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Tay Melo
Taynara Melo Guevara (née de Carvalho and formerly Conti; born June 9, 1995) is a Brazilian professional wrestler and judoka. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she performs under the ring name Tay Melo (/ˈtaɪ/). and is one-half of the tag team TayJay with Anna Jay .
Prior to joining AEW, Melo performed for WWE's NXT brand as Taynara Conti from 2017 to 2020. Through a partnership with AEW in 2022, she also appeared in the Mexican promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where she was a former one-time AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion with real life husband Sammy Guevara as members of AEW's Jericho Appreciation Society stable. She took a maternity leave from AEW in January 2023 and made her in-ring return at an event for AEW's Japanese partner promotion, World Wonder Ring Stardom, in January 2025 before making her return to AEW that June.
Taynara Melo de Carvalho was born on June 9, 1995, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has a brother and two sisters, one of whom is adopted. Melo grew up in Rio's notorious poverty-stricken and crime-infested favelas. She holds a black belt in judo and a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Melo briefly went to law school in Brazil and participated in trials for the Brazilian Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics prior to joining WWE.
Melo began her athletic career in artistic gymnastics in CR Vasco da Gama, but soon migrated to martial arts. She initially fought for the judo team Brasil vale ouro ("Brazil is worth gold") and later joined Brazilian sports and education NGO Instituto Reação, led by Olympic judoka Flávio Canto. Melo was a regional champion and four-time state champion. In addition, she was a four-time Brazilian runner up. She joined the Brazilian team and participated in the European circuit in Portugal and Germany.
In October 2016, Melo was announced as having signed with WWE and reported to the WWE Performance Center. She made her professional wrestling debut as Taynara Conti at WrestleMania Axxess in Orlando, Florida on April 1, 2017, competing against Sarah Bridges in a losing effort. She took part in the inaugural Mae Young Classic, during which she lost to Lacey Evans in the first round of the tournament.
Conti appeared on television on the October 11 episode of NXT, interfering in a triple threat match between Nikki Cross, Peyton Royce, and Liv Morgan on behalf of The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly) to prevent Cross from winning the match. This led to a match between Conti and Cross on the November 1 episode of NXT, where Conti lost. On April 8, 2018, Conti performed during the pre-show of WrestleMania 34, competing in the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, becoming the first female Brazilian to compete on the evening of WrestleMania. Later in the year, Conti qualified for the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament after she defeated Vanessa Borne. She defeated Jessie Elaban in the first round but lost to Lacey Lane in the second round.
On April 20, 2020, Conti was released from her WWE contract as a result of budget cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like all other talent released, she remained under the 90-day no compete clause, which expired on July 23, 2020. Conti later revealed in an interview that she had been unhappy for months at WWE and wanted to be released, but the company initially would not grant her a release out of fear she would go to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
On August 4, 2020, Melo appeared on AEW as Tay Conti, participating in the AEW Women's Tag Team Cup Tournament: The Deadly Draw and teaming with Anna Jay. The team, known officially as TayJay, defeated Nyla Rose and Ariane Andrew in the quarterfinals but lost to Ivelisse and Diamante during the semi-finals. On the August 26 episode of Dynamite, she received a contract from the stable The Dark Order to join them. On September 9, AEW announced that Conti had signed with the company.
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Tay Melo
Taynara Melo Guevara (née de Carvalho and formerly Conti; born June 9, 1995) is a Brazilian professional wrestler and judoka. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she performs under the ring name Tay Melo (/ˈtaɪ/). and is one-half of the tag team TayJay with Anna Jay .
Prior to joining AEW, Melo performed for WWE's NXT brand as Taynara Conti from 2017 to 2020. Through a partnership with AEW in 2022, she also appeared in the Mexican promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where she was a former one-time AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion with real life husband Sammy Guevara as members of AEW's Jericho Appreciation Society stable. She took a maternity leave from AEW in January 2023 and made her in-ring return at an event for AEW's Japanese partner promotion, World Wonder Ring Stardom, in January 2025 before making her return to AEW that June.
Taynara Melo de Carvalho was born on June 9, 1995, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has a brother and two sisters, one of whom is adopted. Melo grew up in Rio's notorious poverty-stricken and crime-infested favelas. She holds a black belt in judo and a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Melo briefly went to law school in Brazil and participated in trials for the Brazilian Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics prior to joining WWE.
Melo began her athletic career in artistic gymnastics in CR Vasco da Gama, but soon migrated to martial arts. She initially fought for the judo team Brasil vale ouro ("Brazil is worth gold") and later joined Brazilian sports and education NGO Instituto Reação, led by Olympic judoka Flávio Canto. Melo was a regional champion and four-time state champion. In addition, she was a four-time Brazilian runner up. She joined the Brazilian team and participated in the European circuit in Portugal and Germany.
In October 2016, Melo was announced as having signed with WWE and reported to the WWE Performance Center. She made her professional wrestling debut as Taynara Conti at WrestleMania Axxess in Orlando, Florida on April 1, 2017, competing against Sarah Bridges in a losing effort. She took part in the inaugural Mae Young Classic, during which she lost to Lacey Evans in the first round of the tournament.
Conti appeared on television on the October 11 episode of NXT, interfering in a triple threat match between Nikki Cross, Peyton Royce, and Liv Morgan on behalf of The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly) to prevent Cross from winning the match. This led to a match between Conti and Cross on the November 1 episode of NXT, where Conti lost. On April 8, 2018, Conti performed during the pre-show of WrestleMania 34, competing in the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, becoming the first female Brazilian to compete on the evening of WrestleMania. Later in the year, Conti qualified for the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament after she defeated Vanessa Borne. She defeated Jessie Elaban in the first round but lost to Lacey Lane in the second round.
On April 20, 2020, Conti was released from her WWE contract as a result of budget cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like all other talent released, she remained under the 90-day no compete clause, which expired on July 23, 2020. Conti later revealed in an interview that she had been unhappy for months at WWE and wanted to be released, but the company initially would not grant her a release out of fear she would go to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
On August 4, 2020, Melo appeared on AEW as Tay Conti, participating in the AEW Women's Tag Team Cup Tournament: The Deadly Draw and teaming with Anna Jay. The team, known officially as TayJay, defeated Nyla Rose and Ariane Andrew in the quarterfinals but lost to Ivelisse and Diamante during the semi-finals. On the August 26 episode of Dynamite, she received a contract from the stable The Dark Order to join them. On September 9, AEW announced that Conti had signed with the company.