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Beth Phoenix
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Ring name(s)	Beth Phoenix Phoenix Firebird Fabulous Firebird
Billed height	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)[1]
Billed weight	150 lb (68 kg)[1]
Born	November 24, 1980 (1980-11-24) (age 26)[2] Elmira, New York [2]
Resides	Louisville, Kentucky [2]
Billed from	Buffalo, New York, Elmira, New York (in OVW), Oklahoma (in OVW)
Trained by	The All Knighters (Joey Knight and Robin Knightwing) OVW
Debut	2000

Elizabeth Carolan née Kocanski^[2] (born on November 24, 1980 in Elmira, New York) is an American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand as Beth Phoenix.

Contents [hide] 1 Career 1.1 Amateur wrestling and early career 1.2 Ohio Valley Wrestling 1.3 World Wrestling Entertainment 1.3.1 2006 1.3.2 2007 2 In wrestling 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 Personal life 5 References 6 External links

 

[edit] Career

 

[edit] Amateur wrestling and early career

Beth began wrestling on the Elmira, New York Notre Dame High School amateur wrestling team. She was the first female varsity wrestler in her high school's history. She became the North-East freestyle women's champion (72 kg weight class) in 1999. She also became the women's champion (72 kg weight class) at the New York State Fair Tournament in 1999 and was named the most outstanding wrestler that same year in the Brockport Freestyle Tournament. At the time she was also a member of USA Wrestling (a freestyle wrestling club). Her life goal was, according to her, to become a professional wrestler and she believed that having a solid amateur background would help her reach it. After graduating from High School in 1999, she enrolled in both a professional wrestling school and Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. Her first choice for wrestling school was Stu Hart's Dungeon, but because of the location she decided on a more local school. At the school, she was trained by the All Knighters--Joey Knight and Robin Knightwing, who themselves were trained in the Hart Dungeon. She made the rounds competing with various independent companies including a match against Lexis Wine for the now defunct MadMar Entertainment in which her back was cut open due to a steel chair accidentally cutting her.^[3]

 

[edit] Ohio Valley Wrestling

Beth debuted on OVW Television in July of 2005 as Chris Masters' on-screen girlfriend and valet. The angle was short lived and in August 2005 Beth became the manager of Aaron "The Idol" Stevens. The duo were then joined by Shelly Martinez who Beth soon feuded with at the beginning of 2006. Beth then stopped appearing regularly on OVW after debuting on WWE's RAW show.

On August 16, 2006, Beth returned to action in OVW as the surprise opponent for Serena in a number one contenders match - she was hand picked by OVW Women's Champion ODB herself to be the opponent. After a distraction from Charles Evans, Phoenix picked up the win hitting Serena with her Down in Flames finisher.

The following week, both Serena & Phoenix wanted a title shot, so ODB said if they can beat her in a tag match, the pinfall winner would receive a shot. Serena won the match for her and Beth's team by pinning newcomer Katie Lea (but only after Beth hit the Down in Flames on Lea and was forced to leave the ring as she wasn't the legal woman in the match). So, in the interest of fairness, the following week, it was announced that there would be a women's battle royal with the title on the line - Beth, Serena, Katie Lea, and ODB were the final four women in the ring, with ODB eventually coming out on top.

The following week, ODB put her women's title on the line in a four-way that also featured Beth, Serena & Katie Lea. Serena won the match following a spear on ODB, but after the match Phoenix laid out Serena with her newly won belt. At the October 4, 2006 OVW TV Tapings, Beth defeated Serena to capture the OVW Women's Championship. On the November 4 show, Beth lost the OVW women's title to Katie Lea in a gauntlet match - defeating Roni Jonah, Melody, Ariel, and Jenny Mae first. Lea, Serena, ODB, and Beth were the final four in the match with Lea coming out on top.

Phoenix & Lea entered into a feud with each other, with Beth claiming that Lea never defeated her for her title so she was still the champion, Beth even came out with her own version of the OVW Women's Championship. This brought out Danny Basham OVW's TroubleShooter, who told Beth her title wasn't real, and that after doing some digging Lea's title wasn't real either, he set a ladder match up where the winner would become the undisputed OVW Women's Champion, Lea came out ontop in the match, and on the first show of 2007 was presented with the new belt, Phoenix, took the belt from Basham, and after taking a look for herself, handed the Belt to Lea and shook her hand. In early 2007, Beth became involved in a "love triangle" along with Dan Rodman and Jacob Duncan. After the "love triangle" angle ended, Beth continued to manage Jacob Duncan in OVW.

 

[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment

 

[edit] 2006

Beth Phoenix debuted as a face for brief time on the May 8, 2006 episode of RAW attacking then heel, Mickie James during her assault on Trish Stratus. After this incident, James berated her for "ruining everything" and questioned why she even showed up in the first place.

A week later, Beth was formally introduced by Trish Stratus and then battered a distracted Mickie on Trish's behalf. When Mickie finally escaped, Beth claimed that Mickie had ruined her life and wouldn't let her get away with it, before calling her a psycho. On the following edition of RAW, Beth, now an official RAW diva, again attacked the Women's Champion after her match with then RAW diva, Torrie Wilson. On the May 29, 2006 episode of RAW, Beth teamed up with Torrie Wilson (with Stratus in their corner) to take on then heel, Candice Michelle and then RAW diva, Victoria (with Mickie James in their corner). Beth pinned Candice after a Down In Flames.

The following week, on the June 5 episode of RAW (in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Beth came out to the ring with a new theme. She suffered a fractured mandible during a match with Victoria,^[4] but was victorious despite the injury. The injury required surgery to place a titanium plate into her jaw, which forced her out of action for an estimated two months.

 

[edit] 2007

On the July 9, 2007 edition of RAW, Beth returned as a heel replacement for Melina as Jillian Hall's tag team partner in a losing effort to Mickie James and Candice Michelle.

 

[edit] In wrestling

• Finishing Moves

• Down In Flames (Michinoku driver II into pin)
• Beth Valley Driver / Super Down in Flames (Second rope Samoan driver) - OVW

• Signature moves

• Gutwrench suplex
• Texas cloverleaf - OVW
• Military press slam
• Sidewalk Slam
• Lifting Double Chickenwing

• Wrestlers managed by Beth Phoenix

• Aaron "The Idol" Stevens
• Brent Albright
• Chris Masters
• Dan Rodman
• Jacob Duncan
• Melina Perez
• Trish Stratus

• Nicknames

• Glamazon
• Phoenix
• Fabulous Firebird

 

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Ohio Valley Wrestling

• OVW Women's Champion (2 time)

• Far North Wrestling

• FNW Cruiserweight Champion (1 time)
• Phoenix was Far North Wrestling's first Female Wrestler.

 

[edit] Personal life

• She is married to Joey Carolan, known on the independant wrestling circuit as Joey Knight. ^[5]
• She is a huge fan of Metal and her favorite band is Pantera.^[6]

 

[edit] References

 

[edit] External links

• WWE Profile
• OVW Profile
• Official Website
• Beth Phoenix at MySpace