The Blossom Twins in 2013
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Birth name | Lucy Knott (Hannah) Kelly Knott (Holly) |
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Born |
, Greater Manchester, England |
18 February 1988
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Team Blossom The Blossom Twins The Blossoms Beatrice & Penelope Bristol The Bristol Twins |
Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) each |
Billed from | Manchester, England |
Trained by |
Rip Rogers Mike Mondo Nick Dinsmore |
Debut | 2005 |
Lucy Osterfeld (née Knott) and Kelly Sharpe (née Knott) (born on 18 February 1988), are English twin professional wrestlers, better known by the ring names Hannah Blossom and Holly Blossom respectively. The twins are a professional wrestling tag team, collectively referred to as The Blossom Twins.
The twins grew up in , Greater Manchester, where they attended St Winifred's RC Primary School. They have a brother. Both became fans of professional wrestling at the age of 12, and admired the The Hardy Boyz.
Both the Knott twins began training when they were 15, and debuted in professional wrestling at the age of 16.
On 4 May 2008, The Blossom Twins made an appearance at the ChickFight X, where they defeated Jade and Maya. At ChickFight XI, they lost to Jetta and Wesna.
In 2008, at the Genny Norton Promotions, The Blossoms defeated CJ Banks & Danny Hope. On 19 September, they teamed with Bubblegum to defeat Generation S.E.X (Brad Flash, Brett Valentine and Mikey Riot). On 10 October, The Blossoms and Travis the Menace defeated Bret Valentine, Brad Flash and Prince Ameen. On 27 February 2011, at Futureshock Wrestling, The Blossoms defeated Becky James and Charlie Quinn. On 30 April 2011, Hannah faced Mickie James to determine the inaugural Covey Pro Women's Champion, but was unsuccessful in winning the championship.
On 8 February 2012, The Blossom Twins debuted for Pro-Wrestling: EVE, as participatants in the promotion's eight-woman Queen of the Ring tournament. Hannah was eliminated from the tournament by Nikki Storm in her first round match, while Holly's match against Sara-Marie Taylor ended in a double disqualification due to interference from both Hannah and Taylor's tag team partner Carmel Jacobs, eliminating them both from the tournament. Later during the pay-per-view, Taylor and Jacobs, known as The Glamour Gym, defeated The Blossom Twins in a tag team match.