Francine (wrestling)
| Francine Fournier | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 19, 1972 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Francine |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Billed weight | 126 lb (57 kg) |
| Trained by | J.T. Smith |
| Debut | 1995 |
Francine Fournier, normally simply Francine, is an American professional wrestling valet. She is currently under contract to World Wrestling Entertainment in its Extreme Championship Wrestling brand.
Career
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Francine worked for a life insurance company before deciding to become a professional wrestling valet. She was hired by Extreme Championship Wrestling in December 1993, and trained with J.T. Smith at the ECW House of Hardcore training school, of which she was the first graduate. In the summer of 1995 she debuted in ECW as a devoted fan of Stevie Richards, and she later became his onscreen girlfriend and manager. On August 26 Richards turned on her, interfering in a catfight between Francine and Beulah McGillicutty. Richards' interference allowed Beulah to pin Francine for the victory, and Francine lost her wrestler to Beulah and Raven. She gained a measure of revenge by leading The Pitbulls to a victory over Richards and Raven for the ECW Tag Team Championships on September 16, 1995.
On July 13, 1996 at Heatwave, Francine turned on The Pitbulls and became the manager of Shane Douglas, who she twice helped become ECW World Heavyweight Champion. During this time, she could also occasionally be found at ringside in support of Douglas' Triple Threat teammates Chris Candido and Bam Bam Bigelow. She remained at the side of Douglas until he left ECW to return to World Championship Wrestling, at which point she became the manager of Tommy Dreamer, whom she had been dating offscreen for at least a year previous; Francine did not publicly reveal her relationship with Dreamer until after she began working with him. In 2000 she left Dreamer (as part of the then-current storyline; their offstage relationship continued unabated) and managed Raven, then Justin Credible until ECW declared bankruptcy in March 2001.
Independent circuit
On June 26, 2002 Francine participated in the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling lingerie battle royal. She made appearances with Major League Wrestling in 2003, and was later involved with the Women's Extreme Wrestling (as a "General Manager") and Hottest Ladies of Wrestling promotions.
On June 10, 2005 Francine appeared at the ECW reunion show Hardcore Homecoming, where she acted as the valet of Shane Douglas. On June 12, she appeared at WWE produced ECW One Night Stand 2005 reunion pay-per-view, interfering in the main event of Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman versus The Dudley Boyz. After she kicked Dreamer in the crotch, Francine was attacked by Dreamer's wife and former valet, Beulah McGillicutty. Francine was reportedly involved in a backstage confrontation with former ECW valet Dawn Marie at the event (the two have a history of conflict). On June 19, Francine apologized to her fans via her website for not disclosing that she was going to appear at One Night Stand, stating that the WWE had asked her to keep her appearance a surprise.
World Wrestling Entertainment
On May 5, 2006, WWE announced that Francine had signed a contract to appear on the newly created Extreme Championship Wrestling brand of WWE. She debuted on June 24, 2006 at a house show held in the New Alhambra Arena, defeating Kelly and Trinity in a bikini contest. She made her televised debut on the August 1, 2006 episode of ECW on Sci Fi, appearing backstage and shunning Paul Heyman along with several other members of the ECW roster.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- DDT
- Stunner
- Termination (in WEW)
- Tunacanrana (Bronco buster - in MLW)
- Diving hurricanrana
- Nicknames
- The Head Cheerleader
- The Queen of Extreme
- Quotes
- "I'm going to show you how hardcore I can be"
- Wrestlers managed by Francine