Megan Bayne (June 1, 1998) is an American professional wrestler.
Career[]
Ohio Valley Wrestling (2017-2020)[]
Under the name Meg, she made her in-ring debut in a dark tag team match in Ohio Valley Wrestling. She went on to spend the remainder of 2017 and the early months of 2018 in OVW dark matches. Meg's televised debut came during the April 21, 2018 episode of OVW in which she and Cali under the team name The Varsity Babes wrestled Jaylee & Valerie Vermin. Her first title shot was held at the OVW Run For The Ropes live event in a gauntlet match for the OVW Women's Championship. Her first singles match for the Women's title was at the September 1, 2018 live event Saturday Night Special against the reigning champion Jaylee. On the September 22 episode of OVW, Meg wrestled Jaylee in a title rematch. They met for the final time that year during the November 3 live Saturday Night Special event for the Women's title.
As Megan Bayne, she won the Women's Championship for first time, at the conclusion of the June 1, 2019 live Saturday Night Special event, defeating Cali Young and Madi Maxx in a three-way match. Bayne remained the Women's Champion until the October 29 episode of OVW, during which she lost the title to Max The Impaler. They wrestled in a title rematch held in a steel cage on the December 10 episode of OVW.
At the January 11, 2020 live event of OVW Saturday Night Special, Bayne and The Impaler met in title rematch. By the time of the February 18 episode of OVW, Ray Lyn was the reigning Women's Champion. Bayne competed in a five-way match against Lyn involving Madison Rayne, Cali Young and Max The Impaler. On February 21, Bayne debuted in Impact Wrestling during the joint promotional show Impact Wrestling/OVW Outbreak. There, Bayne competed in a four-way match against Impact's Havok, Jordynne Grace and Kiera Hogan.
All Elite Wrestling (2021)[]
Bayne's AEW debut was on the May 4, 2021 episode of AEW Dark where she wrestled AEW's Big Swole. During the month of June in episodes of AEW Dark, Bayne wrestled Thunder Rosa and Nyla Rose.
Independent circuit (2018–present)[]
Teaming with Cali under their name The Varsity Babes, Bayne debuted on March 20, 2018 at Girl Fight Wrestling's GFW St. Paddy's Melee live event, in a tag match against Tootie Lynn Ramsey & Valerie. Under the name Megan Doheny, she debuted on July 5, 2018 in IWA Mid-South's live event Hit Me With Your Best Shot in a match against Amazing Maria.
On February 23, 2019, Bayne's debut in Failure To Conform Wrestling involved defending the FTC Women's Championship at FTC Love & War against Madison Rayne. On March 2, 2019, Bayne's debut in World Xtreme Wrestling C4 at WXW C4 For All The Gold was a title match for the WXW Diamond Division Championship held by Jayel Cotto. She returned four months later to FTC on June 28 at FTC Dayton Under Fire, where she defended the Women's title in an elimination four-way match Cali Young, Jillian Hall and Scarlett Bordeaux.
On July 31, 2021, Bayne debuted in East Coast Wrestling Association, competing in the annual Women's Super 8 Tournament. She advanced in the first round after eliminating Damaris Dawkins, Gabby Ortiz during the semi-final and Ashley D'Amboise in the final to become the Women's Super 8 Cup winner. Bayne made her pay-per-view debut in SHINE Wrestling at SHINE 70, competing in a three-way match against Devlyn Macabre and Tiffany Nieves.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing and signature moves
- Tag teams and stables
- Varsity Babes - with Cali Young
- Entrance music
- Nicknames
- "Megasus"
- "The Greek Goddess"
Championships and accomplishments[]
- East Coast Wrestling Association
- 2021 ECWA Women's Super 8 Tournament Winner
- Failure To Conform Wrestling
- FTC Women's Championship (1 time)
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
- OVW Women's Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked her #196 in the 2023 PWI Top 250 Females
- PWI ranked her #139 in the 2024 PWI Top 500 Wrestlers
