What is Anna Jay Age as of 2023?

Last Modified Oct 4, 2023 14:29 GMT
Anna Jay
Anna Jay - Source: Anna Jay’s Instagram

Anna Jay (original name: Anna Marie Jernigan) is an American pro grappler. She is also a social media star, media personality, Internet influencer, and television personality. She is widely popular by her in-ring name Anna Jay A.S. She is presently signed with AEW and is an individual from the Jericho Appreciation Society. She started her wrestling training in 2018 at One Fall Power Factory. She was prohibited from ring action due to a shoulder injury in the following year for four to six months.

After a successful surgery she debuted in the same year in a charity event "The Battle of Altama". She came to the spotlight at a Georgia Premier Wrestling event when she defeated Thunder Blonde in a hair vs. hair match. She got more popular after her match against Tay Melo at the AEW Rampage Street fight which was a thumbtack spiked cable match that finished as a bloodshed. Anna is a one-time AEW Dynamite award winner. Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked her at 103rd spot among the top 500 female wrestlers in 2022.

Anna Jay’s Age

Anna Jay was born in Brunswick, Georgia, United States on July 15, 1998. At present Anna is 25 years of age. Carla Herrin Jernigan and Handy Jernigan are her parents. Her mother is associated with real estate and works for Signature Properties Group Incorporation as an agent. The professional details of her father are presently not known. Anna has two brothers, Deke Jernigan, and Roby Handy Jernigan. They both are younger than Anna. She first attended Glynn Middle School and later joined the College of Coastal Georgia for higher studies. She was very much interested in dancing and prior to making it to the wrestling world she worked as an enthusiastic dancer for a considerable length of time.

Professional Wrestling Career

Anna Jay
Anna Jay - Source: Anna Jay’s Instagram

Anna first showed up in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2020. She lost her first match to Hikaru Shida in a one-on-one match on Dynamite. She was reported as having endorsed the organization that very month. She was then helped behind the stage by The Dull Request after being defeated by Abadon. Jay collaborated with Tay Conti as "The Deadly Draw" in the AEW Women's Tag Team Cup Competition. They progressed in the quarterfinals by overcoming Ariane Andrew and Nyla Rose. However they were beaten by Diamante and Ivelisse during the elimination rounds.

She was formally presented as an individual from The Dark Order. Then, at that point, Jay tested Shida for the AEW Women's World Title but lost eventually. Anna and Tay Conti beat Penelope Ford and Britt Baker in the special event of Dynamite. They tribute their win to the departed leader of "The Dark Order", Brodie Lee. Anna was set to contend in the AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Competition yet was taken off in the wake of experiencing a shoulder injury while training. She went through a medical procedure the next month and was supposed not to wrestle for almost a year.

Anna got back from injury in September of the same year and saved Conti from an assault by The Bunny and Ford. Jay contended in the TBS Women's Championship Competition in November. She lost to Jamie Hayter in the principal round. The group of Jay and Conti beat the group of The Bunny and Ford in a street fight after two months of rivalry. Anna then tested Jade Cargill for the AEW TBS Title in January 2022 but was defeated. Jay confronted Cargill for the title again at Double or Nothing where she was beaten once more. Jay turned heel by going after Ruby Soho consequently rejoining Conti and united the Jericho Appreciation Society. After her heel turn Anna went on to overcome Ruby Soho by gagging Soho out with her own arm support.

Her heel turn would likewise see a contrivance change for Anna who might frequently take steps to gag individuals out. She also did this two times during interviews backstage. She would likewise embrace the new ring name of Anna Jay A.S. as a source of perspective for her new team. Anna and Melo would proceed with their quarrel with Soho all through the remainder of 2022 and the start of 2023. They first beat Willow Nightingale and Soho in a tag team match. They were defeated by the same opponent in January the next year.

Anna returned two months later and went after Julia Hart. A match between them was set up which Hart won by spraying mist to the eyes of Anna. They faced each other two months later but the result remained the same. Jay contended in the Owen Hart Foundation Women's Competition but lost in the quarterfinals of the competition to Skye Blue.

FAQs

A. Anna Marie Jernigan is the real-life name of Anna Jay.

A. Carla Herrin Jernigan and Handy Jernigan are the parents of Anna Jay.

A. At present Anna is 25 years of age.

A. Deke Jernigan and Roby Handy Jernigan are the brothers of Anna Jay.

A. Brunswick, Georgia, United States is the birthplace of Anna Jay. 

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