The IIconics – Billie Kay and Peyton Royce are no more together as a team after losing a tag team match against the re-formed Riott Squad – Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott. The stipulation forced the team to get disbanded on the roster as these two will now go separate ways. However, in real life, there bind is and will always be intact.
Going by the social media status of the IIconics, they are still spending time together. Peyton Royce has been sharing some stunning photos of herself as well as with her best friend. She’s seen in a gorgeous red dress in one set of pictures while in the other set, she was seen twinning with Billie in golden sequined attire.
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The IIconics Share Start Of WWE Journey; Post Stunning Photos
The friendship of the IIconics – Billie Kay and Peyton Royce goes way back over a decade. These two attended the same high school in Australia and the bonding started from there. They wrestled with each other around the Australian indie circuit before coming to NXT in 2015 where they first teamed up together forming a team.
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Before that, they have been part of a tryout hosted by the way to find new talents from Australia. Kay, one half of The IIconics remembered the day they were contacted by WWE. She also revealed whether it was her or Royce who got an offer first to join the company. Here’s more from her during a conversation with Chris Van Vliet Show.
“We didn’t get phone calls, we got emails. Yes, so we both got an email very early in the morning saying that they would want to offer us a contract and hire us. We both kind of freaked out with our families. I was crying a bunch, and then I called her and she answered and we both said hello. Then there was just silence and we were just waiting on what the other person is going to say, and then I think I said it first. And then she said it, and then we’re all just absolutely ecstatic. But yeah, she’s the first person I called when I found out, and, I mean, that whole tryout experience, we were just laser-focused.”
The IIconics received their WWE tryouts in August 2014 when the company made a tour of Australia. Video footage of that camp is available under the officiation of WWE trainer Matt Bloom. WWE has gone on to pick other Australian talents like Rhea Ripley and Murphy, the IIconics were the first names who made it to the global brand from that particular tryout. They were also WWE’s first Australian sign-ins.
Billie Kay also spoke about whether WWE always had the idea of using them as a tag team and form the IIconics. She stated that they always stayed together ever since coming to the NXT and the formation of a tag team had to happen.
“We were together for a little bit when we first came into NXT, and then they were kind of like, ‘Find who you guys are individually.’ We were like, ‘Sure.’ so we found who we were, and then they ended up bringing us back together. Then, we just kind of stuck with it and formed. We kind of were able to bring in more of our real-life friendship into it, which helped massively, and then when we debuted on SmackDown as The IIconics, we really got the chance to turn it up a hundred, which we loved. Being able to get mic time and cut promos was a dream come true, so that was so much fun. And it kind of just all amplified from there. So, it’s been such a fun journey.” (Quotes courtesy wrestlingINC.com)
Kay also revealed that The IIconics had the most memorable experience as a team in the 2019 Elimination Chamber PPV where they were one of the six teams to take part in the Chamber Match for the inaugural WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships.
