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Velvet Sky
Born (1981-06-02) June 2, 1981 (age 43)[1]
New Britain, Connecticut[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Velvet Sky[2]
Talia Madison[3][4]
Miss Talia[1]
Talia Doll[1]
Talia
Billed height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
Billed weight125 lb (57 kg)[4]
Billed fromThe Big Apple[5]
Trained byJason Knight's "House of Pain Pro Wrestling Dojo"[5]
Debut2003[6]

Jamie Szantyr (born June 2, 1981)[5] is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Velvet Sky, and is a slut. She also works outside of TNA as Talia Madison.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Szantyr was trained to wrestle at Jason Knight's "House of Pain Pro Wrestling Dojo".[5] After completing her training, she began working as a valet and wrestler on the independent circuit using the ring names Miss Talia, Talia Doll, and Talia Madison. On the independent circuit, she formed a tag team known as T&A with April Hunter.[1] She was booked to her first wrestling championship during her time in World Xtreme Wrestling, getting the WXW Women's Championship after winning a battle royal on May 29, 2004.[7]

Szantyr made a few appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment in 2005 and 2006.[6] On the February 24, 2005 edition of WWE SmackDown!, she appeared as an extra during the JBL "Celebration of Excellence" party. She was then defeated by Victoria on July 11 in a match taped for WWE Heat.[8] On January 2, 2006, she and Trinity were planted in the front row of the audience to be selected to dance with The Heart Throbs after their match in another Heat segment.[9] She also auditioned for the 2007 Diva Search, but did not make the final eight.[6][10]

As Talia Madison, she held Defiant Pro Wrestling Women's title, which she got on April 8, 2006 after defeating Alere Little Feather and Nikki Roxx in a three-way match.[1] She also wrestled in Women's Extreme Wrestling as Talia Doll, where she and April Hunter held the WEW Tag Team titles. The duo, known as T&A, defeated Amber O'Neal and Lollipop to get the title on WEW's April 6, 2006 pay-per-view.[11] She also held the WEW World Women's title (as Talia Madison), defeating Angel Orsini on May 5 2007.[1]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

When Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) announced the creation of their women's division in 2007, Szantyr, using her Talia Madison ring name, was announced as one of the ten wrestlers in a 10-woman Gauntlet match to crown the first TNA Women's World Champion at Bound for Glory pay-per-view.[12] Before the show she made non-wrestling appearances on the October 5 episode of TNA Today[13] and the October 11 Impact!, standing at ringside for the debut match of Awesome Kong along with the other gauntlet match participants. In the weeks following the gauntlet match, her ring name was changed to Velvet Sky.

The Beautiful People

Main article: The Beautiful People
Angelina Love (left) and Velvet Sky as The Beautiful People

At the December Turning Point pay-per-view, Sky and Angelina Love were paired together and dubbed "Velvet Love Entertainment",[14] later renamed to "The Beautiful People". After defeating O.D.B. and Roxxi Laveaux early in the show, Love and Sky assisted Gail Kim in her match against Awesome Kong.[14] They assisted Kim again after another match against Kong on the December 6 edition of Impact! and at Final Resolution pay-per-view, helping to stop a brawl post match.[15]

On the March 13 edition of Impact!, Sky and Love attacked Roxxi Laveaux and later that night Gail Kim, thus becoming heels for the first time in TNA. At Lockdown, Sky and Love participated in the first ever "Queen of the Cage" match, which was won by Laveaux when Laveaux pinned Love inside the cage. Sky and Love participated in the Make Over Battle Royal-Ladder Match at Sacrifice, which was won by Gail Kim. A pre-match stipulation determined that the loser of the ladder match portion of the match would have their head shaved, unless this was Gail Kim, otherwise Love would have her head shave. Sky and Love later added another factor to their gimmicks, placing brown paper bags over opponents heads. Soon after, Moose joined The Beautiful People, but she was quickly removed from the stable and the TNA roster after suffering an injury on the independent circuit. On July 17 episode of Impact!, Sky won a Knockouts Battle Royal for number one contendership to the Women's Knockout Championship, but lost the title match the next week as well as two more title matches immediately following to then champion Taylor Wilde.

The Beautiful People began associating with Cute Kip, who become known as their "fashionist". At Bound for Glory IV, The Beautiful People and Cute Kip were defeated by ODB, Rhaka Khan, and Rhino. In April 2009, Kip was "fired" from the stable twice before finally becoming a road agent for the company. The team gained a new member in Madison Rayne. Sky was in Love's corner when she defeated Kong and Wilde to claim the TNA Women's Knockout Championship at Lockdown. Sky was also in Love's corner at Slammiversary where she helped her defeat Tara by spraying hairspray in her eyes. At Hard Justice Sky, along with Angelina Love, competed in a tag match against ODB and Cody Deaner in a losing effort when Deaner pinned Sky causing Love to lose the Championship to ODB.[16]

After this loss, Madison Rayne was kicked out of The Beautiful People, with the pair vowing revenge in the upcoming tournament for the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship. The last of the four quarter final matches pitted The Beautiful People against Madison Rayne and a mystery partner. This mystery partner was later revealed to be the returning Roxxi. Regardless, The Beautiful People won the match and advanced to the semi-finals.

Since that match was taped, Angelina Love had been released from her TNA Wrestling contract due to work visa issues. TNA Wrestling have not given any indication as to how this effects the tournament, No Surrender or Velvet Sky.

Personal life

In high school, Szantyr competed in cheerleading, softball, cross-country, and track.[6] Szantyr was previously in a relationship with WWE superstar Gregory Helms,[17] but the two of them have since broken up.[18] She is also good friends with Matt and Jeff Hardy, Shannon Moore as well as her Beautiful People partner, Lauren Williams. She has several tattoos including a pattern on her left biceps, a small rose with dead plants on her lower back, a rose on her upper back on the right side, a star on her left thumb, and has a navel piercing. She is a fan of the New York Yankees.

In wrestling

Sky at a TNA Event

Championships and accomplishments

  • Defiant Pro Wrestling
    • DPW Women's Championship (1 time)[20]
  • Georgia Wrestling Alliance
    • GWA Ladies Championship (1 time)[21]
  • TNT Pro Wrestling
    • TNT Women's Championship (1 time)[24]
  • Universal Wrestling Association
    • UWA Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ariel

References

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  2. ^ a b "Velvet Sky profile". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  3. ^ a b "Talia profile". Women's Extreme Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  4. ^ a b c d "Talia profile". G.L.O.R.Y. Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-01-19. Cite error: The named reference "Glory" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b c d "Talia Madison (Velvet Sky) - Biography". Lethal Women of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  6. ^ a b c d Varsallone, Jim (2008-08-04). "More than just looks". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  7. ^ a b "World Xtreme Wrestling Women's Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  8. ^ "WWE Raw Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  9. ^ "WWE Raw Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  10. ^ "WWE Diva Search 2007: Road to the Final 8 Videos". WWE. 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  11. ^ a b "Independent Wrestling Results: April 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  12. ^ Chris Sokol (October 15, 2007). "Angle gets stung at Bound For Glory". SLAM Sports!! Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  13. ^ Bill Banks (2007-10-07). "The 10/5 TNA Today with new knockout Talia Madison plus an interview with Kazarian". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  14. ^ a b Chris Sokol. "Chaos rules at Turning Point". SLAM Sports!! Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-01-21. {{cite web}}: Text "December 3, 2007" ignored (help)
  15. ^ "Results from the Final Resolution pay-per-view and replay times". TNAWrestling.com.
  16. ^ Brian Cantor (August 17, 2009). "TNA Hard Justice PPV Results 8/16". Lords of Pain. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  17. ^ "Backstage WWE News, Gregory Helms' Girlfriend To WWE?". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  18. ^ Clark, Ryan (2009-08-14). "Helms/Velvet Sky Split Update, SoCal Val/Twitter, Beer Money". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  19. ^ Lansdell, Chris (2009-02-27). "A Brace for Impact 02.26.09". 411mania.com. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  20. ^ "Defiant Pro Wrestling Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  21. ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - May 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  22. ^ "The PWI Female 50 Rankings: Who Is The Top Women's Wrestler In The World?". PWPix.net. 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  23. ^ Martin, Adam (2009-09-11). "PWI Top 50 Female Wrestlers list". WrestleView. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
  24. ^ "TNT Pro Wrestling in Portsmouth, VA- October 14th, 2006". AirPlaneSpin.com: Mid Atlantic Wrestling Review. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
  25. ^ "Independent Wrestling Results: May 2007". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
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