She Nay Nay
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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
.
. There she made several contacts in wrestling, which suggested that she should train with Dave Dalton. Dalton runs a professional wrestling school, the Battle Ground Academy, as well as the Universal Wrestling Alliance (UWA) promotion
. She trained with Dalton for three months, before making her debut at a UWA show against Misty Haven in Lachute, Quebec
. She wrestled a few more matches for UWA, before being booked by the Border City Wrestling
and Empire State Wrestling promotions. In 2006, she sent a video to Emile Duprée
, the promoter of Grand Prix Wrestling
, and was booked for the summer tour of the Maritimes
between May and August 2006. The tour included shows in New Brunswick
, Nova Scotia
, Prince Edward Island
and Northern Quebec
, and she wrestled Krista Kiniski
on each show. On one night, she teamed with Frenchy Lamont to wrestle against Kiniski and Farmer Pierre. She returned to Grand Prix Wrestling in 2008, losing to Erin Angel
.
She was part of the debut show of NCW Femmes Fatales on September 5, 2009. She competed in the first match of the promotion, wrestling and losing to Addy Starr. On the second show, which took place on February 6, 2010, she defeated Karen Brooks
in the opening match, and was managed
by former wrestler 21st Century Fox
.
She has also wrestled for several other Canadian independent
promotions, including the Defiance Wrestling Federation, where she teamed with Sexxxy Eddy
to defeat Zaquary Springate III and Miss Danyah in an intergender tag team match on March 14, 2010. She competed in both Canadian Sports Entertainment and AWF in mid-2009, against wrestlers including Sweet Cherry, Cherry Bomb
, and Jen Blake
.
(OVW). Her first match for OVW took place on December 6, 2006 when she teamed with Serena Deeb
to defeat the team of ODB and Beth Phoenix
. On May 11, 2007 she competed in a Tag-War teaming up with Serena, Victoria Crawford and Maryse Ouellet
to defeat the team of Beth, Katie Lea
, Milena Roucka and Jennifer. One day later, however, suffered her first TV loss when she teamed with Serena and Jennifer against Katie, Beth and Milena. Her first TV Singles Match was against Beth Phoenix but she came up short. Her last match for OVW was a mixed tag team match that she lost.
On the October 30, 2009, episode of SmackDown, She Nay Nay wrestled under the name "Jenny Brooks", losing a squash match to Beth Phoenix.
After her performances on the first two NCW Femmes Fatales Shows she was booked to take part at the SHIMMER Tapings on May 2 and 3, 2010. She debuted as part of the SPARKLE Division losing to Leva Bates. The next day she competed in a tag team match with Anna Minoushka losing to the team of PJ Tyler and Leva Bates.
in the Republic of Ireland
, in both intergender
and women's matches. She later wrestled for Big Time Wrestling in the United Kingdom
as "Miss Anthea". In early 2010, she toured South Korea
with wrestlers including Raven, Scotty 2 Hotty, Eugene
, and Billy Gunn
.
on her high school wrestling
team at Woodroffe High School
on Ottawa. She later graduated from Notre Dame High School
. In addition to wrestling, Alexopolous works as a customer service rep for a bank. She originally worked there full-time, before downgrading to part-time in order to have more freedom in her wrestling career. Before deciding to become a wrestler, she had considered becoming a stockbroker or a lawyer
. She was inspired to become a wrestler after seeing a match between Jim Duggan
and André the Giant
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
, best known by her ring name
Ring name
A ring name is a stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist, or boxer. While some ring names may have a fictitious first name and surname, others may simply be a nickname, such as The Undertaker.-Wrestling:...
She Nay Nay. She has worked for several Canadian, American, British, and Irish promotions
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
including NCW Femmes Fatales, Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1997 until 2000...
, Shimmer Women Athletes
SHIMMER Women Athletes
Shimmer Women Athletes is an American, Chicago based female independent professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005...
, and Irish Whip Wrestling
Irish Whip Wrestling
Irish Whip Wrestling is an Irish owned independent professional wrestling promotion established in 2002. The company was named in tribute to Irish professional wrestler Danno O'Mahony, who is credited as the inventor of the "Irish Whip" wrestling maneuver. IWW runs shows throughout the whole of...
.
Canadian promotions
After deciding to become a wrestler, she attended a wrestling show at her high school which was promoted by Scott D'AmoreScott D'Amore
Scott Francis D'Amore is a Canadian professional wrestler, manager, promoter, booker and entrepreneur. He formerly managed Team Canada in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He was also the former head of the creative team...
. There she made several contacts in wrestling, which suggested that she should train with Dave Dalton. Dalton runs a professional wrestling school, the Battle Ground Academy, as well as the Universal Wrestling Alliance (UWA) promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
. She trained with Dalton for three months, before making her debut at a UWA show against Misty Haven in Lachute, 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....
. She wrestled a few more matches for UWA, before being booked by the Border City Wrestling
Border City Wrestling
Border City Wrestling was an independent professional wrestling promotion once based in Windsor, Ontario. It was the base promotion for several Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestlers, including all of the former Team Canada, Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley. Many BCW employees were trained by Scott...
and Empire State Wrestling promotions. In 2006, she sent a video to Emile Duprée
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:...
, the promoter of 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...
, and was booked for the summer tour of the Maritimes
Maritimes
The Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the Atlantic coast, the Maritimes are a subregion of Atlantic Canada, which also includes the...
between May and August 2006. The tour included shows in New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
, 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...
, Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
and Northern Quebec
Nord-du-Québec
Nord-du-Québec is the largest of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. With , of which are lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsula and about 55% of the total land surface area of Quebec....
, and she wrestled Krista Kiniski
Krysta Lynn Scott
Krista "Krysta" Hanakowski is a Canadian professional wrestler, known by her ringname Krysta Lynn Scott, who has competed both in Canada and the United States having worked for All-Star Wrestling, Grand Prix Wrestling, Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling...
on each show. On one night, she teamed with Frenchy Lamont to wrestle against Kiniski and Farmer Pierre. She returned to Grand Prix Wrestling in 2008, losing to Erin Angel
Erin Marshall
Erin Marshall is an English professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Erin Angel. She is often nicknamed "Little" due to her short stature of only 4 ft 11 in...
.
She was part of the debut show of NCW Femmes Fatales on September 5, 2009. She competed in the first match of the promotion, wrestling and losing to Addy Starr. On the second show, which took place on February 6, 2010, she defeated Karen Brooks
Karen Brooks
Karen Brooks is an American country music singer who is best known for a series of Top 40 hits on the Billboard Country Chart in the early 1980s, including "Faking Love," a duet with T.G. Sheppard which topped the country chart in February 1983.Brooks was born in Dallas, Texas in 1954. Attended...
in the opening match, and was managed
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...
by former wrestler 21st Century Fox
Melissa Maughn
Melissa Maughn is a Canadian professional wrestler best known as her ring name 21st Century Fox.-Professional wrestling career:Maughn was originally trained by Sid Summers in Cambridge, Ontario.-Pure Wrestling Association:...
.
She has also wrestled for several other Canadian independent
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...
promotions, including the Defiance Wrestling Federation, where she teamed with Sexxxy Eddy
Eddy Dorozowsky
Eddy Dorozowsky is a Canadian professional wrestler and former promoter, best known by his ring name SeXXXy Eddy. He has competed several in North American independent promotions including Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, Northern Championship Wrestling, Pro...
to defeat Zaquary Springate III and Miss Danyah in an intergender tag team match on March 14, 2010. She competed in both Canadian Sports Entertainment and AWF in mid-2009, against wrestlers including Sweet Cherry, Cherry Bomb
Cherry Bomb (wrestler)
Laura Dennis is a Canadian professional wrestler who works under the ringname Cherry Bomb. She is well known for working for Great Canadian Wrestling, NCW Femmes Fatales and Shimmer Women Athletes.-Training:...
, and Jen Blake
Jennifer Blake (wrestler)
Jennifer Ykema is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Jennifer Blake. She is often referred to by her nickname Girl Dynamite...
.
American promotions
In late 2006, she was invited to train at Ohio Valley WrestlingOhio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1997 until 2000...
(OVW). Her first match for OVW took place on December 6, 2006 when she teamed with Serena Deeb
Serena Deeb
Serena Deeb is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment, appearing on the SmackDown brand and also known for her time with the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling. under the ring name Serena...
to defeat the team of ODB and Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix
Elizabeth Kocianski is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE where she wrestles on the Raw brand under the ring name Beth Phoenix, where she is the reigning WWE Divas Champion....
. On May 11, 2007 she competed in a Tag-War teaming up with Serena, Victoria Crawford and Maryse Ouellet
Maryse Ouellet
Maryse Ouellet is a Professional Glamour Model and a former professional wrestler, better known simply as Maryse. She most recently worked for WWE...
to defeat the team of Beth, Katie Lea
Katarina Waters
Katarina Leigh Waters is a German-born English professional wrestler and valet, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Winter. She is best known for her time in World Wrestling Entertainment, performing on its Raw brand under the ring name Katie Lea...
, Milena Roucka and Jennifer. One day later, however, suffered her first TV loss when she teamed with Serena and Jennifer against Katie, Beth and Milena. Her first TV Singles Match was against Beth Phoenix but she came up short. Her last match for OVW was a mixed tag team match that she lost.
On the October 30, 2009, episode of SmackDown, She Nay Nay wrestled under the name "Jenny Brooks", losing a squash match to Beth Phoenix.
After her performances on the first two NCW Femmes Fatales Shows she was booked to take part at the SHIMMER Tapings on May 2 and 3, 2010. She debuted as part of the SPARKLE Division losing to Leva Bates. The next day she competed in a tag team match with Anna Minoushka losing to the team of PJ Tyler and Leva Bates.
Overseas
In October 2007, She Nay Nay wrestled on several occasions for Irish Whip WrestlingIrish Whip Wrestling
Irish Whip Wrestling is an Irish owned independent professional wrestling promotion established in 2002. The company was named in tribute to Irish professional wrestler Danno O'Mahony, who is credited as the inventor of the "Irish Whip" wrestling maneuver. IWW runs shows throughout the whole of...
in the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
, in both intergender
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....
and women's matches. She later wrestled for Big Time Wrestling in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
as "Miss Anthea". In early 2010, she toured South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
with wrestlers including Raven, Scotty 2 Hotty, Eugene
Nick Dinsmore
Nicholas "Nick" Dinsmore , better known by his ring names Eugene and U-Gene, is an American professional wrestler...
, and Billy Gunn
Monty Sopp
Monty Kip Sopp is an American professional wrestler, best known as Billy Gunn during his tenure for World Wrestling Entertainment. He is probably best known as one of the members of the New Age Outlaws. He also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Kip James...
.
Other media
Alexopolous had a small role in the film Sacrifice, which was filmed in Ottawa.Personal life
Alexopolous has a sister, Annastacia, who also wrestles. Alexopolous was a city champion in her weight class, before advancing to Ontario Federation of School Athletic AssociationsOntario Federation of School Athletic Associations
The Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations is an organization of student-athletes, teacher-coaches, student-coaches, teachers, principals, and sport administrators in Ontario, Canada...
on her high school wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
team at Woodroffe High School
Woodroffe High School (Ottawa)
Woodroffe High School is a secondary school situated in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario. Woodroffe High School an extensive variety of 20 school clubs, organizations and inter-school and intramural athletics are offered. Woodroffe High School is a secondary school with high academic standards, a...
on Ottawa. She later graduated from Notre Dame High School
Notre Dame High School (Ottawa)
Notre Dame High School is a Catholic high school in Ottawa's west operated by the Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board. The school is one of the first in the area to use a uniform and one of the first in the board to ban the use of cell phones and MP3 players on the campus.The school is mainly two...
. In addition to wrestling, Alexopolous works as a customer service rep for a bank. She originally worked there full-time, before downgrading to part-time in order to have more freedom in her wrestling career. Before deciding to become a wrestler, she had considered becoming a stockbroker or a lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
. She was inspired to become a wrestler after seeing a match between Jim Duggan
Jim Duggan
James Edward Duggan , better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment in the 1980s, when it was known as World Wrestling Federation , and World Championship Wrestling...
and André the Giant
André the Giant
André René Roussimoff , best known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. His best remembered acting role was that of Fezzik, the giant in the film The Princess Bride...
.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- She Nay Nay Drop
- Signature moves
- Hurricanrana
- Springboard crossbody
- Tornado DDT
- 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 Fabulous"
Championships and accomplishments
- Universal Wrestling Alliance
- UWA Women's Champion (1 time)
- International Big Time Wrestling
- IBTM Women's Champion (1 time)
