Lollipop (wrestler)
| Lollipop | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jaime Lynne |
| Born | March 17, 1979 Nashville, Tennessee, United States[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jamie Lollipop |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 118 lb (54 kg)[1] |
| Trained by | Big Bully Douglas Ron Harris Leilani Kai Jerry Lynn Chase Stevens |
| Debut | 2002 |
| Retired | 2006 |
Jaime Lynne (born March 17, 1979) is an American retired professional wrestler and valet, better known by her ring name, Lollipop. She is best known for her appearances with National Wrestling Alliance: Total Nonstop Action from 2002 to 2004.[1]
Professional wrestling career
[edit]Early career (2002)
[edit]Lynne made her wrestling debut in early 2002, acting as a valet in the Columbia, Tennessee-based National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Main Event promotion.
NWA: Total Nonstop Action (2002–2004)
[edit]She went on to appear with NWA: Total Nonstop Action (TNA) as "Lollipop", a dancer who took her name from her omnipresent lollipop. She first appeared in the August 21, 2002, weekly PPV. In September 2002, Lynne decided to train as a wrestler, and began taking lessons from Leilani Kai. In a controversial angle, Lynne appeared topless on the March 12, 2003, TNA pay-per-view while brawling with Holly Wood of Sports Entertainment Xtreme.[2] Lynne was then involved in a feud with the all-female stable known as Bitchslap, which consisted of Traci Brooks and Nurse Veronica. During an in-ring segment, Bitchslap issued an open challenge to any women in attendance. Lynne (who was attacked by Brooks several weeks earlier[3]) and fellow TNA cage dancer April Pennington accepted the challenge. They tried attacking Brooks and Veronica but were stopped by TNA security guards.[4] The following week, Lynne challenged Bitchslap to a match. Veronica (without Brooks present) accepted, but was attacked by both Lynne and Pennington until TNA security again stopped the catfight.[5]
Veronica then replaced Brooks with a new partner, Cheerleader Valentina (who had earlier competed as JV Love on TNA Xplosion in a match against Brooks[6][7]). Veronica and Valentina attacked the TNA cage dancers during a dance routine, but were separated by TNA security.[8] A match was finally scheduled between Bitchslap (Veronica and Valentina) and the TNA cage dancers (Pennington and Lynne). However, before the match could fully start it was interrupted by Trinity, who revealed herself as the newest member of Bitchslap and attacked Pennington and Lynne.[9] The TNA cage dancers retaliated against Bitchslap the following week. They summoned Bitchslap to the ring; however, Trinity forced Veronica and Valentina into the ring to fight the cage dancers. Pennington and Lynne attacked Veronica and Valentina with leather straps until they fled up the entrance ramp to rejoin Trinity.[10][11]
The storyline with Bitchslap was then dropped because TNA didn't have enough female wrestlers to compete against the group,[12] and Veronica turned down a two-year contract with TNA, instead attempting to sign with either WWE or a company in Japan.[13] Lynne and Pennington returned to their roles as cage dancers, Brooks and Trinity were then placed into other storylines, and TNA stopped booking Valentina.
Lynne would begin appearing as an assistant for Jonny Fairplay on various occasions and continued to perform as a TNA cage dancer until February 2004.[14]
Independent circuit (2003–2006)
[edit]After leaving TNA, Lynne worked on the independent circuit as a wrestler and valet, appearing with promotions such as Ring of Honor. On January 8, 2005, Lollipop wrestled in South Korea with the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling promotion, teaming with Gail Kim to defeat Malia Hosaka and Nidia.
In January 2006, Lynne began teaming with Amber O'Neal as "Team Blondage", replacing O'Neal's original partner, Krissy Vaine. In the process, Lynne replaced Vaine as one half of the Women's Extreme Wrestling Tag Team Champions. The duo held the titles until the April 6, 2006 WEW pay-per-view, when Lynne and O'Neal lost to the tag team of April Hunter and Talia Madison after defeating them in singles bouts earlier in the evening.
In September 2006, she decided to leave the wrestling business. She returned for a one-time appearance in November 2007 and wrestled Christie Ricci.[15]
Championships and accomplishments
[edit]- Women's Extreme Wrestling
- WEW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Amber O'Neal[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Lollipop". GloryWrestling.com. Archived from the original on March 20, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
- ^ "TNA Topless Dancer Lollipop Discusses her Controversial Appearance on PPV". Wrestling Epicenter. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ "NWA: Total Nonstop Action PPV April 30, 2003 - Nashville, Tennessee - Aired Live". Obsessed with Wrestling. Archived from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "NWA: Total Nonstop Action PPV July 2, 2003 - Nashville, Tennessee - Aired Live". Obsessed with Wrestling. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ "NWA: Total Nonstop Action PPV July 9, 2003 - Nashville, Tennessee - Aired Live". Obsessed with Wrestling. Archived from the original on October 24, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ "TNA Xplosion 2003". AJ Wrestling. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ "Lizzy Valentine - Online World of Wrestling profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "NWA: Total Nonstop Action PPV July 16, 2003 - Nashville, Tennessee - Aired Live". Obsessed with Wrestling. Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ "NWA: Total Nonstop Action PPV July 23, 2003 - Nashville, Tennessee - Aired Live". Obsessed with Wrestling. Archived from the original on October 28, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ "NWA: Total Nonstop Action PPV July 30, 2003 - Nashville, Tennessee - Aired Live". Obsessed with Wrestling. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ Abreu, Donnie. "TNA: The Fallen Angel returns". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ Steven (March 7, 2010). "Exclusive: Lizzy Valentine (Wrestlicious' Kandi Kisses) on TakeDown Premiere, Origins of Kandi Kisses, Working for TNA, Wrestlicious Negativity and More". Diva-Dirt. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ Martin, Adam; Gerweck, Steve (January 12, 2005). ""Simply Luscious" Ronnie Stevens Interview: Talks about HBK as trainer". Wrestleview. Archived from the original on January 14, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ "NWA-TNA Weekly PPV: February 18, 2004". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022.
- ^ LeBlanc, M.A. "Lollipop Online World of Wrestling Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2007.
- ^ "WEW #24 - Nude & Nasty". Cagematch. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Jaime Lynne at IMDb