In the Services and Programs list below, ** = in person, socially distanced events. [3] Kociański credits this as when she fell in love with professional wrestling. [130] The couple married on October 30, 2016. a Phoenix lost and regained the championship from Victoria Crawford during her second reign; neither reigns are officially recognized by OVW. [2] Phoenix made her last appearance in OVW at their August 15 television tapings where she lost to Lea in a number one contenders match. [1][3][4] She became the North-East freestyle women's champion in 1999, and also won at the New York State Fair Tournament the same year. But what I did was compartmentalize that. Share Share Tweet Email Comment. The Glamazon Beth Phoenix was one of several former women’s superstars to show up for the 2020 edition of the women’s Royal Rumble match this …
By a minute, Phoenix actually means more than a year. When James finally escaped, Phoenix claimed that James had "ruined her life", and would not let her get away with it, before calling her a "psycho". [3] She cites Bret Hart, Sgt. [78] Phoenix later declared that she was tired of the "perky bimbos" that comprised the rest of the Divas division, and was on a mission to make a mockery of the other Divas, and was joined by Natalya to form The Divas of Doom. We also get your email address to automatically create an account for you in our website. Since then, the excuse has been that the company was focused on making the first-ever women's match happen in Saudi Arabia. After her debut in May 2001, she wrestled for numerous independent promotions. And I knew what time they started, and I was like, ‘Wait a minute.’ So anyway, he finally told me he was okay. As of 2020, Beth Phoenix is married to Adam Copeland. Raw 2009 and appears in WWE SmackDown vs. 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. [91] After this, Phoenix competed only sporadically for a few months, including a tag team match at WrestleMania XXVIII, where she and Eve Torres were defeated by Kelly Kelly and Maria Menounos. While there, she won the OVW Women's Championship twice, although her second reign is not officially recognized by OVW. [1][15] The storyline was short-lived, and the following month Phoenix was repackaged as the manager of Aaron "The Idol" Stevens. The WWE Evolution event back in 2018 was considered to be a big success as the first ever women’s only pay-per-view event in company history.

[54] She was pinned by James one week later in a non-title match, and was once again attacked by Melina post-match. [53] The next night on Raw, Phoenix teamed with Katie Lea Burchill to defeat Melina and James in a tag team match. [88] Phoenix successfully retained her championship against Torres again at Survivor Series on November 20 in a Lumberjill match, and against Kelly at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 18.[89][90]. His love of wrestling is matched equally by a passion for writing, and Josh graduated from the University of the West of England with a degree in journalism in 2014. Beth Phoenix Tries To Re-Spark Conversation About Evolution II. [121][122][123], Phoenix returned to the ring for the first time since the previous year's WrestleMania during the Women's Royal Rumble match at the 2020 Royal Rumble event, entering at number 19 and lasting over 23 minutes before being eliminated by Shayna Baszler, finishing in third place. Beth Phoenix was born on November 24, 1980 in Elmira, New York, USA as Elizabeth Kocianski.

Further successful defenses followed against Torres on the January 30, 2012, episode of Raw and Tamina Snuka at Elimination Chamber on February 19. We plan to begin in-person services outdoors in the evenings during Sukkot (October 2–11) with a virtual attendance option for those who cannot attend in person. [129][6][7][8][9] Their second daughter, named Ruby Ever Copeland, was born on May 31, 2016. (1999), Clash Time (2011) and WWE Superstars (2009). Lea won the match and was presented with the title belt on the first show of 2007. 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.[6][7][8][9]. In October 2018, WWE staged its first-ever all-women's PPV. We are here to serve our congregation and the community and it takes your support to do so. ", "WWE's 'NXT' Moves to USA Network as Wrestling Competition Heats Up", "Charlotte Flair won the 30-Woman Royal Rumble Match", "WWE Raw results, March 2, 2020: The Viper RKOs Beth Phoenix after twisted explanation for attacking Edge", "WWE Hall Of Famer Edge Reveals How He Met Wife Beth Phoenix", "Former WWE Stars Welcome Daughter, Rusev-Lana Wedding Update, Goldberg and More", "2015 Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion Winners and Photos", "HOF news: Former Women's champion Beth Phoenix announced for Waterloo Hall of Fame", "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) Female 50 for 2008", "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) Female 50 for 2012", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beth_Phoenix&oldid=980425466, Professional wrestlers from New York (state), Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages which use embedded infobox templates with the title parameter, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2020, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Ranked No.