Courtney Rush

Courtney Rush

Rush during a match in September 2015
Birth name Holly Letkeman[1]
Born (1983-11-29) November 29, 1983[1]
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) PJ Tyler
Casey Maguire
El Tigre Diablo
Courtney Rush
Rosemary
Billed height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Billed weight 150 lb (68 kg)
Billed from "Winningpeg", Manitoba
Trained by Scott D'Amore
Tyson Dux
Johnny Devine[3]
Debut January 30, 2008

Holly Letkeman (born November 29, 1983)[1] is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Rosemary. She is best known for her work on the independent circuit under the name Courtney Rush, for promotions such as BSE Pro, BCW, Maximum Pro Wrestling, NCW Femmes Fatales, Steel City Pro Wrestling and Shimmer Women Athletes. She is also a former Shimmer Tag Team Champion with Sara Del Rey.

Early life

Rush was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in Stonewall, Manitoba, where she was exposed to professional wrestling by her father.[4] During high school, she and a friend briefly trained at a local school, but quit after one session when the school wanted them to have a match.[4] She later attended University of Manitoba, where she majored in film studies.[3] After graduation, she worked on a few film sets,[5] but decided to resume her childhood interest in professional wrestling after hearing of Eddie Guerrero's death,[4] and attended Scott D'Amore's school in Windsor, Ontario in May 2007, where she was taught by Tyson Dux and Johnny Devine, as well as D'Amore. She initially used the ring name P.J. Tyler (reflecting her love of Aerosmith), but later changed it to Courtney Rush.[5]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2008–2010)

Competing as Casey Maguire, she her in-ring debut for PTW on January 30, 2008, in a losing effort against Haley Rogers.[6] She was scheduled to take the position of Jennifer Blake as PWX Commissioner but her position was taken by "Danger Boy" Derek Wylde in a controversial way. She soon started a feud with Haley Rogers during a tag team with Jennifer Blake against the same Haley Rogers and Jade Chung. During this contest she broke Haley's nose and she aggravated this injury during a single contest the following week. Those two athletes met different times during the 2008 and GLORY Wrestling dedicated them an article about the match that took place on September 12, 2008.[7] During the first part of 2009 she competed in different matches with Cherry Bomb, Jennifer Blake and Holly Hilton, including a match with Amazing Kong that she wasn't able to win. On the day of her 26th birthday she was able to win her first title in career defeating Deanna Conda in the final of the WILD Tournament 2009 to win the GCW W.I.L.D. Championship.[8]

NCW Femmes Fatales (2010–2013)

Rush (right) clotheslining Cheerleader Melissa at nCw Femmes Fatales XIV

Rush (as PJ Tyler) debuted for NCW Femmes Fatales on February 6, 2010. At the beginning she was scheduled to take on Kacey Diamond but plans were changed and she teamed with Mary Lee Rose to take on the team of Anna Minoushka and Anastasia Ivy. She was able to hit with her finishing manoeuvre, but the team of Anna and Anastasia got the win via pinfall.[9] Due to her being the current WILD Champion she is entering the first ever NCW FF Tournament for the NCW Femmes Fatales Championship. In the first round she faced Portia Perez in a first time ever match but was unable to score the win.[10] In October 2010, Rush defeated Cat Power and Sassy Stephie in a triple threat match.[11]

In March 2011, Rush (now appearing as Courtney Rush) defeated Cat Power in a street-fight.[12] At the July 2011 card, Rush faced Madison Eagles in the semi-main event but lost to her.[5][13] In October 2011, she faced and defeated Kellie Skater.[14]

In March 2013, Rush defeated Allison Danger to win the Bellatrix World Championship.[15] On August 16, 2014, Rush won the nCw Femmes Fatales Championship.[16]

Shimmer Women Athletes (2010–2016)

PJ Tyler was announced to debut for Shimmer on March 22, 2010 on the Shimmer Board.[17] She made her first appearance for Shimmer Women Athletes as part of the Sparkle Division on April 10, 2010. During the Sparkle match she was defeated by Anna Minoushka. She made also a second appearance as part of the Sparkle the following day teaming with Leva Bates defeating the team of Anna Minoushka and She Nay Nay.[18]

In March 2011, she faced Mena Libra,[19] Daizee Haze[20] and Kellie Skater[21] as Courtney Rush as part of the main SHIMMER division but lost to all three. At the next set of tapings in October 2011, Rush faced Yumi Ohka,[22] Nikki Roxx[23] and Sara Del Rey,[24] where Rush picked up a win against Roxx but lost to the other two wrestlers. After two wins on March 17, 2012 over Rhia O'Reilly and Sassy Stephie, on March 18, the babyface Rush formed a tag team with the villainous Sara Del Rey, first defeating Regeneration X, and then winning a four-way match to become the new Shimmer Tag Team Champions.[25] On June 7, Rush and Del Rey lost the title to the Canadian NINJAs (Nicole Matthews and Portia Perez) at a Femmes Fatales event when Del Rey abandoned Rush during the match.[26] On April 13, 2013, Rush defeated Athena, Madison Eagles and Saraya Knight in a four-way match to earn her first shot at the Shimmer Championship.[27] Rush received her title match later that same day, but was defeated by the defending champion, Cheerleader Melissa.[28]

Rush would suffer a fractured collarbone in September 2013, forcing her to miss SHIMMER's October 2013 shows,[29] but she returned for Volume 62 in April 2014, where she lost to Mercedes Martinez.[30]

Rush formed a tag team with Xandra Bale on April 11, 2015, referring to themselves as "Ontario's Top Team." They defeated Made In Sin (Allysin Kay and Taylor Made) at Volume 72, but they would fail to defeat The Kimber Bombs (Kimber Lee and Cherry Bomb) for the SHIMMER Tag Team Championship at Volume 73. After the match, Rush showed signs of a heel turn due to frustration with Bale.[31] The following day at Volume 74, Rush and Bale were defeated by Team Slap Happy (Evie and Heidl Lovelace), and after the match ended, Rush turned heel and attacked Bale. Rush defeated Bale with the F5 later that day at Volume 75.[32]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

The Decay (2016-present)

In January 2016, Rush signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Her first appearance took place on the January 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, in which she appeared on stage, dressed as a macabre cheerleader, speaking in riddles whilst Crazzy Steve and Abyss attacked TNA Tag Team Champions The Wolves and stole their title belts, thus forming a heel stable called The Decay.[33] It was later revealed her new ring name was "Rosemary".

Acting

Rush has also acted in several independent movies, including Monster Brawl (where she played Witch Bitch[34]), Exit Humanity and Beat Down.[3]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2011 Monster Brawl Witch Bitch
Exit Humanity Zombie
2012 Beat Down French Kiss Post-production

In wrestling

Rush (in green and yellow) hitting a spear
Courtney Rush executing the Skyward Suplex

Championships and accomplishments

Courtney Rush posing with the nCw Femme Fatales championship belt post-match

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Courtney Rush".
  2. ↑ "PJ Tyler's OWIE Profile". Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  3. 1 2 3 Sinclair, Chris (August 2013). "Interview with Courtney Rush". pp. 12–14. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  4. 1 2 3 Hollie, Matthew (2013-09-06). "The Barbwire Blog: Bellatrix Vs. SHIMMER Countdown: Interview With Courtney Rush". thebarbwireblog.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 Oliver, Greg (2011-07-05). "Improved confidence level reflects Courtney Rush's name change". slam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  6. ↑ Krupar, Robert (2013-09-29). "Five questions with Courtney Rush &#124". artofwrestling.cz. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Haley Rogers vs. PJ Tyler: Skinning The Cat!". Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  8. ↑ "WILD Title History".
  9. ↑ "NCW FF Volume 2 Results". NCW FF. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  10. ↑ "NCW FF Volume 3 Quick Results". NCWfemmesfatales.
  11. ↑ "Results from NCW Femmes Fatales 4 DVD Taping: First Champion Crowned, Luna Tribut". diva-dirt.com. 2010-10-24. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  12. ↑ "NCW Femmes Fatales 5 DVD Taping Results (March 12th, 2011)". diva-dirt.com. 2011-05-13. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "NCW Femme Fatales VI Taping Results (June 4th, 2011) &#124". diva-dirt.com. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  14. ↑ "Results from NCW Femmes Fatales VII: New Champion Crowned, Tiana Ringer Returns". diva-dirt.com. 2011-10-09. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  15. ↑ "NCW: Femmes Fatales XI – Two new champions crowned; LuFisto/Martinez feud heats up further". Ringbelles Online. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  16. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=115617
  17. ↑ "PJ Tylers and Jessica James to debut for SHIMMER". SHIMMEROffice.
  18. ↑ "SHIMMER Vol.29-32 Discussion Topic". SHIMMEROffice.
  19. ↑ "SHIMMER Volume 37 Taping Results Live from Berwyn, Illinois". diva-dirt.com. 2011-03-26. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  20. ↑ "SHIMMER Volume 38 Taping Results Live from Berwyn, Illinois". diva-dirt.com. 2011-03-27. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  21. ↑ "SHIMMER Volume 39 Taping Results Live from Berwyn, Illinois". diva-dirt.com. 2011-03-28. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  22. ↑ "SHIMMER Volume 42 Taping Results". diva-dirt.com. 2011-10-02. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  23. ↑ "SHIMMER Volume 43 Taping Results". diva-dirt.com. 2011-10-02. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  24. ↑ "SHIMMER Volume 44 Taping Results". diva-dirt.com. 2011-10-02. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  25. 1 2 Cooper, Chad (2012-03-19). "Results of Shimmer Vol. 47 and 48 tapings". WrestleView. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  26. ↑ Namako, Jason (2012-07-08). "Indy News #4: ROH Newswire, NCW Femme Fatales". WrestleView. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  27. ↑ Namako, Jason (2013-04-13). "4/13 Shimmer #54 Results: Berwyn, Illinois". WrestleView. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  28. ↑ Namako, Jason (2013-04-13). "4/13 Shimmer #55 Results: Berwyn, Illinois". WrestleView. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  29. ↑ Burton, Lee (2013-09-17). "Ringbelles Roundup (17 September 2013) – Courtney Rush speaks on her injury, rejigged matches, Total Divas finale". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  30. ↑ "Full Results: SHIMMER 62". diva-dirt.com. 2014-04-05. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  31. ↑ http://www.pwponderings.com/2015/04/11/shimmer-041115-72-73-results/
  32. ↑ http://www.pwponderings.com/2015/04/12/shimmer-041215-74-75-results/
  33. ↑ Casey (2016-01-26). "Squared Circle Sirens SPOILERS: IMPACT Wrestling – 01/26/16 | Squared Circle Sirens". squaredcirclesirens.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  34. ↑ Burton, Lee (2011-10-25). "Ringbelles Roundup (25 October 2011)". ringbellesonline.com. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  35. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1586
  36. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1375
  37. ↑ "NCW Femmes Fatales". NCW Femmes Fatales. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  38. ↑ "Paige Tops PWI Female 50". November 14, 2014.
  39. ↑ "Rewsults from ALPW and Holiday Hangover". canadianprowrestling.com. 2015-01-25. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

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