Originally standing for "Southern N Sass," Jessie Belle Smothers and Sassy Stephie came together as a tag team at SHINE 13 on September 27, 2013 and defeated The American Sweethearts (Amber O'Neal and Santana Garrett). Later in the event, Nevaeh (in her Shine Wrestling debut) defeated Leva Bates thanks to a distraction caused by Stephie and Jessie Belle. After the match, the heel trio attacked Leva in the ring before they were run out by O'Neal and Santana. Nevaeh later cut a promo revealing that the "N" in S-N-S Express stands for "Nevaeh." At SHINE 14 on October 25, the Express defeated The American Sweethearts and Leva Bates in a six-woman tag team match. At SHINE 15 on December 13, Nevaeh was defeated by Bates in a "Friday the 13th Massacre Match," but after the match, Nevaeh, Stephie,