Name	Sarah Stock
Names	Dark AngelSarah StockSarita (TNA)Sweet SarahSarah SwayzeNatasha GravesSarah GriffinCanadian Dark Angel
Height
Weight
Birth date	March 04, 1979
Birth place	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Resides	Mexico City, Mexico
Billed	Winnipeg, Canada via Mexico City, Mexico
Trainer	Phil LafonEddie WattsDiluvio Negro I
Debut	February 22, 2002 }}

Sarah Stock (born March 4, 1979) is a Canadian professional wrestler. She currently competes for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Sarita and for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the ring name Dark Angel. In TNA, she is a former two-time TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion, having held the title once with both Taylor Wilde and Rosita. Stock has wrestled for many independent promotions throughout North America, facing both male and female wrestlers.

Stock began her career in Canada and moved back and forth across the country, competing for various promotions. She then moved to Mexico, where she competed for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and later for CMLL. She has also wrestled for Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre, where she held the Women's Championship, and Lucha Libre Femenil, where she held the Juvenil Championship.

Personal life

Stock was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and graduated from Winnipeg's St. John's-Ravenscourt School. She then attended the University of Manitoba, where she was an honors student and completed a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in chemistry. Stock is trilingual, with the ability to speak English, French, and Spanish.

Stock has always been interested in athletics. She practiced and competed in Muay Thai kickboxing for several years before entering profressional wrestling. She has also participated in soccer, track and field, cross country running and horseback riding. Stock has stated that, if she had to pick a career outside of wrestling, she would consider the field of Sports Psychology and Nutrition.

Professional wrestling career

Early years (2002–2003)

Stock began training as a professional wrestler in Winnipeg, Manitoba's Top Rope Championship Wrestling. She trained for five weeks before an open spot on the company's tour gave her the opportunity to compete. She debuted in the Northwest Territories on February 22, 2002. She wrestled for Can-Am Wrestling in early 2002 and was awarded the Can-Am Wrestling Women's Championship upon her debut in the promotion. That July, she joined Real Action Wrestling under the ring name Sweet Sarah in the Canadian Maritimes as a valet to Johnny Wiseguy. Soon after, she began wrestling in the promotion, teaming with Wiseguy in a series of mixed tag team matches against Duke MacIsaac and his valet Rachel. The promotion soon folded, but Stock signed with Main Stream Wrestling (MSW) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she debuted in August 2002 and continued to wrestle as Sweet Sarah. There were few female wrestlers in the area, so she competed in several matches against male wrestlers.

The following month, Stock began wrestling for Afa Anoa'i's World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) in Pennsylvania. She competed against female wrestlers, including Mercedes Martinez and Valentina. In October, she returned to Canada and wrestled in Albertan independent promotions under the ring name Sarah Griffin. She engaged in a feud with Charlotte Webb, and the two faced each other in both Hybrid Wrestling Coalition and Can-Am Wrestling. Griffin was successful in the majority of these matches. From November 2002 to April 2003, she competed in several other Canadian independent promotions, including Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling, Monster Pro Wrestling, and Premier Championship Wrestling. In April, she returned to MSW, where she feuded with male wrestler Kyle Kruze. This feud included matches with special stipulations, including a "Kiss My Ass" match and a Bra and Panties match.

Lucha Libre Femenil and AAA (2003–2004)

In 2003, in an effort to improve her skills in the wrestling ring, Stock moved to Monterrey, Mexico to face the female wrestlers there. At the suggestion of a promoter, Stock began competing while wearing a mask; she also took on a new ring name, Dark Angel, on the advice of Eddie Watts. She initially found it difficult to work with the wrestlers in Mexico, as she did not speak Spanish and could not communicate with them throughout the match. On October 17, she defeated Simply Luscious to win the Lucha Libre Femenil Juvenil Championship.

While wrestling in Mexico, Stock continued to compete for various promotions in the United States and Europe. She competed in several matches for World Xtreme Wrestling in November 2003. That month, she also wrestled a match for Ring of Honor. Using the ring name Sweet Sarah, she lost to Allison Danger on November 28, 2003. She also had a match in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), which at the time was a developmental promotion for World Wrestling Entertainment wrestlers. On December 4, 2003, Stock competed as Sarah Griffin at an OVW show and lost to Passion.

On April 2, 2004, Stock lost her mask in a forty-five minute mask vs. mask match against Princesa Sujei at a Lucha Libre Femenil event. Shortly thereafter, she decided to leave Monterrey to move to Mexico City and wrestle for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Although Stock began appearing with AAA under the assumption that she would be wrestling, the company had her start out by holding up signs for the crowd at events. Stock did not wrestle regularly for AAA, and she stopped appearing for the promotion after a few sporadic shows.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2004–present)

Upon returning to Mexico, Stock signed with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), AAA's rival promotion. She began competing regularly for CMLL as Dark Angel in the promotion's newly-rebuilt women's division, while also competing for various independent promotions. On March 25, 2005, she defeated Princesa Sujei to win Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre Women's Championship. On September 9, 2005, Stock was one of two winners, along with Marcela, of a ''Torneo cibernetico'' elimination match to determine who would get to battle for the vacant CMLL World Women's Championship. However, on September 16, at CMLL's 72nd Anniversary Show Marcela defeated Stock to win the title.

Afterwards, Stock entered a feud with La Amapola, which concluded on April 14, 2006, when Stock put her hair on the line against Amapola's mask. Stock ended up winning the match and forcing Amapola to unmask herself.

In September 2006, Stock toured the Canadian Maritimes with Main Stream Wrestling, where she once again wrestled Kyle Kruze, the MSW Atlantic Canadian Champion, and beat him in all three of their matches. Because the title was not on the line, however, she did not win the belt. She also had several high-profile matches against Nattie Neidhart, daughter of professional wrestler Jim Neidhart. Stock and Neidhart split the series, with Stock winning two matches and Neidhart winning three.

Returning to CMLL, Stock competed in, and won, a bodybuilding contest between CMLL wrestlers, a contest she would win three times in a row. While working for the promotion, she also appeared in a commercial for PlayStation 3. An agent came to the arena looking for someone to perform a stunt for the commercial, and Stock was given the role. In the commercial, she is seen jumping onto a bed and then falling off.

On November 25, 2009, Stock won the CMLL Bodybuilding Championship for the fourth year in a row. A year later on November 25, 2010, she won the competition for the fifth year in a row.

In April 2011 it was announced that Dark Angel would be the basis of a three part action-horror comic book series titled Dark Legacy.

Shimmer Women Athletes (2007–2008, 2010)

On June 1, 2007, Stock, under her real name, made her debut for Shimmer Women Athletes, an all female wrestling promotion based in Chicago, Illinois. She was brought in the promotion for ''Volume 11'' as an "international wildcard competitor" in the tournament to crown the first Shimmer Champion. She started her Shimmer career with two upset victories over established main eventers Cheerleader Melissa and MsChif, but in the end lost a semifinal match against the eventual winner of the tournament, Sara Del Rey, on ''Volume 12''. On October 13, 2007, at the tapings of ''Volume 15'' Stock defeated Daizee Haze to earn a championship match on ''Volume 16'', taped later that same evening. Stock faced Del Rey in a two out of three falls match for Del Rey's title belt but was defeated two falls to one. On April 26, 2008, Stock returned to Shimmer to take part in the tapings of Volumes 17 and 18. After defeating Lacey, Stock was defeated by Cheerleader Melissa in a rematch of their Shimmer Championship tournament match, and has not returned to the company since. On February 5, 2010, Shimmer announced that after a two-year absence, Stock would be returning to the company in April for the tapings of Volumes 29 to 32. Stock made her return to Shimmer on April 10 at the tapings of Volume 29, announcing that she would be challenging for the Shimmer Championship on Volume 30, taped later that same day. On Volume 30 MsChif defeated Stock to retain her Championship. The following day on Volume 32, Stock defeated one half of the Shimmer Tag Team Champions, Nicole Matthews, in a singles match.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2009–present)

On April 21, 2009, Stock wrestled a dark match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where she was defeated by Awesome Kong. She then defeated Taylor Wilde in a dark match on April 22, 2009. On the May 11, 2009, edition of the Spanish-language version of ''TNA Today'' Stock made an appearance using the ring name Sarita. On the June 25 episode of ''TNA Impact!'', a vignette aired promoting Sarita's upcoming debut. Stock made her debut as a face on the July 16 episode of ''Impact!'', defeating Alissa Flash. During August and September Sarita teamed with Taylor Wilde in a tournament where the winners would be crowned the inaugural Knockout Tag Team Champions. After defeating the teams of Alissa Flash and Daffney and Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed, Sarita and Wilde defeated The Beautiful People of Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky at No Surrender to win the title. On the January 4, 2010, live, three-hour, Monday night edition of ''Impact!'' Sarita and Wilde lost the Knockout Tag Team Championship to Hamada and Awesome Kong. On the June 25 edition of ''Xplosion'' Wilde defeated Daffney after an interference from Sarita, ending the team's long losing streak. The following week Wilde confronted her tag team partner and explained that she did not want to win by cheating, which led to Sarita claiming that she is a winner and, unlike Wilde, does not need her tag team partner's help in her match against Daffney. After Sarita was defeated by Daffney in a singles match, Wilde ran out to the ring and stopped her tag team partner from attacking her opponent. On the July 1 edition of ''Impact!'' Sarita turned heel for the first time in TNA by attacking Taylor Wilde after she had lost her match against TNA Women's Knockout Champion Madison Rayne, proclaiming she was sick of losing matches. Sarita and Wilde faced each other on the following edition of ''Xplosion'', with Sarita picking up the pinfall victory by putting her feet on the ropes. On the July 15 edition of ''Impact!'' Sarita defeated Wilde again, this time in a Street Fight. At the July 26 tapings of ''Impact!'' Stock tore her triceps and was expected to miss two months of in-ring action. She returned at the September 6 tapings of ''Xplosion'', defeating Daffney. The following month Sarita entered a feud with Velvet Sky, scoring back–to–back pinfall victories over her on the October 28 and the November 4 editions of ''Impact!'', first in a six knockout tag team match and then in a singles match. Sarita and Wilde had their third one–on–one match at the November 9 tapings of ''Xplosion'', with Sarita once again coming out victorious. Despite wrestling on the November 25 edition of ''Impact!'' as a face, when she answered the challenge of TNA Women's Knockout Champion Madison Rayne and then defeated her in a non–title match, Sarita resumed her status as a heel and her feud with Sky on the December 9 edition of ''Impact!'' when, despite losing to her and Love in the first round match of a tournament for the Knockout Tag Team Championship, Sarita claimed that Sky was a loser and would never be able to beat her. On the December 23 edition of ''Impact!'' Sky was set to wrestle for the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship, but was forced to miss the match, after being attacked backstage by Sarita. The following week Sarita defeated Sky in a Strap match. In January 2011 Stock signed a two–year contract extension with TNA. On the February 10 edition of ''Impact!'', Sarita's storyline cousin Rosita made her TNA debut in an eight knockout tag team match, where the two of them teamed with Madison Rayne and Tara and defeated Angelina Love, Mickie James, Velvet Sky and Winter. The following week Sarita and Rosita aligned themselves with Hernandez, who had returned from working in Mexico the previous week and was now expressing anti–American views. Later in the evening Sarita and Rosita defeated Angelina Love and Velvet Sky in a tag team match, when Sarita once again pinned Sky. Afterwards, Sky challenged Sarita to a one–on–one match, where she agreed to put her career on the line. On the March 3 edition of ''Impact!'' Sky was finally able to defeat Sarita in a singles match, salvaging her career in the process. On March 13 at Victory Road, Sarita and Rosita defeated Angelina Love and Winter to win the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship, with Sarita proclaiming that their victory would start a Mexican takeover of TNA. On the following edition of ''Impact!'', the alliance of Sarita, Rosita and Hernandez was named Mexican America. The three of them were then defeated in a six person street fight by Love, Winter and Matt Morgan. In the following weeks Sarita and Rosita successfully defended the Knockout Tag Team Championship first against The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky) and then against Madison Rayne and Tara. They made their third successful defense on the June 16 edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', defeating Velvet Sky and Ms. Tessmacher, following outside interference from ODB. In early July Stock was sidelined from in-ring competition after suffering facial paralysis. On July 12 at the tapings of the July 21 edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', Sarita, wearing a protective mask, and Rosita lost the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship to Ms. Tessmacher and Tara. Sarita and Rosita received a rematch for the title on August 7 at Hardcore Justice, but were again defeated by Tessmacher and Tara.

In wrestling

Finishing moves

Double chickenwing armlock with neckscissors – 2009

''La Reienera'' (Modified spinning backbreaker rack)

Leg-feed spinning mule kick – 2009

Side belly to belly suplex – 2009

Sitout double underhook powerbomb

Signature moves

Camel clutch

Diving crossbody

Float-over DDT

Fujiwara armbar

Headscissors takedown

''La Tapatía'' (Surfboard)

Somersault suicide dive

Springboard into either a somersault arm drag or a dropkick

Victory roll, as a wheelbarrow bodyscissors counter

'''With Taylor Wilde

*Finishing moves

*Springboard dropkick (Sarita) / ''Wilde Ride'' (Wilde) combination

*Signature moves

*Assisted slingshot dropkick

*Assisted standing moonsault

Enrance themes

*"Darky (Machine Mix)" by (həd) p.e. (Shimmer)

"5150"' by F.I.L.T.H.E.E. / Brickman Raw (TNA; Used while a part of Mexican America)

Championships and accomplishments

Alianza Universal de Lucha Libre

*AULL Copa Internacional Femenil (2007)

Can-Am Wrestling

Can-Am Wrestling Women's Championship (1 time)

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

CMLL Bodybuilding Championship (5 times)

Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre

FILL Women's Championship (1 time)

Lucha Libre Feminil

LLF Juvenil Championship (1 time)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

PWI ranked her #16 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female Top 50 in 2010

'''Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Taylor Wilde (1) and Rosita (1)

Other titles

Nuevo León State Women's Championship (1 time)

Lucha de Apuesta record

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References

External links

Official website

TNA Profile

''Miami Herald'' article

Category:1979 births Category:Canadian expatriates in Mexico Category:Canadian female professional wrestlers Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Winnipeg

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Sarah or Sara (; ISO 259-3 ''Śarra''; ; Arabic: ) was the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. Her name was originally Sarai. According to ''Genesis'' 17:15 God changed her name to Sarah as part of a covenant after Hagar bore Abraham his first son, Ishmael.

The Hebrew name ''Sarah'' indicates a woman of high rank and is sometimes translated as "princess". It also means "lady."

Sarah in the Bible

Sarah was the wife of Abraham, as well as being his half-sister, the daughter of his father Terah (Genesis 20:12). The Talmud identifies Sarai with Iscah, daughter of Abraham's deceased brother Haran (Genesis 11:29), so that Sarah turns out to be the niece of Abraham and the sister of Lot and Milcah. She was considered beautiful to the point that Abraham feared that when they were near more powerful rulers she would be taken away and given to another man. Twice he purposefully identified her as being only his sister so that he would be "treated well" for her sake. It is apparent that she remained attractive into her later years. Despite her great beauty, she was barren for an unknown reason. She was originally called "Sarai" which is translated "my princess." Later she was called "Sarah" i.e., princess." In Biblical times, the changing of one's name was significant and used to symbolize the binding of a covenant. In this case, God promised to put an end to her barrenness and give her a child (Isaac).

In Pharaoh's harem

On the journey to Egypt, Abraham hid Sarai in a chest in order that no one might see her. At the frontier the chest had to pass through the hands of certain officials, who insisted on examining its contents in order to determine the amount of duty payable. When it was opened a bright light proceeded from Sarai's beauty. Every one of the officials wished to secure possession of her, each offering a higher sum than his rival. When brought before Pharaoh, Sarai said that Abraham was her brother, and the king thereupon bestowed upon the latter many presents and marks of distinction ("Sefer ha-Yashar," l.c.). As a token of his love for Sarai the king deeded his entire property to her, and gave her the land of Goshen as her hereditary possession: for this reason the Israelites subsequently lived in that land (Pirḳe R. El. xxxvi.). It is likely that she acquired her Egyptian maidservant Hagar during this stay. Sarai prayed to God to deliver her from the king, and He thereupon sent an angel, who struck Pharaoh whenever he attempted to touch her. Pharaoh was so astonished at these blows that he spoke kindly to Sarai, who confessed that she was Abraham's wife. The king then ceased to annoy her ("Sefer ha-Yashar," l.c.). According to another version, Pharaoh persisted in annoying her after she had told him that she was a married woman; thereupon the angel struck him so violently that he became ill, and was thereby prevented from continuing to trouble her (Genesis Rabbah xli. 2). According to one tradition it was when Pharaoh saw these miracles wrought in Sarai's behalf that he gave her his daughter Hagar as slave, saying: "It is better that my daughter should be a slave in the house of such a woman than mistress in another house"; Abimelech acted likewise (Genesis Rabbah xlv. 2). Sarai treated Hagar well, and induced women who came to visit her to visit Hagar also. Hagar, when pregnant by Abraham, began to act superciliously toward Sarai, provoking the latter to treat her harshly, to impose heavy work upon her, and even to strike her (ib. xlv. 9).

Relations with Hagar

thumb|215px|right|''Banishment of Hagar'', Etching. À Paris chez Fr. Fanet, Éditeur, Rue des Saints Pères n° 10. XVIIIth century. Sarah is seen on the left side, looking Some believe Sarai was originally destined to reach the age of 175 years, but forty-eight years of this span of life were taken away from her because she complained of Abraham, blaming him as though the cause that Hagar no longer respected her (R. H. 16b; Genesis Rabbah xlv. 7). Sarah was sterile; but a miracle was vouchsafed to her (Genesis Rabbah xlvii. 3) after her name was changed from "Sarai" to "Sarah" (R. H. 16b). According to one myth, when her fertility had been restored and she had given birth to Isaac, the people would not believe in the miracle, saying that the patriarch and his wife had adopted a foundling and pretended that it was their own son. Abraham thereupon invited all the notabilities to a banquet on the day when Isaac was to be weaned. Sarah invited the women, also, who brought their infants with them; and on this occasion she gave milk from her breasts to all the strange children, thus convincing the guests of the miracle (B. M. 87a; comp. Gen. R. liii. 13). None of this is Biblical, however, except for the fact that Abraham organized a celebration when Isaac was weaned. It was during this banquet that Sarah happened upon the then teenaged Ishmael "mocking" her son and was so disturbed that she requested that both he and Hagar be removed from their company.

Death

Legends connect Sarah's death with the attempted sacrifice of Isaac, there being two versions of the story. According to one, Samael came to her and said: "Your old husband seized the boy and sacrificed him. The boy wailed and wept; but he could not escape from his father." Sarah began to cry bitterly, and ultimately died of her grief. According to the other legend, Satan, disguised as an old man, came to Sarah and told her that Isaac had been sacrificed. She, believing it to be true, cried bitterly, but soon comforted herself with the thought that the sacrifice had been offered at the command of God. She started from Beer-sheba to Hebron, asking everyone she met if he knew in which direction Abraham had gone. Then Satan came again in human shape and told her that it was not true that Isaac had been sacrificed, but that he was living and would soon return with his father. Sarah, on hearing this, died of joy at Hebron. Abraham and Isaac returned to their home at Beer-sheba, and, not finding Sarah there, went to Hebron, where they discovered her dead. According to the Genesis Rabba, during Sarah's lifetime her house was always hospitably open, the dough was miraculously increased, a light burned from Saturday evening to Saturday evening, and a pillar of cloud rested upon the entrance to her tent.

New Testament references

The First Epistle of Peter praises Sarah for obeying her husband. Other New Testament references to Sarah are in Romans, Galatians and Hebrews. In Galatians 4, she and Hagar are used as an alegory of the old and new covenants:

''"For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way; but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise. These things may be taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother...Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise...Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman."''

Sarah in Islam

Sarah (Arabic: سارة, ''Sara''), the wife of the patriarch and Islamic prophet Abraham and the mother of the prophet Isaac is an honoured woman in the Islamic faith. According to Muslim belief, she was Abraham's first wife. Although not mentioned by name in the Qur'an, she is referenced and alluded to via the story of her husband. She lived with Abraham throughout her life and, although she was barren, God promised her the birth of a prophetic son, Isaac.

Muslim tradition holds that Sarah and Abraham had no children. Abraham, however, prayed constantly to God for a son. Sarah, being barren, subsequently gave him her Egyptian handmaiden, Hājar (Hagar), to wed as his second wife. Hagar bore Ismā'īl (Ishmael), when Abraham was 86, who too would become a prophet of God like his father. Thirteen years later, God announced to Abraham, now a hundred, that barren Sarah would give birth to a second son, Isaac, who would also be a prophet of the Lord. Although the Qur'an does not mention Sarah by name, it mentions the annunciation of the birth of Isaac. The Qur'an mentions that Sarah laughed when the angels gave her the glad tidings of Isaac, which is perhaps why the name Isaac has the root meaning of 'laughter'.

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Tomb of Sarah

Sarah is believed to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs (known by Muslims as the ''Sanctuary of Abraham''). The compound, located in the ancient city of Hebron, is the second holiest site for Jews (after the Temple Mount in Jerusalem), and is also venerated by Christians and Muslims, both of whom have traditions which maintain that the site is the burial place of three Biblical couples: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah. According to the book of Genesis, Abraham purchased the plot of land for her tomb from a man named Ephron the Hittite. Although some Jews alternatively also believe this to be the burial place for Adam and Eve, this is a view not usually adopted by Christians or Muslims.

Notes

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Name	Krista Hanakowski
Names	Krysta Lynn ScottKrista Lynn ScottKrysta Kinisky
Height
Weight
Birth date	August 25, 1983
Birth place	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Resides	Vancouver, British Columbia
Trainer	Gary WilliamsTony Armstrong
Debut	May 2006
Website	Krysta.com

Krista "Krysta" Hanakowski (born August 25, 1983) is a Canadian professional wrestler, known by her ringname Krysta Lynn Scott, who has competed both in Canada and the United States having worked for All-Star Wrestling, Grand Prix Wrestling, Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling. Since her debut in 2006, Hanakowski is the first female wrestler since The Fabulous Moolah to regularly work for Grand Prix Wrestling in nearly 20 years.

A former student of "Wildman" Gary Williams, she appeared alongside her former teacher on the Canadian television documentary series ''Wrestling Reality''. She was one of two female wrestlers, along with rival Purity Saint, featured on the series. Her relationship with then ex-boyfriend Tommy Ozbourne, another Wildman Academy graduate, was partly focused on in the series as well as her experiences as a female wrestler on the Canadian independent circuit.

Hanakowski has long been active in promoting women's wrestling in Canada, especially in the Maritimes, and has encouraged young women to enter professional wrestling both in interviews and her website. She has also been a strong advocate of responsible training in wrestling schools, having criticized other facilities she has visited, and has stressed proper training and physical fitness for perspective students.

Biography

Early life and career

Krista Hanakowski was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia on August 25, 1983. Growing up in the nearby suburb of Hubley, she graduated from Sir John A. Macdonald High School in 2001 and later graduated with a degree in science from Dalhousie University in 2005. She had been a fan of wrestling during the Rock 'n' Wrestling era, her father having taken Hanakowski and her brother to WWF events as a child, and after graduation became interested in pursuing it as a career.

She began working out at a local gym and was eventually put in contact with "Wildman" Gary Williams. She started her training under Williams and Tony Armstrong at the Wildman Academy in Halifax starting in January 2006. Accompanied by promoter Harold Kennedy, Tony Armstrong and Tommy Ozbourne, Hanakowski made her debut five months later at an event for Sonny Roselli's New Wrestling Horizons in Maine. Both her matches in NWH were against male wrestlers in intergender matches. While training at the ''Wildman Academy'', she was profiled in a cover story for the ''Halifax Daily News''.

That summer, she joined Emile Dupree's ''50th Anniversary Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling tour'' spending 5 weeks in the Maritimes under the name Krysta Kinisky. During the tour, she faced her first female opponent, Ontario-born wrestler She Nay Nay, in a series of "Ladies matches" as well as mixed tag team matches with midget wrestlers Farmer Pete and Frenchie Lamont. On the last day of the tour, she and Spider-Man beat Tommy Osbourne & She-Nay-Nay on August 25, 2006. Both she and She Nay Nay were the first female wrestlers to have toured with the promotion since the 1980s.

A month later, she made an appearance for Innovative Hybrid Wrestling acting as valet for Chris Madison & Tommy Osbourne at the ''September to Surrender 2006'' supercard. This was against The Party Boys, who had Heaven in their corner, and was to decide the #2 contenders for the IHW Tag Team Championship.

Wrestling Reality

In 2007, Hanakowski was one of several independent wrestlers featured on the Canadian television documentary series ''Wrestling Reality'' along with her former trainer Gary Williams. She was one of two female wrestlers profiled in the series, the other being another ''Wildman Academy'' graduate Purity Saint, and was one of several of Williams' former students to appear on the show including her ex-boyfriend Tommy Ozbourne. Her strained relationship with Ozbourne was a major focus of the series as well as her experiences as a female wrestler on the Canadian "indy circuit".

Purity Saint would dominate the majority of their matches together, specifically at house shows in Kentville, Nova Scotia and in Moncton, Saint John and Sussex, New Brunswick. However, Hanakowski did defeat Purity Saint in a mixed tag team match with Zero against her and Scott Savage at the KC Irving Regional Center in Bathurst, New Brunswick. She also defeated her at the series finale, the 3rd annual ''Maritime Cup'' tournament, held in her hometown at the Halifax Forum on May 6, 2007.

Following the tour, Hanakowski joined East Coast Pro Wrestling. On September 30, 2007, she appeared for ECPW at the North Sydney Forum where she and Chris Madison lost a mixed tag team match to Scott Savage & Purity Saint. She suffered a minor injury during her match when a move by Scott Savage caused some bleeding. Also on the card was "Kowboy" Mike Hughes, Duke MacIsaac, Robert Roode and Tito Santana. At the end of the year, she sold her house and moved to Western Canada.

Tony Condello's "Death Tour"

In early-2008, she accepted an offer from Tony Condello's to join his annual "Death Tour" of Inuit communities in northern Manitoba. On the tour included some of the top independent wrestlers in Canada including Vance Nevada, Adrian Walls, Kyle Sebastian and Amazing Grace (Alberta), Johnny Obsession, The Mauler and Gurv & Harv Sihra (British Columbia), Alex North and Bryan "The Axe" Lewis (Quebec), Scott Savage (Nova Scotia) and T-Bone (Newfoundland).

The tour is well-known for its rough conditions. Wrestlers are required to pack at least one bag of food to last them the entire tour. There are also no hotel accommodations with wrestlers having to either sleep in cars on the side of the road or at venues they perform. Hanakowski was quoted in a February 2008 interview, ''"Really, right now I'm not sure what to think. I've read the books, heard the horror stories, but still immediately said yes when it was offered. There was never a doubt in my mind, my hope is just to learn. With so much time on the road and in the company of some great names like Condello and Vance, I just hope to soak up as much information as I can. The kind of stuff you learn on tour sticks with you and really changes the wrestler that you become. I'm really excited to see what happens."''

Hanakowski's primary opponent during the tour was Amazing Grace and included at least one mixed tag team match with her and Vance Nevada against Amazing Grace & Kyle Sebastian. Afterwards, she complemented both Vance Nevada and Adrian Walls for helping her and other younger wrestlers during the tour, ''"The Death Tour is exhausting both physically and mentally, so it is crucial to have guys like Adrian who you can lean on when you need it. He takes pride in every one of his matches and any fan who watches him will back that up."''

Recent years

Remaining in Western Canada, she appeared for WFX Wrestling to face Veronika Vice at a sold-out crowd in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This was event was a television pilot for the promotion and included Wavell Starr, Eddie Watts, Kenny Omega, Chris Mordetzky, Joey Matthews, Ultimo Dragon, Buff Bagwell, Billy Gunn, Brian Christopher and Jerry "The King" Lawler.

Hanakowski made several appearances for Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling. On March 28, 2008, she teamed with Amazing Grace against Nicole Matthews & Portia Perez in Surrey, British Columbia. She also lost to Purity Saint at that same event. The following night in Vancouver, she lost to Nicole Matthews in a match for the SuperGirls Championship. She again lost to Purity Saint at this event. She and Amazing Grace also had matches in PowerZone Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling during April. On May 7 in Lethbridge, Alberta, she and Beautiful Bobby lost to Zero & Amazing Grace in a mixed tag team match for PowerZone Wrestling at the LCC DA Electric Barn. As a result of their loss, Beautiful Bobby was forced to wear a dress for the rest of the summer.

Returning to the Maritimes, Hanakowski appeared at a show for East Coast Pro Wrestling's ''Island Invasion'' to wrestle Miss Danyah at the North Sydney Forum in Sydney, Nova Scotia on June 1, 2008. World Wrestling Entertainment wrestlers Al Snow, Kip James and former ''Wrestling Reality'' co-stars Gary Williams and Brody Steele were also on the show. That summer, she and She Nay Nay also returned for Grand Prix Wrestling's tour of the Maritimes.

On May 1, 2009, Hanakowski performed at a special fundraiser, ''Wrestling For Literacy'', at the Clairmont Community School in Clairmont, Alberta. The event was expected to raise between $3,000-$5,000. She is scheduled to face Raven Lake at an event for All Star Wrestling in North Vancouver, British Columbia on November 13, 2009.

In wrestling

Finishing moves

Complete shot

Moonsault

TKO

Signature moves

DDT

Knee lift

Running bulldog

References

External links

Online World of Wrestling profile

CageMatch profile GenickBruch profile

Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian professional wrestlers Category:Canadian female professional wrestlers Category:People from Halifax, Nova Scotia

Birth date	June 23, 1977
Birth place	Turpin, Oklahoma
College	Northwestern Oklahoma State
Position	Safety
Years	2001-2005
Teams	Dallas Cowboys
Nfl	SCO507567
Databasefootball	SCOTTLYN01
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Lynn Scott (born June 23, 1977 in Turpin, Oklahoma) is a former American football safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was signed by the Cowboys in 2001 as an undrafted free agent out of Northwestern Oklahoma State University. He was released at the end of the 2004 season, but was re-signed in late 2005. Scott, along with Patrick Crayton, is one of only two players from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in the NFL. Scott was declared a free agent on March 11, 2006.

He is now is a Volunteer Coach at Turpin High School, at his hometown in Turpin, OK.

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Category:People from Beaver County, Oklahoma Category:American football safeties Category:Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers football players Category:Undrafted National Football League players Category:Dallas Cowboys players Category:1977 births Category:Living people

Name	La Amapola
Names	La Amapola
Height
Weight
Birth date	September 9, 1976
Birth place	Mexico City, Mexico
Trainer	SatánicoInsolitoFranco ColomboMemo DiazJose Luis Feliciano
Debut
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Guadalupe Olvera is a Mexican professional wrestler, or ''Luchadora'' as they are called in Spanish, best known under the ring name La Amapola (Spanish for "The Poppy"). Olvera is best known for her work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which she has worked for all her career. She has also made appearances for various other Mexican promotions including International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) where she held or holds the IWRG Intercontinental Women's Championship. She is the current CMLL World Women's Champion having won the title on November 16, 2007.

Professional wrestling career

Olvera made her professional wrestling debut in December 1997 after training with Super Muñeco, Satánico and Adonis Salazar, whom she whould later marry. She took the ring name "La Amapola", an ''enmascarado'', or masked wrestler. Amapola began her career working for CMLL (CMLL), which she has worked for ever since. In the late 1990s and early 2000s CMLL did not focus on their women's division, which cause La Amapola to also work for a variety of other minor Mexican promotions. She was offered a contract with CMLL's main Mexican rival AAA, but declined, opting to stay with CMLL in the hopes that they would focus on women's wrestling like they had in the mid to early 1990s. By 2005 CMLL had begun to feature more women's wrestling especially showcasing younger talent such as La Amapola and Dark Angel; the two women's storyline feud helped draw the fans attention and through that a higher profile for the women's division. On April 14, 2006 Dark Angel defeated La Amapola in a ''Luchas de Apuesta'', or bet match, forcing La Amapola to unmask. Evern after the mask loss Amapola and Dark Angel faced off many times, keeping the rivalry alive for years. In 2005 La Amapola began wearing the IWRG Intercontinental Women's Championship belt, the female championship for the Mexican promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). It is not clear how she won the title as the previous champion, Ayako Hamada had not wrestled in Mexico for years and no record of La Amapola winning the title during a trip to Japan exists. Initially she would just wear the belt to the ring, but in 2006 she actually defended it against Marcela and Hiroka. Some time during 2007 she stopped wearing the belt to the ring, but no record of her losing the title or a new IWRG Women's champion being crowned exists; She is technically the IWRG Women's champion but has not defended the title nor been promoted as the champion since CMLL stopped working with the IWRG in 2007.

On June 17, 2007 La Amapola defeated Diana La Cazadora in a ''Luchas de Apuestas'' where both women put their hair on the line. After shaving La Cazadora bald La Amapola used the momentum to defeat Lady Apache for the CMLL World Women's Championship on November 16, 2007. Subsequently La Amapola has been the top ''Ruda'' (villain or Heel) of the CMLL Women's division, defending the title against such wrestlers as Luna Magica, Dark Angel, Princess Blanca and Lady Apache and Marcela on several occasions. On June 29, 2008 La Amapola lost a four way ''Luchas de Apuestas'' match to Lady Apache after which her hair was shaved off; the match also included Princesas Suiei and Marcela. La Amapola's most recent title defense was on June 28, 2009 at Arena Mexico where she defeated Marcela.

In wrestling

Finishing moves

:*Double knee backbreaker

Signature moves

:*Topé con Giro

Championships and accomplishments

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

:*CMLL World Women's Championship (1 time, current) :*CMLL Female wrestler of the year: 2009

International Wrestling Revolution Group

:*IWRG Intercontinental Women's Championship (1 time)

Lucha de Apuesta record

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References

Category:Living people Category:Mexican female professional wrestlers Category:People from Mexico City Category:1976 births

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