WWE's Arianna Grace reveals how she met the love of her life

WWE star Arianna Grace has revealed how she met the love of her life. Grace is the daughter of the former WWE star Santino Marella and competes on the Stamford-based promotion's NXT brand.

On a personal note, she is engaged to fellow NXT star Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo. The couple got engaged while on a trip to Paris last December. Now, in a social media post, Grace has revealed how she first met her fiancé.

Taking to X (FKA Twitter), she posted a couple of photos of them and recalled their first interaction.

"Four years ago today… We met at an indie show in Miami. He was calling his mixed tag match in the girls' change room [which was a large storage room 😂]… I told him I liked his pants, which he had actually made himself, and the rest is history! 🥰," she wrote.

Check out the post below:

Channing signed with WWE in 2022 and was previously a member of the now-disbanded The Family stable. He is the current holder of the NXT Heritage Cup, having beaten former teammate Tony D'Angelo 2-1 in British Rounds Rules this past June.

Arianna Grace also arrived in NXT in 2022 and returned to action in February 2025 after an injury that she suffered in August 2024 kept her away from the ring. Since then, she has also teamed up with her father in a Mixed Tag Team Match in TNA.

Arianna Grace has competed in TNA several times this year

Arianna Grace was named as the liaison between TNA and NXT last year. She made a few appearances for the Nashville-based promotion before her run was cut short by an injury.

She returned to TNA earlier this summer, battling Tessa Blanchard in a one-on-one match before teaming up with her father, Santino Marella, to take on Robert Stone and Victoria Crawford in a Mixed Tag Team Match on the May 24, 2025, episode of iMPACT.

Grace joined forces with Jody Threat to lock horns with Indi Hartwell and Dani Luna in a tag team bout on the July 24 episode of iMPACT. She and Jody battled in a one-on-one match on Xplosion a day later. However, she ended up losing the contest to Threat, who recently won a Gauntlet Match to become the number-one contender to the TNA Knockouts World Championship.

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If he could go back to the Attitude Era, Sherjeel would like to manage Ken Shamrock and be his mouthpiece. He feels Shamrock’s promo skills prevented him from becoming a main event-level act in WWE. Hence, he would like to help the UFC Hall of Famer get over with fans.

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