Alexis Kaufman[8] was born on August 9, 1991, in Columbus, Ohio,[9][8][10] to teenage parents who were still in high school at the time of her birth.
After being slapped, Bliss was consoled by NXT Tag Team Champions Buddy Murphy and Wesley Blake who were standing in the background.
For this match Blake and Murphy won, and as an act of humiliation Bliss hit a Sparkle Splash to the incapacitated Elias.
[49][50] She made her main roster debut on July 26 episode of SmackDown in a segment involving the brand's women's division.
[54] On September 11 at Backlash, Bliss competed in a six-pack elimination challenge to determine the inaugural SmackDown Women's Champion, in which she was unsuccessful and was won by Becky Lynch.
[64] On April 2, Bliss lost the title to Naomi in a six-pack challenge also involving Carmella, James, Lynch and Natalya at WrestleMania 33.
[70][71] In a rematch between the two, which took place on June 4 at Extreme Rules, Bliss retained her title over Bayley in a kendo stick-on-a-pole match.
[74] Bliss went on to defend her title on September 24 at No Mercy in a fatal five-way match against Bayley, Nia Jax, Emma, and Sasha Banks.
[76] At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Bliss defeated James to retain the title,[77] and did so again on October 30 episode of Raw.
[85] On May 6 at Backlash, Bliss invoked her rematch clause and challenged Nia Jax for the title; however, she was unsuccessful and suffered a shoulder injury during the match.
[103][104] In December, Bliss's role as well as those of other authority figures on Raw and SmackDown were removed after the McMahon family announced they were taking charge again.
[112] At The Shield's Final Chapter event, Bliss teamed up with Lacey Evans to defeat Dana Brooke and Nikki Cross in a dark match.
[123] On August 5 episode of Raw, Bliss and Cross would win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship from The IIconics in a fatal four-way tag team elimination match also involving The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane), and Fire and Desire (Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville).
[134] At the event, the duo defeated The Kabuki Warriors to win the titles for a second time, becoming the first multi-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.
[138] On May 18 episode of Raw, Bliss and Cross retained their titles against The IIconics via disqualification, after losing to them in a non-title match the week prior.
[139] On June 6 episode of SmackDown, the duo lost their titles to the team of Bayley and Sasha Banks, making their reign end at 62 days yet again.
[141][142] At The Horror Show at Extreme Rules, Bliss appeared during the cinematic match between Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt.
[148] On October 26 episode of Raw, while hosting A Moment of Bliss with special guest Randy Orton, a feud was set off that involved The Fiend as well.
[151] From January to March 2021, Bliss's appearance continually shifted darker as she began to constantly interfere in Orton's matches.
[153] During the match, she attacked Orton with supernatural powers like making a lighting rig fall and almost land on him and launching a fireball at him.
[168] During a six-woman tag team match on the July 18 episode of Raw, Bliss won the 24/7 Championship for the first time by pinning Nikki A.S.H.
[169] On the October 31 episode of Raw, Bliss and Asuka defeated Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky) to win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship.
[170] In a rematch at Crown Jewel, Bliss and Asuka lost the titles back to Kai and Sky due to an interference from Nikki Cross.
In hindsight, she has spoken negatively about her early characterization and blamed her inexperience for creating it, noting that it was "a very unrelatable character" and "basically Tinker Bell in a wrestling ring".
[180] She eventually altered her gimmick to that of a cruel, calculating, unhinged, bullying villain, taking inspiration from the comic book character Harley Quinn in personality, and appearance.
Furthermore, she is known to sport ring gear inspired by pop culture icons such as Iron Man, The Riddler, and Freddy Krueger, among others.
During her alliance with "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, she adopted his finishing move, a swinging reverse STO called Sister Abigail.
[193] In early 2020, Bliss appeared in the music video for a song by Bowling for Soup, having previously cited them as her favorite band.
[196] In 2021, Bliss made a guest appearance on Punky Brewster as her wrestling persona alongside fellow professional wrestler Charlotte Flair.
[10] She enjoys cosplaying, which has inspired many of her wrestling outfits such as Freddy Krueger, Harley Quinn, Iron Man, The Riddler, Supergirl, and Chucky.