Trisa Hayes

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Trisa Hayes
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Ring name(s) Beulah McGillicutty
Trinity
Billed height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Billed weight 115 lb (52 kg)
Born March 14, 1969 (1969-03-14) (age 39)
Muskegon, Michigan
Debut 1988

Trisa Hayes Laughlin (born Trisa Hayes on March 14, 1969)[1] better known by her stage name, Beulah McGillicutty, is an American professional wrestling valet, best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s. She is currently under contract with World Wrestling Entertainment.

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Career

Early career

Hayes made one appearance in Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Alberta in 1988 as Brian Pillman's sister. She was dating Pillman at the time and they had her appear in the crowd to be harassed by the heels so that Pillman could get over as a face by standing up for her.

During college, she worked as a stripper and adult model, appearing in Cheri, High Society and Penthouse magazines under the stage name Trinity. She also appeared in a solo striptease/masturbation video, Day Dreaming, under the name Amanda Day.[2]

While attending the 1995 Super Bowl in Miami with former San Diego Padres baseball player Ron Gant, Hayes met the professional wrestler Scott Levy (Raven) at a nightclub. She told Levy that she wanted back into wrestling and gave him some copies of the issue of Penthouse magazine that she had appeared in. He talked to his boss, Paul Heyman (the owner of ECW), and showed him the magazine, and Heyman agreed to hire her.[3]

Extreme Championship Wrestling

Beulah McGillicutty was introduced soon after the outset of the epic Raven / Tommy Dreamer feud. Her back story was that, while Raven and Dreamer (allegedly former childhood friends) had been attending a summer camp in their teens, they had met Beulah, who was overweight. Beulah had fallen in love with Tommy Dreamer, but he rejected her, so she slept with Raven. Raven's lackey Stevie Richards brought Beulah (now a slim Penthouse model) to ECW so she could gain revenge on Dreamer by helping Raven. Beulah became Raven's valet, and suffered several piledrivers at the hands of Dreamer during the course of the feud.

At the same time, Beulah feuded with Francine and Luna Vachon, and was involved in several "catfights" with each of them. Her first match was on September 17, 1995, when she pinned Luna after Richards whacked her with a chair. In 1996, she claimed that she was pregnant and told a shocked Raven that it was Dreamer's baby, intensifying their feud. Beulah eventually left Raven and aligned herself with Dreamer. However, at the 1996 Hostile City Showdown Shane Douglas informed Dreamer that Beulah was never pregnant, and also had been cheating on him. When Dreamer demanded to know who with (suspecting Douglas) Douglas pointed to Raven's new valet Kimona Wanalaya, who proceeded to kiss Beulah to the mat. After some hesitation, Dreamer kissed both women, proclaiming "I'll take em both, I'm hardcore!"

In 1997, Beulah and Dreamer teamed up for a few inter-gender tag team matches against Francine and Douglas, with Beulah surprising fans by performing moonsaults in the matches. Later in the same year she defeated Bill Alfonso in what Paul Heyman claimed was one of the most brutal matches in ECW history.

When the ECW wrestlers invaded the World Wrestling Federation, appearing on an episode of Monday Night Raw, Beulah was at Dreamer's side.

In 1998, Beulah was attacked by Justin Credible and was put out of action. She returned to help Dreamer feud with Credible and his entourage. A few months later, Hayes grew tired of wrestling and Beulah was written out of storylines via The Dudley Boyz breaking her neck with their Dudley Death Drop maneuver.

Return to wrestling

Beulah returned to the ring on June 12, 2005, at the World Wrestling Entertainment-produced ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view. She interfered in the main event, helping Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman, but their opponents, The Dudley Boyz, won despite her efforts. Beulah was involved in a catfight with Francine, who had just kicked Dreamer in the crotch.

On June 7, 2006, it was announced that Beulah would be in the corner of Dreamer and Terry Funk against Mick Foley and Edge as an equalizer to Lita. On the day of the PPV, the tag match was later changed to a six-person mixed tag match pitting Edge, Foley, and Lita against Dreamer, Funk, and herself. Wrestling barefoot, Beulah handled Lita and appeared on the bottom of a catfight. Dreamer, Funk, and Beulah would lose the match when Edge speared and pinned Beulah with a cover that resembled the "legs up" version of the missionary position. She is currently under contract with World Wrestling Entertainment, making appearances when needed in the New York and Michigan areas. She has not appeared on TV since One Night Stand 2006.[1]

Personal life

After retiring from wrestling in 1998, Hayes returned to college. On October 12, 2002 at the Lake Isle Country Club in Eastchester, New York, Hayes married Thomas Laughlin (Tommy Dreamer), with whom she later had twin girls,[1] Brianna Laughlin and Kimberly Laughlin.

In wrestling

  • Finishing and signature moves
  • Nicknames
  • ECW's Sweetheart
  • The Penthouse Pet
  • Wrestlers managed by Hayes
  • Entrance Music

In popular culture

  • Her children, twins Brianna Laughlin and Kimberly Laughlin, appeared in the season six episode of "The Sopranos" called "The Ride" as Domenica Baccalieri Tony Soprano's baby niece.

References

  1. ^ a b c http://www.extremesweetheart.com/trisa/biography.html Biography on Trisa's personal website
  2. ^ Trisa Hayes. Celebs Gone Wild. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
  3. ^ http://thesmartmarks.com/artman/publish/article_774.shtml Raven Shoot Interview

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