Former WWE NXT UK Star Announces Retirement

This NXT UK name is hanging up their boots.

By Andrew Pollard / January 15, 2023

WWE

Former NXT UK star Jinny has announced her retirement from professional wrestling.

The Fashionista took to Twitter over the weekend to announce that she's decided to hang up her boots, detailing how this decision comes after a "long time away" from the ring due to injury.

After a long time away due to an injury, I have made the decision to hang up my fashionable boots.Thank you for all the memories. I'll remember for them forever. Every journey has an end, but in life, every ending is just a new beginning. I'm excited about what's next ? pic.twitter.com/XNJyDyRjPJ

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— Jinny (@JinnyCouture) January 14, 2023

Having made her in-ring debut in 2015, Jinny soon became a favourite of the European independent scene, notably winning the RevPro Women's Championship and the PROGRESS Women's Championship (twice).

Jinny made her WWE bow back in 2017, competing as part of WrestleMania AXXESS during the weekend of WrestleMania 33. She would then be an entrant in the second Mae Young Classic the following year, before being a part of the NXT UK brand when that formally launched in 2018. The final match of the 35-year-old's career came on the 27 January 2022 episode of NXT UK, where she picked up a victory over Amale.

Away from the squared circle, Jinny is married to SmackDown star and current Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER.

From all of us here at WhatCulture Wrestling, we wish Jinny all the best in her retirement.

Authored by Andrew Pollard

Senior Writer

Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.

Posted On: 15th Jan 2023

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