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Amateur wrestling and early career
Beth began wrestling on the Elmira, New York Notre Dame High School scholastic wrestling team. She was the first female varsity wrestler in her high school's history. She became the North-East freestyle women's champion (72 kg weight class) in 1999. She also became the women's champion (72 kg weight class) at the New York State Fair Tournament in 1999 and was named the most outstanding wrestler that same year in the Brockport Freestyle Tournament. At the time she was also a member of USA Wrestling (a freestyle wrestling club). Her life goal was, according to her, to become a professional wrestler and she believed that having a solid amateur background would help her reach it. After graduating from High School in 1999, she enrolled in both a professional wrestling school and Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. Her first choice for wrestling school was Stu Hart's Dungeon, but because of the location she decided on a more local school. At the school, she was trained by the All Knighters--Joey Knight and Robin Knightwing, who themselves had trained in the Hart Dungeon. She made the rounds competing with various independent companies including a match against Lexis Wine for the now defunct MadMar Entertainment in which her back was cut open when a steel chair accidentally cut her.[3]

[edit] Ohio Valley Wrestling
Beth debuted on Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) Television in July 2004 as the on-screen girlfriend and valet of Chris Masters. The angle was short lived and the following month Beth was repackaged as the manager of Aaron "The Idol" Stevens. The duo was then joined by Shelly Martinez who Beth soon feuded with at in early 2006. Beth then stopped appearing regularly on OVW after debuting on WWE's RAW television show.

On August 16, 2006, Beth returned to action in OVW as the surprise opponent for Serena in a number one contenders match - she was hand picked by OVW Women's Champion ODB herself to be the opponent. After a distraction from Charles Evans, Phoenix picked up the win hitting Serena with her Down in Flames finisher.

The following week, both Serena & Phoenix wanted a title shot, so ODB said if they can beat her in a tag match, the pinfall winner would receive a shot. Serena won the match for her and Beth's team by pinning newcomer Katie Lea (but only after Beth hit the Down in Flames on Lea and was forced to leave the ring as she wasn't the legal woman in the match). So, in the interest of fairness, the following week, it was announced that there would be a women's battle royal with the title on the line - Beth, Serena, Katie Lea, and ODB were the final four women in the ring, with ODB eventually coming out on top.

The following week, ODB put her women's title on the line in a four-way match that also featured Beth, Serena & Katie Lea. Serena won the match following a spear on ODB, but after the match Phoenix laid out Serena with her newly won belt. At the October 4, 2006 OVW TV Tapings, Beth defeated Serena to capture the OVW Women's Championship. On the November 4, 2006 show, Beth lost the OVW women's title to Katie Lea in a gauntlet match - defeating Roni Jonah, Melody, Ariel, and Jenny Mae first. Lea, Serena, ODB, and Beth were the final four in the match with Lea taking the win.

Phoenix and Lea entered into a feud with each other, with Beth claiming that Lea never defeated her for her title so she was still the champion; Beth even came out with her own version of the OVW Women's Championship. This brought out Danny Basham OVW's TroubleShooter, who told Beth her title wasn't real, and that after doing some digging Lea's title wasn't real either. Basham set up a ladder match where the winner would become the undisputed OVW Women's Champion. Lea won the match, and was presented with the title belt on the first show of 2007. Phoenix took the belt from Basham, and after taking a look for herself, handed the Belt to Lea and shook her hand. In early 2007, Beth became involved in a "love triangle" along with Dan Rodman and Jacob Duncan. After the "love triangle" angle ended, Beth continued to manage Jacob Duncan in OVW.

Beth made her last appearance in OVW at their August 15, 2007 TV Tapings where she lost to Katie Lea in a No.1 Contenders Match and then joined the main WWE roster full-time.[4]

World Wrestling Entertainment

2006
Beth Phoenix debuted on the May 8, 2006 episode of RAW as a face attacking then heel, Mickie James during James' assault on Trish Stratus. After this incident, James berated Phoenix for "ruining everything" and questioned why she even showed up in the first place. A week later, Phoenix was formally introduced by Trish Stratus and then battered a distracted James on Stratus' behalf. When James finally escaped, Phoenix claimed that James had ruined her life and wouldn't let her get away with it, before calling her a psycho

On the following edition of RAW, Phoenix, now an official RAW diva, again attacked the Women's Champion after her match with Torrie Wilson.Then, on the May 29, 2006 episode of RAW, Beth teamed up with Torrie Wilson (with Stratus in their corner) to take on Candice Michelle and Victoria (with Mickie James in their corner). Phoenix pinned Candice after a Down In Flames.
During the June 5, 2006 episode of RAW, Beth came out to the ring with a new theme song. She suffered a fractured mandible during a match with Victoria,[9] but was victorious despite the injury. She was then out of action for a little over a month after having surgery to place a titanium plate into her jaw.

2007
On the July 9, 2007 edition of RAW, Phoenix returned as a heel when Melina claimed she was "injured" and needed a replacement as Jillian Hall's tag team partner. At the SummerSlam pay-per-view, Phoenix won the Interpromotional Diva Battle Royal to become the #1 Contender for Candice Michelle's WWE Women's Championship.Phoenix has since asserted her dominance over the WWE Divas, destroying the likes of Maria, Mickie James, Jillian Hall and Candice Michelle on the September 10 edition of RAW. However, at Unforgiven, Phoenix failed to capture the Women's Championship from Michelle.Even though she lost,two weeks later she was able to score a pin fall over Candice Michelle in a mixed tag team match that included Shelton Benjamin and Jeff Hardy.

[edit] In wrestling
Finishing Moves
Down in Flames (Sitout scoop slam piledriver into a pin)
Phoenix Driver (Delayed fisherman suplex)
Beth Valley Driver (Second rope Samoan driver) - OVW
Signature moves

Slingshot suplex
Gutwrench suplex
Cloverleaf submission - OVW
Gorilla press drop
Sidewalk slam
Lifting double chickenwing drop
Wrestlers managed by Beth Phoenix
Aaron "The Idol" Stevens
Brent Albright
Chris Masters
Dan Rodman
Jacob Duncan
Nicknames
The Glamazon
The Goddess of Pain
Phoenix
Fabulous Firebird
The Powerhouse
The Über Diva
Entrance Themes
Hey Baby preformed by No Doubt
Crazy In Love preformed by Beyonce
Brick House preformed by Rob Zombie
You Can't Trip Like I Do preformed by Filter
Count On It preformed by James A. Johnson

[edit] Personal life
She is married to Joey Carolan, known on the independent wrestling circuit as Joey Knight.

She is a huge fan of metal music and her favorite band is Pantera.