Leva Bates
| Leva Bates | |
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Bates in October 2016
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| Birth name | Leva Bates |
| Born |
May 21, 1983 Madisonville, Kentucky, United States |
| Residence | Orlando, Florida, United States |
| Alma mater | Murray State University |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Blue Pants Leva Leva Bates |
| Billed height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Billed weight | 115 lb (52 kg) |
| Billed from |
Gotham City, Florida The Clearance Rack |
| Trained by |
Mark LoMonaco Devon Hughes |
| Debut | 2006 |
Leva Bates (born May 21, 1983) is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her appearances with WWE in their developmental territory WWE NXT under the ring name Blue Pants. She is also known for her tenure on the independent circuit, most notably for Shimmer Women Athletes, under her real name.
Bates was trained at the Team 3D Academy under Devon Hughes and Mark LoMonaco, and made her professional wrestling debut in 2006. She spent the next three years wrestling primarily in the Southeastern United States, for promotions such as Southeastern Championship Wrestling (SCW) and Coastal Championship Wrestling. In SCW, she won the SCW Women's Championship on November 8, 2008, by defeating Betsy Ruth and Lexie Fyfe in a three-way match. She also appeared for World Xtreme Wrestling, beginning in 2009, wrestling against Betsy Ruth and Malia Hosaka, among others.
Bates appeared on the May 28, 2008, episode of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Impact!, accepting Awesome Kong's $25,000 challenge, which she would lose. She later had a try-out match for the company against Isis the Amazon in February 2011, but lost the match. In September 2012, Bates made a further appearance on Impact Wrestling, portraying a stagehand who helped the Aces & Eights faction abduct Sting and Hulk Hogan. Bates made a brief return to TNA Wrestling at the Knockouts Knockdown 4 pay-per-view as her cosplayer character losing a well received match to TNA Knockouts champion Jade.
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