| Brittany Beede | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | Brittany[1] Brittney[2] Jamie[1][3] Jamie Keyes[1][2] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1][3] |
| Billed weight | 115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st)[1] |
| Born | December 31, 1984 [1][2] Sarasota, Florida[1][2] |
| Resides | Tampa, Florida[2] |
| Billed from | Sarasota, Florida[3] |
| Trained by | Brock Lesnar[1] |
| Debut | December 20, 2009[1][2] |
Brittany Beede[1][2] (born December 31, 1984) is an American model and professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she took part in the third season of NXT under the ring name Jamie. She had previously acted as the ring announcer for the second season of NXT, and also trained and competed in Florida Championship Wrestling.
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After graduating high school, Beede began working as a model for various companies while studying in nursing school.[4]
In 2009, Wrestlicious added pictures of Beede to their official Facebook page, announcing that she was going to be a ring announcer for the company and had a verbal agreement with them about filming some footage for the show.[2]
Beede, under the ring name Brittany, made her professional wrestling debut on October 28, 2009 at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's pay-per-view Final Resolution, managing Kevin Nash.[2]
After studying at nursing school, World Wrestling Entertainment saw Beede's Wrestlicious pictures and signed her to a developmental contract.[2] Beede, under the ring name Jamie Keyes, made her debut in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling at the March 19, 2010 television tapings as the ring announcer. However, she would not make her wrestling debut until the May 12 episode of FCW when she lost to Savannah in the first round of the Divas Championship tournament.[5] On the September 12 edition of FCW, Keyes lost a singles match to AJ Lee.[5]
On the June 8, 2010 episode of NXT, Beede made her debut as the ring announcer, using the ring name Jamie Keyes.[2] During the season 2 finale of NXT on August 31, it was announced that she would be part of the third season of NXT with the Bella Twins as her Pros.[6] On the September 14 episode of NXT, Jamie defeated Aksana to claim her first victory on NXT.[5] The following week, Jamie teamed with Alicia Fox and Naomi to defeat Kaitlyn and the Bella Twins.[5] Despite being undefeated, she was the first rookie Diva to be eliminated from the competition on October 5.[7] On October 14, it was reported that Beede had been released from her WWE contract.[8] Despite her release, Beede made one final appearance for the company on November 30 during season 3's finale, where she and the other eliminated rookie Divas weighed in on whether Naomi or Kaitlyn, the finalists of the competition, should be the winner.[9][10]
Beede had an athletic childhood, during which she trained in gymnastics, dance, tennis, volleyball, boxing, track and field, karate, weightlifting and cheerleading.[3][4]