Victoria Swain (born 26 December 1985), better known by her

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Vicky Skye often shortened to Skye, is a retired

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. Four years into her career, she was voted in the top twenty women wrestlers in the

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. She is also a qualified fitness instructor. Skye describes her

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in wrestling as "''No-nonsense, sweet yet very tough girl with a wild streak''". Skye works a mixed style of wrestling, as she has been taught in the British old-school style. She, however, also occasionally uses new school and high flying styles. Skye's ring gear is often blue, but she previously wrestled in a school girl costume.

Professional wrestling career

Swain would be first trained in the Dropkixx academy before debuting in 2002 under her own name, and for a short time, "Minx". Swain quickly adopted the name "Vicky Skye", however, which was later shortened to "Skye" and is the ring name she has continued to use throughout her

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tours of the

and

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. A year after first competing in a wrestling ring, Skye was given a chance to perform in a in-ring training session during

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's European tour, Insurrextion 2003. She was later invited to the states to train with

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, Dave Taylor,

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, and

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during the end of 2003 into 2004. Back in Europe, Skye continued to compete on the independent circuit, teaming with male wrestler Ashe, as well as facing off against top British female talent, Jennidee,

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, Ashley Page, and most notably

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. Skye

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ed with Nikita all over Europe in unsuccessful attempts to take Nikita's Queens of Chaos title.

References

External links

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Skye's Ladies Of The Squared Circle profileSkye's G.L.O.R.Y Wrestling profile
* ttp://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=2565&gimmick=Skye Skye's CageMatch.net profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Swain, Vicky 1985 births English female professional wrestlers Living people People from Cheshunt 21st-century professional wrestlers