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Jamie Szantyr (born June 2, 1981)[5] is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Velvet Sky. She also works outside of TNA as Talia Madison.
Early career
Szantyr was trained to wrestle at Jason Knight's "House of Pain Pro Wrestling Dojo".[5] After completing her training, she began working as a valet and wrestler on the independent circuit using the ring names Miss Talia, Talia Doll, and Talia Madison. On the independent circuit, she formed a tag team known as T&A with April Hunter.[4] She was booked to her first wrestling championship during her time in World Xtreme Wrestling, getting the WXW Women's Championship after winning a battle royal on May 29, 2004.[7]
Szantyr made a few appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment in 2005 and 2006.[6] On the February 24, 2005 edition of WWE SmackDown!, she appeared as an extra during the JBL "Celebration of Excellence" party. She was then defeated by Victoria on July 11 in a match taped for WWE Heat.[8] On January 2, 2006, she and Trinity were planted in the front row of the audience to be selected to dance with The Heart Throbs after their match in another Heat segment.[9] She also auditioned for the 2007 Diva Search, but did not make the final eight.[6][10]
As Talia Madison, she held Defiant Pro Wrestling Women's title, which she got on April 8, 2006 after defeating Alere Little Feather and Nikki Roxx in a three-way match.[4] She also wrestled in Women's Extreme Wrestling as Talia Doll, where she and April Hunter held the WEW Tag Team titles. The duo, known as T&A, defeated Amber O'Neal and Lollipop to get the title on WEW's April 6, 2006 pay-per-view.[11] She also held the WEW World Women's title (as Talia Madison), defeating Angel Orsini on May 5 2007.[4]
[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
When Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) announced the creation of their women's division in 2007, Szantyr, using her Talia Madison ring name, was announced as one of the ten wrestlers in a 10-woman Gauntlet match to crown the first TNA Women's World Champion at Bound for Glory pay-per-view.[12] Before the show she made non-wrestling appearances on the October 5 episode of TNA Today[13] and the October 11 Impact!, standing at ringside for the debut match of Awesome Kong along with the other gauntlet match participants. In the weeks following the gauntlet match, her ring name was changed to Velvet Sky.
[edit] The Beautiful People
Main article: The Beautiful People
Angelina Love (left) and Velvet Sky as The Beautiful PeopleAt the December Turning Point pay-per-view, Sky and Angelina Love were paired together and dubbed "Velvet Love Entertainment",[14] later renamed to "The Beautiful People". After defeating O.D.B. and Roxxi Laveaux early in the show, Love and Sky assisted Gail Kim in her match against Awesome Kong.[14] They assisted Kim again after another match against Kong on the December 6 edition of Impact! and at Final Resolution pay-per-view, helping to stop a brawl post match.[15]
On the March 13 edition of Impact!, Sky and Love attacked Roxxi Laveaux and later that night Gail Kim, thus becoming heels for the first time in TNA. At Lockdown, Sky and Love participated in the first ever "Queen of the Cage" match, which was won by Laveaux when Laveaux pinned Love inside the cage. Sky and Love participated in the Make Over Battle Royal-Ladder Match at Sacrifice, which was won by Gail Kim. A pre-match stipulation determined that the loser of the ladder match portion of the match would have their head shaved, unless this was Gail Kim, otherwise Love would have her head shave. Sky and Love later added another factor to their gimmicks, placing brown paper bags over opponents heads. Soon after, Moose joined The Beautiful People, but she was quickly removed from the stable and the TNA roster after suffering an injury on the independent circuit. On July 17 episode of Impact!, Sky won a Knockouts Battle Royal for number one contendership to the Women's Knockout Championship, but lost the title match the next week as well as two more title matches immediately following to then champion Taylor Wilde.
The Beautiful People began associating with Cute Kip, who become known as their "fashionist". At Bound for Glory IV, The Beautiful People and Cute Kip were defeated by ODB, Rhaka Khan, and Rhino. In April 2009, Kip was "fired" from the stable twice before finally becoming a road agent for the company. The team gained a new member in Madison Rayne. Sky was in Love's corner when she defeated Kong and Wilde to claim the TNA Women's Knockout Championship at Lockdown. Sky was also in Love's corner at Slammiversary where she helped her defeat Tara by spraying hairspray in her eyes. At Hard Justice Sky, along with Angelina Love, competed in a tag match against ODB and Cody Deaner in a losing effort when Deaner pinned Sky causing Love to lose the Championship to ODB.[16]
After this loss, Madison Rayne was kicked out of The Beautiful People, with the pair vowing revenge in the upcoming tournament for the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship. The last of the four quarter final matches pitted The Beautiful People against Madison Rayne and a mystery partner. This mystery partner was later revealed to be the returning Roxxi. Regardless, The Beautiful People won the match and advanced to the semi-finals.
Since that match was taped, Angelina Love had been released from her TNA Wrestling contract due to work visa issues. TNA Wrestling has not given any indication as to how this effects the tournament, No Surrender or Velvet Sky.
[edit] Personal life
In high school, Szantyr competed in cheerleading, softball, cross-country, and track.[6] Szantyr was previously in a relationship with WWE superstar Gregory Helms,[17] but the two of them have since broken up.[18] She is also good friends with Matt and Jeff Hardy, Shannon Moore as well as her Beautiful People partner, Lauren Williams. She has several tattoos including a pattern on her left biceps, a small rose with dead plants on her lower back, a rose on her upper back on the right side, a star on her left thumb, and has a navel piercing. She is a fan of the New York Yankees.
In wrestling
Sky at a TNA EventFinishing moves
Beauty Mark[19] (Double knee backbreaker or a straight jacket sitout sleeper slam) – TNA
Blonde Ambition[3] (Diving neckbreaker) – independent circuit
Re-TALIA-tion[4] (Straight jacket sitout sleeper slam) – independent circuit
Spinning facebuster, sometimes from the top rope
Signature moves
Diving crossbody
Hurricanrana
Northern lights suplex[4]
Octopus stretch while biting the trapped arm, sometimes into a sunset flip
Reverse bulldog[4]
Running front dropkick
Russian legsweep
Sitout jawbreaker
Snapmare followed by a shoot kick to the back of the opponent's head
Stink face
Triangle choke[3]
With Angelina Love
Finishing moves
Makeover[1] (Russian legsweep (Sky) / Running bicycle kick (Love) combination)
Signature moves
Hollering Elbow (Double elbow drop, with theatrics)
With Madison Rayne
Double straight jacket sleeper slam
Wrestlers managed
The Brain Surgeons
Danny Demanto
Simon Diamond
Romeo Roselli
Matt Striker
John Walters
Dylan Kage
Jason Knight
Entrance themes
"Goodies" by Ciara (WXW)
"Just a Lil Bit" by 50 Cent (Independent circuit)
"Angel On My Shoulder" by Dale Oliver (TNA)
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
Defiant Pro Wrestling
DPW Women's Championship (1 time)[20]
Georgia Wrestling Alliance
GWA Ladies Championship (1 time)[21]
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked her #23 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2008[22] and 2009[23]
TNT Pro Wrestling
TNT Women's Championship (1 time)[24]
Universal Wrestling Association
UWA Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ariel
Women's Extreme Wrestling
WEW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[25]
WEW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with April Hunter (1) and Tiffany Madison (1)[11]
World Xtreme Wrestling
WXW Women's Championship (1 time)[7]
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