Janet Romano-Zicari (born December 20, 1976 or 1977), better known as Lizzy Borden, is an American former

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and

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Career

Pornography

In 1999, Borden began directing adult movies herself. She became known for the extreme content of her films, directing movies like ''Cocktails'' (2000), in which women drink vomit and other bodily fluids, ''Fossil Fucker'' (2001), in which old women have sex with young men, '' Cannibalism: The Last Supper'' (2002), and '' Forced Entry'' (2002), which shows simulated rape. She often worked with Veronica Caine, such as in ''Cocktails'' and ''Forced Entry'', and in wrestling. In 2002, Borden appeared in the non-pornographic direct-to-video horror-comedy ''

Terror Toons ''Terror Toons'' is a 2002 American comedy horror film directed by Joe Castro and written by Rudy Balli, starring Lizzy Borden (actress), Lizzy Borden, Beverly Lynne, Brandon Ellison, Kerry Liu, and Fernando Padilla. The film was followed by three ...

''.

Indictment

The filming of ''Forced Entry'' was covered in the

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documentary ''American Porn'' (2002). On July 1, 2009, Borden and former husband

Rob Zicari Robert D. Zicari (born August 5, 1974), also known as Rob Black, is an American pornographer, entrepreneur, podcaster and professional wrestling promoter. Together with his then-wife Janet "Lizzy Borden" Romano, he owned the porn company ''Ext ...

were sentenced to one year and one day in prison for distributing obscenity, and in late September the couple began serving their prison sentences, Zicari at La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution in Texas and Romano at Waseca Federal Correctional Institution in Minnesota. On May 10, 2010, Borden was released from prison and began to start work on her website, movies and other projects again.

Professional wrestling

In 1999, Borden and Black formed

Xtreme Pro Wrestling Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion owned by Rob Zicari. Zicari originally ran the promotion out of Los Angeles from 1999 to 2003. He appeared on shows as the on-camera owner under the name Ro ...

(XPW), which hired various pornographic actresses as

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or wrestlers. She played the role of the evil, snobbish owner or "The Boss's Wife". She had Chastity as her assistant and feuded with

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and led him to the XPW Championship as part of The Black Army. When The Messiah walked out of XPW, rumors emerged on the Internet about an alleged affair between him and Borden, which was confirmed by The Messiah himself in a 2020 interview with Kriss Kloss titled "Xtreme Memories" Borden often feuded with any female in XPW, usually getting her allies of The Black Army to attack them for her. She feuded with Veronica Caine,

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, and Major Gunns and managed Johnny Webb for a time once The Messiah was gone. She briefly aligned with

Lady Victoria Victoria Ann Moreno (born September 15, 1972), better known by her ring name Lady Victoria, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler/Lucha Libre#Female professional wrestlers, luchadora, manager/valet, and Actor, actress. Sh ...

, who had turned

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and left the side of the tag team "Mexico's Most Wanted"; Borden made Victoria dye her hair blonde to be like her. In her feud with Lucy, she and

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battled Lucy and her "husband"

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in mixed tag matches. In late 2002, she and Douglas took over the company and ran shows out of

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. XPW ended soon afterwards.

Music

Borden is now signed with Crash Music, Inc. as the label's official spokesmodel. She has also produced her own music.

References

External links

The Dark Side of Porn video

"Porn provocateur"
Profile and interview by Janelle Brown,

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, June 20, 2002
Interview at rogreviews.com
March 2001
American Porn
Report by

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