Amy Vitale
Encyclopedia
Amy M. Vitale is an American
model, actress, and professional wrestling valet
best known under her nickname The Italian Princess of Wrestling working for such promotions as the Sunshine Wrestling Federation, Future of Wrestling
, Full Impact Pro
, Florida Championship Wrestling
, the Independent Professional Wrestling Association and NWA New York
. She has managed a number of professional wrestlers on the Florida
independent circuit
including Francisco Ciatso, Jerry Lynn
, New Jack
, Alex Porteau
and The Heartbreak Express
. Vitale has been profiled in Pro Wrestling Illustrated
and Wrestling World Magazine on several occasions, as well as Fighting Females Magazine; she has been voted as "Florida Woman of the Year" three years in a row, and "Pro Wrestling Manager of the Year" two years in a row.
Vitale has also had a successful modeling and acting career. She has appeared in the movie There's Something About Mary
, USA Network Series Burn Notice
, and on CW Network's The Daily Buzz
. Vitale is also portrayed in the Red Skye Comics
series Aurora Stone, Red Angel for What the Flux Comics! and is the lead female model for Black Art Beer. In 2009, she was featured by Fox News for her work as a spokesmodel for "Patriot Girls for the Troops", a group that raises money for American servicemen through posing for military-themed merchandise such as calendars and photos as well as holding charity car washes.
, Amy Vitale grew up as an instant fan the moment her grandfather introduced her to professional wrestling. Seeing wrestling divas like Miss Elizabeth
, Missy Hyatt
, and Woman
greatly inspired her to become like them; a strong, sexy, and confident woman. After watching her first wrestling show and seeing how the wrestlers interacted with their fans, Vitale knew that's what she wanted to do.
In her teenage years, she started writing for wrestling newsletters and even started her own for a while. She was on wrestling hotlines giving news and feedback on the wrestling universe, then venturing on to managing her high school wrestling team as a senior. She officially debuted her wrestling career at Sunshine Wrestling Federation in Florida in 1995, then at Future of Wrestling
, managing fellow wrestler, Jed Diamond. She later publicly fired one of her charges, "Playboy" Bobby Davis, leaving for Florida Championship Wrestling
and resulting in a promotional dispute between the two promotions.
Under her in-ring persona as "The Italian Princess of Wrestling", a spoiled "Mafia princess
" (somewhat modeled after Victoria Gotti
and Paris Hilton
), Vitale eventually established herself as one of the top managers on the Florida independent circuit by the late 1990s. She has worked in numerous promotions since then, such as AWA World 1 South, Florida Championship Wrestling
, Full Impact Pro
, the Independent Professional Wrestling Association, and Pro Wrestling Riot, and has made appearances outside Florida with the National Wrestling Alliance
traveling as far as NWA New York where she feuded with Rick O'Brian hoping to take his position as NWA New York Commissioner.
On August 26, 2005, Vitale made her debut in Pro Wrestling Warfare as the manager of Chasyn Rance, and later added Tom Lawlor & J.P. Ace to her stable; she led the two men to victory over Buck Quartermaine & Lex Lovett
on March 11, 2006. A year later, she started managing The Heartbreak Express
in AWA World 1 South and took them to the finals of the $10,000 Old School Tag Tournament in March 2007, and the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup in November 2009.
Vitale has been profiled Lords Of The Ring, The Wrestling Hotseat, Pro Wrestling Illustrated
and Wrestling World Magazine on several occasions, as well as Fighting Females Magazine. She was named as the #2 manager/valet in Florida wrestling in 1998, and has been voted as "Florida Woman of the Year" three years in a row, "Pro Wrestling Manager of the Year" two years in a row, and Pro Wrestling Digest's "Babe of the Day" multiple times.
. In the April 2010 edition of Playboy Magazine, she appeared in the publication as a "Featured Celebrity Commentator" for her pick as "My Favorite Playmate".
Vitale has also been interviewed by FoxNews.com as an official spokesmodel for "Patriot Girls for the Troops", a group of around 200 professional models, who raise money for U.S. soldiers through creating and modeling for military-themed merchandise (e.g. men’s and women’s swimwear, posters, and collectible dolls), posing for calendars and photos, and holding fundraisers, such as charity car washes, in American Flag bikini
s.
She has appeared in Amor XXI Clothing, Nine5Four Magazine, Mac Directory Magazine, Fighting Females Magazine, and in films such as There's Something About Mary
, Jay Smoove "Bad Girl" music video, NWA New York "Power Hour" on One Model Place TV, and introduced "The People's Choice" Channel 96, in Tifton, Georgia
. In August 2010, Vitale announced that she would be one of the ten women entering a contest for a walk on role in AMC's television series Mad Men
.
Vitale is also a fitness model and made fitness a primary factor in her life after her mother died from breast cancer and her younger sister died from a very rare form of Sarcoma. She says that after her younger sister died, she became dedicated to her health and fitness. On October 16, 2010, Vitale participated in the American Cancer Society
's "Making Strides against Breast Cancer of Martin County Walk" at Flagler Park in Stuart, Florida
. With "The Dazzling Diamonds", they helped raise $1,000 in their walk for the event.
or something even greater. On March 6, 2010, Vitale and Francisco Ciatso appeared at a show for NWA Pro Wrestling Fusion in which Ciatso defeated The Saint. More recently, she has had a significant role in an independent film called Planeta Desconocido.
“Planeta Desconocido”, directed by Troy Bernier and Eric Swain, is about a research crew being trapped on a distant moon by an outbreak of war. The movie will be released in 25 film festivals across the nation early in the 1st quarter of 2011.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
model, actress, and professional wrestling valet
Manager (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
best known under her nickname The Italian Princess of Wrestling working for such promotions as the Sunshine Wrestling Federation, Future of Wrestling
Future of Wrestling
Future of Wrestling is an American independent wrestling promotion based in southern Florida starting during the late 1990s. Founded by Bobby Rogers, the promotion was a predecessor of Full Impact Pro, Independent Pro Wrestling and NWA Florida and featured several top independent wrestlers...
, Full Impact Pro
Full Impact Pro
Full Impact Pro is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Florida. Their shows are taped and then sold as DVDs. Full Impact Pro was the sister promotion of Ring of Honor until 2009...
, Florida Championship Wrestling
Florida Championship Wrestling
Championship Wrestling from Florida was the corporate and brand name of the Tampa, Florida wrestling office existing from 1961, when Eddie Graham first bought into the promotion, until 1987, when it closed down. It is also referred to as Florida Championship Wrestling...
, the Independent Professional Wrestling Association and NWA New York
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
. She has managed a number of professional wrestlers on the Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
independent circuit
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
including Francisco Ciatso, Jerry Lynn
Jerry Lynn
Jeremy "Jerry" Lynn is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....
, New Jack
New Jack
Jerome Young is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name New Jack in ECW.He is known for his willingness to take dangerous bumps and his stiff hardcore wrestling style, often taking high risks and "shooting" on opponents, though he is only known to shoot on opponents who...
, Alex Porteau
Alex Porteau
Alexander Pourteau, also spelled Alexander Porteau, is an American professional wrestler best known for his stint with the World Wrestling Federation as Alex "The Pug" Pourteau between 1996 and 1997.-Early career:...
and The Heartbreak Express
The Heartbreak Express
The Heartbreak Express is a Florida-based tag team that have been together since 2000 and competes regularly all over the Southeastern independent circuit and abroad. The team consists of "Superstar" Sean Davis and "Fabulous" Phil Davis...
. Vitale has been profiled in Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Pro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
and Wrestling World Magazine on several occasions, as well as Fighting Females Magazine; she has been voted as "Florida Woman of the Year" three years in a row, and "Pro Wrestling Manager of the Year" two years in a row.
Vitale has also had a successful modeling and acting career. She has appeared in the movie There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary is a 1998 American comedy film, directed by the Farrelly brothers, Bobby and Peter. It stars Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon and Ben Stiller, and it is a combination of romantic comedy and gross-out film....
, USA Network Series Burn Notice
Burn notice
A burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons...
, and on CW Network's The Daily Buzz
The Daily Buzz
The Daily Buzz is a nationally syndicated breakfast television news and infotainment program. The show is produced by Fisher Communications and is owned and distributed by ACME Communications; it is broadcast every weekday morning from studios at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida...
. Vitale is also portrayed in the Red Skye Comics
Red Skye Comics
Red Skye Comics is an American comic book line originally published by Exit Entertainment Group.Red Skye Comics features a variety of comic book characters alongside an assortment of independent and professional female models. Among the notable models included in the Red Skye Comics roster are...
series Aurora Stone, Red Angel for What the Flux Comics! and is the lead female model for Black Art Beer. In 2009, she was featured by Fox News for her work as a spokesmodel for "Patriot Girls for the Troops", a group that raises money for American servicemen through posing for military-themed merchandise such as calendars and photos as well as holding charity car washes.
Professional wrestling career
Born in Tampa, FloridaTampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
, Amy Vitale grew up as an instant fan the moment her grandfather introduced her to professional wrestling. Seeing wrestling divas like Miss Elizabeth
Miss Elizabeth
Elizabeth Ann Hulette , best known as Miss Elizabeth, was an American professional wrestling manager. She gained international fame from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation, and the mid-1990s in World Championship Wrestling in her role as the manager to the late...
, Missy Hyatt
Missy Hyatt
Melissa Ann Hiatt is an American professional wrestling valet, better known by her ring name, Missy Hyatt. She gained the majority of her fame while working for World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling....
, and Woman
Nancy Sullivan
Nancy Sullivan is an American actress, TV host and screenwriter. She is a comedy actress and received improv training as a member of The Groundlings in San Jose. She also played Audrey Parker-Nichols on the hit Nickelodeon series Drake & Josh and The Amanda Show. On The Amanda Show, she played...
greatly inspired her to become like them; a strong, sexy, and confident woman. After watching her first wrestling show and seeing how the wrestlers interacted with their fans, Vitale knew that's what she wanted to do.
In her teenage years, she started writing for wrestling newsletters and even started her own for a while. She was on wrestling hotlines giving news and feedback on the wrestling universe, then venturing on to managing her high school wrestling team as a senior. She officially debuted her wrestling career at Sunshine Wrestling Federation in Florida in 1995, then at Future of Wrestling
Future of Wrestling
Future of Wrestling is an American independent wrestling promotion based in southern Florida starting during the late 1990s. Founded by Bobby Rogers, the promotion was a predecessor of Full Impact Pro, Independent Pro Wrestling and NWA Florida and featured several top independent wrestlers...
, managing fellow wrestler, Jed Diamond. She later publicly fired one of her charges, "Playboy" Bobby Davis, leaving for Florida Championship Wrestling
Florida Championship Wrestling
Championship Wrestling from Florida was the corporate and brand name of the Tampa, Florida wrestling office existing from 1961, when Eddie Graham first bought into the promotion, until 1987, when it closed down. It is also referred to as Florida Championship Wrestling...
and resulting in a promotional dispute between the two promotions.
Under her in-ring persona as "The Italian Princess of Wrestling", a spoiled "Mafia princess
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
" (somewhat modeled after Victoria Gotti
Victoria Gotti
Victoria Gotti is a writer, reality television participant and daughter of the Gambino crime family Mafia boss, John Gotti.-Early life:...
and Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...
), Vitale eventually established herself as one of the top managers on the Florida independent circuit by the late 1990s. She has worked in numerous promotions since then, such as AWA World 1 South, Florida Championship Wrestling
Florida Championship Wrestling
Championship Wrestling from Florida was the corporate and brand name of the Tampa, Florida wrestling office existing from 1961, when Eddie Graham first bought into the promotion, until 1987, when it closed down. It is also referred to as Florida Championship Wrestling...
, Full Impact Pro
Full Impact Pro
Full Impact Pro is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Florida. Their shows are taped and then sold as DVDs. Full Impact Pro was the sister promotion of Ring of Honor until 2009...
, the Independent Professional Wrestling Association, and Pro Wrestling Riot, and has made appearances outside Florida with the National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
traveling as far as NWA New York where she feuded with Rick O'Brian hoping to take his position as NWA New York Commissioner.
On August 26, 2005, Vitale made her debut in Pro Wrestling Warfare as the manager of Chasyn Rance, and later added Tom Lawlor & J.P. Ace to her stable; she led the two men to victory over Buck Quartermaine & Lex Lovett
Lex Lovett
Wayne Meyer is an American professional wrestler, known by his ringname Lex Lovett, who competes in Southeastern independent promotions such as Independent Pro Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated NWA Florida as well as having toured the Middle East, Europe and Asia.From 2003...
on March 11, 2006. A year later, she started managing The Heartbreak Express
The Heartbreak Express
The Heartbreak Express is a Florida-based tag team that have been together since 2000 and competes regularly all over the Southeastern independent circuit and abroad. The team consists of "Superstar" Sean Davis and "Fabulous" Phil Davis...
in AWA World 1 South and took them to the finals of the $10,000 Old School Tag Tournament in March 2007, and the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup in November 2009.
Vitale has been profiled Lords Of The Ring, The Wrestling Hotseat, Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Pro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
and Wrestling World Magazine on several occasions, as well as Fighting Females Magazine. She was named as the #2 manager/valet in Florida wrestling in 1998, and has been voted as "Florida Woman of the Year" three years in a row, "Pro Wrestling Manager of the Year" two years in a row, and Pro Wrestling Digest's "Babe of the Day" multiple times.
Modeling and acting
Amy Vitale begun her modeling career after being noticed by a photographer at the sprite age of 16 and began doing catalog work for local clothing companies and appearing in commercials and music videos. She is not the first in her family to model. One of her aunts were a swimsuit model, while the other is Karen Velez, the 1985 Playboy Playmate of the Year, whom is also known to have been married to actor, Lee MajorsLee Majors
Lee Majors is an American television, film and voice actor, best known for his starring role as Colonel Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man and as Colt Seavers in The Fall Guy ....
. In the April 2010 edition of Playboy Magazine, she appeared in the publication as a "Featured Celebrity Commentator" for her pick as "My Favorite Playmate".
Vitale has also been interviewed by FoxNews.com as an official spokesmodel for "Patriot Girls for the Troops", a group of around 200 professional models, who raise money for U.S. soldiers through creating and modeling for military-themed merchandise (e.g. men’s and women’s swimwear, posters, and collectible dolls), posing for calendars and photos, and holding fundraisers, such as charity car washes, in American Flag bikini
Bikini
The bikini is typically a women's two-piece swimsuit. One part of the attire covers the breasts and the other part covers the crotch and part of or the entire buttocks, leaving an uncovered area between the two. Merriam–Webster describes the bikini as "a woman's scanty two-piece bathing suit" or "a...
s.
She has appeared in Amor XXI Clothing, Nine5Four Magazine, Mac Directory Magazine, Fighting Females Magazine, and in films such as There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary is a 1998 American comedy film, directed by the Farrelly brothers, Bobby and Peter. It stars Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon and Ben Stiller, and it is a combination of romantic comedy and gross-out film....
, Jay Smoove "Bad Girl" music video, NWA New York "Power Hour" on One Model Place TV, and introduced "The People's Choice" Channel 96, in Tifton, Georgia
Tifton, Georgia
Tifton is a city in Tift County, Georgia, United States. The population was 15,060 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Tift County.-Major highways:* Interstate 75* U.S. Highway 41* U.S. Highway 82* U.S...
. In August 2010, Vitale announced that she would be one of the ten women entering a contest for a walk on role in AMC's television series Mad Men
Mad Men
Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...
.
Vitale is also a fitness model and made fitness a primary factor in her life after her mother died from breast cancer and her younger sister died from a very rare form of Sarcoma. She says that after her younger sister died, she became dedicated to her health and fitness. On October 16, 2010, Vitale participated in the American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is the "nationwide community-based voluntary health organization" dedicated, in their own words, "to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and...
's "Making Strides against Breast Cancer of Martin County Walk" at Flagler Park in Stuart, Florida
Stuart, Florida
Stuart is the only incorporated city of Martin County, Florida, on Florida's Treasure Coast. The population was 14,633 at the 2000 census. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 15,964....
. With "The Dazzling Diamonds", they helped raise $1,000 in their walk for the event.
Current projects
Amy Vitale currently resides in South Florida with her three cats and one dog. She still continues her wrestling career and hopes to take flight in the likes of TNATotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
or something even greater. On March 6, 2010, Vitale and Francisco Ciatso appeared at a show for NWA Pro Wrestling Fusion in which Ciatso defeated The Saint. More recently, she has had a significant role in an independent film called Planeta Desconocido.
“Planeta Desconocido”, directed by Troy Bernier and Eric Swain, is about a research crew being trapped on a distant moon by an outbreak of war. The movie will be released in 25 film festivals across the nation early in the 1st quarter of 2011.
In wrestling
- Wrestlers managedManager (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
- Axis
- Blackhart
- Francisco Ciatso
- Craig Classic
- "Playboy" Bobby Davis
- Jed Diamond
- Kahagas
- Nooie Lee
- Jerry LynnJerry LynnJeremy "Jerry" Lynn is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....
- Thomas Marr
- New JackNew JackJerome Young is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name New Jack in ECW.He is known for his willingness to take dangerous bumps and his stiff hardcore wrestling style, often taking high risks and "shooting" on opponents, though he is only known to shoot on opponents who...
- Alex PorteauAlex PorteauAlexander Pourteau, also spelled Alexander Porteau, is an American professional wrestler best known for his stint with the World Wrestling Federation as Alex "The Pug" Pourteau between 1996 and 1997.-Early career:...
- Chasyn Rance
- Demon Torro
- Teams and stables managed
- Club 305 (Scott Commodity and Austin Andretti)
- The Heartbreak ExpressThe Heartbreak ExpressThe Heartbreak Express is a Florida-based tag team that have been together since 2000 and competes regularly all over the Southeastern independent circuit and abroad. The team consists of "Superstar" Sean Davis and "Fabulous" Phil Davis...
(Sean and Phil Davis) - The Modern Day Theory (Scott Commodity & Preston James)
- NicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
s- "The Italian Princess of Wrestling"
- "Awesome" Amy Vitale
Further reading
- Krewda, Frank, ed. "Independent Spotlight". Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
. June 2010.