Ivelisse Vélez
| Ivelisse Vélez | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ivelisse Milagro Vélez |
| Born | September 21, 1988 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Ivelisse Ivelisse Vélez La Sicaria Juliette Sexy Juliette Sofia Cortez |
| Billed height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Billed weight | 120 lb (54 kg) |
| Billed from | Chicago, Illinois Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Trained by | Carlos Colón Sr. Quique Cruz Savio Vega Steve "Boz" Boniak |
| Debut | 2004 |
Ivelisse Milagro Vélez (born September 21, 1988), better known by her mononymous ring name Ivelisse, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in Lucha Underground, where she twice held the Lucha Underground Trios Championship (with Son of Havoc and Angélico). Vélez also wrestles extensively on the independent circuit, most notably for Shine Wrestling, where she is the current Shine Champion (in her fourth reign), and a former Shine Tag Team Champion. Vélez has also performed for WWE, Impact Wrestling, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Lucha Libre AAA (Mexico) and CMLL (Mexico).
In 2011, Vélez appeared in one season of WWE Tough Enough competitive reality show, and WWE signed her to a developmental wrestling contract later the same year. In 2011 and 2012, Vélez worked under the WWE ring name Sofia Cortez in the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (renamed NXT in 2012). She quickly formed an alliance with Saraya Bevis (Paige) and established the "Anti-Diva"" Stable, where Shaul Guerrero (Raquel Diaz) later joined. They also quickly became 3 top names in the division.