Draft:Claudia Bradstone

Claudia Freitas.[1] (born April 1, 1993) is a Portuguese professional wrestler best known by her ring name Claudia Bradstone.

Claudia Bradstone
Birth nameClaudia Freitas
BornApril 1, 1993 (age 31)
Lisbon, Portugal
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)"Raging" Claudia Bradstone
Billed height5 ft 8 in (1,73 m)
Billed weight154 lb (70 kg)
Billed fromQueluz, Portugal
Trained byRed Eagle
Debut2013

Bradstone is known for her extensive wrestling career in Portugal, as well as her appearances in the independent circuit in the United Kingdom, Europe and United States.

She became the first ever woman to hold a wrestling championship in Portugal[2]

Freitas used to watch wrestling as a child, and when her interest about becoming a professional wrestler came up she thought she had to move to New York in order to start training. When she was 15 she found a wrestling school in Lisbon and started training to be a wrestler.[3]

Professional wrestling career

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Independent circuit (2013-present)

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Bradstone started wrestling in 2013 for Portuguese promotion CTWrestling.[4] In 2015 Bradstone made her debut in the UK, wrestling for TNT Extreme Wrestling. Bradstone would later become part of the roster of the West Midlands based promotion Pro Wrestling Live.

While wrestling back and fourth between Portugal and England, Bradstone made her debut for Coventry Pro Wrestling, becoming the number one contender for the CPW's Lineal Women's Championship.[5] Bradstone would fail to become the Coventry promotion Lineal Women's Champion.

A heated rivalry between Bradstone and Portuguese wrestler Talia Martins began in 2017. As it progressed, it was explained on the CTW Primetime episodes that this rivalry had many layers to its story, as Talia mentioned that Claudia had a secret yet to reveal.[6] Later it was revealed that animosity between the two wrestlers was due to the fact that they were sisters, and never got along growing up. Claudia and Talia wrestled numerous matches until Talia's departure from the Portuguese promotion.

In the fall of 2018 Bradstone was selected to participate in the first and only Germany WWE Tryout,[7] where over 40 men and women were competing for a chance to work with the American company. This event took place in Cologne, Germany where the participants where being trained by former wrestlers Matt Bloom, Robbie Brookside, Sarah Stock and current WWE Superstars Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci.

In 2019 Bradstone had her first chance to wrestle for a Portuguese national championship. Bradstone became the number one contender to the CTW Portugal championship at Incidente Internacional I on December 8, 2018, defeating French wrestler Hellmer Lo Guennec.[8] One year later, at Incidente Internacional II Bradstone faced Leo Rossi for the CTW Portugal Championship, where Rossi retained the title.

In 2022 Bradstone became once again the number one contender for the CTW Portugal Championship, which was at this time vacant. On the other hand, Portuguese wrestler Lobo Iberico became the second number one contender, which led to having both wrestlers compete for the national championship at CTW's Battleground, in a Street fight match. Bradstone became the first female wrestler to win a Portuguese national Championship.[2]

Personal life

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Bradstone is the granddaughter of Mozambican football player Matateu.

Championships and accomplishments

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  • CTWPortugal
    • CTW Championship (1 time)[2]

CTWPortugal

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References

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  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Cláudia Bradstone - Facts @ Wrestlingdata.com". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  2. ^ a b c "Claudia Bradstone becomes first woman to hold promotion's top title in Portugal". WrestleMap. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  3. ^ "Claudia Bradstone Interview". wrestlingjunkies (in German). Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  4. ^ "Claudia Bradstone Cagematch page". Cagematch.
  5. ^ "Claudia Bradstone Archives". Coventry Pro Wrestling. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  6. ^ "[WRESTLING NACIONAL] CTWrestling | Talia relembra os bons tempos com Cláudia Bradstone". Noticias de Wrestling (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  7. ^ Salvador, Luís (2018-11-06). "Lutadora portuguesa participa em tryout da WWE na Alemanha". Wrestling PT (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  8. ^ "Claudia Bradstone Cagematch page". Cagematch.
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