subject: Elizabeth Carolan : Second Woman In History [print this page] Elizabeth Carolan (born Elizabeth Kocanski November 24, 1980 in Elmira), better known under the pseudonym of Beth Phoenix [a] is an American professional wrestler. She is currently employed by the federation World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown , but is inactive due to injury.
She won a world title, the Women of the WWE Championship on three occasions , and was also once the OVW Women's Champion (over a reign not officially recognized), and was the first GLORY champion in history .
It is also the second woman in history to have participated in a Royal Rumble match (after Chyna) at the 2010 edition.
Carolan began the fight in the club Education High School Notre Dame High School in Elmira (where she also practiced tennis and athletics). She became champion in 1999 northeast of female wrestling (72 kg class) and became the female champion that year (always in the same class) at a tournament held at the 1999 New York State Fair.
She also joined a long association freestyle wrestling USA Wrestling. Its purpose was, according to his statements, to have a solid experience before becoming wrestler wrestler
After graduating from high school in 1999, she enrolled in both a professional wrestling school and a Catholic high school in Buffalo. It refrains from integrating the school wrestling Hart's Dungeon, because it is located too far from home. In his wrestling school, she met the All Knighters team consisting of Robin Knightwing and his brother Joey Knight, her future husband. She later became the manager .
It appears for the first time before the cameras in a game during which she is the manager of Don Montoya wins against Reckless Youth. His first solo match, which ended with a victory, the opposition Alexis Laree in 2001. Subsequently, she appeared in various secondary federations such as the Cleveland All Pro Wrestling and the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation under the pseudonym of Phoenix.
In 2002, she joined the all-new wrestling promotion GLORY Wrestling Women, and became the first Supreme Champion conquering the GLORY Championship .
She then joined the Far North Wrestling where it remained for some time the only wrestler, thus contributing to a large number of games mixed. She fought notably Joey Knight and Kevin Grace in 2003, becoming the first woman FNW Cruiserweight Champion. Later that year she played a female wrestling tournament, the World Xtreme Wrestling's annual Women's Elite, where it rises to the finals, lost to April Hunter. It is again involved in this tournament two years later, in 2005. In the first round, she defeated Nikki Roxx but lost the second round by Alicia .
The following month, she appeared at the first show of Shimmer Women Athletes, the female branch of the Ring of Honor. She will re-appear several times. She stands out in a non-title match game against the NWA Midwest Women's Champion MsChif, she won .
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling in July 2004 with no real promise of contract for the future . It begins as a manager and "girlfriend" in Kayfabe is to say for the show, Chris Masters. The following month, she leaves him when he comes in the locker room women with Candice Michelle and Victoria. She then became the manager of Aaron The Idol Stevens.
