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Roni Jonah (born July 16, 1986) is a Canadian
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,
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, and
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. She has worked for both
Ohio Valley Wrestling Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an American professional wrestling promotion and former developmental promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. The company is currently run by Al Snow and Matt Jones and Louisville mayor elect, Craig Greenberg. ...
and Women's Extreme Wrestling. She is known for starring in the 2015 horror anthology film '' Volumes of Blood''.


Professional wrestling career


Ohio Valley Wrestling (2006–2008)

Jonah originally pursued a career in professional wrestling because she "thought it looked fun". Her extensive theater and sports background made wrestling an obvious choice. After completing her English degree, she moved to Louisville to train. She made her debut at the March 18, 2006
Ohio Valley Wrestling Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an American professional wrestling promotion and former developmental promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. The company is currently run by Al Snow and Matt Jones and Louisville mayor elect, Craig Greenberg. ...
(OVW) house show from
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, teaming with Cherry to defeat
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. A month later, at a house show in
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, Jonah lost to
Beth Phoenix Elizabeth Copeland ( Kociański; born November 24, 1980), known professionally as Beth Phoenix, is an American professional wrestler. She is a former WWE Divas Champion and a three-time WWE Women's Champion. Kociański had a successful amateur ...
by disqualification when
Shelly Martinez Shelly Leonor Martinez (born February 9, 1980) is an American model, actress, retired professional wrestler and valet. She is known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its ECW brand under the ring name Ariel and for Total ...
came out and attacked Phoenix. She made her OVW television debut in the spring of 2006, managing
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and playing the role of Mizanin's girlfriend. The May 10 TV tapings featured Jonah and Mizanin defeating the combo of Seth Skyfire and Shelly Martinez after Beth Phoenix interfered. The Miz's was then called up to WWE's main roster. Jonah continued in WEW for a while, where she still holds the tag team title to this day, with Cyndi Snow. Eventually, she went on to start a career in film. Occasionally, Jonah still wrestles for fun.


Women's Extreme Wrestling

On July 12, 2007 Jonah, along with Principle Lazarus, aka Cyndi "Bobcat", captured the Women's Extreme Wrestling (WEW) Tag Team Title by defeating Amy Zidian and Annie Social. They successfully defended the straps at WEW's "Tit For Tat" show against the makeshift duo of
Becky Bayless Rebecca Treston (born February 3, 1982) better known by her ring name Rebecca "Becky" Bayless, is an American professional wrestler, currently working for independent promotions such as Women's Extreme Wrestling, Wrestling Superstars Unleashed, ...
and
Lucy Furr Shannon Claire Spruill (July 17, 1975 – September 1, 2021) was an American professional wrestler, wrestling manager and actress better known by her ring name Daffney. Daffney began her professional wrestling career in World Championship Wre ...
. On July 21, 2008 the duo yet again successfully defended their WEW tag team title, against the team of Amy Lee and Annie Social at the "Locker Room Lust" show.


Personal life

Jonah designed all of
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's Extreme Exposé gear,
Shelly Martinez Shelly Leonor Martinez (born February 9, 1980) is an American model, actress, retired professional wrestler and valet. She is known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its ECW brand under the ring name Ariel and for Total ...
's gimmick attire while she was in World Wrestling Entertainment, and all of her own attire used in OVW. At one point, she had an online clothing store. Jonah has an English degree with a minor in theater.


Film career

Jonah started a new course in entertainment with film making. Roni landed in the top 3 actresses for a nationwide contest held by massify.com and
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in search of talent for the film ''Perkins 14''. Roni teamed with fellow massify contestant and Kentucky actor Jason Crowe to co-write, star and direct the feature film ''The Legacy'' where Jonah also did all the SPFX work. Soon after Jonah and Crowe began work on another film entitled ''Hell House''. In it, Jonah re-claimed her role as Suicide Betty from ''The Legacy''. Jonah co-wrote, starred and created all SPFX for ''Hell House''. Jonah has also written and directed two short film entitled ''Trepan'' and ''Malfunction''. Roni has been involved in several additional projects in various capacities, including ''Little Sex Shop of Horrors'', ''Girl/Girl Scene'', ''Swordbearer'', ''Truth or Dare V: Deadly Dares'', and ''Old Days''. Jonah's SPFX work can also be seen in the new film ''Red River''. Roni is in post production on her first feature film ''The Zombie Movie'', due out by Christmas 2014 Since 2010, Jonah has been a series regular in Tucky Williams' web series '' Girl/Girl Scene''. Jonah will appear in the horror film ''Victim'' alongside Jordan Danyluk. Recently, Roni co-wrote and co-starred in the movie, ''Selling Stupid'', alongside Director and co-writer, Tonia Carrier. Jonah is currently appearing as Jenna in the fantasy series ''
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'', created by Tucky Williams, her co-star in '' Girl/Girl Scene''. In 2015, Jonah starred in the 2015 horror anthology film, '' Volumes of Blood''. The film has received critical acclaim, and Jonah's performance earned her an award at the 2015 Mayday Film Festival for "Best Actress in a Feature." Jonah is set to co-star in the independent horror feature film, ''The Bloody Man'', alongside '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master'' stars,
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and
Tuesday Knight Tuesday Lynn Knight (born Monday, February 17, 1969) is an American actress, singer and designer. She is best known for her role as Kristen Parker in the 1988 film '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master'', replacing Patricia Arquette i ...
. The cast launched a successful Kickstarter campaign, and the film is slated for release in 2019.


Championships and accomplishments

*Women's Extreme Wrestling **WEW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Principal Lazarus


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jonah, Roni 1986 births Living people 21st-century professional wrestlers Actresses from Vancouver Canadian female professional wrestlers Canadian film actresses Professional wrestlers from Vancouver