Trinity LaShawn Fatu (née McCray; born November 30, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, dancer and actress. As of January 2024, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Naomi.
In August 2009, McCray signed with WWE. She was assigned to its former developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where she was the inaugural FCW Divas Champion. In August 2010, she competed in the all-female third season of NXT, where she finished in second place. She then made her main roster debut alongside Cameron as The Funkadactyls in January 2012. From 2014 to 2015, she was an on-screen manager for The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso). As a solo competitor, Naomi held the WWE (SmackDown) Women's World Championship three times. With Sasha Banks, she obtained the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship in 2022. A month later, Naomi and Banks received indefinite suspensions from WWE after the two walked out due to a creative dispute. In 2023, Fatu stated she had departed the company and later performed as part of Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling, where she became TNA Knockouts World Champion. She returned to WWE in January 2024 at the Royal Rumble event.
Outside of wrestling, Naomi danced for the basketball team the Orlando Magic as well as rapper Flo Rida. She appeared as one of the main cast members of WWE's reality television series Total Divas from 2013 to 2019 and acted in the 2017 film The Marine 5: Battleground.
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Early life
Trinity LaShawn McCray was born in Sanford, Florida. She graduated from Oviedo High School. Before starting a career in wrestling, she was one of the dancers for the basketball team the Orlando Magic. She also performed as a background dancer for rapper Flo Rida. Her father, Shawn McCray, is a musician who performed Fatu's entrance music at SummerSlam 2025.
Professional wrestling career
World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2009–2022)
In August 2009, McCray signed a contract with WWE, where she reported to their then-developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). On June 20, 2010, Naomi defeated Serena Deeb on FCW TV to become the inaugural FCW Divas Champion. On the August 29 episode of FCW TV, Naomi competed in a match against AJ Lee, where both the Queen of FCW title and the FCW Divas Championship were on the line, which ended in a double count-out. Naomi joined the all-female third season of NXT in 2010, with Kelly Kelly as her pro. She made her in-ring debut on the September 7 episode of NXT, where she teamed with Kelly to defeat Alicia Fox and fellow rookie Maxine after Naomi pinned Maxine. On the September 21 episode of NXT, she teamed with Kelly and Jamie Keyes, defeating Layla, Michelle McCool, and Kaitlyn. On the October 26 episode of NXT, Naomi defeated Maxine in a singles match. On November 30, Naomi lost the competition to Kaitlyn, placing second in the season. On the January 23, 2011 episode of FCW TV, Naomi lost the FCW Divas Championship to AJ Lee.
On January 9, 2012, Naomi made her main roster debut on Raw alongside Cameron as valets for Brodus Clay, with the duo dubbed The Funkadactyls. On the TLC pre-show on December 16, Naomi scored a victory in a Santa's Little Helpers battle royal, earning a match against Divas Champion Eve Torres later that night, where she lost. On the March 15, 2013, episode of SmackDown, The Funkadactyls were attacked backstage by The Bella Twins. The Funkadactyls, Clay, and Tensai, collectively known as Tons of Funk, were originally set to face Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow) and the Bella Twins in an eight-person mixed tag team match at WrestleMania 29, but after the match was cut due to time constraints, it instead took place the following night on Raw, with Tons of Funk coming out victorious.
On the August 26 episode of Raw, Naomi was ringside for a match between Natalya and Brie Bella alongside the cast of Total Divas, also including Cameron, Nikki Bella, Eva Marie, and JoJo Offerman, which ended with Divas Champion AJ Lee coming out and cutting a worked shoot promo directed at the women. On the September 15, Naomi competed against Natalya, Brie Bella, and Lee in a fatal four-way match for the Divas Championship at Night of Champions, where Lee retained the title. The cast of Total Divas went on to defeat Lee, Alicia Fox, Aksana, Kaitlyn, Rosa Mendes, Tamina Snuka, and Summer Rae in a traditional elimination tag team match at Survivor Series. On December 15 at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Naomi, Cameron and Tensai abandoned Clay due to his attitude.
Impact Wrestling / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2023–2024)
On April 28, 2023, Fatu made her Impact Wrestling debut during the tapings of Impact!, which aired on tape delay on May 4, under the ring name Trinity. She appeared during a confrontation involving her, Impact Knockouts World Champion Deonna Purrazzo, and Jordynne Grace, during which she proclaimed her intention to win the title. On May 26 at Under Siege, Trinity competed in her first pay-per-view match since WrestleMania 38, defeating Gisele Shaw.
At Slammiversary in July 15, Trinity defeated Purrazzo via submission to win the Impact Knockouts World Championship. On August 27, during the main event of Emergence, Trinity had her first successful title defense by defeating Purrazzo.
at Victory Road, Trinity successfully defended her title against Alisha Edwards. On October 21, at Bound for Glory, Trinity successfully defended her title against Mickie James, in what Trinity described as one of her all-time favorite moments in her career. On November 3 (taped October 27), at Turning Point, Trinity successfully defended her title against Deonna Purrazzo in a Last Chance match. On December 9, at Final Resolution, Trinity and Jordynne Grace defeated Deonna Purrazzo and Gisele Shaw. Following Bound for Glory, it was announced that Impact Wrestling would be rebranding back to Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling in 2024, therefore the title became the TNA Knockouts World Championship. After winning the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match, it was announced that Grace was to challenge Trinity for the title. On January 13, 2024, at Hard To Kill, Trinity lost the TNA Knockouts World Championship to Grace, thus ending her reign at 182 days and marking her first pinfall loss in TNA. On the January 25 episode of TNA Impact!, Trinity was unsuccessful in regaining the title in a rematch against Grace. Her last match with TNA was a pre-taped match that aired on the February 8 episode of Impact where she tagged with Grace to defeat Gisele Shaw and Savannah Evans.
Return to WWE (2024–present)
On January 27, 2024, at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Trinity, once again performing as Naomi, made her return to WWE marking her first appearance within the company in nearly two years as a surprise entrant in the women's Royal Rumble match, reprising her "Glow" character. Naomi entered the match at number 2 and lasted one hour and two minutes before being eliminated by the debuting Jade Cargill. On February 2, Naomi was officially assigned to the SmackDown brand. Two weeks later Naomi had her first singles match back in WWE, defeating Alba Fyre to qualify for the women's Elimination Chamber match. On February 24, at Elimination Chamber: Perth, Naomi was unsuccessful in the match, being eliminated by Tiffany Stratton. On Night 1 of WrestleMania XL, Naomi teamed with Cargill and Bianca Belair, where they defeated Damage CTRL in a six-woman tag team match.
After defeating Stratton to become number one contender, Naomi faced Bayley for the WWE Women's Championship on the April 19 episode of SmackDown, where Stratton interfered and caused a disqualification. This led to a triple threat match for the title at Backlash, where Naomi was unsuccessful. On the June 28 episode of SmackDown, Naomi defeated Blair Davenport and Indi Hartwell to qualify for the women's Money in the Bank ladder match, though she was unsuccessful at the namesake event. At Survivor Series WarGames on November 30, Naomi participated in her first WarGames match alongside Bayley, Belair, Iyo Sky, and Rhea Ripley against Tiffany Stratton, Candice LeRae, Nia Jax, and The Judgment Day (Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez) in a winning effort.
On the December 20 episode of SmackDown, Naomi replaced Jade Cargill, who was found attacked (kayfabe) backstage, as Bianca Belair's tag team partner to defend the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship and became officially recognized as champion. At the Royal Rumble event on February 1, 2025, Naomi competed in the namesake match entering at #15, eliminating Zoey Stark before being eliminated by Nia Jax. On the February 24 episode of Raw, Naomi and Belair lost the titles to Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez after interference from "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, ending their reign at 73 days.
On March 1 at Elimination Chamber: Toronto, Naomi was due to participate in the namesake match. At the beginning of the match, however, she was attacked by a returning Jade Cargill, seemingly confirming her as Cargill's attacker. On the March 7 episode of SmackDown, Naomi confessed to being Cargill's attacker, turning heel for the first time since 2016. During this time, Naomi underwent a character change which included the usage of caution tape in her entrance and ring attire, as well as adopting the phrase "proceed with caution" as a warning to her opponents. On the April 4 episode of SmackDown, General Manager Nick Aldis announced that Naomi was to face Cargill at WrestleMania 41, the first non-title women's singles match at a WrestleMania event since 2006 and the first without a stipulation. At Night 1 of the event on April 19, Naomi lost to Cargill.
Other media
She made her in-game debut in WWE '13 as a non-player character along with her then-tag team partner Cameron, appearing during Brodus Clay's entrance and winning celebration, as well as in WWE 2K14. She later appeared as a playable character in WWE 2K15, WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19, WWE 2K20, WWE 2K Battlegrounds, WWE 2K22, WWE 2K25 and WWE 2K26.
Fatu was part of the main cast of the reality television series Total Divas, produced by WWE and E!, which premiered in July 2013. Fatu was not part of the second half of season three that aired January 2015 to March 2015 but returned as a main cast member for season four. She did not appear during the show's fifth season but once again returned as a main cast member for the sixth season. She then remained on the cast until the ninth and final season.
In May 2014, she released her first single song, entitled "Dance All Night". The accompanying music video was released on WWE's YouTube channel.
In 2017, she starred in the WWE Studios film The Marine 5: Battleground, playing the role of a gang member named Murphy.
Fatu modeled as part of New York Fashion Week alongside Mercedes Varnado in September 2022. In September 2025, Fatu returned to New York Fashion Week, attending the Christian Siriano and "The Bomb" fashion shows.
Personal life
Trinity and longtime boyfriend Jonathan Fatu, better known by the ring name Jimmy Uso, were married in Maui on January 16, 2014. Through their marriage, she is a member of the Anoaʻi family, a Samoan-American wrestling dynasty. The couple resides in Pensacola, Florida. She is the stepmother to Fatu's two children. On August 18, 2025, Trinity announced she was expecting her first child with Fatu.
Filmography
Championships and accomplishments
Florida Championship Wrestling
FCW Divas Championship (1 time, inaugural)
FCW Divas Championship Tournament (2010)
Impact Wrestling / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Impact Knockouts World Championship (1 time)
Impact Year End Awards (1 time)
Knockout of the Year (2023)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Comeback of the Year (2023)
Ranked No. 7 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2015
Ranked No. 9 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2017
Ranked No. 9 of the top 250 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 250 in 2025
Rolling Stone
Most Welcome Heel Turn (2015) tied with Sheamus
Sports Illustrated
Ranked No. 4 of the top 10 wrestlers of 2023
Heel Turn of the Year (2025)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Worst Feud of the Year (2015) Team PCB vs. Team B.A.D. vs. Team Bella