The Rise Of AEW's Jamie Hayter

5. The Pre-AEW Days

Way before landing in AEW, Jamie Hayter made her professional wrestling bow back in May 2015, having just turned 20 years of age. That debut outing came for South Coast Wrestling in Dorset England, with the rookie coming up short against Jinny Couture, who these days is simply known as Jinny under the WWE banner.

That same month, Hayter found herself working for RevPro, and she'd make her international debut at the turn of 2016, heading to Germany for GWF. Notable names faced by Jamie across her first few years of action include the likes of Millie McKenzie, Session Moth Martina, Leva Bates, Veda Scott and the aforementioned Jinny, as her star started to rise as she gained buzz on the British independent scene and beyond.

In terms of that 'beyond', August 2018 saw Jamie make her STARDOM debut, with her a competitor in that year's 5STAR Grand Prix. As part of that tournament, the English powerhouse got to mix things up with Momo Watanabe and Mayu Itwatani; two wrestlers with whom she'd have fantastic chemistry with over the next couple of years.

2018 also saw Hayter lock horns with Toni Storm for the first time, with those two talents and Kris Wolf facing off in a triple threat battle to crown the Ace of EVE 2018 - a match which Hayter emerged victorious in. That same year likewise had Jamie defeat Jinny to become the RevPro British Women's Champion, though the nowadays Interim AEW World Champion soon became laser-focussed on Japan, with her primarily competing for STARDOM until early 2020.

In STARDOM, the buzz around Hayter continued to grow, with her and Bea Priestley capturing the Goddess of Stardom Championship, and Jamie securing singles gold by toppling Utami Hayashishita for the SWA Undisputed Women's World Title.