Candice LeRae

  • Born: 09/29/1985 in Riverside, California
  • Birthname: Candice Dawson
  • Height & Weight: 5'2", 110 Ib
Titles Won:
  • NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship – with Indi Hartwell
  • PWG World Tag Team Championship – with Joey Ryan

She is signed to WWE’s developmental territory NXT. She is best known for her work on the American independent circuit, most notably Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). LeRae is a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion (as one-half of the World’s Cutest Tag Team with Joey Ryan). This makes her the only female title holder in the promotion’s history. LeRae married fellow professional wrestler Johnny Gargano at Disneyland on September 16, 2016.

LeRae has been a mainstay in NXT since 2017. She turned heel in 2020, and later formed a stable called “The Way” with her husband Johnny Gargano; including upcoming stars Indi ‘Wrestling’ Hartwell and Austin Theory. In May 2021, LeRae won her first WWE title when she won the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship with Indi Hartwell.

Other Notable Achievements: AWS Women’s World Championship, Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, Dreamwave Tag Team Championship – with Joey Ryan, FWE Women’s Championship, FSP Tag Team Championship – with Joey Ryan, Smash Gold Tournament (2015)