Erin Marshall (born 16 March 1987) is an

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, better known by her

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Erin Angel. She is often nicknamed "Little" due to her short stature of only 4 ft 11 in. Erin Angel describes her

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in wrestling as "''I'm a little angel...until you cross me!''". She works a mixed style of wrestling, as she has been taught in the British old-school style, however she is known to mix this up with

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, and high flying styles. Her ring gear is often pink and made of PVC, she has stated her favorite costume is her chaps set (black with pink).

Professional wrestling career

Erin Marshall was born in

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and was trained by

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, Doug Williams,

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, and

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. She made her first competitive appearance at the age of 16 in a

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. During one of her early Holiday camp tours, she suffered a concussion at the hands of a male wrestler. The biggest win in Erin Angel's career is considered to be that against the 23 Stone UK female veteran

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, who she beat in a tag contest via disqualification. Other career highlights include valeting

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at a show in

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, defeating

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when they competed in Erin Angel's home town of Southampton, and competing in

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's Queens of Chaos promotion with some big name female wrestlers. While wrestling in Real Quality Wrestling, a promotion run by her trainer Phil Powers, she defeated

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; a top female star in the UK. Erin Angel also went on to defeat Ashley Page and

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in a

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for a chance at RQW's newly created Women's championship. Erin Angel would go on to win this new title after defeating Sweet Saraya at the promotion's ''A Night Of Champions'' show.RQW - "A Night Of Champions" Results
posted on UKFF.com Erin Angel was removed as the Women's Champion not long after longtime boyfriend Phil Powers left the company. Angel appeared in

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, wrestling the likes of Klondyke Kate and Lisa Fury, and later traveled to

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to wrestle in

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Personal life

When not wrestling, Erin is a swimming teacher.

Championships and accomplishments

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**Bellatrix British Championship (1 time) * Pro-Wrestling: EVE ** Pro-Wrestling: EVE Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Jetta *Real Quality Wrestling **RQW Women's Championship (1 time) *WrestleForce **Wrestleforce Women's Championship (1 time)

References

External links

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Erin Angel's GLORY siteDonald Hiscock's "Ring Leader" article for the Guardian
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Erin 1987 births English female professional wrestlers Living people Sportspeople from Southampton 21st-century professional wrestlers