Ivelisse Vélez

Ivelisse Vélez
Birth nameIvelisse Milagro Vélez
Born (1988-09-21) September 21, 1988
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Ivelisse
Ivelisse Vélez
La Sicaria
Juliette
Sexy Juliette
Sofia Cortez
Billed height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Billed weight120 lb (54 kg)
Billed fromChicago, Illinois
Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Trained byCarlos Colón Sr.
Quique Cruz
Savio Vega
Steve "Boz" Boniak
Debut2004

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.