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Dawn Marie Psaltis (born November 3, 1970 in
Woodbridge, New Jersey), better known simply as Dawn Marie, is a Diva formerly
working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), under its SmackDown! brand.
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Career
Early career
In her youth, Dawn was a fan of the World Wrestling
Federation (WWF). She was raised to be a tomboy. Her father was a zookeeper.
Growing up, Dawn admired Bob Backlund and Roddy Piper as well as his Piper's
Pit.
At the age of 23, Dawn Marie found herself out of
NYU business school and into a real estate consulting firm in Manhattan, New
York. Dawn was working as the Director of International Real Estate before
deciding to move into the entertainment industry with the goal of being either a
model or actress.
Later, during an autograph signing for an
independent promotion in Florida Dawn met Jonathan Gold, a talent agent. He had
asked her if she wanted to get into the business. Shortly she received a phone
call telling her she was booked on a show in New Jersey. She reluctantly went,
managing Tony Atlas that night in a match against Jimmy Snuka. She stopped
modeling and acting and started to learn all about the wrestling industry with
the help of Snuka (who became like a second father to her) while she was
traveling the Indy circuit. She made her debut in January 1995.
Extreme
Championship Wrestling
Four years later, after valeting for various
promotions, Dawn heard that Mark Lamonica (better known as "Bubba Ray Dudley")
from Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) had an interest in her and invited her
to try out for the company. Dawn left for Philadelphia where ECW promoter Paul
Heyman paired her with Lance Storm. In her first night with ECW, Dawn lost her
dress and was left in the ring in her underwear. Dawn was only billed to be with
ECW for one night but Paul Heyman loved her chemistry with Lance Storm so much
that she was offered a developmental contract. She was then immediately added to
Lance Storm's current storyline.
Dawn was soon put into a high profile storyline
involving Chris Candido's manager Tammy Lynn Sytch. Her alliance with Lance
Storm put over Storm's storyline that had him feuding with Candido. During this
time, Dawn was dubbed "Dawn Marie Bytch", to spite Candido and his manager. Dawn
worked with Lance through his solo career in ECW as well as with Lance and
Justin Credible as part of the Impact Players faction. The trio had a high
profile run until Lance left for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in May of
2000. Dawn was offered a contract by WCW as well, but she declined in order to
stay with her fiancè in ECW.
Dawn also was involved in various cat fights while
in ECW and did some color commentary before working with her real life fiancè
Pat Kenney (better known under his ring name "Simon Diamond") in late 2000 and
early 2001, until ECW closed down. During her ECW tenure, she also worked with
Justin Credible, Raven and Shane Douglas.
World Wrestling
Entertainment
After ECW's demise, Dawn decided to return to the
independent promotions and worked in various promotions with Pat until she was
contacted by the WWE. Dawn made her wrestling debut for the WWE on 13th April at
a live event, on May 30, 2002, Dawn made her WWE television debut on SmackDown!
as Vince McMahon's legal assistant, Dawn Marie Renaldi.
Dawn's first PPV match was at No Mercy in which she
lost to Torrie Wilson.
In her next angle, Dawn was in a relationship
Torrie's father Al Wilson. Torrie shared a lesbian kiss with Dawn at a hotel to
avoid her "marrying" him. Despite this, Dawn and Al Wilson "married" anyway. As
part of the storyline, Al Wilson died during their honeymoon. Outside of kayfabe,
Dawn was called 'Mom' by Torrie.
After being on hiatus from SmackDown! programming,
Dawn began a feud with Miss Jackie, bragging that her and Jackie's fiance
Charlie Haas had an affair. This angle lead up to a match between the two at WWE
Armageddon 2004, with Haas as the guest referee. Dawn won the match but
afterward, Haas confirmed their affair and broke off both relationships.
In May 2005, it was reported that Dawn Marie
Psaltis was pregnant. In June 2005, she confirmed her pregnancy on WWE's
internet talk show, Byte This!. Before she was released by WWE on July 6, 2005,
she appeared on ECW One Night Stand.
Goodwill work
On April 15, 2003, in Norfolk, Virginia Dawn Marie
along with Rhyno, Rey Mysterio and Sable, visited the USS Vella Gulf, a guided
missile cruiser. The WWE superstars expressed their gratitude to the Navy for
their efforts during the Iraq War. Dawn Marie also gave an emotional speech to
the soldiers about how she knows what its like for their families at home since
Dawn has a brother in the military.
During the WWE's tour of Iraq, Dawn spent the night
in one of Saddam Hussein's palaces. The palace was gutted and slept on a cot as
did the other WWE Superstars.
Training
While under WWE contract, Dawn traveled once a week
to Louisville, Kentucky, the home of OVW where she and the rest of the Divas
practiced and teamed up. They listened to Fit Finlay's ideas and suggestions and
worked on some matches together.
Outside of
wrestling
Dawn Marie's hometown is Woodbridge, New Jersey.
She was once married to Simon Diamond, who is said to be the father of her
forthcoming child.
Dawn celebrated her 32nd birthday on the road in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania wrestling in a match that pitted her and John Cena
against Torrie Wilson and Billy Kidman. She is good friends with several WWE
Divas, including Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler.
She has starred in an independent film called The
Vampire Carmilla. She was also in the original Austin Powers MTV special as an
extra and actually had a few speaking lines.
Profile
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Height: 5'7" (170.2 cm)
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Weight: 120lbs (54.4 kg)
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Trained By: Simon Diamond, Mikey
Whipwreck
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Professional Debut: January 1995
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Previous Identities: Beulah
McGillyslutty, Tammy Lynn Bytch, Dawn Marie Bytch, Dawn Marie Renaldi, Dawn
Marie, Dawn Marie Wilson
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Quotes: "I'm a star!"
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Finishing/Signature Move(s):
Schoolgirl, Reverse Splash, Atomic Drop
Trivia
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Dawn is ticklish on her knees.
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Dawn loves cooking and people
with dry humor.
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Dawn used to clean chicken coops
and pluck the eggs out of the nest.
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Dawn has green eyes and brown
hair.
Fan
mail address
Dawn Marie
P.O. Box 224
Port Reading, NJ 07064
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