Angelina Love
| Angelina Love | |
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Angelina Love in February 2014
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| Birth name | Lauren Williams |
| Born |
September 13, 1981 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Residence | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Wesley Richards (m. 2015) |
| Children | 1 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Angelina Love Angel Williams Canadian Angel |
| Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Billed weight | 122 lb (55 kg) |
| Billed from | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Trained by | Rob Etcheverria |
| Debut | August 18, 2000 |
Lauren Ann Williams (born September 13, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Angelina Love. In TNA, she has held the Knockouts Championship a record-tying six times (along with Gail Kim), and was a one-time Knockouts Tag Team Champion with Winter. Outside of TNA, she works under the ring name Angel Williams.
Williams debuted in wrestling in 2000, working for independent promotions around Canada under the ring name Angel Williams. Her all-time favorite wrestler Shawn Michaels was her inspiration to get into wrestling. She was first a valet for various wrestlers such as Chris Sabin and Eric Young, and then began in-ring training under Rob Fuego.
Williams briefly worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2004, mainly wrestling on TNA Xplosion against Trinity.
Williams was working for promotions in the United States when World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) scouted her, and invited her to a tryout in June 2004. In November, she trained at WWE's then-developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), and WWE signed her to a contract in late 2004. She was assigned to wrestle and train in another WWE developmental territory, Deep South Wrestling (DSW). Williams began managing Johnny Parisi in the summer of 2005. On the September 8, 2005 episode of DSW TV, Williams made her in-ring debut by defeating Michelle McCool. On September 22, Williams was scheduled to wrestle against McCool, but MCcool never showed up. Instead Daisy Mae came out, challenged Williams and Williams defeated Mae in a singles match. At the February 9, 2006 episode of DSW TV, Williams participated in the first ever Bikini Contest in DSW. She did not reveal her bikini because Palmer Cannon interrupted, which led to a match, where Love managed Cannon against Tommy Dreamer. On February 28, she underwent knee surgery in Birmingham, Alabama to repair a torn ACL. After almost seven months of rehab, she stepped back into the ring at a DSW TV taping. At the beginning of November 2006, Williams started managing The Gymini, but The Gymini were released from their contracts in January 2007.
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