Shawna Elizabeth
| Shawna Elizabeth | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
| Residence | Tampa, Florida |
| Website | VyperOnline.com |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Vyper CJ Vyper Shawna Elizabeth |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Billed weight | 123 lb (56 kg) |
| Trained by | Jimmy Snuka Soulman Alex G Showtime JB Cool |
| Debut | June 16, 2007 (as a valet) March 22, 2008 (as a professional wrestler) |
| Retired | 2011 |
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Shawna Elizabeth Broyles[1] is an American retired professional wrestler, manager and valet, known by her ring name Vyper. She performed primarily for Coastal Championship Wrestling, a Florida-based promotion which showcases students from Jimmy Snuka's Body Slam University and The Dudley Boyz' Team 3D Academy, and managed several former Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment professional wrestlers on the Southeastern United States independent circuit. She was also a model for a variety of magazines.
Career[edit]
Shawna Elizabeth was born and raised in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She often watched televised wrestling matches with her grandfather and eventually became interested in professional wrestling as a child. Among her favorite wrestlers growing up were Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, The Undertaker, Bret "the Hitman" Hart and "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels. It was while following the series of matches between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit that she considered a career in professional wrestling.[2] and she began calling up promotions in her area. After her first meeting with a local promoter, he agreed to use her on his next show. Much of her early experience was spent working as a ring girl and as part of the ring crew.[3]
Around 2002, Elizabeth was modeling in a local fashion show with another wrestler, "Showtime" JB Cool. It was Cool that gave Elizabeth her initial training,[3] later followed by Jimmy Snuka and Soulman Alex G,[4][5] prior to making her debut. Her in-ring debut was a battle royal but she later had her first wrestling match against Angel. She used various ringnames during her early career, most often Shawna or CJ Vyper, prior to using Vyper as her regular ringname. The name originated from a childhood nickname Elizabeth's mother used for her.[4][6]
During the next three years, she spent time in both the Florida and California "indy circuit" as well as balancing a modeling career. She modeled for a number of magazines including Axis Magazine, Bayou Vixen Magazine, Fitness Model Magazine, FHM, Hellions Magazine, Hollywood Model Magazine, Indy Circuit Pulse, Model Vanity Magazine, Naked Paper 7, Piledriver Magazine, Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Real Gainz Fitness Magazine, VBlazin Magazine, Wrestling Time Magazine and Zoo Weekly.[3][7]
In 2007, Elizabeth became a regular manager and valet in Coastal Championship Wrestling, a promotion based in Coral Springs, Florida which featured students from Snuka's Body Slam University and Team 3D's wrestling school, Team 3D Academy.[8] At one point, she worked for numerous independent promotions including FPWA Wrestling, Division-1 Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Dynasty and Larry Goodman's UXW Pro Wrestling but left to concentrate on her career in CCW.[3] She was a regular valet for independent wrestler Lou Cypher, who often used her outside interference to win matches.
On June 16, Elizabeth appeared at a UXW house show as the manager of Goldust in his match against Sabu. On September 29, Elizabeth was abducted by Mister Saint Laurent during the UXW 15th Anniversary Show at the Central Florida Fairgrounds Pavilion. This was part of a storyline in which a "ring girl" was jokingly named as the winner of a "Win a Date with Vyper" contest. The event was later released by the promotion on dvd entitled "UXW: To Hell and Back".[9]
In February 2008, she was profiled in the "Open Mic" Section of Fighting Spirit Magazine and appeared as that month's centerfold. She also posed as the official model for Princess Peach in Official Nintendo Magazine.[3] That same year, she was a participant in the Miss UXW and Bobbi Billard Calendar Contests. She later had posters, calendars and other merchandise sold at Spencer's Gifts. She was interviewed by W.C. Hatfield on "The Wrestling Hotseat" radio show where she discussed her past and current career as well as explaining the merchandising process from her newly created website. A unique concept for her interview was based on a "before-and-after" interview following her first wrestling march, a battle royal, which took place at a CCW event at the Coral Springs Gymnasium on March 22.[4]
On August 29, the popularity of her MySpace page was featured in the St. Petersburg Times reporting that she was the fifth most popular "friend" with residents of St. Petersburg, Florida. With then over 30,000 friends, Elizabeth was ranked behind Ruby Luster, Bubba the Love Sponge, King CJ and Jim Rose Circus.[10]
Elizabeth was present at Coastal Championship Wrestling's first supercard of the year, Valentine Vengeance, in February 2009. She was managing her wrestler then a participant in the battle royal.[11] That same month, she was nominated by a fan-based Yahoo fan club Indy Divas as the "2008 Indy Personality of the Year" along with Alicia, Irresistible Danielle, Amy Lee, Camron Star and Becky Bayless.[12] Elizabeth was also named "Babe of the Day" by Ign.com and "Miss March 2009" by WUWonline.com,[13] "Girl of the Month" for Wrestlezone.com in May[14] and "Babe of the Bay" by Pro Wrestling Digest in August 2009.[15] In June, Elizabeth appeared against her former trainer Jimmy Snuka in his match with the Cash Money Brothers against Vito DeNucci, Mikhail Ivanoff and the American Taliban in an 8-man tag team match on Summer Smackdown. Following this, Elizabeth continued her managerial role in CCW until retiring in 2011 to focus on photography.
References[edit]
- ↑ "ST. PETE'S FRIENDLIEST VIXEN".
- ↑ DeBlasi, Anthony; Kevin Castle (2006-11-22). "The Masked Maniac Show (11/22/2006)". Don Tony & Kevin Castle Show. ProWrestlingWebcast.com.[dead link]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Porter, Michael (2008-10-19). "Oct 19th, 2008: Lucious Johnny Valiant and Vyper". Wrestling-Radio.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hatfield, W.C. (March 2008). "Vyper". The Audio & Video Archives of The Wrestling Hotseat. MyVirtualBC.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Martin, Adam (2008-04-22). "UCW moves venue, Showcase on 5/3, WWA on 5/16, indy ladies - more". News. Wrestleview.com.
- ↑ "Smarked for Death - Vyper!". TeamHellions.com. 2010-07-10.
- ↑ DeBlasi, Anthony; Kevin Castle. "Masked Maniac Webcast 5/3, 5/10/2007 (Wrestling-News.com)". Don Tony & Kevin Castle Show. ProWrestlingWebcast.com.[dead link]
- ↑ Woodward, Buck (2008-10-30). "PWInsider Q&A: Evan Bourne, Vyper, Orton Calling Out The McMahons And More". PWInsider.com.
- ↑ "UXW Presents The 15th Anniversary Show!." DeclarationofIndependents.net Ed. Sean McCaffey. N.p., 26 Jan. 2008. Web. 28 Sep. 2009 <www.declarationofindependents.net/doi/pages/uxw104ppr.html>.
- ↑ "St. Petersburg's friendliest Vyper". St. Petersburg Times. TampaBay.com. 2008-08-29. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
- ↑ Siki, Sweet Daddy (2009-03-01). "Valentine's Vengeance Review By Sweet Daddy Siki". Sweet Daddy Siki Speaks... CoastalChampionshipWrestling.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Reese, Brian (2009-02-23). "Sat.,Feb. 28th is the deadline to cast your votes @ INDY DIVAS". LordsofPain.net. Archived from the original on 2009-02-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Miss March 2009 - Vyper". WUWOnline.com. March 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-06-07. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "May 2009: Vyper". Wrestlezone Girl of the Month. Wrestlezone.com. 2009-05-12. Archived from the original on 2011-05-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Belcher, Karen (2009-08-04). "Today's Babe of the Day is Vyper!". ProWrestlingDigest.com.
External links[edit]
- VyperOnline.com
- Vyper on Myspace
- Profile at CoastalChampionshipWrestling.com
- Profile at Online World of Wrestling
- Profile at Modsheet.com
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