BETH PHOENIX

Phoenix  in  2011
Birth  name Elizabeth  Kocianski
Born November  24,  1980  (age  34)
Elmira,  New  York,  United  States
Spouse(s) Joey  Carolan  (divorced)
Children 1

Professional  wrestling  career
Ring  name(s) Beth  Phoenix
Fabulous  Firebird
Firebird
Phoenix
Billed  height 5  ft  7  in  (1.70  m)
Billed  weight 150  lb  (68  kg)
Billed  from Buffalo,  New  York
Trained  by Ron  Hutchinson
Joey  Knight
Robin  Knightwing
Ohio  Valley  Wrestling
Debut May  2001
Retired October  29,  2012

Elizabeth  "Beth"  Kocianski  (born  November  24,  1980)  is  an  American  retired  professional  wrestler,  better  known  by  her  ring  name  Beth  Phoenix.  She  is  best  known  for  her  time  with  WWE,  where  she  is  a  former  WWE  Divas  Champion  and  a  three-time  WWE  Women's  Champion.

Kocianski  had  a  successful  amateur  wrestling  career  in  high  school,  before  being  trained  by  the  All  Knighters.  After  her  debut  in  May  2001,  she  wrestled  for  numerous  independent  promotions,  and  was  the  inaugural  GLORY  Champion.  She  also  appeared  at  the  inaugural  Shimmer  shows.  In  2004,  she  began  working  for  Ohio  Valley  Wrestling  (OVW),  and  signed  a  developmental  contract  with  World  Wrestling  Entertainment  (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  twice  won  the  OVW  Women's  Championship,  although  her  second  reign  is  not  officially  recognized.

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,  although  she  lost  it  in  January  2009.  In  January  2010,  at  the  Royal  Rumble  she  became  the  second  woman  in  history  to  enter  the  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

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