• April gets her skates on to pick up silver

  Paisley Daily Express - Found Nov. 23, 2009 SKATING starlet April Hunter conquered Eastern Europe after she was selected to represent Great Britain at a prestigious competition.

• 7 Cleveland Bodies Identified

  CBS News - Found Nov. 8, 2009 ? Amelda Hunter, 47, of Cleveland, was a mother of two sons and a daughter. Family members say she vanished last April. Hunter's brother says... Onlookers flock to site of Cleveland killings - MSNBC Ministers to hold Cleveland prayer vigil, walk to death house - CNN Cleveland case seems to fit rare category - Washington Post 3 more bodies from Cleveland sex offender's home identified - CNN Explore All

• Other Sport in Lanarkshire: EK ice skater April gets silver at Skate ...

  East Kilbride News - Found Nov. 19, 2009 ... by Paul Thomson, East Kilbride News ICE skater April Hunter kept her cool at the Skate Celje competition in Slovenia recently, as she warmed up ...

• List of victims found at Cleveland home

  Journal-News - Found Nov. 8, 2009 ? Amelda Hunter, 47, of Cleveland, was a mother of two sons and a daughter. Family members say she vanished last April. Hunter's brother says...

• List of victims found at Cleveland home

  Dayton Daily News - Found Nov. 8, 2009 ? Amelda Hunter, 47, of Cleveland, was a mother of two sons and a daughter. Family members say she vanished last April. Hunter's brother says...

• Hunter life savers start 2009 patrols

  Newcastle Star - Found Sep. 29, 2009 ... between 9am and 5pm every Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday from the October Long Weekend until April. Hunter Surf Life Saving director of...

• Rhythm of a cockney rebel

  The Age - Found Sep. 17, 2009 ... t doing stuff he hadn't asked you to do & But we did have a laugh with him as well.'' In April, Hunter played the Byron Bay Festival and a...

• Baseball's Angriest Players

  Forbes.com - Found Aug. 21, 2009 Indians' pitcher Danys Baez hit Hunter with a pitch; Hunter picked up the ball and zinged it right back at him. And this April, Hunter was...

• One-stop titling coming to Saunders County (71)

  Waverly News - Found Aug. 21, 2009 ?It is state mandated that every county be switched by October, but we are on the list to meet with the DMV in April,? Hunter said.

April Hunter
Ring name(s)	April Hunter April Kincaid The Prize1 Big Red1 Beautiful Soldier
Billed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)1
Billed weight	150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)1
Born	September 24, 1974 (1974-09-24) (age 35)2 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1
Resides	Louisville, Kentucky1
Billed from	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Trained by	Killer Kowalski1
Debut	19991
Retired	20071

April Hunter (born September 24, 1974)² is an American professional wrestling valet, fitness and glamour model, and former professional wrestler.

Professional wrestling career

World Championship Wrestling (2000)

In 1999 after Hunter appeared in Playboy, she was hired by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as a member of the nWo girls.¹³ Along with four other models (Tylene Buck, Kim Kanner (Shakira), Midajah and Pamela Paulshock), she accompanied members of the nWo to ringside for their matches.

Independent circuit (2001–2007)

April Hunter at the 2008 Anime North convention

Hunter trained to become a professional wrestler with Killer Kowalski in Boston.¹ She was the only female in the class and soon began working on the independent circuit and overseas. Hunter formed a tag team with fellow Kowalski graduate Nikki Roxx in World Xtreme Wrestling known as The Killer Babes.⁴

On August 28, 2002, Hunter appeared for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). She was introduced (and defeated) by then-Miss TNA Bruce as part of his Miss TNA Challenge.⁵ She returned for several other appearances in TNA, including matches against Desire, Eric Watts and John Walters.⁵

She then worked as the manager for her boyfriend Slyck Wagner Brown.⁶ Together they held both Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling's 3PW Tag Team Championship and Jersey All Pro Wrestling's JAPW Tag Team Championship.⁶ They also worked for NWA Cyberspace.⁶

She traveled to Canada for the first time in December 2005, working for Action Wrestling Entertainment and Monster Pro Wrestling and wrestling against Samantha Slides and Sarah Stock.⁷ In February 2006, Hunter worked for Carmen Electra's Naked Women's Wrestling League (NWWL).⁸ While in the NWWL, Hunter broker her nose, which limited the moves she could perform while working for the promotion.⁸

In Women's Extreme Wrestling (WEW) in April 2006, Hunter formed a tag team known as T & A with Talia Madison.⁵ On April 6, they defeated Team Blondage (Amber O'Neal and Lollipop) for the WEW Tag Team Championship.⁵ A month later, Hunter and her boyfriend J.D. Michaels debuted together for TNT Pro Wrestling.⁹ In September, Hunter challenged Madison for her TNT Women's Championship.⁹ She defeated her for the title on September 23.⁵ During her time in TNT, Hunter appeared in the Glamour, Glitz & Divas—The Untold Story of American Women's Wrestling DVD, alongside Madison and Michaels.¹⁰

Hunter won Queens of Chaos's World Queens of Chaos Championship in November 2006 by defeating Sweet Saraya in the final round of a championship tournament.⁵ She also won Great Canadian Wrestling's GCW W.I.L.D. Championship from Miss Danyah on April 13, 2007.¹¹ She held the title for one day before losing it to Cherry Bomb in a four-way match.¹¹ Because of wrestling-related injuries, however, Hunter retired from professional wrestling later in the year.¹

Other media

Hunter has appeared in the films Â! Ikkenya puroresu (2004) and Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy (2007).¹² In the United Kingdom, she has appeared on the James Whale Show, and in Japan, she appeared in a Toyota Fun Cargo Commercial. In the United States, she appeared in a MSNBC documentary entitled Body of Work, on The Howard Stern Show, and in the video for the Outthere Brothers' "Boom Boom Boom"/"Don't Stop Wiggle Wiggle." Lastly she appeared in a W-FIVE documentary in Canada.

Personal life

Hunter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but moved to Enterprise, Alabama with her father when her parents divorced.³ Before entering the world of professional wrestling, Hunter worked as a fitness model.⁸ She placied in Ms. Fitness Philadelphia and Ironwoman Tri-Fitness in Tampa FL. She also worked as a Playboy model and Met-RX spokesperson.

On August 30, 2006, Hunter married Canadian wrestler, Jordan Danyluk (known as J.D. Michaels) in Las Vegas, Nevada.⁹ They first met at a wrestling show in December 2005 and were engaged after Valentine's Day in 2006.⁹ She previously dated wrestler Slyk Wagner Brown, whom she met while attending school.⁸ After they broke up, he was arrested for assaulting her.⁹

She studied photography at the New England School of Photography.¹ She also works as the webmaster for her own business, that she runs from her home.⁸

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Bridging German suplex
  • Head Hunter (Running somersault neckbreaker, sometimes from the top rope)
  • Moonsault

• Signature moves
  • Bitch Lock (Hanging figure four necklock)
  • Center Fold (Tilt-a-whirl headscissors armbar)
  • Cloverleaf
  • Rope hung dragon sleeper

• Wrestlers managed
  • nWo 2000¹
  • Alex Shane¹
  • Slyk Wagner Brown⁶
  • J.D. Michaels¹
  • Tracy Brooks¹
  • Maven¹
  • Mima Shimoda¹
  • Talia Madison¹
  • Nikki Roxx¹

Championships and accomplishments

Hunter with the NWA Cyberspace Women's Championship in March 2005

• Far North Wrestling
  • FNW Women's Championship (1 time)

• German Stampede Wrestling
  • GSW World Women's Championship (1 time)¹³

• Great Canadian Wrestling
  • GCW W.I.L.D. Championship (1 time)¹¹

• Jersey All Pro Wrestling
  • JAPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Slyck Wagner Brown⁶

• Jersey Championship Wrestling
  • JCW Women's Championship (1 time)

• NWA Cyberspace
  • NWA Cyberspace Women's Championship (1 time)

• Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
  • 3PW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Slyck Wagner Brown⁶
  • Tag Team Royal Rumble (2004) – with Slyck Wagner Brown¹⁴

• Queens of Chaos
  • World Queens of Chaos Championship (1 time, current)¹⁵

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked her #18 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2008¹⁶

• USA Pro Wrestling
  • USA Pro Women's Championship (1 time)

• Women's Extreme Wrestling
  • WEW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Talia Madison¹⁷

• World Xtreme Wrestling
  • WXW Women's Championship (2 times)
  • Women's Super 8 Tournament (2003)¹⁸

• Other titles
  • Best Independent Female Wrestler (2005)

References

External links

Professional wrestling portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: April Hunter

• Official website
• April Hunter at the Internet Movie Database
• Online World of Wrestling profile