Stacy Carter

"The Kat" redirects here. For other uses, see Kat (disambiguation).
Stacy Carter

Carter in 2010
Birth name Stacy Lee Carter
Born (1970-09-29) September 29, 1970[1][2]
Memphis, Tennessee
Residence Cape Coral, Florida
Spouse(s) Jerry Lawler (m. 2000; div. 2001)
Sinn Bodhi (m. 2010; div. 2013)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Chynette
The Kat
Miss Kitty
Stacey Carter
Billed height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Billed weight 105 lb (48 kg)
Trained by Jerry Lawler
Debut August 1999
Retired July 2001

Stacy Lee Carter (born September 29, 1970) is an American former professional wrestling valet and retired professional wrestler, better known as Miss Kitty or The Kat.

During her tenure in the World Wrestling Federation, she held the Women's Championship once, although she was not a trained wrestler. During the Armageddon pay-per-view in December 1999, she flashed her breasts in what was an early instance of intentional nudity in the WWF. After the event, she was shown nude several more times on other pay-per-views. She is also an ex-wife of wrestler and color-commentator Jerry Lawler, who quit the WWF after Carter was released in early 2001 but returned after their divorce in July 2001.

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Federation (1999–2001)

Stacy Carter first appeared on World Wrestling Federation (WWF)'s flagship program, Raw is War, in August 1999. She debuted as Miss Kitty, an assistant to Debra, appointed to her by Jeff Jarrett, whom Debra managed.[3] The partnership ended when Jarrett left the company after losing the Intercontinental Championship to Chyna at No Mercy.[3][4] Because Jarrett was departing the company after the match, Carter began managing Chyna,[4] and then started dressing in 'Chyna-like' clothing and wearing a black wig.[3]

At Armageddon in December 1999, Miss Kitty won her only WWF Women's Championship in a Four Corners Evening Gown Pool match by defeating then-champion Ivory, Jacqueline, and Barbara "BB" Bush by stripping them of their gowns.[5] The special guest referees were The Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young.[6] After the match, Miss Kitty stripped out of her dress in celebration and quickly flashed the crowd her breasts.[5][7] This was the first instance of intentional nudity in the WWF.[7][8] The following evening, she announced before successfully defending her title in a Chocolate Pudding Match that she was changing her name to The Kat. The Kat then appeared at the Royal Rumble in the 'Miss Royal Rumble Swimsuit Contest', where she appeared in a bikini made out of bubble wrap.[9] The contest, however, was won by Mae Young.[9] She lost the Championship on the January 31 edition of Raw to Hervina in a Lumberjill Snowbunny match, a match that took place in a snow filled pool surrounded by female wrestlers whose purpose was to keep The Kat and Hervina from leaving the pool.[10]

The Kat then began an on-screen rivalry with Terri Runnels, although neither were trained wrestlers. At WrestleMania 2000, Runnels (accompanied by The Fabulous Moolah) defeated The Kat (with Mae Young) in a catfight. Val Venis was the special guest referee, but he was distracted during the match when Young kissed him, which allowed Moolah to pull The Kat out of the ring. When Venis saw her out of the ring, he declared Runnels the winner.[11] Post-match, The Kat attacked Runnels by stripping off her pants to expose her thong.[11] The feud continued, and the duo had an arm wrestling match at Insurrextion.[8] Carter was victorious, but after the match, Runnels pulled The Kat's top off, exposing her breasts,[8] which Carter allowed instead of acting disgusted or embarrassed.[8] The two women continued to feud throughout the summer, often in mixed tag matches. In June 2000, Carter attempted to regain the Women's Championship by entering a battle royal to become the #1 contender, but she was eliminated by her rival Terri. The feud resurfaced in a 'Thong Stink Face' match at SummerSlam, which The Kat won by performing a stinkface on Runnels.[12][13]

In early 2001, The Kat began a new storyline with a stable called the Right to Censor, a group of conservative wrestlers, where she demanded equal time for the "right for nudity".[7][14] At No Way Out, Jerry Lawler, who was representing The Kat, lost a match to Steven Richards, the head of the stable, after The Kat mistakenly hit Lawler with the Women's Championship belt.[14] As a result of Lawler losing the match, she was forced to join the stable. On February 27, 2001, however, Carter was released from the WWF in the middle of the storyline.[15] As a result, her husband Jerry Lawler also quit the company.[14][16] According to Lawler, Carter was released from the WWF because Vince McMahon decided to end the angle with the Right to Censor.[17] Other insiders cite Carter's negative backstage attitude as the reason for her dismissal.[18]

Independent circuit (2001, 2010)

Carter at an Independent event in 2010.

After Carter and Lawler left the World Wrestling Federation, they worked various independent wrestling events.[15] They also signed with Tri-Star Productions and worked at Memphis Championship Wrestling.[15] Carter made her debut for Tri-State Wrestling Alliance (TWA) on June 5, 2001 at the TWA Homecoming event in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, where she teamed up with Demolition (Ax and Smash) in a winning effort defeating Sheeta and The Nigerian Nightmares (Maifu and Saifu) in a 6-person mixed-tag team match.[19] Carter made her debut for Stranglehold Wrestling (SHW) on August 26, 2010 at the Stranglehold Devils Playground Tour in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, where she competed in an Arm-Wrestling match against Pissed off Pete in a no-contest. Later that event, Carter accompied Sinn Bohdi to the ring where he competed against George Terzis.[19]

Personal life

Stacy Carter's family was originally from West Memphis, Arkansas.[1] After her parents divorced, Carter's mother moved to Memphis, Tennessee.[1] Stacy Carter, however, as well as her younger brother and sister, continued to live with their father, who worked as a policeman, in Arkansas.[1] Carter moved to Memphis to live with her mother, Cathy, after graduating from high school.[1]

Stacy Carter met Jerry Lawler, her future husband, at a charity softball game at Treadwell High School in Memphis on July 23, 1989, two months before her nineteenth birthday.[1][2] She was attending the game with her mother, who was dating one of the players on the team for which Lawler also played.[1] Lawler, however, was married at the time, and he claims that when he initially met Carter, he considered an affair.[1] After Lawler separated from his wife, Carter moved in with him.[1] When Carter first met Lawler, she was working as a bank teller.[1] Lawler later helped her get a job at a photography studio, and she also opened and ran her own hair salon.[1]

Lawler and Carter married in September 2000.[20] While they were together, former professional wrestler Missy Hyatt offered Carter $10,000 to pose nude on her website, but Carter refused the offer.[21] Carter decided to leave Lawler in July 2001, and they separated not long after.[22] She left the wrestling business upon separating from Jerry Lawler. She worked in the field of real estate in Lee County, Florida for Century 21 for some time after the divorce.[23]

Carter and professional wrestler Nick Cvjetkovich announced their engagement on June 12, 2010.[24] Cvjetkovich and Carter were married in St. Petersburg FL July 29, 2010 on the beach in front of many family and friends. Stevan Cvjetkovich (Nicholas' younger brother) and Adam Copeland (Edge, World Wrestling Entertainment) both stood as best men. Jimmy Hart gave Stacy Carter away in the ceremony.[25]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Lawler, p. 264.
  2. 1 2 Lawler, p. 333.
  3. 1 2 3 Jerry Lawler, It's Good to Be the King ... Sometimes, p. 337.
  4. 1 2 John Powell (October 18, 1999). "Tag match highlights No Mercy". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  5. 1 2 3 "The Kat's Title Reign". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-05-08.
  6. ↑ John Powell (December 13, 1999). "Steph betrays Vince at Armageddon". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  7. 1 2 3 Antonia Simigis. "The Dirty Dozen: Jerry Lawler". Playboy.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Lawler, p. 339.
  9. 1 2 Lawler, p. 350.
  10. ↑ "Hervina's Title Reign". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
  11. 1 2 Powell, John (April 3, 2000). "WrestleMania 2000 a flop Pre-show better than WWF's biggest event". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  12. ↑ "SummerSlam 2000 results". WWE. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  13. 1 2 John Powell (August 28, 2000). "Stunts highlight SummerSlam". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  14. 1 2 3 "WWF releases The Kat, loses Lawler". SLAM! Sports. 2001-02-28. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  15. 1 2 3 Tim Towe (February 2002). "Landing on her feet". Wrestling Digest. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
  16. ↑ Lawler, p. 403.
  17. ↑ Lawler, p. 405.
  18. ↑ R. D. Reynolds and Blade Braxton. The WrestleCrap Book of Lists! (140)
  19. 1 2 "Matches = Stacy Carter = Wrestlers Database = CAGEMATCH". Cagematch. Retrieved 2013.
  20. ↑ "SLAM Bio: Jerry Lawler". SLAM! Sports. 2005-02-05. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
  21. ↑ Lawler, p. 305.
  22. ↑ Lawler, p. 415.
  23. ↑ Lawler, p. 448.
  24. ↑ Gerweck, Steve (2010-06-13). "Two former WWE personalities announce their engagement". WrestleView. Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  25. ↑ Gerweck, Steve (2010-06-13). "Two former WWE personalities announce their engagement". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-06-13.

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