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JoJo
JoJo in 2016
Birth nameJoseann Alexie Offerman
Born(1994-03-10)March 10, 1994(age 30)
Los Angeles, California,U.S.
PartnerBray Wyatt(2017–2023; his death)
Children2
RelativesJosé Offerman(father)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)JoJo
Billed fromToluca Lake, California,U.S.
Trained byBill DeMott
Natalya Neidhart
Sara Del Rey
WWE Performance Center[1]
DebutJune 26, 2013

Joseann Alexie Offerman(born March 10, 1994) is an Americanring announcer,professional wrestler,and singer. She is best known for her tenure withWWE,under thering nameJoJo.She was part of theE! Networkreality television showTotal Divasduring the first season, which aired in 2013.

Early life[edit]

Joseann Alexie Offerman was born inLos Angeleson March 10, 1994,[2]and is the daughter of Dominican professional star baseball playerJosé Offerman,and was born in the city when her father was a member of theLos Angeles Dodgers.[3]She is also of Mexican descent.[4][non-primary source needed]

Professional wrestling career[edit]

JoJo working asring announcerduring anNXThouse showin March 2015

In May 2013, Offerman joinedWWEandE! Network's reality showTotal Divas,which shows behind the scenes footage of select WWE Divas and a look into their personal lives.[5][6]

At just 19 years old, Offerman made her main roster debut under thering name"JoJo"on the June 26, 2013, episode ofWWE Main Event,singing the entrance theme forTons of Funkalongside The Funkadactyls (CameronandNaomi). Her version of the song was later released oniTunes.The following week onRaw,JoJo appeared in a backstage segment also involvingThe Bella Twins,Natalya,The Funkadactyls, andEva Marie.[7]On the July 22 episode ofRaw,JoJo along with the cast ofTotal Divasappeared on Miz TV, where she introduced herself to the crowd.[8]JoJo sang theUnited States national anthematSummerSlamon August 18.

On the August 26 episode ofRaw,JoJo served as the special guestring announcerduring a singles match between Natalya and Brie Bella. After the match,WWE Divas Champion,AJ Leeinterrupted Brie Bella's victory celebration by cutting aworked shootpromoon the cast ofTotal Divas.[9]Following this, JoJo appeared at ringside to show support for herTotal Divasco-stars during their matches. JoJo was booked in her first match onRawon October 7, teaming with Natalya andEva Mariein a winning effort againstAlicia Fox,Rosa Mendes,andAksanain a six diva tag-team match, however she was never tagged into the match.[10]The Total Divas defeated The True Divas (Fox, Aksana, Divas Champion AJ,Kaitlyn,Mendes,Tamina SnukaandSummer Rae) in anelimination tag-team matchat theSurvivor Seriespay-per-view,[11][12]and the following night onRawin a rematch, where she achieved her first in-ring victory afterpinningand eliminating Tamina Snuka.[13]

JoJo later moved to WWE'sdevelopmental territoryNXTin late 2013, after it was confirmed she would not be returning toTotal Divasfor its second season. She subsequently became thering announcerforNXT.In April 2015, JoJo was promoted to the main roster and began serving as the regular ring announcer onMain Event,SmackDown,Rawandpay-per-viewsas well as a backstage interviewer.[14][15]She served as the RAW brand ring announcer from 2016 until 2018 and remained under contract until she quietly departed from the company in early 2021.[16]

Other media[edit]

Offerman was part of the main cast for the first season of the reality television showTotal Divasproduced by WWE andE!.The show began airing in July 2013.[17]Offerman was replaced bySummer Raefor the second season.[18][19]

Personal life[edit]

Offerman was in a relationship with WWE wrestler Windham Rotunda, better known asBray Wyatt.[20]They had two children together.[21][22]Rotunda and Offerman became engaged on April 28, 2022;[23]however, Rotunda died of aheart attackon August 24, 2023.[24]

Awards and accomplishments[edit]

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2013,
2015–2019 		Total Divas Herself Main cast (season 1)
Guest (seasons 3–9): 29 episodes

Discography[edit]

Singles[edit]

Year Single Album
2013 "Somebody Call My Momma"[26] Non album single

References[edit]

  1. ^Pike, Ryan."Total Divas TV report".Wrestling Observer Newsletter.RetrievedDecember 22,2013.
  2. ^"JoJo profile".The Internet Wrestling Database.
  3. ^Saxton, Byron(June 11, 2015)."NXT 10-Count: JoJo".WWE.RetrievedJune 12,2015.
  4. ^"Joseann Offerman".Twitter.RetrievedJuly 8,2015.
  5. ^"E! WWE to team up for launch of 'Total Divas' reality show".WWE.RetrievedApril 22,2013.
  6. ^Neuenschwander, Andy (June 26, 2013)."Total Divas Sneak Peak, Bellas Body Slams and Big Egos".E!.RetrievedJune 30,2015.
  7. ^Richard, Trionfo (July 1, 2013)."WWE Raw Report: champions versus champion; rematches from SmackDown; the cast of Total Divas together; Daniel Bryan as a referee; those nutty McMahons; the family comes along to Baltimore; and more".Pro Wrestling Insider.RetrievedJuly 27,2013.
  8. ^Benigno, Anthony (July 22, 2013)."Raw results: Daniel Bryan runs the gauntlet and" The Best "baits" The Beast "".WWE.p. 6.RetrievedJuly 27,2013.
  9. ^"Raw results: Bryan suffers corporate justice against Orton and The Shield".WWE.
  10. ^James Caldwell (October 7, 2013)."Caldwell's WWE Raw Results 10/7 (Hour 1): Battleground PPV fall-out, WWE Title match to continue at next PPV, one" firing, "Bruno Sammartino, more".Pro Wrestling Torch.RetrievedOctober 7,2013.
  11. ^Mike, Johnson."Complete WWE Survivor Series blog, or... Daniel Bryan is sorely missed in the main event picture".Pro Wrestling Insider.RetrievedNovember 24,2013.
  12. ^Zach, Linder."Natalya, The Bellas, The Funkadactyls, JoJo & Eva Marie def. Divas Champion AJ Lee, Tamina Snuka, Kaitlyn, Rosa Mendes, Summer Rae, Aksana & Alicia Fox".WWE.RetrievedNovember 24,2013.
  13. ^Trionfo, Richard."Live, ongoing, WWE Raw report: 14 Divas elimination match twice in two days".Pro Wrestling Insider.RetrievedNovember 25,2013.
  14. ^"Lilian Garcia undergoes knee surgery".WWE.April 17, 2015.
  15. ^Caldwell, James (May 17, 2015)."CALDWELL'S PAYBACK PPV REPORT 5/17: Ongoing" virtual-time "coverage of four-way WWE World Title match, I Quit, more".Pro Wrestling Torch.RetrievedMay 17,2015.
  16. ^"JoJo Offerman Let Go By WWE Several Months Ago".wrestletalk.com.WrestleTalk. August 2021.RetrievedAugust 3,2021.
  17. ^Caldwell, James (July 12, 2013)."WWE News: WWE & E! announce" Total Divas "details, number of episodes, male cast members".Pro Wrestling Torch.RetrievedDecember 22,2013.
  18. ^"New cast member for Total Divas".Wrestling Observer Newsletter.RetrievedJanuary 27,2014.
  19. ^Martin, Adam (January 27, 2014)."New cast member for new season of 'Total Divas'".WrestleView.RetrievedFebruary 2,2014.
  20. ^Daniels, Tim (March 27, 2019)."WWE Announcer Jojo Announces Pregnancy with Boyfriend Bray Wyatt".Bleacher Report.
  21. ^"Bray Wyatt and Jojo welcome their new son to the world".May 18, 2019.
  22. ^"JoJo & Bray Wyatt welcome of their second child, a daughter, Hyrie Von Rotunda".RetrievedMay 29,2020.
  23. ^"Joseann Offerman on Instagram".www.instagram.com.
  24. ^Lambert, Jeremy (August 24, 2023)."Bray Wyatt (Windham Rotunda) Cause Of Death Given".Fightful.RetrievedAugust 25,2023.
  25. ^Meltzer, Dave(January 27, 2014)."Jan 27 2014 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2013 Annual awards issue, best in the world in numerous categories, plus all the news in pro-wrestling and MMA over the past week and more".Wrestling Observer Newsletter.Campbell, California: 32.ISSN1083-9593.
  26. ^"WWE: Somebody Call My Momma – Single".iTunes Store.RetrievedDecember 27,2015.

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