Krysta Lynn Scott
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Krista "Krysta" Hanakowski (born August 25, 1983) is a Canadian professional wrestler, known by her ringname Krysta Lynn Scott, who has competed both in Canada and the United States
United States
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 having worked for All-Star Wrestling, Grand Prix Wrestling
Grand prix wrestling
Grand Prix Wrestling is a wrestling promotion run and owned by Emile Duprée. Grand Prix Wrestling has currently stopped touring due to heavy traveling costs...

, Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling is a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta and was for nearly 50 years one of the main promotions in western Canada and the Canadian Prairies...

. Since her debut in 2006, Hanakowski is the first female wrestler since The Fabulous Moolah to regularly work for Grand Prix Wrestling in nearly 20 years.

A former student of "Wildman" Gary Williams
Gary Williams (wrestler)
Gary William Gallant better known by his ring name "Wildman" Gary Williams has been competing in Canadian independent wrestling circuits since the 1990s. Williams is also a musician, actor and a bodyguard for VIP artists and personnel. Williams first passion is professional wrestling and what he...

, she appeared alongside her former teacher on the Canadian
Television in Canada
Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 television documentary
Television documentary
Documentary television is a genre of television programming that broadcasts documentaries.* Documentary television series, a television series which is made up of documentary episodes....

 series Wrestling Reality
Wrestling Reality
Wrestling Reality is a documentary television series airing on The Fight Network that follows the lives of a group of independent pro wrestlers in the Maritime provinces of Canada. The series consists of a half-hour documentary portion, as well as an hour of televised matches and shoot interviews...

. She was one of two female wrestlers, along with rival Purity Saint, featured on the series. Her relationship with then ex-boyfriend Tommy Ozbourne, another Wildman Academy graduate, was partly focused on in the series as well as her experiences as a female wrestler on the Canadian 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...

.

Hanakowski has long been active in promoting women's wrestling in Canada, especially in the Maritimes, and has encouraged young women to enter professional wrestling both in interviews and her website. She has also been a strong advocate of responsible training in wrestling schools, having criticized other facilities she has visited, and has stressed proper training and physical fitness for perspective students.

Early life and career

Krista Hanakowski was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

 on August 25, 1983. Growing up in the nearby suburb of Hubley, she graduated from Sir John A. Macdonald High School
Sir John A. Macdonald High School
Sir John A. Macdonald High School is a Canadian high school serving the western suburbs of Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality -- namely the communities of Beechville, Lakeside, Timberlea and Tantallon. Sir John A's feeder schools are Five Bridges Junior High School and Ridgecliff Middle...

 in 2001 and later graduated with a degree in science from Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...

 in 2005. She had been a fan of wrestling during the Rock 'n' Wrestling era, her father having taken Hanakowski and her brother to WWF events as a child, and after graduation became interested in pursuing it as a career.

She began working out at a local gym and was eventually put in contact with "Wildman" Gary Williams
Gary Williams (wrestler)
Gary William Gallant better known by his ring name "Wildman" Gary Williams has been competing in Canadian independent wrestling circuits since the 1990s. Williams is also a musician, actor and a bodyguard for VIP artists and personnel. Williams first passion is professional wrestling and what he...

. She started her training under Williams and Tony Armstrong at the Wildman Academy in Halifax starting in January 2006. Accompanied by promoter Harold Kennedy, Tony Armstrong and Tommy Ozbourne, Hanakowski made her debut five months later at an event for Sonny Roselli's New Wrestling Horizons in Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

. Both her matches in NWH were against male wrestlers in intergender matches
Intergender wrestling
Intergender wrestling, also known as mixed wrestling is a type of professional wrestling match between a man and a woman, and may also refer to tag team matches with both men and women on each team....

. While training at the Wildman Academy, she was profiled in a cover story
Cover story
Cover story may refer to:* a story in a magazine whose subject matter appears on its front cover* a fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive, e.g. when a terrorist pretends to be farmer to buy fertilizer or to provide an explanation in case it is found; the story in the case of...

 for the Halifax Daily News.

That summer, she joined Emile Dupree
Emile Duprée
Emile Duprée is a former professional wrestler and promoter. He is also the father of former WWE professional wrestler, René Duprée and currently lives in Pointe-du-Chene, New Brunswick.-Professional wrestling career:...

's 50th Anniversary Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling tour spending 5 weeks in the Maritimes under the name Krysta Kinisky. During the tour, she faced her first female opponent, Ontario-born wrestler She Nay Nay
She Nay Nay
Athanasia Alexopoulos is a Canadian professional wrestler, best known by her ring name She Nay Nay. She has worked for several Canadian, American, British, and Irish promotions including NCW Femmes Fatales, Ohio Valley Wrestling, Shimmer Women Athletes, and Irish Whip Wrestling.-Canadian...

, in a series of "Ladies matches" as well as mixed tag team matches with midget wrestler
Midget wrestler
A midget professional wrestler is a dwarf or person of short stature who competes in professional wrestling. The heyday of midget wrestling was in the 1950s and 1960s, when wrestlers such as Little Beaver, Lord Littlebrook, and Fuzzy Cupid toured North America, and Sky Low Low was the first holder...

s Farmer Pete and Frenchie Lamont. On the last day of the tour, she and Spider-Man beat Tommy Osbourne & She-Nay-Nay on August 25, 2006. Both she and She Nay Nay were the first female wrestlers to have toured with the promotion since the 1980s.

A month later, she made an appearance for Innovative Hybrid Wrestling acting as valet for Chris Madison & Tommy Osbourne at the September to Surrender 2006 supercard. This was against The Party Boys, who had Heaven in their corner, and was to decide the #2 contenders for the IHW Tag Team Championship.

Wrestling Reality

In 2007, Hanakowski was one of several independent wrestlers featured on the Canadian television documentary series Wrestling Reality
Wrestling Reality
Wrestling Reality is a documentary television series airing on The Fight Network that follows the lives of a group of independent pro wrestlers in the Maritime provinces of Canada. The series consists of a half-hour documentary portion, as well as an hour of televised matches and shoot interviews...

along with her former trainer Gary Williams. She was one of two female wrestlers profiled in the series, the other being another Wildman Academy graduate Purity Saint, and was one of several of Williams' former students to appear on the show including her ex-boyfriend Tommy Ozbourne. Her strained relationship with Ozbourne was a major focus of the series as well as her experiences as a female wrestler on the Canadian "indy circuit".

Purity Saint would dominate the majority of their matches together, specifically at house shows in Kentville, Nova Scotia
Kentville, Nova Scotia
Kentville is a town in Kings County, Nova Scotia. It is one of the main towns in the Annapolis Valley, and it is the county seat of Kings County. As of 2006, the town of Kentville had a population of 5,815 people....

 and in Moncton, Saint John
Saint John, New Brunswick
City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043...

 and Sussex, New Brunswick
Sussex, New Brunswick
Sussex is a Canadian town in Kings County, New Brunswick.Sussex straddles the Kennebecasis River, 70 km northeast of Saint John, and is a major dairy products producer in the province...

. However, Hanakowski did defeat Purity Saint in a mixed tag team match with Zero against her and Scott Savage at the KC Irving Regional Center in Bathurst, New Brunswick
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Bathurst is a Canadian city in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.Bathurst is situated on Bathurst Harbour, an estuary at the mouth of the Nepisiguit River at the southernmost part of Chaleur Bay....

. She also defeated her at the series finale, the 3rd annual Maritime Cup tournament, held in her hometown at the Halifax Forum
Halifax Forum
The Halifax Forum is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is the former home of the Nova Scotia Voyageurs of the American Hockey League. Other former tenants include the Halifax Junior Canadians, Halifax Wolverines , and the Maritime Major Hockey League's Halifax St. Mary's. The Voyageurs moved...

 on May 6, 2007.

Following the tour, Hanakowski joined East Coast Pro Wrestling. On September 30, 2007, she appeared for ECPW at the North Sydney Forum where she and Chris Madison lost a mixed tag team match to Scott Savage & Purity Saint. She suffered a minor injury during her match when a move by Scott Savage caused some bleeding. Also on the card was "Kowboy" Mike Hughes, Duke MacIsaac
Duke MacIsaac
Gary Jessome is a Canadian professional wrestler and trainer, best known by his ringname "The Canadian Widowmaker" Duke MacIsaac, who has competed primarily in the Maritimes-based All Canadian Wrestling, East Coast Pro Wrestling, Grand Prix Wrestling and Real Action Wrestling, but has also toured...

, Robert Roode and Tito Santana
Tito Santana
Merced Solis better known by his ring name Tito Santana, is an American professional wrestler whose heyday spanned from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, though he continues to appear on the independent circuit. He is best known from his time in the World Wrestling Federation...

. At the end of the year, she sold her house and moved to Western Canada
Western Canada
Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :...

.

Tony Condello's "Death Tour"

In early-2008, she accepted an offer from Tony Condello's to join his annual "Death Tour" of Inuit communities
Inuit
The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...

 in northern Manitoba. On the tour included some of the top independent wrestlers in Canada including Vance Nevada, Adrian Walls, Kyle Sebastian and Amazing Grace (Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

), Johnny Obsession, The Mauler and Gurv & Harv Sihra (British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

), Alex North and Bryan "The Axe" Lewis (Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

), Scott Savage (Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

) and T-Bone (Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

).

The tour is well known for its rough conditions. Wrestlers are required to pack at least one bag of food to last them the entire tour. There are also no hotel accommodations with wrestlers having to either sleep in cars on the side of the road or at venues they perform. Hanakowski was quoted in a February 2008 interview, "Really, right now I'm not sure what to think. I've read the books, heard the horror stories, but still immediately said yes when it was offered. There was never a doubt in my mind, my hope is just to learn. With so much time on the road and in the company of some great names like Condello and Vance, I just hope to soak up as much information as I can. The kind of stuff you learn on tour sticks with you and really changes the wrestler that you become. I'm really excited to see what happens."

Hanakowski's primary opponent during the tour was Amazing Grace and included at least one mixed tag team match with her and Vance Nevada against Amazing Grace & Kyle Sebastian. Afterwards, she complemented both Vance Nevada and Adrian Walls for helping her and other younger wrestlers during the tour, "The Death Tour is exhausting both physically and mentally, so it is crucial to have guys like Adrian who you can lean on when you need it. He takes pride in every one of his matches and any fan who watches him will back that up."

Recent years

Remaining in Western Canada
Western Canada
Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :...

, she appeared for WFX Wrestling to face Veronika Vice at a sold-out crowd in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This was event was a television pilot
Television pilot
A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...

 for the promotion and included Wavell Starr
Wavell Starr
Wavell Starr is a Canadian independent professional wrestler, who has worked for a number of independent Professional wrestling promotions including Ohio Valley Wrestling and High Impact Wrestling where he won his first Championship in professional wrestling...

, Eddie Watts
Eddie Watts
Edward Alfred 'Eddie' Watts was an English cricketer. He was born in Peckham, London.A right-arm fast-medium bowler and a useful right-handed batsman, he played for Surrey from 1933 to 1949...

, Kenny Omega, Chris Mordetzky, Joey Matthews, Ultimo Dragon, Buff Bagwell
Buff Bagwell
Marcus Alexander Bagwell is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name, Buff Bagwell. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling between 1991 and 2001, where he was a five time World Tag Team Champion.-Professional wrestling career: Bagwell...

, Billy Gunn
Billy Gunn
William Gunn or Bill Gunn may refer to:*Bill Gunn , Australian rules footballer*Bill Gunn , member of Australian parliament...

, Brian Christopher
Brian Lawler
Brian Christopher Lawler is a professional wrestler. He is the son of color commentator and professional wrestler Jerry "The King" Lawler and brother of wrestling referee Kevin Christian...

 and Jerry "The King" Lawler.

Hanakowski made several appearances for Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling. On March 28, 2008, she teamed with Amazing Grace against Nicole Matthews
Nicole Matthews
Nicole Matthews is the ring name of a Canadian professional wrestler. Matthews regularly wrestles for Shimmer Women Athletes and NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling...

 & Portia Perez
Portia Perez
Jenna Grattan is a Canadian professional wrestler best known under the stage name Portia Perez. Perez currently teams with Nicole Matthews as The Canadian NINJAs.-Professional wrestling career:...

 in Surrey, British Columbia
Surrey, British Columbia
Surrey is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District...

. She also lost to Purity Saint at that same event. The following night in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, she lost to Nicole Matthews in a match for the SuperGirls Championship. She again lost to Purity Saint at this event. She and Amazing Grace also had matches in PowerZone Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling is a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta and was for nearly 50 years one of the main promotions in western Canada and the Canadian Prairies...

 during April. On May 7 in Lethbridge, Alberta, she and Beautiful Bobby lost to Zero & Amazing Grace in a mixed tag team match for PowerZone Wrestling at the LCC DA Electric Barn. As a result of their loss, Beautiful Bobby was forced to wear a dress for the rest of the summer.

Returning to the Maritimes, Hanakowski appeared at a show for East Coast Pro Wrestling's Island Invasion to wrestle Miss Danyah
Danyah Rivietz
Danyah Rivietz, better known by her ring name Danyah, is a Canadian professional wrestler. She is best known for her work in Shimmer Women Athletes as well as all-women's promotions in America and Canada...

 at the North Sydney Forum in Sydney, Nova Scotia
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....

 on June 1, 2008. World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...

 wrestlers Al Snow
Al Snow
Allen Ray Sarven is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name of Al Snow. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment and currently works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a road agent.-Early career:Sarven...

, Kip James and former Wrestling Reality co-stars Gary Williams and Brody Steele
Peter Williams
Peter Williams is the name of:* Sir Peter Williams , former chairman of Oxford Instruments; Chancellor, University of Leicester* Peter Williams , New Zealand television presenter...

 were also on the show. That summer, she and She Nay Nay also returned for Grand Prix Wrestling's tour of the Maritimes.

On May 1, 2009, Hanakowski performed at a special fundraiser, Wrestling For Literacy, at the Clairmont Community School in Clairmont, Alberta. The event was expected to raise between $3,000-$5,000. She is scheduled to face Raven Lake at an event for All Star Wrestling in North Vancouver, British Columbia
North Vancouver, British Columbia
There are two municipalities in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada, that use the name North Vancouver. These are:*The City of North Vancouver...

 on November 13, 2009.

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves

    • Complete shot
    • Moonsault
      Moonsault
      A moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique. Much of its popularity in American wrestling is attributed to The Great Muta, despite it being used in North America by "Leaping" Lanny Poffo years before Muta came from Japan.In a standard moonsault,...

    • TKO

  • Signature moves

    • DDT
      DDT (professional wrestling)
      In professional wrestling a DDT is any move in which the wrestler has the opponent in a front facelock, and falls down or backwards to drive the opponent's head into the mat...

    • Knee lift
    • Running bulldog

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