The OVW Women's Championship is a championship in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). The first holder of the title was ODB, who declared herself champion in August 2006. The belt was defended as any other championship in professional wrestling until Serena Deeb declared she would defend the belt under 24/7 rules in May 2008. These rules lasted until Melody won the belt in November 2008.

Josie/Lady JoJo hold the record for most reigns, with seven. At 343 days, Lady JoJo's sixth reign is the longest in the title's history. Reggie and The Baroness' first reigns holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at less than a day. Taeler Hendrix is the current champion, in her first reign. Overall, there have been 30 reigns shared among 16 wrestlers.

History[link]

Its initial appearance was at OVW's July 12, 2006 television taping, when ODB appeared with a title belt, claiming she had won it in a tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (a nod to World Wrestling Entertainment kayfabe stating that the WWE Championship and WWE Intercontinental Championship originated in tournaments in Rio de Janeiro). It was not recognized as an official OVW title originally, but after ODB began defending it on a regular basis it became an official title, and has since been won by other women.

On May 23, 2008, after winning the title for the second time, Serena Deeb proclaimed that she would defend the OVW Women's Championship at all times as long as a referee was present. This new "24/7 rule", which was a nod to the WWE Hardcore Championship, became an official part of the championship and was effectively utilized by several OVW Divas, including Deeb herself. The rule came to an end on November 12 after Melody won the title from Deeb during a fatal four–way match.

Title history[link]

Reigns[link]

List of top combined reigns[link]

As of July 5, 2012.

See also[link]

Professional wrestling portal

• Ohio Valley Wrestling
• OVW Heavyweight Championship
• OVW Television Championship
• OVW Southern Tag Team Championship

References[link]

External links[link]

Professional wrestling portal

• TitleHistories.com
• Wrestling-Titles.com
• History of the OVW Women's Championship
• OVW Women's Championship in cagematch. de

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Women's sports include amateur and professional competitions in virtually all sports. Female participation in sports rose dramatically in the twentieth century, especially in the last quarter, reflecting changes in modern societies that emphasized gender parity. Although the level of participation and performance still varies greatly by country and by sport, women's sports have broad acceptance throughout the world, and in a few instances, such as tennis and figure skating, rival or exceed their male counterparts in popularity. An important aspect about women's sports is that women usually do not compete on equal terms against men^[1].

History[link]

Ancient civilizations[link]

This section requires expansion.

In the Ancient Olympics, women were not allowed even to watch competitions, much less compete as athletes. However, Cynisca won an Olympic game as owner of a chariot (champions of chariot races were owners not riders), as did Euruleonis, Belistiche, Timareta, Theodota, and Cassia. Besides the Olympics there was a separate women's athletic event, the Heraea Games, held in ancient Greece.

19th and early 20th centuries[link]

Few women competed in sports until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as social changes in Europe and North America favored increased female participation in society as equals with men. Although women were technically permitted to participate in many sports, relatively few did. There was often disapproval of those who did.

"Bicycling has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world." Susan B. Anthony said "I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride on a wheel. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance."

The modern Olympics had female competitors from 1900 onward, though women at first participated in considerably fewer events than men. Concern over the physical strength and stamina of women led to the discouragement of female participation in more physically intensive sports, and in some cases led to less physically demanding female versions of male sports. Thus netball was developed out of basketball and softball out of baseball.

Most early women's professional sports leagues foundered. This is often attributed to a lack of spectator support. Amateur competitions became the primary venue for women's sports. Throughout the mid-twentieth century, Communist countries dominated many Olympic sports, including women's sports, due to state-sponsored athletic programs that were technically regarded as amateur. The legacy of these programs endured, as former Communist countries continue to produce many of the top female athletes. Germany and Scandinavia also developed strong women's athletic programs in this period.

Women's sports in history[link]

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  Young women wearing swimming competition medals, around 1920.

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  Fraulein Kussinn and Mrs. Edwards boxing, 1912.

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  Fencer Sibyl Marston holding a foil.

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  Edith Cummings was the first woman athlete to appear on the cover of Time magazine, a major step in women's athletic history.

Women's rights in sports are important because, although women today enjoy their freedom playing sports, there were women that worked hard to gain that freedom for the women who have a passion for sports now. There are many examples of the restrictions women had for playing sports during the 1900's. One example is when Senda Berenson, a gymnastics instructor and P.E. teacher at an all-girls school, wanted to allow her girls to play basketball, since it was a newly-created sport. Berenson wondered about this around the time that women could only play certain sports if they were in clubs.

The rise of women playing sports began during World War I and World War II. This issue impacted the society at the time because most people believed that women should not take part in any physically demanding activity. Also, women were portrayed as inferior to men. But even though many people were against it at the time; women gained the right to play more physical sports.

This issue, of women not having the right to play sports, affects today's world because if this didn't happen; then women today wouldn't have the freedom to play the sports they do now. Plus, without women standing up for themselves and solving this issue; then sports might be much different because they wouldn't have a woman's point of view for improving the sport. Lastly, women might not have other rights today either, so men would still be thought of as superior to women.

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Title IX[link]

Implementation and Regulation[link]

In 1972 women's sports in the United States got a boost when the Supreme Court passed the Title IX legislation. Title IX prohibits gender discrimination in schools that receive federal funds through grants, scholarships, or other support for students. The law states that federal funds can be withdrawn from a school engaging in intentional gender discrimination in the provision of curriculum, counseling, academic support, or general educational opportunities; this includes interscholastic or varsity sports ^[3]. In practice, the difficulty with Title IX is making sure schools are compliant with the law. In 1979, there was a policy interpretation that offered three ways in which schools could be compliant with Title IX; it became known as the "three-part test" ^[4].

1. Providing athletic participation opportunities that are substantially proportionate to the student enrollment. This prong of the test is satisfied when participation opportunities for men and women are "substantially proportionate" to their respective undergraduate enrollment ^[5].
2. Demonstrating a continual expansion of athletic opportunities for the underrepresented sex. This prong of the test is satisfied when an institution has a history and continuing practice of program expansion that is responsive to the developing interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex (typically female) ^[6].
3. Accommodating the interest and ability of underrepresented sex. This prong of the test is satisfied when an institution is meeting the interests and abilities of its female students even where there are disproportionately fewer females than males participating in sports ^[7].

Although schools only have to be compliant with one of the three prongs, many schools have not managed to achieve equity. Many schools attempt to achieve compliance through the first prong, however, in order to achieve that compliance schools cut men's programs which is not the way the OCR wanted compliance achieved^[8]. Equity is not the only way to be compliant with Title IX. To be considered compliant with Title IX, athletic departments simply need to show that they are making efforts to achieve parity in participation, treatment, and athletic financial assistance ^[9].

Effect on Women's Sports[link]

The main purpose of Title IX was to bring equality between the sexes in educational institutions. However, Title IX is most commonly associated with its impact on athletics and more specifically the impact it has had on women's participation in athletics at every age. Today there are more females participating in athletics than ever before. As of the 2007-2008 school year, females made up 41% of the participants in college athletics ^[10]. To see the growth of women's sports just look at the difference in participation before the passing of Title IX and today. In 1971-1972 there were 294,015 females participating in high school athletics and in 2007-2008 there were over three million females participating, meaning there has been a 940% increase in female participation in high school athletics ^[11]. In 1971-1972 there were 29,972 females participating in college athletics and in 2007-2008 there were 166,728 females participating, that is a 456% increase in female participation in college athletics ^[12]. More females are getting involved and finding a love and passion for sports that were once seen as something for men. Increased participation in sports has had direct effects on other areas of women's lives. These effects can be seen in women's education and employment later on in life; a recent study found that the changes set in motion by Title IX explained about 20 percent of the increase in women’s education and about 40 percent of the rise in employment for 25-to-34-year-old women ^[13]. This is not to say that all women who are successful later on in life played sports, but it is saying that women who did participate in athletics received benefits in their education and employment later on in life ^[14].

The Battle for Equality[link]

Today, the battle for equality between men's and women's sports rages on. Women make up 54% of enrollment at 832 schools that responded to an NCAA gender equity study in 2000, however, females at these institutions only account for 41% of the athletes. This violates Title IX's premise that the ratio of female athletes to male athletes should be roughly equivalent to the overall proportion of female and male students ^[15]. Many of the issues today often revolve around the amount of money going into men and women's sports. According to 2000-2001 figures, men's college programs still have many advantages over women's in the average number of scholarships (60.5%), operating expenses (64.5%), recruiting expenses (68.2%) and head coaching salaries (59.5%) ^[16]. Other forms of inequality are in the coaching positions. Before Title IX, women coached 90% of women's teams, in 1978 that percentage dropped to 58, and in 2004 it dropped even more to 44 percent ^[17]. In 1972, women administered 90 percent of women's athletic programs, in 2004 this fell to 19 percent and also in 2004 18 percent of all women's programs had no women administrators ^[18]. The most startling statistics is in 2004 there were 3356 administrative jobs in NCAA women's athletic programs and of those jobs women held 35 percent of them ^[19]. Today women are allowed to participate in every aspect of sports, but even in women athletic programs men are still outnumbering them. These statistics show that while Title IX has gotten rid of the discrimination against females participating in sports, there is not equality.

Women's sports today[link]

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In the United States today, nearly all schools require student participation in sports, guaranteeing that all girls were exposed to athletics at an early age, which was generally not the case in Western Europe and Latin America.^{[citation needed]} In intramural sports, the genders were often mixed, though for competitive sports the genders remained segregated. Title IX legislation required colleges and universities to provide equal athletic opportunities for women. This large pool of female athletes enabled the U.S. to consistently rank among the top nations in women's Olympic sports, and female Olympians from skater Peggy Fleming (1968) to Mary Lou Retton (1986) became household names.^{[citation needed]}

Tennis was the most-popular professional female sport from the 1970s onward,^{[citation needed]} and it provided the occasion for a symbolic "battle of the sexes" between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, enhancing the profile of female athletics.^{[citation needed]} The success of women's tennis, however, did little to help the fortunes of women's professional team sports.^{[citation needed]}

Women's professional team sports achieved popularity for the first time in the 1990s, particularly in basketball and football (soccer).^{[citation needed]} This popularity has been asymmetric, being strongest in the U.S., certain European countries and former Communist states.^{[citation needed]} Thus, women's soccer was originally dominated by the U.S., China, and Norway, who have historically fielded weak men's national teams. However, more recently^[when?], several nations with strong and even dominant men's national teams, such as Germany, Sweden, and Brazil, have established themselves as women's powers.^{[citation needed]} Despite this increase in popularity, women's professional sports leagues continue to struggle financially. The WNBA is operated at a loss by the NBA,^{[citation needed]} in the hopes of creating a market that will eventually be profitable. A similar approach is used to promote women's boxing, as women fighters are often undercards on prominent male boxing events, in the hopes of attracting an audience.^{[citation needed]}

Today, women compete professionally and as amateurs in virtually every major sport, though the level of participation typically decreases when it comes to the more violent contact sports; few schools have women's programs in American football, boxing or wrestling.^{[citation needed]} However, these typical non-participation habits may slowly be evolving as more women take real interest in the games, for example Katie Hnida became the first woman ever to score points in a Division I NCAA American football game when she kicked two extra-points for the University of New Mexico in 2003.^{[citation needed]}

Modern sports have seen the development of a higher profile for female athletes in other historically male sports, such as golf, marathons or ice hockey.^{[citation needed]}

Women athletes today[link]

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  A female athlete from the University of California, San Diego playing soccer.

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  Olympic Games track gold medalist Meseret Defar of Ethiopia.

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  Master Hao Zhi Hua, the most accomplished female Wushu athlete in China's history.

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  Fernanda Brito of Chile playing women's doubles tennis at Wimbledon in 2010.

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  A collage of Italian international sportswomen

Magazines[link]

• Women's Sport Report: Women's sports news
• SportSister: Packed with athlete interviews, the latest women’s sportswear reviews, sporting holiday ideas, health and nutrition.
• Real Sports Magazine: The Authority in Women's Sports (TM)
• Sporting Woman Quarterly: A sports lifestyle magazine featuring women's luxury sports.

Further reading[link]

• Dong Jinxia: Women, Sport and Society in Modern China: Holding Up More Than Half the Sky, Routledge, 2002, ISBN 0-7146-8214-4
• Allen Guttmann: Women's Sports: A History, Columbia University Press 1992, ISBN 0-231-06957-X
• Helen Jefferson Lenskyj: Out of Bounds: Women, Sport and Sexuality. Women's Press, 1986.
• Helen Jefferson Lenskyj: Out on the Field: Gender, Sport and Sexualities. Women's Press, 2003.
• The Nation: Sports Don't Need Sex To Sell - NPR, Mary Jo Kane - August 2, 2011

See also[link]

• Famous Women Athletes
• Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act (Title IX)
• Women's Sports Foundation
• Major women's sport leagues in North America
• Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (defunct since 1982)

References[link]

External links[link]

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• History of Women in Sports Timeline
• Heraea Games
• Women's Sports A site dedicated to women's sports in the uk
• Celebrating India's top Sportswomen

Taeler Hendrix
Taeler Hendrix in July 2011
Ring name(s)	Taeler Hendrix[1]
Billed height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Billed weight	121 lb (55 kg; 8.6 st)[1]
Born	(1989-06-07) June 7, 1989 (age 23)[1] New Bedford, Massachusetts[1]
Billed from	Seattle, Washington[1]
Trained by	Bob Evans[1]
Debut	February, 2009[1]

Taeler Conrad-Mellen (born June 7, 1989) is an American professional wrestler

Professional wrestling career[link]

Independent circuit (2008–present)[link]

2008–2009[link]

On July 13, 2008, at Top Rope Promotions, Taeler teamed up with The Kreeper and defeated Lea Morrison and Alex Payne. On July 18, she teamed up with Vain to defeat Buck Nasty and Lea Morrison in an inter gender tag team match. On July 19, Luscious Latasha defeated Taeler.

She made her debut for the World Women's Wrestling promotion on November 1, challenging Ariel for the World Women's Wrestling Championship. She won the match by disqualification, not the championship. On November 30, Taeler defeated Jana. On December 13, she defeated Ariel in a non-title match. On January 10, 2009, Taeler teamed up with Alexxis Neveah and defeated Nikki Valentine and Sammi Lane. On February 21, Ariel defeated Taeler in a Women's Championship match. On March 21, Taeler teamed up with Barndon Locke in a lossing effor to Scott Levesque and Sammi Lane. On July 11, Taeler teamed up with Alexxis Neveah and Amber to defeat Ariel, Mistress Belmont and Sammi Lane in a six woman tag team match. On January 23, 2010, she defeated Amber in her last appearance in the promotion.

2010[link]

Hendrix in June 2010.

On May 29, 2010 at the National Wrestling Alliance, she defeated Kimaya.

On June 25, at Showcase Championship Wrestling, Taeler got her biggest win in her career over former TNA Women's Knockout Champion – Awesome Kong.

On July 16, at Ring of Honor, Taeler made an appearance in a losing effort to Daizee Haze. On the next day, July 17, she lost to Sara Del Rey.

2011[link]

On April 29, 2011, Taeler made appearance at Chaotic Wrestling, in a losing effort to Lexxus. Months later, she challenged her for the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.

On June 25, Taeler started a huge rivalry with Mistress Belmont, over the PWF Northeast Wrestling. On August 13, their rivalry ended up in a Loser Leaves match, which Taeler lost forcing her to leave the promotion.

On July 4, Taeler defeated Amber; on July 19, Mercedes KV via submission; on July 23, she defeated Ivy via her Spinning heel kick–finisher.

On August 12, Taeler Hendrix was unsuccessful in winning the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship after she lost to the champion Alexxis Neveah.

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2011–present)[link]

On December 10, 2010, Taeler Hendrix received a tryout in Ohio Valley Wrestling against the OVW Women's Champion - Lady JoJo, in which she failed to win.

She returned to the promotion on September 24, at the tapings of OVW episode 631, at a dark match in a lossing effort to Izza Belle Smothers.^[2] Taeler made her TV debut on September 28, edition of OVW episode 632, defeating OVW Women's Champion – Lady JoJo in a non-title match.^[3] On October 8, edition of OVW episode 633, Taeler teamed up with Izza Belle Smothers, in a winning effort over Lady JoJo and Epiphany at a dark match after Taeler again pinned JoJo. Later, JoJo challenged Taeler to a rematch on the next episode, in which Taeler agreed with the Women's Championship online.^[4] On October 15, edition of OVW episode 634, Taeler faced JoJo for the Women's Championship. Taeler won the match, by disqualification, after JoJo slapped the referee. On October 22, edition of OVW episode 635, Taeler challenged JoJo to a rematch for the Women's Championship at OVW's Saturday Night Special on November 12.^[5] On episode 638, JoJo aligned alliance with Epiphany, so she could help her in her match with Taeler. Taeler and Epiphany faced each other, in which Taeler won after a distraction.^[6]

On November 12, at OVW's Saturday Night Special, Taeler Hendrix defeated Lady JoJo to win the OVW Women's Championship for the first time, winning her first championship. On December 7, edition of OVW episode 643, Taeler had her first successful title defence against Lady JoJo. On December 28 edition of OVW episode 645, Taeler once again retained the Women's Title after a win over Taryn Shay. ^[7] Throughout her reign as champion, she retained the title several times against competitors such as Bobbie Bardot, C.J. Lane, Epiphany and Taryn Shay. ^[8]

In March 2012, Hendrix was put into a storyline with Dylan Bostic, whom she became valet of. ^[9] On the April 14 edition of OVW episode 660, Taeler turned heel, after joining Josette Bynum's alliance. Later in the same night, she and Dylan Bostic defeated Randy Royal and Epiphany, after Hendrix distracted Royal. ^[10] On the April 28, edition of OVW episode 662, Taeler defeated Epiphany to retain the Women's title. ^[11]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves
  • Kiss Goodnight (Spinning heel kick)^[1]
  • Inverted leg drop bulldog into a pin (OVW)

• Signature moves
  • Russian Legsweep^[1]
  • Front Chancery submission^[1]
  • Double-axe handle^[1]
  • Wheel kick^[1]
  • Spinning Side kick^[1]

• Wrestlers managed
  • Brandon Webb
  • Dylan Bostic

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Ohio Valley Wrestling
  • OVW Women's Championship (1 time, current)

References[link]

External links[link]

Professional wrestling portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Taeler Hendrix

• Online World of Wrestling profile
• Twitter profile
• Taeler Hendrix: profile & match listing

Taryn Terrell
Terrell on an episode of Raw in 2008
Ring name(s)	Taryn Terrell[1] Tiffany[2]
Billed height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Billed weight	125 lb (57 kg)[2]
Born	(1985-12-28) December 28, 1985 (age 26)[1] New Orleans, Louisiana
Resides	Tampa, Florida
Billed from	New Orleans, Louisiana
Trained by	Florida Championship Wrestling[1]
Debut	2007

Taryn Nicole Terrell^[1][3] (born December 28, 1985), better known by her ring name Tiffany is an American model and professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).^[2] She also trained at WWE's developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). Terrell was released from her WWE contract on November 19, 2010

World Wrestling Entertainment[link]

Diva Search (2007)[link]

Terrell tried out for the 2007 WWE Diva Search. Eventually, she made it to the Final 8. Taryn was eventually eliminated fourth.^[4] In the month of February 2008, WWE signed her to a development contract and she later debuted in their development facility Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).^[5]

Florida Championship Wrestling (2007–2009)[link]

Terrell debuted in FCW alongside Beverly Mullins, and they competed in various matches together, including lingerie matches. Soon afterward, Terrell and Mullins drifted apart, leading to Terrell receiving a larger singles wrestling role as she competed against various other FCW Divas, including Mullins (now renamed to Wesley Holiday), Miss Angela, The Bella Twins, Alicia Fox, and Roucka. Terrell also started a sorority member gimmick and aligned herself with Brad Allen and Nic Nemeth. Terrell made her FCW television debut when she competed in a twist contest which ended in a no contest. Since then, she and Angela have been the ring announcers for FCW. Later on, Terrell lost her first FCW televised match in a fatal four-way match including Roucka, Holiday, and Fox after Fox dropkicked her from the turnbuckle as Terrell was attempting an aerial move. She then teamed with Nikki Bella and Eve Torres on the December 14 episode of FCW to take on Roucka, Wesley Holiday, and Alicia Fox, which Terrell's team won after Eve pinned Holiday as the remaining Divas fought on the outside. Tiffany participated in the tournament to determine the inaugural Queen of FCW, and defeated Wesley Holiday in the first round before losing to Alicia Fox in the semi-finals. Since then Terrell has appeared various other times as an announcer and wrestler. She teamed up with Angela Fong on several occasions, and also competed against Serena Mancini, April Lee, and Alicia Fox in a four-pack challenge to determine the new number one contender to the Queen of FCW, but was unsuccessful. Tiffany wrestled against the newly crowned Serena Mancini and injured her humerus bone, on the September 24, 2009 taping of FCW.

ECW (2008–2010)[link]

On the June 10, 2008 episode of ECW, Terrell made her debut under the ring name Tiffany as the on-screen Assistant General Manager under Theodore Long.^[6] Tiffany participated in the Halloween Costume Contest on October 26, 2008, for the pay-per-view, Cyber Sunday and was dressed as a nun.^[7] Tiffany made her in-ring debut in a 16 Diva tag team match on the 800th episode of Raw (although she was never tagged in), which her team came up on the losing end.^[8]

On the March 30, 2009 episode of Raw, Tiffany competed in an 18-Diva tag team match, which she won for her team by pinning Katie Lea Burchill with an inside cradle. On April 5, Tiffany made her WrestleMania debut as she competed in a 25 Diva battle royal at WrestleMania XXV to crown the first-ever "Miss WrestleMania". However, Tiffany was unable to win the match as Santina Marella last eliminated Beth Phoenix and Melina to win the battle royal and thus be crowned "Miss WrestleMania".^[9] On the April 7 episode of ECW, Tiffany was announced by Theodore Long as the new General Manager of ECW due to Long returning to SmackDown to once again become its General Manager. As the new General Manager, her first order was to announce an elimination chase to determine who would face Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship at Backlash, with the participants being Mark Henry, Tommy Dreamer, Christian, and Finlay.^[10] Christian ultimately defeated Finlay on the debut of the new show WWE Superstars and then defeated Swagger for the title at Backlash. On the May 26 episode of ECW on Sci Fi, Tiffany announced that the match between Jack Swagger and Christian for the ECW Title at the first-ever Extreme Rules pay-per-view would be changed to a triple threat hardcore match to include Tommy Dreamer due to Swagger interfering in two of Dreamer's opportunities for the title. In late June 2009, Tiffany was "promoted" to full-time General Manager of ECW. However, Tiffany was absent from television due to a car accident with William Regal substituting as ECW General Manager. In reality, Tiffany had injured her arm in an FCW match. On the October 6 episode of ECW, Tiffany returned to television. On the final episode of ECW on February 16, 2010, Tiffany speared Rosa Mendes after Mendes and Zack Ryder interfered in the ECW Championship match.^[11]

SmackDown (2010)[link]

On the March 5, 2010 episode of SmackDown, Tiffany made her debut for the brand in a backstage segment, being welcomed by Rey Mysterio.^[12] On the March 12, 2010 episode of SmackDown, Tiffany made her in-ring debut, winning a match against the WWE Women's Champion Michelle McCool via disqualification after Vickie Guerrero interfered. Following the match, McCool, Guerrero, and Layla attacked Tiffany, until she was saved by Beth Phoenix.^[13] The following week, Tiffany and Phoenix defeated Layla and McCool in a tag team match, and the pair defeated Layla and McCool again on the April 2 episode of SmackDown.^[14] She then formed an alliance with Kelly Kelly, with the pair being dubbed "The Blondetourage", and they continued to feud with Team Lay-Cool (Layla and McCool). While being paired together she also managed Kelly in her Women's Championship match against Layla at the Money in the Bank Pay Per View.^[15] On the July 30 episode of Smackdown, Tiffany had her first title shot for the Women's Championship against McCool but failed to capture the championship. She was originally scheduled to fight Layla, however, this was changed due to a decision made by Vickie Guerrero.^[16]

On August 13, 2010, it was reported that WWE had suspended Tiffany because of an incident involving her real-life husband, Drew McIntyre.^[17] Before she could return to WWE programming, Terrell was released from her WWE contract on November 19, 2010.^[18]

Personal life[link]

Terrell is attending the University of New Orleans. She is majoring in marketing.^[19] Terrell is a co-leader for a volunteer mission group called Hope Children's Home that provides love and time to children that have been neglected, abused, and discarded.^[20] Terrell is a vegan and said "For the last 3 and a half years, I have been working on a long journey to becoming a Vegan. My first and main reason behind this lifestyle change is the moral and ethical rights of animals. I am speaking up for those who cannot speak for themselves. I am a strong proponent for the humane treatment of animals and am making my stand known by not ingesting any animal products whatsoever. That’s right! No meat, no dairy, no eggs...the list goes on. In short, no animal products or animal by-products"^[21][22]

Terrell got engaged to Drew Galloway, who appears on-screen as wrestler Drew McIntyre, in July 2009^[23] and reports of their intention to wed surfaced in a January 2010 issue of Wrestling Observer Newsletter.^[24] The couple married in Las Vegas in May 2010.^[25][26] On May 24, 2011, Terrell announced that she and Galloway were divorcing.^[27]

Terrell appeared in the February/March 2010 issue of the Playboy Lingerie Special Edition. The photos were an accumulation of previous photoshoots that she had done for the magazine prior to signing with WWE, and show her naked.^[28] She appeared again in Playboy in November 2010, in the special issue Big Boobs, Hot Buns, with the photos having been taken prior to her signing with WWE.^[29]

Other media[link]

Terrell was featured in a segment on Lopez Tonight on August 4, 2010.^[30]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves
  • Diving crossbody^[1]

• Signature moves
  • Northern Lights suplex^[1]

• Wrestlers managed
  • Brad Allen^[1][31]
  • Nic Nemeth^[1][31]
  • Kelly Kelly^[1]

• Entrance themes
  • "A Girl Like That" by Eleventh Hour^[32]
  • "Insatiable" performed by Patsy Grime and composed by Jim Johnston^[33]

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked her #38 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2010^[34]

References[link]

External links[link]

Professional wrestling portal

• Official website
• WWE Alumni profile
• Online World of Wrestling profile

Dori Elizabeth Prange ^[3] is an American professional wrestler and valet, better known by the ring name Heidi Lovelace. Starting her career in 2010, she spent her two years in professional wrestling working on the independent circuit for promotions such as SHIMMER and Shine Wrestling, before being signed to a contract by Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) developmental territory, in 2011. In September 2012, Lovelace won the OVW Women's Championship for a first time, defeating Taeler Hendrix. Lovelace dropped the title to Taryn Terrell in November 2012 ending her reign at 58 days.

Professional wrestling career[link]

Independent circuit (2010–2012)[link]

In 2010, Prange began training with Billy Roc at his School of Roc. Lovelace made her debut for JCW, at the Arena Chicks at the Gathering! event, where she defeated C.J. Lane.^[3] Lovelace made her for Shimmer competing in Volume 51, where she teamed up with December in a losing effort to Pink Flash Kira and Sweet Cherrie in a tag-team match.^[3] Lovelace made her debut for SHINE Wrestling on Augest 17, 2012, where she competed in a triple-treat match, which was won by Sojourner Bolt.^[3]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / TNA[link]

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2012–present)[link]

On May 16, 2012, Douglas received a tryout in Ohio Valley Wrestling against Taeler Hendrix, which she failed to win.^[4] Douglas made her debut for the promotion under the ring name Heidi Lovelace on the May 23 episode of OVW episode 666, where she lost to C.J Lane.^[3] On the June 6 episode of OVW episode 668, Lovelace was defeated by Epiphany in a dark match. Lovelace made her television debut on the June 27 episode of OVW episode 671, where she competed in a fatal–four way match, which was won by Hendrix. ^[3] On the July 11 episode of OVW episode 673, Lovelace competed in dark match losing to Jessie Belle Smothers. ^[5]

On September 1 at OVW's Saturday Night Special, Lovelace defeated Hendrix in a no disqualifications match, earning a future championship match against her. ^[6] Lovelace defeated Hendrix for OVW Women's Championship on September 15 during a live event in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.^[7] Since winning the Women's Championship, Lovelace had victories over several divas: Jessie Belle Smoothers on September 19 at OVW episode 683, ^[8] Epiphany on September 26 at OVW episode 684 ^[9] and Scarlett Bordeaux on October 3 at OVW episode 685. ^[10]

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Lovelace (far left, back) while managing Terrell during a match with Hendrix.

However, on October 6 at OVW's Saturday Night Special, Lovelace lost to Josette Bynum in a non-title match, which ment that Bynum would receive a championship match in the future. ^[11] On November 3 at OVW's Saturday Night Special, Lovelace successfully defended her championship against Josette Bynum and Taeler Hendrix in a three–way match, after she pinned Hendrix.^[3] On the November 14 episode of OVW episode 691, Lovelace dropped the Women's Championship to Taryn Terrell after the special guest referee Taeler Hendrix cost her the match.^[12][13] On the December 8 edition of OVW episode 694, Heidi lost to Jessie Belle Smothers in a Number One Contenders match.

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves
  • Enzuigiri^[1]
  • The Heidi Ho^[1] (tornado DDT spun into a Snap suplex)^[1]
• Signature moves
  • Body scissors, transitioned into a Fujiwara armbar
• Wrestlers managed
  • Taryn Terrell

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Ohio Valley Wrestling
  • OVW Women's Championship (1 time)

References[link]

External links[link]

Professional wrestling portal

• Heidi Lovelace on Twitter
• SHINE Wrestling profile
• Ohio Valley Wrestling profile
• Heidi Lovelace match listing