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Beth Phoenix
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| Elizabeth Carolan | |
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| Beth Phoenix performing her signature ring entrance. | |
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| Ring name(s) | Beth Phoenix Phoenix Firebird Fabulous Firebird |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 150 lb (68 kg)[1] |
| Born | November 24, 1980 [2] Elmira, New York[2] |
| Resides | Louisville, Kentucky[2] |
| Billed from | Buffalo, New York[3], Elmira, New York (in OVW), Oklahoma (in OVW) |
| Trained by | The All Knighters (Joey Knight and Robin Knightwing),[2] OVW |
| Debut | 2001[1] |
Elizabeth Carolan née Kocanski[2] (born November 24, 1980)[2] better known by her ring name Beth Phoenix, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on Raw where she is the current reigning WWE Women's Champion.[4]
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Career
Amateur wrestling and early career
Beth began wrestling on the Elmira, New York Notre Dame High School scholastic wrestling team. She was the first female varsity wrestler in her high school's history. She became the North-East freestyle women's champion (72 kg weight class) in 1999. She also became the women's champion (72 kg weight class) at the New York State Fair Tournament in 1999 and was named the most outstanding wrestler that same year in the Brockport Freestyle Tournament. At the time she was also a member of USA Wrestling (a freestyle wrestling club). Her life goal was, according to her, to become a professional wrestler and she believed that having a solid amateur background would help her reach it. After graduating from high school in 1999, she enrolled in both a professional wrestling school and Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. Her first choice for wrestling school was Stu Hart's Dungeon, but because of the location she decided on a more local school. At the school, she was trained by the "All Knighters"--Joey Knight and Robin Knightwing, who themselves had trained in the Hart Dungeon. She made the rounds competing with various independent companies including a match against Lexis Wine for the now defunct MadMar Entertainment in which her back was cut open when a steel chair accidentally cut her.[5]
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Beth debuted on Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) television in July 2004 as the on-screen girlfriend and valet of Chris Masters. The angle was short lived and the following month Beth was repackaged as the manager of Aaron "The Idol" Stevens. The duo was then joined by Shelly Martinez who Beth soon feuded with in early 2006. Beth then stopped appearing regularly on OVW after debuting on WWE's Raw television show.
On August 16, 2006, Beth returned to action in OVW as the surprise opponent for Serena in a number one contenders match - she was hand picked by OVW Women's Champion ODB herself to be the opponent. After a distraction from Charles Evans, Phoenix picked up the win hitting Serena.
The following week, both Serena & Phoenix wanted a title shot, so ODB said if they can beat her in a tag match, the pinfall winner would receive a shot. Serena won the match for her and Beth's team by pinning newcomer Katie Lea (but only after Beth was forced to leave the ring as she wasn't the legal woman in the match). So, in the interest of fairness, the following week, it was announced that there would be a women's battle royal with the title on the line - Beth, Serena, Katie Lea, and ODB were the final four women in the ring, with ODB eventually coming out on top.
The following week, ODB put her women's title on the line in a four-way match that also featured Beth, Serena & Katie Lea. Serena won the match, but after the match Phoenix laid out Serena with her newly won belt. At the October 4, 2006 OVW TV tapings, Beth defeated Serena to capture the OVW Women's Championship. On the November 4, 2006 show, Beth lost the OVW women's title to Katie Lea in a gauntlet match - defeating Roni Jonah, Melody, Ariel, and Jenny Mae first. Lea, Serena, ODB, and Beth were the final four in the match with Lea taking the win.
Phoenix and Lea entered into a feud with each other, with Beth claiming that Lea never defeated her for her title so she was still the champion; Beth even came out with her own version of the OVW Women's Championship. This brought out Danny Basham OVW's TroubleShooter, who told Beth her title wasn't real, and that after doing some digging Lea's title wasn't real either. Basham set up a ladder match where the winner would become the undisputed OVW Women's Champion. Lea won the match, and was presented with the title belt on the first show of 2007. Phoenix took the belt from Basham, and after taking a look for herself, handed the Belt to Lea and shook her hand. In early 2007, Beth became involved in a "love triangle" along with Dan Rodman and Jacob Duncan. After the "love triangle" angle ended, Beth continued to manage Jacob Duncan in OVW.
Beth made her last appearance in OVW at their August 15, 2007 TV tapings where she lost to Katie Lea in a No.1 Contenders Match and then joined the main WWE roster full-time.[6]
World Wrestling Entertainment
2006
Beth Phoenix debuted on the May 8, 2006 episode of Raw as a face attacking then heel, Mickie James during James' assault on Trish Stratus. After this incident, James berated Phoenix for "ruining everything" and questioned why she even showed up in the first place.[7]. A week later, Phoenix was formally introduced by Trish Stratus and then battered a distracted James on Stratus' behalf. When James finally escaped, Phoenix claimed that James had ruined her life and wouldn't let her get away with it, before calling her a psycho.[8]
On the following edition of Raw, Phoenix, now an official Raw diva, again attacked the Women's Champion after her match with Torrie Wilson.[9] Then, on the May 29, 2006 episode of RAW, Beth teamed up with Torrie Wilson (with Stratus in their corner) to take on Candice Michelle and Victoria (with Mickie James in their corner). Phoenix got the pin on Candice.[10]
During the June 5, 2006 episode of Raw, Beth suffered a fractured mandible during a match with Victoria,[11] but was victorious despite the injury.[12] She was then out of action for a little over a year after having surgery to place a titanium plate into her jaw.
2007
On the July 9, 2007 edition of Raw, Phoenix returned as a heel when Melina claimed to be injured and needed a replacement as Jillian Hall's tag team partner.[13]
At the SummerSlam pay-per-view, Phoenix won the Interpromotional Divas Battle Royal to become the number one contender for Candice Michelle's WWE Women's Championship.[14] Phoenix was then pushed as a dominating Diva, calling herself a "Glamazon" and attacking Mickie James, Jillian Hall and Candice on the September 10 edition of Raw.[15][16] However, at Unforgiven, she failed to capture the Women's Championship from Candice.[17] Their storyline feud continued when Phoenix pinned Candice during a non-title mixed tag team match on RAW on September 24.[18] At No Mercy, Phoenix defeated Candice to win her first Women's title.[19][4] She retained her belt on the October 22 edition of RAW after injuring Candice Michelle while Candice was on the top rope and Beth shaked them causing Candice to fall and break her clavicle.[20][21]
Beth attacked Kelly Kelly on the October 29 edition of Raw after Kelly won the Halloween Costume Contest Battle Royal.[22] The following week on Raw, Beth defeated Kelly in a non-title match.[23] This cumulated into a 10 Divas Tag Match at Survivor Series, which Phoenix's team lost after Melina was pinned by Mickie James.[24]
On the November 26 edition of RAW, Mickie James defeated Melina in a number one contenders match for Phoenix's Women's Championship,[25] setting up a title match between the two at Armageddon 2007, a match in which Phoenix successfully defended her Women's title.[26]
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
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- Delayed Fisherman Suplex
- Lifting Chickenwing Drop
- Down in Flames (Michinoku driver II into a pin)[2]
- Beth Valley Driver (Second rope Death Valley Driver)[2]
- Signature moves
- Wrestlers managed by Beth Phoenix
- Nicknames
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- (The) Glamazon [27]
- Glamazonness
- Entrance Themes
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- "Hey Baby" by No Doubt
- "Crazy In Love" by Beyonce
- "Brick House" by Rob Zombie
- "Trip Like I Do" by Filter
- "Count On It"
- "Born to die"
Championships and accomplishments
- Far North Wrestling
- FNW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[1]
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
- OVW Women's Championship (1 time) has won it other time but not put on the record along with other divas
Personal life
Despite popular internet belief, Beth Phoenix has never dated Chris Masters; however they did work together in OVW as (kayfabe) boyfriend & girlfriend. Masters has been pictured with his real life fiancée at the premiere of Kane's movie, See No Evil.
She is married to Joey Carolan, known on the independent wrestling circuit as Joey Knight.
References
- ^ a b c d Beth Profile at OWW
- ^ a b c d e f g h Facts at Official Website
- ^ WWE: Superstars > Raw > Beth Phoenix > Bio. WWE. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
- ^ a b c History Of The Women's Championship. WWE.
- ^ Bio at Official Website
- ^ [1] "More WWE News & Notes (8/18/07)"
- ^ Raw results - May 8, 2005. WWE. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
- ^ Raw results - May 15, 2006. WWE. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
- ^ RAW results - May 22, 2006. WWE. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
- ^ RAW results - May 29, 2006. WWE. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
- ^ Zack Zeigler (July 10, 2007). Return of the Phoenix. WWE. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
- ^ Kiss this. WWE.
- ^ Raw results - July 9, 2007. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
- ^ SummerSlam 2007 results. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
- ^ RAW results - September 3, 2007. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
- ^ Raw results - September 10, 2007. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
- ^ Unforgiven 2007 results. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-17.
- ^ Raw results - September 24, 2007. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
- ^ No Mercy 2007 results. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
- ^ Glamazon sweep. WWE.
- ^ The Glamazon gets a Candice clean sweep. WWE.
- ^ Halloween Horror. WWE.
- ^ Repeat Performance. WWE.
- ^ Mickie marches in 10 Divas Tag Team Match. WWE.
- ^ The Glamazon Awaits. WWE.
- ^ Glamazon pushed to the limit. WWE.
- ^ Greg Adkins (September 18, 2007). Candice reflects on sweet Unforgiven victory. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.