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Nicole Keibler (born December 18, 1976) is an American business executive and professional wrestling personality, better known under her ring name Stacy Keibler, specifically known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where she is currently employed as the Senior Vice President, Creative and Talent.

Keibler began her professional wrestling career in 2001 as manager to several main talents where she remained an on-screen presence until her departure in 2005. She has since made sporadic appearances. Alongside her work with WWE, Keibler also appeared as a contestant on the second series of ABC dancing competition Dancing With The Stars in 2006, finishing in third place.

Keibler began her executive career with the WWE in January 2000, holding several roles between the creative writing and talent relations departments.

Early Roles
Keibler first joined WWE in January 1995 as an assistant to her godfather, Vince McMahon. The role was arranged by Keibler's father James Keibler who had worked with the WWE since McMahon's purchase of it in 1982 and was a close personal friend of the company's Chairman.

Keibler would later begin attending creative meetings alongside McMahon and at times, offered suggestions. In February 1998, Keibler suggested adding the popular tag team The New Age Outlaws to the D-Generation-X faction which became a huge success and would continue until mid 2000. Throughout her time offering suggestions to the creative process, Keibler had a fractious relationship with head writer Vince Russo who didn't appreciate her suggestions or involvement in meetings.

In November 1999, following the departure of Russo, the 22-year-old became a permanent member of the creative writing team and paid close attention to the women's division. In October 2000, Keibler became the Head Of Creative, Womens and was responsible for what is termed "The Golden Generation" which consisted of Trish Stratus, Lita, Victoria, Jazz, Molly Holly, Jacqueline, Ivory and Gail Kim among others. The title was abolished in October 2005 although Keibler was considered the lead contributor to the female division.

In 2001, Keibler would begin to shadow Jim Ross in the Talent Relations department. In June 2004, she became the Director Of Talent Relations in addition to her role on the creative team, a role that she held until going on maternity leave in May 2008.

Upon returning from her maternity leave in January 2009, Keibler became the Senior Director of Talent Development, becoming responsible for overseeing the company's development system Florida Championship Wrestling as well as organising the scouting of athletic talent at events including the NCAA Wrestling Championships, World's Strongest Man competition, and Olympic Games.

Throughout 2011, Keibler teamed up with WWE executive and wrestler Triple H to develop the NXT Wrestling developmental system.

VP & SVP Roles
In October 2011, it was announced that Keibler had been promoted to Vice President, Talent Relations working under John Laurinaitis as well as continuing her role in talent development until March 2012.

In June 2012, Keibler became the Senior Vice President, Talent and Creative working under Paul "Triple H" Levesque. Together, the pair grew their NXT brand from a developmental system to a third touring brand of the WWE. Since 2014, Keibler has been the Lead Writer of the NXT Wrestling programming, including the special 'Takeover' events that air sporadically throughout the year.

In 2016, Keibler announced the formation of NXT UK, a new development brand featuring stars of the UK wrestling industry. She has been Lead Writer of the brand since its tapings began in July 2018.