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Taylor Ann Matheny (b. November 23, 1979) is a retired American professional wrestler who competed in North American independent promotions including Ohio Valley Wrestling, a developmental territory of World Wrestling Entertainment. She is best known however as a contestant on MTV's Tough Enough in 2001, making it to the finals before loosing out to Nidia Guenard. [1] [2]
[edit] Career
Growing up in Maple Valley, Washington, she became interested in profesional wrestling during the late 1990s and, seeing a commercial for WWE Tough Enough during Monday Night Raw, auditioned for the reality television series. Originally one of thirteen contestants, she eventually reached the finals with Chris Nowinski, Maven Huffman, Josh Matthews and Nidia Guenard. [3]
In November 2001, soon after the finale of the show, Matheny made her professional wrestling debut in New England's World Wrestling Alliance soon hitting the independent wrestling circuit across the U.S.
During the next year, Matheny appeared in numerous independent promotions defeating Frost in an intergender match at Alaska Superslam II in Anchorage on February 17, teaming with Rory Fox to defeat Gage Octane and Vixen in a mixed tag team match for New Era Wrestling on April 6 and faced April Hunter at a Universal Wrestling Federation event in Oxford, Pennsylvania on April 19, 2006; this was one of two matches during which Hunter made her professional debut.
After making an appearance in Liberty All-Star Wrestling defeating Danny Rose & Allison Danger in a mixed tag team match on April 20, Matheny began competing for the Nova Scotia-based Mainstream Wrestling defeating Kyle Kruze in a series of intergender matches and, teaming with Lincoln Steen, defeated Flexx Falcone & Morgan Storm in mixed tag team matches during late April. [4] She would twice defeat Morgan Storm in subsequent "Ladies" matches on April 28-29, 2002. [5]
After wrestling against Allison Danger at Jersey All Pro Wrestling's Memorial Day Massacre supercard on May 26, [6] Matheny later accepted an invitation by the Japanese female wrestling promotion ARSION for a 3 1/2 month tour in Japan. [7] During the tour, she would team with Bionic J and Cheerleader Melissa in a 6-man tag team match to defeat Mariko Yoshida, Kaori Yoneyama and Baby A on June 23, and faced Baby A and Rie Tamada in singles matches before loosing to Ai Fujita in a match for the WWWA Super Lightweight Championship on August 25, 2002.
After facing Rena Takase, Mika Nishio and MARU in a 6-man tag team match with Bionic J and Cheerleader Melissa on September 12, Matheny returned to the United States. [8] Inactive during late 2002, she briefly feuded with Cheerleader Melissa in Live Action Wrestling in January 2003. Later that month, she appeared at a LAW event with B.G. James, Disco Inferno, Norman Smiley, Buff Bagwell and the Road Warriors. [9]
Although scheduled to debut in the Carolina Wrestling Federation at the BattleCade III supercard on December 28, she canceled her appearance [10]and, by the latter part of 2003, Matheny became tired of the wrestling business and retired. However, on September 2, 2005 she made a surprise appearance with her boyfriend Brian Kendrick at a show for Full Impact Pro. [11]
She was, at last word, pursuing a career as a Hollywood make-up artist [12] working on the 2005 film The Last Will.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- Tracy Matheny Shoot Interview. Perf. Tracy Matheny. 2003. DVD. Highspots.com.
- Women of the Independents. Perf. Tracy Matheny. 2004. DVD. RF Video.
[edit] References
- ^ WWE Tough Enough. ProWrestlingHistory.com (2007).
- ^ Anderson, Steve (2003-02-01). Survivor series: Maven and other contestants from "Tough Enough" have invaded WWE, providing fresh fodder for the federation. Wrestling Digest.
- ^ Allen, Mark (2007-04-28). Historically Speaking: So WWE's Definition of Tough is The Miz?. InsidePulse.com.
- ^ Nevada, Vance (2004). Lincoln Steen (2000-2004). Vance Nevada's Wrestling Archives.
- ^ Martitime Wrestling Information: Morgan Storm. newscott.com (2002-60-16).
- ^ Jersey All-Pro Wrestling Event Center: Past Event Results 2002. JAPW.com (2002).
- ^ Action, Amy (2007-05-03). ARISON - Hyper Visual Fighting (1998-2003). AmyAction.com.
- ^ Cole, Brian (2002-09-15). 411's International News Report #129 (A New Muta? & More). 411wrestling.com.
- ^ McGrath, Jess (2002-12-18). Newsline, 12/18/2002. 1wrestling.com.
- ^ CWF/FWA Carolinas News: Women's division heating up. CWFprowrestling.com (2003-03-13).
- ^ Garoon, Brad (2006-08-02). BG Says: FIP Big Year One Bash Night One. 411wrestling.com.
- ^ Where Are They Now ? - Looking At How WWE's Tough Enough Competitors Have Done Since Appearing On The Show. WrestleMag.com (2007-05-01).
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- Comment. This was decliined on the basis it qualified for speedy deletion criteria A7 (providing insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter) and/or guidelines on biographies. The article's introduction clearly indicates she competed in Ohio Valley Wrestling and was a finalist on WWE Tough Enough, both claims having references from reliable third-part sources. I don't understand why the article doesn't fulfil either WP:BIO or WP:V as the article itself had 9 cited references, however I've added additional cited references and edited the article to more clearly establish her importance. 72.87.47.66 23:53, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Article created. Thank you for your contribution to Wikipedia! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 06:13, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
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