Sassy Stephie

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Sassy Stephie
Sassy Stephie in September 2015
Birth nameStephanie Sager[1]
Born (1984-03-18) March 18, 1984 (age 40)[2]
Akron, Ohio, United States[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Brenda Jones[3]
Sassy Stephanie[2]
Sassy Stephie[2]
Sassy Stephie Sinclair[4]
Sassy Stephy[5]
Billed height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[5]
Billed weight116 lb (53 kg)[5]
Billed fromAkron, Ohio[6]
Las Vegas, Nevada[7]
Trained byJeff Cannon[8]
DebutMarch 10, 2007[2]

Stephanie Sager (born March 18, 1984) is an American

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Professional wrestling career

Training and early career (2005–2008)

Stephanie began her career as a

professional wrestling promotion in Ohio, starting when the regular announcer was unavailable in August 2005.[7][8] As Stephanie worked as a D. J. at a bowling alley, she was given the opportunity to announce the show and began the regular announcer.[7] She later began training at Jeff Cannon's school.[8] She made her professional wrestling debut for Ohio Championship Wrestling (OCW) in March 2007, as part of the promotion's first annual Ladies Night, and returned for Ladies Night Out 2 in March 2008.[5][7]

Shimmer Women Athletes (2008–present)

Stephie debuted in

Courtney Rush and Athena, and lost to Hiroyo Matsumoto in October at Volume 49. She defeated Su Yung at the taping of Volume 50, before losing to Kalamity at Volume 52.[9]

Stephie then re-joined forces with Nevaeh, alongside Mademoiselle Rachelle, and performed in tag team matches throughout 2013 and 2014.[11][12][13] On October 20, 2013, at Volume 60, Stephie and Nevaeh unsuccessfully challenged 3G (Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa) for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship.[14] She also competed in singles matches, accompanied by Rachelle as a manager, losing to Thunderkitty and Santana.[15][16]

Women Superstars Uncensored (2009–2015)

The Midwest Militia tag team - Sassy Stephie (left) and Allysin Kay in September 2015

Stephanie debuted for

Alicia, and Brittney Savage) at the Breaking Barriers II internet pay-per-view in November. On March 3, 2012, Stephie and Kay won the WSU Tag Team Championship by defeating the Soul Sisters (Jana and Latasha). They successfully defended the championship against the teams of Alicia and Brittney Savage and the Soul Sisters in April.[17]

As part of a talent exchange, The Midwest Militia began competing for the Canadian promotion

Lexxus.[20] On February 8, 2014, Stephie and Kay lost the WSU Tag Team Championship to Kimber Lee and Annie Social, when Havok, who was substituting for Kay, attacked Stephie during the match.[21] In May, Stephie joined forces with D. J. Hyde to enter the King and Queen of the King tournament, but were eliminated in the first round by Shanna and Chris Dickinson.[22] In November, Stephie announced she had become part of WSU management, and introduced an assistant, Amanda Rodriguez. The pair, along with Mademoiselle Rachelle, later attacked WSU Champion LuFisto.[23]

Other independents (2007–present)

Sassy Stephie during a match in June 2014

Stephie has competed for many other independents, mainly in the Midwest. In 2007, she debuted for Ladysports in Tennessee. In 2008 and 2009, she worked a couple of shows for Ring of Honor, including a Ring of Honor Wrestling television taping on March 1, 2009.[24][25] She has competed for Chikara in Philadelphia,[26] and made her international debut in 2010, working for several promotions in the United Kingdom. Stephie competed on the first ever Jersey All Pro Wrestling Women's Division show in January 2009, where she lost to Roxie Cotton. She returned in November 2009 with a victory over Fate, and defeated Allison Danger at the next show in January 2010.[27]

Stephie competes for Absolute Intense Wrestling, and has appeared on several of the Girls Night Out events.[28][29] She has also appeared for the Queens of Combat promotion.[30]

Upon debuting for Shine Wrestling in 2013, Stephie quickly formed an alliance with Jessie Belle Smothers, called Southern n' Sass. They feuded with The American Sweethearts (Santana and Amber O'Neal, and defeated them at Shine 15 to force the team to disband.[31][32] The duo entered a tournament to determine the inaugural Shine Tag Team Champions; they defeated Mseerie (Christina Von Eerie and MsChif) to advance to the semi-finals, but lost to The Lucha Sisters (Leva Bates and Mia Yim).[33] In March 2014, Stephie and Smothers were part of a four-way tag team match to determine the number one contenders to the Shine Tag Team Championship; the match was won by Legendary (Brandi Wine and Malia Hosaka).[34]

Other media

Podcasting

On September 24, 2020, Stephie began hosting her own podcast named Talkin' Sass, with Nevaeh being her first guest.[35]

Personal life

Stephie previously worked for UPS.[7] She attended the Ohio Center for Broadcasting.[1] She was part of the Fireball Run television series.[1]

Championships and accomplishments

Notes

  1. ^ The title was called the Remix Pro Women's Championship during Stephie's first reign.

References

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