Heidi Lovelace

Heidi Lovelace

Lovelace in June 2014
Born (1991-01-09) January 9, 1991[1]
Edwardsburg, Michigan, United States[1]
Residence South Bend, Indiana, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Heidi Lovelace[2]
Miss Heidi
Heidi the Riveter[3]
Billed height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[4]
Billed weight 122 lb (55 kg; 8.7 st)[4]
Billed from Lafayette, Indiana[2]
Trained by Billy Roc[2]
Ohio Valley Wrestling[2]
Debut 2010[2]

Heidi Lovelace[1] (born January 9, 1991) is an American professional wrestler and valet. Starting her career in 2010, she spent her two years in professional wrestling working on the independent circuit for promotions such as Shimmer Women Athletes and Shine Wrestling, before being signed to a contract by Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) developmental territory, in 2011. In September 2012, Lovelace won the OVW Women's Championship for a first time, defeating Taeler Hendrix. Lovelace dropped the title to Taryn Terrell in November 2012 ending her reign at 58 days. Heidi spent three months in Japan (with Stardom) wrestling and learning new techniques. Heidi Lovelace is also called "The Punk Rock Rag Doll", and the Golden Girl of IWAMS.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2010–present)

In 2010, Prange began training with Billy Roc at his School of Roc. Lovelace made her debut for JCW, at the Arena Chicks at the Gathering! event, where she defeated C.J. Lane.[1] Lovelace made her for Shimmer competing in Volume 51, where she teamed up with December in a losing effort to Pink Flash Kira and Sweet Cherrie in a tag-team match.[1]

On May 18, 2013, Lovelace made her debut for Chikara, when she and Saturyne entered the 2013 Tag World Grand Prix. They were, however, eliminated in their first round match by Arik Cannon and Darin Corbin.[5] On December 6, 2014, in the pre-show of the Tomorrow Never Dies iPPV, Lovelace defeated Missile Assault Ant in the finals of a tournament to win the Chikara Young Lions Cup.[6]

Heidi appeared as a "rosebud" alongside former OVW fellow Taeler Hendrix on the December 15th, 2014 episode of WWE RAW and the next day on the WWE SmackDown! tapings.

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2012–2013)

On May 16, 2012, Douglas received a tryout in Ohio Valley Wrestling against Taeler Hendrix, which she failed to win.[7] Douglas made her debut for the promotion under the ring name Heidi Lovelace on the May 23 episode of OVW episode 666, where she lost to C.J Lane.[1] On the June 6 episode of OVW episode 668, Lovelace was defeated by Epiphany in a dark match. Lovelace made her television debut on the June 27 episode of OVW episode 671, where she competed in a fatal–four way match, which was won by Hendrix.[1] On the July 11 episode of OVW episode 673, Lovelace competed in dark match losing to Jessie Belle Smothers.

On September 1 at OVW's Saturday Night Special, Lovelace defeated Hendrix in a no disqualifications match, earning a future championship match against her. Lovelace defeated Hendrix for OVW Women's Championship on September 15 during a live event in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.[8] Since winning the Women's Championship, Lovelace had victories over several divas: Jessie Belle Smoothers on September 19 at OVW episode 683, Epiphany on September 26 at OVW episode 684 and Scarlett Bordeaux on October 3 at OVW episode 685. However, on October 6 at OVW's Saturday Night Special, Lovelace lost to Josette Bynum in a non-title match, which meant that Bynum would receive a championship match in the future. On November 3 at OVW's Saturday Night Special, Lovelace successfully defended her championship against Josette Bynum and Taeler Hendrix in a three–way match, after she pinned Hendrix.[1] On the November 14 episode of OVW episode 691, Lovelace dropped the Women's Championship to Taryn Terrell after the special guest referee Taeler Hendrix cost her the match.[9] On the December 8 edition of OVW episode 694, Heidi lost to Jessie Belle Smothers in a number one contenders match. Since January 2013, Taeler Hendrix was receiving gifts from a secret admirer which she thought was either Dylan Bostic or Ryan Howe. The conclusion of that story ended on the April 27 episode of OVW when Heidi announced that it was her sending the gifts to Hendrix because she cares about her.[10] On the May 4 episode of OVW, Lovelace tried to express her feeling to Hendrix but ended up alone with Hendrix confused.[11] On the May 31 episode of OVW, Lovelace (after being told by Taeler Hendrix that Trina has something against the two of them) confronted Trina and challenged her to a match for the Women's Title on the Saturday Night Special, which Trina accepted.[12] The following day at OVW's Saturday Night Special, Trina reversed Lovelace's attempt of a hurricanrana into a powerbomb to retain her title.[13] Lovelace then went on to feud with Taelor after finding out that Taeler was using her.

Shine Wrestling (2012–present)

On August 17, 2012 it was announced that Douglas would make her debut at the Shine Wrestling event called Shine 2 under her ring name Heidi Lovelace. At the event, Lovelace faced fellow OVW wrestlers Sojournor Bolt and Taeler Hendrix in a three–way match, which was won by Bolt. On November 16, at Shine 5, Lovelace was defeated by Sassy Stephie in a singles match. On February 22, 2013 at Shine 7, Lovelace was defeated by Brittney Savage. On May 24, Lovelace teamed with Luscious Latasha and Solo Darling to take on Sojournor Bolt, Sassy Stephie and Jessie Belle in a six–women tag team match, in which her team lost. Lovelace's losing streak continued at Shine 15 when she was defeated by Mercedes Martinez in singles action.

During 'Shine 16' on January 24, 2014, her losing streak ended after being confirmed as the newest member of the "All Star Squad" (ASS) faction run by Daffney, after forming a tag team with fellow ASS member Solo Darling called "The Buddy System" and defeated S-N-S Express (Sassy Stephie and Jessie Belle Smothers).

Chikara (2013–present)

On May 18, 2013, Lovelace made her debut for Chikara, when she and Saturyne entered the 2013 Tag World Grand Prix. They were, however, eliminated in their first round match by Arik Cannon and Darin Corbin.[14] On December 6, 2014, in the pre-show of the Tomorrow Never Dies iPPV, Lovelace defeated Missile Assault Ant in the finals of a tournament to win the Chikara Young Lions Cup.[6] She went on to defend her Young Lions Cup multiple times in 2015, remaining undefeated in the year. With a new Young Lions Cup champion being determined in 2016, Heidi will officially "retire" as champion having never been defeated.

Also in 2015, Heidi took part in the "Challenge of the Immortals" tournament, which was a season long double round-robin event. She was drafted to Dasher Hatfield's team, christened "Dasher's Dugout", which also included Dasher's fellow Throwbacks teammate "Mr. Touchdown" Mark Angelosetti, and then Chikara Grand Championship holder, Icarus. Their team led in points for much of the tournament, before ultimately forfeitting their points due to it being revealed that "Mr. Touchdown" had been cheating late in the tournament, by giving Dasher a secretly "loaded" elbow pad. Even so, Dasher and Heidi took part in the season closing "Tourneo Cibernetico" 16-man match together, and as of January 2016, were still teaming up on occasion.

On Saturday, 3/19/16 she received a title shot at the Chikara Grand Championship against fellow female wrestler Princess Kimber Lee in Gibsonville, North Carolina at the Mid-Atlantic Sportatorium. During the introductions, the crowd threw roses of various colors into the ring as a sign of respect. This marked the first time in the US a major wrestling promotion's primary title was contested between two women thus solidifying both wrestler's legacies in the sport. During the introduction, the Kimber would retain after escaping the Chikara Special submission and then locking on a bow and arrow style submission that contorted Heidi to the point she had to tap (she had suffered neck damage due to the double digit german suplexes she sustained over the course of the match). The two embraced and were adorned with a standing ovation and another ovation as they were in the lobby.

Beyond Wrestling (2014–present)

She made her first appearance at St. Louis Sleeper Cell on February 9, 2014.[15] After losing to Brian Fury at When Satan Rules His World on April 26, 2015,[16] she unexpectedly turned heel at Beyond Wrestling The Real Thing on May 31 by superkicking Kimber Lee after Chris Dickinson had interfered in Kimber Lee's match with Shynron, thus joining Team Pazuzu.[17] In a video posted to Beyond Wrestling's YouTube channel, she explained that her motivation was perceived favoritism shown by the promotion to Kimber Lee.[18]

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2015)

On January 11, 2015, Lovelace made her Japanese debut for the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, teaming with Act Yasukawa in a tag team match, where they defeated Hudson Envy and Kris Wolf.[19] On January 18, Lovelace, Yasukawa and Dragonita were forced to join the villainous Monster-gun stable, after being defeated by Envy, Wolf and the stable's leader Kyoko Kimura in a six-woman tag team match. Following the addition of the new members, Monster-gun was renamed Oedotai.[20] On February 8, Lovelace, Dragonita and Envy unsuccessfully challenged Heisei-gun (Io Shirai, Mayu Iwatani and Takumi Iroha) for the Artist of Stardom Championship.[21]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Internet Wrestling Database". Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Heidi Lovelace - Shine Wrestling". Shine Wrestling.
  3. ↑ "Thunderkitty vs. Heidi the Riveter". Olde Wrestling. January 1, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Heidi Lovelace". Chikara. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  5. ↑ Namako, Jason (2013-05-19). "5/18 Chikara Results: Chicago, Illinois (Tag World Grand Prix)". WrestleView. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  6. 1 2 3 Higham, Joshua (2014-12-07). "12/6 Chikara 'Tomorrow Never Dies' iPPV live report from Philadelphia: Chikara announces UK tour & Royal Rumble Sunday matinee in Philly and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
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  8. ↑ Van Drisse, Trent (2012-09-21). "OVW TV report - Rob Terry turns face, Doug Williams wrestles". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  9. ↑ "OVW TV Episodes". OVW. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  10. ↑ "OVW TV #714: "Coalition Carnage"". OVWmania. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  11. ↑ "OVW TV #715: "King Mo, Queen Trina, & Checkmate"". OVWmania. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  12. ↑ "OVW TV #719: "Hey Coalition, Meet Some Real American Heroes"". OVWmania. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  13. 1 2 3 "OVW Saturday Night Special Spoilers". Diva Dirt. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  14. ↑ Namako, Jason (2013-05-19). "5/18 Chikara Results: Chicago, Illinois (Tag World Grand Prix)". WrestleView. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  15. ↑ Chris GST. "Beyond Wrestling 02/09/14 St. Louis Sleeper Cell Results". Pro Wrestling Ponderings.com. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  16. ↑ Marcus Rivera. "Beyond Wrestling 04/26/2015 Scorned and When Satan Rules His World Results". Pro Wrestling Ponderings.com. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  17. ↑ Marcus Rivera. "Beyond Wrestling 05/31/2015 The Real Thing Results". Pro Wrestling Ponderings.com. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Beyond Wrestling is a Great Place for Women's Wrestling...If You're Kimber Lee- Heidi Lovelace". YouTube. June 2, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  19. ↑ "2015年1月11日　Newyear Stars2015". World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). January 11, 2015. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  20. ↑ "2015年1月18日　スターダム4周年記念日". World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). January 18, 2015. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
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  23. ↑ "Video: Heidi Lovelace after winning the AIW Women's Title". Wrestleview. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Show results - 8/15 AAW in Berwyn, Ill.: Heidi Lovelace captures Heritage Title, Kingston scratched from main event, replacement AAW Hvt. Title match, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) Female 50 for 2015". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Heidi Lovelace wins RCW Heavyweight Championship". Revolution Championship Wrestling Facebook Page. Retrieved May 17, 2015.

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