Dawn Marie Psaltis

Dawn Marie Psaltis (born November 3,1970 in Woodbridge, New Jersey), better known simply as Dawn Marie, is a Diva in World Wrestling Entertainment under its SmackDown! brand.

Profile

• Height: 5'7" (170.2 cm)
• Weight: 120lbs (54.4 kg)
• Birthday: November 3,1970
• Hometown: Woodbridge, New Jersey
• Trained By: Simon Diamond, Mikey Whipwreck
• Professional Debut: January 1995
• Previous Identities: Beulah McGillyslutty, Tammy Lynn Bytch, Dawn Marie Bytch, Dawn Marie Renaldi, Dawn Marie, Dawn Marie Wilson
• Quotes: "I'm a star!"
• Finishing/Signature Move(s): Schoolgirl
• Movie(s): Carmilla (1999)

Early career

In her youth, Dawn was a fan of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). She was raised to be a tomboy. Her father was a zookeeper. Growing up, Dawn admired Bob Backlund and Roddy Piper as well as his Piper's Pit.

At the age of 23, Dawn Marie found herself out of NYU business school and into a real estate consulting firm in Manhattan, New York. Dawn was working as the Director of International Real Estate before deciding to move into the entertainment industry with the goal of being either a model or actress.

Later, during an autograph signing for an independent promotion in Florida Dawn met Jonathan Gold, a talent agent. He had asked her if she wanted to get into the business. Shortly she received a phone call telling her she was booked on a show in New Jersey. She reluctantly went, managing Tony Atlas that night in a match against Jimmy Snuka. She stopped modeling and acting and started to learn all about the wrestling industry with the help of Snuka (who became like a second father to her) while she was traveling the Indy circuit.

Extreme Championship Wrestling

Four years later, after valeting for various promotions, Dawn heard that Mark Lamonica (better known as "Bubba Ray Dudley") from Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) had an interest in her and invited her to try out for the company. Dawn left for Philadephia where ECW promoter Paul Heyman paired her with Lance Storm. In her first night with ECW, Dawn lost her dress and was left in the ring in her underwear. Dawn was only billed to be with ECW for one night but Paul Heyman loved her chemistry with Lance Storm so much that she was offered a developmental contract. She was then immediately added to Lance Storm's current storyline.

Dawn was soon put into a high profile storyline involving Chris Candido's manager Tammy Lynn Sytch, formerly Sunny from the WWF. Her alliance with Lance Storm put over Storm's storyline that had him feuding with Candido. During this time, Dawn was dubbed "Dawn Marie Bytch", to spite Candido and his manager. Dawn worked with Lance through his solo career in ECW as well as with Lance and Justin Credible as part of the Impact Players faction. The trio had a high profile run until Lance left for World Championship Wrestling in 2000. Dawn was offered a contract by WCW around May 2000, when Lance Storm joined, but she declined in order to stay with her fiancè in ECW.

Dawn also was involved in various cat fights while in ECW and did some color commentary before working with her real life fiancè Pat Kenney (better known under his ring name "Simon Diamond") in late 2000 and early 2001, until ECW closed down. During her ECW tenure, she also worked with Justin Credible, Raven and Shane Douglas.

World Wrestling Entertainment

Dawn decided to return to the independent promotions and worked in various promotions with Pat until she was contacted by the May 30, 2002 as Vince McMahon's legal assistant, a contrast to her air-headed ECW persona.

Dawn's first match was at No Mercy in which she lost to Torrie Wilson.

Since Dawn's debut in the WWE, she has worked onscreen with Vince and Stephanie McMahon, married Torrie Wilson's father and engaged in a hot hotel scene with Torrie. During her storyline with Al Wilson, Dawn was called 'Mom' by Torrie. She has also wrestled and participated in numerous matches and bikini challenges.

Although she and Torrie are onscreen rivals, they are actually fairly good friends in life. Dawn was one of the Divas invited to Torrie Wilson's bachelorette party; she and her fiance Simon Diamond were invited to Torrie and Billy Kidman's wedding.

Once in the spotlight, she emerged as one of the top WWE women competitors. She combines her incredible beauty with a toughness that can only be expected from a New Jersey native and, as a result, has caught the attention of WWE fans and male suitors across the globe.

Although she has gained a reputation as a seductress, Dawn Marie would rather be known for her future between the ropes as a WWE Superstar. As she works her way to the top of the ladder, she will continue to provide the fans with wonderful memories as one of the most beautiful Divas to ever appearance in the WWE.

Goodwill work

On April 15, 2003, in Norfolk, Virginia Dawn Marie along with Rhyno, Rey Mysterio and Sable, visited the USS Vella Gulf, a guided missile cruiser. The WWE superstars expressed their gratitude to the Navy for their efforts during the Iraq war. Dawn Marie also gave an emotional speech to the soldiers about how she knows what its like for their families at home since Dawn has a brother in the military.

During the WWE's tour of Iraq, Dawn spent the night in one of Saddam Hussein's palaces. The palace was gutted, a shell of what it once was and she slept on a cot as did the other WWE Superstars.

Training

Dawn has traveled once a week to Louisville, Kentucky, the home of OVW where she and the rest of the Divas practice and team up. They listen to Fit Finlay's ideas and suggestions and work on some matches together. The practices normally take place every Thursday morning.

Dawn Marie has been known to arrive two hours early to train before a non-televised show and arrives at noon, gets in the ring by 2:30 and trains until the doors open on the days of tapings.

Trivia

• Dawn has starred in an independent film called The Vampire Carmilla

• Dawn celebrated her 32nd birthday on the road in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania wrestling in a match that pitted her and John Cena against Torrie Wilson and Billy Kidman.

• She is good friends with several WWE Divas, including Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler.

• Dawn is ticklish on her knees.

• Dawn loves cooking and people with dry humor.

• Dawn was in the original Austin Powers MTV special as an extra and actually had a few speaking lines.

• Dawn used to clean chicken coops and pluck the eggs out of the nest.

• Dawn has green eyes and brown hair

Fan mail address

Dawn Marie
P.O. Box 224
Port Reading, NJ 07064

External links

• Dawn Marie's Official Website