Angel Orsini
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| Birth name | Angel Orsini |
| Born | August 26, 1969 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
| Residence | New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Website | www.TheAngelOrsini.com |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Angel Orsini Prodigette Riptide |
| Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Billed weight | 155 lb (70 kg) |
| Trained by | Liz Chase Dusty Rhodes |
| Debut | 1996 |
Angel Orsini (born 1969, August 26) is an American professional wrestler bodybuilder and mixed martial artist, best known by her ring name Riptide. She has competed in North American independent promotions including Women's Extreme Wrestling, Ohio Valley Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling, most notably as The Prodigette who managed the stable the 'Sideshow Freaks' during the last years of the promotion.
Born in Washington, D.C., Orsini became involved in bodybuilding and strength training in 1991 and, the following year, began studying Tae Kwon Do and Hopkido.
During 1993, she competed as a heavyweight in the North Miami Beach Bodybuilding Championship and the South Florida Bodybuilding Championships winning second place in both competitions.
After three years of training, Orsini became a Black Belt and entered an instructor training program eventually teaching Tae Kwon Do. That same year, she began training with Bart Vale in freefighting and mixed martial arts.
She began fighting professionally in 1996, winning the Florida State Continuous Fighting Championship before travelling to Japan to make her MMA debut against Yumiko Hotta in March 1996.
While in Japan, Orsini was persuaded by female wrestler Reggie Bennett to enter professional wrestling after watching Japanese female wrestling. Returning to the United States, she began training under Liz Chase in Royal Palm Beach, Florida and made her debut five months later facing Joanni Lee Lauer at the Iron Horse Saloon in Ormond Beach, Florida in October 1996.
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