Betsy Ruth

Betsy Ruth
Birth name MaryKate Duignan Glidewell
Born (1985-01-17) January 17, 1985
Ruskin, Florida, United States
Residence Ruskin, Florida, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Andréa[1]
Andrea Mother[2]
Betsy Ruth[3]
Mary Kate[4]
Miss Betsy[5]
Rosie Lottalove[3]
Sister Ophelia[6]
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1][7]
Billed weight 316 lb (143 kg)[8]
190 lb (86 kg)[1]
Billed from Cooperstown, New York
Las Vegas, Nevada
Tampa, Florida[1]
Trained by Bubba Ray Dudley[1][3]
D-Von Dudley
Debut 2007

MaryKate Duignan Glidewell[9] (born January 17, 1985) is an American professional wrestler, best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Rosie Lottalove. Prior to her stint in TNA, she first became known for her work in other promotions under the ring name Betsy Ruth. After five years of being a professional wrestler, she retired on June 24, 2012 due to injures; she resumed her career in October 2014, after losing nearly 130 pounds.[10]

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007–2010)

Glidewell trained under tag team Team 3D at their Team 3D Academy of Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment in Kissimmee, Florida.[3] She made her professional wrestling debut in 2007 under the ring name Betsy Ruth. As part of her gimmick, Ruth was billed as the great-granddaughter of Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth and would wear attire involving pin stripes like the New York Yankees and face paint, similar to the Baseball Furies gang from the film The Warriors. She signed with World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) in late 2008. Making her debut as Betsy Ruth, she took part in the Women's Elite 8 Tournament in 2008, but lost to eventual tournament winner Mercedes Martinez. In the 2009 tournament, Ruth defeated Josie in the first round, Kimberly in the semifinals, and Sarona Snuka in the finals to win the Elite 8 Tournament. At the January 9, 2010 edition of WXW, Ruth faced Kimberly to determine the next Women's Champion, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.

Glidewell took part in the first season tapings of Wrestlicious, performing under the ring name Sister Ophelia as the manager of the Naughty Girls (Charity, Faith, and Hope).[6] The team made their debut on the fifth episode, where Faith and Hope were defeated by Paige Webb and Charlotte in a tag team match.[11]

On April 20, 2010, Glidewell wrestled a tryout dark match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Miss Betsy, during which she accidentally injured her opponent, Daffney.[5][12] On May 12, it was announced Duignan had signed a deal with TNA.[3][3][13][13] On the June 3 edition of Impact! Duignan made her debut as a face, using the ring name Rosie Lottalove and losing to Roxxi after refusing to take advantage of an interference from the Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne. Afterward, Lottalove knocked out Rayne and claimed that she would take her down and The Beautiful People altogether.[14] However, after wrestling only two more matches for TNA, one a non-televised match and the other on Xplosion, Lottalove's profile was removed from the company's official website on August 19, 2010, confirming her departure from TNA.[15][16][17][18]

Japan and retirement (2011–2012)

On May 15, 2011, Glidewell made her debut for Japanese promotion World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana, working under the ring name Andrea Mother and defeating Kyoko Inoue in the main event.[2][19] On July 10, she teamed with Aja Kong to defeat Inoue and Kaoru Ito in a tag team match.[20] Mother's and Kong's partnership also carried over to the Happy Hour promotion, where they were defeated by Inoue and Sareee on September 4.[21] On September 10, Inoue defeated Mother in a rematch.[22]

On June 24, 2012, Glidewell announced on her Twitter account that she would retire due to injuries.[23]

Return (2014–present)

In October 2014, Glidewell, now 127 pounds lighter, made her return to professional wrestling under the ring name Andréa.[10] She appeared at the tapings for the TNA pay-per-view Knockouts Knockdown 3 on February 14, 2015, where she lost to Awesome Kong.[24]

WWE

In June 2015, Glidewell took part in a WWE tryout camp. She took part in the October 22, 2015, NXT tapings, losing to Emma.[4]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Andréa". Shine Wrestling. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
  2. 1 2 アンドレアル・マザー（アメリカ）　　プロフィール. World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Caldwell, James (2010-05-13). "TNA News: Team 3D Wrestling Academy announces latest student to sign TNA contract". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  4. 1 2 Meltzer, Dave (October 22, 2015). "NXT Tapings: Finn Balor defends his belt against Apollo Crews". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Martin, Adam (2010-04-21). "Spoilers: TNA Impact tapings for April 26". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  6. 1 2 3 Csonka, Larry (2010-04-21). "Various News: Details on Daffney's Opponent From Last Night, Footage of Scott Steiner in Puerto Rico, New TNA Tour Dates, More". 411Mania. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  7. ↑ "Betsy Ruth". Betsy Ruth's Official Site. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  8. ↑ "Glidewell's weight loss".
  9. ↑ "Official facebook". Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  10. 1 2 "Betsy Ruth announcing her return".
  11. ↑ Byers, Ryan (2010-04-02). "411's Wrestlicious Take Down Report 03.31.10". 411Mania. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  12. ↑ Caldwell, James (2010-04-20). "TNA News: Update on TNA Knockout Daffney's neck injury and release from the hospital". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  13. 1 2 Martin, Adam (2010-05-12). "TNA signs a new wrestler for Knockouts division". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  14. 1 2 3 Wilkenfeld, Daniel (2010-06-03). "Wilkenfeld's TNA Impact report 6/3: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Spike TV broadcast [updated]". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  15. ↑ Csonka, Larry (2010-05-20). "TNA Impact Taping Results From Last Night (Spoilers)". 411Mania. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  16. ↑ "Xplosion Results – July 9, 2010". TaylorWilde.org. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  17. ↑ Lansdell, Chris (2010-08-19). "More Various News: Winnipeg Supershow Lineup, TNA Removes Names From Roster, More". 411Mania. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  18. ↑ Gerweck, Steve (2010-08-21). "TNA Knockout confirms her departure". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  19. ↑ 大会名　 東日本大震災復興チャリティー『志』川崎大会. World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  20. ↑ "東日本大震災復興チャリティー『志』横浜大会 in ラジアントホール". World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  21. ↑ 【結果】『ＨａｐｐｙＨｏｕｒ!!』９・４新木場. Ringstars (in Japanese). Ameba. 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  22. ↑ "東日本大震災復興チャリティー『志』川崎大会 in 川崎市体育館". World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  23. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (2012-06-26). "Tues. update: Legendary heel passed away 20 years ago today; Hogan show moved; Activities around UFC 148, beginnings of new Mania week, Overeem talks test failure, Jackson talks heat from Friday, Jericho talks who he looks like, JBL climbing update". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  24. ↑ Vitola, Charlie (February 15, 2015). "TNA ONE NIGHT ONLY: KNOCKOUTS KNOCKDOWN 3 SPOILERS". PWInsider. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  25. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw8eBSTZ_AU
  26. ↑ "Elite Eight". Cagematch. Retrieved 2010-09-07.

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