One of the most promising up-and-rising talents in the WWE named Aliyah is yet to reach her true potential in the mainstay scene. As a natural babyface figure, the former NXT Superstar has all the support by her side but WWE hasn’t utilized her in a proper way even after almost two years. For those who don’t remember, her main roster debut happened as a part of the 2021 WWE Draft.
Since joining the Friday Night SmackDown roster, Aliyah showed improved skill sets in terms of wrestling and managed to leave a mark on the women’s division. On her debut performance night, she got to interact with Jeff Hardy in a backstage session which made a long desire of her to become true.
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The lesser-known fact about Aliyah is that she has been born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada but she comes from Saudi Arabia origin. Her real name is Nhooph Al-Areebi and she is actually of Syrian and Iraqi descent. Her origin has already handed her a couple of accolades during her short stint on the main roster.
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Aliyah’s so-far achievements on WWE main roster
Aliyah is the first Arabic female superstar to headline SmackDown when she wrestled and outlasted Charlotte Flair in a Beat the Clock challenge within the given time limit. Thus, she became the first Superstar from the overall Arabic heritage to compete in a main event match on WWE TV on the blue brand. WWE’s fanbase from the Middle Eastern world region was happy about this achievement.
From a tender age, Aliyah has been a WWE fan and she tried not to miss a single WWE event to be hosted around her city. During a conversation with WWE.com, she revealed that watching Mickie James and Beth Phoenix competing in a match acted as the motivation behind her to become a wrestler,
“I remember doing so many chores and things around the house that my mom would purchase tickets. I remember watching Beth Phoenix and Mickie James and seeing how the crowd reacted to their match. At that point, I knew I wanted to be a WWE Diva.” (Quotes courtesy WWE)
Aliyah also owns the record for the fastest win in the history of the WWE from both men’s and women’s rosters after defeating Natalya on an episode of SmackDown within just 3.17 seconds. On that night, she broke the earlier record held by WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus.
