Jump to content

Christy Hemme

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Robertlbeukema (talk | contribs) at 12:33, 8 August 2007 (→‎2006). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Christy Hemme
Born (1980-10-28) October 28, 1980 (age 43)
Temecula, California[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Christy Hemme
Billed height5 ft 5 (165 cm)[2][3]
Billed weight116 lb (53 kg)
Trained byFit Finlay[3]
Dean Malenko[3]
Ricky Steamboat
Melina Perez
Inoki Dojo (California)[4]
Scott D'Amore[4]
Arn Anderson[3]
DebutJuly 19, 2004

Christina Lee ("Christy") Hemme (born October 28, 1980) is an American actress, model and professional wrestler. Hemme, best known for her appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment and her pictorial in the April 2005 issue of Playboy, is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Early life

Hemme grew up in Temecula, California.[1][5][6] She enjoyed racing street bikes and dirt bikes.[5] She was a "self-described" tomboy.[5] She grew up watching wrestling, and The Undertaker was her favorite.[1]

She was a cheerleader in school.[7] Hemme attended Mount San Jacinto College, where she majored in dance.[6]

Modeling career

After graduating, she relocated to Los Angeles, California in order to pursue a career in modeling.[6] Hemme initially joined a burlesque dance team known as "The Purrfect Angelz".[5] She performed at Easyrider tours and Harley motorcycle rallies.[8] She went on appear in magazines such as Maxim,[6] Playboy, Rolling Stone and Stuff.[5][8] In addition, she appeared in the music video of the Trace Adkins song "Chrome", and in videos for bands Blink-182 and Sonic. She also had parts in commercials for AT&T and TrimSpa,[5] and she was a spokesmodel for Hawaiian Tropic.[6] Other early jobs included a waitressing job at Hooters.[7]

In past years, her image has also been found on Bench Warmer trading cards as Christy "Sunni" Hemme.[5] As Sunni, she was Bullz-eye.com's featured model in September 2002.[5][2] Her modeling career led to her joining the cast of Comedy Central's The Man Show as a member of the "Juggy Dance Squad" in 2003.[5][1][6][2][9] Hemme remained with the series for a year, during which she hosted "The Commies", a comedy-themed award ceremony produced by Comedy Central, on December 7, 2003.[5]

Hemme took part in the 2004 Lingerie Bowl.[5][9] She appeared on the cover of the April 2005 issue of Playboy magazine.[1][9][4] Before appearing nude in the magazine, Hemme got the permission of her father,[7] who had previously requested that she never pose nude.[1]

She also competed as a quarterback for the Chicago Bliss Lingerie Football League team in the 2006 Lingerie Bowl.[6][9][4]

Wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment

2004

File:Christy Hemme playboy April 2005 .jpg
Christy Hemme's Playboy magazine cover from the April 2005 issue

In the summer of 2004, Hemme participated in the Diva Search, a competition held by World Wrestling Entertainment in order to recruit new Divas.[8] In the course of the competition, Hemme and the five other finalists faced seven existing WWE Divas in a game of dodgeball at SummerSlam 2004 on August 15, eliminating all eight Divas with the loss of just one finalist, Joy Giovanni. Hemme was announced as the winner of the competition on September 20, with her prize being a one year contract with WWE with remuneration of US$250,000.[8]

Hemme began her WWE career as a member of the RAW roster. She quickly began a feud with Carmella DeCesare, the runner-up of the Diva Search. The feud culminated in a "lingerie pillow fight" at Taboo Tuesday 2004 on October 19, with Hemme defeating her opponent by knock-out.

2005

Following her feud with DeCesare, Hemme began a rivalry with WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus, with Stratus ostensibly scornful of Hemme's appearance in the April 2005 issue of Playboy. Hemme eventually challenged Stratus to a match at WrestleMania 21,[1][3][4] with Stratus's nemesis Lita training her in the weeks preceding the event.[7] At WrestleMania 21 on April 3, Stratus defeated Hemme to retain her title. In the months after WrestleMania, Hemme began another feud with Victoria, who claimed to be jealous of the opportunities afforded to Hemme. The feud culminated in a bout at Vengeance 2005 on June 26, which Victoria won after hitting Hemme over the head with a glass vase.[9]

With her feud with Victoria over, Hemme briefly aligned herself with Eugene before she and Stacy Keibler were traded to SmackDown! in exchange for Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson on August 25, with their first match being a WWE.com exclusive lingerie pillow fight with one another.

Hemme went on to feud with Melina, the leader of MNM, in the process joining forces with the Legion of Doom. At No Mercy 2005 on October 9, Hemme and the Legion of Doom defeated MNM in a six-person intergender tag team match, with Hemme executing the signature finishing maneuver of the Legion of Doom, the "Doomsday Device", on Melina. Her feud with Melina continued into November, with Melina defeating Hemme in two televised singles bouts.

On November 30, Hemme debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling, a WWE developmental territory, aligning herself with Matt Cappotelli in opposition to Aaron Stevens, Beth Phoenix and Shelly Martinez. On December 5, Hemme announced on her website that she would be training full-time in OVW. She was released by WWE that same month.[4] The release happened shortly after WWE asked her to relocate to Louisville, Kentucky to train at OVW.[10] The company cited budget cuts and the creative team having nothing for her as the reason for her dismissal.[10]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

2006

Christy Hemme at a iMPACT taping in Orlando, Florida Photo by Rob Beukema

Hemme signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in April 2006,[4] and she debuted on April 23, 2006 at Lockdown 2006, giving an envelope to commentator Mike Tenay containing the announcement that Larry Zbyszko had been placed on probation and Raven (whom Zbyszko had fired earlier that year in kayfabe) had been reinstated. In addition to her hosting role on TNA iMPACT!, she is also the co-host of the Internet show TNA Global iMPACT! with Jeremy Borash. At TNA Hardcore War, Hemme refereed a match between Traci and Gail Kim. In July 2006, she was featured on Spike TV's Women of Action special.

In September 2006, Hemme recorded a song entitled "Society Box", which was featured on TNA's November 21, 2006 music release, 3rd Degree Burns. She has also been traveling to Windsor, Ontario to train under TNA agent Scott D'Amore in between TNA TV tapings. She also won TNA's Knockout of the Year for 2006.

2007

On January 14, 2007 at Final Resolution 2007, Christy came out and interrupted the Voodoo Kin Mafia and cut a promo about women's involvement in wrestling today. She said that she wanted to wrestle too - and the mostly male crowd in the TNA arena jeered her. Kip James called her a slut, which garnered him a slap from Hemme, while B.G. James attempted to play peacemaker. In the following weeks, Kip and Hemme got into a few arguments over his lack of respect for her, and for women as a whole.

Hemme made her TNA in-ring debut at Against All Odds 2007 where she wrestled and defeated "The Big Fat Oily Guy" in a Tuxedo Match. On the March 8 version of iMPACT, Hemme asked Jim Cornette for a match pitting VKM against her a new, previously undisclosed, team, at Destination X 2007. Cornette consented and booked the match. On the pay-per-view, Hemme introduced The Heartbreakers (formerly The Heart Throbs of WWE). Despite Hemme's attempts to give Kip James a "low blow", VKM defeated her team, who she later browbeat at ringside. Hemme later announced that she had found another team to face the VKM. At Lockdown, the mystery team was revealed to be Serotonin, but VKM defeated them as well. She then brought in Basham and Damaja as her new permanent tag team in her battle with VKM. They beat Kip James in a handicap match at Sacrifice while BG James was attacked by them. At Slammiversary, VKM beat Basham and Damaja, but Lance Hoyt turned on them and kissed Christy.

Independent circuit and acting career

In November 2006, Hemme participated in the Queens of Chaos shows in Paris, France.[11][4] She wrestled two matches, losing to former WCW talent April Hunter. She then defeated British wrestler Minx to earn the right to referee the championship match, which was eventually won by Hunter.

On July 21 2007 Hemme defeated Ann Brookstone at a Heavy on Wrestling event in Superior, Wisconsin with Nora Greenwald acting as Special Guest Referee.

Hemme made her acting debut in the film Fallen Angels, portraying the deadly sin "Lust". She will also be appearing in another horror film tentatively titled Bubba's Chili Parlor, playing a zombie.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Personal life

Hemme has a brother, David, and a sister, Deena,[1] who is also a model. Her father, Robert, owns an insurance agency in her hometown of Temecula. She dyes her naturally blonde hair red in tribute to her deceased mother. Her mother Susan died in 2002. Christy stated in the DVD Viva Las Divas of the WWE that the week she won the WWE Raw Diva Search was on the anniversary of her mom's passing.

Hemme is an avid motorcyclist.[5] She owns a Harley Davidson Dyna Glide Low Rider.[7]

In her debut of her blog "Hemme Powered", Hemme stated that she has 4 tattoos (now more). Her tattoos include an eagle on her left wrist, a heart on her right wrist, a star with a heart in the middle on the back of her neck, a line of flowers running down her right side, matching loop triangles on the outsides of both wrists, a small heart on her lower back, and a heart with the same loop triangle in the middle on her left shoulder. Hemme also has several piercings: in her ears, tongue, bellybutton, and two in her nostril.

In her blogs, she regularly professed a love of music and interest in songwriting. She cites diverse musical influences such as AC/DC, The Doors, Mother Love Bone, Nine Inch Nails, and Pink Floyd.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Tim Baines (March 9, 2005). "Christy Hemme: A naked conversation". The Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  2. ^ a b c "Sunni". Bullz-eye.com. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  3. ^ a b c d e Simon 'LILSBOY' Rothstein (August 2005). "Hemme is Christy clear". The Sun Online. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Chris Schramm (November 7, 2006). "Christy Hemme: From Diva to Wrestler". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Christy Hemme". Bullz-eye.com. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Christy Hemme". PurrfectAngelz.com. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  7. ^ a b c d e Russ Cohen (August 7,2007). "Hemme targets mean Stratus". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-08-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ a b c d "Hemme Wins $250,000 One-Year Contract with WWE". Business Wire. September 21, 2004. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Mike Halford". BodogNation. January 19, 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  10. ^ a b Matthew Tremley (December 21, 2005). "WWE News: Christy Hemme speaks out on her release from the company". Lords of Pain. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  11. ^ "Queens of Chaos Pictures". Queens of Chaos. November 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-06.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christy Hemme.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christy_Hemme&oldid=149964345"