Sara Del Rey
Del Rey in 2011 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sara Ann Amato November 13, 1980 Martinez, California, U.S. |
| Life partner | Claudio Castagnoli (2011-present) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The American Angel Nic Grimes Nikki Sara Amato Sara Del Rey |
| Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Billed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
| Trained by | Donovan Morgan Robert Thompson Bryan Danielson All Pro Wrestling Inoki Dojo |
| Debut | 2001 |
| Retired | September 2012 |
Sara Ann Amato (born November 13, 1980), better known by her ring name Sara Del Rey, is an American professional wrestling trainer and retired professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE as the assistant head coach of the WWE Performance Center and a producer for their developmental territory at NXT. She was a mainstay for Chikara, Ring of Honor (ROH) and Shimmer, but also appeared for many other independent promotions in the US, including IWA Mid-South and All Pro Wrestling, as well as Mexico's Lucha Libre Femenil. Del Rey also taped several matches, competing under a mask and using the name Nic Grimes, for the MTV promotion Wrestling Society X.
Del Rey was the inaugural Shimmer Champion and co-holder of the Shimmer Tag Team Championship with Courtney Rush, making her the promotion's first double champion. In 2012, she became the fourth woman to make it to Pro Wrestling Illustrated's list of top 500 wrestlers in the world.