Kellie Skater
Kellie Skater | |
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SHIMMER Champion in 2016 | |
Birth name | Callee Keating[1] |
Born | [2][3] Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia[4][2] | 30 September 1987
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Kellie Skater |
Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[4] |
Billed weight | 139 lb (63 kg; 9.9 st)[4] |
Billed from | Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia |
Trained by | George Julio[4][2] Shon Bester[4][5] Mike Burr[2][5] |
Debut | 2007[6] |
Retired | 25 February 2017[7] |
Callee Keating (born 30 September 1987) is an Australian retired professional wrestler best known by her ring name Kellie Skater.[1][8] She has wrestled internationally, in Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States.[8] She is perhaps best known for her work in Shimmer Women Athletes, where she is a former Shimmer Champion and a former Shimmer Tag Team Champion together with Tomoka Nakagawa as 3G (Global Green Gangsters), Together as a team, they also hold the record for the longest reign at 727 days.[8]
Career
Early career; Australian promotions
Skater made her professional wrestling debut in March 2007 in a
On 3 July 2010, Skater won a Last Woman Standing tournament in PWWA, by first defeating Miami, then
While wrestling for New Horizon Pro Wrestling, Skater defeated champion Bombshell Bo to win the IndyGurlz Australian Title on 16 July 2011; she lost the title on 31 August 2012 to Sway.[14][15]
While wrestling for Pacific Pro Wrestling (PPW), Skater defeated champion Madison Eagles on 21 September 2013 to become the Pacific Women's Champion, and went on to retain her title against Storm on 16 November 2013. She lost the title to Kellyanne at a New Horizons Pro Wrestling event on 22 May 2015.[16]
SHIMMER and Shine
Skater made her debut for
From 2009 to 2012 in SHIMMER , Skater did not experience much success in her singles matches; in
On 19 October 2012, Skater debuted for
Skater and Nakagawa went on to adopt the team name of 3G (Global Green Gangsters);
At the SHIMMER Volume 62 iPPV on 5 April 2014, 3G retained their titles against the team of Nicole Matthews and
On 13 November 2016, Skater defeated Mercedes Martinez for the Shimmer Championship.[36] She lost the title back to Martinez the following day.[37]
Other international exploits
From 2011 to 2013, Skater wrestled in Japan during the Japanese winter period (also the Australian summer period). Skater started out in Japan by wrestling for the S Ovation and Joshi4Hope promotions, and later branched out to wrestle for Wrestle-1, Zero1, Sendai Girls, Stardom, Wave and Reina. Skater had stated her interest to return or move to Japan, which she said is her "happy place".[8]
From 2011, Skater has also wrestled in Canada for NCW Femmes Fatales.[8][38]
On 6 December 2015, she won the vacant
Retirement
On 23 February 2017, Skater appeared at Stardom's show at Korakuen Hall to announce her retirement from professional wrestling.[41] Her official retirement ceremony took place three days later at an Oz Academy event in Shinjuku Face.[7]
Championships and accomplishments
- New Horizon Pro Wrestling
- Pacific Pro Wrestling
- Pacific Women's Championship (1 time)[16]
- Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 15 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2013[48]
- Shimmer Women Athletes
- 1 time)[36]
- Shimmer Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tomoka Nakagawa[8]
- World Wonder Ring Stardom
- Evie and Hiroyo Matsumoto[39]
References
- ^ a b Brown, Terry. "The young and the wrestlers". Herald Sun. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Kellie Skater's Profile". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ "I was born in 1987..." Kellie Skater. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "NCW Femmes Fatales profile". Northern Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Ten Questions with Kellie Skater". Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ a b "So. March hey. Month of my wrestling debut anniversary! I started back in March 2007. A big month!". Kellie Skater. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ a b "2016/02/26(日) 18:00~ 「 ~コノヤロー!~ 」". Oz Academy (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Laprade, Patric (28 March 2014). "Long road brings Kellie Skater back to SHIMMER". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Trionfo, Richard. "Complete Shine4 iPPV coverage: Saraya Knight defends the Shimmer title; Rain vs. Christina von Eerie; Mercedes Martinez makes a statement; and more". PWInsider. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
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- ^ "4/14 Shimmer No. 57 results: Berwyn, Illinois (Allison Danger's retirement match)". Wrestleview. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
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- ^ Trionfo, Richard. "Shimmer 62 report: Cheerleader Melissa versus LuFisto 2 out of 3 falls; 3G versus Eagles and Matthews; and more". PWInsider. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ Namako, Jason (21 April 2014). "4/18 Shine 18 iPPV results: Ybor City, FL (Ivelisse vs. Knight)". Wrestleview. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ Csonka, Larry (11 April 2015). "Shimmer 72 DVD Taping Results 4.11.15". 411Mania. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ a b Bentley, Martin (13 November 2016). "11/12 Shimmer 87 & 88 results in Chicago, IL, new Shimmer Champion crowned". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ Bentley, Martin (14 November 2016). "11/13 Shimmer 89 & 90 results from Berwyn, IL". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ Hunter, Colin (25 January 2011). "Kellie Skater talks a big game". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b 2015年12月6日 Goddesses of Stars2015. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ 2016年2月28日 大阪大会. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). 28 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ "Feb 23 Korakuen Hall". Twitter. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "NHPW Global Conflict Results | No Holds Barred Girls". Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ "NHPW Global Conflict 2016 - Tag 2 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016.
- ^ "PWWA 'Last Woman Standing' Tournament - RESULTS - July 3rd 2010 | PWA Australia". Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ "PWA Ladies Show Last Woman Standing « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 26 April 2016.
- ^ "PWWA Champion – Belt History". Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ "Kellie Skater profile". Shine Wrestling. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) Female 50 for 2013". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
External links
- Kellie Skater on Twitter
- Kellie Skater on Facebook
- Kellie Skater on Instagram
- Kellie Skater's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database