Gionna Jene Daddio (born June 8, 1994) is an American professional wrestler and actress. She has been signed to WWE since October 2014, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Liv Morgan. She is the current Women's World Champion in her third reign and a member of The Judgment Day stable. She is also a former four-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion (with Raquel Rodriguez). Additionally, she won the 2022 Money in the Bank ladder match, the inaugural 2024 WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship, and the 2026 Royal Rumble match.
In 2014, Daddio signed a contract with WWE and was assigned to the WWE Performance Center, later appearing in NXT (WWE's developmental brand) under the Liv Morgan ring name. She was promoted to the main roster in 2017 and was paired with Ruby Riott and Sarah Logan to form the stable The Riott Squad. After the stable disbanded in 2019, she became a singles competitor. After a few months of her singles run, she reunited with the returning Riott. They performed together until Riott's release in 2021. In 2022, Morgan won the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match and cashed in the same night, defeating Ronda Rousey to win the SmackDown Women's Championship, the first title in her wrestling career. In 2023, she formed a tag team with Rodriguez and they have since won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship a record-setting four times as a tag team.
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Early life
Gionna Jene Daddio was born on June 8, 1994, in Morristown, New Jersey, and raised in Elmwood Park. She has four older brothers and a sister; following the death of Daddio's father, her mother raised all six children as a single mother. She dropped out of Becton Regional High School after being asked to repeat a grade; however, she went on to earn a GED diploma, and enrolled at Bergen Community College.
Daddio is a longtime fan of professional wrestling, and would participate in backyard wrestling with her siblings. She has described the matches as core to start her foray into wrestling:
I would literally take pedigrees and powerbombs like it was my job. I always pretended to be Lita. All the Divas were so glamorous and girly, and I was such a tomboy and didn't have nice clothes. When I saw Lita come out in baggy pants and sneakers, wrestling the boys, I thought she was the coolest thing ever. I related to her.
Daddio was a former competitive cheerleader, and worked and modelled for the restaurant chain Hooters. There, she met her former partner Eric Arndt, who got her in touch with a wrestling gym and WWE.
Professional wrestling career
WWE
In 2014, after being discovered at Joe DeFranco's gym in Wyckoff, New Jersey, Daddio signed a contract with WWE, assigning her to their developmental territory, NXT in October 2014. She made her first televised appearance at the NXT TakeOver: Rival pay-per-view on February 11, 2015, as a planted fan who jumped on Tyler Breeze during his entrance. She appeared at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable on May 20, again as part of Breeze's entrance. In October 2015, she began working as a face singles wrestler. Initially performing under the ring name "Marley", Daddio made her in-ring debut on the November 4 episode of NXT, where she worked as a jobber and lost to Eva Marie.
On the December 2 episode of NXT, Daddio made her return under the new ring name "Liv Morgan", losing to Emma. On the January 13, 2016, episode of NXT, Morgan competed in a battle royal to determine the number one contender to Bayley's NXT Women's Championship, which was won by Carmella. On the August 31 episode of NXT, Morgan picked up her first televised singles win, defeating Aliyah. She later began a rivalry with the Iconic Duo (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce), with both women confronting her following her match, leading to a match between Morgan and Kay two weeks later, which Kay won after interference by Royce. She then competed against Royce on the November 16 episode of NXT, which ended in a disqualification after Kay interfered in the match, attacking Morgan and Aliyah until Ember Moon made the save. The three faced off in a six-person tag team match against Kay, Royce, and Daria Berenato on the November 23 episode of NXT, with Morgan's team coming out victorious.
On the November 21, 2017, episode of SmackDown, Morgan made her main roster debut alongside Ruby Riott and Sarah Logan, attacking both Becky Lynch and Naomi, establishing themselves as heels in the process. On the same night, they interrupted a match between SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair and Natalya, then proceeded to attack both of them. The following week on SmackDown, the trio, now called "The Riott Squad", made their in-ring debuts for the brand, defeating Flair, Naomi, and Natalya in a six-woman tag team match. On January 28, 2018, Morgan participated in the first women's Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view as the eleventh entrant, but was eliminated by Michelle McCool. Morgan made her WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania 34 on April 8 by participating in the 20-woman WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, but failed to win the match.
On April 16, the Riott Squad were drafted to Raw brand as part of the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up, and caused the match between Bayley and Sasha Banks to end in a no contest. At the inaugural all women's pay-per-view Evolution on October 28, the Riott Squad lost to Natalya, Bayley and Sasha Banks. On January 27, 2019, at Royal Rumble, Morgan participated in the women's Royal Rumble match, only to be the first to be eliminated after lasting 8 seconds, setting the record for the shortest time in the women's Royal Rumble match. Morgan and Logan competed in a six-team Elimination Chamber match for the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Championship at the namesake pay-per-view on February 17, where they were the third team eliminated by Nia Jax and Tamina. Morgan competed at WrestleMania 35 on April 7 in a women's battle royal match that was eventually won by Carmella.
Other media
Liv Morgan made her video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K19, and later appeared in WWE 2K20, WWE 2K Battlegrounds, WWE 2K22, WWE 2K23, WWE 2K24, WWE 2K25 and WWE 2K26. In April 2026, Morgan was added as a playable character in Fortnite as part of a WWE collaboration.
In 2022, Morgan made a guest appearance on the second season of Chucky. In 2023, Morgan made her first movie appearance in The Kill Room, starring alongside Maya Hawke, Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman. She will next star in Takashi Miike's film Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, opposite Shun Oguri and Lily James.
Morgan released the music video for her song "Trouble" on April 13, 2026. The song received mostly negative reviews from listeners, with critics deeming the song "atrocious".
Filmography
Personal life
Daddio is agnostic.
Daddio has a tattoo on the back of her neck, reading "11–21–17", which is colored blue, red, and green. Her tattoo matches with her fellow Riott Squad members, as they all got the same tattoo to commemorate the date of their main roster debut.
Daddio was in a relationship with fellow professional wrestler Eric Arndt. Their relationship ended when Daddio accused Arndt of cheating on her. In July 2026, she began a relationship with entrepreneur Landon Hardwick.
By November 2020, Daddio had taken up a course to become a real estate agent at the Bob Hogue School of Real Estate.
Daddio donated all of her July 2022 Cameo earnings to the National Network of Abortion Funds following the Supreme Court ruling overturning of Roe v. Wade, asking fans to "consider booking a cameo from me so we can ensure every woman around the world has a choice".
Daddio is a supporter of the Green Bay Packers, having led a rendition of the "Beer Barrel Polka" during a game at Lambeau Field in December 2023.
On December 14, 2023, Daddio was arrested for possession of cannabis (not more than 20 grams) and possession of a cannabis vape pen, thought to be containing synthetic cannabinoids, in Sumter County, Florida. The sheriff's deputy reportedly saw her vehicle crossing over the white and yellow lines of a County road. Daddio was then booked into the Sumter County Jail and then released after posting a $3,000 bond.
Championships and accomplishments
ESPN
Ranked No. 9 of the 30 best Pro Wrestlers Under 30 in 2023
Ranked No. 6 of the Top 10 Women Wrestler of Pro Wrestling Power in 2024
Fightful
Women's Tag Team of the Year (2025) - with The Judgement Day
FOX Sports
"Out of Character" Guest of the Year (2022)
Live Audio Wrestling End of Year Awards
Spinoff Series Awards (2 times)
Worst Wrestler: Female (2016)
Worst Match of the Year (2016) – with Aliyah
New York Post
Female Breakout Wrestler of the Year (2022)
Faction of the Year (2024) as part of The Judgment Day
Best OMG Moment (2024) Liv Morgan kisses Dominik Mysterio at Summerslam
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Comeback of the Year (2024)
Ranked No. 12 of the top 250 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 250 in 2024
Ranked No. 17 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 150 in 2022
