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Baby Doll in August 2010
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Birth name | Nickla Ann Roberts |
Born |
Lubbock, Texas, United States |
February 13, 1962
Residence | Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States |
Spouse(s) | Sam Houston (m. 1986; div. 1994) |
Children | 2 |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Andrea, the Lady Giant Baby Doll |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Billed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Trained by | Lorraine Johnson Jake Roberts Nick Roberts Nelson Royal |
Debut | 1984 |
Nickla Ann Roberts (born February 13, 1962) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and valet, better known by her ring name, "The Perfect 10" Baby Doll. She is best known for her appearances with World Class Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions in the 1980s.
Roberts was born in Lubbock, Texas to Nick Roberts and Lorraine Johnson. Both Nick Roberts and Johnson were professional wrestlers and promoted weekly events at the Fair Park Coliseum. During her childhood, Roberts sold programs at her father's events, in the process befriending future wrestlers Bruce and Keith Hart and Kerry and Kevin Von Erich. From an early age, Roberts aimed to become a professional wrestler.
In the summer of 1984, while training to become an emergency medical technician (EMT), Roberts overheard her parents say that her childhood crush, World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) wrestler Gino Hernandez, was in need of a valet. Unbeknownst to her parents, Roberts contacted David Manning, the WCCW booker, and proposed that she could manage Hernandez. After Manning agreed, Roberts left college and traveled to San Antonio, Texas, making her debut alongside Hernandez in the sold-out Freeman Coliseum. She went on to train under Nelson Royal for the remainder of the summer.