Angelina Love
| Angelina Love | |
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| Geboren am | Vorlage:Birth date and age[1] Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1] |
| Wrestling-Daten | |
| Ringname(n) | Angelina Love Angel Williams Canadian Angel |
| Körpergröße | Vorlage:Height[2] |
| Kampfgewicht | Vorlage:Convert[2] |
| Angekündigt aus | Toronto, Ontario, Canada Memphis, Tennessee |
| Trainiert von | Rob "El Fuego" Etcheverria[1] Deep South Wrestling |
| Debüt | August 2000 |
Lauren Williams[3] (born September 13, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Angelina Love. She works outside of TNA under the ring name Angel Williams.
Career
Williams debuted in wrestling in 2000, working independent promotions around Canada. She was first a valet for various wrestlers such as Chris Sabin and Eric Young and then began to train under Rob Fuego to become a wrestler, as well. Williams briefly worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2004, mainly wrestling on TNA Xplosion against Trinity. Williams also appeared on an episode of The Jenny Jones Show about former geeks turned into physical competitors.Vorlage:Fact She also made an appearance on Kenny vs Spenny in the "Who is Stronger" episode.Vorlage:Fact
World Wrestling Entertainment
She was working for promotions around America when World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) spotted her and signed her to a developmental contract in late 2004. She was assigned to wrestle and train in Deep South Wrestling (DSW), one of WWE's developmental territories. Williams began managing Johnny Parisi in the summer of 2005. On September 8, 2005, Williams won her first match in Deep South by defeating Michelle McCool. On September 22, Williams was scheduled to wrestle against McCool, but Michelle never showed up. Instead Daisy Mae came out and challenged Williams. Williams was injured at the February 9, 2006 DSW TV Tapings, but she still managed to participate in the first ever Bikini Contest in DSW. She did not reveal her bikini because Palmer Cannon interrupted, which led to a match that featured him and Tommy Dreamer. During the match she could not physically get involved, so she walked backstage. On February 28, she underwent knee surgery to repair her torn ACL.Vorlage:Fact By September 2006, Williams had recovered from her knee injury and returned to DSW that fall. During November 2006, Williams started managing The Gymini, but The Gymini were released from their contracts in January 2007. Williams then got in a feud with General Manager of DSW, Krissy Vaine, after she made Williams lose her matches due to distractions by other Deep South Divas. At one point Williams had enough and even attacked Vaine in her office. At the March 15, 2007 Deep South TV Tapings Williams aligned herself again with Vaine and was promoted the Co-GM of Deep South Wrestling.
When Deep South Wrestling shut down in April, Williams was moved to Ohio Valley Wrestling. Williams made her Ohio Valley Wrestling debut in a dark match at the May 16, 2007 television taping in Louisville, Kentucky, defeating Serena. She was released from her developmental contract one day later.
Independent circuit
After being let go from her WWE developmental contract in May 2007, Williams resurfaced in Mexico's Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion under the name Canadian Angel on June 10, 2007.[4] She also appeared for independent promotions such as NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling and Full Throttle Wrestling.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
In September 2007, she was contacted again by TNA to appear at their annual pay-per-view Bound for Glory, which was confirmed on the October 9 edition of TNA Today where she was interviewed by Jeremy Borash. At Bound For Glory, Williams participated in a 10 Knockout Gauntlet to crown the first TNA Women's Champion. During the match, she was eliminated by Gail Kim and O.D.B., and the match was won in the end by Kim. At Genesis, Angel competed in a Four-Way match for the championship with Kim retaining her title.
The Beautiful People
For trademark purposes, Williams began competing under the ring name "Angelina Love". Love then formed a partnership with Velvet Sky, calling themselves "Velvet-Love Entertainment", later changed to "The Beautiful People". The duo defeated ODB and Roxxi Laveaux at Turning Point in a Knockouts Tag Team match. Love and Sky became villains on the March 13 edition of Impact by forcing a makeover on Laveaux followed by attacking her. Love also participated at Lockdown in the first ever "Queen of the Cage" match where the first two ladies to make it in the cage would have a singles match, Love made it into the cage but was pinned by Laveaux.
Love participated in the Make Over Battle Royal-Ladder match at Sacrifice, being the runner up. During the match Gail Kim who had the immunity won, thanks to Love's interference, in which if Kim would have lost, then Love would have gotten her head shaved. Due to Kim's win, Laveaux was the one who got her head shaved. Love then cost Kim a match against Awesome Kong, costing her the chance of winning the Knockout Title. The Beautiful People hired Moose to join their team to face off with the team of Laveaux, ODB and Kim at Slammiversary, but lost. Love then received singles matches on pay-per-view, falling to Kim at Victory Road and unsuccessfully challenging Taylor Wilde at No Surrender for the Women's Knockout Championship.
Personal life
Williams is dating Jared Weeks, the lead singer of rock band Saving Abel.[5]
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Bicycle kick[6] or a running big boot[7]
- Cramp[8] (Modified camel clutch) - DSW
- Lights Out[8] (Standing or a lifting reverse STO)
- Diving crossbody[8]
- Hurricanrana, sometimes to an oncoming opponent[8]
- Leg-feed enzuigiri
- Running springboard arm drag[8]
- Shoulder jawbreaker
- Snapmare followed by a baseball slide dropkick to the face or back[8]
- Spinning wheel kick
- Tilt-a-whirl headscissors[8]
- With Velvet Sky
- Russian legsweep (Sky) / Bicycle kick (Love) combination
- Hollering Elbow (Double elbow drop, with theatrics)
- Wrestlers managed[1]
- Texas Hell-Razors
- The Gymini
- Prince Nana
- Johnny Parisi
- Jimmy Rave
- Chris Sabin
- Krissy Vaine
- Eric Young
- Nicknames
- The Queen Diva (DSW)
- Entrance themes
- Papercut by Linkin Park (Independent circuit)
- Girlfriend by Dale Oliver (TNA) (2004)
- Angel On My Shoulder by Dale Oliver (TNA)
- This later became the tag team's official theme when they became The Beautiful People, with Sky also adopting this as her solo theme. They have continued to use this theme, including slightly modified versions and remixes, throughout their run as The Beautiful People.
Championships and accomplishments
- Impact Wrestling Federation
- IWF Manager of the Year (2000)
- Old School Pro Wrestling
- OSPW Women's Championship (1 time)[8]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked her # 16 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2008.[9]
Notes
References
External links
- Vorlage:Imdb name
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling On Spike TV! - Angelina Love
- Online World Of Wrestling Bio
Vorlage:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling employees
- ↑ a b c d Brian Altamura: Touched by Angel Williams. SLAM! Sports, abgerufen am 17. Juli 2008.
- ↑ a b Angel Williams profile. G.L.O.R.Y. Wrestling, abgerufen am 17. Mai 2007.
- ↑ Lauren Williams at TV.com. tv.com, abgerufen am 15. August 2008.
- ↑ Orton's Recent Behavior, Angel Williams Resurfaces, Last Minute WWE Changes. Abgerufen am 24. Juni 2007.
- ↑ A music, wrestling love, Miami Herald, 18. Juni 2008. Abgerufen am 19. Juni 2008
- ↑ pro Wrestling Daily Source. 1Wrestling.com, 24. Juni 2008, abgerufen am 24. Juni 2008.
- ↑ TNA Report. WorldWrestlingInsanity.com, 24. Juni 2008, abgerufen am 24. Juni 2008.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Angel Williams profile. Online World of Wrestling, abgerufen am 18. August 2008.
- ↑ The PWI Female 50 Rankings: Who Is The Top Women's Wrestler In The World? PWPix.net, 18. September 2008, abgerufen am 19. September 2008.