Kimberly Benson is a Scottish professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Piper Niven (formerly Doudrop). Benson began her career on the UK independent circuit under the ring name Viper, also performing in Japan for World Wonder Ring Stardom. After participating in the 2017 Mae Young Classic, she was signed to a contract by WWE in 2019. She is a former one-time Artist of Stardom Champion, two-time ICW Women's Champion, one-time SWA World Champion, and two-time WWE 24/7 Champion.
| Name | Kimberly Benson |
| D.O.B | 6 May 1991 |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in |
| Weight | 209 lbs (95 kg) |
| Occupation | Professional Wrestler |
| Debut | 2007 |
| In-ring name | Doudrop, Piper Niven, Viper |
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Kimberly Benson was born on 6 May 1991, in Kilbirnie, Scotland. Before turning into a wrestler, she kept her love for professional wrestling a secret due to being worried that her female friends thought she was “weird” as they believed that was only a sport for men. It wasn’t until she was 15, and when her oldest nephew began to watch wrestling, that Benson’s passion was rekindled and she was open about enjoying wrestling. She was introduced to this sport at a training school near her Ayrshire home. According to her, she debuted at age 16 one year after beginning her training; making accounts with her age, this was in 2007. About her training, she said: “I got beat up, totally beat up. I remember lying in bed the next day, being so sore and in absolute agony, but I just loved it, I had to go back.”
She was part of the special program of ITV World of Sport Wrestling celebrated on New Year’s Eve 2016, and until April of that year, she was programmed to appear on a revival of the series. However, a month later before filming was set to begin, the project was postponed indefinitely. In 2017, Benson worked in Japan as Viper for the company World Wonder Ring Stardom. In 2017, WWE contacted Benson, asking her to participate in the women’s tournament, Mae Young Classic. The event took place in 2017 and was an all-women tournament. Benson asked World of Sport Wrestling to release her from her contract to participate in the competition. She competed as Piper Niven since the name she was using was Viper and that was already the name of a WWE star inside the company, deciding to choose that name because she played bagpipes as a child, and Niven is her dad’s first name.
In early 2019, a rumor started spreading in which it was said and expected that Viper signed with WWE, which came out to be true when she appeared and debuted on 27 March episode of NXT UK that year, where, under the ring name Piper Niven, she confronted Rhea Ripley. Niven had her first televised match with WWE after being signed on a special program entitled WWE Worlds Collide on 24 April, which consisted on various matches that involved wrestlers from all the brands; Raw, SmackDown, NXT, 205 Live and NXT UK, this last one was the brand that she belonged to and represented, defeating Zelina Vega of SmackDown.
In the 2021 episode of Raw, Niven was traded to the brand as Eva Marie’s unnamed protégé, defeating Naomi in her debut match. The following week on Raw, Marie introduced her as “Doudrop”. Later that night, she and Marie were defeated in a tag team match by Asuka and Naomi. At SummerSlam. Doudrop challenged Charlotte Flair for the Raw Women’s Championship in a losing effort due to a distraction by Marie. A. S. H. and Doudrop made a surprise appearance as they challenged the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Katana Chance and Kayden Carter for their titles at Worlds Collide. At the event, they failed to win the titles due to interference from Toxic Attraction.
In October, Doudrop entered the Queen’s Crown tournament, where she defeated Natalya in the first round and Shayna Baszler in the semi-finals, but lost to Zelina Vega in the finals at Crown Jewel. After a tag team match against Toxic Attraction on the 6 September episode of NXT, Doudrop went on a hiatus due to illness. On 28 January 2023, Doudrop, under her former ring name Piper Niven, participated at the Royal Rumble event in the namesake match as the 18th entrant. She lasted over 28 minutes and eliminated two wrestlers before being eliminated by Raquel Rodriguez.
WOS Women’s Championship (2 times)
W3L Women’s Championship (1 time)
Artist of Stardom Championship (1 time)
SWA World Championship (1 time)
Trios Tag Team Tournament (2019)
The George Kidd Scottish Wrestling Hall of Fame (2018)
WWE 24/7 Championship (2 times).
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