Tiffany Stratton confirms relationship with WWE developmental talent Shady Elnahas
Tiffany Stratton confirmed on Instagram in February 2026 that she is dating Shady Elnahas, a WWE developmental performer who competes under the ring name Shido Ash, after her Money in the Bank 2026 women's ladder match victory. Stratton posted photographs to make their relationship public and said she was comfortable going public because she wanted to show off someone she genuinely loved.
Stratton rose through WWE after winning the NXT Women’s Championship and has since been a former WWE Women’s Champion and a major attraction on the main roster. Her in-ring success and public profile have drawn interest in her personal life, prompting questions about her relationship status following the Money in the Bank 2026 result.
Shady Elnahas was born on March 27, 1998, and is described in WWE materials as a professional Canadian wrestler and an elite judoka originally from Alexandria, Egypt who immigrated to Canada at age twelve. According to the profile in the article, he represented Canada in international judo competitions and competed in the men’s 100 kg category at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.
Elnahas’s judo résumé in the supplied material lists a fifth-place finish at the Tokyo Olympics, a silver medal at the 2024 World Judo Championships, gold medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2023 Pan American Games, and noting him as a five-time Pan American Champion. These achievements are presented as part of his sporting background prior to and alongside his recruitment into professional wrestling.
The article states Elnahas signed with WWE in May 2025 as part of a tryout program aimed at former Olympic athletes and that he was among ex-Olympians brought into the promotion through that recruiting drive. Early appearances for Elnahas, performing as Shido Ash, included NXT events and WWE Evolve as he adapted to professional wrestling; his televised WWE in-ring debut occurred on October 6, 2026, in a Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Tournament first-round tag match alongside Viktor Zanov against Hank Walker and Tank Ledger, a match he did not win.
The relationship timeline in the source notes Stratton and Elnahas made their partnership public in February 2026, and Stratton publicly supported Elnahas’s step onto NXT television by sharing the NXT match card on her Instagram Story with the message “Big Shido Debut.” The article also records that Stratton had previously been in a relationship with fellow WWE star Ludwig Kaiser, whose real name is Marcel Barthel, and that reports indicated the pair separated in 2025.
Stratton captured the Money in the Bank 2026 women's ladder match by defeating Roxanne Perez, Sol Ruca, Lash Legend, Lola Vice and Jacy Jayne.
