Velvet Sky (Wrestlerin)

Jamie Szantyr (born June 2, 1981) is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Velvet Sky. She also works outside of TNA as Talia Madison.

Velvet Sky
Velvet Sky (Wrestlerin)
Geboren am	Vorlage:Birth date and age New Britain, Connecticut
Wrestling-Daten
Ringname(n)	Velvet Sky Talia Madison Miss Talia Talia Doll Talia
Körpergröße	Vorlage:Height
Kampfgewicht	Vorlage:Convert
Angekündigt aus	The Big Apple
Trainiert von	Jason Knight's "House of Pain Pro Wrestling Dojo"
Debüt	2003

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Szantyr was trained to wrestle at Jason Knight's "House of Pain Pro Wrestling Dojo". After completing her training, she began working as a valet and wrestler on the independent circuit using the ring names Miss Talia, Talia Doll, and Talia Madison. On the independent circuit, she formed a tag team known as T&A with April Hunter. She was booked to her first wrestling championship during her time in World Xtreme Wrestling, getting the WXW Women's Championship after winning a battle royal on May 29, 2004.

Szantyr made a few appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment in 2005 and 2006. On the February 24, 2005 edition of WWE SmackDown!, she appeared as an extra during the JBL "Celebration of Excellence" party. She was then defeated by Victoria on July 11 in a match taped for WWE Heat. On January 2, 2006, she and Trinity were planted in the front row of the audience to be selected to dance with The Heart Throbs after their match in another Heat segment. She also auditioned for the 2007 Diva Search, but did not make the final eight.

As Talia Madison, she held Defiant Pro Wrestling Women's title, which she got on April 8, 2006 after defeating Alere Little Feather and Nikki Roxx in a three-way match. She also wrestled in Women's Extreme Wrestling as Talia Doll, where she and April Hunter held the WEW Tag Team titles. The duo, known as T&A, defeated Amber O'Neal and Lollipop to get the title on WEW's April 6, 2006 pay-per-view. She also held the WEW World Women's title (as Talia Madison), defeating Angel Orsini on May 5 2007.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Sky at a TNA Event

When Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) announced the creation of their women's division in 2007, Szantyr, using her Talia Madison ring name, was announced as one of the ten wrestlers in a 10-woman Gauntlet match to crown the first TNA Women's World Champion at Bound for Glory pay-per-view. Before the show she made non-wrestling appearances on the October 5 episode of TNA Today and the October 11 Impact!, standing at ringside for the debut match of Awesome Kong along with the other gauntlet match participants. In the weeks following the gauntlet match, her ring name was changed to Velvet Sky.

The Beautiful People

Angelina Love (left) and Velvet Sky as The Beautiful People

At the December Turning Point pay-per-view, Sky and Angelina Love were paired together and dubbed "Velvet Love Entertainment", later renamed to "The Beautiful People". After defeating O.D.B. and Roxxi Laveaux early in the show, Love and Sky assisted Gail Kim in her match against Awesome Kong. They assisted Kim again after another match against Kong on the December 6 edition of Impact! and at Final Resolution pay-per-view, helping to stop a brawl post match.

On the March 13 edition of Impact!, Sky and Love attacked Roxxi Laveaux and later that night Gail Kim, thus becoming heels for the first time in TNA. At Lockdown, Sky participated in the first ever "Queen of the Cage" match, which was won by Laveaux. Sky participated in the Make Over Battle Royal-Ladder Match at Sacrifice, which was won by Gail Kim. The two later added another factor to their gimmicks, placing brown paper bags over opponents heads. On July 17 episode of Impact!, Sky won a Knockouts Battle Royal for number one contendership to the Women's Knockout Championship, but lost the title match the next week as well as two more title matches immediately following to then champion Taylor Wilde.

The Beautiful People began associating with Cute Kip, who become known as their "fashionist". At Bound for Glory IV, The Beautiful People and Cute Kip were defeated by ODB, Rhaka Khan, and Rhino. In April 2009, the team gained a new member in Madison Rayne after Kip departed the group to become a road agent. Sky was in Love's corner when she defeated Kong and Wilde to claim the TNA Women's Knockout Championship at Lockdown. Sky was also in Love's corner at Slammiversary where she helped her defeat Tara by spraying hairspray in her eyes.

Personal life

In high school, Szantyr competed in cheerleading, softball, cross-country, and track. Szantyr currently dates WWE superstar Gregory Helms. She is also good friends with Matt and Jeff Hardy, Shannon Moore as well as her Beautiful People partner, Lauren Williams. She has several tattoos including a pattern on her left biceps, a small rose with dead plants on her lower back, a rose on her upper back on the right side, a star on her left thumb, and has a navel piercing.

She is a fan of the New York Yankees.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Beauty Mark (Double knee backbreaker or a straight jacket sitout sleeper slam) – TNA
  • Blonde Ambition (Diving neckbreaker) – independent circuit
  • Re-TALIA-tion (Straight jacket sitout sleeper slam) – independent circuit
  • Spinning facebuster, sometimes from the top rope

• Signature moves
  • Diving crossbody
  • Hurricanrana
  • Northern lights suplex
  • Octopus stretch while biting the trapped arm, sometimes into a sunset flip
  • Reverse bulldog
  • Running front dropkick
  • Russian legsweep
  • Sitout jawbreaker
  • Snapmare followed by a shoot kick to the back of the opponent's head
  • Stink face
  • Triangle choke

• With Angelina Love
  • Finishing moves
    • Makeover (Russian legsweep (Sky) / Running bicycle kick (Love) combination)
  • Signature moves
    • Hollering Elbow (Double elbow drop, with theatrics)

• With Madison Rayne
  • Double straight jacket sleeper slam

• Wrestlers managed
  • The Brain Surgeons
  • Danny Demanto
  • Simon Diamond
  • Romeo Roselli
  • Matt Striker
  • John Walters
  • Dylan Kage
  • Jason Knight

• Entrance themes
  • "Goodies" by Ciara (WXW)
  • "Just a Lil Bit" by 50 Cent (Independent circuit)
  • "I'm About To Freak" by Dale Oliver
  • "Angel On My Shoulder" by Dale Oliver

Championships and accomplishments

• Defiant Pro Wrestling
  • DPW Women's Championship (1 time)

• Georgia Wrestling Alliance
  • GWA Ladies Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked her #23 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2008

• Universal Wrestling Association
  • UWA Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ariel

• Women's Extreme Wrestling
  • WEW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • WEW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with April Hunter (1) and Tiffany Madison (1)

• World Xtreme Wrestling
  • WXW Women's Championship (1 time)

External links

Commons: Jamie Szantyr – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien

• Vorlage:Imdb name
• TNA Official Website - Velvet Sky Profile
• Glory Wrestling profile
• Lethal Women of Wrestling profile
• Online World of Wrestling profile
• Slammin Ladies profile