Katarina Waters
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| Katarina Waters | |
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| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Katie Lea Nikita[1] Katarina Blue Nikita Katie Lea Burchill |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 135 lb (61 kg)[1] |
| Born | November 10, 1980 [1] Lüneburg, Germany[1] Raised in London, England[1] |
| Resides | Louisville, Kentucky[1] |
| Billed from | Chelsea, England[2] |
| Trained by | NWA UK Hammerlock Frontier Wrestling Alliance Ohio Valley Wrestling |
| Debut | February 2000[1] |
Katarina Waters[1] (born November 10, 1980)[1] is a German-born English female professional wrestler. She is currently signed by World Wrestling Entertainment, working on its RAW brand under the ring name Katie Lea Burchill, as Paul Burchill's storyline sister.[2] She previously competed as Nikita and is also a 2-time OVW Women's Champion.[3]
Outside of wrestling, Waters has started acting, doing scenes for a British independent action movie by Utopian Pictures called Tough Justice. Waters plays Agent Milan in the film.
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[edit] Career
At the age of 18, Katarina began training with the Kent-based promotion NWA UK Hammerlock after she had searched for a school on the internet. Working at that British territory of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) allowed Kat to participate in the ITV Meridian show Trans-Atlantic Wrestling Challenge, which was a British vs. American tournament held on January 4, 2000 in the UK for British television, featuring wrestlers from various NWA promotions. During the show, Kat won its Women's Championship Cup.
Katarina went on to wrestle for promotions all over the world. One highlight came when she wrestled Sherri Martel at an NAWA show in Germany, but her biggest exposure came back in England, where she began wrestling for the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA) in 2002. However, she left in 2004 due to personal reasons and took a little time off.
In 2005, she reappeared on the UK wrestling scene, and went on to compete around Europe. She became France's Queens of Chaos Women's Champion, which earned her the moniker "Queen of Chaos". During this time she also made appearances for Italy's Nu-Wrestling Evolution in matches against Vanessa Harding.
[edit] Frontier Wrestling Alliance
She met a young up-and-coming FWA star, Hade Vansen, who she would form a tag team with on occasion. She also faced off in feuds with Sweet Saraya, who entered the FWA by attacking Nikita from behind while she was supposed to be guest announcing. She also feuded with Paul Travell and The Family.
In early 2006, Kat returned to the FWA; she went on to help her former tag partner "The South City Thriller" Hade Vansen pin Joe Legend to win The Champions Series Final at New Frontiers on February 5. Vansen took Alex Shane’s FWA British Heavyweight Championship in this five-way main event, which, aside from Vansen, Shane, and Legend, also featured "The Phoenix" Jody Fleisch and "The Wonderkid" Jonny Storm.
[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment
[edit] Ohio Valley Wrestling
Katrina Waters signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) during May 2006, following tryouts at a WWE UK TV taping. She left the UK for the United States the following month, but first handed in her Queens of Chaos Championship (she retained it in her last European independent match on May 8th).
She made her debut for OVW on August 23 at a TV taping, adopting the new moniker Katie Lea. She would soundly defeat Melody in a dark match. During her time in the developmental promotion, she feuded with other OVW divas, including Beth Phoenix, ODB, and Serena Deeb.
At the November 1 TV tapings, Katie defeated Beth Phoenix, Ariel, Roni Jonah, Melody, Jenny Mae, ODB, and Serena in a 8-Woman Gauntlet match to capture the OVW Women's Championship.[3] Lea retained her title in the first Ladies Ladder Match in OVW history against Beth Phoenix.[3] In the spring of 2007, Katie sprained her ankle in the "Miss OVW" competition, later won by ODB. The Miss OVW competition built some tension between Lea and ODB, leading to a match on June 1 at "Six Flags" where ODB pinned her for the OVW Women's Championship.[3] Katie then participated in the "OVW Divalympics"; ultimately failing in her mission to get ODB to cheat (and lose) in the competition.
Katie's talk show segment "Kat's Kradle" debuted on OVW TV September 5th, and old ally Melody was introduced as her new assistant. In October, Lea participated in the WWE European Tour with the SmackDown! brand where she, along with Victoria, competed in a series of tag team matches against Michelle McCool & Maryse.
At the February 20, 2008 OVW TV Tapings, Katie defeated Roucka to regain the OVW Women's Championship.[3] The following week she dropped the title to Josie in a dark match.
[edit] Raw
Waters debuted on Raw as Katie Lea Burchill or simply Katie Lea, the on-screen sister of Paul Burchill. At Wrestlemania 24, Lea was one of the lumberjills in the Playboy BunnyMania Match, in which Beth Phoenix and Melina defeated Maria and Ashley.[4]. She made her in ring debut at a couple of Raw live events teaming with Phoenix in losing efforts against Mickie James and Maria.
After appearing along side Burchill on WWE Heat, Lea made her in-ring television debut on the April 28, 2008 edition of Raw defeating Super Crazy in an Intergender Handicap Match along with Paul Burchill. On May 19, on Raw, she had a confrontation with the Women's Champion, James, saying that James slept her way to the top and that she will soon be Women's Champion. Following this event, Katie teamed up with Beth Phoenix to defeat Mickie James and Melina two weeks later, in which she pinned James.
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
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- "The Queen of Chaos"
- "The (self-proclaimed) Queen of England" – OVW
- Wrestlers managed
- Managers
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- Get Back by Ludacris (SHIMMER)
- The Power by Snap! (OVW)
- Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson (OVW)
- All About Us (Instrumental) by t.A.T.u. (OVW)
- "Generator A" by Jim Johnston
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- Queens of Chaos Championship (1 time)[5]
- Trans-Atlantic Wrestling Challenge
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- TWC Women's Championship Cup (2000)[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Katie Lea Profile. Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
- ^ a b Katie Lea Burchill Bio. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
- ^ a b c d e f OHIO VALLEY WRESTLING WOMENS' TITLE HISTORY. Solie's Title History. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
- ^ WWE WrestleMania XXIV Results. Pro-Wrestling Edge. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
- ^ Queens of Chaos official website. Retrieved on 2008-07-05.
[edit] External links
- WWE profile
- Katie Lea's Official Myspace Page
- "Lady Waters" Approved Official Fan Site
- Queens of Chaos Official Website
- G.L.O.R.Y. Biography
- SHIMMER Profile
- Online World Of Wrestling Profile
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