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Cassandra Arneill (née MacIntosh; born 10 November 1992), known by her ring name Cassie Lee, is an Australian professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a member of The IInspiration alongside Jessie McKay. She is best known for her tenure with WWE from 2015 to 2021, where she performed under the name Peyton Royce. Cassandra MacIntosh[1][2] 10 November 1992 (age 33)[1] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Jessica[3] Cassie Cassie Lee[4] KC Cassidy[1] Peyton Royce[1] Billed height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[5] Billed weight 132 lb (60 kg)[6] Billed from Australia[7] Sydney, Australia[5] Trained by Madison Eagles[1] Lance Storm[8] Pro Wrestling Alliance Australia[8] Debut 28 February 2009[6] Arneill received a tryout with WWE during their tour of Australia in August 2014[13][17][unreliable source?] and became an NXT trainee on 13 April 2015.[12] She made her televised in-ring debut on the 15 May episode of NXT, using the KC Cassidy name in a loss to NXT Women's Champion Sasha Banks.[18] On the 22 July episode of NXT, Arneill lost to Eva Marie.[3] On 7 August, she was given the new ring name Peyton Royce In October, Royce formed an alliance with Billie Kay, later dubbed The Iconic Duo.[24] The duo subsequently entered a feud with Liv Morgan,[25][26][27] which culminated in a six-woman tag team match on the 23 November episode of NXT, in which Morgan, Aliyah, and Ember Moon defeated Royce, Kay, and Daria BerenatoRoyce and Kay, now dubbed The IIconics, made their main roster debut on the 10 April 2018 episode of SmackDown Live attacking SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair, while she was cutting a promo about her match at WrestleMania 34.[43][44] Two weeks later, The IIconics racked up their first victory, as part of the main roster, over Asuka and Becky Lynch.[45] Throughout the next few months, Royce competed in various singles and tag team matches but ended up on the losing end on them all. On 16 October 2019, it was announced that The IIconics had been drafted to Raw as supplemental picks of the 2019 WWE Draft as on 15 April 2021, Royce was released from her WWE contract along with other WWE talent including her former partner Billie Kay At Knockouts Knockdown on 9 October 2021, it was announced that The IIconics, now known as The IInspiration, would be making their debut for Impact Wrestling at Bound for Glory.[69][70][71][72] At Bound for Glory, they defeated Decay (Havok and Rosemary) to win the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship.[73][74] On 20 November, at Turning Point, The IInspiration had their first successful title defence, when they defeated Decay once again.[75] At Sacrifice, The IInspiration lost the titles to The Influence (Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood). On 27 April 2022, Arniell and McKay requested their immediate release from Impact Wrestling, with a statement they released on their Twitter accounts On 6 June 2025, during Against All Odds, Lee and McKay made their Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) return, formerly known as Impact Wrestling, confronting the Knockouts World Tag Team Champions The Elegance Brand (Ash by Elegance and Heather by Elegance).[76] They won the titles during the TV taping on 27 September 2025,[77] but lost the titles back to The Elegance Brand (Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance) on Thursday Night Impact!'s AMC debut on January 15, 2026 Both Lee and Jessie McKay, as The IInspiration, would make their All Elite Wrestling (AEW) tag team debut and announced that they had signed with the promotion at a house show in Brisbane, Australia on February 15, 2026.[79] They made their in-ring debut on the 4 March episode of Dynamite, losing to The Brawling Birds (Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter) in a squash match On 17 March 2026, The Iinspiration made their Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW) debut during the first day of an event in the United States, where they defeated Shoko Nakajima and Wakana Uehara.[81] On 23 March, during the Grand Princess event, they defeated Ober Eats (Yuki Kamifuku and Wakana Uehara) to win the Princess Tag Team Championship.[82] On 16 April, they had their first successful title defence against Kyoraku Kyomei (Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima).[83] On May 4, The Iinspiration lost their title to Hakuchuumu (Miu Watanabe and Rika Tatsumi), ending their reign at 36 daysWWE Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Billie Kay[100] NXT Year-End Award (1 time) Breakout of the Year (2016) – with Billie Kay[101]