Cynthia Lynch (born May 18, 1971) is an American

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. While in the

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, she became the first of four women to win the company's Hardcore Championship.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1996–1999)

After being a

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fan as a child, Lynch made her debut in wrestling as a valet in December 1996 on the Northeastern independent circuit with help from her childhood friend

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. She managed many popular wrestlers in that area including

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, Rik Ratchet,

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and The Inferno Kid. Soon after that, she began training to wrestle, and participated in many mixed tag matches. She had her first singles match in February 1998 where she lost to Little Jeanne, then known as Sweet Destiny. On July 24, 1999, she won the NWA New Jersey Junior Heavyweight Championship from Kevin Knight.

World Wrestling Federation (1999–2000)

In 1999, she caught the eye of

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, who was then a talent scout/trainer for the

(WWF), and in July 1999 signed a developmental contract with WWF. She began training with Prichard soon after. In October 1999, she made an appearance on ''

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'' as one of The Godfather's Hos and was attacked by

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. Soon after that, she was sent to WWF's then developmental territory

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(MCW) for further training and development. While there she had feuds with The Kat,

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and

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. In May 2000, she made three more televised appearances in the WWF as one of The Godfather's hos, briefly winning the Hardcore Championship from

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. Holly quickly pinned her to regain the title. When the WWF dropped MCW as one of their developmental territories in December 2000, she (along with some of the others training there) was released from her contract.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002)

In the summer of 2002, she worked briefly for

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(TNA) as David Young's valet.

Independent circuit (2001–2009)

Afterward, she returned to working for several other independent feds on the east coast, including Glory, GLOOW/DWOW, WEW, among others. On July 12, 2007, Lynch, as Principal Lazarus teamed with

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to capture the Women's Extreme Wrestling Tag Team Championship against Annie Social and Amy Zidian (substituting for Sumie Sakai). On December 14, 2007 Lazarus and Roni successfully defended their tag team titles against

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and Lucy Furr at the WEW event "Tit For Tat". On March 20, 2009, she wrestled at Firestorm Pro Wrestling against Sassy Stephie in a match that featured

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as the guest referee.

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2012)

In 2012, Lynch joined

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, and unsuccessfully challenged

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for the

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. At ''Saturday Night Special'' on February 4, she teamed with C.J. Lane to lose to Aleida Ortiz and

. On February 8, she lost a six-person mixed tag team match with Bull Bronson and Epiphany to Paredyse, C.J. Lane and Taeler Hendrix. In March 2012, Lynch became a valet of ''X2C'' ( Sean Casey and Raphael Constantine), along with Miss Cinnamon Twist, SoulFire Bay and Terri Kendall.

Championships and accomplishments

*New-Wave Championship Wrestling **NWCW Women's Championship. *

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**NWA New Jersey Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Women's Extreme Wrestling **WEW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with

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( 1 time)

References

External links

G.L.O.R.Y. biography
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