Paultre was trained by
Mike Mondo at the New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC) school in
Deer Park, New York. On February 27, 2015, Paultre, under the ring name Willow Nightingale, made her professional wrestling debut on NYWC's We Can Do It event, losing to Sammy Pickles.[5] A year after her debut, Nightingale won the NYWC Starlet Championship.[6] On November 21, 2018, at
Shimmer Women Athletes'
Volume 108 event, Nightingale unsuccessfully faced Dust for the
Heart of Shimmer Championship.[7] After holding the NYWC Starlet Championship since February 2016, Nightingale lost the title to
Kris Statlander on February 23, 2019.[8] Nightingale reclaimed the NYWC Starlet Championship on January 25, 2020, defeating then-champion Tina San Antonio in a
steel cage match.[9] On February 26, 2022, Nightingale defeated Johnny Radke, Dino Might, and
John Silver in a
four-way match to win the NYWC Fusion Championship.[10]
On June 2, 2023, Nightingale defended the Strong Women's Championship against
Emi Sakura on All Elite Wrestling's television show AEW Rampage, marking the first time that title was defended outside of NJPW. On June 17 at the premiere episode of Collision, Nightingale teamed up with
Skye Blue to defeat
Ruby Soho and the
AEW Women's World ChampionToni Storm.[16] Nightingale competed in the 2023
Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament, winning over
Nyla Rose and advancing to the finals by defeating
Athena in the semifinal round.[17][18] On the July 15 episode of Collision, Nightingale defeated Ruby Soho to win the women's tournament. On September 23, 2023 episode of Collision, Nightingale was injured and pulled from the match against Hart. Kiera Hogan was Nightingale's replacement in the match against Hart until she was defeated by Hart. Hart attacked Hogan until Skye Blue came out to make the save, but Blue was misted by Hart, "blinding" her.[19]
In April 2024 at
AEW Dynasty, Nightingale defeated Julia Hart to win the AEW TBS Championship.[20]
Ring of Honor (2021–present)
On June 6, 2021, Nightingale made her
Ring of Honor (ROH) debut on
ROH's Women's DivisionWednesday program, where she defeated Alex Gracia.[21] On August 4, Nightingale competed in the
ROH Women's World Championshiptournament to determine the inaugural champion, losing to
Allysin Kay in the first round.[22] On December 3, Nightingale defeated
Mandy Leon to become the number one contender for the ROH Women's World Championship.[23] On December 11, at
Final Battle, Nightingale unsuccessfully challenged
Rok-C for the Women's World Championship.[24] Following Final Battle, ROH went on hiatus.
On April 1, 2022, at
Supercard of Honor, Nightingale faced
Mercedes Martinez for the interim ROH Women's World Championship but was defeated.[25] On June 6 episode of Ring of Honor, Nightingale successfully defended the Strong Women's Championship against
Rachael Ellering.[26]
On July 16, 2023 it was announced that Willow will be facing
Athena at
Death Before Dishonor of year 2023 for the ROH Women's World Championship.[citation needed] This match main evented the Pay-per-view and during this match Willow was not successful as Athena retained.[27]