Ron Hutchison[2] Joey Knight[1] Robin Knightwing[1] Ohio Valley Wrestling
Debut
May 2001[2]
Elizabeth Copeland (néeKociański; born November 24, 1980), known professionally as Beth Phoenix, is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE and Performs on the Smackdown brand . She is a former WWE Divas Champion and a three-time WWE Women's Champion.
Kociański had a successful amateur wrestling career in high school, winning several tournaments before being trained for professional wrestling by the All-Knighters. After her debut in May 2001, she wrestled for numerous independent promotions. She also appeared at the inaugural Shimmer Women Athletes shows. In 2004, she began working for Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and signed a developmental contract with WWE in October 2005. She debuted on WWE's Raw brand in May 2006 but suffered a legitimate broken jaw the following month. As a result, she had numerous surgeries and returned to OVW for further training. While there, she won the OVW Women's Championship twice, although her second reign is not officially recognized by OVW.
She returned to the Raw brand in July 2007, and was heavily pushed, dominating the other WWE Divas and gaining the nickname, "The Glamazon". She won her first WWE Women's Championship at the No Mercy pay-per-view in October, and held it for six months. She then developed an on-screen relationship with Santino Marella, dubbed "Glamarella", and won the Women's Championship for a second time in August 2008, holding it until January 2009. In January 2010, at the Royal Rumble, she became the second woman in the history of the event to enter the men's Royal Rumble match, and went on to win the Women's Championship for the third time in April, holding it for a month. In October 2011, Phoenix won the WWE Divas Championship for the first time and lost it in April 2012. Phoenix retired and left WWE in October 2012 due to creative frustrations with the treatment of women in WWE, and to focus on her family life with boyfriend and later husband Adam Copeland, famous in WWE as Edge, with whom she subsequently had two daughters.[7]
In 2017, Phoenix returned to WWE upon being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the 2017 class, also becoming a part-time color commentator for the company; her induction made her the quickest female to be inducted after her retirement and the youngest inductee in history at age 36.[8][9][10] In 2019, she also became the first woman to be inducted in the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, a hall of fame dedicated to professional wrestlers with an amateur background.[11] Phoenix has wrestled on a part-time basis since her return, notably at WrestleMania 35; she also took part in the first-ever women's Royal Rumble match in 2018, making her the first wrestler to have participated in both the men's and women's matches. From May 2019 to December 2021, she was a full-time commentator on NXT.
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Copeland (née Kociański; born November 24, 1980), known professionally as BethPhoenix, is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE and Performs...
BethPhoenix came to her aid, with the pair forming an alliance. At the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view in December, Natalya and Phoenix defeated...
Champion BethPhoenix's number one fan. Over the next few weeks, she continued holding signs supporting Phoenix. On the December 22 Raw, Phoenix's boyfriend/tag...
episode of Raw, Nikki Bella defeated BethPhoenix in a lumberjill match for the Divas Championship, ending Phoenix's reign as champion at 204 days. Layla...
Layla defeated BethPhoenix and Mickie James, and attacked Phoenix after the match. This led to McCool losing the championship to Phoenix in an "Extreme...
Lumberjill in the BunnyMania match between Maria and Ashley against BethPhoenix and Melina. Eve spent the rest of the year competing in similar contests...
Blaster Lashley in the next round. She began a feud with BethPhoenix on July 20 after Phoenix interrupted Laree during an interview, setting up a match...
Edge's wife, BethPhoenix, for a con-chair-to and Edge reluctantly submitted. After the match, Ripley still performed the con-chair-to on Phoenix. Around this...
was the sole survivor of her team, but was ultimately eliminated by BethPhoenix. At the Armageddon pay-per-view on December 14, Maryse teamed up with...
Archived from the original on August 20, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2024. "BethPhoenix on How the WWE NXT 2.0 Changes Affected the Announce Team". 411Mania...
with Fuji Cakes in a losing effort against Shelly Martinez and BethPhoenix. BethPhoenix and Shelly Martinez also defeated her in January even with the...
original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved September 16, 2007. "BethPhoenix def. Candice Michelle (Beth wins Women's Championship)". WWE. October 7, 2007. Retrieved...
during BethPhoenix's match against Maria, which Phoenix won, and Melina would afterwards attack Phoenix with her boot before being attacked by Phoenix. At...
(Billie Kay and Peyton Royce), and BethPhoenix & Natalya in a fatal four-way tag team match. In the end, Phoenix performed a "Glam Slam" on Bayley off...
in an "I Quit" match. After the match, Ripley attacked Edge's wife, BethPhoenix, with a con-chair-to. At Crown Jewel, Bálor, Priest, and Dominik defeated...
Alicia Fox, BethPhoenix, and Rosa Mendes; Menounos' team was victorious; a highlight was Menounos slapping the much larger-stature Phoenix. On December...
between Divas BethPhoenix and Eve Torres taking on the team of Kelly Kelly and Extra co-host Maria Menounos. The feud between Phoenix and Menounos began...
Rosenberg Sam Roberts Scott Stanford Vic Joseph Wade Barrett Ambassadors BethPhoenix Bob Backlund The Boogeyman Eve Torres Jimmy Hart John "Bradshaw" Layfield...
Ranallo/McGuinness called some of the show from Full Sail, While Phillips/Phoenix called the other half from Brooklyn. ^ Byron Saxton filled in for Booker...
the WWE Divas Champion BethPhoenix. Tamina and Beth would then have a stare down, which resulted in Snuka challenging Phoenix for her title. Tamina,...
Natalya and BethPhoenix, also known as The Divas of Doom, is a professional wrestling tag team in WWE on the Raw brand. Phoenix and Natalya first began...
Rosenberg Sam Roberts Scott Stanford Vic Joseph Wade Barrett Ambassadors BethPhoenix Bob Backlund The Boogeyman Eve Torres Jimmy Hart John "Bradshaw" Layfield...
Rosenberg Sam Roberts Scott Stanford Vic Joseph Wade Barrett Ambassadors BethPhoenix Bob Backlund The Boogeyman Eve Torres Jimmy Hart John "Bradshaw" Layfield...
Rosenberg Sam Roberts Scott Stanford Vic Joseph Wade Barrett Ambassadors BethPhoenix Bob Backlund The Boogeyman Eve Torres Jimmy Hart John "Bradshaw" Layfield...
Retrieved February 27, 2020. "WWE Raw results, March 2, 2020: The Viper RKOs BethPhoenix after twisted explanation for attacking Edge". WWE. Retrieved March 3...