mendes, and Aksana in a six diva tag-team match, however she was never tagged into the match.[9] The Total Divas defeated The True Divas (Alicia Fox, Aksana, Divas Champion AJ, Kaitlyn, Rosa Mendes, Tamina Snuka and Summer Rae) in a traditional survivor series elimination tag-team match at the Survivor Series pay-per-view[10][11] and on the following night on Raw.[12]

Offerman later moved to the developmental territory NXT Wrestling in late 2013, after it was confirmed she would not be returning to Total Divas for the second season. She currently works on NXT as a ring announcer, interviewer and as WWE co-announcer and interviewer. On April 26, 2015 she co-announced with Eden Stiles at Extreme Rules.

Personal Life

Her father is former professional baseball player Jose Offerman. She is currently in a relationship with former WWE developmental talent Jake Carter the son of Wrestling legend Vader.

Other media

Offerman was part of the main cast for the first season of the reality television show Total Divas produced by WWE and E!. The show began airing in July 2013.[13] Offerman was replaced by Summer Rae for the second season.[14][15]

Filmography

List of film and television performances
Year Title Role Notes Source
2013 Total Divas Herself Main cast [13]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ http://www.diva-dirt.com/2013/03/14/10-wwe-diva-prospects-training-at-nxt/
  2. ↑ Pike, Ryan. "Total Divas TV report". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ "E! and WWE to team up for launch of 'Total Divas' reality show". WWE. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Total Divas Sneak Peak, Bellas Body Slams and Big Egos". E! Online.
  5. ↑ Erin (June 27, 2013). "In Video: New WWE Diva Makes Television Debut". Diva-dirt.com. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  6. ↑ Trionfo, Richard (July 1, 2013). "WWE Raw Report: champions versus champion; rematches from SmackDown; the cast of Total Divas together; Daniel Bryan as a referee; those nutty McMahons; the family comes along to Baltimore; and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  7. ↑ Benigno, Anthony (July 22, 2013). "Raw results: Daniel Bryan runs the gauntlet and "The Best" baits "The Beast"". WWE. p. 6. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Raw results: Bryan suffers corporate justice against Orton and The Shield". WWE.
  9. ↑ James Caldwell (October 7, 2013). "Caldwell's WWE Raw Results 10/7 (Hour 1): Battleground PPV fall-out, WWE Title match to continue at next PPV, one "firing," Bruno Sammartino, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  10. ↑ Johnson, Mike. "Complete WWE Survivor Series blog, or... Daniel Bryan is sorely missed in the main event picture". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  11. ↑ Linder, Zach. "Natalya, The Bellas, The Funkadactyls, JoJo & Eva Marie def. Divas Champion AJ Lee, Tamina Snuka, Kaitlyn, Rosa Mendes, Summer Rae, Aksana & Alicia Fox". WWE. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  12. ↑ Trionfo, Richard. "Live, ongoing, WWE Raw report: 14 Divas elimination match twice in two days". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Caldwell, James (July 12, 2013). "WWE News: WWE & E! announce "Total Divas" details, number of episodes, male cast members". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  14. ↑ "New cast member for Total Divas". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  15. ↑ Martin, Adam (January 27, 2014). "New cast member for new season of "Total Divas"". WrestleView. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  16. ↑ Howell, Nolan (September 15, 2013). "WWE Night of Champions: Bryan reaches the mountaintop". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  17. ↑ David Stephens (October 11, 2013). "WWE Smackdown Results – 10/11/13 (Rhodes' vs. Wyatts')". WrestleView. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  18. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (January 27, 2014). "Jan 27 2014 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2013 Annual awards issue, best in the world in numerous categories, plus all the news in pro-wrestling and MMA over the past week and more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter (Campbell, California): 32. ISSN 1083-9593.

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