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Taryn Terrell
Terrell on an episode of Raw in 2008
Born
Taryn Nicole Terrell[1][2]

(1985-12-28) December 28, 1985 (age 38)[1]
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Other namesTiffany[3]
Occupation(s)Professional wrestler, valet, referee, model, actress, stuntwoman
Years active2007-2010; 2012-present (wrestler)
2012-present (actress)
Spouse
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(m. 2009)​
Websitewww.tarynterrell.com

Taryn Nicole Terrell[1][2] (born December 28, 1985) is an American Glamour model, actress, stuntwoman, professional wrestler, valet and referee, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). She is best known for her time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she performed under the ring name Tiffany.[3] She also trained at WWE's developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). Terrell was released from her WWE contract on November 19, 2010.

Professional wrestling career

Taryn Terrell
Born (1985-12-28) December 28, 1985 (age 38)[1]
New Orleans, Louisiana
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Taryn Terrell[1]
Tiffany[3]
Billed height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
Billed weight120 lb (54 kg)[3]
Billed fromNew Orleans, Louisiana
Trained byFCW Staff[1]
Debut2007

World Wrestling Entertainment

Diva Search (2007)

Terrell tried out for the 2007 WWE Diva Search. Eventually, she made it to the final eight. Taryn was eventually eliminated fourth.[4] In the month of February 2008, WWE signed her to a development contract and she later debuted in their development facility Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).[5]

Florida Championship Wrestling (2007–2010)

Terrell debuted in FCW alongside Beverly Mullins, and they competed in various matches together, including lingerie matches. Soon afterward, Terrell and Mullins drifted apart, leading to Terrell receiving a larger singles wrestling role as she competed against various other FCW Divas, including Mullins (now renamed to Wesley Holiday), Miss Angela, The Bella Twins, Alicia Fox, and Roucka.[6]

Terrell made her FCW television debut when she competed in a twist contest which ended in a no contest. Since then, she and Angela have been the ring announcers for FCW. On the March 11, 2008 episode of FCW Televison, Terrell teamed up with Nic Nemeth and Brad Allen to defeat The Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eric Perez, Eddie Colon and Angela Fong).[1] On the Augest 2, 2008 episode of FCW Televison, Tiffany teamed up with The Bella Twins to defeat Alicia Fox, Roucka and Daisy and again on Augest 9, 2008.[6]

Later on, Terrell lost her first FCW televised match in a fatal four-way match including Roucka, Holiday, and Fox after Fox dropkicked her from the turnbuckle as Terrell was attempting an aerial move.[6] She then teamed with Nikki Bella and Eve Torres on the December 14 episode of FCW to take on Roucka, Wesley Holiday, and Alicia Fox, which Terrell's team won after Eve pinned Holiday as the remaining Divas fought on the outside.[6] Tiffany participated in the tournament to determine the inaugural Queen of FCW, and defeated Wesley Holiday in the first round before losing to Alicia Fox in the semi-finals.[6] Since then Terrell has appeared various other times as an announcer and wrestler.[6] She teamed up with Angela Fong on several occasions, and also competed against Serena Mancini, April Lee, and Alicia Fox in a four-pack challenge to determine the new number one contender to the Queen of FCW, but was unsuccessful.[6]

On July 30, 2009 episode of FCW Televison, Tiffany tamed up with Angela Fong and April Lee to defeat Alicia Fox, Roucka and Serena Deeb in a 6 divas tag team match.[7] On the Augest 6, 2009 episode of FCW Televison, Tiffany teamed up with Yoshi Tatsu to defeat Alicia Fox and Ricky Ortiz in a mixed tag team match.[6] Tiffany unsuccessfully challenged the newly crowned Serena Mancini for the Queen of FCW crown and injured her humerus bone, on the September 24, 2009 taping of FCW.[6] On the February 19, 2010 episode of FCW Televison, Tiffany made her return to FCW, teaming with Aksana to defeat Courtney Taylor and Liviana in a divas tag team match.[6][8]

ECW (2008–2010)

On the June 10, 2008 episode of ECW, Terrell made her debut under the ring name Tiffany as the on-screen Assistant General Manager under Theodore Long.[9] Tiffany participated in the Halloween Costume Contest on October 26, 2008, for the pay-per-view, Cyber Sunday and was dressed as a nun.[10] Tiffany made her in-ring debut in a 16 Diva tag team match on the 800th episode of Raw teaming up with Mickie James, Candice Michelle, Michelle McCool, Brie Bella, Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres and WWE Hall of Famer Mae Young aganist Beth Phoenix, Layla, Lena Yada, Jillian Hall, Natalya, Maryse, Victoria and Katie Lea Burchill, which her team came up on the losing end (although she was never tagged in).[11]

On the March 30, 2009 episode of Raw, Tiffany competed in an 18-Diva tag team match, which she won for her team by pinning Katie Lea Burchill with an inside cradle. On April 5, Tiffany made her WrestleMania debut as she competed in a 25 Diva battle royal at WrestleMania XXV to crown the first-ever "Miss WrestleMania". However, Tiffany was unable to win the match as Santina Marella last eliminated Beth Phoenix and Melina to win the battle royal and thus be crowned "Miss WrestleMania".[12] On the April 7 episode of ECW, Tiffany was announced by Theodore Long as the new General Manager of ECW due to Long returning to SmackDown to once again become its General Manager. As the new General Manager, her first order was to announce an elimination chase to determine who would face Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship at Backlash, with the participants being Mark Henry, Tommy Dreamer, Christian, and Finlay.[13] Christian ultimately defeated Finlay on the debut of the new show WWE Superstars and then defeated Swagger for the title at Backlash.

On the May 26 episode of ECW on Sci Fi, Tiffany announced that the match between Jack Swagger and Christian for the ECW Title at the first-ever Extreme Rules pay-per-view would be changed to a triple threat hardcore match to include Tommy Dreamer due to Swagger interfering in two of Dreamer's opportunities for the title. In late June 2009, Tiffany was "promoted" to full-time General Manager of ECW. However, Tiffany was absent from television due to a car accident with William Regal substituting as ECW General Manager. In reality, Tiffany had injured her arm in an FCW match. On the October 6 episode of ECW, Tiffany returned to television. On the final episode of ECW on February 16, 2010, Tiffany speared Rosa Mendes after Mendes and Zack Ryder interfered in the ECW Championship match.[14]

SmackDown (2010)

Main article: The Blondetourage

On the March 5, 2010 episode of SmackDown, Tiffany made her debut for the brand in a backstage segment, being welcomed by Rey Mysterio.[15] On the March 12, 2010 episode of SmackDown, Tiffany made her in-ring debut, winning a match against the WWE Women's Champion Michelle McCool via disqualification after Vickie Guerrero interfered. Following the match, McCool, Guerrero, and Layla attacked Tiffany, until she was saved by Beth Phoenix.[16] The following week, Tiffany and Phoenix defeated Layla and McCool in a tag team match, and the pair defeated Layla and McCool again on the April 2 episode of SmackDown.[17]

She then formed an alliance with Kelly Kelly, with the pair being dubbed "The Blondetourage", and they continued to feud with Team Lay-Cool (Layla and McCool). On the June 12 of SmackDown!, Tiffany lost her first singles match to Layla after an interference from Michelle McCool.[18] On May 21 episode of SmackDown!, Tiffany teamed up with Kelly Kelly in a losing effort to LayCool (Michelle McCool and Layla).[19] On the July 2 episode of SmackDown!, Tiffany managed Kelly Kelly where she defeated Michelle McCool, during the match Tiffany speared Layla was interfrening in the match.[20] On the July 10 episode of Superstars, Tiffany teamed up with Kelly Kelly in losing effort to LayCool (Layla and Michelle McCool) after McCool interfered by kicking Kelly in the face.[21] On the July 16 episode of SmackDown!, Tiffany managed Kelly Kelly and Chris Masters where they defeated Layla and Trent Barreta after the interference from Rosa Mendes.[22] While being paired together she also managed Kelly in her Women's Championship match against Layla at the Money in the Bank Pay Per View.[23] On July 23 episode of SmackDown!, Teddy Long announces that Layla will defend the WWE Women's Championship against Tiffany.[24] It would turn out this was Tiffany's last match, on the July 30 episode of Smackdown, Tiffany had her first title shot for the Women's Championship against McCool but failed to capture the championship. She was originally scheduled to fight Layla, however, this was changed due to a decision made by Vickie Guerrero.[25][26]

On August 13, 2010, it was reported that WWE had suspended Tiffany because of an incident involving her real-life husband, Drew McIntyre.[27] Before she could return to WWE programming, Terrell was released from her WWE contract on November 19, 2010.[28]

Independent circuit (2010–2011)

On December 4, 2010, it was announced that Terrell would face Alissa Flash at the Pro Wrestling Revolution's Chickfight event in San Francisco on February 5, 2012 .[29] On January 4, 2011 it was annoced the Terrell was pulled out of the show for personal reasons.[30] ChickFight would later claim that the promotion could not cater to Terrell's requests that she had made despite already having an agreement with the promotion.[30]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2012–present)

On August 16, 2012, Terrell made her debut for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), being introduced by the Vice President of the Knockouts Division, Brooke Hogan as the referee for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship match between Madison Rayne and Miss Tessmacher.[31][32][33] Terrell is the official Knockouts referee.[34]

Television and film career

Terrell made a special appearance on The Showbiz Show in 2007.[35] Terrell was featured in a segment on Lopez Tonight on August 4, 2010.[35][36] She received her start in acting after appearing alongside Will Ferrell in the 2012 comedy film The Campaign.[35][37] She was later hired as a stunt double for Kayla Ewell in the film The Demented.[35][37]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2012 The Campaign Janette Film Debut
2013 Aztec Warrior Marcella Post-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Showbiz Show Herself Television Debut
2010 Lopez Tonight 1 episode
2012–present Treme Cindy Recurring character
Stunts
Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Demented Stunt Double Post-production
American Horror House
2013 Now You See Me
Empire State
The End of the World
Pawn Shop Chronicles
Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2010 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 Tiffany Voice
DVDs
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Women of Playboy Herself Model

Personal life

Terrell is attending the University of New Orleans. She is majoring in marketing.[38] Terrell is a co-leader for a volunteer mission group called Hope Children's Home that provides love and time to children that have been neglected, abused, and discarded.[39] Terrell is a founder for a volunteer mission foundation called Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.[35] Terrell is a vegan and said "For the last 3 and a half years, I have been working on a long journey to becoming a Vegan. My first and main reason behind this lifestyle change is the moral and ethical rights of animals. I am speaking up for those who cannot speak for themselves. I am a strong proponent for the humane treatment of animals and am making my stand known by not ingesting any animal products whatsoever. That’s right! No meat, no dairy, no eggs...the list goes on. In short, no animal products or animal by-products"[40][41]

Terrell perviously dated Alfonso Ribeiro in 2008.[1] Terrell got engaged to Drew Galloway, who appears on-screen as wrestler Drew McIntyre, in July 2009[42] and reports of their intention to wed surfaced in a January 2010 issue of Wrestling Observer Newsletter.[43] The couple married in Las Vegas in May 2010.[44][45] On May 24, 2011, Terrell announced that she and Galloway were divorcing.[46]

Terrell appeared in the February/March 2010 issue of the Playboy Lingerie Special Edition. The photos were an accumulation of previous photoshoots that she had done for the magazine prior to signing with WWE, and show her naked.[47] She appeared again in Playboy in November 2010, in the special issue Big Boobs, Hot Buns, with the photos having been taken prior to her signing with WWE.[48] Terrell has appeared in an issue of Maxim Magazine and on Sky Sports.com.[35]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

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