Beth Phoenix

Elizabeth Carolan Kocanski (* November 24, 1980 in Elmira, New York), better known by her ring name Beth Phoenix, is an American professional wrestler. She was recently in the WWE under contract.

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Private

Carolan was raised in Elmira, New York. She lives with Adam Copeland, under the ring name Edge as a wrestler known together.

Career

Background in sports

In high school, Carolan played tennis and athletics and was also operating in New York Notre Dame High School Scholastic wrestling team.

Beginnings / Independent

After graduating from high school in 1998 Carolan trained under Ron Hutchinson, Joey Knight and Robin Knightwing. On 2 February 2002 she debuted at Brutal Extreme Explosive Rasslin than Phoenix. After that, she was engaged by various promotions.

WWE

In 2004 Carolan signed a development contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. Initially it was used in the construction League Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ). There, she made her debut on 13 August 2004 as Beth Phoenix.

Carolan completed her debut on Raw in May 2006 on the side of Trish Stratus and Mickie James attacked it. In May 2006, she appeared in some house shows of the WWE. Carolan won on 4 October 2006 the OVW Women's title from Serena. The title they gave to Katie Lea on November 2, 2006.

In Raw Carolan feuded against Candice Michelle. In the course of the feud, she won 7 October 2007 the WWE Women's Title. After her title win Carolan began a feud with Mickie James, during which she had to relinquish her ​​title to Mickie James.

In 2008 Carolan and Santino Marella became a couple in the context of a storyline. Together they formed the tag team Glamarella, a portmanteau word created from Glamazon and Marella. At SummerSlam 2008, she competed against Kofi Kingston and Mickie James in a mixed tag team match, which won Carolan and Marella. Santino Marella then won the WWE Intercontinental title and Carolan for the 2nd time the WWE Women's Championship.

At the Royal Rumble in January 2009, she had to leave the WWE Women's title to Melina. At WrestleMania XXV, they had to admit defeat in a 25 - Diva Battle Royal Santina Marella over. Thus, the tag team Glamarella disbanded.

On 12 October, the exchange Carolan to SmackDown was announced in a RAW episode. She made her debut on 30 October against Jenny Brooks.

At the Royal Rumble, on 31 January 2010, she appeared as a second wife to Chyna at the Rumble and eliminated The Great Khali.

In the big event Extreme Rules on 25 April 2010, she won by Michelle McCool in a Extreme Makeover match, the WWE Women's Championship. In May 2010, Carolan injured and was written from the shows. Previously, she was the WWE Women's Championship from at Layla. At the Survivor Series PPV she returned.

When WWE Draft on April 26, 2011, she was switched to RAW. From August 2011 to March 2012 they formed the Divas of Doom Natalya. At the event, Hell in a Cell on October 2, 2011, she won the WWE Divas Championship from Kelly Kelly. On April 23, 2012, she lost the title on RAW to Nikki Bella.

On October 29, 2012 Carolan was released in RAW Vickie Guerrero. This happened because they did not renew their expiring contract and the WWE after its leaves.

Success in amateur wrestling (wrestling )

Title

  • Northeast Freestyle 1x Women's champion (72 kg weight class, 1999)

Awards

  • Brockport Freestyle Tournament 1x Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Year in 1999 Freestyle

Successes in Wrestling

Title

  • Far North Wrestling 1x FNW Cruiserweight Championship
  • 2x OVW Women's Championship
  • 3x WWE Women's Championship
  • 1x WWE Divas Championship

Awards

  • WWE Slammy Award for Diva of the Year 2008
  • The wrestling magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated ( PWI ) awarded Beth Phoenix 2008 2nd place on the list of 50 best wrestlers.
  • The Wrestling Clothesline (TWC ) has classified Beth Phoenix in 2004 to 3rd place of the 50 female independent wrestlers.

Others

Carolan appeared as Beth Phoenix together with her colleagues Candice Michelle and Layla El in the February 2009 issue of Flex magazine. Privately, she was in a relationship with her colleague CM Punk, which lasted until December 2011.

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