Commencing professional wrestling training in Australia in 2003, Tenille Dashwood honed her skills before relocating to Canada in 2008 to train at the prestigious Storm Wrestling Academy. Competing on the independent circuit under the name Tenille Tayla, she debuted for Shimmer Women Athletes and Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW) in 2009. Dashwood quickly achieved significant success, capturing her first ECCW Supergirls title on August 1, 2009, and recapturing the ECCW Women’s Championship on March 19, 2010. Under the ring name Emma, Dashwood’s WWE career began in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in 2012, before her transition to NXT.
In July 2019, she joined Impact Wrestling, pursuing championship gold and forming the formidable tag team ‘The Influence.’ This partnership culminated in Dashwood and Madison Rayne winning the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship in March 2022. In October 2022, Dashwood made a surprise return to WWE as Emma, competing for the SmackDown Women’s Championship and appearing in the Royal Rumble before her departure in September 2023. Returning to the independent circuit in April 2024, she has also expanded her professional endeavors beyond the ring as a burgeoning media personality and entrepreneur. Dashwood hosts the popular YouTube cooking show ‘Taste of Tenille’ and has made appearances in film and television, showcasing her versatile talent and broad appeal.