Christina Lee Hemme (born October 28, 1980) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actressAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
,
singerSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist...
,
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, and
professional wrestling valetIn professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
and wrestler. Hemme is currently signed to
Total Nonstop Action WrestlingTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling , a privately controlled integrated-media and sports entertainment company, deals primarily in professional wrestling. It uses television, the Internet, and live events, with additional major revenue sources from product licensing and direct product sales...
, wrestling in its Knockouts division. She is also known for her appearances with
World Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is a publicly-traded, privately-controlled integrated media and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
and her pictorial in the April 2005 issue of
PlayboyPlayboy is an American men's magazine, founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with a presence in nearly every medium. Playboy is one of the world's best...
.
Early life
Hemme was born in
Poway, CaliforniaPoway is a wealthy inland city in San Diego County, California, United States. As of the latest 2000 census the city had a population of 48,044. The ZIP code is 92064....
, but she grew up in
Temecula, CaliforniaTemecula is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States with a population of 102,604. It was incorporated on December 1, 1989....
. She enjoyed racing street bikes and dirt bikes. She was a "self-described" tomboy. She grew up watching wrestling and favored The Undertaker.
She was a cheerleader for two years at
Temecula Valley HighTemecula Valley High School is a public high school for grades 9-12 in Temecula, California. The school opened in 1985 as the community's first high school, along with Margarita Middle School and Temecula Elementary School...
. She graduated in 1998 at age seventeen. Hemme attended
Mount San Jacinto CollegeMt. San Jacinto College is a community college in Riverside County, California, United States. MSJC consists of two main campuses; one located in San Jacinto and one in Menifee . A smaller facility is located in Temecula...
, where she
majoredAn academic major, major concentration, concentration, or simply major is mainly a U.S. and Canadian term for a college or university student's main field of specialization during his or her undergraduate studies which would be in addition to, and may incorporate portions of, a core curriculum...
in dance.
Modeling career
After graduating, she relocated to
Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California...
to pursue a career in modeling. Hemme initially joined a
burlesqueBurlesque is a humorous theatrical entertainment involving parody and sometimes grotesque exaggeration. In 20th century America, the form became associated with a variety show in which striptease is the chief attraction.-Etymology and early history:...
dance team known as "The Purrfect Angelz". She performed at Easyrider tours and
HarleyHarley-Davidson , often abbreviated H-D or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression...
motorcycle rallies. She went on appear in magazines such as
MaximMaxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its revealing pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, none of whom are nude in the American version....
,
PlayboyPlayboy is an American men's magazine, founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with a presence in nearly every medium. Playboy is one of the world's best...
,
Rolling StoneRolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J. Gleason.The magazine was named after the 1948 Muddy Waters song of the same...
, and
StuffStuff is a men's magazine featuring interviews, pictorials, and other articles of interest to a predominantly male audience.- U.S. Edition :...
. In addition, she appeared in the
music videoA music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music/song. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. Although the origins of music videos go back much further, they came into their own in the...
of the
Trace AdkinsTracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...
songs "Chrome", and "
Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" is a single, released in late 2005 by country music artist Trace Adkins. The song was a crossover hit for Adkins, peaking at #2 on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart, and reaching the Top 40 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts...
" and in videos for bands
Blink-182Blink-182 is an American punk rock band from Poway, California that predominantly plays pop punk music. The band was formed in 1992 as "Blink" with members Tom DeLonge , Mark Hoppus and Scott Raynor . In 1998, midway through a U.S. tour, drummer Travis Barker replaced Raynor...
and Sonic. She also had parts in commercials for
AT&TAT&T Inc. is the largest provider of local, long distance telephone services in the United States, and also serves digital subscriber line Internet access. AT&T is the second largest provider of wireless service in the United States, with over 77 million wireless customers, and more than 150...
and
TrimSpaTrimSpa is a dietary supplement designed for weight loss, marketed by the company Goen Technologies, headed by Alexander Szynalski, a.k.a. Alex Goen. Celebrity Anna Nicole Smith was its spokesperson. Various products marketed by TrimSpa are claimed to help "stave off hunger". TrimSpa formerly...
, and she was a spokesmodel for
Hawaiian TropicHawaiian Tropic is a brand of suntan lotion sold around the world, but more widely available in the United States. It is a competitor to Coppertone.- History :The Company was founded by Ron Rice in 1969...
. Other early jobs included a waitressing job at
HootersHooters is the trade name of two privately held American restaurant chains: Hooters of America, Incorporated, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Hooters, Incorporated, based in Clearwater, Florida....
.
In past years, her image has also been found on
Bench WarmerBench Warmer International is a company that produces trading cards featuring female models. Bench Warmer International is one of the leading manufacturers and distributors of collectible trading cards in the U.S. Its motto is "Trading Cards Never Looked So Good". Models are generally featured in...
trading cards as Christy "Sunni" Hemme. As Sunni, she was Bullz-eye.com's featured model in September 2002. Her modeling career led to her joining the cast of
Comedy CentralComedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries predominantly comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
's
The Man ShowThe Man Show was a half hour American comedy television show on Comedy Central. It was created in 1999 by its two original co-hosts, Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, and their executive producer Daniel Kellison.-Format:...
as a member of the "Juggy Dance Squad" in 2003. Hemme remained with the series for a year, during which she appeared on
The Commies, a
Comedy CentralComedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries predominantly comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
produced award show, on December 7, 2003.
Hemme took part in the 2004
Lingerie BowlThe Lingerie Bowl is an annual Super Bowl halftime alternative special shown on pay-per-view TV. It features a game of full-contact American football with models playing seven-on-seven tackle football. It first aired during Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004 with New York Euphoria losing to the Los Angeles...
. She appeared on the cover of the April 2005 issue of
Playboy magazine. Before appearing nude in the magazine, Hemme got the permission of her father, who had previously requested that she never pose nude. She also competed as a
quarterbackQuarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the center, in the middle of the offensive line. Quarterbacks are the leaders of the offensive team, responsible for calling the play in the huddle...
for the
Chicago BlissChicago Bliss is one of two teams that were introduced to the Lingerie Football League in 2004 .Being defeated by New York Euphoria in the Eastern Final at Lingerie Bowl II in 2005 and again at Lingerie Bowl III in 2006, the team never reached the Final.Starting...
Lingerie Football LeagueThe Lingerie Football League is a women's American indoor football league. The women play 7-on-7 tackle football games.-Conception:...
team in the 2006 Lingerie Bowl.
World Wrestling Entertainment (2004–2005)
In the summer of 2004, Hemme participated in the Diva Search, a competition held by
World Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is a publicly-traded, privately-controlled integrated media and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWE) in order to recruit new
DivasDiva is a term used by the professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment to refer to its female talent. The term is applied to women who appear as wrestlers, managers or valets, backstage interviewers, or ring announcers.-1996–2000:...
. In the course of the competition, Hemme and the five other finalists faced seven existing Divas in a game of
dodgeballDodgeball means any game in which players try to hit other players with balls and avoid being hit. There are many such games; see List of dodgeball variations. This article is about a well-known form, also called battleball: a team sport with codified rules that is often played in physical...
at
SummerSlamSummerSlam was the seventeenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment...
on August 15, eliminating all eight Divas with the loss of just one finalist,
Joy GiovanniJoy Giovanni is an American actress, glamour model, and former WWE Diva. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment, working on its SmackDown! brand.-Television and modeling:...
. Hemme was announced as the winner of the competition on September 20, with a prize of a one year contract with WWE with remuneration of
$The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States. The U.S. dollar is normally abbreviated as the dollar sign, $, or as USD or US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies and from others that use the $ symbol. It is divided into 100 cents .The U.S...
250,000. Hemme began her WWE career as a member of the
RawWWE Raw is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States. The show's name, which is sometimes stylized as RAW, is also used to refer to the Raw brand, in which WWE employees are assigned to work and perform...
roster. She quickly began a
feudA professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or alliances of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised...
with
Carmella DeCesareCarmella Danielle Garcia is an American model who was Playboy magazine's Miss April 2003 and Playmate of the Year for 2004. She is of Italian and Puerto Rican descent...
, the runner-up of the Diva Search. The feud culminated in a "
lingerieLingerie is a term for fashionable and notionally alluring undergarments. It derives from the French word linge, "washables" — as in faire le linge, "do the laundry" — and ultimately from lin for washable linen, the fabric from which European undergarments were made before the general introduction...
pillow fight" at
Taboo TuesdayTaboo Tuesday was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , which took place on October 19, 2004 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was the first annual Taboo Tuesday event, marking the first time in which the fans were given the chance...
on October 19, with Hemme defeating her opponent by pinfall.
Following her feud with DeCesare, Hemme began a rivalry with
WWE Women's ChampionThe World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. It is challenged by WWE Divas only and is exclusive to the SmackDown brand.-History:...
Trish StratusPatricia Anne Stratigias , better known as Trish Stratus, is a former fitness model, former professional wrestler and television personality from Canada....
, with Stratus ostensibly scornful of Hemme's appearance in the April 2005 issue of
Playboy. Hemme eventually challenged Stratus to a match at
WrestleMania 21WrestleMania 21 was the twenty-first annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on April 3, 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California....
, with Stratus's nemesis
LitaAmy Christine Dumas , known by her primary stage name Lita, is an American former professional wrestler and WWE Diva from 1999 to 2006 and lead singer for the band The Luchagors....
training her in the weeks preceding the event. At WrestleMania 21 on April 3, Stratus defeated Hemme to retain her title. In the months after WrestleMania, Hemme began another feud with
VictoriaLisa Marie Varon , is a American female bodybuilder, fitness competitor and professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Tara. She is best known for her work in World Wrestling Entertainment as VictoriaAs an amateur bodybuilder, Varon won her first competition in...
, who claimed to be jealous of the opportunities afforded to Hemme. The feud culminated in a bout at
VengeanceVengeance was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , which took place on June 26, 2005 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the fifth annual Vengeance event. Professional wrestling is a type of sports entertainment in which...
on June 26, which Victoria won after countering Hemme's sunset flip move by using the ropes to pin Hemme. With her feud with Victoria over, Hemme briefly aligned herself with
EugeneNicholas "Nick" Dinsmore is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time working World Wrestling Entertainment...
before she and
Stacy KeiblerStacy Ann Keibler is an American actress, model and former professional wrestler and valet for World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment ....
were traded to
SmackDown! in exchange for
Candice MichelleCandice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich better known as Candice Michelle or just Candice, is an American model, actress, and professional wrestler best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment....
and
Torrie WilsonTorrie Anne Wilson is a retired American professional wrestler, fitness competitor and model. She is best known for her tenures in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment , where she worked on both their SmackDown and Raw brands through out her eight year run.As a fitness...
on August 25. Hemme then feuded with
MelinaMelina Nava Perez , better known simply as Melina, is a Mexican American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its Raw Brand. She is the reigning Divas Champion....
, the valet of
MNMMNM was a professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment and Ohio Valley Wrestling that consisted of Joey Mercury , Johnny Nitro, and their manager Melina Perez....
, in the process joining forces with the Legion of Doom. At
No MercyNo Mercy was the eighth annual No Mercy professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on October 9, 2005 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and featured wrestlers and other talent from WWE's SmackDown! brand...
on October 9, Hemme and the Legion of Doom defeated MNM in a six-person intergender tag team match. Her feud with Melina continued into November, with Melina defeating Hemme in two televised singles bouts.
On November 30, Hemme debuted in
Ohio Valley WrestlingOhio Valley Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and the organization was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1998 until 2000, when OVW became part of the World Wrestling Entertainment...
(OVW), a WWE developmental territory, aligning herself with
Matt CappotelliMatthew Lee "Matt" Cappotelli is an American professional wrestler, currently working in Ohio Valley Wrestling, which was the primary developmental territory for World Wrestling Entertainment until February 7, 2008...
in opposition to
Aaron StevensAaron Haddad is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances on World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown! brand...
,
Beth PhoenixElizabeth Kocanski Carolan is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Beth Phoenix. She is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment , where she wrestles on the SmackDown brand....
, and
Shelly MartinezShelly Leonor Martinez is an Mexican-American model, professional wrestler and valet. She is also known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand under the ring name Ariel and for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Salinas as valet to The Latin American...
. On December 5, 2005 she was released from her WWE contract. The release happened shortly after WWE asked her to relocate to
Louisville, KentuckyLouisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's estimated population as of 2008 was 713,877 , with a population of 1,244,696 in the Louisville...
to train at OVW. The company cited budget cuts and the creative team having nothing for her as the reason for her dismissal.
Years later in November 2008 in her column for TNAwrestling.com Hemme stated her departure from WWE was on her own terms because: "I stuck to my guns on my morals and values as a human being. I knew in my gut that it would be the end, but I also knew that carrying guilt for knowingly doing something against what I believed wasn't worth getting ahead. Leaving broke my heart... but doing the right thing is something I will always be proud of."
Managing (2006–2008)
Hemme signed with
Total Nonstop Action WrestlingTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling , a privately controlled integrated-media and sports entertainment company, deals primarily in professional wrestling. It uses television, the Internet, and live events, with additional major revenue sources from product licensing and direct product sales...
(TNA) in April 2006, and she debuted on April 23 at
LockdownLockdown was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , which took place on April 23, 2006 from the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the second annual event under the Lockdown chronology. Eight professional wrestling matches were featured...
. In addition to her hosting role on
Impact!TNA Impact! is a professional wrestling television program for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling that currently airs on in the United States and Canada on Spike, and airs on Bravo in the United Kingdom...
, she was also the co-host of the
InternetThe Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standardized Internet Protocol Suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
show
TNA Global Impact!Global iMPACT! was a free online professional wrestling show produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling that existed in 2006. Global iMPACT!, which was hosted by TNA interviewers Jeremy Borash and Christy Hemme, featured "exclusive footage, interviews, news updates, matches and more".-Original...
with
Jeremy BorashJeremy Borash , is a former American professional wrestling play-by-play commentator, announcer, booker, producer and website designer...
. At Hardcore War, Hemme refereed a match between
TraciTracy Brookshaw is a Canadian professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet and professional wrestling referee, better known by her ring name Traci Brooks. She is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling....
and
Gail KimGail Kim is a Canadian professional wrestler, valet, model, and actress of Korean descent. She is currently signed with World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its Raw brand....
. In July 2006, she was featured on the
Women of Action special. She also began traveling to
Windsor, OntarioWindsor is the southernmost major city in Canada and lies in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, although administratively separated from the county government. Windsor is located south of Detroit, is separated...
to train under TNA agent
Scott D'AmoreScott Francis D'Amore is a Canadian professional wrestler, manager, promoter, booker and entrepreneur. He formerly managed Team Canada in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He was also the former head of the creative team...
in between TNA TV tapings. She was also Knockout of the Year for 2006.
On January 14, 2007 at Final Resolution, Christy came out and interrupted the
Voodoo Kin MafiaThe Voodoo Kin Mafia, previously known as the James Gang, were a professional wrestling tag team in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling consisting of B.G. James and Kip James....
(VKM) and cut a promo about the involvement of women in wrestling. She said that she wanted to wrestle too—and the mostly male crowd in the TNA arena jeered her.
Kip JamesMonty Kip Sopp is an American professional wrestler, best known as "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn during his tenure for World Wrestling Entertainment. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and works under the ring name Kip James...
called her a slut, which garnered him a slap from Hemme, while
B.G. JamesBrian Gerard James is an American professional wrestler known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, perhaps best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as "The Road Dogg" Jesse James or simply The Road Dogg...
attempted to play peacemaker. In the following weeks, Kip and Hemme got into a few arguments over his lack of respect for her and women as a whole. Hemme made her TNA in-ring debut at Against All Odds where she wrestled and defeated "The Big Fat Oily Guy" in a Tuxedo match, but after his match Kip James stripped her. On the March 8 version of
Impact, Hemme asked
Jim CornetteJames Mark "Jim" Cornette is an American professional wrestling manager, commentator, promoter, and booker. Cornette is the former "Commissioner" of Ring of Honor and is formerly a road agent for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
for a match pitting VKM against her new, previously undisclosed, team, at Destination X. Cornette consented and booked the match. On the pay-per-view, Hemme introduced
The HeartbreakersThe Heartbreakers is the name of a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Antonio Thomas and Romeo Roselli, currently wrestling on the independent circuit. Thomas and Roselli are billed as being popular "with the ladies", and typically approach the ring while performing pelvic thrusts to the...
. Despite Hemme's attempts to give Kip a low blow, VKM defeated her team, who she later browbeat at ringside. Hemme later announced that she had found another team to face the VKM. At
LockdownLockdown was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which took place on April 15, 2007 at the Family Arena in Saint Charles, Missouri. This was the second monthly pay-per-view, after Bound for Glory 2006, to be held outside Orlando, Florida. It was...
, the mystery team was revealed to be Serotonin, but VKM defeated them as well. She then brought in
Basham and DamajaThe Basham Brothers, Doug and Danny , are a professional wrestling tag team, who formerly worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment .-History:...
as her new permanent
tag teamIn professional wrestling, a tag team consists of two wrestlers who are working together as a team . Often, they are close partners and backstage friends who team with each other almost exclusively, while other times they are singles competitors who are booked together for just one match...
in her battle with VKM. They beat Kip in a handicap match at Sacrifice as B.G. had been attacked by them earlier in the night. At
SlammiversarySlammiversary was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which took place on June 17, 2007 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the third event under the Slammiversary chronology and marked the fifth anniversary of...
, VKM beat Basham and Damaja, but VKM's associate
Lance HoytLance Wait Hoyt is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two time NWA World Tag Team Champion with Kid Kash while the title was under the TNA banner...
turned on them and kissed Hemme.
Basham and Damaja were then released from the company, and Hoyt formed a partnership with
Jimmy RaveJames Guffey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Jimmy Rave. He was previously employed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Career:...
, named The Rock 'n Rave Infection, with Hemme as their manager. In the winter of 2007, Hemme, Rave, and Hoyt entered into a feud with The Latin American Xchange (LAX) faction after being attacked several times by a mysterious assailant. The assailant was revealed to be
Shelly MartinezShelly Leonor Martinez is an Mexican-American model, professional wrestler and valet. She is also known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand under the ring name Ariel and for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Salinas as valet to The Latin American...
(Salinas) at Final Resolution following LAX's victory over the Infection. Shortly after Final Resolution, The Rock 'n Rave Infection began a new gimmick, acting as though they were a rock band with Hemme portraying the
lead singerThe lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. Lead vocalists may also play one or more instruments...
. On the March 13 episode of
Impact, Hemme, Rave and Hoyt won a six-person tag team match against LAX after Hemme hit Salinas with a guitar. At
No SurrenderNo Surrender was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , which took place on September 14, 2008 at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada...
, Hemme, Hoyt, and Rave lost in an intergender six person tag team match against
Shark BoyDean Mathew Roll is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Shark Boy. He has been wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as an enhancement talent since 2002.-Early career:...
,
Curry ManDaniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestling as Daniels. He has also wrestled as Curry Man and Suicide...
, and
Super EricJeremy Fritz is a Canadian professional wrestler, best known under his ring name Eric Young. He currently performs for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he is the current Legends Champion.-Career:...
.
Singles competition (2008–present)
Hemme turned into a
fan favoriteIn professional wrestling, a face or babyface is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains. Not everything a face wrestler does must be heroic: faces need only to be cheered by the audience to be effective characters...
on the October 16, 2008 episode of
Impact when she was attacked by
The Beautiful PeopleThe Beautiful People, sometimes referred to with its sorority name Mi Pi Sexy, is a villainous alliance of professional wrestlers, currently consisting of Velvet Sky, Madison Rayne, and Lacey Von Erich...
backstage. She feuded with them, which resulted in two consecutive tag team matches with ODB and Sojourner Bolt respectively. After showcasing improved wrestling skills, Hemme was then placed into a more active in-ring role, being pushed to challenge Awesome Kong at
Final ResolutionFinal Resolution was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , which took place on December 7, 2008 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the fifth event under the Final Resolution chronology and second Final Resolution event to take...
after defeating Raisha Saeed on the November 27 edition of
TNA Impact!TNA Impact! is a professional wrestling television program for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling that currently airs on in the United States and Canada on Spike, and airs on Bravo in the United Kingdom...
. Hemme then teamed with
A.J. StylesAllen Jones , better known by his ring name A.J. Styles , is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is the current TNA World Heavyweight Champion...
in a mixed tag team match against
Awesome KongKia Stevens is an American professional wrestler better known by her ring names Amazing Kong and Awesome Kong, who is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, SHIMMER, NWA, and various independent promotions in the United States and Japan. She is a multiple time TNA Women's Knockout...
and
Scott SteinerScott Carl Rechsteiner is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Scott Steiner. Steiner is perhaps best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling alongside his older brother Rick as the Steiner Brothers and as a member of the New World Order...
, where Hemme pinned Kong. At Final Resolution, it appeared Hemme was about to win the title, but was attacked by Saeed and
Rhaka KhanTrenesha Biggers is a model and professional wrestler who previously worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Rhaka Khan. She was in the final top 25 in the 2005 WWE Diva Search....
, thus winning on a disqualification. Hemme was then granted a re-match at Genesis. A week later Hemme teamed with ODB against Khan and Saeed in a winning effort. On January 2009, Hemme sustained a neck injury while training in the ring with Styles for her match and would be unable to compete at Genesis against Awesome Kong. Her injury required surgery and she was out of action for about seven months.
Hemme returned to TNA programming on the August 13, 2009 episode of
Impact! defeating Sojournor Bolt via pinfall. The next week on
Impact she formed an alliance with
TaraLisa Marie Varon , is a American female bodybuilder, fitness competitor and professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Tara. She is best known for her work in World Wrestling Entertainment as VictoriaAs an amateur bodybuilder, Varon won her first competition in...
. when they helped save Madison Rayne from the Beautiful People. Later that night Hemme competed in a Fatal Four-Way match against Sarita, Awesome Kong and Traci Brooks. Brooks won the match after she pinned Hemme. On the September 3 edition of
Impact, Hemme competed in the TNA Knockouts Championship qualifier alongside with her tag partner Tara against Sojourner Bolt and
Hamadais a female professional wrestler of mixed Japanese and Mexican descent, currently wrestling in the United States for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Hamada. She is best known for winning several notable titles in Japanese women's pro wrestling, including both the WWWA World Heavyweight...
, which Hemme and Tara won. On September 17 they however lost in the semi finals to the Beautiful People due to interference from
Madison RayneAshley Simmons , is an American professional wrestler best known as her ring name Ashley Lane and her former ring name, Lexi Lane...
. On October 1st on Impact she faced Traci Brooks in a battle of the playboy playmates which she won but was attacked by Traci after the match.
Independent circuit
In November 2006, Hemme participated in the
Queens of ChaosQueens of Chaos is a French based female independent professional wrestling promotion created in 2005. Queens of Chaos promotes its own shows but also showcases matches on its parent promotion Fighting Spirit Federation, which mainly deals with the male side of professional wrestling...
shows in
Paris, FranceParis is the capital of France and the country's most populous city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. She wrestled two matches with
April HunterApril Hunter is an American professional wrestling valet, fitness and glamour model, and former professional wrestler.-World Championship Wrestling :...
; Hemme won the first match, but lost the second. She then defeated
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wrestler Minx to earn the right to referee the championship match, which was eventually won by Hunter. On July 21, 2007, Hemme defeated Ann Brookstone at a
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event in
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with
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acting as Special Guest Referee. She has also competed in
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under the ring name Kristy Hemme.
Music and acting
In September 2006, Hemme recorded a song entitled "Society Box", which was featured on TNA's November 21, 2006 music release,
3rd Degree Burns. Hemme is also the founder and lead singer in HEMME. The band released five songs on their
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: "In This Moment", "Visit Me Mom", "Shine", "Dear You", and "Dirty"; the songs have since been removed. Christy has now released another song, Don't Give Up on her official Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/Hemmepowered, and a HEMME EP Named "Where are You" which is available on iTunes.
In December 2006, Hemme recorded a scene for
Bloodstained MemoirsBloodstained Memoirs is a professional wrestling documentary which began production in 2005. It is compiled by interviews featuring wrestlers synonymous with different eras in wrestling and different wrestling regions...
, a wrestling documentary. Hemme made her acting debut in the film
Fallen Angels, portraying the deadly sin "Lust". She also filmed a role in another
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tentatively titled
Bubba's Chili Parlor, playing a
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.
Personal life
Hemme has a brother, David, and a sister, Deena Hemme, who is also a model. Her father, Robert, owns an
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agency in her hometown of
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. Her mother Susan died in 2002. Christy stated in the
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Viva Las Divas that the week she won the WWE Raw Diva Search was on the anniversary of her mom's death. Although she is a natural blonde, she dyes her hair red.
Hemme is an avid
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. She owns a
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Dyna Wide Glide Low Rider. Hemme also has several tattoos. They include an eagle on her left wrist, a heart on her right wrist, a star with a heart in the middle on the back of her neck, a linking design running down her right side, matching loop triangles on the outsides of both wrists, a small heart on her lower back, and a heart with the same loop triangle in the middle on her left shoulder, which has since been expanded. Hemme also has several
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: in her ears, tongue, bellybutton, and two in her nostril.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- FFG – Flying Firecrotch Guillotine (Diving split–legged guillotine leg drop pin) – TNA
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- innovated
- Reverse Twist of fate – adopted from Lita
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- Tornado DDT
- Signature moves
- Inverted DDT
- Leaping clothesline
- Snap DDT
In professional wrestling a DDT is any move in which the wrestler falls down or backwards to drive a held opponent's head into the mat. The classic DDT is performed by putting the opponent in a front facelock and falling backwards so that the opponent is forced to dive forward onto his or her...
- Split-legged sunset flip from out of the corner, as a counter to an oncoming opponent
- Victory roll
- Managers
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- Lita
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- Wrestlers managed
- Basham and Damaja
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- Eugene
Nicholas "Nick" Dinsmore is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time working World Wrestling Entertainment...
- The Heart Throbs
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(RomeoGiovanni Roselli best known as Romeo Roselli is a professional wrestler and actor best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment on the Raw brand as one half of the "Heart Throbs" and is not to be confused with another wrestler by the name of Kid Romeo.- Career :Roselli began...
and AntonioThomas "Tom" Matera best known as Antonio Thomas is a professional wrestler. He is best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand as one half of the "Heart Throbs."...
)
- Legion of Doom (Animal
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and HeidenreichJon Heidenreich is an American professional wrestler of Austrian descent, better known simply as Heidenreich. He is currently working for various independent promotions, including Nu-Wrestling Evolution and One Pro Wrestling...
)
- The Rock 'n Rave Infection (Lance Rock
Lance Wait Hoyt is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two time NWA World Tag Team Champion with Kid Kash while the title was under the TNA banner...
and Jimmy RaveJames Guffey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Jimmy Rave. He was previously employed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Career:...
)
- Tiana Ringer
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- Traci Brooks
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- Theme music
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- "Walk Idiot Walk
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" by The HivesThe Hives are a Swedish rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival, playing garage punk. Their mainstream success came with the release of the "greatest hits" album Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most well-known song "Hate to...
(WWE)
- "Pour Some Sugar on Me
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" by Def LeppardDef Leppard are an English rock band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria, Def Leppard became one of the top-selling rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums...
(OVW)
- "Wasting Away" by Manic Drive
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(TNA)
- "Society Box" performed by Christy Hemme
- "Rock 'N Rave Infection" by Dale Oliver
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(Used while managing The Rock 'n Rave Infection)
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Championships and accomplishments
- Playboy
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- Cover Girl
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(April 2005)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Pro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
42 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2008
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , a privately controlled integrated-media and sports entertainment company, deals primarily in professional wrestling. It uses television, the Internet, and live events, with additional major revenue sources from product licensing and direct product sales...
- Knockout of the Year (2006)
- World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is a publicly-traded, privately-controlled integrated media and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
- WWE Diva Search
The WWE Diva Search was a talent competition held by World Wrestling Entertainment which ran from 2003 until 2007. The aim of the contest was to find the newest WWE Diva to add to the WWE roster. The first winner was Jaime Koeppe, but she did not receive a contract like subsequent winners of the...
(2004)
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