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The Kat
Carter in 2010
Birth nameStacy Lee Carter
Born (1970-09-29) September 29, 1970 (age 53)[1][2]
West Memphis, Arkansas, U.S.[3]
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2000; div. 2003)​
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(m. 2010; div. 2013)​
Family
Brian Lawler (ex-stepson)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)The Kat[3]
Lovely Stacy
Miss Kitty[3]
Stacy[3]
Stacy Carter[3]
Billed height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)[3]
Billed weight106 lb (48 kg)[3]
Trained byAl Snow[3][4]
Ivory[3][4]
Triple H[3][4]
Terry Golden[4]
Debut1998[3]
Retired2011[3]

Stacy Lee Carter (born September 29, 1970) is an American retired

WWF Women's Championship
once.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1998–1999)

Carter was introduced to professional wrestling by her then-partner, Jerry Lawler. She made her wrestling debut on April 18, 1998 in Jonesboro, Arkansas for Power Pro Wrestling.[5]

World Wrestling Federation (1999–2001)

Alliance with Chyna; Women's Champion (1999–2000)

Carter first appeared on World Wrestling Federation (WWF)'s flagship program, Raw is War, on August 23, 1999. She debuted as Miss Kitty, an assistant to Debra, appointed to her by Jeff Jarrett, whom Debra managed.[6] The partnership ended when Jarrett left the company after losing the Intercontinental Championship to Chyna at No Mercy.[6][7] Because Jarrett was departing the company after the match, Miss Kitty began managing Chyna,[7] and then started dressing in 'Chyna-like' clothing and wearing a black wig.[6]

At

Lumberjill Snowbunny match, a match that took place in a snow filled pool surrounded by female wrestlers whose purpose was to keep The Kat and Hervina from leaving the pool.[12]

Rivalry with Terri Runnels (2000)

The Kat then began an on-screen rivalry with

stinkface on Runnels.[15][16] She would at times team up with Jerry Lawler, Rikishi and Al Snow in mix tag matches against Terri with Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn
.

Rivalry with Right to Censor (2001)

See also: Right to Censor

In early 2001, The Kat began a new storyline with a stable called "

Jasmine St. Claire and Cynthia Lynch. At No Way Out, Jerry Lawler, who was representing The Kat, lost a match to Steven Richards, the head of the stable, after The Kat mistakenly hit Lawler with the Women's Championship belt.[17]
As a result of Lawler losing the match, she was forced to join the stable.

On February 27, 2001, The Kat was abruptly released from the WWF in the middle of the Right to Censor storyline.[18] As a result, her husband Jerry Lawler also quit the company.[17][19] According to Lawler, The Kat was released from the WWF because Vince McMahon decided to end the angle with the Right to Censor.[20] Other insiders cite The Kat's negative backstage attitude as the reason for her dismissal.[21] In 2021, Professional wrestling commentator and WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross stated that the reason for The Kat's departure from the WWF was "based on what the writers said, she was too hard to work with. So, they caught Vince on a day when he was not in a really great mood, apparently. I got called in Vince‘s office, 'I want her gone.' 'What?' 'I want her gone today.'" So, you know, that’s where your job becomes very challenging and Vince McMahon’s word was final”.[22]

To cover her departure it was explained that she and Val Venis had a liaison which resulted in her being kicked out of the group. Val managed to stay in the group after an emotional apology on that week's Smackdown.

Late career (2001, 2010-2011, 2015)

Carter at an independent event in 2010.

After Carter and Lawler left the World Wrestling Federation, they worked various independent wrestling events.

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, where she competed in an Arm-Wrestling match against Pissed off Pete in a no-contest. Later that event, Carter accompied Sinn Bohdi to the ring where he competed against George Terzis.[5] Her last match was teaming with Sinn Bohdi defeating Massive Damage and Sexy Samantha at Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW) in Las, Vegas on April 18, 2011.[5]

In 2015, Carter was featured as a guest in WWE's documentary titled Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story, which featured her ex-husband Jerry Lawler.[23] In the same year, she also appeared in an episode of The WWE List, a digital series that aired on WWE.com.[24]

Personal life

Carter's family was originally from West Memphis, Arkansas.[1] After her parents divorced, Carter's mother moved to Memphis, Tennessee.[1] Stacy Carter, however, as well as her younger brother and sister, continued to live with their father, who worked as a policeman, in Arkansas.[1] Carter moved to Memphis to live with her mother, Cathy, after graduating from high school.[1]

Carter met Jerry Lawler, her future husband, at a charity softball game at Treadwell High School in Memphis on July 23, 1989, two months before her nineteenth birthday.[1][2] She was attending the game with her mother, who was dating one of the players on the team for which Lawler also played.[1] Lawler, however, was married at the time, and he claims that when he initially met Carter, he considered an affair.[1] After Lawler separated from his wife, Carter moved in with him.[1] When Carter first met Lawler, she was working as a bank teller.[1] Lawler later helped her get a job at a photography studio, and she also opened and ran her own hair salon.[1] Carter was less than sixteen months older than Lawler's son Brian.

Lawler and Carter married in September 2000.[25] While they were together, former professional wrestler Missy Hyatt offered Carter $10,000 to pose nude on her website, but Carter refused the offer.[26] Carter decided to leave Lawler in July 2001, and they separated not long after.[27] She left professional wrestling upon separating from Jerry Lawler. She worked in the field of real estate in Lee County, Florida for Century 21 Real Estate for some time after the divorce.[28]

Carter and professional wrestler Nick Cvjetkovich announced their engagement on June 12, 2010.[29] Cvjetkovich and Carter were married in St. Petersburg Florida July 29, 2010 on the beach in front of many family and friends. Stevan Cvjetkovich (Nicholas' younger brother) and Edge both stood as best men. Jimmy Hart gave Carter away in the ceremony.[30] They divorced in 2013.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Man on the Moon Lawler's Girlfriend Uncredited

Video games

Year Title Notes Ref.
2000 WWF No Mercy Video game debut [31]
WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role — [32]

Championships and accomplishments

  • World Wrestling Federation

References

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  2. ^ a b Lawler, p. 333.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Kat". Cagematch.net. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "The Ross Report #141 Bill Goldberg & The Kat". YouTube. Grilling JR. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Kat - matches". Cagematch.net. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Jerry Lawler, It's Good to Be the King ... Sometimes, p. 337.
  7. ^ a b John Powell (October 18, 1999). "Tag match highlights No Mercy". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ a b c "The Kat's title reign". WWE.com. WWE. Archived from the original on May 7, 2007. Retrieved May 8, 2007.
  9. ^ John Powell (December 13, 1999). "Steph betrays Vince at Armageddon". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ a b Antonia Simigis. "The Dirty Dozen: Jerry Lawler". Playboy.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
  11. ^ a b Lawler, p. 350.
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  14. ^ a b c Lawler, p. 339.
  15. ^ "SummerSlam 2000 results". WWE. Archived from the original on December 1, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  16. ^ John Powell (August 28, 2000). "Stunts highlight SummerSlam". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  17. ^ a b c "WWF releases The Kat, loses Lawler". SLAM! Sports. February 28, 2001. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  18. ^ a b c Tim Towe (February 2002). "Landing on her feet". Wrestling Digest. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
  19. ^ Lawler, p. 403.
  20. ^ Lawler, p. 405.
  21. ^ R. D. Reynolds and Blade Braxton. The WrestleCrap Book of Lists! (140)
  22. ^ "Jim Ross Recalls Vince McMahon Firing a Former WWE Women's Champion in a Bizarre Fashion". February 25, 2021. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  23. ^ "Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler story". WWE.com. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  24. ^ "Foxiest Features". WWE.com. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  25. ^ "SLAM Bio: Jerry Lawler". SLAM! Sports. February 5, 2005. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  26. ^ Lawler, p. 305.
  27. ^ Lawler, p. 415.
  28. ^ Lawler, p. 448.
  29. ^ Gerweck, Steve (June 13, 2010). "Two former WWE personalities announce their engagement". WrestleView. Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  30. ^ Gerweck, Steve (June 13, 2010). "Two former WWE personalities announce their engagement". WrestleView. Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  31. ^ DJELJOSEVIC, Danny (September 18, 2020). "10 Playable Characters You Totally Forgot Were In WWE No Mercy". The Sportster.
  32. ^ "WWF Smackdown 2!: Know Your Role". IGN. November 14, 2000. Retrieved May 20, 2012.

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