Female Wrestlers Before They Were Stars, Part 1

Many women from the Indy ranks have made it into the "bigtime", the WWE and TNA.
So lets look at some Divas and Knockouts that got to where they are today the hard way.....

First up, the Divas of WWE, Raw, Smackdown and ECW.
Out of about 17 female wrestlers, I only found 7 with real wrestling cred.


Beth Phoenix
Besides being a varsity wrestler in high school (Beth was the North-East Wrestling Women's Champion (72 kg weight class) and the New York State Fair Women's Champion (72 kg weight class) in 1999) , Beth worked for Far North Wrestling, GLORY Wrestling, Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling (C.A.P.W) and Shimmer Women Athletes.
I'm not counting Ohio Valley Wrestling here though maybe I should.


Gail Kim
Before the WWE, TNA and the WWE again, Gail worked for Apocalypse Wrestling Federation (she wrestled there masked as La Felina, Queen of the Cats and lost her mask to Traci Brooks)


Jillian Hall
Before the WWE, Jillian had a really good career in the Indys.
As Macaela Mercedes she wrestled for Blue Water Championship Wrestling, Canadian International Wrestling, GLORY Wrestling, Hoosier Pro Wrestling, Mid–States Championship Wrestling, Professional Girl Wrestling Association, Southern States Wrestling, Superstar Wrestling Federation and Women's Wrestling Alliance.
On theWWE she sings...badly.
Go figure.


Mickie James
As Alexis Laree she wrestled for CyberSpace Wrestling Federation, Delaware Championship Wrestling, Impact Championship Wrestling, Premier Wrestling Federation, Southern Championship Wrestling, Ultimate Championship Wrestling and Ultimate Wrestling Federation.


Melina
Melina Perez worked for Empire Wrestling Federation as "Kyra" (EWF officials said that she had the most natural ability of any woman who came through their school), Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) and I really think she worked for more, but I cant find any proof of that right now.


Natalya
Natalie "Nattie" Katherine Neidhart, the first third-generation female wrestler in the world, wrestled for Stampede Wrestling, NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling, Prairie Wrestling Alliance, Great Canadian Wrestling, Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), AAW Wrestling, Shimmer Women Athletes and she toured the UK and Japan.


Katie Lea Burchill
Katarina Waters had a really good career going in the UK, working for promotions like Trans-Atlantic Wrestling, Queens of Chaos, Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA), NAWA (in Germany), German Stampede Wrestling (GSW) and Shimmer Women Athletes.
Now she's pretty much just a valet.

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Womens Pro Wrestling, Memphis Ladies Wrestling

MLW Champion and 2008 Rookie of the Year Su Yung

Here is another female wrestling promotion I ran across online.
Memphis Ladies Wrestling (MLW)

Here is their "mission statement" from their website....
"Welcome to Memphis Ladies Wrestling. We love ladies wrestling and have for more than 40 years. We decided in 2007 to start this old-school ladies promotion. We are not about T and A. We are about WRESTLING – the way I loved seeing it done. We love seeing ladies WRESTLE, not just strut around the ring half naked. We are what ladies wrestling should be about – showing off their talent and ability. Thanks for visiting our site. We hope you find something you like. We offer downloads, DVDs, custom matches, and many other things that just might surprise you. The thing you are sure to find is one of the most talented group of young ladies in wrestling. That, I can guarantee."

And from what I can see of their talent roster, I think I will have to agree as well.
Check this out....

Miss Rachel
Constance
Sex Kitten Kathy
Crystal Fire
Rock N Roll Rock C
Lillie Mae
Amy Love
The Great Cheyenne
Kristin Flake
Tracy Taylor
Camron Star
Kayla McMahon
Sin D
Tasha Simone
Su Yung
Pink
Simply Luscious
Mary Kelly
Kassie Rains
Josie
Tiffany Roxx
Genni Wright
Brandi Wine
Alere Little Feather
Hellena Heavenly
Molotov
Sarah Lynn
Jessie Belle
Destiny
Debbie Johnson
Angelina

Now I have done profiles on a LOT of these ladies and I have to give special props to two of them, Pink and Kristin Flake who actually did some Q&A for me on my blogs.

You can check out MLW's website here:
http://www.mlwonline.com/

And you can check out their MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/memphisladieswrestling

So if you like female wrestling, go out and check out one of their shows.

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UK Female Wrestler: Faith Diva Lehaine

Moving on with my female wrestling list, we have a young lady that works in the UK, but was born right here in my home state.
Faith Diva Lehaine was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, but she has made her name in wrestling promotions in Great Britain.
Besides being a female wrestler, she is also a dancer, singer and actress.
Faith started out as a valet and manager, but she has gotten into the wrestling ring enough to win the UCW Women's Championship three times.

I usually post a couple of links where you can keep up with the female wrestlers I profile here, and Faith really seems to know how to keep in contact with her fans.

You can check out her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/lovefaithxxx

You can follow her on Twitter here:
http://twitter.com/FaithLehaine

And also keep up with her on Facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/FaithDivaLehaine

Hopefully one day we will see her in wrestling here in the US.

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Female Wrestling, Allison Wonderland

This lovely young lady is Indy female wrestler Allison Wonderland.
(How cool is that name?)
Allison was born on born January 28, 1987 in Minnesota.
She's 5'4, 120 pounds and was trained by one of my favorites (and fellow Minnesota native) Rain.
Allison has worked for Absolute Intense Wrestling, F1RST Wrestling, All American Wrestling, and Ring of Honor.

If you want to keep up with Allison, there are a couple of places you can go.....

Her MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/autumntoalli

And her Yahoo Group:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/miss_allison_wonderland/

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Kimberly Kash

This blond haired 5'5 118 pound beauty is female pro wrestler Kimberly Kash.
Kimberly may look slight, but don't let that fool you.
She's held the VWAA Women's Wrestling Championship, the Adrenaline Rush Wrestling (ARW) Women's Championship and the PCW Women's Championship twice.
Kimberly was trained by Vito Thomaselli, Sal Thomaselli, and Mike "Acid" Nolan, and made her debut in June of 2005.
Her favorite wrestling moves are The Stock Market Crash (a double knee drop off the top rope), The Kash Flow ( a running swinging neck breaker), The Liquidation ( triangle choke armbar) and her finisher, The Face Blower (face buster).

You can keep up with Kimberly at her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/kimberlykash

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