Vanessa Kraven

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Vanessa Kraven
Vanessa Kraven in March 2024
Born (1982-02-10) February 10, 1982 (age 42)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Vanessa Kraven
Vanessa the Mountain
Billed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Billed weight195 lb (88 kg)[1]
Billed fromDeadhorse, Alaska
Trained byRon Hutchison
Zachary Springate III
DebutApril 2004[1]

Vanessa Kraven (born February 10, 1982), is a Canadian

promotions in both the United States and Canada. She made several trips to Japan for wrestling between 2006-2010 and was a competitor in WWE's second Mae Young Classic
tournament in 2018. After having suffered a broken ankle in late 2018, Kraven returned to Pro wrestling and had a match against Hikaru Shida for All Elite Wrestling's AEW Dark in October 2022 and has been active on the independent scene since.

Professional wrestling career

Canadian promotions

Leah von Dutch
.

Kraven became interested in professional wrestling at an early age and later as a teenager during the so-called "

hairdressing school in 2002, she began training at Sully's Gym under Ron Hutchison in Toronto and later under Zaquary Springate III in the United States[2] before eventually making her professional debut in April 2004.[1]

In April 2004, at Northern Championship Wrestling (NCW) 's ChallengeMania, she was introduced as "Vanessa Kraven" with a goth in-ring persona and appeared with her storyline half-brother James Kraven as an ally and bodyguard.[2] She became a mainstay in the promotion, continuing to appear as a wrestler and valet with James Kraven, most notably, at the Night of the Blizzard supercard where James Kraven and Stalker faced brothers Adib and Sidi Mansour on the undercard.[3] She was the last NCW Women's Champion, having held the title between early 2005 and August 2006, when NCW's women's division was disbanded.

Beginning in 2005, she worked for Montreal's

Beef Wellington. In March 2007, she unsuccessfully challenged for the IWS Canadian Championship in a six-way match won by reigning champion Don Paysan. Later that year, she formed an alliance with Twiggy to take on SLI 2007 (Fred la Merveille and Kenny the Bastard), and on January 26, 2008, they lost a tag team match to the pair at Praise the Violence.[4][5] Her last appearance for the promotion for several years was on August 23, when her match with LuFisto ended in a no contest when they were both attacked by Wellington.[4] She returned to the promotion for the final show in 2010, competing in a six-way elimination match for the IWS Canadian Championship; the match was won by Max Boyer and also included Shayne Hawke, Alex Silva, Kid Kamikaze, and Mike Bailey.[6]

In 2006, she made two appearances for Ontario's

mixed tag team match against Kacey Diamond and Exess at the Association de Lutte Feminine's Sherri Martel Memorial Cup tournament.[8]

Since 2012, she has been wrestling and has made appearances for Canadian promotions such as C*4 (Ottawa), Acclaim Wrestling (Ottawa), Smash Wrestling (Toronto) and BATTLEWAR (Montreal).

In April 2014, she debuted for

NCW Femmes Fatales. Over the next several months, she picked up victories over wrestlers including Sassy Stephie and Jody D'Milo.[9][10]

Since returning from hiatus in April of 2022, Kraven has wrestled for and made appearances at Canadian promotions such as C*4 and Acclaim in Ottawa, Destiny Wrestling in Toronto, Main Event Wrestling in Montreal, Femmes Fatales, and East Coast Pro Wrestling in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

On April 20th, 2024, Kraven debuted for East Coast Pro Wrestling in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and won the ECPW women's championship from fan favorite Divya Fiji.

Japanese promotions

Kraven has done five tours of Japan. Her Japan debut being for the NEO Japan Ladies promotion in August 2006. Appearing for the Wrestle Expo in

Pro Wrestling WAVE, JWP and Jd' Star. Her last Japan tour was in May 2010, working three shows for NEO and one show for JWP
.

United States-based promotions

SHIMMER Kraven aligned herself with Tessa Blanchard in a tag-team known as "Mount Tessa". Together the duo won the Shimmer Tag Team Championship
in 2016 and reigned for almost exactly a full year.

In 2006, she had a brief stint in

elimination tag team match for the NWA Midwest Women's Championship, when Knuckles pinned Kraven to win the match.[11] At the inaugural Queen of the Deathmatch tournament in November, Kraven was eliminated by Rachel Putski in a thumbtack death match during the quarterfinals.[12]

In April 2014, Kraven debuted for

Crazy Mary Dobson on Volume 70.[14][15] In December 2014, Kraven made her debut for Shine Wrestling, in Tampa, Florida defeating Leva Bates.[16]

On July 30, 2018, WWE announced that Kraven would compete in the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament.[17] She was eliminated in the first round after losing to Lacey Lane.[18]

On October 18, 2022, Kraven made her All Elite Wrestling debut by wrestling against Hikaru Shida on AEW Dark.

In June of 2023, Kraven debuted for All Caribbean Wrestling, a promotion that runs shows in Florida as well as the Caribbean, aligning herself with women's wrestler Mazzerati.

Injury, first retirement and return

In October 2018, a few months after the WWE Mae Young Classic, Kraven broke her leg and ankle during an indie wrestling match. She underwent a surgery in November 2018 and has not wrestled since. On August 11, 2020, Kraven announced her retirement from professional wrestling. However, following the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kraven returned to wrestling in April 2022.[19]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Vanessa Kraven". Glory Wrestling. August 2007. Archived from the original on January 13, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Getting to Know Vanessa Kraven". Skunk.ca. November 3, 2004.
  3. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
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  4. ^ a b "International Wrestling Syndicate". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  5. ^ Martin, Adam; Ashe, Steven (January 31, 2008). "Scotty 2 Hotty coming to EPW & full report – Canadian Indy news/notes". WrestleView.
  6. Canadian Online Explorer
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  7. ^ "Blood, Sweat and Ears". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  8. ^ ALF: Amazones & Titans. Fortune Video Editing. 2007.
  9. Canadian Online Explorer
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  10. ^ Namako, Jason (October 27, 2014). "10/25 NCW: FF Results: Montreal, Quebec (Rush/Melissa)". WrestleView. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  11. ^ Vetter, Chris (April 4, 2006). "4/1 IWA-Mid South in Midlothian, Ill.: Low Ki-Necro Butcher, Milano-Hero, Delirious-Generico". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  12. ^ Vetter, Chris (November 6, 2006). "Torch Indy Weekend Report: KENTA over Sydal, Christian over Sabin, JAPW news". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  13. ^ Namako, Jason (April 8, 2014). "4/5 SHIMMER Results: New Orleans, Louisiana". WrestleView. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  14. ^ Namako, Jason (October 19, 2014). "10/18 SHIMMER Results: Berwyn, Illinois (New champion)". WrestleView. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  15. ^ Namako, Jason (October 20, 2014). "10/19 SHIMMER Results: Berwyn, Illinois (8-Woman Tag)". WrestleView. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  16. ^ Namako, Jason (December 6, 2014). "Recap of the 12/5 SHINE #23 iPPV (Mia Yim vs. Nevaeh)". WrestleView. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  17. ^ https://www.wwe.com/shows/maeyoungclassic/article/ashley-rayne-priscilla-kelly-xia-brookside?sf194543706=1 Ashley Rayne, Priscilla Kelly and Xia Brookside join Mae Young Classic 2018
  18. ^ Powell, Jason (September 6, 2018). "Powell's WWE Mae Young Classic 2018 Review Episode One: Meiko Satomura vs. Killer Kelly, Tegan Nox vs. Zatara, Lacey Lane vs. Vanessa Kraven, and Rhea Ripley vs. MJ Jenkins in a first-round matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  19. ^ "Various News: Vanessa Kraven Retires From Wrestling, WWE 2K Battlegrounds Update, Kamala in ROH Video". 411MANIA. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  20. ^ "APW Heavyweight Championship". CAGEMATCH- The Internet Wrestling Database.
  21. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4
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  22. ^ "Femmes Fatales 20 « Events Database « Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database". cagematch.net. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  23. ^ "PWE Flame Title Tournament". CAGEMATCH- The Internet Wrestling Database.
  24. ^ Bentley, Martin (November 14, 2016). "11/13 Shimmer 89 & 90 results from Berwyn, IL". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  25. ^ won from Divya Fiji on April 20, 2024
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