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- Born in Kawaguchi, Japan, Keiko Nakano started training as a professional wrestler at the tender age of 15. She debuted using her real name, competing for the All Japan Women's Association wrestling promotion and captured the AJW Junior Championship. Upon changing her name to Bull Nakano, she adopted a grizzly appearance, shaving half her head and wearing dark eye make up and teamed with the monstrous Dump Matsumoto to become one of the most dangerous tag teams in AJW history, eventually capturing the WWWA World Tag Team title from the popular Crush Gals. Nakano would also win the title with Condor Saito as her partner. As a singles competitor, Nakano dominated her competition, capturing the AJW All Pacific Title and the WWWA World Championship, the latter which she held for nearly three years. Nakano also traveled to Mexico where she captured the CMLL Women's title, and in 1994, ventured to the United States to work for the World Wrestling Federation, where she defeated Alundra Blayze for the WWF Women's championship. She also competed in a series of matches for WCW in the United States. Since retiring from pro wrestling in 1997, Nakano has been pursuing a career in professional golf and studying linguistics at a university.
- Mildred Burke was born on 5 August 1915 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. She is known for ...All the Marbles (1981), Below the Belt (1980) and Lipstick and Dynamite (1949). She died on 18 February 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Manami Toyota was born on 2 March 1971 in Masuda, Japan. She is an actress, known for Oz Academy (2017), Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears (1993) and Seadlinnng Let's Get Started (2015).
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Japanese-American professional wrestler best known for her work in All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling and ARSION during the 1980s and 1990s. Debuted in 1986 against Noriyo Toyoda. Her primary role was as a monster heel who brutalized her opponents. She had a long feud with Manami Toyota. Has also competed for Big Japan Pro Wrestling, WWE, CHIKARA, HUSTLE, FMW, OZ Academy, SHIMMER, Osaka Pro Wrestling and many other promotions. Among her in-ring achievements, she is a former AJW Champion, a former 2x AJW WWWA Champion, a former 4x AJW WWWA World Tag Team Champion, a 3x OZ Academy Openweight Champion and was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2006.- Jaguar Yokota is known for Cops 'n Robbers (2018), The Sasaki Couple's Merciless Battle (2008) and Atashinchi no danshi (2009).
- Legendary female pro wrestler from Japan, known for her daredevil moves and charismatic style. Held several titles throughout her career, but never won the one title she really wanted - the WWWA World Title. Most notable wins include the Super V-Top Women's wrestling tournament, where she defeated WWWA Champion Aja Kong in the finals and the WCW Women's Heavyweight Championship, which she defeated Madusa in the tournament final. She retired in 2001.
- Chigusa Nagayo was born on 8 December 1964 in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears (1993), Stampede Wrestling (1957) and Dôsôkai (1993).
- Raionesu Asuka was born on 28 July 1963 in Saitama, Japan. She is an actress, known for Nozomi Witches (1990), WWF on NESN (1985) and AJW Samurai TV (2002).
- Jackie Satô is known for Red-Hot Youth (1977).
- Dump Matsumoto was born on 11 November 1960 in Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan. She is an actress, known for Crying Freeman (1988), Tanba Tetsurô no daireikai 2: Shindara odoroita!! (1990) and Trick (2000).
- Masami Yoshida is known for Oz Academy (2017), Stampede Wrestling (1957) and World Wrestling History Volume 3 (2005).
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Patricia Anne Stratigeas, better known as Trish Stratus, is marketed as a former wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Before she became a mainstay in professional wrestling, she was a student at York University in Toronto, Canada. She majored in Biology and Kinesiology, but when the professors went on strike she took a job as receptionist at a local fitness club. There she was soon discovered by an agent who landed her a job as a fitness model.
Her success as a fitness model eventually caught the attention of a WWE talent official who sent her a letter offering her a contract. Other wrestling promotions had also offered her similar contracts, but she decided to sign with the WWE. She then made her WWE debut in March 19, 2000 on WWF Sunday Night Heat #86 (2000), where she formed the tag team of T & A with Test (Andrew Martin) and Albert (Matt Bloom). She also became the manager of then-WWE Intercontinental Champion Val Venis (Sean Morley).
Trish Stratus is highly regarded as a self-proclaimed WWE Diva. Among her accomplishments: she was voted Internet Babe of the Year for three consecutive years in 2001, 2002 and 2003, along with winning the "Diva of the Decade" award for the Raw Tenth Anniversary (2003); she graced the cover of the annual WWE Divas Magazine four times--in 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2006; and she holds the record for being the only woman in WWE history to win the WWE Women's Championship seven times. On September 17, 2006, she officially retired from professional wrestling after an amazing 7-year career; she'll be remembered for the legacy she left during her time with the WWE.
Following her retirement from WWE, she made occasional appearances on WWE Raw (1993) in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012, either for a special anniversary episode (Raw 15th Anniversary (2007) and Raw 1000 (2012)- Raw 1000), to wrestle, to guest-host, or make a televised appearance in a gimmick style segment. She participated in WrestleMania XXVII (2011) in 2011 with Snooki (Nicole Polizzi) and John Morrison (John Hennigan) in an intergender tag team match against Laycool (Layla El and Michelle McCool) and Dolph Ziggler (Nic Nemeth) in which her team proved victorious. She was later inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame 2013 (2013) in 2013 by Stephanie McMahon and the following year she inducted her bestie Lita (Amy Dumas) in the WWE Hall of Fame (2014) in 2014.
During that time, she toured with Lita (Amy Dumas) on convention tours to meet and greet fans who enjoyed their 2000-2006 friendship/rivalry. In 2018, they made their return to WWE when they individually participated in the main event all women's WWE Royal Rumble (2018), then wrestled in a tag-team match against Alicia Fox (Victoria Crawford) and Mickie James at the all female pay-per-view WWE Evolution (2018). Trish Stratus continues to split her time between making appearances at conventions, doing autograph signings for special WWE events, and taking care of her children Maximus (born September 30, 2013) and Madison (born January 14, 2017). She also made her mark in the feature films Bounty Hunters (2011) as Jules and Gridlocked (2015) as Gina.- Actress
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Chyna had been called "The First Lady of Sports Entertainment". Her accomplishments went far beyond the wrestling ring and anyone's guess. Before exchanging body slams, modeling for top magazines and guest-starring on hundreds of shows,
Chyna was a shy girl who was born Joan Marie Laurer in Rochester, New York, to Janet Carol (Wahl) and Joseph "Joe" Von Laurer, Jr. She spent most of her childhood in a home filled with alcoholism and domestic problems. She found her escape through working out, and began doing aerobics and lifting weights at a gym near her home. This is where she found her true niche: the world of fitness.
As the only female in the gym, Chyna always stood out but developed bonds and friendships with the gym members, who gave her the encouragement to keep going. She broke all gender barriers everywhere she went, and continued her love of fitness throughout her college days. Chyna graduated from the University of Tampa with a 3.9 GPA, and a double major in Spanish Literature, in under two years. She also studied foreign languages, and could speak English, Spanish, German and French. Chyna was a true humanitarian, and served in the U.S. Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) and the Peace Corps, helping to teach illiterate third-world children to read. She was a strong supporter of the National Animal Rescue charity, which helps domesticated animals find good, loving homes.
Throughout her life, Chyna dreamed of being an entertainer. She began that career in the early 1990s, as a belly dancer, and soon moved on to fitness competitions, but the star found her real calling in the entertainment world: professional wrestling. She began training to be a professional under the guidance of the wrestling legend Walter 'Killer' Kowalski, in a professional wrestling school in which all other students were men. She soon took the world of women's wrestling by storm and began competing in the PGWA, where she was given the 1996 Rookie of the Year award for the Women's Championship.
After dominating the world of women's wrestling, Chyna was discovered by Paul Levesque (aka "Triple H") and Shawn Michaels (HBK), two WWF (World Wrestling Federation) superstars who helped Chyna break into the big-time. She made her worldwide television debut in February 1997 as a bodyguard for Triple H, but soon went on to break all gender stereotypes by competing with some of the toughest men in the WWF, under the name "Chyna". Years later, she was the only woman to qualify for the Royal Rumble and King of the Ring tournaments, and became the only female Intercontinental Champion and the only undefeated Women's Champion in WWF history.
Five years after she debuted as a professional wrestler in the WWF, Chyna parted ways with the company. She then toured Japan, taking the country by storm and battling in the ring with the likes of such champions as Keiji Mutô, The Great Kabuki, and most notably, Masahiro Chôno. Her 2002 Tokyo Dome match against Chono earned her the title of Nikkian Sport's 2002 Women's Wrestler of the Year.
Meanwhile, back in the US, Chyna appeared in several films, hosted a variety of shows, and showed that women can combine strength and beauty in two top-selling issues of "Playboy" magazine, which proved to the world that women can be beautiful without having the anorexic "Twiggy" look. She also appeared in the first-ever Playboy documentary, which conducted in-depth interviews with Chyna, her former manager Rich Minzer, her friend Joe Gold, and Hugh Hefner himself.
Her strong will to the best and "survival of the fittest" attitude made her one of the top wrestlers in history. She served as a role model to millions of men and women by proving anything is possible, through hard work and determination. In her best-selling autobiography "If They Only Knew", she discussed what it took to make it to the top, and showed the world what she had to overcome to make her one of the most well-known pop culture icons in the world. Shortly after her first appearance in "Playboy", she released her own fitness video, Chyna Fitness: More Than Meets the Eye (2000), which won awards from fitness and lifestyle magazines. The video is still popular with both Chyna's fans and fitness fans alike.
Unlike most former pro wrestlers, Chyna had success on her own two feet. She was on nearly every talk show, and was featured on hundreds of magazine covers, from "Playboy" and "Newsweek" to "TV Guide" and "People". She was featured on Reggie Benjamin's CD "2X-Centrix", performing drums and back up vocals. She was on the top of the "dance music" billboard charts for five weeks with the CD single "Ride", and also sang with her own rock band, "The Chynna Dolls", for a short time, playing venues like The Roxy, Elrey Theater, Hollywood Athletic Center, and two performances on Howard Stern (1994). She starred in the comedies Cougar Club (2007) and Illegal Aliens (2007), and also hosted a variety of shows, from Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors (2001) to FYE and AMC's "Tough Guys series. She had many guest-starring roles on TV series, such as Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998), 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996), Pacific Blue (1996), The Nick Cannon Show (2002), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996), Mad TV (1995), MTV's "Diary" and many others. She was also featured on season four of The Surreal Life (2003) and VH1's spin off, The Surreal Life: Fame Games (2007), as well as in films, including Alien Tracker (2003), Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion (2000), Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002), Hunter: Back in Force (2003). In 2008, she appeared on VH1's Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (2008) TV series to conquer personal demons and depression caused from an abusive relationship and childhood trauma.
In 2009, she released a fashion book, "Paper Doll", which became a best-seller. In May 2011, she returned to the world of wrestling with TNA, debuting on the May 12 edition of TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004), and followed it up with one last match at the TNA TNA: Sacrifice (2011) Pay-per-view, where she and Kurt Angle took on Jeff Jarrett and Karen Jarrett. The episode was one of the highest-rated for the company in many years. Although her match with TNA was a one-time-only deal, Chyna showed the world she had turned her life around - she had overcome depression, emotional trauma and was finally where she wanted to be in life.
In June 2011, Chyna released her first adult video with Vivid Entertainment, Backdoor to Chyna (2011), which sold over a million copies. She said the movie allowed her to regain control of her life, gave her a newfound confidence and got her back on her feet. She embarked on a huge media tour, appearing all over the US. She began feature dancing at high-end nightclubs, appeared on dozens of radio shows, including Howard Stern on Demand (2005) and ABC radio, and in November 2011 won a Fleshbot Award for her "Backdoor to Chyna" video. In 2012, she appeared in A Night at the Silent Movie Theater (2012) and appeared in the music video "Gonna Make You Love Me" for the band Lovechild. She also appeared in a tell-all interview with KayFabe Commentaries, in which she discussed everything from her childhood to drugs, porn and everything in between.
Chyna died on April 20, 2016, in Redondo Beach, California. She was 46.- Amy Dumas was born on April 14, 1975 in Florida. Not much is known about her past except that she and her family did a lot of moving around. Her parents divorced before she graduated from high school. She graduated 6 months early and became a roadie for 5 years and became interested in wrestling after watching Rey Mysterio Jr. She later made her way through wrestling schools before being signed to ECW, where she remained for 9 months before quitting. Later that year she signed with WWF and debuted with Essa Rios on Feb. 13, 2000. After her relationship with Essa ended, Amy joined Matt and Jeff Hardy and the three became Team Xtreme. Time went by and the threesome were popular everywhere, but it wasn't long before the group started facing problems and the three split for a while until returning in 2002 at the WWF 2002 Royal Rumble. A few months later, Amy broke her neck while filming FOX'S Dark Angel and was unable to return to the ring for many months. She is currently partnered with Edge on WWE's RAW.
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Rebecca Quin was born on 30 January 1987 in Dublin, Ireland. She is an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE NXT (2010) and WWE Raw (1993). She has been married to Colby Lopez since June 2021. They have one child.- Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr, also known as WWE Superstar Charlotte Flair, is a 14-time Champion and one of the most decorated female athletes in the history of sports entertainment.
Fliehr's initial foray into sports came from her love and passion for volleyball and gymnastics. She won two state championships in high school and was recruited as a Division 1 volleyball player for Appalachian State. Wrestling was never in her plan until a dinner with a WWE executive to discuss her late brother's future path, while her father, Ric Flair, was being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame for the second time, changed her career path permanently.
Fliehr signed with WWE in 2012 and her innate athleticism came to life at her main roster ring debut on Monday Night Raw in 2015 shortly after winning the NXT Women's Championship in 2014.
She established herself as a dominant force in WWE's women's division, winning her first Divas Championship in 2015 and later retiring the Divas Championship to become the inaugural WWE Women's Champion in 2016, which she has held a record-tying seven times.
The face of WWE's women's evolution, Flair continued to make history and break barriers with her WrestleMania 35 triple-threat match against Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey, the first-ever WrestleMania main event featuring females. She also headlined seven WrestleManias in a row, became the first female Superstar in WWE history to main event a singles match on Raw, SmackDown and a Premium Live Event, and has won more Women's Titles than any other Superstar in WWE history.
Fliehr is also a force to be reckoned with outside the ring. She has been featured in ABC's Good Morning America, Apple TV's Carpool Karaoke, ESPN The Magazine "Body Issue," NBC's Today Show, and Peacock's Punky Brewster, among many others. Fliehr has showcased her acting abilities in the comedic-drama, Psych: The Movie, through Universal Content Productions. She is also among the top 15 most-followed female athletes in the world on social media.
This multi-faceted athlete, author, actor, and host is unstoppable and now she can add jewelry designer to her title when she launched her "Eminence" collaboration with prestige jeweler The Rockford Collection in 2022.
Fliehr's philanthropic contributions include supporting WWE's Community partners such as Make-A-Wish, participating in Girl Up's Sports for a Purpose program designed to help youth achieve gender equality in sports, and being the face of many Special Olympics Unified Sports Competitions around the world.
Fliehr was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and now resides in Florida with her sports entertainment professional husband, Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza, also known as "Manny". - Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado is an American professional wrestler and actress who also known as her ring names Sasha Banks (in WWE) and Mercedes Monè (in other promotions). Varnado made her acting debut in season 2 of the acclaimed show The Mandalorian (2019) in the role of Koska Reeves. As a pioneer of WWE's women's Wrestling, she is regarded as one of the greatest women's wrestler of all time.
She previously wrestled on the independent circuit, most notably for Chaotic Wrestling, where she once held the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship. Between WWE and their developmental brand NXT, Banks has had eight championship reigns-being a former NXT Women's Champion, 5-time Raw Women's Champion and inaugural and 3-time WWE Women's tag team champions and 1 time SmackDown Women's Champion. Varnado made her NJPW debut in 2023 where she is 1 time IWGP Women's Champion.
Her match against Bayley at NXT Takeover: Respect (2015) on October 7, 2015 was the first women's match to ever headline a major WWE event, the first women's Iron Man match. In 2016, she and Charlotte Flair became the first women to headline a WWE pay-per-view event and the first to compete in a Hell in a Cell match (both at WWE Hell in a Cell (2016) in October 2016), the first women to main event WWE Monday Night RAW in a women's match since 2004. In 2021 at WrestleMania 37 Banks and her opponent Bianca Belair became first African born performers to headlining WrestleMania. Banks is also first 1990s born wrestler to headlining WrestleMania. - Actress
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A.J. Mendez was born on 19 March 1987 in Union City, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE NXT (2010) and The JBL & Cole Show with Renee Young (2012). She has been married to Phil Brooks since 13 June 2014.- Saraya Jade Bevis (born 17 August 1992) is an English professional wrestler and actress. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is a two-time WWE Divas Champion and was the inaugural NXT Women's Champion in WWE's developmental branch, NXT, under the name Paige. She is the only person to have held both championships concurrently.
At the age of 13, Bevis made her debut in 2005 in the World Association of Wrestling, a promotion run by her family, under the ring name Britani Knight. She went on to hold several championships on independent circuits within Europe. In 2011, she signed a contract with WWE and started wrestling as Paige within its developmental systems, eventually debuting on WWE's main roster in April 2014. In her debut match on the main roster, she won the Divas Championship for the first time, becoming the second woman in WWE history to win a championship in her debut match and the youngest champion in the title's history at the age of 21.
Saraya was born and raised in Norwich, Norfolk, the daughter of professional wrestlers Ian Bevis and Julia Hamer-Bevis, who once unknowingly wrestled while she was seven months pregnant with Saraya. As a child, she was scared of wrestling because of the injuries her family received and the concept that her parents fought other people for a living. She also intended to become a zoologist. When she was around 10 or 11 years old,[specify] her father started running a wrestling training school every month. She took this opportunity to occasionally enter the wrestling ring, where her brothers taught her about wrestling. She did this until she was 13, when she officially made her debut as a wrestler. At the age of 15, Bevis worked as a bouncer and bartender at her parents' bar while they were away. She attended The Hewett School in Norwich, graduating in 2008. - Actress
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Mickie James was born on 31 August 1979 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004) and WWE Raw (1993). She has been married to Nick Aldis since 31 December 2015. They have one child.- Actress
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Korean-Canadian professional wrestler known for her work for WWE and TNA. She attended secondary school at York Memorial Collegiate Institute. She was a natural athlete and participated in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, badminton. Gail Kim enrolled in the University of Toronto and majored in kinesiology (the science of human movement). She transferred to Ryerson University and changed her major to nutrition. Trained under El Fuego, Fit Finlay and Ron Hutchinson and debuted in December 2000 under a mask as La Felina. Under this gimmick, she competed for the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation in Toronto, Northern Championship Wrestling in Quebec, the Insane Wrestling Federation in Detroit, Border City Wrestling in Toronto, and for Wild Samoan Afa's WXW promotion in Pennsylvania. Switching to her own name, she signed a developmental deal with WWE in 2002 and wrestled a series of bra and panties matches with Dawn Marie on the SmackDown! house show circuit. Made her TV debut in a battle royal for the WWE Women's Title on the June 30, 2003 "WWE RAW," helping Victoria eliminate Trish Stratus and then eliminating Victoria herself to win the match and the title. Turned heel and joined Molly Holly in her feud with Trish Stratus. Made her PPV debut teaming with Molly in a loss to Lita and Trish Stratus at "WWE Unforgiven 2003." Jumped to TNA in 2006 and debuted in a loss to Traci Brooks at "TNA Hardcore War" on June 9, 2006. Over her various runs in TNA, she has held the TNA Knockouts Title six times, matched only by Angelina Love, and the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title once with Madison Rayne. She has also competed for many other promotions, including Toryumon Mexico, Absolute Intense Wrestling, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, British Championship Wrestling, Imperial Wrestling Revolution (Oklahoma, where she became the inaugural IWR Diamond Champion), Association Biterroise de Catch (France, where she has held the ABC Women's Champion) and more.- Actress
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is a retired American professional wrestler. She is best known under her ring names Madusa (shorthand for Made in the USA) or Alundra Blayze. Her early career was spent in the American Wrestling Association, where she held the AWA World Women's Championship one time. In 1988, Miceli was also the first woman to be awarded Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Rookie of the Year. The following year, she signed a contract with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, making her the first foreign wrestler to do so. She later joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where she was a member of the Dangerous Alliance, a group of wrestlers managed by Paul E. Dangerously. In 1993, she joined the rival World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the name Alundra Blayze. In the WWF, she feuded with Bull Nakano and Bertha Faye, while holding the WWF Women's Championship a total of three times. Two years after joining the WWF, Miceli returned to WCW, showing up on an episode of Monday Nitro to throw the WWF Women's Championship belt into a trash can. For the next six years, she worked in WCW, where she feuded with Bull Nakano, Oklahoma, and became the first women to hold the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship. After training wrestlers at the WCW Power Plant, she left the company in 2001.
In addition to wrestling, Miceli competes in the world of monster trucks. She drives a truck named Madusa, which was also her ring name for much of her professional wrestling career. She won the 2004 co-championship at the Monster Jam World Finals for freestyle in the first-ever three-way tie. The following year, she was the only female competitor in the Super Bowl of Motorsports, and she won the Racing Championship in the Monster Jam World Finals.- Actress
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Mae Young was born on 12 March 1923 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE Raw (1993) and WWE Sunday Night Heat (1998). She died on 14 January 2014 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.- Kanako Urai (born September 26, 1981) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Asuka. She started her professional wrestling career in the AtoZ promotion in June 2004 under the ring name Kana. She remained there until retiring in March 2006. She returned to the ring a year and a half later, starting to work as a freelancer for promotions such as JWP Joshi Puroresu, NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Wave, Reina Joshi Puroresu, Smash and Wrestling New Classic. Her achievements include winning the JWP Openweight Championship, NEO Tag Team Championship, Reina World Women's Championship, Smash Diva Championship and Wave Tag Team Championship.
In August 2015, Urai signed a developmental deal with WWE. After spending two years in WWE's developmental branch NXT, where she is a former NXT Women's Champion (with her reign of 510 days being the longest of any title in WWE's post-national expansion era) as well as the Female Competitor of the Year (2016, 2017) and Overall Competitor of the Year (2017) NXT Year-End Award winner, Asuka was moved to the promotion's main roster in September 2017. In addition, the company has billed her as having the "longest undefeated streak in WWE history" at 914 days. In January 2018, she was the inaugural winner of the women's Royal Rumble match.
In December 2015, Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter stated that Urai "may be the best worker in WWE, man or woman". In 2017, Asuka became the first Japanese female wrestler to top Pro Wrestling Illustrated's (PWI) annual PWI Female 50 list. Her techniques include various kicks and submission holds, leading to a reputation for a stiff wrestling style. Urai has also worked as a freelance graphic designer and video game journalist and through her work with Microsoft she has been sponsored by the company, wearing an Xbox 360 logo on her gear. - Actress
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Sherri Martel was born on 8 February 1958 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. She was an actress, known for WCW Monday Nitro (1995), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and Saturday Night's Main Event (1985). She was married to Robert Schrull and Leroy Gonzales. She died on 15 June 2007 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.- Actress
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is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to the WWE, under the ring name Alexa Bliss, currently performing on the Raw brand. She is a former two-time Women's Champion, Intercontinental and Mixed Tag Team Champion.
In May 2013, Kaufman signed a contract with WWE, and was assigned to WWE's Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. In May 2015, she aligned herself with NXT Tag Team Champions Blake and Murphy, thus becoming their valet. Bliss made her main roster debut in June 2015 and challenged for the WWE Divas Championship later that month. Bliss won the WWE Mixed Tag Team Championship in November 2015 on Raw with Finn Bálor and they held it until September the following year after Bálor's legitimate shoulder injury. She won her first singles title at Unforgiven 2016 winning the WWE Women's Championship from Ana Sanchez and lost it on Raw to Bayley who cashed-in her Money in the Bank contract.
At the 2017 Royal Rumble Bliss became the first woman in almost 17 years to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship. On the June 20, 2016 episode of Raw Bliss defeated Charlotte to become the number one contender to Ana Sanchez's WWE Women's Championship. During the 2016 WWE draft Bliss was drafted 53rd overall to Raw. On July 24 Bliss defeated Ana Sanchez at Unforgiven to win her first WWE Women's Championship. At SummerSlam Bliss faced off against Dana Brooke, Taeler Hendrix, Charlotte, Eve Torres and Sasha Banks in a six-pack elimination match Bliss only got the final elimination pinning Banks following a Twisted Bliss. Bliss then defended it the following night on Raw successfully against Becky Lynch after she won a fatal four-way at SummerSlam to become number one contender Bliss then successfully defended it Starrcade inside of the elimination chamber taking on Banks, Charlotte, Hendrix, Bayley and Becky Lynch, Bliss pinned Banks following a Twisted Bliss and then Lynch following a chokehold STO. Bliss would face off against Charlotte on the October 17, 2016 episode of Raw defeating her, then Bayley would cash-in her Money in the Bank contract pinning Bliss and claiming her first Women's Championship. At Vengeance Bliss and Bayley faced off inside Hell in a Cell in the main event with Bayley successfully defending her championship. On Raw the following night Bliss faced off against Nia Jax but was defeated this meant that Jax qualified for the Survivor Series team to take on Team SmackDown. On the December 19, 2016 episode of Raw Bliss took part in a fatal four-way for the WWE Women's Championship against champion Bayley, Becky Lynch and Ana Sanchez with Bayley retaining her title. On the December 26, 2016 episode of Raw Bliss announced her participation in the women's royal rumble at the Royal Rumble. Bliss then won an intergender fatal four-way against Roman Reigns, Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins to become the number one contender to the WWE Intercontinental Championship. She defeated Fénix at the Royal Rumble to become the first woman since Chyna in 2000 to win the title. She successfully defended the belt at WrestleMania 33 against Ana Sanchez but she ultimately lost the belt to Grado on the April 24, 2017 episode of Raw in an intergender fatal four-way including Bayley and Randy Orton.- Judy Grable was born on 21 August 1925 in Bremerton, Washington, USA. She died on 8 May 2008 in the USA.
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Pamela Martinez was born on 15 June 1989 in Newark, California, USA. She is an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE NXT (2010) and WWE Raw (1993).- Beth Phoenix was born on 24 November 1980 in Elmira, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE Superstars (2009) and WrestleMania XXVIII (2012). She has been married to Adam Copeland since 30 October 2016. They have two children. She was previously married to Joseph Carolan.
- better known by her ring names Amazing Kong and Awesome Kong. She is best known for her work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and has also worked for WWE, Shimmer Women Athletes, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Lucha Libre USA She is a former two-time TNA Knockout's champion, a former WWWA World Women's champion in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, a former NWA World Women's champion and a former AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Women's champion. Her success is not limited to singles wrestling, as she frequently teamed with Aja Kong to form the tag team Double Kong who held tag team championships in four different promotions, along with winning the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship with Hamada. She was also ranked first in the inaugural list of Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 50 Females. She began her professional wrestling career in 2002 after appearing on a reality television show. She primarily wrestled in Japan for the first five years of her career, holding numerous championships there. In 2006 she began wrestling in her native United States again, appearing on the independent circuit before appearing on national television with TNA Wrestling where she was a driving force in the foundation of their Knockout division.
- Natalya Neidhart was born on 27 May 1982 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), Clash Time (2011) and WWE Saturday Morning Slam (2012). She has been married to T.J. Wilson since 26 June 2013.
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is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Io Shirai who is currently signed to the WWE, performing on their developmental brand NXT, where she is a former NXT Women's Champion.
Making her debut in March 2007, Io spent several years working as a tag team wrestler, teaming with her older sister Mio, with whom she would wrestle for various promotions across Japan and Mexico, winning the TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Championship in the process. In June 2010, the Shirais came together with Kana to form the Triple Tails stable, which would last for fifteen months, before Io broke out of the group and started her singles career with the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. In April 2013, she won the promotion's top title, the World of Stardom Championship, which she would hold for over fifteen months.
She is currently in her record sixth reign as one third of the Artist of Stardom Champions, while also being a former two-time World of Stardom Champion and a one-time Goddess of Stardom, Wonder of Stardom, High Speed and SWA World Champion. She is recognized as the "ace" of Stardom, and was named the 2015 and 2016 women's wrestler of the year by Tokyo Sports.- Tara was born on 10 February 1971 in San Bernardino, California, USA. She is an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE Raw (1993) and WWE Sunday Night Heat (1998). She was previously married to Lee Varon.
- Lisa Moretti was born on 26 November 1961 in Inglewood, California, USA. She is an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), The Strip (1999) and Divas: Postcard from the Caribbean (2000). She has been married to Gavin Murdoch since 1 June 2011.
- American professional wrestler and trainer from Martinez, California as Sara Del Rey. Debuted in 2001 and was initially billed as "Nikki" for All Pro Wrestling in Northern California. Has competed for SHIMMER, CHIKARA, Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling IRON, SHINE Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and numerous other promotions around the world. Among her in-ring achievements, she was the inaugural SHIMMER Champion, a SHIMMER Tag Team Champion with Courtney Rush as the Queens of Winning, the lone CWR (Canadian Wrestling Revolution in Toronto) Women's Champion, the inaugural JAPW (Jersey All Pro Wrestling) Women's Champion, the inaugural Remix Pro (Ohio) Fury Champion, and, at "CHIKARA Cibernetico: The Animated Series" on November 12, 2011, became the first woman to ever win a Torneo Cibernetico by pinning Tim Donst.
- Mariko Yoshida is known for Mid Summer Typhoon (1992), AJW Samurai TV (2002) and Collision in Korea (1995).
- Kairi Sane is a Japanese female professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where she is competes on the Smackdown brand. Making her WWE debut in NXT, Sane became a one-time NXT Women's Champion. Before WWE, she spent much of her career in Japan wrestling for World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a former one-time World Of Stardom Champion, a former one-time Wonder Of Stardom Champion, former three-time Goddesses Of Stardom Champion and a former four-time Artist Of Stardom Champion. Kairi Sane debuted two nights after the conclusion of the Mae Young Classic, wrestling on the September 14 edition of NXT, defeating Aliyah. During November 2017, Kairi was involved in a series of four-way matches all won by Peyton Royce, involving Ember Moon and Nikki Cross; leading towards a title match for the vacant NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: WarGames. At WarGames, Kairi was unsuccessful in winning the vacant title as Ember Moon emerged the winner of the four-way title match.
Returning in January 2018, Sane entered the first-ever Women's Royal Rumble match held during the 2018 Royal Rumble pay-per-view. Throughout the months of February and March, Sane competed in NXT in singles matches against opponents including Shayna Baszler, Vanessa Borne, Rhea Ripley, Peyton Royce and Taynara Conti. She was also involved a few tag team matches, teaming Candice LeRae, Jessie Elaban, Dakota Kai and Ember Moon on different match occasions. On April 5 during the first day of the 2018 WrestleMania Axxess weekend event, Sane entered the NXT Women's Championship Invitational, advancing in the first round after eliminating Bianca Belair. On April 7 during the third day of the Invitational, Sane was eliminated in the semifinals Peyton Royce. On April 8 during the WrestleMania 34 Kickoff show, Sane entered the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal that was eventually won by Naomi. On April 19 at NXT, Sane challenged Shayna Baszler for the NXT Women's title but did not succeed in winning the championship. She finished the remainder of the month in a succession of tag matches involving various partners including Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Steffanie Newell and Nikki Cross against various tag team combinations. Throughout the month of May, Sane would team mostly with Nikki Cross in matches mostly involving Taynara Conti and her partners including Reina Gonzalez or the Women's Champion Shayna Baszler. She ended the month teaming with Jessie Elaban in a tag match won by Lacey Evans & Vanessa Borne. During the June 2 house show, Sane began the month with a victory defeating Bianca Belair.
After successful tag matches during the June 14 and June 15 house shows, Sane made her televised return during the July 11 episode of NXT, defeating Vanessa Borne. The following week, she returned for the July 18 episode of NXT, where she competed in a triple-threat No. 1 Contendership match for the NXT Women's Championship, defeating opponents Candice LeRae and Nikki Cross. Sane returned to live events including the June 22 house show during which she teamed with rookie Kacy Catanzaro in defeating Reina Gonzalez & Taynara Conti. She returned for the final week of live events during the June 29 house show, defeating Taynara Conti. The following night at the final house show of the month, Sane teamed with Xia Li in a tag match defeating Lacey Evans & Vanessa Borne.
The following month, Sane returned for a match during the July 12 house show, defeating Taynara Conti. Two nights later, Sane returned for the July 14 house show, teaming with Jessie Elaban in a tag match defeating Reina Gonzalez & Rhea Ripley. She made her televised return during the August 15 episode of NXT (taped July 18), defeating Aliyah. She spent the remainder of July in house shows teaming with either Jessie Elaban or Candice LeRae in tag matches defeating tag teams including Shayna Baszler & Taynara Conti or Taynara Conti & Vanessa Borne. The following month, Sane's next title match was held during the August 17 house show, losing to the reigning NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler. On August 18, Sane met Baszler in a title rematch held at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV, where she defeated Baszler to become the new NXT Women's Champion. She made her televised return during the September 5 episode of NXT (taped August 23), defeating Trish Adora. She next wrestled her final stateside house show on August 25, teaming with Deonna Purrazzo and Io Shirai in a tag match lost to Shayna Baszler and newcomers Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir.
During the September 13 house show, Sane returned to team with Candice LeRae in a tag match lost to rookies Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir. During the following night's house show, Sane teamed with Dakota Kai & Io Shirai in a tag match lost to Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir. Sane made her televised return during the September 26 episode of NXT (taped September 20), where she defeated Vanessa Borne. She finished the remainder of the month in tag matches all lost to the team of Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir & Shayna Baszler. After successfully retaining the NXT Women's title in house shows against Lacey Evans, Sane met Shayna Baszler in a title rematch held on October 28 at the first-ever all-women's pay-per-view Evolution, where she was lost due to the referee stopping the match, resulting in Shayna Baszler winning the title back from Sane. On November 17 at NXT TakeOver: WarGames II, a Women's title rematch was held with Best Two Out Of Three Falls rules, ending with Baszler retaining the championship.
The following month, Sane returned for the December 6 house show, during which she teamed with Dakota Kai in defeating Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir in a tag match. The following night during the December 7 house show, Sane teamed with Candice LeRae & Dakota Kai in a tag match defeating Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir & Shayna Baszler. During the December 8 house show, Sane won a title match defeating the reigning NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler, however due to her disqualification victory, she did not win the title. During the December 9 house show, Sane teamed with Candice LeRae, in a tag match lost against Marina Shafir & Shayna Baszler. Six nights later, Sane returned for the December 15 house show, during which she teamed with Mia Yim in a tag match lost to Jessamyn Duke & Shayna Baszler.
SmackDown Live (2019-present) After the 2019 Superstar Shake-up, Sane made her main roster debut on the April 16 episode of SmackDown Live. There, she made her debut in an eight-woman tag match, teaming with Asuka, Bayley and Ember Moon, to defeat Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville & The IIconics. The following week on during the April 23 episode of SmackDown Live, Sane wrestled and won her first singles match, defeating Peyton Royce. Since her debut tag team match, Sane and Asuka quickly became allies and formed a new team of their own. On the April 30 episode of SmackDown Live in Columbus, Ohio, Sane and Asuka defeated local wrestlers Jaylee & Queen Aminata. The following month, Sane and Asuka revealed their new team name as The Kabuki Warriors May 14 episode of SmackDown Live. During the show, the Kabuki Warriors defeated the team of Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville, and had their hands raised in victory by Smackdown General Manager Paige, the former leader and teammate of Rose and Deville. - Wendi Richter was born on 6 September 1961 in Dallas, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for The Wrestlers: Land of a Thousand Dances (1985), Best of the WWF Volume 1 (1985) and The Women of WWF (1988).
- Retired African-American female professional wrestler best known for her work in the USWA as Miss Texas and under her own first name for WCW in 1997 and for WWE from 1998 to 2004. After training under legendary heel manager General Skandor Akbar, she debuted for World Class Championship Wrestling as Sweet Georgia Brown. Changed her ring name to Miss Texas and competed under that name for years in Memphis. She broke ground by wrestling both women and men, and, in 1993, was the first woman to be ranked in "Pro Wrestling Illustrated" Magazine's "PWI 500" ranking of the best wrestlers in the world. During her time there, she was the inaugural USWA Women's Champion and would hold the title a record 14 times. She had a brief run in Jim Cornette's SMW as Sgt. Rock, a member of Cornette's Army. She also worked as Queen Moesha as a member of the USWA arm of the Nation of Domination. In February 1997, "The Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan brought her in to WCW as the final member of the Dungeon of Doom, as part of his feud with Chris Benoit and Sullivan's former wife Woman (Nancy Daus-Sullivan). In this role, her main function was to cheat relentlessly behind the referee's back by beating up Sullivan's opponents on the floor. The storyline behind her arrival was based on a supposed "relationship" between herself and Sullivan that was never explained. At "WCW Bash at the Beach 97," she turned on Sullivan by smashing a chair over his head, costing him his Career vs. Career match with Benoit, and sending him into retirement. (Sullivan continued to work in the office until he was pushed out by Kevin Nash in late 1998, though he would not have another match until "Starrcade 99.") After Disco Inferno defeated WCW World Television Champion Alex Wright for the title on the September 22, 1997 "WCW Monday Nitro," Jacqueline confronted Disco about a title shot, as Disco had left the company for a short time earlier in the year after refusing to lose a match to her. This led to Jacqueline defeating Disco in a non-title (due to how WCW wouldn't/couldn't sanction an intergender match for a title) match at "WCW Halloween Havoc 1997." Following in the tradition of her regularly losing her clothes in Memphis, Jackie suffered a nipple slip while executing a Side Russian Legsweep. Jackie disappeared for a time before arriving in WWE on the "Raw" after "WWF Over the Edge 1998." At that PPV, Marc Mero had defeated Sable, thus forcing Sable out of the company, though she was brought back soon after. Mero introduced Jackie as Sable's replacement, leading to the inevitable feud. At "WWF Fully Loaded 98," Jackie faced Sable in a Bikini Contest. Jackie actually wore a one-piece thong swimsuit, and, while dancing around, flashed her left breast on camera. Sable wore only a thong with hands painted on her breasts. Sable was declared the winner, but the decision was reversed the following night on "Raw." The feud continued, and WWE brought back the dormant WWE Women's Title for it. Jackie defeated Sable for the vacant title, becoming the first African-American wrestler to hold the title. Sable defeated Jackie for the belt at "Survivor Series 98." At the UK-only "WWF Capital Carnage" PPV, Sable and Christian defeated Mero and Jackie, in Mero's last match with the company. After the match, Jackie climbed on referee Tim White's shoulders and started punching away at him, and Sable pulled Jackie's shirt right off of her body, revealing that she was not wearing a bra. This was the first moment of out-and-out toplessness on PPV, predating Miss Kitty/the Kat celebrating winning the title by removing her bra and flashing her breasts at "WWF Armageddon 99" by a year. In the Fall, Jackie and Terri Runnels both rejected their men, Mero and Val Venis (Sean Morley) respectively, and formed Pretty Mean Sisters (PMS), based on the premise that they hated men. The duo added Ken Shamrock's "sister" Ryan Shamrock (Alicia Webb) and Meat (Shawn Stasiak-Stipich), who was essentially Runnels' sex slave, until he dropped the gimmick and renamed himself Shawn Stasiak. PMS went their separate ways in late 1999. On January 31, 2000, manager/referee/road agent Harvey Wippleman (Bruno Lauer) dressed up as "Harvina" and defeated the Kat for the Women's Title in a "Lumberjill Snowbunny Match." That Thursday on "SmackDown!," with all of the women complaining about Wippleman being the Champion, Jackie was chosen as his opponent. The match started with Harvey making sexist comments, then Jackie speared him, rained down several punches, slammed Harvey, dropped an elbow and pinned him for her second and final WWE Women's Title. She lost the title to Stephanie McMahon in March and never regained it. Jackie was pushed down the card, and reduced to working as a referee and as a trainer on "WWE Tough Enough" and at WWE's developmental promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling. On the May 6, 2004 "WWE SmackDown!," WWE Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero Jr. threw out an open challenge to defend the title against anyone, and Jackie responded. She proceeded to defeat Chavo for the belt, becoming the only woman to win the title in WWE (Debra Ann Miceli and Daffney Unger (Shannon Spruill) had both won it in WCW) and the only African-American wrestler to ever win the title (Lance Storm had awarded the title to Elix Skipper back in WCW in 2000 as part of the formation of Team Canada). In her last appearance, Jackie lost the title back to Chavo at "WWE Judgment Day." Jackie had a couple of runs in TNA, usually aligned with James Storm, before retiring. Along with her in-ring achievements, she is also a black belt in Tae Kwan Do. She was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016.
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is an Australian female professional wrestler currently signed to the American promotion WWE on its developmental brand NXT under the ring name Rhea Ripley where she became the first WWE United Kingdom Women's Champion. Bennett has worked also for other Australian promotions such as Professional Wrestling Alliance and Riot City Wrestling. Bennett made her deubt in June 2013 in Riot City Wrestling at RCW Mean Street Mayhem 6. The following year on 10 May at RCW City Chicks Unleashed, Bennett won her first championship when defeated Savannah Summers to win the RCW Women's Championship. She held the title until 15 November at RCW City Chicks Unleashed 3, where she was defeated by Harley Wonderland in a title match. On 6 December at RCW Battle Ror Supremacy, Bennett had a rematch for the title, but did not win the title due to Wonderland being counted out of the ring. Bennett returned the following year in 2015 on 10 October at RCW Key To The City in a three-way match to determine the Number One Contender for the RCW Women's Championship. She won by defeating Blair Alexis and Harley Wonderland. At the 2015 RCW Powertrip, she faced the RCW Women's Champion Savannah Summers in a title match that ended in No Contest. Bennett returned on 30 January 2016 at RCW Reanimated where she met Savannah Summers in a rematch for the RCW Women's Title, but did not succeed in winning the championship. On 22 October at RCW Key To The City, Bennett met Summers again, at that time in a three-way match in challenging the defending RCW Women's Champion Quinn Beauregard, resulting in Bennett winning the title and becoming a two-time Women's Champion.
On 28 January 2017 at RCW Reanimated, Bennett successfully defended her Women's Championship against Casey Johns. On 22 April, Bennett wrestled her last RCW match at RCW Strength where she successfully defended the Women's title against Kellyanne.
Pro Wrestling Alliance (2013) Two months later, she debuted in Professional Wrestling Alliance at PWWA Champions United where she teamed with Izzy in defeating Blair Alexis & Savannah Summers in a tag match.
Newcastle Pro Wrestling (2014-2015) Bennett made her Newcastle Pro Wrestling debut in 2014, during the 12 July edition of Newy Pro where she teamed with Rachel Rose in defeating Harley Wonderland & Madison Eagles in tag match.
New Horizon Pro Wrestling (2014-2015) Bennett's New Horizon Pro Wrestling debut was made on 24 May 2014, during the opening night of the NHPW Global Conflict where she joined the Global Conflict Tournament. She was eliminated during the first round of the tournament by Mercedes Martinez. She returned for the second night of the NHPW Global Conflict event, competing in a four-way mixed tag team match paired with Garry Schmidt. Six months later, Bennett returned and was part of the opening night of the NHPW Final Chapter event, wrestling a four-way Match against Madison Eagles, Evie and Saraya Knight with the vacant IndyGurlz Australia Championship at stake. However, Bennett did not win the title.
Melbourne City Wrestling (2014, 2016) Bennett made her Melbourne City Wrestling debut in on 14 June 2014 at MCW New Horizons where she defended the RCW Women's title in a three-way match against Savannah Summers and Toni Storm. On 9 August at MCW Clash Of The Titans, Bennett defeated Miami to retain her Women's Championship. Bennett continued her winning streak with a third consecutive victory, defeating Savannah Summers at MCW Fight For A Cause. On 30 April 2016, Bennett returned to MCW at MCW Ballroom Brawl in a match won by Kellyanne. On 11 June at MCW Hostile Takeover, Bennett teamed with Erika Reid to defeat Charli Evans & Shazza McKenzie in a tag match. ennett debuted on the 30 January 2015 edition of OCW where she defeated Kellyanne in a singles match. On March 20 at OCW Supershow, Bennett lost to Kellyanne in a rematch. On 25 July at OCW Extinction, Bennett lost to Vixsin in a singles match.
Wrestle Rampage (2015-2016) On 7 February 2015, Bennett debut at WR Meltdown where defeated Savannah Summers. She returned in 2016 on 6 May at WR Revolution, where she defeated Amity Row.
Japanese Tour (2015-2016) Pro Wrestling ZERO1 (2015) Bennett debuted on 18 April 2015 at Super Fireworks Pro Wrestling, where she teamed with Sendai Sachiko to defeat DASH Chisako & Meiko Tanaka.
REINA (2015) On 26 April 2015, Bennett debuted at REINA Mexico Fiesta where she teamed Meiko Tanaka in a tag match won by Alex Lee & Makoto. On 5 May, she returned to REINA during the 2015 REINA Golden Week Wrestling Festival where she wrestled a three-way match against Carmen Rose and Alex Lee. During the June 23 edition of REINA, Bennett defeated Konami.
World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (2016) On 5 April 2015 at Diana 4th Anniversary Show In Korakuen, Bennett debuted in a match against Kyoko Kimura. During the 12 April edition of Diana, Bennett teamed with Kaoru Ito to defeat Kyoko Inoue & Meiko Tanaka. Bennett teamed with Kaoru Ito again on 10 May in a tag match against Kyoko Inoue & La Comandante. Between singles matches, Bennett teamed with Kaoru Ito to defeat Carmen Rose & Kyoko Inoue. On the 14 June edition of Diana, Bennett teamed with Jaguar Yokota & Kaoru Ito in a tag match won by Kyoko Inoue, La Comandante & Yumiko Hotta.
World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE Mae Young Classic (2017) Bennett made her debut on 13 July 2017 to join the first annual WWE Mae Young Classic tournament. Under the ring name Rhea Ripley, she eliminated Miranda Salinas in the first round. She advanced to the second rounds of the tournament held on 14 July where she was eliminated by Dakota Kai.
NXT (2017-present) Signed to the WWE, Rhea Ripley joined the NXT roster making her debut on 25 August at a house show, teaming with Ruby Riot & Zeda in a three-on-three tag team match against Mandy Rose, Taynara Conti & Vanessa Borne. Ripley wrestled her first NXT singles match during the 23 September house show, where she lost to Bianca Belair. On 4 October, Ripley joined a Battle Royal Qualifier match held for the NXT Women's Championship. By the end of the battle royal Nikki Cross emerged the winner. Her second singles match was won by Ruby Riot during the 21 October house show. During the 27 October house show, Ripley participated in an NXT Halloween Costume Battle Royal won by Shayna Baszler. On 10 November, Ripley wrestled her third singles match won by Dakota Kai. During December, Ripley wrestled in tag matches, including a match teaming with Abbey Laith in a losing effort to the Riott Squad (Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) during the 9 December house show. She finished her debut year with a tag team victory, teaming Dakota Kai to defeat Reina Gonzalez & Sage Beckett.
Ripley returned to NXT on 3 February 2018 where she won her first victory, defeating Aliyah. She spent the remainder of February in singles matches against Shayna Baszler, Jessie Elaban and Kairi Sane. During the 24 March house show, Ripley teamed with Dakota Kai and Jessie Elaban to defeat Aliyah, Taynara Conti & Vanessa Borne in a six-woman tag match. She returned during the 21 April house show, in a match won by Reina Gonzalez.
At the 26 August NXT UK tapings in Birmingham, Ripley participated in an eight-woman tournament to determine the inaugural WWE NXT UK Women's Championship, in which she won by defeating Toni Storm at the final round becoming the inaugural champion. Returning to the United States, Ripley's first title defense was held on 31 August in Fort Pierce, Florida where she defeated Kacy Catanzaro to retain the UK Women's title. Returning the following month during the 21 September house show, Ripley retained the UK Women's title, defeating Nikki Cross. She finished the month with a successful title defense during the 28 September house show, defeating rookie Jessie Elaban. The following month, Ripley returned for the 13 October NXT UK tapings in Plymouth, England, defeating local UK wrestler Candy Floss. During the following night's NXT UK tapings, Ripley successfully defended the UK Women's title, defeating Isla Dawn. During the 20 October house show in Venice, Florida , Ripley retained the UK Women's title defeating Deonna Purrazzo. She finished the month with a title defense held in a dark match held on 28 October, at the first annual Evolution pay-per-view event, defeating Dakota Kai. The following month, Ripley began with a title match during the 2 November house show, defeating Nikki Cross to retain the UK Women's Championship. The following week during the 9 November house show, Ripley retained the Women's title, defeating Candice LeRae. During the 24 November tapings (aired as the 26 December episode of NXT UK), Ripley successfully retained the UK Women's title, defeating Deonna Purrazzo. She ended the year with a victory during the 29 November house show, during which she defeated Reina Gonzalez to retain the UK Women's Championship.
During January 2019, Ripley's title reign was ended at TakeOver: Blackpool, where she lost the UK Women's title, to New Zealand rival Toni Storm. She would later meet Storm on 26 January during the second night of the 2019 Royal Rumble Axxess Weekend event, where she failed to win in her title rematch against Storm. The following night, Ripley competed in the second annual women's Royal Rumble match at the 2019 Royal Rumble. During the match Ripley eliminated Kacy Catanzaro, Dana Brooke and Zelina Vega, before she was later eliminated by Bayley.- African-American professional wrestler from Garland, TX as Athena. Debuted in 2007 for Professional Championship Wrestling in Arlington, TX and has competed for SHIMMER, Anarchy Championship Wrestling, SHINE Wrestling, Ring of Honor and many other promotions. She is a former 3x ACW (Anarchy Championship Wrestling in Austin, TX) American Joshi Champion, a former ACW Televised Champion, a former 2x AIW (Absolute Intense Wrestling in Cleveland, OH) Women's Champion, and, as Trouble, a former ROW (Reality of Wrestling, Booker T. (Booker Huffman)'s promotion in Houston, TX) Diamonds Division Champion. Wrestles for WWE's NXT show as Ember Moon.
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Lillian Ellison was born on 22 July 1923 in Tookiedoo, South Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for WWF Championship Wrestling (1972), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and Saturday Night's Main Event (1985). She was married to Walter Carroll and Johnny Long. She died on 2 November 2007 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.- Sarah Stock was born on 4 March 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She is an actress, known for Shimmer Volume 30 (2010), TNA Xplosion (2002) and AEW Rampage (2021).
- , is an American former professional wrestler known for her tenure in the WWE on the SmackDown brand.
McCool originally worked as a middle school teacher in Palatka, Florida. She joined WWE in 2004 after participating in the 2004 WWE Diva Search. In her initial on-screen role, she acted primarily as a personal trainer and occasional wrestler. She also acted as the manager to the team of K. C. James and Idol Stevens, collectively known as The Teacher's Pets, in 2006 after changing her on-screen character to that of a teacher. At The Great American Bash in 2008, she became the inaugural WWE Divas Champion, holding the title for approximately five months. She then won the WWE Women's Championship at The Bash in 2009, becoming the first person to have held both titles. At Night of Champions in 2010, she unified both titles becoming the first WWE Unified Divas Champion. She has held both titles on two occasions which makes her a four-time champion overall. McCool first came to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a competitor in the 2004 WWE Diva Search, losing to Christy Hemme. Although she was eliminated, WWE signed her to a three-year deal in November. Despite not winning the contest, she later debuted on SmackDown! as a fan favorite with a "Personal Trainer" gimmick. She wrestled in her first SmackDown! match, teaming with The Big Show to defeat Dawn Marie and René Duprée on March 3, 2005. A few months later, McCool became a part of the feud between MNM and Heidenreich when she defended Heidenreich against MNM's manager Melina's verbal attacks. In a match on June 30, Melina defeated McCool by pinning her with the illegal aid of the ring ropes as leverage. After the match, MNM performed their finisher, the Snapshot, on McCool.
McCool was then sent to WWE's developmental facility, Deep South Wrestling (DSW), where she wrestled, performed interviews, hosted segments, and provided color commentary. While in DSW, she was hospitalized after having an allergic reaction to a prescribed medication and was temporarily sidelined to recover. Eventually, she started to train in WWE's other developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). While in OVW, she began managing the duo of Amish Roadkill and K.C. James.
The Teacher's Pets (2006-2007) She returned to SmackDown! on June 2, 2006, this time working as a villainess with a "sexy teacher" gimmick, pulling on her real life experiences. Upon her arrival, she aligned with the evil Kristal Marshall to feud with Jillian Hall and Ashley Massaro. This feud led to a Fatal Four-Way Bra and Panties match at The Great American Bash, which Massaro won. She won her first singles match on the July 28 edition of SmackDown!, defeating Hall by illegally using the ropes as leverage. Soon after, she began acting as valet for the team of K. C. James and Idol Stevens, who, because of her association with them, were nicknamed The Teacher's Pets. The trio began feuding with Paul London and Brian Kendrick, and their valet Massaro, for the WWE Tag Team Championship, but never won the title. The feud ended when London and Kendrick won a match against them at No Mercy in October. On November 28, McCool was hospitalized with an enlarged kidney, a broken sternum, and an electrolyte imbalance. She was released from the hospital on December 2.
All-American Diva; Divas Champion (2007-2008) McCool returned on the March 30, 2007 edition of SmackDown!, where she participated in a 10-Diva tag team match. On the April 13 edition of SmackDown!, McCool became a fan favorite once again when she came to the aid of Ashley Massaro after she was attacked by Jillian Hall backstage. On the May 28 edition of Raw, McCool won the Memorial Day Bikini Beach Splash Battle Royal by eliminating Melina. Subsequently, a series of matches took place between Victoria and McCool, including a Mixed Tag Team match where Victoria and Kenny Dykstra defeated McCool and Chuck Palumbo. McCool even made the save of Torrie Wilson who was attacked after a match against Victoria, on the August 10 edition of SmackDown!. That would lead to the last match between the two, with Michelle getting the victory.
McCool then became caught in the middle of a feud between the villainous Jamie Noble and her on-screen friend Chuck Palumbo. After a series of matches between the men, Noble won a date with McCool by defeating Palumbo in a match. In the storyline, Palumbo accidentally elbowed McCool during a match, causing her to suffer a concussion. The partnership was dissolved when McCool refused to accept his apology. She then went on to compete in a series of contests with Victoria, Eve Torres, Maryse and Cherry to determine SmackDown!s top Diva, subsequently winning the title. At The Great American Bash on July 20, 2008, McCool defeated Natalya Neidhart to become the inaugural WWE Divas Champion.
On the July 25th episode of SmackDown!, McCool defeated Maryse in a non-title match. On the August 8 episode of SmackDown!, Michelle teamed up with Maria and Cherry in a losing effort to Maryse, Victoria and Natalya. The following week, McCool teamed up with Maria in losing effort to Maryse and Natalya after Maryse pinned Michelle. She successfully defended her Divas Championship against Maryse at Unforgiven and on the September 19 edition of SmackDown!. On the September 23rd episode of ECW, McCool was defeated by Maryse in a non-title singles match. On the November 14th episode of SmackDown!, McCool successfully retained her Divas Championship against Maria. McCool began turning heel after losing to Maria in a non-title singles match on the December 5 episode of SmackDown. After the match, the evil McCool attacked Maria backstage. On the December 19th episode of SmackDown!, Maryse became the #1 Contender for the Divas Championship after Maryse defeated Maria with McCool at ringside. On the December 26, 2008 episode of SmackDown!, McCool lost the Divas Championship to Maryse. After the match, McCool blamed Maria, the special guest referee of the match, for her loss and attacked her, establishing herself as a villainess.
In the following weeks, McCool also attacked Eve Torres, resulting in Eve's debut match, which McCool won. McCool then defeated Gail Kim on the May 22 taping of SmackDown to become the number one contender for the WWE Women's Championship, which she would win a month later at The Bash by defeating Melina. She retained the championship against Melina during a rematch on July 26 at Night of Champions.
McCool then formed an alliance with Layla, and entered into a feud with Mickie James, which resulted in a five-on-five Elimination match at Survivor Series, which James' team won. James then became the number one contender for McCool's championship at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, where McCool successfully retained the championship. However, McCool lost the WWE Women's Championship to James at the 2010 Royal Rumble, though she regained it on the February 26 edition of SmackDown when special guest referee Vickie Guerrero interfered, costing James the Championship. On the April 23 edition of SmackDown, she and Layla attacked Beth Phoenix with a spray and table. The attack was a reference to the upcoming Extreme Makeover WWE Women's Championship match between McCool and Phoenix at the 2010 Extreme Rules, which McCool lost. On May 14, 2010, McCool and Layla faced the then-WWE Women's Champion Phoenix in a two-on-one handicap match, in which Layla pinned Phoenix and won the WWE Women's Championship.
On the July 20 edition of SmackDown, McCool took the place of Layla in her WWE Women's Championship match against Tiffany, defeating her and retaining the title. At Night of Champions McCool defeated Melina to unify the WWE Women's Championship and the WWE Divas Championship, thus becoming the first ever WWE Unified Divas Champion. At Survivor Series on November 21, she lost the Divas Championship when Natalya defeated McCool and Layla in a two-on-one handicap match. At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, she and Layla were defeated in the first ever Divas tag team tables match by Natalya and Beth Phoenix.
At WrestleMania XXVII on April 3, 2011, McCool, Layla and Dolph Ziggler (accompanied by Vickie Guerrero) lost to Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Trish Stratus, and John Morrison in a 6-person mixed tag team match after Snooki pinned McCool.
LayCool Split and Departure (2011) On the April 8th edition of Smackdown, LayCool began to fall out again after being defeated by Beth Phoenix and Kelly Kelly after Michelle refused to tag in Layla. The next week on Smackdown saw Layla lose to Kelly despite McCool's help. After match, McCool scolded and brutally shoved Layla. On the April 22nd edition of SmackDown LayCool attended another couples therapy session. As Layla started to get emotional, McCool hugged her and apologized. When Layla went to thank the therapist, Michelle brutally attacked her, thus ending LayCool. On the April 25th WWE Draft on Raw, Layla lost a match to Eve Torres and attacked McCool for costing her the match.
Layla & McCool decided to go against each other for a "Loser Leaves WWE" match at Extreme Rules.
McCool failed to win the match which costing her to leave WWE.
Before McCool left WWE, Kharma (The newest diva at WWE) gave McCool an implant buster.
Other media During the week of November 5, 2007, she appeared on five episodes of Family Feud with several other WWE wrestlers and Divas. She also appeared on the February 6, 2008 episode of Project Runway with Maria Kanellis, Candice Michelle, Torrie Wilson, Kristal Marshall, and Layla El. On June 3, 2008, she appeared on the Best Damn Sports Show Period with John Cena. In addition, McCool appeared in the January 2009 edition of Muscle & Fitness, along with Eve Torres and Maryse.
Personal life Before and during high school, McCool played softball. She also played first base at Pasco-Hernando Community College. McCool later received her master's degree in Educational leadership from Florida State University. Before becoming involved in professional wrestling, she taught seventh grade science for four years in Palatka, Florida. She also competed in National Physique Committee fitness contests. Both of her parents also work in education; her mother is a teacher and her father is a superintendent. She has an older brother who played football at the University of Cincinnati.
McCool was married to Jeremy Louis Alexander, whom she began dating in high school. The couple divorced in 2006. She married fellow wrestler Mark Calaway, known professionally as The Undertaker, on June 26, 2010 in Houston, Texas. On August 1, 2012 it was announced that they were expecting their first child. Kaia Faith Calaway was born on August 29, 2012 and is Calaway's fourth child and McCool's first.
McCool is a Christian. Her wrestling outfits incorporate Christian crosses. She has had several wrestling-related injuries; in November 2007, she fractured her nose during an overseas WWE tour after Victoria's clothesline hit her in the face. She has been hospitalized twice, had two broken ribs, a broken sternum, and a broken xiphoid process. When she chose to leave the WWE, she mentioned that her foot had been injured for two months with a broken toe, torn joint capsules and a torn MCL. - Trinity Fatu was born on 30 November 1987 in Sanford, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE NXT (2010) and WWE Saturday Morning Slam (2012). She has been married to Jonathan Solofa Fatu since 16 January 2014.
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Ronda Rousey burst onto the women's MMA scene in August of 2010. Born in Riverside County, California on February 1, 1987 to parents Ron Rousey and AnnMaria DeMars, little Ronda was born with an umbilical cord wrapped around her neck that damaged her vocal cords. She didn't speak coherently until the age of six. Ronda was a self-professed tomboy and swam from the ages of 6 to 10. She competed on the Jr. Olympic swim team where she placed in the state level.
Because of her mother, a 7th degree black belt and 1984 World Judo Champion, Ronda took up the sport. She had a hard time socializing with other kids and found that Judo gave her confidence. She holds a 4th degree black belt in the martial art.
Ronda's Judo career is a storied one. At 17 she became the youngest judoka in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. That same year she won a gold medal at the World Junior Judo Championships in Budapest, and in 2006 she became the first U.S. female in almost 10 years to win an A-Level tournament going 5-0 to clench the gold at the World Cup in Great Britain. At 19 she won the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships. She is the first U.S. athlete to win two Junior World Medals. In 2007 she added a silver at the World Judo Championships and a gold at the Pan American Games. The pinnacle of her Judo career was a bronze at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Rousey became the first American to win an Olympic medal in women's Judo since it became an Olympic sport in 1992.
After medaling in the Olympics, Ronda's career hit a dead end. She did some bartending to make ends meet and tried to find a better paying job, but it was tough finding anyone that needed her particular skill set. Throwing people down and putting them in armbars aren't really something you can put on a resume. By chance Ronda caught the Gina Carano vs. Julie Kedzie fight on television and things changed.
She made her mixed martial arts debut as an amateur in 2010. Since then she has never lost a fight, winning the majority in the first round by armbar submission. Ronda took it upon herself to chase after and demand attention so that the UFC could no longer ignore women fighters. UFC President Dana White had publicly stated that women would never be allowed to fight in the UFC, but on February 23, 2013, Ronda did just that. She won the fight against Liz Carmouche in the first round with her signature armbar and became the first UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion.
In 2014, Ronda appeared in her first motion picture - The Expendables 3 (2014). Other projects are Furious 7 (2015) and The Athena Project as well as Entourage (2015).- Nora Greenwald was born on 7 September 1977 in Forest Lake, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress, known for WCW Monday Nitro (1995), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WCW Thunder (1998).
- Rena Marlette Greek was born on August 8, 1968 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Slaves of the Realm (2003), WWE Raw (1993) and The Final Victim (2003). She has been married to Brock Lesnar since May 6, 2006. They have two children named, Turk (born June 2009) and Duke (born July 2010). She's also the stepmother to Lesnar's oldest children, Brock Jr. (born June 2001) and Mya Lynn (born April 2002) from a previous relationship. She was previously married to Marc Mero and Wayne Richardson.
- Trudy Vachon was born on 12 January 1962 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for WXW Rage TV (1996), WCW Monday Nitro (1995) and WWE Smackdown! (1999). She was married to David Heath, Tom Nash and Dan Hurd. She died on 27 August 2010 in Port Richey, Florida, USA.
- Jamie Szantyr is a professional wrestler. She is most prominently know for her work on Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Velvet Sky. She has paired with Angelina Love to form the wrestling stable The Beautiful People (which has also included at various time Cute Kip, Madison Rayne, and Lacey Von Erich). Working as a heel in both singles and tag-team matches, her job was to help put the faces over. As a result, she had few singles-match victories prior to receiving her own push in 2010. She has since won the women's championship twice, as well as the women's tag-team championship.
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is an American judoka, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler currently signed to WWE on the Smackdown brand under the ring name Sonya Deville.
Under her real name, Berenato joined the 2015 season of Tough Enough where she was the eleventh eliminated. In October, 2015, Berenato signed a contract with WWE, and was assigned to their Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. n October 28, 2015, it was announced that Berenato had signed a contract with WWE, and was assigned to their developmental territory WWE NXT, to begin training. She made her in-ring debut at the December 30 live event in NXT against Nia Jax, where she lost. Under her real name, Berenato made her first televised appearance and in-ring debut on the August 17 episode of NXT, where she competed in a six-woman tag team match along with Mandy Rose, and Alexa Bliss, in which they were defeated by Carmella, Liv Morgan, and Nikki Cross.
Raw (2017-2018) On the November 20, 2017, episode of Raw, Deville joined Mandy Rose and the returning Paige as they attacked Sasha Banks, Bayley, Mickie James and Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss, thus establishing herself as a heel in the process. A week later, the trio's name was revealed as Absolution. Deville had her first televised match on the main roster at Tribute to the Troops on December 19, where she won a six-women tag match along with Mandy and Paige defeating Bayley, Mickie James and Sasha Banks. Deville and the rest of Absolution revealed on the January 1, 2018 edition of Raw that they will be in the women's 2018 Royal Rumble match. On the January 16 edition of Raw, Deville picked up a major victory when she defeated four time Raw Women's Champion Sasha Banks. On Raw's 25th anniversary (January 22), Deville, Rose, Nia Jax and Alicia Fox was defeated by Asuka, Sasha Banks, Bayley and Mickie James after Banks made Fox submit. At the Royal Rumble, Deville entered at Number 10. She eliminated Torrie Wilson before getting eliminated by Michelle McCool. On the February 5th episode of Raw, Raw General Manager, Kurt Angle announced the participants of the first ever Women's Elimination Chamber match, with Deville and Rose being announced as participants. At Elimination Chamber, Deville was the second woman eliminated by James.
During the WrestleMania 34 preshow Sonya participated in the 20-woman Battle Royal ultimately won by Naomi.
Smackdown (2018-present) During the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up Sonya along with Mandy Rose moved from Raw to Smackdown.- Dynamite Kansai was born on 4 December 1969 in Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan. She is an actress, known for Oz Academy (2017), Be-Bop highschool: Koko yotaro elegy (1986) and Angel Fighters (1995).
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Nikki Bella was born Stephanie Nicole Garcia-Colace on November 21, 1983 in San Diego, California & raised in Scottsdale, Arizona. On June 2007, she signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) & was assigned to developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) alongside her twin sister Brie, forming the duo The Bella Twins. She made her debut at SmackDown on November 2008. Nikki is a two-time WWE Divas Champion and holds the record for the longest reign with that title.- Angel Williams was born on 13 September 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for TNA One Night Only (2013), TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004) and WSU: The Show Must Go On (2008). She was previously married to Wesley Richards.
- Born as Gionna Daddio, Liv Morgan signed with WWE in 2014, shortly thereafter making her TV debut on the affiliated program, NXT. After a few years spent developing her craft and making a name for herself, Morgan took her career to the next level by joining the WWE Smackdown women's division in 2017. From there, she would go on to participate in the first-ever Women's Royal Rumble match, the inaugural all-women's Evolution event, competed in several WrestleManias, won 2022 Money in the bank ladder match, and defeated Ronda Rousey to become 1st time Smackdown women's champion. Liv's popularity within the WWE universe as one of the brand's top female stars only continues to grow.
- Maria Elena Santamaria Gomez is known for BJPW Samurai TV (2000) and Women of Honor: Marcela vs La Amapola (2017).
- E! Total Divas and WWE superstar, Leah Van Dale (Carmella), is well known for her fierce attitude and even fiercer physique, but there is a lot more to the fitness queen who boasts millions of followers across her social media platforms. Leah has been involved with fitness her entire life. She has been dancing since she was three-years old and before making a name for herself in WWE, she was a cheerleader in the NFL and NBA (New England Patriots and Lakers.) Leah earned her first success in WWE as the final pick for the 2016 draft to fill out SmackDown LIVE's Women's division. From that point forward Leah's résumé began to expand at lightning speed. She won the first-ever Women's Money in the Bank Match (and the second), defeated Charlotte Flair to win the SmackDown Women's Championship, and won the second-ever WrestleMania Women's, Battle Royal. Her competitiveness is matched by her creativity, which exploded in the freewheeling sideshow of the Mixed Match Challenge, where she joined forces with R-Truth to originate an endearing seven-second dance break en route to winning the competition.From the field to the court, to the ring, and beyond-Leah is consistently proving that there isn't anything she can't accomplish. She most recently has expanded her career as a successful business woman with her new wine brand, Capo Cagna. Capo Cagna truly aligns with who Leah is as someone who is fearless on and off camera. Loosely translating to "Boss Bitch" in Italian, Leah describes a Capo Cagna as "a strong, successful, and independent woman." Leah focuses on inspiring women to feel strong, empowered, and unapologetic themselves.Leah's career is a testament to hard work, perseverance and making the most of every opportunity that comes your way.
- Guadalupe Ramona Olvera is known for Women of Honor: Marcela vs La Amapola (2017).
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Torrie Wilson and "The Franchise" Shane Douglas made one of the most dynamic duos in professional wrestling during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Torrie spent a great amount of time in WCW, when she was not fulfilling her potential until she became the valet for The Franchise Shane Douglas. Using all the dirty tricks of the trade, Torrie was a major help to Shane Douglas during his matches. Starting out as a fitness model, Torrie won several competitions and was on the cover of many fitness related magazines before she joined WCW in 1999. Since then, she appeared at the side of The Franchise and became a major player in WCW. In her own words, Torrie never leaves home without a cell phone and some cash.- is an American model and professional wrestler currently signed to WWE on the Smackdown brand under the ring name Mandy Rose. She is a former contestant on WWE Tough Enough. Saccomanno was born and raised in Westchester County, New York and is the youngest of four children. She is of Italian and Irish heritage. Saccomanno attended Yorktown High School, where she participated in dance. She later earned her bachelor's degree at Iona College, majoring in speech pathology. She entered her first fitness competition in 2013, and took first place in the World Bodybuilding Fitness & Fashion Boston Show. She was also crowned the 2014 World Beauty Fitness & Fashion Bikini Champion.
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Ashley Simmons was born on 5 February 1986 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and talent agent, known for TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004), TNA Xplosion (2002) and Wrestlicious Takedown (2010). She has been married to Josh Lomberger since August 2015. She was previously married to Jesse Cabot.- Actress
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best known by her ring name Evie, is a New Zealander professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under her ring name Dakota Kai. She started competing internationally for the American promotions Shimmer Women Athletes, Shine Wrestling, and also for Pro Wrestling Alliance in Sydney, Australia where she is a former PWWA Champion. She also worked for Impact Pro Wrestling in New Zealand, where she is a former three-time IPW Women's Champion.- Celeste Bonin was born on 7 October 1986 in Houston, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE NXT (2010) and WWE Raw (1993). She was previously married to PJ Braun and Grant Dziak.
- Brooke Adams grew up differently than most people would think. Adams had cancer when she was a child and had very little and yet enough. Brooke grew up with her mother and twin sister. When Brooke was seven years old Brooke, her mother and sister took all they could fit in a car and moved to Texas. There Brooke's mother did all she could to give her two girls the best life she could at the same time of juggling three jobs for seven years. Brooke looks at her mother as more then just her mother but also a hero.
When Brooke got older she got into body building, and modeling, she's also taken part in several contest such as Miss Bikini USA - Seabrook, Miss Planet Beach Houston, Miss San Antonio Texas, Miss Sam's Boat Houston and so on. She's modeled for companies such as Ego swimwear, Hawaiian Tropic, Elite Models, Vertical Smiles, R&J photography and many more. She's a very passionate and strong willed women, when she takes to do something she does it to the best of her ability. Like most girls she loves to party, and loves people.
Brooke was first seen in the wrestling scene during the 2006 WWE Diva Search Casting Calls. Unfortunatly Brooke hadn't made the cuts, but don't doubt that she had made a big mark in management's mind. Not long after Leyla had won the Diva Search WWE.com announced that three girls who had taken part of the diva search had been given contacts and although Brooke had not made the first major cut, she had been one of the girls offered a contract.
Months later although Brooke was said to be going to to OVW, she debuted in DSW. After two random appearances around the ring, on November 16, 2006 Brooke came out to the ring sporting a red and black outfit and manged Dan Rodimer that night calling herself "The Lil Big Deal" while Dan was noted as just "The Real Deal". Not too long after debuting as his manager, Brooke announced that she was "sick of men" and that she was going on a solo career as a wrestler herself, she had her first match against Angel, which Angel dominated in!
Weeks after her debut match in DSW Brooke made a surprise appearance and debut on ECW Joining with Kelly Kelly and Layla El calling themselves 'Extreme Exposé'. - Actress
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Katarina Severen, a former professional wrestler, was born on in Lüneburg, Germany. Severen has a BA Hons degree in Film & Drama from St. John's University College in York, United Kingdom. She is an actress, stunt performer, writer and director and has produced her own short films as well as a web-series. Severen has written several feature scripts, one of which advanced to the quarter finals in the Stage 32 Action/Thriller Screenwriting Contest and is in a Top 10 Finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Screenplay Competition.- Ashley Mae Sebera better known by her professional wrestling stage name Dana Brooke in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), was born on November 29, 1988, in Seven Hills, Ohio. She attended Kent State University (KSU), where Sebera graduated in 2011 with a major degree in fashion, merchandising, design and a minor degree in business administration. Sebera was involved in several different sports including diving, until she decided to return to gymnastics. After 18 years of gymnastics Sebera suffered severe injuries in both her ankles, forcing her to quit. Afterwards, she went on to train as fitness competitor and bodybuilder. After winning championships during 2010-2011 in National Physique Committee (NPC) contests, Sebera earned her professional card in 2012 and began competing in the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (IFBB). By 2013, Sebera signed a contract with WWE and made her debut as Dana Brooke. She spent three years training and appearing in shows in WWE NXT before making her main roster debut on Monday Night RAW in 2016. Outside of professional wrestling, Sebera maintained a presence in bodybuilding, returning for the 2017 Arnold's Classic, competing in the fitness international category.
- Shantelle Malawski was born on 26 January 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004), TNA Wrestling: Knocked Out - Pro Wrestling's Best Women's Division (2008) and WSU: Poetic Injustice Caged (2009).
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is an American female professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) appearing on its NXT developmental brand, under her long-time ring name Mia Yim. Yim is best known for her time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Jade, where she is a one-time TNA Women's Knockout Champion. Yim has worked for various promotions after beginning her wrestling career as a valet on August 22, 2009. Since making her debut she has wrestled for Jersey All Pro Wrestling, Real Championship Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance DAWG, Pro Wrestling Respect, SHIMMER, SHINE, International Wrestling Cartel, Northeast Wrestling, Maryland Championship Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Syndicate, Pro Wrestling SUN, and Ring of Honor. After leaving college, Yim received an invitation to train and wrestle in Japan with Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina in 2011. Through Reina's relationship with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Yim also learned Mexican lucha libre.- is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE's developmental territory NXT. Known by her ring name Candice LeRae, she is best known for her work on the American independent circuit, most notably Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). LeRae is a former one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion (as one-half of the World's Cutest Tag Team), making her the only female title holder in the promotion's history. LeRae spent the first two years of her career wrestling for the Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF) and the International Wrestling Council. She appeared as a substitute in a round one match at the ChickFight tournament in 2004, replacing the injured Miss Chevius, but lost in the first round to Princess Sugey. During 2005, LeRae was a mainstay in the EWF, facing wrestlers including Hurricane Havana, Kid Omega, and Amazing Kong. She continued competing for the promotion throughout 2006, while also wrestling for All-Pro Wrestling and Ground Zero Wrestling. 2007 saw LeRae branch out to the Midwestern United States, where she competed for Insanity Pro Wrestling and Ring of Honor (ROH). LeRae had two matches for ROH in August 2007, losing to Sara Del Rey and Daizee Haze in dark matches on August 10 and 24, respectively.
LeRae began wrestling for the Alternative Wrestling Show (AWS) promotion in December 2007. In May 2009, she participated in a tournament for the AWS Women's Championship; she defeated Kitana Vera and Christina Von Eerie en route to the final, where she defeated Erica D'Erico and Morgan in a three-way match for the vacant championship. She successfully defended the title against Carla Jade, Nikki, and Von Eerie until September 6, when she lost the championship to Von Eerie.
In September 2013, LeRae debuted for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), teaming with Greg Excellent in a loss to Cherry Bomb and Pepper Parks. She returned to CZW in February 2014, losing a singles match to Kimber Lee. At Proving Grounds on May 10, she unsuccessfully challenged Shane Strickland for the CZW Wired Television Championship.
LeRae first began appearing for Family Wrestling Entertainment (FWE) in late 2013 as the mystery tag team partner of Joey Ryan at the Open Weight Grand Prix Final event. On October 3, LeRae and Ryan defeated Ivelisse Vélez and Tommy Dreamer at Refuelled Night One following interference from Drew Galloway. The next night at Refuelled Night Two, LeRae and Ryan defeated Christina Von Eerie and Carlito. Later the same night, LeRae issued a challenge to Ivelisse Vélez, and defeated her to win the FWE Women's Championship for the first time. She successfully defended the title against Veda Scott at No Limits in February 2015. The following month, LeRae and Ryan lost to Scott and Paul London in a mixed tag team match, in which LeRae lost the FWE Women's title to Scott.
On May 10, 2014, LeRae and Joey Ryan competed in the 2014 Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) Queen and King of the Ring tournament, defeating the teams of Drew Gulak and Kimber Lee, and JT Dunn and Shelly Martinez to advance to the final, before being defeated by Matt Tremont and Mickie Knuckles. The following month, on June 7, 2014, she won Dream Wave Wrestling's Tag Team Championship with Ryan, but they lost the title the next day.
LeRae competed at Shimmer Women Athletes' Volume 62 taping in April 2014, losing to Athena. She returned to Shimmer in October, losing to Nikki Storm and Kay Lee Ray in singles matches on Volume 68 and Volume 70, respectively.
LeRae appeared for Full Impact Pro (FIP) on June 22, 2014, teaming with Ivelisse Vélez to unsuccessfully challenge The Lucha Sisters (Mia Yim and Leva Bates) for the Shine Tag Team Championship. She then made her debut for Shine Wrestling at Shine 20 on June 27, defeating Neveah.
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2006-2016) LeRae debuted in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) in 2006, when she put together a team to face a team managed by Jade Chung in an eight-man tag team match, where her team was victorious. In April 2007, she returned as the valet of Human Tornado. Her first main storyline in the company began later that year in September; Tornado had been abusing LeRae, who stood up for herself and cost Tornado a match at the 2007 PWG Battle of Los Angeles. After the match, Tornado began to attack LeRae, who was saved by Chris Hero. As a result, Hero and LeRae united to take on Tornado. In January 2008, Tornado, Claudio Castagnoli, and Eddie Kingston defeated LeRae, Hero, and Necro Butcher in a six-person match, which meant that LeRae was forced to face Tornado in a singles match the following night. LeRae lost the match by disqualification when Hero, who was banned from ringside, came to the ring to aid her. LuFisto entered the feud in March when she teamed with Tornado in a loss to LeRae and Hero. The following night, LeRae defeated LuFisto in a singles match. LeRae continued to be involved in the storyline between Hero and Tornado over the next few months.
LeRae spent the rest of the year in intergender competition, facing wrestlers including TJ Perkins and Chuck Taylor. In 2009, LeRae entered a feud with Christina Von Eerie when LeRae defeated Von Eerie in the first women's match in PWG in more than a year. Throughout early 2010, they teamed with a variety of male wrestlers to face each other, until LeRae defeated Von Eerie in a match in June to end the feud. At Kurt RussellReunion 2 in January 2011, LeRae was on the winning side of an eight-person tag team match. At PWG's DDT4 event on April 3, 2011, LeRae won a Joey Ryan invitational gauntlet match to advance to a number one contenders match for the PWG World Championship against Ryan later that same night, which she lost. She wrestled only sporadically in PWG in 2012 and 2013, mainly in six and eight-person tag team matches, which included being on the winning side of an eight-person tag team match at Kurt RussellReunion 3 in January 2012.
LeRae began teaming with Joey Ryan in October 2013, with a loss to The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), and in January 2014 they participated in the 2014 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament, but were eliminated in the first round by Adam Cole and Kevin Steen. On March 28, 2014, at Mystery Vortex 2 LeRae unsuccessfully challenged Adam Cole for the PWG World Championship. On July 27, LeRae and Ryan defeated The Young Bucks in a Guerrilla Warfare match to win the PWG World Tag Team Championship. Known as the World's Cutest Tag Team, LeRae and Ryan made their first title defense on August 29 in a three-way match, defeating The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) and the team of Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian. The following night, LeRae entered the 2014 Battle of Los Angeles tournament, where she defeated Rich Swann in the first round before losing to Johnny Gargano in the quarter-finals. LeRae and Ryan finished out the year with successful title defenses against Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano in October, and Daniels and Kazarian in December. LeRae and Ryan lost the championships to Monster Mafia (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) on May 22, 2015, in the opening round of the 2015 DDT4. LeRae's final PWG match took place at Mystery Vortex IV, where she made a surprise appearance in a losing effort against Trent? on December 16, 2016.
National Wrestling Alliance (2008-2011) She also appeared for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and unsuccessfully challenged Amazing Kong for the NWA Women's Championship in 2008. In 2011, LeRae began competing for NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, where she developed a feud with Buggy.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2013) LeRae appeared for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) at Turning Point in 2013, wrestling in a losing effort to TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim.
Ring of Honor (2016) LeRae made her first appearance on the December 14, 2016 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, in a losing effort against Deonna Purrazzo.
DDT Pro-Wrestling (2016-2017) LeRae debuted for Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) on January 3, 2016, teaming with Joey Ryan to defeat Golden Storm Riders (Daisuke Sasaki and Suguru Miyatake). On January 10, LeRae teamed with the Golden Storm Riders in a losing effort against Happy Motel (Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo). The following day, LeRae teamed with Sasaki once again, this time defeating T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata and Sanshiro Takagi). LeRae once again toured with DDT in March 2016, unsuccessfully challenging Sasaki and Shuji Ishikawa for the KO-D Tag Team Championship along with Joey Ryan on March 26 and defeating Makoto Oishi and Danshoku Dino the following day. LeRae returned to DDT in January 2017, losing to Sasaki on January 3, but teaming with Kouki Iwasaki and Kazusada Higuchi to defeat T2Hii (Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi) on January 9.
LeRae has also competed for DDT's all-female sister promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro (TJP), defeating Yuka Sakazaki in her debut on January 4, 2016 and losing to Mil Clown exactly one year later on January 4, 2017.
WWE Early appearances and Mae Young Classic (2017) See also: WWE Mae Young Classic 2017 On May 3, 2017, LeRae made her televised in-ring debut for WWE as a enhancement talent participating in a number one contender's battle royal for Asuka's NXT Women's Championship, where she was eliminated by Billie Kay. She returned on the October 25 episode of NXT, participating in another battle royal to gain an spot at the fatal four-way match for the vacant NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, in which she was unsuccessful.
On July 13, she was announced as one of the participants for the Mae Young Classic tournament. On August 28, LeRae defeated Renee Michelle in the first round. On September 4, LeRae defeated Nicole Savoy in the second round, before being eliminated that same day in the quarterfinals by Shayna Baszler.
NXT (2018-present) On January 16, 2018, WWE announced that they had signed LeRae to a contract and that she was to report to the WWE Performance Center. LeRae made an appearance at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia in the front row, where she intervened in the NXT Championship match, featuring Johnny Gargano and champion Andrade "Cien" Almas, stopping Almas' manager Zelina Vega from further attacking her husband, Johnny Gargano, establishing her as a babyface.
Other media LeRae and her former tag team partner Joey Ryan produced a weekly YouTube show titled The Candice & Joey Show, which highlighted various aspects of their careers. The series ran for 130 episodes from October 24, 2013 to March 9, 2016. Candice is a downloadable character in WWE 2K19.
Personal life LeRae married fellow professional wrestler Johnny Gargano at Disneyland on September 16, 2016. They have been featured in a short-documentary on their dynamics as a wrestling couple. She is an avid fan of Disney and the Anaheim Ducks. - Actress
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Layla, who was born and raised in London, England continues to make her mark in the United States and display her versatility as a performer and entertainer. This rising star is a former cruise ship dancer. She is also a member of NBA's Best Dance Squad for the 2005-2006 season - The Miami Heat Dancers who as fate would have it thrilled and entertained fans of the 2006 NBA Champions, The Miami Heat.
Though many would consider these events major successes, Layla is not staying put and basking in the glow. She was crowned the 2006 WWE Diva Search Winner on August 16, 2006 walking away with $250,000 and a contract with WWE. After being selected as one of eight finalists from thousands of hopefuls, Layla won the hearts of many loyal fans with her poise, beauty, physical abilities, dance skills, endless energy and charisma.
Layla is very grateful for her friends and loyal fans and very much appreciates their support. She promises to never let them down and wants them to know that they should always expect great things from her and that there is a lot more to come.- Although her career spans over two decades, Stacy Keibler continues to be the fresh-faced beauty that both film and television audiences adore. Stacy was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She began dancing when she was three-years-old and has a background in ballet, tap and jazz. Stacy went to school in Baltimore and was also one of Baltimore's first "Raven Cheerleaders". She began her career as a model at the age of 6. Shortly thereafter, she was cast in national commercials, which led her to join AFTRA and SAG before the age of 10. Though still young, Keibler began building an impressive resume in both film and television. Her film credits include the box office successes . Added to Keibler's list of film roles is The Comebacks (2007), a 20th Century FOX feature she appeared in alongside comedian David Koechner.
When she competed on Dancing with the Stars (2005), Keibler's skills and popularity landed her among the final three contestants. Impressing not only the audience but also ABC executives, she was quickly offered a network talent deal. This has led to recurring roles on ABC's George Lopez (2002) and What About Brian (2006), where she played the love interest of the lead character "Brian", and the villain in the ABC Family mini-series Samurai Girl (2008). Keibler also appeared on the drama October Road (2007). Next up for Keibler is a reoccurring role on the ABC comedy In the Motherhood (2009), starring Cheryl Hines and Megan Mullally.
Prior to her stint on Dancing with the Stars (2005), Keibler, a former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader, auditioned for the chance to be the new "Nitro Girl" for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Keibler wowed both fans and executives and went on to win the National Search. Shortly thereafter, WCW was acquired by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Keibler's skills impressed the creators of the program so much that she was the only female brought over to the new company, where she immediately became a regular on the longest running live program in television history.
A model of peak physical fitness, Keibler has graced the covers of numerous magazines including Shape, Vegas, TV Guide, Maxim, FHM Australia, Muscle & Fitness, 6 Degrees, and Beverly Hills 213. She has been featured in Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Elle Girl, LA Times, Parade, Maxim (UK), and Fitness. She regularly appears in Entertainment Weekly, People, Us Weekly, The Look, OK, and Life & Style. The issue of Stuff featuring Stacy Keibler on the cover was one of the magazines highest selling issues of all time.
Stacy Keibler currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. - Melina Perez was born on 9 March 1979 in High Desert, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Lucha Underground (2014), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE Raw (1993).
- is an American actress, dancer, model, martial arts instructor, and former professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with WWE, where she is a former three-time WWE Divas Champion.
Torres began her career as a model and dancer. She danced for The Southern California Summer Pro League and went on to become a member of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers Spirit Dance Team for the 2006-2007 season. She also appeared on several television shows, including Show Me The Money, Sunset Tan, and Deal or No Deal.
In 2007, she won the 2007 Diva Search, earning a contract with WWE. Torres first appeared on WWE programming as a backstage interviewer in 2008 and became a full-time wrestler in 2009. She won the WWE Divas Championship in April 2010. She held the championship on a further two occasions, becoming the first person to win it three times. Following her retirement from professional wrestling in 2013, Torres focused on her role as an instructor for the Gracie Women Empowered self-defense program at the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Torrance, California, and continued to act, with roles in Skiptrace and Supergirl. Torres was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Denver, Colorado. She has "a Latina background" as she is of Nicaraguan descent, as well as German and Swedish. She has a younger brother, Phil, who is a television presenter. Torres attended the University of Southern California (USC) on a full tuition scholarship. During college, she was one of the founding members of the Omega Phi Beta sorority chapter on her campus and held the vice-president position for several years. While in Omega Phi Beta, Torres was awarded for Academic Excellence at the Order of Omega Greek Awards. She graduated with honors and a grade point average above 3.5 in May 2006, with a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering. - Actress
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American professional wrestler known for her work under the name Heidi Lovelace. She was trained by Billy Roc at his School of Roc in Indiana. She has found success in many promotions. In 2014, she made history twice, first by defeating Matt Cage to become the first ever female AAW Heritage Champion at "AAW All Hail" on August 15th. In the Pre-Show-A-Go-Go for "CHIKARA Tomorrow Never Dies" on December 6th, she defeated Missile Assault Ant (R.B. Banks) in the finals of the Young Lions Cup Tournament to become the first ever female CHIKARA Young Lions Cup Champion. She has also been a 1x OVW (Ohio Valley Wrestling) Women's Champion and a 1x AIW (Absolute Intense Wrestling in Ohio) Women's Champion.- Actress
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Jasmine Benitez is an American professional wrestler as Mercedes Martinez. She is best known for her work for WSU and SHIMMER. She debuted in November 2000 after training under former ECW World Television Champion and manager Jason Knight. She has been a 2x WSU Champion, a 1x WSU Tag Team Champion with Angel Orsini, a 4x WXW Women's Champion, and has won several other titles primarily in the Northeast. She also competed for Wrestlicious as Maria Toro.- Tenille Dashwood was born on 1 March 1989 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE NXT (2010) and WWE Superstars (2009).
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Kira Hennigan AKA Taya Valkyrie is a Canadian actress from Victoria BC who is now living in Los Angeles and married to actor and pro wrestler John Hennigan. Known for her years of work in Lucha Libre AAA, Lucha Underground and Impact Wrestling, she is high energy, bilingual in English and Spanish, strong, confident in various roles and known for high flying, hard hitting action within the wrestling ring.- Actress
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Taryn Terrell was born on 28 December 1985 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Kidnap (2017), Jurassic World (2015) and Oldboy (2013). She has been married to Joe Dryden since 13 October 2015. She was previously married to Drew Galloway.- Weight 102 lbs (46 kg) Trainer Rip Rogers D2W Pro Wrestling Academy Debut December 6, 2013 Deonna Purrazzo (June 10, 1994) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment performing on its developmental territory NXT. She is also known for her work in Ring Of Honor and in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling between 2014-2015 Professional wrestling career Early career (2013-2015) Purrazzo trained at D2W Pro Wrestling Academy during December 2012. She debuted on December 6, 2013 at D2W Season's Beatings 4 where she defeated Jana. Purazzo returned in 2014 during the February 7 edition of D2W in a match won by Jessie Brooks. For the remainder of 2014, she wrestled in D2W in singles matches against opponents including Mrs. X, Eddy McQueen, Ashley Brielle and Debbie Kane. She returned on January 2, 2015 for D2W in a match won by Debbie Kane. Deonna debuted for Queens of Combat as a villainous character on November 29, 2015, losing to Candice LeRae in a four-way match that also included Heidi Lovelace and Barbi Hayden at Queens Of Combat 7. She returned November 27, 2016 at Queens Of Combat 16, teaming with Kelly Klein to defeat Faye Jackson & Miss Diss Lexia in a tag match.
- Cassie Arneill is an Australian born athlete who has been wrestling professionally since 2009, following her childhood dream of becoming a professional wrestler.
She is best known as Peyton Royce in the WWE as one half of 'The IIconics', a tag team widely considered to be one of the most entertaining acts in WWE history. Cassie has toured the globe wrestling in historic venue's such as The O2 Arena in London, the MCG in Melbourne, and Madison Square Garden. She reached the pinnacle of WWE in front of over 80,000 people when she won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania 35. Since leaving WWE, Cassie has made a splash as part of the Impact Wrestling roster as one half of 'The IInspiration', winning the Women's Tag Team Championships on her first night with the company. - Camera and Electrical Department
Penny Banner was born on 11 August 1934 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She is known for AWA All-Star Wrestling (1972), Wrestling at the Chase (1959) and WCW Slamboree 1994 (1994). She was married to Johnny Weaver. She died on 12 May 2008 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.- Actress
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When the heads of the World Wresting Entertainment (WWE) industry began a search for the sport's next "Diva" in 2006, they did not know what they had in store for them. Scouring the United States with camera crews in tow, the WWE set out with the Diva Search competition. Out of 20,000 girls they didn't anticipate a beautiful, French speaking, fashion model to quickly become the sport's femme fatale, earning almost instantaneous one-name fame usually reserved for pop singers. Nobody saw Maryse coming but she's definitely here.
Maryse Ouellet was born January 21st in Montreal, Canada to a well known master chef and a compassionate nurse, but something in her genes destined her to become the planet's toughest beauty. Growing up a tomboy in the province of Quebec, Maryse often competed and played with the boys. She excelled at sports and developed a passion for track and field. At age 15 she competed and won a mini marathon beating over 2000 adults and taking the honor of being the youngest winner in the history of the competition. Swimming was another passion, gaining her a position as a lifeguard at an aquatic park while still in high school, but it was then that her focus changed from sports to fashion. Maryse attended Collège Montmorency de Laval obtaining a degree in Business Administration.
Maryse began her modeling career as a beauty pageant contestant, winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada in 2003 and finishing second at the International Finals of Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2004. The new turn in her career allowed her to travel and see the world. Maryse has modeled for Playboy being featured in 12 different playboy special editions, gracing the cover three times, her appearance in Playboy Vixens sold out in less then twenty four hours on the east coast. She has appeared in hundreds of magazines and newspapers throughout the world. Maryse was one of the most downloaded celebrities on www.playboy.com.
In 2006 with some encouragement from friends, Maryse decided to combine her love of modeling and sports and audition for WWE's Diva Search. Standing at an impressive 5'8" and holding a black belt in martial arts, the stunning blonde stood out amongst her counterparts. Maryse arrived in Los Angeles to audition for the show with a dream and no understanding of the English language. Although eliminated early in the 2006 Diva Search competition, Maryse left an impression on the producers and they recruited the Montreal native for intensive training in combat sports. Joining dozens of other WWE hopefuls Maryse trained with the best and brightest in the field of entertainment wrestling. In those two years she learned English and perfected her famous finishing moves known as the "French Kiss" and the "French TKO". Often referred to as the "Sexiest of the Sexy" Maryse's entrance into the world of WWE led her to her first WWE Divas Championship title reigning from 2008-2009. After defeating nine other female wrestlers Maryse was crowned the Diva Champion, the 2nd Diva ever to hold the title and the longest ever title holder. In 2009 Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked Maryse #9 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers.
Maryse is the fastest rising WWE wrestler ever, obtaining a title in less than sixth months from her debut in competition. Maryse averages over five million downloads a month on wwe.com Maryse has made her mark from the music video to the video game having appeared in music videos for award winning artist Timbaland and The Hives as well as the Smackdown vs Raw video games. The world's largest toy company, Mattel, has created three dolls in the likeness of Maryse. All of which have become fan favorites. Owner of House of Maryse, she will be launching her Jewelry collection in summer 2012. Currently residing in Los Angeles, Maryse travels around the world competing on WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, WWE Nxt and WWE Superstars. The show has allowed her to also become involved with the American Troops performing in Afghanistan.- Jessica McKay (AKA Billie Kay) is an actor and professional wrestler. She has worked for WWE & Impact wrestling during her career. Born & raised from Sydney, Australia, she joined Pro Wrestling Alliance (PWA) in 2006 and debuted on her 18th birthday. She then went on to win the PWWA championship before traveling around the world wrestling. She had a WWE tryout match in Melbourne, Australia with tag team partner Cassie Lee (Peyton Royce) where the 2 were signed to the company. They became The IIconic Duo in NXT & later debuted as The IIconics on Smackdown in 2018. They then were crowned the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions at Wrestlemania 35 in 2019. After her release in April of 2021 by WWE, Jessica signed with Impact wrestling alongside her tag team partner Cassie Lee and The IInspiration was born. They won the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship at Bound for Glory in 2021. In April of 2022, Jessie announced a hiatus from wrestling to pursue her acting career. Since then, she has starred in various productions including The Charisma Killers directed by Michael Matteo Rossi and Blue Ridge directed by Gary Wheeler.
- Fijian-American professional wrestler known for her work for WWE as Tamina Snuka. She received the first Lia Maivia (Ofelia Maivia) scholarship to train at the Wild Samoan Training Center (run by Afa Anoai) in 2009, and made her in-ring debut with a victory over Lace at "WXW (World Xtreme Wrestling) 1 Year in Florida Anniversary" on August 26, 2009. She entered the "WXW 8th Annual Women's Elite 8 Tournament" on November 14, 2009 and made it to the finals only to lose to Betsy Ruth (MaryKate Duignan) in the finals. She arrived in WWE's Florida Championship Wrestling developmental promotion in 2010 where she both wrestled and managed the Usos (Jimmy (Jonathan Solofa Fatu) and Jey (Joshua Samuel Fatu)). She and the Usos debuted as heels (villains) on "WWE RAW" in 2010, attacking the Hart Dynasty (DH Smith (Harry Smith), Tyson Kidd (T.J. Wilson) and Natalya Neidhart (Natalya Neidhart)), leading to a feud. She would also have a run as AJ Lee (A.J. Mendez)'s bodyguard. She has yet to win a title.
She is the daughter of the late WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Snuka and her adopted brother James Snuka was a 1x WWE Tag Team Champion as Deuce of the team Deuce 'N' Domino (Cliff Compton). - Leilani Kai was born on 23 January 1960 in Tampa, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for WWF Challenge (1986), LPWA the Super Ladies: Best Vol.1 (1994) and WCW Monday Nitro (1995).
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African-American female professional wrestler, trainer and valet as Jazz. She first trained under the Junkyard Dog (Sylvester Ritter) and then under Rod Price after Ritter died. She started in 1998 under the name Jazzmyn before settling on Jazz, which she chose herself. Her debut match was against Jacqueline (Jacqueline Moore), her original inspiration to get into wrestling, and a woman she would later have several matches against in WWE. She first made her name in ECW, after breaking away from Justin Credible (P.J. Polaco)'s entourage. She was celebrated for being utterly fearless and willing to fight both women and men. At "ECW Heat Wave 99," she defeated Justin's manager Jason "The Sexiest Man on Earth" (Jason Knight) to become the first woman to win a match on an ECW PPV. In the first words she ever spoke on ECW TV, she asserted how different she was from other women in wrestling, saying, "My T&A stands for talent and ability." She went to Ohio Valley Wrestling after ECW closed and made her WWE debut as the last person to ever join the Alliance, at "WWE Survivor Series 2001" on November 18th in the Six-Pack Challenge for the vacant WWE Women's Championship (due to Chyna having been quietly pushed out the door earlier that year), which was won by Trish Stratus. Jazz would go on to hold the WWE Women's Title twice during her run with the company. She has also held the NWA CyberSpace (Staten Island, New York) Women's Championship, the WSU (Women Superstars Uncensored in New Jersey) Tag Team Championship with Marti Belle and Tina San Antonio as the Belle Saints and the NWA World Women's Championship. She and her husband, fellow wrestler Rodney Mack (Rodney Begnaud) opened a fitness center in 2007 and their own wrestling school, the Dog Pound. She was inducted into the WSU Hall of Fame in 2010, alongside Molly Holly (Nora Greenwald) and Dawn Marie (Dawn Marie Psaltis).- Barbie Blank was a full-time bikini model for Venus Swimwear until she signed a developmental contract with the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) on May 13, 2006. John Laurinaitis saw her in a bikini catalog and contacted her modeling agency about hiring her and Victoria Crawford. Barbie signed with WWE after her agent advised her to, and reported to OVW (Ohio Valley Wrestling) for further training. Even though Barbie was called onto the main roster, she flies back to Louisville, Kentucky to OVW once a week and works at house shows as a ring announcer and referee along with Crawford, going by her ring name Alicia Fox. On June 24, 2006 at OVW TV tapings, Barbie made her OVW debut as Kelly and participated in a bikini contest. The other participants in the competition were Roni Jonah, Sosay, ODB (Jessica Kresa), and Daisy Mae. Nobody won the contest because ODB attacked all the divas. Barbie, now known as "Kelly Kelly" had no prior wrestling experience before being signed by the WWE. She is the youngest female member on the WWE/ECW roster starting out at the age of 19. Barbie made her debut known as "Kelly Kelly" on the June 13, 2006 edition of ECW. Her first role on ECW was an exhibitionist that did a series of striptease segments for the audience. As of July 2008, she was drafted to the WWE Raw brand. Then in April 2010, she was drafted to the Smackdown brand. After the brand switches between both shows she was drafted back to Raw in April 2011. She won her first WWE Divas Championship in June against Brie Bella and then lost the title in October to Beth Phoenix. Following many unsuccessful attempts to win the WWE Divas Championship, she later participated in several tag team matches. At WrestleMania XXVIII (2012), she teamed with Extra (1994) correspondent Maria Menounos to defeat Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres in a tag team match. In June, she took time off from WWE before returning in August defeating Eve Torres in a singles match. In September 2012, she was released from WWE. She later stated in an interview that she needed time off to heal from a neck injury and had plans to model.
- Ayako Hamada was born on 14 February 1981 in Mexico City, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Shimmer Volume 32 (2010), TNA Xplosion (2002) and SHIMMER Volume 40 (2011).
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Mexican female professional wrestler who competes for Lucha Underground as Kobra Moon and for a variety of other promotions as Thunder Rosa, often teaming with Holidead (Camille Ligon) as the Twisted Sisterz. Debuted in October 2014 for Supreme Pro Wrestling and has wrestled for Gateway Grand Prix, Gold Rush Pro Wrestling, Sabotage Wrestling, Finest City Wrestling, World Wonder Ring Stardom, Vendetta Pro Wrestling and several other promotions. Won her first title by defeating Cheerleader Melissa (Melissa Anderson) for the GRPW Lady Luck Title at "GRPW The 3rd Golden Rule" on October 25, 2015. The Twisted Sisterz defeated Alexander G. Bernard and Jimi Mayhem for the NWA Western States Tag Team Titles at "Vendetta Pro September to Remember VII" on September 25, 2016, becoming the first women's team to hold the belts. As Kobra Moon, teamed with Pindar and Vibora to defeat Aero Star, Drago and Fenix for the Lucha Underground Trios Titles at the May 7, 2016 TV-taping. The Twisted Sisterz have also held the Sabotage Wrestling Tag Team Titles.- Riho Abe was born on 4 June 1997 in Shingawa, Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for AEW Dynamite (2019), AEW Dark (2019) and AEW Rampage (2021).
- Jessica Kresa was born on 6 June 1978 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), How to Score Your Life (2012) and TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004).
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is a female Canadian professional wrestler better known by her ring name LuFisto. Career 1997-1998 LuFisto began training when she was 17 years old in her hometown of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. On June 23, 1997, she made her debut in St-Leonard-d'Aston, Quebec, under the ring name Lucifer. She then moved to Montreal where she joined RWR and Northern Championship Wrestling (NCW). Her first trip to the States was in 1998, wrestling for Eastern Township Wrestling Alliance, where she modified her name to Lucy Fer. 1998-1999 In late 1998, she joined the Eastern Wrestling Alliance under the name Luscious Lucy as "Centerfold" Steve Ramsey's valet. She also began appearing at Green Mountain Wrestling shows in Vermont at this point. By mid-1999, working for International Wrestling 2000 in Quebec, The Mountie Jacques Rougeau changed her name to Precious Lucy. At EWA, she was teaming with Mark "Jaguar" Nugera and manager Joshua Shea to form Partners in Crime in many mixed gender tag-team and singles bouts. Precious Lucy also became the first female in Quebec to win a male championship at ICW, defeating Serge Proulx for the ICW Provincial Championship. This is also where she developed her hardcore style. 2000-2005 In 2002, under the ring name LuFisto, she was booked to appear in the main event of Blood, Sweat N' Ears in a match featuring hardcore wrestler Bloody Bill Skullion. The Ontario Athletics Commission, citing a regulation that prevented women and men from wrestling each other, threatened to withdraw the license for the show. This essentially banned LuFisto from wrestling in Ontario. She lodged a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission. On February 26, 2006, the OHRC informed LuFisto that they had convinced the OAC to drop the regulation. The OAC subsequently dropped the vast majority of the regulations affecting professional wrestling in Ontario, a move which removed a great deal of the bureaucracy stifling independent wrestling in the province. LuFisto then worked primarily for National Wrestling Alliance's NWA Quebec Pro Wrestling promotion, where she is head trainer (along with Dru Onyx) of their wrestling school, Onyx ad LuFisto's Torture Chamber. 2006-Present LuFisto also worked for Combat Zone Wrestling, where, on August 12, 2006 in Philadelphia, she became the first ever female CZW Iron Man Champion, pinning Kevin Steen to win the title. On October 29, 2006, she won the Stranglehold Wrestling Death Match Tournament, the first deathmatch tournament in Canada. In the first round, she defeated the Juggulator; in the second round, she defeated Skullion in a lighttube match, and she defeated Necro Butcher in the finals to win the tournament. On December 9, after a tag match at the CZW Cage of Death event, she became the first female ever to wrestle inside of the Cage of Death match when she added herself in the last minute in a match that also involved Zandig, Nick Gage, and Lobo. Gage would go on to win the match by pinning Zandig.
On January 8, 2007, however, she announced on her web site a possible retirement due to a back problem and that she would be forfeiting the CZW Iron Man Championship.[8] She made her first appearance in a wrestling ring since her injury on April 13, 2007, for Association de Lutte Féminine (ALF) in Montreal, as the special referee in a match for the ALF Championship between champion Stefany Sinclair and Kacey Diamond. On September 22, 2007, LuFisto made her return to IWS at Blood, Sweat and Beers in which she lost a match to Damian. On October 27, 2007, LuFisto entered IWA Mid-South's 2007 Queen of the Deathmatch Tournament, where she defeated Mickie Knuckles to win the title of Queen of fhe Deathmatch. She has since returned to Combat Zone Wrestling. On September 12, 2008, she won the vacant ALF Championship by defeating Kacey Diamond. Shimmer Women Athletes (2006-present) LuFisto debuted in Shimmer Women Athletes on October 24, 2006 in Berwyn, Illinois. She lost her first match to Mercedes Martinez, but came back and won her second match against Allison Danger. On July 5, 2008, she returned to Shimmer at the tapings of Volumes 19 and 20, defeating Rain on Volume 19 and losing to Cheerleader Melissa in a match that earned a standing ovation from the audience on Volume 20. On October 19, 2008, she teamed with Jennifer Blake as the Suicide Blondes to take part in the Shimmer Tag Team Championship Gauntlet Match. They were able to eliminate the Canadian NINJAs of Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews but came up short against The International Home Wrecking Crew of Rain and Jetta. As part of Volume 22, LuFisto was able to defeat Wesna Busic in an International Wildcard Dream Match. She returned to Shimmer at the tapings of Volume 23, where she defeated the debuting Kellie Skater. Later in the night, she lost a rematch to Wesna after interference from her manager Annie Social. She came back victorious over Amber O'Neal, but she lost the chance to became Shimmer Champion against MsChif as part of Volume 26. On Volume 27, she had a number one contender's match with Amazing Kong, but both of them were counted out so they were both declared #1 contenders. As part of the main event of Volume 28, LuFisto lost a three-way elimination match with Amazing Kong and the eventual winner MsChif. nCw Femmes Fatales (2009-present) In early June 2009, the birth of a new all-female Canadian promotion, nCw Femmes Fatales, administered by LuFisto and Stephane Bruyere (the former booker of ALF) was announced. On September 5, LuFisto defeated Cheerleader Melissa in the main event of the inaugural show, making their record in singles competition 1-1. After the match, Sara Del Rey brutally attacked LuFisto. The two of them were scheduled to face each other at the second show on February 6, 2010. However, Del Rey was booked for a Ring of Honor Wrestling taping that same day, and when her replacement Ayako Hamada no-showed the event, LuFisto took on Cat Power instead. Power defeated LuFisto via disqualification after the referee caught LuFisto holding a steel chair, thrown to her by Power behind the referee's back. Later in the evening, the team of LuFisto and Cheerleader Melissa defeated Cat Power and Kalamity in a tag team match. On April 17, 2010, LuFisto suffered a stroke after a match for NCW. LuFisto, who has a family history of heart problems, decided to continue her career, after going through some tests. LuFisto made her return to the ring on June 5, defeating Sara Del Rey in the first round of a tournament to determine the first ever nCw Femmes Fatales Champion. On October 23, 2010, LuFisto first defeated Kalamity in the semifinals and then Portia Perez in the finals of the tournament to become the first nCw Femmes Fatales Champion. She would go on to lose the title to Kalamity on October 8, 2011. On April 4, 2015, LuFisto defeated nCw Femme Fatales Champion Courtney Rush and Saraya Knight to win the title for second time. On August 1, 2015, LuFisto lost the title to Jessika Black. Mexico (2012-present) On February 19, 2012, LuFisto made her debut for the Mexican promotion Original Pro-Lucha, defeating La Vaquerita to win the Lucha POP Women's Championship. On February 21, 2013, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) announced that LuFisto had signed with the promotion. She made her debut on March 1, defeating Cynthia Moreno to advance to the finals of a tournament for the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship. On March 17 at Rey de Reyes, LuFisto was defeated by Faby Apache in a four-way elimination tournament final, which also included Mari Apache and Taya. Woman Superstars Uncensored (2012-present) LuFisto made her debut in Women Superstars Uncensored after the announcement of a working relationship between WSU and NCW Femmes Fatales. This saw LuFisto and NCW Femmes Fatales Champion Kalamity debut with WSU in June. LuFisto's first match in WSU was a win at the fifth annual Uncensored Rumble on June 16, 2012 against Leva Bates. At Full Steam Ahead in October of that year, LuFisto faced off against one of her greatest rivals in Mercedes Martinez. The two wrestled to a thirty-minute time limit draw. After the match, it was announced the two would renew their rivalry up in Canada in November, this time in a Cage, at NCW Femmes Fatales X. In February at WSU An Ultraviolent Affair, LuFisto and Martinez squared off once more in a Falls Count Anywhere match to determine the number one contender for the WSU Championship. LuFisto defeated Martinez and was deemed the new number one contender to Jessicka Havok's WSU Championship. Due to Havok being stripped of the title, she defeated Athena at the WSU Queen and King of the Ring event on May 10 to become the champion and will face Mickie Knuckles at the next WSU event. LuFisto made her debut in Shine Wrestling at Shine 7 on February 22, 2013, in a losing effort to Ivelisse Velez after an outside distraction by Made In Sin (Allysin Kay and Taylor Made).- June Byers was born on 25 May 1922 in Houston, Texas, USA. She died on 20 July 1998 in Houston, Texas, USA.
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Lady Apache was born on 26 June 1970 in Mexico City, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Vampiro, guerrero de la noche (1993), Desde ahora (1990) and La Magnífica, La Leyenda (2019). She is married to Edgar Luna Pozos. She was previously married to Mario Balbuena González and José Alvarado Nieves.- Actress
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Brie Bella was born Brianna Monique Garcia-Colace on November 21, 1983 in San Diego, California & raised in Scottsdale, Arizona. On June 2007, she signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) & was assigned to developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) alongside her twin sister Nikki, forming the duo The Bella Twins. She made her debut at SmackDown on November 2008. Brie is also a one-time WWE Divas Champion.- Actress
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Kris Stadtlander is an American female professional wrestler. She is the first female graduate from Create A Pro Wrestling Academy. Trainer Create A Pro Wrestling Academy Debut June 14, 2017 Works in Create A Pro Wrestling Academy Works in Independent Wrestler Works in a professional stunt woman Studied at the New York College of Health Professions From West Islip, New York- Actress
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Xóchitl Sánchez Santos also known by Xoch was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León México. She is an actress, comedian, writer and cast director. Her first television role was Pilo Sanromán in the TV series Morir en Martes. She has appeared in Comedy Central Presenta, StandParados, Un tal Show and several shows. She is now working as stand up comedian and her film as a screenwriter is "Entra en mi vida".- Daffney grew up on an Air Force base in Germany. Her father, a Lieutenant colonel, returned to the U.S, and she lived in a suburb of Atlanta as of the seventh grade. She was initially signed by WCW for a 4 week-stint but impressed WCW Executives with her work, and was offered a long term contract. Known as the Dark Goddess, Daffney came a long way in a short time. Her popularity among WCW fans was on a steady rise since she first appeared on television.