Billie Starkz
A teenage wrestling prodigy who vaulted from the indie circuit to become a champion, defining a new generation's fierce style.
Born 2004 (age 22)·American professional wrestler·Birthday: December 8·Generation Z
Biography
Billie Starkz won the inaugural ROH Women's World Television Championship in 2024, making history at age 20. Born in 2004 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, she began training at 10 and took independent bookings as a teenager, building a reputation for a hard-hitting, athletic style. Dubbed 'The Teenage Sensation,' she worked for major Japanese and American indie promotions, blending youthful exuberance with a vicious in-ring edge. Her breakthrough came with All Elite Wrestling and Ring of Honor, where she became a standout. Starkz represents a new wave of wrestlers: trained, fearless, and hitting the national stage early. She reshapes the landscape of women's wrestling as a present-day force.
Generation Z
1997–2012
Born into smartphones, social media, and school shootings. The most diverse generation in history. Pragmatic about money, fluid about identity, anxious about the climate. They do not remember a world before the internet.
Billie was born in 2004, placing them squarely in the Generation Z. The events that shaped this generation — social media, climate anxiety, and a pandemic — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
#1 When Billie Was Born
The biggest hits of 2004
#1 Movie
Shrek 2
Best Picture
Million Dollar Baby
#1 TV Show
American Idol
Billie's Life & Times
The world at every milestone
2004Born
Indian Ocean tsunami kills over 230,000
Gas: $1.88/galHome: $157,300Min wage: $5.15/hrPresident: George W. Bush"Yeah!" — UsherBest Picture: Million Dollar Baby
2009Started school
Michael Jackson dies; Bitcoin created
Gas: $2.35/galHome: $148,500Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Barack Obama"Boom Boom Pow" — The Black Eyed PeasBest Picture: The Hurt Locker
2017Became a teenager
#MeToo movement; solar eclipse crosses the US
Gas: $2.42/galHome: $195,000Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Donald Trump"Shape of You" — Ed SheeranBest Picture: The Shape of Water
2020Could drive
COVID-19 pandemic shuts down the world
Gas: $2.17/galHome: $248,800Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Donald Trump"Blinding Lights" — The WeekndBest Picture: Nomadland
2022Could vote
Russia invades Ukraine; Queen Elizabeth II dies
Gas: $3.97/galHome: $348,700Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Joe Biden"As It Was" — Harry StylesBest Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once
2025Turned 21
AI agents go mainstream
Gas: $3.10/galHome: $385,000Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Donald Trump"APT." — Rose & Bruno Mars
2026Age 22 today
Gas: $3.91/galPresident: Donald Trump
Key Achievements
- Became the inaugural Ring of Honor Women's World Television Champion in 2024.
- Competed extensively on the American independent circuit and in Japan for promotions like Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling.
- Signed with All Elite Wrestling while still in her teens, becoming one of the youngest contracted wrestlers in the company.
- Held the ACTION Women's Championship and the Prestige Women's Championship on the indie circuit.
Did You Know?
She began professional wrestling training at the age of 10.
Starkz graduated high school early to focus full-time on her wrestling career.
She is known for using a move called the 'Starkz Contrast,' a swinging fisherman's neckbreaker.
She wrestled her first match for AEW on her 18th birthday.
“I started training at ten because I knew exactly what I wanted to do.”
