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Elizabeth Miklosi (born August 10, 1983), known professionally as Lizzy Valentine, is a former
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,
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, and
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. She is best known from MTV's ''
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''.


Professional wrestling career


Training (2000)

Valentine was trained by
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and began her career under the ring name Miss Led with the Long Island Wrestling Federation and the
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. She also appeared in numerous other independent wrestling promotions,
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multiple wrestlers and feuding with multiple others.


Independent circuit (2000–2010)

In Jersey All Pro Wrestling, she managed Dixie and had her first professional match against
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. Mikosi also managed
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and Z-Barr in Liberty All-Star Wrestling in
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and
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. Valentine also had a career long feud with
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. The two faced each other up and down the
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in KAPOW!, Southern Championship Wrestling, and Dangerous Women of Wrestling. Valentine has also teamed with the Ballard Brothers in various promotions. She even toured
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and wrestled matches for the troops in the
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. And as J-Love, she feuded with Pogo the Clown in
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. In one match, Elizabeth flipped Tracy Brooks down to the mat by the hair. In early 2009 Valentine took part in the first season tapings of ''
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'', where she performed under the ring name Kandi Kisses''. The show premiered on March 1, 2010. She debuted in the first episode, lip syncing to a song in front of the crowd. She made her in-ring debut on the sixth episode, losing to Lil Slamm. On December 21, 2009, at the tapings of
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's '' Impact!'' television show Valentine defeated
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in a tryout
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. Lizzy appeared on
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as Lizzy Valentine Carter. She was a member of ''The Right'' with R. J. Brewer and
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.


Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Valentine also had a brief stint as a
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in
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. She first competed as JV Love on ''TNA Xplosion'' in a match against
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. She was then repackaged as a new character named Cheerleader Valentina and replaced Brooks as the partner of
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in the all-female
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known as ''Bitchslap''. In their first appearance together, they attacked the TNA cage dancers during a dance routine, but were separated by TNA security. A match was finally scheduled between Bitchslap (Stevens and Valentine) and the TNA cage dancers (April Pennington and
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). However, before the match could fully start it was interrupted by
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, who revealed herself as the newest member of Bitchslap and attacked Pennington and Lollipop. The TNA cage dancers retaliated against Bitchslap the following week. They summoned Bitchslap to the ring; however, Trinity forced Stevens and Valentine into the ring to fight the cage dancers. Pennington and Lollipop attacked Stevens and Valentine with leather straps until they fled up the entrance ramp to rejoin Trinity. The storyline with Bitchslap was then dropped because TNA didn't have enough female wrestlers to compete against the group, and Stevens turned down a two-year contract with TNA, instead attempting to sign with either
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or a company in Japan. Brooks and Trinity were then placed into other storylines and TNA stopped booking Miklosi. After her time with TNA, Valentine debuted for Ultimate Pro Wrestling in
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and began managing
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heavyweight champion
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. Miklosi then auditioned for the 2005
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held by
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; however, she was not selected as a finalist.


''Wrestling Society X''

In 2006, Valentine performed in the short-lived
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wrestling series ''
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'' under the ring name Lizzy Valentine as a
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and girlfriend for
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as a
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. On the July 29 edition of ''Wrestling Society X'', Sydal defeated
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after an interference from Valentine. Valentine accompanied Sydal to the ring where he defeated
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, After the match, Valentine wrote "Hater" on his back. Sydal began a feud with Syxx-Pac over Valentine, but WSX folded before they ever had a match.


Wrestlicious (2009–2010)

In early 2009, she took part in the first season tapings of ''Wrestlicious'', which started airing in March 2010, using the character of Kandi Kisses, known as "The Britney Spears of Wrestling." She made her debut on March 1 of the first episode of ''Takedown'', performing her new song but was caught lip syncing, causing the fans to turn on her, turning her heel in the process. She made her singles debut on May 26 in the main event of '' Takedown'', facing Lil' Slamm in a singles match, where she lost via pinfall.


Championships and accomplishments

*KAPOW! **KAPOW! Women's Championship (1 time) *Ultimate Pro Wrestling **UPW Women's Championship (1 time)


References


Further reading


An interview with Lizzy Valentine, conducted by Genickbruch.com


External links

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