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TNA Knockouts
Knockout is a term used by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) to refer to its female talent. The term is applied universally to wrestlers, backstage interviewers, and managers/valets. History Early history The term Knockouts is relatively new and was not used when Impact Wrestling (then known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action) debuted in 2002. The name originated from a DVD release in 2006 by the company, ''Knockouts: The Ladies of TNA Wrestling, Vol.1'', which focused on its then-current female stars. The name "Knockouts" as a catchall name for the women stuck after that. Female performers have been a part of TNA since the first national show, which featured Alexis Laree, Elektra, Erin Bray, Francine, Miss Joni, Sasha, Shannon, Taylor Vaughn and Teresa Tyler, as well as other female talent, including backstage interviewer Goldy Locks and valets Aleesha and Fluff Dupp. Bobcat also debuted as a valet in a match that was taped during the first PPV, but aired during the second PP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promotion was initially known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action (''NWA-TNA'') and was associated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), though not an official member. In 2004, the promotion became known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), but it continued to use the NWA World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships as part of its agreement with the NWA. After the agreement ended in 2007, the company created its own TNA World Heavyweight and TNA World Tag Team championships. The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017 and, in March of that year, was fully rebranded under its current name after its flagship, weekly television series. From its inception, the promotion had been considered the second-largest in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Funk
Allan Eric Funk (born July 7, 1971) is an American professional wrestler who has previously worked in promotions such as World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, often with comedic personas. He also competed in Lucha Libre USA as Chi Chi. Professional wrestling career World Championship Wrestling Funk first appeared in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name, wrestling on '' Saturday Night'' and ''WorldWide'' against opponents such as Sonny Siaki. Soon after his debut, Funk had a brief feud with Barry Horowitz, he then teamed with "Above Average" Mike Sanders, as the Re-Enforcers. The team dissolved after both men got brought to ''WCW Monday Nitro''. Upon his graduation from the WCW Power Plant in 1998, Funk was moved up to the main roster and given a left field gimmick as an eccentric dressed all in pink, and given the ring name Kwee Wee. Contrary to popular belief, Kwee Wee was not a homosexual, as demonstrated by his physical interaction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitchslap (professional Wrestling)
Veronica "Ronnie" Carrejo-Brazier (born July 19, 1973), also known by her ring name Simply Luscious, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known for her stint in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Since 2004, she has been performing on the independent circuit. Professional wrestling career Early career Stevens studied karate and ballet before getting into wrestling. She became the only female graduate of the Texas Wrestling Academy, Shawn Michaels' Texas Wrestling Academy, where she trained along with Paul London, Brian Kendrick, Matt Bentley, and Bryan Danielson. She made her in-ring debut against Chris Marval in San Antonio, Texas, under the name "Simply Luscious", a moniker she got from her ex-husband, hockey player Ryan Pisiak. Soon after debuting, Stevens appeared briefly in World Championship Wrestling in a Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Spot, spot with Tank Abbott, where she received a concussion from Abbot. Independent circuit Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X Division
The X Division is a high-flying, high-risk, fast-paced style of professional wrestling seen in Impact Wrestling (formerly Total Nonstop Action Wrestling) and since then in various NWA member promotions. Its tagline is that "It's not about weight limits, it's about no limits!" History The high-flying, high risk style of wrestling had become one of the features of World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s. Rather than emphasizing the fact that most wrestlers who perform this style are under 220 lb (100 kg) by calling it a cruiserweight division, TNA decided to emphasize the high-risk nature of the stunt like moves that the wrestlers performed only in TNA where no restraints were placed on them. As such, according to Bob Ryder in ''The History of TNA: Year 1'', they named the division after the X Games. Until 2011, there was no upper weight limit on the X Division or its title, though in practice, most of the wrestlers in this div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheerleader Valentina
Elizabeth Miklosi (born August 10, 1983), known professionally as Lizzy Valentine, is a former United States, American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Valet, valet, Model (person), model, and actress. She is best known from MTV's ''Wrestling Society X''. Professional wrestling career Training (2000) Valentine was trained by Homicide (wrestler), Homicide and began her career under the ring name Miss Led with the Long Island Wrestling Federation and the Northeastern United States, Northeast independent circuit. She also appeared in numerous other Professional wrestling promotion, independent wrestling promotions, Manager (professional wrestling), managing multiple wrestlers and Feud (professional wrestling), feuding with multiple others. Independent circuit (2000–2010) In Jersey All Pro Wrestling, she managed Dixie and had her first professional match against April Hunter. Mikosi also managed Nick Berk and Z-Barr in Liberty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurse Veronica
Veronica "Ronnie" Carrejo-Brazier (born July 19, 1973), also known by her ring name Simply Luscious, is an American professional wrestler best known for her stint in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Since 2004, she has been performing on the independent circuit. Professional wrestling career Early career Stevens studied karate and ballet before getting into wrestling. She became the only female graduate of the Shawn Michaels' Texas Wrestling Academy, where she trained along with Paul London, Brian Kendrick, Matt Bentley, and Bryan Danielson. She made her in-ring debut against Chris Marval in San Antonio, Texas, under the name "Simply Luscious", a moniker she got from her ex-husband, hockey player Ryan Pisiak. Soon after debuting, Stevens appeared briefly in World Championship Wrestling in a spot with Tank Abbott, where she received a concussion from Abbot. Independent circuit Throughout 2002, Stevens, under her Simply Luscious ring name, worked for Jersey All Pro Wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheerleader Melissa
Melissa Anderson (born August 17, 1982) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Cheerleader Melissa. She is best known for her work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where she worked as Alissa Flash and Raisha Saeed. She is currently performing on the independent circuit for promotions such as Shimmer Women Athletes, where she is a former two-time Shimmer Champion. In 2013, Anderson was ranked number 1 in ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated''s annual Top 50 Females list. Early life Anderson's father wrestled professionally in the early 1980s. Growing up she became a fan of her father's work and began showing an aptitude for sports, particularly soccer, as well as joining Palmdale High School's athletics and amateur wrestling team as one of only four girls. When only 15, she had already become involved in the wrestling business, traveling to San Bernardino frequently to train in and work for the wrestling school of Billy Anderson, her father's former tag t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traci Brooks
Tracy Brookshaw (born May 22, 1975) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet and professional wrestling referee, better known by her ring name Traci Brooks. She is best known for her work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she spent most of her career. Early life Brookshaw grew up on a pig and chicken farm in St. Marys, Ontario. In 2000, she won the ''Toronto Sunshine Millennium Calendar'' contest which led to her being named ''Miss June 2000'' and interviewed in the ''Toronto Sun''. Brookshaw went on to engage in promotional modeling work with the Molson, Labatt and Budweiser beverage brewers. In her interview, Brookshaw said that she aspired to be "the next WWF Superstar". This led to her being introduced to Ron Hutchison, a professional wrestler who operated the Sully's Gym professional wrestling school out of Toronto, Ontario. Brookshaw began training under Hutchinson in March 2000 and debuted in January 2001 as "Tracy Brook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Nielsen (wrestler)
Kimberly Nielsen (born June 2, 1973) is an American retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling valet. She is best known for her appearances with NWA Total Nonstop Action from 2002 to 2004 under the ring name Desire. Professional wrestling career After a career as a fitness competitor, which included placing eighth in the 2000 Miss Galaxy competition, Nielsen began training under Dusty Rhodes for a career in professional wrestling. She made her debut on August 25, 2001 in a mixed tag team match for Rhodes' Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling, where she and Jorge Estrada defeated Leilani Kai and Lodi in an intergender tag team match. Nielsen was signed to a development contract by World Wrestling Entertainment in April 2002. She wrestled multiple matches at house shows along with dark matches at ''Jakked'' television tapings, facing opponents such as Dawn Marie and Ivory. She was sent to the WWE developmental territory Heartland Wrestling Association, but was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity (wrestler)
Stephanie Finochio (born December 1, 1971) is an American stuntwoman, actress and former professional wrestler and valet. She is best known by for her appearances with NWA Total Nonstop Action and World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Trinity. Professional wrestling career Early career (2002–2005) After completing her training, Finochio made her professional wrestling debut on October 10, 2002 without using her surname, where she lost to Phoenix. On October 13, Finochio, now using the ring name "Stephanie Trinity", defeated Simply Luscious to win her first professional wrestling match. On October 26, Finochio made her Chikara debut under the ring name Stephanie Starr, where she lost to Mercedes Martinez. On November 1, Trinity lost to Luscious in a rematch. On January 17, 2003, Trinity wrestled against NWA Canadian Women's Champion Bam Bam Bambi for the title, but was defeated. On September 13, Trinity defeated April Hunter to win the vacant CSWF Women's C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Girl
Ring may refer to: * Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry * To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell :(hence) to initiate a telephone connection Arts, entertainment and media Film and literature * ''The Ring'' (franchise), a Japanese horror media franchise based on the novel series by Koji Suzuki ** ''Ring'' (novel series) *** ''Ring'' (Suzuki novel), 1991 ** ''Ring'' (film), or ''The Ring'', a 1998 Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata *** ''The Ring'' (2002 film), an American horror film, remake of the 1998 Japanese film ** ''Ring'' (1995 film), a TV film ** ''Rings'' (2005 film), a short film by Jonathan Liebesman ** ''Rings'' (2017 film), an American horror film * ''Ring'' (Baxter novel), a 1994 science fiction novel * ''Ring'' (Alexis novel), a 2021 Canadian novel by André Alexis Gaming * ''Ring'' (video game), 1998 * Rings (''Sonic the Hedgehog''), a collectible in ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Entertainment Extreme
Vincent James Russo (born January 24, 1961) is an American professional wrestling booker, writer, and pundit. He is notable for his tenures with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling) in creative roles. He also occasionally made appearances as an on-screen authority figure, and professional wrestler, in WCW and TNA. His writing style often blurred the lines between reality and fiction, while also favoring elements such as shock twists, grand moments and larger-than-life characters over in-ring action, which made him a controversial figure amongst certain wrestling fans. Russo's time as the head of creative at the WWF during the widely acclaimed Attitude Era led the company to record high television ratings. During a self- booked in-ring career in WCW, Russo became a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and scored televised singles victories over future WWE Hall of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
