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Stacy Keibler

World Championship Wrestling

Stacy Keibler began watching wrestling with her boyfriend at the time, Kris Cumberland.[1] In late 1999, Keibler entered a contest held by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to find a new member of the Nitro Girls dance troupe.[1][3] In November, she defeated 300 other girls for a spot on the dance troupe and $10,000.[1][11] Her winning routine was watched by 4.4 million viewers.[1] Initially a Nitro Girl, Keibler performed dance routines every week on WCW's flagship show Monday Nitro under the name Skye.[1] By 2000, Keibler was appearing on WCW as a Nitro Girl, attending school full-time, and cheering for the Baltimore Ravens.[1]

She soon accepted a larger role and became a valet using the stage name Miss Hancock,[5][12] briefly serving as an associate for the tag team of Lenny Lane and Lodi dubbed "Standards and Practices".[11][13] Despite wearing business suits, her character was known to climb on top of the announcers' table and dance sensually.[5] It was also during this period that she began using what would become her trademark ring entrance: slowly putting her forty-two inch legs through the second tier of ropes, pausing to let the crowd momentarily see her underwear.[14] At 5 feet 11 inches, Keibler was one of few women in professional wrestling tall enough to step over the middle of three ropes that surround the ring.[11]

For a brief period, she dated David Flair (both on-screen and off), who was already involved in a faux relationship with Daffney. This led to Keibler's in-ring debut at the Bash at the Beach in a Wedding Gown match, which she lost after she removed her own gown.[15] Hancock next briefly feuded with Kimberly Page, but the storyline ended abruptly when Page quit the company.[1][16] Keibler and Flair then began a feud with the Misfits In Action stable, including a mud wrestling singles match against Major Gunns at New Blood Rising.[5][15] During the match, she was kicked in the stomach, and she revealed herself to be pregnant the next night, beginning a new angle for herself and Flair.[5] Two proposed endings to the storyline were for either Ric Flair or Vince Russo to be the father of her child.[12] The angle, however, ended prematurely, as she revealed the pregnancy to be false, broke up with David Flair, and was taken off of television.[6] When she returned, she was known by her real name on-screen.

When WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2001, Keibler's contract was retained by the WWF. She portrayed a heel character in The Alliance. She made her WWF television debut on the June 14, 2001 episode of SmackDown! when Shane McMahon brought her to the ring to distract Rhyno, causing him to lose a match.[17] Keibler originally teamed up with real-life friend Torrie Wilson, and the pair feuded with Divas Trish Stratus and Lita. During this feud, the four Divas competed in the first-ever tag team Bra and Panties match at the InVasion pay-per-view, which Trish and Lita won by stripping their opponents.[5][18]

Towards the end of the WCW/ECW Invasion, Keibler managed The Dudley Boyz and was nicknamed the "Duchess of Dudleyville".[5] Keibler made her WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania X8 alongside The Dudleyz.[18][19] During this time, she began an on-screen rivalry with former ally Torrie Wilson after Wilson left The Alliance, with Keibler helping The Dudley Boyz put Torrie through a table. Torrie, however, got her revenge after first giving Keibler a wedgie and pulling her pants down on an episode of SmackDown!.[20] She then defeated Keibler in the first-ever lingerie match, a match wrestled in lingerie, at No Mercy.[18] At the end of the storyline, Keibler's role with the Dudley Boyz came to an abrupt end when she was powerbombed through a table after accidentally costing the team a match.[21] She then set her sights on the WWE Women's Championship at Judgment Day, facing Trish Stratus in a losing effort.[22] She faced Stratus several more times in the proceeding weeks, but she never won a match against her.

Personal life

By 2000, Keibler lived at home with her parents and dated her high-school sweetheart, Kris Cumberland.[1] After winning the $10,000 in the contest to become a part of the Nitro Girls, Keibler used the money to buy season tickets for the Baltimore Ravens, the team for which she used to cheer.[3] During her days with WCW, Keibler was romantically linked with David Flair, the son of legendary wrestler Ric Flair.[3][12]

Keibler moved to Los Angeles in 2004,[46] where she was roommates with her friend Torrie Wilson.[3] After joining WWE, Keibler was in a relationship with Andrew "Test" Martin for several years.[3][28]

In June 2005, Keibler was rumored to be in a relationship with actor Geoff Stults, best known for his appearances on 7th Heaven.[52] The couple were photographed at many places together. The pair also appeared together on MTV's Punk'd, with Keibler as the recipient of the prank. The September 2005 edition of the tabloid, Star, claimed that Keibler was involved in a love triangle with Geoff Stults and actress Jennifer Aniston. Keibler denied rumors of a relationship with Stults in interviews and gave a "no comment" to Todd Grisham when asked about it on WWE Byte This!.[53] Keibler and Stults are part-owners of the Hollywood Fame, a 2006 expansion franchise of the American Basketball Association.[54]

On May 16, 2006, Keibler suffered a seizure at the ABC Upfront Presentation in New York City and was hospitalized.[52] The seizure was said to be minor, and Keibler was released from the hospital shortly after.[52] Four days later, Keibler appeared on the ESPN pre-race telecast of the Preakness Stakes in an interview with Kenny Mayne.