Carmella

Carmella is an American professional wrestler,

Leah Van Dale (born October 23, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling manager, dancer and model. She is signed to WWE under the ring name Carmella, and performs on the SmackDown brand.

On June 18 at Money in the Bank, Carmella was declared the winner of the inaugural women's Money in the Bank ladder match after Ellsworth obtained the briefcase and dropped it to her. Two days later on SmackDown, Carmella was stripped of the briefcase and a second Money in the Bank Ladder match was set by SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan for the following week, which Carmella would win again with the help of Ellsworth. In November, Carmella ended her association with Ellsworth after he lost to Becky Lynch in an intergender match. On January 28, 2018, at the Royal Rumble, Carmella participated in the first women's royal rumble match, where she entered at number 17, lasting over 18 minutes before being eliminated by Nikki Bella.[52] Few months later, Carmella also participated in the first WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal at WrestleMania 34, but was the first woman eliminated from the match by Sonya Deville.[53]

After 287 days (the longest period for a wrestler to hold the contract) and a few unsuccessful attempts to cash in her briefcase on Charlotte Flair, Carmella officially cashed in her contract on the April 10 episode of SmackDown. She defeated Flair, after The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) attacked her, to win the SmackDown Women's Championship for the first time in her career.In her first title defence, Carmella defeated Charlotte at Backlash.Shortly after, Carmella was placed in a feud with Asuka that ultimately led to a title match between the two at Money in the Bank,which Carmella would win after a distraction by the returning James Ellsworth. In a rematch, at Extreme Rules, Carmella once again defeated Asuka to retain her title (with Ellsworth suspended in a shark cage).Throughout the summer, after losing to both Becky Lynch and Charlotte in non–title matches, it was announced that Carmella will face both in a triple–threat match at SummerSlam. At the event, Charlotte pinned Lynch to win the title, ending Carmella's reign at 131 days.