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Elizabeth Carolan (born Elizabeth Kocanski on
November 24, 1980 in Elmira, New York) is a professional wrestler currently
working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand as Beth Phoenix.
After getting invited to a WWE tryout in May 2004, she began working full time
at their developmental area Ohio Valley Wrestling, where she worked as a
wrestler as well as a valet for Aaron Stevens along with Shelly Martinez. In
October 2005, after working a SHIMMER event she was signed to a developmental
contract with WWE.
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Ring name(s) Beth Phoenix
Phoenix
Firebird
Fabulous Firebird
Height 5'6" (1.68 m)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg)
Born November 24, 1980
Elmira, NY
Resides Tulsa, Oklahoma
Billed from Buffalo, New York
Trained by The All Knighters (Joey Knight and Robin
Knightwing)
OVW
Debut 2000
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Amateur
Wrestling & Turning Pro
Beth began wrestling on the Elmira, New York Notre
Dame High School amatur 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 kgs weight class) in 1999. She also became the women's
champion (72 kgs 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 Harts Dungeon, but because
of the location she decided on a more local school. At the school she ended up
at she was trained by the All Knighters - Joey Knight and Robin Knightwing who
themselves were trained in the Hart Dungeon. Beth made her pro debut wrestling
Alexis Laree (Mickie James).
OVW
In 2004 Beth was the manager of Chris Masters and
Brent Albright in Ohio Valley Wrestling but she suffered a broken hand that
October. During her recovery Chris Masters was called up to WWE, ending that
combination.
Beth returned & joined forces with Aaron "The Idol"
Stevens in March of 2005, after he had just left the Jersey Shore Crew (which
consisted of himself Danny Inferno, Trudi Denucci and Nova). Beth and Stevens
fought Danny Inferno & Trudi Denucci in the first ever intergender Jersey Shore
street fight. After the match, Stevens attacked Trudi and hit her with the
(banned) piledriver. Inferno then made it his mission to destroy Stevens and
Beth for putting out his (kayfabe) girlfriend. Beth and Stevens eventually
appeared after Inferno had been informed his house had been "robbed". He
eventually made his way back to the arena and chased Beth and Stevens off. The
next week Stevie Richards showed up and said Stevens' dad had placed a bounty on
Inferno's head and Richards was in OVW to collect.
While wrestling for OVW Beth had her first match as
a developmental diva in a tag team with Shelly Martinez, beating newcomers Fuji
Cakes and Serena. Beth and Martinez were both featured on a SmackDown! house
show card in December 2005 and made an appearance on the January 28, 2006
edition of WWE HEAT as part of the Heart Throbs Throb-o-meter section. They
began to dance in the ring with the Heart Throbs before teasing a kiss which
Trevor Murdoch interrupted to jump start the match. The duo were also feautured
in early February 2006 on a Raw House Show Card accompanying Aaron Stevens to
the ring.
Having not been called up to WWE full time Beth
returned to OVW. At the March 4, 2006 OVW TV Tapings, Beth and Aaron Stevens
were holding Shelly Martinez so she wouldn't interfere in a match that featured
Paul Burchill vs Deuce Shade (w/ Cherry and Cliff Compton). During the match
Cherry interfered and an angry Shelly tackled her. Later, after the match, Beth
held back Shelly from continuing to attack Cherry. This led to the two of them
arguing and the next week getting into a catfight when Beth started slapping
Paul Burchill.
World
Wrestling Entertainment
Beth Phoenix debuted on the May 8, 2006 episode of
RAW attacking Mickie James during her assault on Trish Stratus. After this
incident James began berating her for "ruining everything" and questioning 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 she wouldn't
let her get away with it before calling her a psycho. In the following edition
of RAW Beth, now an official RAW diva, again attacked the Women's Champion at
that time after her match with Torrie Wilson.
On the May 29, 2006 episode of RAW, Beth teamed up
with WWE Diva Torrie Wilson to take on Candice Michelle and Victoria. Also,
Trish Stratus was in Beth and Torrie's corner and Mickie James was in Candice
and Victoria's corner. Beth pinned Candice after a Down in Flames for the 1-2-3.
The following week, on the June 5, 2006 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 (she was
victorious despite the injury). The injury required surgery to place a titanium
plate into her jaw, which was a success yet still forced her out of action for
an estimated two months. [1]
On the June 12, 2006 episode of RAW Mickie was
interviewed by Todd Grisham and revealed that she and Beth were grade school
friends before but Beth started to "become mean".
Trivia
She is married to Joey Knight, noted by herself in
an interview in November 2005.
Beth has worked as a heel for the most of her
career and prefers to work as one.
Despite popular internet belief, Phoenix has never
dated Chris Masters, they worked together in OVW as (kayfabe) boyfriend &
girlfriend.
Quotes
"Mickie, I'm not going to let you get away with
what you did to me, you psycho!"
In
Wrestling
Finishing And Signature Moves
Down In Flames (Michinoku Driver II)
Super Samoan driver (OVW)
Beth Valley Driver (Death Valley driver) (OVW)
Gorilla press slam
Texas cloverleaf
Sidewalk slam
Spear
Missile dropkick
Championships and accomplishments
1-time FNW cruiserweight champion
1-time GLORY champion
Wrestlers Managed by Beth Phoenix
Aaron "The Idol" Stevens
Shelly Martinez
Joey Knight
Brent Albright
Chris Masters
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