Eden Black after her final match
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Born | 28 January 1981 |
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Residence | Romford, Essex |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Eden Black |
Billed height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) |
Billed weight | 126 lb (57.2 kg) |
Billed from | Romford, Essex |
Trained by |
NWA UK Hammerlock Andre Baker Jon Ryan JP Monroe |
Debut | 2001 |
Retired | 2008 |
"The Jezebel" Eden Black (born 28 January 1981) is the ring name of a retired British professional wrestler who wrestled internationally on the independent circuit in promotions such as Real Quality Wrestling, Shimmer Women Athletes and ChickFight among others. She was known for her wrestling attire, choosing loose-fitting street clothes similar in style to Homicide, her strike-based style of fighting and her relationship with fellow wrestler JP Monroe.Fighting Spirit Magazine exclusively named her and rival Jetta as "spearheading a revolution in British wrestling" with regards to serious female wrestling.
After enjoying the World Wrestling Federation at a young age, particularly Ultimate Warrior, Black became reinterested in the late '90s by the age of 18. After achieving a 2:1 in Journalism and Contemporary History, Black began attending independent shows in Barking town hall, East London and after being inspired by wrestlers such as Robbie Brookside and James Mason, Black turned her own hand at wrestling through the NWA UK Hammerlock school in Kent, where she would wrestle her first matches, mainly battle royals.
After wrestling for Hammerlock her first significant appearance was part of an Independent Wrestling Federation Ladies Night to benefit Cancer research in 2004. After beating Jade in the first round, she lost to eventual winner Lexie Fyfe By 2006 she began to work in promotions around the UK, as well beating Skye in Irish Whip Wrestling, including appearing on the second televised show of LDN Wrestling, Caesar's Beatings, where she defeated Coventry-born wrestler Jetta beginning a long-standing feud between the two. The feud saw Jetta being inserted into a three way match, also featuring Sweet Saraya, for the vacant Real Quality Wrestling Women's Championship at Summer Brawl where Black won her first title. She was initially successful in the feud winning all her matches until the two competed in an intergender tag team match which Black and partner JP Monroe lost; the second match ended in a no-contest when Monroe turned on Black.