Angelina Love

Angel Williams
Angelina Love Lauren Williams competing as Angelina Love
Geboren am	Vorlage:Birth date and age Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Wrestling-Daten
Ringname(n)	Angelina Love Angel Williams Canadian Angel
Körpergröße	Vorlage:Height
Kampfgewicht	Vorlage:Convert
Angekündigt aus	Toronto, Ontario, Canada Memphis, Tennessee
Trainiert von	Rob "El Fuego" Etcheverria Deep South Wrestling
Debüt	August 2000

Lauren Williams (born September 13, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Angelina Love where she is the reigning TNA Women's Knockout Champion. She works outside of TNA under the ring name Angel Williams.

Professional wrestling 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 (alongside fellow TNA Knockout Traci Brooks).Vorlage:Fact

World Wrestling Entertainment

She was working for promotions around America when World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) spotted her, and invited her to a tryout in June 2004. In November she trained at WWE's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling, and WWE 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 in Birmingham, Alabama to repair her torn ACL.Vorlage:Fact After almost seven months of rehab, she stepped back into the ring at a DSW TV taping. At the beginning of 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. 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

Angelina Love representing 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 heel 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.

The Beautiful People

Love participated in the Make Over battle royal-ladder match at Sacrifice, and was the runner-up. 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 lost to Kim at Victory Road in a singles match. At Hard Justice she teamed with Velvet Sky and Awesome Kong in a losing effort against Gail Kim, ODB and Taylor Wilde then unsuccessfully challenged Wilde at No Surrender for the Women's Knockout Championship. Love earned herself another shot at the TNA Women's Knockout Championship at Lockdown, in a 3-way dance with Awesome Kong and Taylor Wilde. She went on to win the match and the title after pinning Wilde. During the match she suffered a concussion while receiving a crossbody from Wilde. The following week Awesome Kong interrupted her title celebration and she connected with an Awesome Bomb to one of the strippers. The following weeks Awesome Kong destroyed Madison Rayne, Velvet Sky, and Cute Kip in Stretcher matches. On the May 21 edition of Impact! the official contract signing for a TNA Women's Knockout Championship Match at Sacrifice ended in a riot with Awesome Kong powerbombing Senior Official Rudy Charles through a table. At Sacrifice, Love retained her championship against Kong, and then after the match she received two Implant Busters from her. On the May 28 edition of Impact! she successfully defended her title against Sojournor Bolt. After the match she officially kicked Kip from the Beautiful People and was then assaulted by the debuting Victoria.

Personal life

In early 2008, she began dating Jared Weeks, the lead singer of the band Saving Abel, but as of August 2008, the couple decided to split.

Other ventures

Williams has a role in the upcoming indie film entitled Good Intentions starring country music star LeAnn Rimes, fellow wrestler SoCal Val and Luke Perry. In her role, she gets Luke's character into trouble.

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
  • Botox Injection (Bicycle kick)
  • Cramp (Modified camel clutch) - DSW
  • Lights Out (Lifting reverse STO)
  • Diving crossbody
  • Hurricanrana, sometimes to an oncoming opponent
  • Leg-feed enzuigiri
  • Running springboard arm drag
  • Shoulder jawbreaker
  • Snapmare followed by a baseball slide dropkick to the face or back
  • Spinning wheel kick
  • Tilt-a-whirl headscissors takedown
• With Velvet Sky
  • Makeover (Russian legsweep (Sky) / Bicycle kick (Love) combination)
  • Hollering Elbow (Double elbow drop, with theatrics)

• Wrestlers managed
  • Texas Hell-Razors
  • Derek Wylde
  • The Gymini
  • Prince Nana
  • Johnny Parisi
  • Jimmy Rave
  • Chris Sabin
  • Simon Diamond
  • Krissy Vaine
  • Eric Young

• Nicknames
  • "The Queen Diva" (DSW)

• Entrance themes
  • "Papercut" by Linkin Park (Independent circuit)
  • "Girlfriend" by Dale Oliver (TNA)
  • "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)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked her # 16 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2008.
• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • TNA Women's Knockout Championship (1 time, current)

External links

Commons: Angelina Love – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien

• Official Myspace
• Angel-Williams.net Official Website
• Vorlage:Imdb name
• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling On Spike TV! - Angelina Love
• Online World Of Wrestling Bio