Jaime Lynne (born March 17, 1979) is an American retired
professional wrestler
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and
valet
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, better known by her
ring name
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, Lollipop. She is best known for her appearances with
National Wrestling Alliance
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Founded in 1948, the NWA ...
:
Total Nonstop Action
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 promoti ...
from 2002 to 2004.
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2002)
Lynne made her wrestling debut in early 2002, acting as a
valet
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in the
Columbia, Tennessee
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The self-proclaimed "mule capital of the world," Colum ...
-based
National Wrestling Alliance
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Founded in 1948, the NWA ...
(NWA) Main Event
promotion
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.
NWA: Total Nonstop Action (2002–2004)
She went on to appear with NWA:
Total Nonstop Action
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 promoti ...
(TNA) as "Lollipop", a dancer who took her name from her omnipresent
lollipop
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. She first appeared in the August 21, 2002, weekly PPV. In September 2002, Lynne decided to train as a wrestler, and began taking lessons from
Leilani Kai
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. In a controversial
angle
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, Lynne appeared
topless
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Expose ...
on the March 12, 2003, TNA
pay-per-view
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while brawling with Holly Wood of
Sports Entertainment Xtreme
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He is notable for his tenures with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop ...
. Lynne was then involved in a feud with the all-female
stable
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known as ''Bitchslap'', which consisted of
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 Wr ...
and
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 inde ...
. During an in-ring segment, Bitchslap issued an open challenge to any women in attendance. Lynne (who was attacked by Brooks several weeks earlier) and fellow TNA cage dancer April Pennington accepted the challenge. They tried attacking Brooks and Veronica but were stopped by TNA security guards. The following week, Lynne challenged Bitchslap to a match. Veronica (without Brooks present) accepted, but was attacked by both Lynne and Pennington until TNA security again stopped the catfight.
Veronica then replaced Brooks with a new partner,
Cheerleader Valentina
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(who had earlier competed as JV Love on ''TNA Xplosion'' in a match against Brooks
). Veronica and Valentina attacked the TNA cage dancers during a dance routine, but were separated by TNA security. A match was finally scheduled between Bitchslap (Veronica and Valentina) and the TNA cage dancers (Pennington and Lynne). However, before the match could fully start it was interrupted by
Trinity
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, who revealed herself as the newest member of Bitchslap and attacked Pennington and Lynne. The TNA cage dancers retaliated against Bitchslap the following week. They summoned Bitchslap to the ring; however, Trinity forced Veronica and Valentina into the ring to fight the cage dancers. Pennington and Lynne attacked Veronica and Valentina 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 Veronica turned down a two-year contract with TNA, instead attempting to sign with either
WWE
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or a company in Japan. Lynne and Pennington returned to their roles as cage dancers, Brooks and Trinity were then placed into other storylines, and TNA stopped booking Valentina.
Lynne would begin appearing as an assistant for
Jonny Fairplay
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on various occasions and continued to perform as a TNA cage dancer until February 2004.
Independent circuit (2003–2006)
After leaving TNA, Lynne worked on the
independent circuit
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as a wrestler and valet, appearing with promotions such as
Ring of Honor
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. On January 8, 2005, Lollipop wrestled in
South Korea
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with the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling promotion, teaming with
Gail Kim
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to defeat
Malia Hosaka
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Professional wrestling career
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and
Nidia.
In January 2006, Lynne began teaming with
Amber O'Neal
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She formerly wrestled in Ring of Honor (ROH) in their "Women of Honor" division as well as various promotions on the U. ...
as "
Team Blondage
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", replacing O'Neal's original partner,
Krissy Vaine
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. In the process, Lynne replaced Vaine as one half of the Women's Extreme Wrestling Tag Team Champions. The duo held the titles until the April 6, 2006 WEW pay-per-view, when Lynne and O'Neal lost to the tag team of
April Hunter
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and
Talia Madison
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after defeating them in singles bouts earlier in the evening.
In September 2006, she decided to leave the wrestling business. She returned for a one-time appearance in November 2007 and wrestled
Christie Ricci
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After being trained by Leilani Kai, Ricci made her debut in June 2002, and began competing on the independent circuit. She won bo ...
.
Championships and accomplishments
*Women's Extreme Wrestling
**WEW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with
Amber O'Neal
Kimberly Dawn Davis (born June 22, 1974) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Amber O’Neal.
She formerly wrestled in Ring of Honor (ROH) in their "Women of Honor" division as well as various promotions on the U. ...
References
External links
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1979 births
American female professional wrestlers
Living people
Sportspeople from Nashville, Tennessee
Professional wrestling dancers
Professional wrestling managers and valets
21st-century American women