“2 under 2! Actually, 2 under 1.5,” Dashwood wrote. “And believe it or not, we planned this! Baby Rallis coming June 2026!”
Dashwood (former WWE wrestler Emma) and Rallis (Riddick Moss) have been married since March 2024. They worked together on-screen during their WWE careers, but both were released by the company during a round of roster cuts in 2023. Since then, they have largely stayed away from the ring but have not officially announced their retirements.
Rallis, a former college football player, also went by the name Madcap Moss during his WWE run. He received his biggest push while Vince McMahon was still with the company.
Dashwood had two separate stints with WWE and previously wrestled for TNA and ROH as well.
Former WWE wrestlers Tenille Dashwood (formerly known as Emma) and Mike Rallis (formerly known as Riddick Moss) have welcomed the birth of their first child.
People reported in an exclusive on Thursday that the couple welcomed a son, Leo, on Monday, March 4.
“Couldn’t be more excited. I’m ready for it all,” Dashwood told People. “The middle of the night poopy diapers, cleaning spit up, playing with him and watching him grow. Just want to soak up every minute of it.”
Dashwood, 36, and Rallis, 35, were married in March 2024 in Hawaii. They announced that they were expecting their first child last September.
The couple got engaged in June 2023, just prior to being released by WWE in September of that year. Prior to their release, they were briefly paired on-screen as a couple.
Dashwood last wrestled in April 2024 for an independent promotion in Australia, while Rallis last stepped between the ropes for Black Label Pro last September.
Former WWE wrestlers Tenille Dashwood (Emma) and Mike Rallis (Riddick Moss) are expecting a baby.
The couple revealed the news on Friday, sharing a video on Instagram where they found out Dashwood is pregnant. The baby is expected to arrive in 2025, and Dashwood wrote that she and Rallis are “over the moon” to become parents for the first time and can’t wait to welcome their child into the world.
Dashwood and Rallis got engaged in June 2023 and were married this March. Since being released by WWE last September, the couple has been focusing on outside-the-ring projects like creating travel content for social media. Both Dashwood and Rallis did compete for Oceania Pro Wrestling in Australia this April. Rallis wrestled at a show for Black Label Pro this week as well.
While with WWE, Dashwood and Rallis were briefly paired together as an on-screen couple. It was Dashwood’s second stint with the company after previously being released in 2017. Their releases last September came during roster cuts that were made after WWE was acquired by Endeavor.
Though she hasn’t wrestled since being released by WWE, Tenille Dashwood isn’t done in the ring.
Dashwood (formerly known as Emma) and her now-husband Mike Rallis (Riddick Moss) were both released by WWE in September 2023. Neither has competed in the ring since then. Their releases were part of a set of roster cuts that were made after Endeavor acquired WWE.
Appearing together as guests on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Dashwood and Rallis were asked about their in-ring futures. While they may be focused on other pursuits at this point in time, both said they’ll be wrestling again. They have an upcoming commitment in Australia for autograph signings and a match.
Dashwood said she can’t imagine that she’ll ever fully step away from wrestling, but she isn’t actively pursuing anything and doesn’t have a plan moving forward in the industry right now.
Dashwood: I will say I was a little disappointed with that last [WWE] run, and a little upset with how things went. I do think I had a lot more to contribute. I had very high hopes when I returned, and it just didn’t turn out the way that I would have liked. But in saying that, we did see it as a positive. We just weren’t being used, you know, so when we finally got released, we were like, ‘Okay, let’s go do the things we want. ‘And that has been very exciting. So I think at this point, we’re kind of focusing on that. And we do have a tour coming up in Australia that we have committed to.
Moss: We are wrestling again.
Dashwood: There are some autograph signings and a match that we’ll both have. But past that, we are kind of just focusing on all our other things right now. And yeah, I guess I can’t imagine ever fully stepping away from wrestling. It’s been my dream since I was a little girl, and that was the only thing I ever really wanted to do. And I mean, I’m so glad I’ve gone after it and had the career I’ve had. So it would be hard for me to say, like, I’m done with wrestling. But in that same instance, I am not actively pursuing anything or don’t have a plan moving forward at this point, either.
Rallis: I mean, I would probably echo a lot of what she’s saying. Like I just mentioned, I had so much fun wrestling, and I met so many cool people. Like, I love wrestling. Having said that, there’s a lot of other things I really love that I want to pursue. And the one thing about wrestling, and when I was a football player I used to say this, the one guaranteed thing is, like, it’s going to come to an end. And it’s very physical, and I’ve taken my fair share of punishment with, you know, achilles, ACL surgery, I’ve got a wonky eye from a few too many concussions and blows to the head. So, like, that’s definitely a consideration is the health. And as much as I love the wrestling part of wrestling, there’s a political side of wrestling that I don’t necessarily love. And all of these businesses that we’re doing have its own, I mean, I feel like we’re way busier than we were with WWE. As anyone who’s tried to do anything on their own — of their own entrepreneurial venture of any kind — knows there’s a lot of work that goes in upfront. It’s stressful, and it’s exciting, and it’s fun. But there’s something to it being all on you and not having to worry about who you’re rubbing the wrong way or anything like that. And just, ‘Am I standing the correct way to not anger the wrong person?’ Or, ‘What does so and so think of me?’ There’s just — it’s really freeing. No drama.
People Magazine reported on the details of their wedding. Dashwood and Rallis said they’re ready to embark on the next chapter of their lives together, including starting a family one day.
“Marriage is the ultimate commitment,” Dashwood said. “No matter what, we’ll always be there for one another, pushing, supporting and enriching each other’s lives in every way we can.”
“Yep, she’s stuck with me,” Rallis joked. “But seriously, it’s all those things for me as well, and the wedding is the celebration of that commitment.”
Dashwood and Rallis were both released by WWE in September 2023. Their releases came during a round of roster cuts after Endeavor’s acquisition of WWE was made official.
Dashwood and Rallis were briefly paired together as an on-screen duo during their time in WWE.
This was Dashwood’s second WWE stint. She returned in 2022 after previously being released by the company in 2017.
Rallis is a former college football player for the University of Minnesota.
People writes that Dashwood “first met when she slid into his DMs a decade ago. After being friends for some time, the pair began dating after their mutual friends Cassie and Jess (formerly the IIconics in WWE) suggested that they’d be a good match.”
Neither Dashwood nor Rallis have wrestled since their WWE releases. They’ve launched a travel series on YouTube called “Where to Next, Honey?”
Aliyah (Nhooph Al-Areebi), Rick Boogs (Eric Bugenhagen), Elias (Jeffrey Sciullo), Riddick Moss (Mike Rallis), Top Dolla (AJ Francis), Shelton Benjamin, and Dolph Ziggler (Nic Nemeth) have also been released by WWE. Aliyah and Benjamin announced their departures on social media, while the other releases were reported by Fightful.
“As of today I am no longer apart of WWE,” Aliyah wrote.
“I have been released from my wwe contract,” Benjamin wrote. “I thank @wwe staff, talent, and of course the fans for Everything. Something ends, something new Begins. Looking forward to my next Chapter”
The releases come nine days after Endeavor’s acquisition of WWE became official.
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Less than a year after returning to the company, Emma has been released by WWE.
Emma (real name Tenille Dashwood) announced on Thursday that she’s no longer with WWE. She was previously released by WWE in 2017 but returned last October after five years away.
Earlier this morning, Emma called it a “dream” that WWE is holding Elimination Chamber in her home country of Australia next February. She then posted an update announcing her release.
“Oops nevermind,” Emma wrote. “I just got released… I am no longer with WWE.”
Emma made her return to WWE by answering a SmackDown Women’s Championship open challenge from Ronda Rousey in October 2022.
In 2023, Emma only wrestled nine matches. Her most recent match was a loss to Shayna Baszler on the July 10 episode of Raw.
Emma and Riddick Moss are engaged to be married. The couple revealed their engagement this June. They had been paired together on-screen for a period of time in WWE and worked a program against Karrion Kross and Scarlett.
Before her return to WWE last year, Emma worked for Impact Wrestling.
“I said yes a million times in my head before you even asked,” Emma wrote.
Emma and Moss first revealed that they were dating each other in August 2022.
In October of last year, Emma made her return to WWE. She had been gone from the company since being released in 2017. During her five years away from WWE, Emma had stints in Impact Wrestling and Ring of Honor.
Emma and Moss have been paired together on screen in WWE. The couple joined the Raw roster in the 2023 WWE Draft.
Moss was one of the entrants in a 15-man battle royal on Raw last month to determine a number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship. Formerly known as Madcap Moss, he had his first name changed back to Riddick this April.
Emma wrestled on three episodes of WWE Main Event in May, facing Roxanne Perez, Dana Brooke, and Nikki Cross.
This past week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, before Monday’s Raw.
Tegan Nox defeated Dana Brooke (5:19)
Hershey did not care about this one bit. A disinterested crowd made for a really underwhelming match.
Nox appeared on Main Event last week in a losing effort to Nikki Cross. Here, she worked well with Brooke who is pretty much on this show every week holding the hand of a newcomer to the main roster.
They were fairly even until Nox laid on the apron, grabbed Brooke’s hair, and choked her using the top rope. She then started to dominate. The crowd liked Nox’s cannonball to the corner where she pretty much hit Brooke butt-first to the chest which got an audible ‘ooh.’
Brooke rallied with a flapjack and bulldog before launching Nox onto her shoulders. Nox worked her way out and then very obviously used the ropes to help her roll Brooke up and snatch the win.
The camera angle made it look pretty terrible as the ref should clearly have seen the infraction, but it was good for Nox to get a win rather than Brooke going over every week.
Nikki Cross defeated Emma (8:07)
This was OK but went far too long. With a crowd that sat on their hands like this, they should have shaved a couple of minutes off the time and got through their stuff much more quickly.
There’s something about the way that Emma throws clotheslines and strikes that just doesn’t look good. It’s like she isn’t really committed and thus, her offense just looks a bit fake. There were quite a few here in this one, but the crowd did at least rally behind Cross in the end to bring the match to life.
The finish ought to have been when Cross came off the top rope to hit a crossbody, but Emma ducked it and hit her with a superkick. Cross kicking out made her look strong, but didn’t do anything for Emma who has had only one TV win since she returned to the company.
The actual finish was one they do far too often: someone misses a charge to the corner and gets rolled up or hit with a finisher for the win. Cross dodged out the way of Emma, nailed her with the swinging neckbreaker, and Hershey got to their feet to applaud her. Well, some of them did.
Final Thoughts:
A dead crowd made this a tough watch this week. They need to bring back some quick tag matches or Akira Tozawa and Mustafa Ali if they want to warm up a Raw crowd on a Monday night, because with the greatest respect to the matches this week, that’s not going to get it done.
This past week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina, before Monday’s episode of Raw.
Dana Brooke defeated Emma (5:40)
This was a good 50/50 contest in which both worked well. Emma could certainly be working on much higher profile matches, because her in-ring work is strong.
They replayed Brooke being beaten by Rhea Ripley on Raw and suggested that it would be hard for her to come back from such an ugly defeat.
Emma had an inset promo where she wanted to remind us that she is the “real pioneer of the WWE women’s division” and that before there were the Four Horsewomen, the history books say “Emma.”
Early on, this featured lots of back and forth as they traded side headlock takedowns and quick pinfall attempts. After what had looked like it would be babyface vs. babyface, Emma turned on Brooke and claimed that she was being disrespected.
There was really no separating the two and in the end, Emma just got caught up in complaining which led to an opportunity for Brooke to steal one.
Emma had nailed Brooke with a basement crossbody in the corner and was moaning to the referee when Brooke jumped up and pinned her with a small package to get the win.
Nikki Cross defeated Tegan Nox (5:27)
This was ok. The crowd was a little dead, but there was solid work on display here with Nox looking more than comfortable working with main roster talent.
The match marked the Welsh-born Nox’s Main Event debut. She has worked a few SmackDown tapings, as well as the 2020 and 2023 Royal Rumble matches on the main roster, but is otherwise no doubt a new face to many.
She got an inset promo here, which was good to see. She said that now that she was on the red brand, she would beat people up and enjoy doing it.
The crowd was quite quiet during this one, but did seem to be behind Cross. There were a few tepid “Let’s go Nikki” chants toward the end that never quite took hold.
Cross gave Nox a lot here as she worked her over methodically without relying on rest holds so the match felt a lot more fluid. She used a flapjack and a ton of strikes and kicks to beat her down. With the crowd fairly quiet, you could hear that Nox enjoys a thigh slap when she’s on the attack.
Cross fired up in the last minutes, using a tornado DDT off the second rope for two before countering a comeback to hit Nox with a spinning neckbreaker for the win.
Final Thoughts:
It was good for the women’s division to be so well represented on the show this week. Everyone was good here, but WWE is missing something by not building any momentum or storylines like they used to. It was at its strongest last year when they played out angles so that the show didn’t exist in a vacuum and had some semblance of continuity.
Last week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, before Raw.
Emma defeated Roxanne Perez (6:10)
This was a good match that allowed Perez to show what she could do while giving Emma her first appearance on the show in over six years.
As she made her way to the ring, they gave the debutante Perez an inset promo. At just 21, she is really quite impressive. She referred to the fact that she is a former NXT Women’s Champion and that she would show everyone tonight why they call her “the prodigy.”
For Emma, this was her first outing on Main Event since 2017. Back then, she was facing the likes of Mickie James and was probably still doing her wacky dance on her way to the ring. She looked far more assured as she entered here in 2023.
After looking like it was going to be a friendly contest in the early going, Emma turned on Perez and shoved her to the floor. Perez was athletic and agile here, showing that she is a natural gymnast and does way more than just the fundamentals.
Emma took most of the match, working over Perez’s lower back. Eventually, Perez got some hope and fired up with a series of strikes and running European uppercuts. She went up to top, but Emma had it scouted and toppled her to the mat.
Emma used a new finisher here to get the win — the Widow’s Peak — previously used by Victoria. It looks a little ungainly to get her opponent locked in, but there’s no doubt it’s a dangerous looking move that could really get over.
Akira Tozawa defeated Nathan Frazer (8:52)
This was yet another good match on Main Event involving Tozawa who gave the impressive Frazer a platform to show what he can do.
They also gave Frazer an inset promo as he made his entrance. In previous weeks, this has only been used for the opener. He said we had to obey three words (Never. Slow. Down.”) and warned us that we shouldn’t blink or we might just miss it.
This was Frazer’s second Main Event appearance as last time out, he lost to Bronson Reed. That was more of an extended squash and thus, this was a much better way for him to showcase his in-ring style.
Tozawa practically feels like a trainer these days. Every week he puts over a different fresh face, bumping all over for them, never putting in a bad performance. If he’s happy in this spot, it’s ideal. But, he does deserve a run on the main roster at some point.
Before the break, they put on lots of intricate mat work and got the crowd’s appreciation for the technical skill on display. They built to a point where Frazer nailed Tozawa with a springboard dropkick off the apron before the ad break.
Frazer then locked in a cravat for a long period as Tozawa tried everything to work his way out of it. He then fired up with a German suplex, running leg lariat, and a top rope back elbow for a two count.
Tozawa kicked out of a Cross Rhodes before they went to the finish with Tozawa coming off the top rope for the senton to grab only his third win in 2023.
Final Thoughts:
Two really good matches made this episode very strong indeed. It goes without saying that Perez has a huge future ahead of her, but so does Frazer who could become a really accomplished in-ring performer. Credit yet again goes to Tozawa, who is such a safe pair of hands and never gives anything other than his best.
WWE has announced that Imperium (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci) will face Braun Strowman, Ricochet & Madcap Moss on SmackDown tonight. The match comes after Gunther retained his Intercontinental title against Moss last Friday.
After last week’s Intercontinental title match, WWE uploaded a post-show video teasing a heel turn for Moss and Emma. Moss agreed with Emma when Emma said he only lost because the crowd turned on him.
Strowman & Ricochet defeated Kaiser & Vinci in the finals of SmackDown’s Tag Team title number one contender’s tournament earlier this month. Strowman & Ricochet went on to unsuccessfully challenge The Usos for the SmackDown Tag Team titles.
Tonight’s SmackDown is being held at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. It’s the first episode of the show since Elimination Chamber.
Here’s the updated card for tonight:
SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair goes face-to-face with her WrestleMania 39 challenger Rhea Ripley
Bray Wyatt’s Firefly Fun House returns
Rey Mysterio vs. Karrion Kross
Imperium (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci) vs. Braun Strowman, Ricochet & Madcap Moss
The seventh participant in the women’s 2023 WWE Royal Rumble match is official.
WWE announced on Raw that Emma is officially entered into Saturday’s women’s Rumble match after declaring her intentions to enter on this past Saturday’s SmackDown LowDown episode on Peacock in a backstage promo segment also involving Zelina Vega and Legado Del Fantasma.
Emma has commented on her return to WWE after having been gone for five years.
During an appearance on Out of Character, the 33-year-old was asked when she began to think a WWE return could be possible. Emma responded:
It would have been within a few months after Triple H returned. I actually was working with Impact and my contract was coming up. Maybe even without realizing it, I had this idea in my mind that maybe I’m done with Impact and maybe there are other options that I should explore and to see what’s possible.
That was probably coming from me watching WWE and seeing all these awesome changes and Triple H, what he was doing and I know that I had that kind of rapport with him and all the stuff he did at NXT. Probably in the back of my mind I started thinking, ‘I wonder if I could actually go back to WWE.’
It was within a short time after that, probably a month or two, we ended up in touch. He actually said to me that he had been meaning to reach out even sooner, that I’ve been on his list, and he’s just been swamped basically as you can imagine.
Next thing you know, I’m actually back.
Emma was asked if she had maintained contact with Paul “Triple H” Levesque or WWE during her five years away from the company. Emma said:
Nope. I hadn’t spoke to anyone really for five years. When I left, I definitely was heartbroken. I went out on my own and traveled around the world, did independent shows.
I was very removed from WWE for all that time. I hadn’t been to a show or really talked to many people even outside my closer friend group.
So, it was definitely very random when we spoke. I was thinking some of my best years and where it all started in NXT and that run I had there and the stuff I did with Paige in NXT, the first Arrival and Takeover, we were a big feature for the women on those shows and I was like that was all with Triple H. So, I definitely had that in my mind and had that excitement of the possibilities of working with him again and what we can do and now it’s all come together full circle, so very happy to be back.
Dave Meltzer reports in today’s Daily Update that Emma, real name Tenille Dashwood, has signed a contract with the company and is earmarked for the SmackDown roster.
After a five-year absence, Emma returned to the company on Friday’s SmackDown episode, answering Ronda Rousey’s open challenge for a SmackDown Women’s Championship match, a bout that Rousey won.
As we reported yesterday, Emma had been added to WWE.com’s roster page.
“5 years ago today I was heartbroken feeling like my dream had come to an end. Today my heart is so full! I’m overwhelmed by the amount of support I have. You guys are the best. Now… I’ve got some unfinished business to take care of! I’m home baby!!”
Prior to her SmackDown return, Emma had worked under the Tenille Dashwood name in Impact Wrestling, with her most recent appearance for that company coming on a July 14 episode of their flagship broadcast.
Answering Ronda Rousey’s open challenge on Friday’s SmackDown, she faced off against Rousey for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. She eventually lost in what was a competitive match, losing via armbar submission. It was her first match in WWE since being released in 2017.
Tenille Dashwood had most recently been part of Impact Wrestling. Her last televised match was on the July 14, 2022 edition of Impact, losing to Masa Slamovich.
Emma is best remembered for her run in NXT, losing to Paige in a tournament final to crown the first-ever NXT Women’s Champion. She was called to the main roster briefly in 2014 before returning to NXT. She was then called up again the following year.
Vignettes were shown toward the end of 2016 hyping the transformation of Emma to Emmalina. However, when Emmalina debuted, she quickly reverted back to being Emma. She continued to wrestle as Emma until being released in 2017.
In the years since her time outside of WWE, she has wrestled for both Ring of Honor and Impact Wrestling, where she held the Knockouts Tag Team titles once with Madison Rayne.
