Dawn Marie
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 Dawn Marie Dawn Marie Psaltis, better known by her stage name, Dawn Marie, is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling valet, best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Dawn Marie - Early career In her youth, Dawn Marie was a fan of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and admired wrestlers such as Bob Backlund, Jimmy Snuka and Roddy Piper. Dawn Marie graduated from New York University business school at the age of twenty three and began working for a real estate consultancy firm in Manhattan, New York. Dawn Marie reached the position of Director of International Real Estate before deciding to move into the entertainment industry with the goal of being either a model or actress. While signing modeling posters for Jonathan Gold, a talent agent, Dawn Marie's start in the wrestling business began. He told her that he helped promote independent wrestling shows, and Dawn Marie jokingly stated that wrestling was something she would be interested in pursuing. Gold later phoned Dawn Marie and told her that she was scheduled to appear at a wrestling show in New Jersey. Dawn Marie reluctantly went, and managed Tony Atlas that night in a match against Jimmy Snuka. Dawn Marie stopped modeling and began learning about the wrestling world from Snuka. Dawn Marie made her in-ring debut January 1995. Dawn Marie - Extreme Championship Wrestling Four years later, after valeting for various promotions, Dawn Marie heard that Mark Lamonica (better known as "Bubba Ray Dudley") from Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) had an interest in her and invited her to try out for the company. Dawn Marie left for Philadelphia where ECW promoter Paul Heyman paired her with Lance Storm. In her first night with ECW, Dawn Marie lost her dress and was left in the ring in her underwear. Dawn Marie was only billed to be with ECW for one night but Paul Heyman loved her chemistry with Lance Storm so much that she was offered a developmental contract. Dawn Marie was then immediately added to Lance Storm's current storyline. Dawn Marie was soon put into a high profile storyline involving Chris Candido's manager Tammy Lynn Sytch. Her alliance with Lance Storm put over Storm's storyline that had him feuding with Candido. During this time, Dawn Marie was dubbed "Dawn Marie Bytch", to spite Candido and his manager. Dawn Marie worked with Lance through his solo career in ECW as well as with Lance and Justin Credible as part of the Impact Players faction. The trio had a high profile run until Lance left for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in May of 2000. Dawn Marie was offered a contract by WCW as well, but she declined in order to stay with her fiance Pat Kenney in ECW. Dawn Marie also was involved in various cat fights while in ECW and did some color commentary before working with Kenney (better known under his ring name "Simon Diamond") in late 2000 and early 2001, until ECW closed down. During her ECW tenure, Dawn Marie also worked with Justin Credible, Raven and Shane Douglas. Dawn Marie Pictures 
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