Serena Deeb (born June 29, 1986)
is an American
professional wrestler
Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...
currently signed to
All Elite Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. It is considered the second largest wrestling promotion in the United States behind WWE.
AEW is owned by Shahid Khan and his son Tony, ...
(AEW).
She is well known for her first stint with WWE, appearing on the
SmackDown
''WWE SmackDown'', also known as ''Friday Night SmackDown'' or simply ''SmackDown'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that as of currently airs live every Friday at 8 p.m. ET on Fox. Fox Deportes sim ...
brand
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and also known for her time with the
developmental territory
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Florida Championship Wrestling
Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) was a professional wrestling promotion based on the former National Wrestling Alliance member promotion, Championship Wrestling from Florida, which operated from 1961 until 1987. From October 2007 to August ...
,
under the
ring name Serena. She made appearances for
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotion and former professional wrestling governing body operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc.
Founded in 1948, the NWA ...
(NWA) where she is a former
NWA Worlds Women's Champion,
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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 promot ...
and
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.
...
. Serena was a
six-time Women's Champion,
Shimmer Women Athletes
Shimmer Women Athletes (often referred to and stylized as SHIMMER) is an American, Chicago-based independent women's professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005. Established by Dave Prazak and run by both him ...
and
Wrestling New Classic
was a Japanese '' puroresu'' or professional wrestling promotion, founded in April 2012 by Yoshihiro Tajiri. WNC was the follow-up promotion to Smash, which folded in March 2012.
History
On April 5, 2012, Tajiri held a press conference to a ...
and a
one-time WNC Women's Champion.
Early life
Serena Deeb was born and raised in the
Washington, D.C.
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suburb of
Oakton, Virginia
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Geography
Oakton is located in central Fair ...
. Deeb's love of wrestling began when she was eleven after watching a World Wrestling Federation show.
However, her main passion as a child, from the age of five until she actively pursued wrestling at 18, was
soccer
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.
Serena Deeb graduated from
Oakton High School
Oakton High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, in proximity to the town of Vienna, in the United States. It is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Oakton operates on a block schedule five days a week, ...
in nearby
Vienna, Virginia
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in 2004. Though she began training for wrestling at age 18, she coupled this with an academic career, studying for her
Bachelor of Arts
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in Spanish until graduating in 2008 from
Indiana University Southeast
Indiana University Southeast (locally known as IUS or IU Southeast) is a public university in New Albany, Indiana. It is a regional campus of Indiana University.
History
The Indiana University Falls City Area Center was established by Floyd ...
.
She has a desire to learn more languages, other than Spanish, and also enjoys Arabic, Thai, and Italian food which matches her interest in traveling.
Professional wrestling career
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Training and debut (2005–2006)
Serena started her wrestling career in the
OVW Wrestling School, training from March until November 2005 after relocating on her own money from Virginia to Kentucky to attend the school.
She debuted on the November 4 OVW house show, teaming with
Fuji Cakes in a losing effort against
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 ...
and
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 ...
.
Beth Phoenix and Shelly Martinez also defeated her in January even with the new tag team partner of Venus (Rosa Salvage). She picked up her maiden victory over Shelly Martinez in February and over Beth Phoenix the following month. Her misfortune in tag team action continued though, as she and Fuji Cakes lost to
Cherry Pie and Roni Jonah. Unhappy with the loss, Serena changed her partners and teamed with
Roadkill and
Kasey James
Kurt Sellers (born March 20, 1982), better known as Kasey/KC James or James Curtis, is an American retired professional wrestler who was best known for working in World Wrestling Entertainment.
Career
Early career
James started his career alo ...
for a mixed tag team match with
The Untouchables
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* Untouchables (law enforcement), a 1930s American law enforcement unit led by Eliot Ness
* ''The Untouchables'' (book), an autobiography by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley
* ''The U ...
, including Cherry Pie, but lost once more. Later that month, a
dark match
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between her and Beth Phoenix ended in a no contest and was changed into a tag match, which Serena and Shelly Martinez lost to Beth Phoenix and Maria.
Serena then began to feud with
ODB ODB may refer to:
People
* Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968–2004), American rapper and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan
* ODB (wrestler) (born 1978), Stage name of American professional wrestler Jessica Kresa
* Original David Baker (born 1972), a monik ...
.
In early June, Martinez guest refereed a tag team match where she and
Daisy Mae defeated ODB and
Sosay. At OVW's ''Six Flags'' event, ODB scored a return victory as she and Venus defeated Serena and Daisy. In her television debut at the June 21 tapings, Serena came out to save the participants of OVW's first bikini contest, who had been attacked by ODB. She defeated ODB in a singles match at another ''Six Flags'' show at the end of June but the two continued to feud, exchanging victories in mixed tag team and six-man tag team matches.
Eventually, ODB declared herself the inaugural
Women's Champion, supposedly after winning a tournament in
Rio de Janeiro
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.
ODB retained the title in an eight-woman Battle Royal on the September 6 television tapings
but in a
four-way match
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, Serena finally managed to win the Women's Championship during the main event of the September 13 episode of OVW TV involving ODB, Beth Phoenix and
Katie Lea
Katarina Leigh Waters (born 10 November 1980) is a German-born English American professional wrestler and actress. She is best known for her time with Impact Wrestling under the ring names Katarina or Winter and for her time in WWE under the rin ...
.
Women's Champion (2006–2008)
When she became champion, Serena was targeted by Beth Phoenix. She managed to retain her title on September 16's house show
but lost a televised rematch on October 4.
Serena instantly set her sights on winning back the title and commandeered an all-female six-man tag team victory over Beth Phoenix and her team three days later before interfering in Beth's title defence, spearing her to end the match in disqualification just as Phoenix was about to pin ODB.
Though she would continue to interfere with Phoenix, Serena never had the chance to win back the title as Katie 'The Kat' Lea won the championship in the penultimate round of a gauntlet match Phoenix had to contest, losing on the sixth match while a refreshed Kat only had Serena to defend against.
Serena tried to contend with The Kat once more for the title but the match ended in disqualification. To settle their dispute, Serena, The Kat and Beth Phoenix closed out the year with a non-title no-disqualification three way, which Serena won.
During 2007, Serena spent many weeks in a variety of tag team matches in an attempt to gain an opportunity at the Women's Champion and Phoenix too before competing in the Miss OVW Divalympics, though ODB would eventually win this competition. Serena went on an undefeated streak in March and April, but this was brought to a halt by Lea in May. On May 11, she and her team lost a 2/3 tug of war contest, but beat them in the wrestling tag match immediately afterwards.
It would not be until September before she received another shot at the title.
Milena Roucka picked up the victory in this six-way match-up,
while Serena also lost a non-title match the following week in an attempt to prove her contendership.
After spending the opening months of 2008 on a losing streak, Serena disappeared in February from the promotion.
During her hiatus, Serena got a
nose job
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and
breast implants
A breast implant is a prosthesis used to change the size, shape, and contour of a person's breast. In reconstructive plastic surgery, breast implants can be placed to restore a natural looking breast following a mastectomy, to correct congenita ...
in an attempt to get closer to a contract with
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a as WWE, is an American professional wrestling promotion. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into other fields, including film, American football, and va ...
. Serena made a surprise return in late May when reigning champion
Josie issued an open challenge, which Serena answered to win her second title.
At the June 4 TV tapings, Serena stated her intentions to defend the title at all times, under
24/7 rules. Josie, who had assaulted her during the speech, took advantage of the rule in early July when Serena defended her title successfully against Reggie,
only for Josie to attack her straight afterwards and win the title. Serena avenged this loss by similarly attacking Josie during a speech and winning the title back. The ruling proved too chaotic – at one point Serena gave a speech during which Josie and Melody attacked her, almost double-pinning her only for Reggie to come out and pin all three of them to win the title for a matter of minutes until Serena speared Reggie and won it back
– and by August the 24/7 ruling was deactivated after Serena won the title back for an unprecedented sixth time.
After this, wrestler Moose sought Serena's affections, eventually winning a right to a date after defeating Lumpy Magoo in late September. After being rebuffed by Serena on the date, Moose turned sour and tried to interfere in a championship defence against Josie only for Magoo, who was accompanying Serena, to make sure his interference did not cost her the title. On October 29, Serena teamed with Magoo and defeated Moose and Women's Championship contender Reggie in a tag team match.
On November 12, Serena lost the championship to Melody in a four-way match with Josie and Reggie.
The Insurgency (2009)
In 2009, Serena turned
heel for the first time in her career. This was signalled when she appeared on January 14 with The Insurgency (Ali Akbar, Turcan Celik and Bin Hamin) to help them win a non-title match against the
Southern Tag Team Champions Totally Awesome. With Serena in their corner, The Insurgency went on a winning streak, though Serena herself could not emulate this as her title match with Melody on February 25 saw Melody retain the title via disqualification.
On the 500th episode of OVW, she challenged Melody once again, this time in a steel cage match, but failed to win the championship.
Shimmer Women Athletes
Early feuds (2006–2007)
On October 22, 2006, Serena began working for
Shimmer Women Athletes
Shimmer Women Athletes (often referred to and stylized as SHIMMER) is an American, Chicago-based independent women's professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005. Established by Dave Prazak and run by both him ...
at ''Volume 5'' where she lost to
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. ...
in her debut match after O'Neal used Serena's tights to keep her down. She gained a victory in a rematch during ''Volume 6'' with a roll-up pin.
Despite this win, she went on a losing streak in both tag team and singles competition
until she reversed
Lexie Fyfe
Mary Beth Bentley (born May 30, 1969), better known by her ring name Lexie Fyfe, is an American professional wrestler. She has wrestled in various independent wrestling promotions, most notably for Shimmer Women Athletes. She is a one-time NWA ...
's
Attitude Adjuster into a roll-up during ''Volume 10''.
Later at ''Volume 14: Hot Summer Nights'' Fyfe defeated
Daffney
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 ...
and, after exposing her long-suffering knee injury, proceeded to assault her after the match with Experience tag team partner
Malia Hosaka
Malia Hosaka (born October 7, 1969) is an American professional wrestler. She is a former NWA World Women's Champion.
Professional wrestling career
Malia Hosaka was trained by Killer Kowalski at the wrestling training camp run by Misty Blue Simmes ...
. Daffney's friend
MsChif
Rachel Frobel (née Collins) is an American professional wrestler who is better known by her ring name MsChif. She has been wrestling since 2001 and in that time has worked for several independent promotions across the United States, with guest m ...
and Serena, having history with Fyfe, came to clear the ring leading to a match-up between Hosaka and Serena after the others had been chased off. Serena pinned Hosaka after a
spear
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but her revenge was short-lived, as The Experience pinned her after a
double inverted suplex slam, despite help from
Allison Danger
Cathy Allison Corino (born March 31, 1977) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager, better known by her ring name, Allison Danger.
Professional wrestling career
Early career
Corino's older brother Steve ...
.
Pursuit of the Shimmer Championship (2007–2009)
![Vol 22 - Chif Deeb](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Vol_22_-_Chif_Deeb.jpg)
En route to the tournament to crown the inaugural
Shimmer Champion, Serena was involved in a car crash and thus could not participate. An interview with her opened ''Volume 12'', where she revealed her desire to challenge the eventual Shimmer Champion having missed out on her tournament opportunity, but still could not maintain a winning streak, falling victim to
Rain
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and later her
tag team partner Jetta.
After being eliminated from a 20-woman Battle Royal to determine the Shimmer Championship contender during ''Volume 19'', Serena pinpointed champion
Sara Del Rey
Sara Ann Amato (born November 13, 1980) is an American professional wrestling trainer and retired professional wrestler, best known by her ring name Sara Del Rey. She was a mainstay for Chikara and Shimmer, but also appeared for many other ind ...
for her next match, but came up short.
On ''Volume 21'', Serena maintained she demanded another title match, blaming her loss on an injury. Sara Del Rey refused, calling her "bottom of the barrel" but an impromptu brawl turned into a sanctioned match, in which Serena once again put up a strong effort but lost. The event closed with Serena talking backstage about how the defeat would not stop her in trying to become champion at which point MsChif, the Shimmer Champion, commended her drive and ambition and offered her a match on the condition of beating Del Rey.
At ''Volume 22'' Del Rey's manager,
Larry Sweeney
Alexander K. Whybrow (February 18, 1981April 11, 2011) was an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by his ring name Larry Sweeney. He performed primarily on the American independent circuit, but also competed in Canada, Mexico, ...
, announced she did not need to face Serena having beaten her twice already and that Del Rey's only goal was to reclaim the Shimmer Championship. After the main event closed, Del Rey hit the ring and attacked MsChif until Serena appeared to fight in MsChif's corner; the referee quickly declared their impromptu bout another match where, after taking yet another severe beating, Serena finally managed to defeat Del Rey. After another post-match assault, MsChif came to save Serena making the event end with the Shimmer Champion raising Serena's hand.
Despite a storied build up over the years, including a seldom used video package to hype the main event, Serena was unsuccessful in her match.
Though she failed to win her title match, it seemed her rivalry with Del Rey wasn't over. As well as bouncing back over Cat Power,
she had a competitive victory over
Mercedes Martinez
Jazmin Benitez (born November 17, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Mercedes Martinez. She also appears for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is a form ...
. After her match, Del Rey and
Amazing Kong
Kia Stevens (born September 4, 1977) is an American actress and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)/Impact Wrestling under the ring name Awesome Kong. She also worked with Ring ...
had a
Shimmer Tag Team Championship
The Shimmer Tag Team Championship (stylized as SHIMMER Tag Team Championship) is a professional wrestling tag team championship in Shimmer Women Athletes. The title is recognized nationally by Ring of Honor, and also by several independent promot ...
shot against Ashley Lane and Nevaeh, which ended when they started using chairs against the champions. Despite having just wrestled, Martinez assisted Serena in clearing the ring and keeping Del Rey at bay. Their attempts at ''Volume 26'' to form a successful tag team saw them come undone against Del Rey and Kong's brutish power.
Wrestlicious (2009)
Also in early 2009, Serena appeared in the fledgling all-female
Wrestlicious
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promotion. In the
camp
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* Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site
* a temporary settlement for nomads
* Camp, a term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to descri ...
show, ''Take Down'' she was known as "
Webmistress" Paige Webb and debuted on the second episode of their television show which, while being recorded in early 2009, was not broadcast until March 2010 after she had begun to appear in WWE. In her first singles match she lost to "Ice Princess"
Autumn Frost and won her first match on the fifth episode, where she teamed with
Charlotte
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to take on the team of
Hope and
Faith
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Religious people often ...
.
World Wrestling Entertainment
On the May 19, 2009 episode of
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a as WWE, is an American professional wrestling promotion. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into other fields, including film, American football, and va ...
's ''
ECW on Sci Fi
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'', Serena was seen standing backstage while
Finlay
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Given name Finlay
* Finlay Mickel, Scottish skier
*Finlay Currie (1878–1968), Scottish actor
* Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby pl ...
was walking to the ring.
Though Serena initially denied she signed with WWE,
Shimmer promoter
Dave Prazak Dave Prazak is an American professional wrestling promoter and commentator. He is the co-founder of Shimmer Women Athletes.
Championships and accomplishments
*Game Changer Wrestling
Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), formerly known as Jersey Champion ...
confirmed that a contract had been negotiated on July 1, 2009.
Florida Championship Wrestling (2009–2010)
Serena made her debut on July 15, 2009 at a
Florida Championship Wrestling
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house show where she teamed with
Maria
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People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
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Place names Extraterrestrial
* 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
and
Angela Fong
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to win against the team of
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,
Layla
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and
Alicia Fox
Victoria Crawford (born June 30, 1986) is an American retired professional wrestler and former model known for her time with WWE under the ring name Alicia Fox.
Crawford debuted on '' SmackDown'' on June 13, 2008, using the Alicia Fox name and ...
in a six Diva Tag match.
In her televised debut match, Serena defeated
Layla
"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded by Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, ''Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs'' (1970). Its contrasting movements were compos ...
.
Her ring name was soon changed to Serena Mancini and once again to Mia Mancini,
portraying the character of a
mafia boss
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Description
A crime boss typically has absolute or nearl ...
's daughter.
On 14 August, Mancini pinned April Lee in a four-way match during the TV taping for FCW's fiftieth episode to win a future opportunity to compete against Angela for her
Queen of FCW
The Queen of FCW title was a women's professional wrestling title in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW, since re-branded to NXT); it was contested in their Divas division. Title holders would wear a crown rather than a championship belt that ...
crown.
She followed up on September 3, though it would not air until October 4, with a win over Angela to become the second Queen of FCW.
While defending her crown, Mancini began taking on
WWE Diva
Throughout its history, women have served in various onscreen roles in the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. In the 1990s, WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation) introduced the term Diva to refer to its female performe ...
s from the televised roster, defeating
Tiffany,
Natalya Natalya (russian: Наталья) is the Russian form of the female given name Natalia.
The name Natasha (russian: link=no, Наташа), being originally a diminutive form of Natalya, became an independent name outside the Russian-speaking state ...
, Savannah
and
Gail Kim
Gail Kim-Irvine (born February 20, 1977) is a Canadian-American retired professional wrestler, currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where she serves as a producer. In Impact Wrestling she was the inaugural and record setting seven-time Knockou ...
.
Later in September, Mancini was involved in a backstage segment which was unacknowledged by the commentary team where a mysterious man told her to lose her match against Angela, though she would refuse to.
At the February 4, 2010 FCW television tapings, AJ Lee defeated Serena, who incorporated her SmackDown character into the Mancini role, to become the new Queen of FCW.
When Matt Martlaro announced that there would be a creation of the FCW Divas Championship, Serena competed in the tournament to determine the inaugural Champion, during which she defeated
Aksana and AJ Lee en route to the final where she was defeated by Naomi Night.
The Straight Edge Society (2010)
![WWE SES Stable](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/WWE_SES_Stable.jpg)
On the January 22, 2010 edition of ''SmackDown'', Serena appeared,
playing the part of an audience member, before jumping over the crowd barrier to join
CM Punk's group of straight edge followers; as part of the initiation, she agreed to have her
head shaved bald.
In a later podcast interview with wrestling journalist
Brady Hicks, Serena said of the head shaving: "It was a really unique opportunity. Seeing a woman getting her head shaved was so rare, you don't see it all that often in the history of wrestling. Getting to do it as my debut was really, really cool, and really powerful. I was also very scared about what I was going to look like. There were a lot of uncertainties, but it ended up being really, really great for my career." One week later, she reappeared with Punk and
Luke Gallows
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Hankinson began his career in 2005 and participated i ...
, now as a member of villainous group the
Straight Edge Society
The Straight Edge Society was a villainous professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) that appeared on its SmackDown brand.
The concept behind the group was the straight edge lifestyle, which promotes and abides to dis ...
, for their match against
D-Generation X
D-Generation X (DX) is an American professional wrestling Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable, stable, and later a tag team, who consisted of Triple H and Shawn Michaels.
The group originated in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF ...
for the
Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
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. However,
Theodore Long
Theodore Robert Rufus Long (born September 15, 1947) is an American former professional referee and manager known for his work for WWE and WCW serving as an on-screen authority figure. Long began his career in the National Wrestling Alliance ...
changed the title match and instead set up a singles match between Punk and
Triple H
Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969), better known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive, actor, and retired professional wrestler currently serving as the chief content officer for WWE. He is widely regarded as on ...
, during which she and Gallows attacked Triple H, disqualifying Punk in the process. On the July 2, 2010 edition of ''SmackDown'', Serena unwillingly showed video security footage of her drinking alcohol at a bar as an alibi for Punk's whereabouts,
raising the ire of The Society;
she was forgiven by Punk the next week, though Gallows showed signs of disapproval. This incident was the first of many signs of trouble within the group, leading to Serena's first and only televised match in WWE on August 20 (taped August 17). In a match where she and Gallows would be expelled from The Society if they lost, the duo took on
Big Show
Paul Donald Wight II (born February 8, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as an in-ring performer, and as a commentator for its web television show, '' AEW Dark: Elevation,'' under ...
and
Kelly Kelly
Barbara Blank Coba (born Barbara Jean Blank; January 15, 1987), known professionally as Barbie Blank and by her ring name Kelly Kelly, is an American professional wrestler and model.
Blank has a background in gymnastics and cheerleading, a ...
in a mixed tag team match, where Serena used a
gutbuster to pin Kelly.
On August 20, Serena was released from her WWE contract, reportedly for not "living out" her straight edge persona in public. Because ''SmackDown'' was pre-recorded, her release was not revealed immediately, which gave her one last appearance, airing on August 27 as a valet to Punk and Gallows in separate matches.
Return to Shimmer (2010–2011; 2013)
On September 11, 2010 at the ''Volume 33'' taping for Shimmer, Serena made a surprise return to the promotion, answering
Kellie Skater
Callee Keating (born 30 September 1987) is a retired Australian professional wrestler best known by her ring name Kellie Skater. She has wrestled internationally, in Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States. She is perhaps best known for h ...
's open challenge and defeating her in a singles match.
She then had a verbal confrontation with former partner Portia Perez who accused her of selling out by going to WWE which led to a match at ''Volume 35'' where Serena submitted to a
crossface
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after the referee was distracted from seeing Serena reaching the ropes. She then rekindled her rivalry with Sara Del Rey, who made a speech criticizing her, leading to Serena main eventing ''Volume 36'' in a Four-on-Four Tag Team Elimination match where Serena was eliminated second after
Tomoka Nakagawa
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. After being trained by Taka Michinoku, she started her career in his Kaientai Dojo promotion in September 2004. After leaving Kaientai Dojo in 2007, Nakagawa briefly joined Ibuki, where she underwent ...
. In March 2011, Serena defeated Daizee Haze on Volume 37 and was victorious in a tag team match on Volume 38. Serena continued her rivalry with Portia Perez on Volume 39, defeating her via DQ. On Volume 40, Serena defeated Portia Perez, Cheerleader Melissa, and LuFisto in a four-corner survival match to earn a shot at the Shimmer Championship. She got her shot on Volume 41 in October but was defeated by
Madison Eagles. Serena lost to Nicole Matthews on Volume 42 after interference from Portia Perez. Serena finished her rivalry with Portia on Volume 43 by defeating her in a no holds barred match.
After 18 months off due to injury, Serena made her return for Shimmer Women Athletes as part of WrestleCon on April 6, 2013.
In her return match at the Volume 53 internet pay-per-view, Serena teamed with Allison Danger and
Leva Bates
Leva Bates (born May 21, 1983) is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling. She also had a successful tenure on the independent circuit, most notably for Shimmer Women Athletes. She has also appeared in WWE on their develo ...
to defeat The Midwest Militia (
Jessicka Havok
Jessica Cricks (born June 20, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Jessicka Havok. She is currently signed with Impact Wrestling, under the ring name Jessicka where she is a current two-time Impact Knockouts ...
, Nevaeh and
Sassy Stephie
Stephanie Sager (born March 18, 1984) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring names Sassy Stephie and Sassy Stephanie. She regularly performs for several independent promotions including Shimmer Women Athletes and Women S ...
) in a six-woman tag team match, pinning Nevaeh for the win. Afterwards, Serena was attacked by Havok.
Independent circuit (2007–2015)
Due to Shimmer's working relationship with
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011, when the promotion was so ...
(ROH), Serena began to make occasional appearances for ROH in 2007 as part of February's ''Fifth Year Festival'', she teamed up with MsChif in a losing effort to the Dangerous Angels (Danger and Del Rey).
In the middle of the year she was similarly unsuccessful against
Lacey at ''United We Stand'' and afterwards received a beating from her
Age of The Fall partners Rain and
Jimmy Jacobs
Christopher Scoville (born February 17, 1984) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jimmy Jacobs. He was recently signed to Impact Wrestling as a member of the creative team and producer. He is best known for his 1 ...
until Haze saved her.
She also came out on the losing end of a Shimmer guest match at 2008's ''Southern Hostility'' in a four corner survival match.
She returned to ROH for their year-end internet
pay-per-view Final Battle 2010
Final Battle 2010 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on December 18, 2010, at the Manhattan Center in New York City. It was the eighth annual event in the ROH Final Battle, Final Ba ...
teaming with long-term rival Del Rey against Daizee Haze and
Amazing Kong
Kia Stevens (born September 4, 1977) is an American actress and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)/Impact Wrestling under the ring name Awesome Kong. She also worked with Ring ...
, winning the match after taking out Kong with a spear to let Del Rey pin Haze.
Serena appeared at
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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 promot ...
's pay-per-view
Slammiversary
Slammiversary is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion Impact Wrestling. It is one of Impact's “Big Four” PPV events (along with Hard to Kill, Rebellion, and Bound for Glory), and celebrates ...
in June 2008, where she took part in
Awesome Kong's $25,000 Fan Challenge in a three-minute squash match, as did fellow OVW and Shimmer wrestler
Josie, who signed a contract with the company.
In November 2008 at a Pro Wrestling Syndicate show, Serena wrestled
Daffney
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 ...
for the vacant NWA France Women's Championship, which she won. After winning the title,
Serena travelled to France to defend the title under the International Catch Wrestling Alliance the following month. At ''Revolution V'' in
Lille
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, she defended the title against three-time champion Bella Punk.
Despite landing her Spear finisher, Punk's accomplice
Gangrel turned the lights out in the arena from which Punk took advantage and pinned Serena after a
spike DDT. Serena accompanied
Joe E. Legend in the main event against Gangrel, which the latter won.
![Serena Deeb AWR 2009](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Serena_Deeb_AWR_2009.JPG)
Serena found herself back in France during March 2009 for American Wrestling Rampage's nine-day tour of France. For most of the events, Serena wrestled fellow Shimmer wrestler
Portia Perez
Jenna Grattan (born October 26, 1987) is a Canadian former professional wrestler better known by her ring name Portia Perez. Perez teamed with Nicole Matthews as The Canadian NINJAs, and they are former two-time Shimmer Tag Team Champions.
...
, who was the only other woman on the tour. After two losses, Serena managed to pick up a victory
but would only gain one more from their eight singles matches.
On the final night, she teamed up with
Scotty The Hotty to gain a third victory over Perez and
Chris Masters
Christopher Todd Mordetzky (born January 8, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) under the ring name Chris Adonis as a member of Strictly Business. He is a former two-time National Ch ...
in a tag team match.
In November 2010, Serena debuted for
Women Superstars Uncensored
Women Superstars United (WSU; formerly ''Women Superstars Uncensored'') is an American, New Jersey based women's professional wrestling promotion which held its first event in 2006. Shows combine wrestling interspersed with both serious and c ...
(WSU) and established herself as a villainess by cutting a promo stating that she should be handed a title shot because she was in WWE. Serena would later gain a victory over
Traci Brooks
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on WSU's first internet pay-per-view (iPPV). Serena followed up by winning a Four Way match over
Alicia,
Portia Perez
Jenna Grattan (born October 26, 1987) is a Canadian former professional wrestler better known by her ring name Portia Perez. Perez teamed with Nicole Matthews as The Canadian NINJAs, and they are former two-time Shimmer Tag Team Champions.
...
and Jana to become number one contender to the
WSU Championship
The WSU Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship in Women Superstars United (WSU). It is competed for in Women Superstars United, and has been defended on shows of sister promotion National Wrestling Superstars. Championship r ...
. Deeb would target WSU Champion
Mercedes Martinez
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by attacking her after a title defense late that evening and cutting some of Martinez's hair. Serena received her title shot in the main event of WSU's ''4 Year Anniversary'' show where she was defeated by Mercedes. On June 25, 2011 at ''The Uncensored Rumble IV'' event Serena defeated Nikki Roxx but was eliminated from the eponymous match by
Lexxus, having made it to the final two.
In January 2011, Serena made her first excursion to Japan. While working for
Yoshihiro Tajiri
is a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter primarily known under the ring name Tajiri (sometimes stylized as "TAJIRI"), he has also competed under his real name as well as under the names Aquarius and Kikkoman and briefly worked as the ...
's promotion
Smash, she wrestled
Syuri
is a Japanese professional wrestler, shoot boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist, better known simply as . Syuri formerly competed in Ultimate Fighting Championship. Syuri is currently working for World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the ...
at ''Smash.12'' and won the match.
[ She remained undefeated by beating ]Makoto
is a unisex Japanese name although it is more commonly used by males.
As a noun, Makoto means "sincerity" (誠) or "truth" (真, 眞).
People
Given name
* Makoto (musician) (born 1977), drum and bass artist
*Makoto (Sharan Q) ( まこと), ...
on ''Smash.13'', Kana
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on ''Smash.17'', Tomoka Nakagawa on ''Smash.19'' in the first round and Syuri on ''Smash.20'' in the semifinals of a tournament for the Smash Diva Championship
The Smash Diva Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship, owned by the Japanese Smash promotion. Championship reigns were determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors were involved in scripted rivalri ...
. On September 8, Serena suffered her first loss in Smash, when she was defeated by Kana in the finals of a tournament to crown the first ever Smash Diva Champion.
On April 19, 2011, Deeb wrestled a dark match in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, however she lost to Winter
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.
On October 22, 2011, Deeb announced that she was taking an indefinite break from wrestling, following her doctor's instructions after suffering a serious concussion. Her break ended up lasting eighteen months.[
On March 17, 2013, Deeb returned to TNA to take part in the tapings of the Knockout Knockdown pay-per-view, where she was defeated by Mickie James. On July 25, Deeb returned to Japan to work for Smash's follow-up promotion, ]Wrestling New Classic
was a Japanese '' puroresu'' or professional wrestling promotion, founded in April 2012 by Yoshihiro Tajiri. WNC was the follow-up promotion to Smash, which folded in March 2012.
History
On April 5, 2012, Tajiri held a press conference to a ...
(WNC), unsuccessfully challenging Lin Byron for the WNC Women's Championship
The WNC Women's Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Wrestling New Classic (WNC) promotion. The title was a spiritual successor to the Smash Diva Championship, the women's title of WNC's predecessor, Smas ...
in the main event of a show at Shinjuku Face
is an event hall located on the 7th floor of the Humax Pavilion Shinjuku complex, 1-20-1 Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan. It mainly hosts mixed martial arts, boxing and professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolv ...
. Three days later, Deeb made her debut for the JWP Joshi Puroresu
, also known as or simply JWP, was a Japanese ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) promotion, founded in 1992 as a splinter promotion of Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. Celebrating its 25th anniversary at the time of its folding in 2 ...
promotion, teaming with Hanako Nakamori and Morii in a six-woman tag team match, where they were defeated by Kayoko Haruyama
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. Having made her debut in January 1998, Haruyama worked for the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion her entire career, becoming not only one of the promotion's most accomplished singles wrestlers, with one ...
, Leon
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Places
Europe
* León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León
* Province of León, Spain
* Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...
and Tsubasa Kuragaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name . For most of her career, Kuragaki has worked for JWP Joshi Puroresu, becoming a one-time JWP Junior and two-time JWP Openweight Champion as a singles wrestler. As a tag team ...
. On August 3, Deeb entered a three-woman round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...
for the vacant WNC Women's Championship, defeating Makoto in her first match. On August 8, Deeb defeated Syuri in her second round-robin match, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On August 10, Deeb defeated Syuri in the finals to win the tournament and become the new WNC Women's Champion. Continuing her tour of Japan, Deeb made her debut for the World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana promotion on September 8, teaming with Makoto in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Crazy Mary and Mima Shimoda
is a Japanese female professional wrestler, who is working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Japanese promotion World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana. She is most well known for being half of Las ...
. On September 18, Deeb lost the WNC Women's Championship to Syuri in her first defense.
On January 24, 2014, Deeb made her debut for Shine Wrestling
Shine Wrestling (stylized as SHINE Wrestling and often referred to simply as SHINE) is an American, New York based independent women's professional wrestling promotion. It is the sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes and airs events on Inte ...
, defeating Santana Garrett
Santana Garrett (born May 22, 1988) is an American professional wrestler, valet and model. She is currently signed to WWE, where she works as a coach at the Performance Center. During her career, Garrett has wrestled in many independent promotio ...
in a singles match. Following the main event, Deeb joined the promotion's top villainous stable, Valkyrie.[ Deeb challenged for the ]Shine Championship
The Shine Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship in Shine Wrestling. Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries. These narratives create feu ...
against Ivelisse at '' Shine 20, with their match ending in a time-limit draw.
On March 21, 2014, Deeb debuted for Queens of Combat as a villainess at the promotion's first show, competing in a losing effort to Taeler Hendrix
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Starting her career in 2007, she spent her first years working on the indep ...
.
Semi-retirement (2015)
On June 17, 2015, the Japanese Reina Joshi Puroresu
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Geography
* Reina, Badajoz, a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
* Reina, Estonia, a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia
* La Reina, ...
promotion announced that Deeb would be wrestling her retirement match for the promotion on July 10 in Korakuen Hall. Deeb confirmed this would be her final match on July 9. The following day, Deeb was defeated by Syuri in her retirement match.
Despite her retirement, Deeb made an appearance for TNA on the June 25, 2015, episode of ''Impact Wrestling
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 promot ...
'' in an intergender tag team match. She teamed with James Storm in a losing effort against Mickie James and Magnus
Magnus, meaning "Great" in Latin, was used as cognomen of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in the first century BC. The best-known use of the name during the Roman Empire is for the fourth-century Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus. The name gained wid ...
.
Return to WWE (2017–2020)
Deeb returned to WWE as part of the first Mae Young Classic
The Mae Young Classic was a women's professional wrestling tournament and WWE Network event produced by WWE, an American-based professional wrestling promotion. The event was named in honor of the late Mae Young, a WWE Hall of Famer who is consi ...
on July 13, 2017, defeating Vanessa Borne
Danielle Sierra Kamela (born March 18, 1988) is an American professional wrestler and actress. She previously worked for WWE under the name Vanessa Borne.
Early life
Kamela was born to parents of Samoan, Polish, Chinese, German, and Irish descen ...
in the first round. This was Deeb's first match since 2015. The following day, Deeb was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by Piper Niven
Kimberly Benson (born 6 May 1991) is a Scottish professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Doudrop. Benson began her career on the independent circuit under the name Viper; aft ...
. It was announced on February 8, 2018 that Deeb has been signed by WWE
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to become a coach at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. She was released on April 15, 2020, amid company-wide cutbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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.
All Elite Wrestling (2020–present)
Deeb made her All Elite Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. It is considered the second largest wrestling promotion in the United States behind WWE.
AEW is owned by Shahid Khan and his son Tony, ...
(AEW) debut on September 2, 2020, episode of '' Dynamite'', losing to NWA Women's Champion, Thunder Rosa
Melissa Cervantes (born July 22, 1986), known by her ring name Thunder Rosa, is a Mexican professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a former one-time AEW Women's World Champion. She ...
. On September 21, AEW announced that she had signed with the promotion. On September 22, in her first appearance on ''AEW Dark AEW or aew may refer to:
* Airborne early warning, airborne radar system for detecting aircraft
* Aerosvit Airlines, an airline based in Kyiv, Ukraine (ICAO airline designator: AEW)
* AEW Capital Management, a property investment management company
...
'', Deeb defeated Kilynn King, gaining her first victory in AEW. On October 27, 2020, Deeb faced Rosa again during United Wrestling Network's Primetime Live event, where Deeb defeated Rosa to become the NWA World Women's Champion
The NWA World Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The title was first won by Mildred Burke in 1937 def ...
for the first time in her career. Deeb also defeated Rosa on the November 18th edition of AEW Dynamite by retaining her NWA Women's title.
On the February 17, 2021 episode of ''Dynamite'', Deeb competed in the AEW Women's World Title Eliminator Tournament, where Deeb lost to Riho
is a Japanese professional wrestler and idol currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is a former AEW Women's World Champion.
She was trained by Emi Sakura and debuted for her Ice Ribbon promotion in May 2006, at the age of nine. S ...
in the first round at the American bracket. On March 5, Deeb confirmed that she injured her left knee. On May 19, Deeb returned to action taking on Red Velvet (wrestler), Red Velvet defending her championship, Deeb defeated Velvet resulting in Deeb retaining her National Wrestling Alliance, NWA Women's title. At NWA When Our Shadows Fall, When Our Shadows Fall, Deeb lost the NWA Women's title to Kamille (wrestler), Kamille. On the October 6 episode of ''Dynamite,'' Deeb turned heel by attacking Hikaru Shida after she defeated her in a match. On October 27 episode of ''Dynamite'' Deeb had a rematch with Shida in the AEW TBS Championship, AEW TBS women's championship tournament which Deeb lost and resulted in Deeb attacking Shida again. Deeb would then start using the nickname “the professor” and hosting a “5 minute rookie challenge” where she dominates her inexperienced adversaries.
Personal life
Outside the ring, Deeb works as a yoga instructor. Deeb also works backstage for AEW as a coach for both men's and women's matches.
Championships and accomplishments
*Florida Championship Wrestling
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**Queen of FCW (Queen of FCW#Title history, 1 time)
*Great Lakes Championship Wrestling
**GLCW Ladies Championship (1 time)
*International Catch Wrestling Alliance
**NWA France Women's Championship (1 time)
*Memphis Championship Wrestling
**MCW Women's Championship (1 time)
*National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotion and former professional wrestling governing body operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc.
Founded in 1948, the NWA ...
**NWA World Women's Championship (1 time)
*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 Women's Championship (OVW Women's Championship#Title history, 6 times)
*''Pro Wrestling Illustrated''
**Ranked No. 11 of the best 150 female singles wrestlers in the ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI Female 150, PWI Female 50'' in 2021
*Wrestling New Classic
was a Japanese '' puroresu'' or professional wrestling promotion, founded in April 2012 by Yoshihiro Tajiri. WNC was the follow-up promotion to Smash, which folded in March 2012.
History
On April 5, 2012, Tajiri held a press conference to a ...
**WNC Women's Championship
The WNC Women's Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Wrestling New Classic (WNC) promotion. The title was a spiritual successor to the Smash Diva Championship, the women's title of WNC's predecessor, Smas ...
(WNC Women's Championship#Title history, 1 time)[
**WNC Women's Championship League (2013)][
]
References
External links
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Living people
All Elite Wrestling personnel
American female professional wrestlers
American yoga teachers
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Professional wrestlers from Virginia
Professional wrestling trainers
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OVW Women's Champions
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