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On 28 January 2023, Doudrop returned as Piper Niven and participated at the [[Royal Rumble (2023)|Royal Rumble]] event in the namesake match as the 18th entrant. She lasted over 28 minutes and eliminated two wrestlers before being eliminated by [[Raquel Rodriguez (wrestler)|Raquel Rodriguez]].<ref name="RR2023">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=WWE Royal Rumble results: Powell's live review of the Royal Rumble matches, Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, Bianca Belair vs. Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women's Championship, Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight in a Pitch Black match|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2023/01/28/wwe-royal-rumble-results-powells-live-review-of-the-royal-rumble-matches-roman-reigns-vs-kevin-owens-for-the-undisputed-wwe-universal-championship-bianca-belair-vs-alexa-bliss-for-the-raw-women/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=28 January 2023|access-date=29 January 2023|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129010056/https://prowrestling.net/site/2023/01/28/wwe-royal-rumble-results-powells-live-review-of-the-royal-rumble-matches-roman-reigns-vs-kevin-owens-for-the-undisputed-wwe-universal-championship-bianca-belair-vs-alexa-bliss-for-the-raw-women/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 14 August episode of ''Raw'', Niven returned to the show and declared herself as [[Chelsea Green]]'s new tag partner to claim the other half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship after Green's former partner, [[Sonya Deville]], relinquished her half of the titles due to an [[ACL injury]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/piper-niven-declares-herself-chelsea-greens-tag-team-partner-on-wwe-raw|title=Piper Niven declares herself Chelsea Green's tag team partner on WWE Raw|last=Rose|first=Bryan|date=14 August 2023|work=[[Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online]]|access-date=15 August 2023|archive-date=15 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815030226/https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/piper-niven-declares-herself-chelsea-greens-tag-team-partner-on-wwe-raw|url-status=live}}</ref> WWE recognizes Niven's reign as a continuation of Deville's.<ref name="WWETagTeamChampion" /> On October 31, they successfully defended their titles against [[Chase University]] ([[Thea Hail]] and [[Jacy Jayne]]) at Night 2 of [[NXT Halloween Havoc (2023)|''NXT'': Halloween Havoc]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aguilar|first=Matthew|date=31 October 2023|title=Chelsea Green and Piper Niven Retain WWE Women's Tag Titles at NXT Halloween Havoc|url=https://comicbook.com/wwe/news/chelsea-green-and-piper-niven-retain-wwe-womens-tag-titles-at-nxt-halloween-havoc/|access-date=1 November 2023|website=[[ComicBook (website)|ComicBook]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101114300/https://comicbook.com/wwe/news/chelsea-green-and-piper-niven-retain-wwe-womens-tag-titles-at-nxt-halloween-havoc/|archive-date=1 November 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> On the November 27 episode of Raw, Niven and Green had another successful title defense against number one contenders [[Natalya Neidhart|Natalya]] and [[Tegan Nox]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raw results, Nov. 27, 2023: CM Punk states that The Best in the World has returned! |url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2023-11-27 |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=WWE |language=en}}</ref> On December 11, it was announced that Niven and Green would defend their tag team titles against the new number one contenders [[Kayden Carter]] and [[Kacy Catanzaro|Katana Chance]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Piper Niven & Chelsea Green will defend their WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles against Kayden Carter & Katana Chance {{!}} WWE |url=https://www.wwe.com/amp/shows/raw/2023-12-18/article/piper-niven-chelsea-green-kayden-carter-katana-chance |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=www.wwe.com}}</ref> The following week on ''Raw'', Niven and Green would lose the tag team titles to Carter and Chance, ending their reign at 126 days.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tessier |first=Colin |date=2023-12-19 |title=Katana Chance And Kayden Carter Win WWE Women's Tag Titles On WWE RAW |url=https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1430169-katana-chance-and-kayden-carter-win-wwe-womens-tag-titles-on-wwe-raw |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Wrestlezone |language=en-US}}</ref> On the January 8, 2024 episode of ''Raw'', Niven and Green were unsuccessful in an attempt to regain the titles in a championship rematch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raw results, Jan. 8, 2024: Cody Rhodes triumphs over Shinsuke Nakamura in a brutal Street Fight |url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2024-01-08 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=WWE |language=en}}</ref>
On 28 January 2023, Doudrop returned as Piper Niven and participated at the [[Royal Rumble (2023)|Royal Rumble]] event in the namesake match as the 18th entrant. She lasted over 28 minutes and eliminated two wrestlers before being eliminated by [[Raquel Rodriguez (wrestler)|Raquel Rodriguez]].<ref name="RR2023">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=WWE Royal Rumble results: Powell's live review of the Royal Rumble matches, Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, Bianca Belair vs. Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women's Championship, Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight in a Pitch Black match|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2023/01/28/wwe-royal-rumble-results-powells-live-review-of-the-royal-rumble-matches-roman-reigns-vs-kevin-owens-for-the-undisputed-wwe-universal-championship-bianca-belair-vs-alexa-bliss-for-the-raw-women/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=28 January 2023|access-date=29 January 2023|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129010056/https://prowrestling.net/site/2023/01/28/wwe-royal-rumble-results-powells-live-review-of-the-royal-rumble-matches-roman-reigns-vs-kevin-owens-for-the-undisputed-wwe-universal-championship-bianca-belair-vs-alexa-bliss-for-the-raw-women/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 14 August episode of ''Raw'', Niven returned to the show and declared herself as [[Chelsea Green]]'s new tag partner to claim the other half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship after Green's former partner, [[Sonya Deville]], relinquished her half of the titles due to an [[ACL injury]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/piper-niven-declares-herself-chelsea-greens-tag-team-partner-on-wwe-raw|title=Piper Niven declares herself Chelsea Green's tag team partner on WWE Raw|last=Rose|first=Bryan|date=14 August 2023|work=[[Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online]]|access-date=15 August 2023|archive-date=15 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815030226/https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/piper-niven-declares-herself-chelsea-greens-tag-team-partner-on-wwe-raw|url-status=live}}</ref> WWE recognizes Niven's reign as a continuation of Deville's.<ref name="WWETagTeamChampion" /> On October 31, they successfully defended their titles against [[Chase University]] ([[Thea Hail]] and [[Jacy Jayne]]) at Night 2 of [[NXT Halloween Havoc (2023)|''NXT'': Halloween Havoc]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aguilar|first=Matthew|date=31 October 2023|title=Chelsea Green and Piper Niven Retain WWE Women's Tag Titles at NXT Halloween Havoc|url=https://comicbook.com/wwe/news/chelsea-green-and-piper-niven-retain-wwe-womens-tag-titles-at-nxt-halloween-havoc/|access-date=1 November 2023|website=[[ComicBook (website)|ComicBook]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101114300/https://comicbook.com/wwe/news/chelsea-green-and-piper-niven-retain-wwe-womens-tag-titles-at-nxt-halloween-havoc/|archive-date=1 November 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> On the November 27 episode of Raw, Niven and Green had another successful title defense against number one contenders [[Natalya Neidhart|Natalya]] and [[Tegan Nox]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raw results, Nov. 27, 2023: CM Punk states that The Best in the World has returned! |url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2023-11-27 |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=WWE |language=en}}</ref> On December 11, it was announced that Niven and Green would defend their tag team titles against the new number one contenders [[Kayden Carter]] and [[Kacy Catanzaro|Katana Chance]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Piper Niven & Chelsea Green will defend their WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles against Kayden Carter & Katana Chance {{!}} WWE |url=https://www.wwe.com/amp/shows/raw/2023-12-18/article/piper-niven-chelsea-green-kayden-carter-katana-chance |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=www.wwe.com}}</ref> The following week on ''Raw'', Niven and Green would lose the tag team titles to Carter and Chance, ending their reign at 126 days.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tessier |first=Colin |date=2023-12-19 |title=Katana Chance And Kayden Carter Win WWE Women's Tag Titles On WWE RAW |url=https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1430169-katana-chance-and-kayden-carter-win-wwe-womens-tag-titles-on-wwe-raw |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Wrestlezone |language=en-US}}</ref> On the January 8, 2024 episode of ''Raw'', Niven and Green were unsuccessful in an attempt to regain the titles in a championship rematch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raw results, Jan. 8, 2024: Cody Rhodes triumphs over Shinsuke Nakamura in a brutal Street Fight |url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2024-01-08 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=WWE |language=en}}</ref>


At Night 2 of the [[2024 WWE Draft]], Niven and Green were drafted to the SmackDown brand.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Jason |date=April 30, 2024 |title=WWE Draft Tracker: The full list of wrestlers to Raw and Smackdown |url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2024/04/30/wwe-draft-tracker-the-full-list-of-wrestlers-to-raw-and-smackdown/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430062711/https://prowrestling.net/site/2024/04/30/wwe-draft-tracker-the-full-list-of-wrestlers-to-raw-and-smackdown/ |archive-date=April 30, 2024 |access-date=April 30, 2024 |website=Pro Wrestling Dot Net |language=}}</ref> At [[Clash at the Castle: Scotland|Clash at the Castle]] on June 15, Niven failed to win the title from [[Bayley (wrestler)|Bayley]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oestriecher |first1=Blake |title=WWE Clash At The Castle 2024 Results: Bayley Defeats Piper Niven |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakeoestriecher/2024/06/15/wwe-clash-at-the-castle-2024-results-bayley-defeats-piper-niven/ |website=Forbes |access-date=June 18, 2024 |language=en-US |date=June 15, 2024}}</ref>
At Night 2 of the [[2024 WWE Draft]], Niven and Green were drafted to the SmackDown brand.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Jason |date=April 30, 2024 |title=WWE Draft Tracker: The full list of wrestlers to Raw and Smackdown |url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2024/04/30/wwe-draft-tracker-the-full-list-of-wrestlers-to-raw-and-smackdown/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430062711/https://prowrestling.net/site/2024/04/30/wwe-draft-tracker-the-full-list-of-wrestlers-to-raw-and-smackdown/ |archive-date=April 30, 2024 |access-date=April 30, 2024 |website=Pro Wrestling Dot Net |language=}}</ref> At [[Clash at the Castle: Scotland]] on June 15, Niven faced [[Bayley (wrestler)|Bayley]] for the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWE Women’s Championship]], but was unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oestriecher |first1=Blake |title=WWE Clash At The Castle 2024 Results: Bayley Defeats Piper Niven |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakeoestriecher/2024/06/15/wwe-clash-at-the-castle-2024-results-bayley-defeats-piper-niven/ |website=Forbes |access-date=June 18, 2024 |language=en-US |date=June 15, 2024}}</ref>


== Professional wrestling style and persona ==
== Professional wrestling style and persona ==

Revision as of 14:26, 24 June 2024

Piper Niven
Niven in 2023
Birth nameKimberly Benson
Born (1991-05-06) 6 May 1991 (age 33)
Kilbirnie, Scotland
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Doudrop[1]
Piper Niven[1]
Viper[2]
Billed fromAyrshire, Scotland[3]
Trained byDamian O'Connor
[4]
Debut2007

Kimberly Benson (born 6 May 1991) is a Scottish professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Piper Niven. Niven is a former one-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion.

Benson began her career on the UK independent circuit under the ring name Viper, also performing in Japan for World Wonder Ring Stardom. After participating in the 2017 Mae Young Classic, she was signed to a contract by WWE in 2019. From 2021 to 2022 she performed as Doudrop before reverting to her current ring name. She is a former one-time Artist of Stardom Champion, two-time ICW Women's Champion, one-time SWA World Champion, and two-time WWE 24/7 Champion.

Early life

Kimberly Benson was born on 6 May 1991, in Kilbirnie, Scotland.[2][5][6]

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2007–2019)

Viper faces off with Vanessa Kraven during a SHIMMER show in 2016

Before turning into a wrestler, she kept her love for professional wrestling as a secret due to being worried that her female friends thought she was "weird" as they believed that was only a sport for men.[6] It wasn't until she was 15, and when her oldest nephew began to watch wrestling, that Benson's passion was rekindled and she was open about enjoying wrestling.[6] She was introduced to this sport at a training school near her Ayrshire home and, according to her, she debuted at age 16 one year after beginning her training.[6] About her training, she said: "I got beat up, totally beat up. I remember lying in bed the next day, being so sore and in absolute agony, but I just loved it, I had to go back."[6]

She was part of the special program of ITV World of Sport Wrestling celebrated on New Year's Eve 2016, and until April of that year, she was programmed to appear on a revival of the series.[6] However, a month later before filming was set to begin, the project was postponed indefinitely.[6][7] Benson's last match in independent circuit was at Scottish Wrestling Alliance Lion's Den in November 2019.[8]

Insane Championship Wrestling (2013–2019)

Viper debuted for Insane Championship Wrestling at Tramspotting on 17 February 2013.[9] She became the inaugural ICW Women's Champion at Fear & Loathing VIII in a tournament final victory over Kay Lee Ray and Nikki Storm in November 2015.[10] She regained the title in 2018 on an episode of ICW Fight Club before losing the title after 283 days to Kay Lee Ray in the inaugural Queen of Insanity match.[11] She competed against ICW's men roster for a shot at the ICW World Heavyweight Championship in the 2019 Square Go! match which included the likes of Jeff Jarrett, Wolfgang, Andy Wild, Leyton Buzzard, Kez Evans, BT Gunn, Grado, Jackie Polo, Mark Coffey, Joe Hendry, Kenny Williams and others.[12]

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2016–2019)

In 2017, Benson worked in Japan as Viper for the company World Wonder Ring Stardom. On 7 January of that year, at the event Stardom New Years Stars 2017 – Tag 2, she was part of the team "Oedo Tai" with Kagetsu and Kyoko Kimura as a replacement for Hana Kimura who was injured, where she tried to help the team to retain the Artist of Stardom Championship against "Queen's Quest" a team integrated by HZK, Io Shirai and Momo Watanabe, in which they were defeated and they lost the title.[13] On 13 August, she joined Queen's Quest along with Shirai and HZK to face the team "Team Jungle" integrated by Hiroyo Matsumoto, Jungle Kyona and Kaori Yoneyama in a match for the Artist of Stardom Championship at the event Midsummer Champions 2017, in which they achieved to win the title and Viper crown herself champion.[14][15] On 16 September, Viper participated at the event 5★Star Grand Prix 2017 of Stardom, where she draw with Mayu Iwatani both with 10 points.[16] Along with Queen's Quest, managed to defend and retain the Artistic Championship three times[17] before they left it vacant on 15 April 2018 after a draft executed by Stardom, ending their reign with 245.[18] One month before that same year, on 28 March, she faced Toni Storm at the Stardom Dream Slam in Tokyo event in a match for her SWA World Championship, in which the ICW Women's Championship of Viper was also in the line, where she defeated Storm to capture the title, emerging victorious with both championships.[19] Defended and retained the championship twice[20] before losing it in a match against Utami Hayashishita at the Stardom 8th Anniversary event held on 14 January 2019, in which she also put her EVE International Championship at stake, where she was defeated and lost both titles,[21] ending her reign with the SWA Championship in 292 days[22] and with the EVE Championship in 92 days.[23]

WWE (2017, 2019–present)

Mae Young Classic (2017)

In 2017, WWE contacted Benson, asking her to participate in the women's tournament, Mae Young Classic.[6][7] The event took place in 2017 and was an all-women tournament. Benson asked World of Sport Wrestling to release her from her contract to participate in the competition.[24] She competed as Piper Niven since the name she was using was Viper and that was already the nickname of a WWE star inside the company (Randy Orton), deciding to choose that name because she played bagpipes as a child, and Niven is her dad's first name.[6] She defeated Santana Garrett in the first round[25] and Serena Deeb in the round two,[26] before being defeated by Toni Storm in the quarterfinals.[27]

NXT UK (2019–2021)

In early 2019, a rumour started spreading in which it was said and expected that Viper signed with WWE,[28][29] which came out to be true when she appeared and debuted on 27 March episode of NXT UK that year, where, under the ring name Piper Niven, she confronted Rhea Ripley.[30] Niven had her first televised match with WWE after being signed on a special program entitled WWE Worlds Collide on 24 April, which consisted on various matches that involved wrestlers from all the brands; Raw, SmackDown, NXT, 205 Live and NXT UK, this last one was the brand that she belonged to and represented, defeating Zelina Vega of SmackDown.[31] On 19 June episode of NXT UK, Niven competed in a battle royal to determine who would have a future opportunity to face the NXT UK Women's Champion Toni Storm. In the match, Niven was eliminated by Xia Brookside.[32]

On 12 January 2020 at the NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II event, Niven competed in a triple threat match against Storm and Kay Lee Ray for the NXT UK Women's Championship, where Niven was defeated and pinned by Kay Lee.[33] Niven returned to NXT UK television on 24 September of that year, where she challenged Kay Lee Ray in a match for the NXT UK Women's Championship, where she was defeated.[34] On 19 November, Niven challenged Ray in a Falls Count Anywhere match for the NXT UK Women's Championship. Niven was again defeated by Kay Lee due to an interference made by Jinny.[35]

Niven lost to Jinny in a No. 1 contenders match for the NXT UK Women's Championship on episode 7 January 2021 of NXT UK.[36] On 11 March, in what would be Niven's final appearance for NXT UK, she teamed up with Jack Starz against Jinny and Joseph Conners in the brand's first-ever mixed tag team match, where Niven and Starz would emerge victorious.[37][38]

Doudrop (2021–2022)

On 14 June 2021 episode of Raw, Niven was traded to the brand as Eva Marie's unnamed protégé, defeating Naomi in her debut match. However, Marie would declare herself the winner despite not taking part in the match.[39] The following week on Raw, Marie introduced her as "Doudrop". Later that night, she and Marie were defeated in a tag team match by Asuka and Naomi.[40] At SummerSlam, Doudrop turned against Marie,[41] and on the following episode of Raw, Marie attacked Doudrop during an interview; starting a feud between them.[42] Doudrop made her WWE Main Event debut in September.[43] After defeating Marie twice on 13 and 20 September episodes of Raw,[44][45] on the next episode, Doudrop challenged Charlotte Flair for the Raw Women's Championship in a losing effort due to a distraction by Marie.[46] In October, Doudrop entered the Queen's Crown tournament, where she defeated Natalya in the first round and Shayna Baszler in the semi-finals, but lost to Zelina Vega in the finals at Crown Jewel.[47][48][49]

In 2022, after winning a triple threat No. 1 contendership match against Bianca Belair and Liv Morgan on an episode of Raw, Doudrop challenged Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch for the title at Royal Rumble in a losing effort.[50][51] At Elimination Chamber, she entered the Elimination Chamber match for a Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 38, but was eliminated by Liv Morgan.[52] Since June, she would chase the WWE 24/7 Championship, winning the title twice.[53][54][55]

On 2 May episode of Raw, Doudrop approached Nikki A.S.H. backstage, suggesting to align together, which A.S.H. accepted.[56] The following week on Raw, Doudrop alongside A. S. H. challenged the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Naomi and Sasha Banks in a non-title match, but they were unsuccessful.[57] After the Women's Tag Team Championship was vacated on May, A.S.H. and Doudrop entered a tournament to crown a new champions which began in August.[58] They lost in the first round to Alexa Bliss and Asuka.[59] On 26 August episode of SmackDown, A. S. H. and Doudrop entered a second chance four-way match to return to the tournament among other three teams, which was won by Natalya and Sonya Deville.[60] On 30 August episode of NXT, A. S. H. and Doudrop made a surprise appearance as they challenged the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Katana Chance and Kayden Carter for their titles at Worlds Collide.[61] At the event, they failed to win the titles due to interference from Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne).[62] After a tag team match against Toxic Attraction on 6 September episode of NXT,[63] Doudrop went on a hiatus due to illness.[64]

Return as Piper Niven (2023–present)

On 28 January 2023, Doudrop returned as Piper Niven and participated at the Royal Rumble event in the namesake match as the 18th entrant. She lasted over 28 minutes and eliminated two wrestlers before being eliminated by Raquel Rodriguez.[65] On 14 August episode of Raw, Niven returned to the show and declared herself as Chelsea Green's new tag partner to claim the other half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship after Green's former partner, Sonya Deville, relinquished her half of the titles due to an ACL injury.[66] WWE recognizes Niven's reign as a continuation of Deville's.[67] On October 31, they successfully defended their titles against Chase University (Thea Hail and Jacy Jayne) at Night 2 of NXT: Halloween Havoc.[68] On the November 27 episode of Raw, Niven and Green had another successful title defense against number one contenders Natalya and Tegan Nox.[69] On December 11, it was announced that Niven and Green would defend their tag team titles against the new number one contenders Kayden Carter and Katana Chance.[70] The following week on Raw, Niven and Green would lose the tag team titles to Carter and Chance, ending their reign at 126 days.[71] On the January 8, 2024 episode of Raw, Niven and Green were unsuccessful in an attempt to regain the titles in a championship rematch.[72]

At Night 2 of the 2024 WWE Draft, Niven and Green were drafted to the SmackDown brand.[73] At Clash at the Castle: Scotland on June 15, Niven faced Bayley for the WWE Women’s Championship, but was unsuccessful.[74]

Professional wrestling style and persona

Benson's finishing move is the Loch Ness Slam, a spinning side slam.[75]

Other media

Benson is the subject of the episode Fight Like a Girl of the documentary series Our Lives by BBC. The episode is about her life as a professional wrestler.[76][77]

Benson made her video game debut in the Clowning Around Pack DLC for WWE 2K22[78][79] and appeared in WWE 2K23 and WWE 2K24.

Personal life

On Celebrate Bisexuality Day 2019, Benson came out as bisexual.[80] Benson shared that she has Bell's palsy.[81] Benson got married in September 2021.[82]

Championships and accomplishments

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