Nidia Guenard
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| Nidia Guenard | |
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| Ring name(s) | Nidia |
| Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 125 lb (57 kg)[1] |
| Born | March 12, 1979 [1] Houston, Texas[1] |
| Resides | Hanover,West virginia ,USA |
| Billed from | Mayaguez, Puerto Rico[1] |
| Trained by | Al Snow[1] Tazz[1] Jacqueline[1] |
| Debut | October 2001[1] |
| Website | Nidia.net |
Nidia Lynnette Guenard (born March 12, 1979)[1] better known as Nidia is an inactive professional wrestler who worked for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). She (along with men's division winner Maven Huffman) won the first season of WWE's first reality television series, Tough Enough, receiving a year-long contract with the company.[1]
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[edit] Career
[edit] WWF/WWE
[edit] 2001
Nidia won a year's contract with the company after she co-won the first season of Tough Enough -- a show meant both to be a "WWE Superstar" talent search, and a semi-documentary of the difficulties of being a pro wrestler. Guenard made a few appearances on WWF episodes in 2001 before being sent to the Ohio Valley Wrestling promotion, with whom WWE had a talent-development agreement. While in OVW she had a feud with Victoria.
[edit] 2002-2003
She debuted on the Smackdown brand as Jamie Noble's girlfriend on the June 6th, 2002 episode.[2] She led Noble to the WWE Cruiserweight title by assisting him in a victory over The Hurricane at the King of the Ring.[3] She also feuded with fellow Smackdown! diva Torrie Wilson, leading to many solo and mixed (male&female) tag-team matches with Guenard and Noble against Wilson and various other Cruiserweights (as Torrie's partner).[4][5][6][7][8] Guenard was "blinded" by Tajiri during a match between Tajiri and Noble, after which Tajiri spewed his "black mist" onto her face. Storyline-wise, this encounter resulted in a physical 'injury' to Nidia. In reality, it was done to allow her to be absent long enough to get and recover from breast augmentation surgery, which is a common career move for female WWE performers. After recovering, Nidia started appearing at ringside with sunglasses on, to 'sell' the after effects of her (post-Tajiri attack) 'injuries'. During this time, Noble would throw Nidia in front of various opponents at a match's climax, to both save himself and let him later accuse them of "hitting a woman", etc. Later in this storyline, Rey Mysterio enlightened Nidia that Noble was 'exploiting' her in the aforementioned manner, resulting in Nidia turning against Noble. The two feuded, culminating in a match at No Way Out 2004 in which Noble had to wear a blindfold. True to character, Noble cheated to win: He removed his blindfold during the match.
It was during this period that Guenard's stardom in WWE peaked. The Nidia & Noble characters were intended to be a pair of unethical, ambitious-yet-unrefined hicks -- villains loyal only to each other. Nidia often performed feats of strength and/or acrobatic athleticism, either while helping Noble cheat to win, or as a post-match stunt. In time, though, the two became mildly endearing to many WWE fans -- more rogue, than villain. Guenard's character became increasingly popular, to the point that Nidia eventually got louder crowd reactions than Noble did -- even though her girlfriend/sidekick character's purpose was to help fans connect strongly with Noble.
[edit] 2004
Nidia was drafted to the Raw Brand in the spring of 2004. She debuted on Raw as a "face", defeating Molly Holly. She then tag-teamed regularly with Stacy Keibler and Victoria against "heels" Trish Stratus, Gail Kim, Molly Holly, and Jazz. Nidia was released from her WWE contract on November 3, 2004 along with several other performers, in a routine purge of talent.[1]
[edit] Independent circuit
After being released by WWE, Nidia wrestled in many independent promotions and tours including Kishi's Nu-Wrestling Evolution in Italy and Ultimo Dragon's Toryumon Mexico.
Although WWE management considered rehiring her in mid-2006, those plans fell through. Nidia then decided to hang up her wrestling gear for the foreseeable future.
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing and signature Moves
- Wrestlers managed
- Entrance Music
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- "Slam Smack" Briefly used when she was with Jamie Noble
- "2 Z's Top" Used when she was with Jamie Noble
- "I Like 'Em Durty" Used for the duration of her face turn on SmackDown! and during her time on RAW
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- Tough Enough Co-Winner with Maven Huffman
[edit] Personal life
In April 2007, she gave birth to her daughter Lilith Fae Dal Bosco.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Nidia Profile. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
- ^ WWE SmackDown! Results June 6, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ^ WWE PPV Wrestling King of the Ring 2002. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ^ WWE SmackDown! Results September 19, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ^ WWE SmackDown! Results February 20, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ^ WWE SmackDown! Results February 27, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ^ WWE SmackDown! Results April 17, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ^ WWE SmackDown! Results July 10, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
