Beth Phoenix | |
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 Phoenix in 2011 | |
| Born | Elizabeth Kociański[1] (1980-11-24)November 24, 1980 (age 44)[1] Elmira, New York, U.S.[1] |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Beth Copeland Beth Phoenix Fabulous Firebird[2] Firebird[1] Phoenix[2] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[3][4][5] |
| Billed weight | 150 lb (68 kg)[2] |
| Billed from | Buffalo, New York[5][6] |
| Trained by | Ron Hutchison[2] Joey Knight[1] Robin Knightwing[1] Ohio Valley Wrestling |
| Debut | May 2001 |
Elizabeth Copeland (néeKociański; born November 24, 1980), better known asBeth Phoenix, is an Americanprofessional wrestler. She is best known for her tenure inWWE, where she is a formerWWE Divas Champion and a three-timeWWE Women's Champion.
Kociański had a successful amateur wrestling career in high school, winning several tournaments before being trained for professional wrestling by the All-Knighters. After her debut in May 2001, she wrestled for numerousindependentpromotions. She also appeared at the inauguralShimmer Women Athletes shows. In 2004, she began working forOhio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and signed a developmental contract with WWE in October 2005. She debuted on WWE'sRaw brand in May 2006 but suffered alegitimate broken jaw the following month. As a result, she had numerous surgeries and returned to OVW for further training. While there, she won theOVW Women's Championship twice, although her second reign is not officially recognized by OVW.
She returned to the Raw brand in July 2007, and was heavilypushed, dominating the otherWWE Divas and gaining the nickname, "The Glamazon". She won her first WWE Women's Championship at theNo Mercypay-per-view in October, and held it for six months. She then developed anon-screen relationship withSantino Marella, dubbed "Glamarella", and won the Women's Championship for a second time in August 2008, holding it until January 2009. In January 2010, at theRoyal Rumble, she became the second woman in the history of the event to enter the men'sRoyal Rumble match, and went on to win the Women's Championship for the third time in April, holding it for a month. In October 2011, Phoenix won theWWE Divas Championship for the first time and lost it in April 2012. Phoenix retired and left WWE in October 2012 due to creative frustrations with the treatment of women in WWE, and to focus on her family life with boyfriend and later husband Adam Copeland, famous in WWE asEdge, with whom she subsequently had two daughters.[7]
In 2017, Phoenix returned to WWE upon being inducted into theWWE Hall of Fame as part of the2017 class; her induction made her the fastest woman to be inducted after her retirement and the youngest inductee in history at age 36.[8][9][10] After receiving theFrank Gotch Award for her philanthropic work in 2015, she became she also became the first woman to be inducted in theGeorge Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, ahall of fame dedicated to professional wrestlers with an amateur background, in 2019.[11] Phoenix had wrestled on a part-time basis from 2018 to 2023, most notably atWrestleMania 35; she also took part in the first-ever women's Royal Rumble match in 2018, making her the first wrestler to have participated in both the men's and women's matches. From May 2019 to December 2021, she was a full-time commentator onNXT.
Elizabeth Kociański was born inElmira, New York, and raised by Polish parents.[4][12] When she was eleven years old, she won a coloring contest with a prize of tickets to a television taping for theWorld Wrestling Federation.[4] Kociański credits this as when she fell in love withprofessional wrestling.[4] She citesBret Hart,Sgt. Slaughter,Owen Hart, andTed DiBiase as her favorite wrestlers.[13] Kociański attendedNotre Dame High School in Elmira, where she playedtennis and rantrack.[13] She was votedprom queen in her senior year.[14] Kociański is a graduate fromCanisius College inBuffalo, New York, with a bachelor's degree incriminal justice andpublic relations.[14][15] While wrestling in OVW, Kociański also worked as a waitress at a local restaurant known to Elmira natives as Lights Bakery and Coffee Shop.[16]
Elizabeth Kociański began wrestling on theNotre Dame High Schoolscholastic wrestling team. She was the first femalevarsity wrestler in the school's history.[1][4][5] She became the North-Eastfreestyle women's champion in 1999, and also won at theNew York State Fair Tournament the same year.[1] At the time, she was also a member ofUSA Wrestling, a freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling association.[4][13] Her life goal was, according to her, to become a professional wrestler, and she believed that having a solid amateur background would help her reach it.[13]
After graduating from high school in 1998, she enrolled in both aprofessional wrestling school andCanisius College inBuffalo, New York. Her first choice for wrestling school wasStu Hart'sDungeon, but because of the location, she decided on a more local school. At the school, she was trained by the All Knighters (Joey Knight and Robin Knightwing), who themselves had trained in the Hart Dungeon.[13] She later stated thatNora Greenwald, who was known in theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF) as Molly Holly, had paid for her to attend wrestling school after Carolan had given her a demo tape of her work.[17] Her professional wrestling debut match was againstAlexis Laree.[13] She then worked for variousindependentpromotions, including Cleveland All Pro Wrestling and Apocalypse Wrestling, against bothmale and female wrestlers, using the name "Phoenix".[13][18] In 2002, she was one of the first wrestlers in GLORY, an independent organization for women, and was the inaugural GLORY Champion.[1][18] She then joined Far North Wrestling (FNW), and was the only female wrestler in the promotion.[1] She defeated Joey Knight and Kevin Grace in 2003 to become the FNW Cruiserweight Champion.[1][13] Later in 2003 she took part in World Xtreme Wrestling's annual Women's Elite 8 tournament where she made it to the final, before losing toApril Hunter. She returned two years later and defeatedNikki Roxx, but was bested in the second round by eventual winner Alicia.[19] The following month, Phoenix appeared at the inaugural taping for theRing of Honor sister promotionShimmer Women Athletes; duringVolume 1 she was pinned by Shimmer founderAllison Danger but scored an upset victory in a non-title match againstNWA Midwest Women's ChampionMsChif.[20]
Kociański was invited to a tryout withWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May 2004, and then relocated toLouisville, Kentucky, to work for their then-developmental territory,Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW).[1][13] She debuted on OVW television in July 2004, having changed her ring name to "Beth Phoenix", and became theon-screen girlfriend andvalet ofChris Masters.[1][13] The storyline was short-lived, and the following month Phoenix wasrepackaged as the manager ofAaron "The Idol" Stevens.[1] She signed a developmental contract with WWE on October 20, 2005, the same month that she broke her hand.[1][13] The duo was then joined byShelly Martinez, who Phoenix soon feuded within early 2006.[1]
Phoenix debuted on WWE's main roster on the May 8, 2006, episode ofRaw as aface by attackingMickie James while James was assaultingTrish Stratus.[5] After this incident, James berated Phoenix for "ruining everything" and questioned why she showed up in the first place.[21][22] A week later, Phoenix was formally introduced by Stratus and then attacked a distracted James on Stratus's behalf. When James finally escaped, Phoenix claimed that James had "ruined her life", and would not let her get away with it, before calling her a "psycho".[23] On the following episode ofRaw, Phoenix attacked James after her match withTorrie Wilson.[24] Then, on the May 29 episode ofRaw, Phoenix and Wilson, with Stratus in their corner, teamed together to defeatCandice Michelle andVictoria, who had James in their corner.[25] During the June 5 episode ofRaw, Phoenix suffered alegitimately fracturedmandible during a match with Victoria, but was able to continue the match, and emerged victorious despite the injury.[5][26][27] Phoenix's jaw was entirely severed and subsequent surgeries left a portion of her face permanently numb.[citation needed] She spent a year having surgeries and recovering, including getting a titanium plate and nine screws placed in her jaw, but she was only out of action for two months, as she returned to action in OVW instead of on the main roster.[4][6]
After sustaining her injury on the main roster, Phoenix returned to action in OVW on August 16, 2006, defeatingSerena. Phoenix began regularly competing for theOVW Women's Championship, unsuccessfully challenging the championODB in abattle royal and afour-way match, which was won by Serena. At the October 4 OVW television tapings, however, Phoenix defeated Serena to win the championship.[28] She lost the championship toVictoria Crawford in agauntlet match on October 20, and won it back the next day; however, Crawford's title reign is not officially recognized, and as a result, neither is Phoenix's second reign.[28][29] Phoenix officiallydropped the championship in a gauntlet match at the November 1 television taping, after she was eliminated byKatie Lea, who eventually won the match.[28]
On the November 6 episode of OVW, Phoenix came out with her championship and claimed to still be the women's champion.[2] As a result, aladder match was set up, where the winner would become the undisputed OVW Women's Champion. Lea won the match and was presented with the title belt on the first show of 2007.[28] Throughout 2007, Phoenix continued to wrestle in numerous women's matches in OVW.[2] Phoenix made her last appearance in OVW at their August 15 television tapings where she lost to Lea in a number one contenders match.[2][30]
On the July 9, 2007, episode ofRaw, Phoenix returned as avillain, whenMelina claimed to be injured. Phoenix replaced Melina in a tag team match asJillian Hall's friend, and the two lost toCandice Michelle andMickie James.[31] At theSummerSlampay-per-view, Phoenix won theInterpromotional Divasbattle royal to become the number one contender for Michelle'sWWE Women's Championship.[32] Phoenix was thenpushed as a dominating Diva, dubbing herself "The Glamazon" and vergroting James, Hall, and Michelle on the September 10 episode ofRaw.[33][34] AtUnforgiven, however, she failed to capture the Women's Championship from Michelle.[35] Their storylinerivalry continued when Phoenix pinned Michelle during a non-titlemixed tag team match onRaw on September 24.[36]
AtNo Mercy in October, Phoenix defeated Michelle to win her first WWE Women's Championship.[37][38] She retained the title on the October 22 episode ofRaw in atwo out of three falls match, in which Candice Michelle was injured by Phoenix shaking the rope, causing her to fall off the top turnbuckle and legitimately break herclavicle.[39]
During a 10-Diva tag team match atSurvivor Series, Phoenix's team lost after Melina was pinned by Mickie James.[40] On the November 26 episode ofRaw, James defeated Melina in a number one contenders match for Phoenix's Women's Championship, setting up a title match between the two atArmageddon, a match in which Phoenix successfully defended her Women's title.[41][42] On New Year's Eve 2008, Phoenix successfully defended her title in a Triple Threat match against Melina and James, after pinning Melina.[43]
Phoenix, along with then-ally Melina, took part in thePlayboyBunnyMania Lumberjack match atWrestleMania XXIV, where she defeated the team ofAshley andMaria.[44] On April 14, 2008, Phoenix faced Mickie James with her Women's Championship on the line and lost, ending her reign as champion.[45] Phoenix received a rematch on the May 5 episode ofRaw in alumberjill match, but lost after Melina unintentionally hit her in the face with her boot.[46] On the May 12 episode ofRaw, Melina and Phoenix partnered to face Maria and James. During the match, Melina unintentionally knocked Phoenix off of the ring apron, resulting in Phoenix abandoning Melina, which allowed James and Maria to pick up the win. Later that night, Melina and Phoenix brawled in a backstage segment, ending their alliance.[47] AtJudgment Day, She failed to regain the Women's Championship in a Triple Threat match after James pinned Melina to retain the title.[48] AtOne Night Stand, Phoenix defeated Melina in the first women's"I Quit" match in WWE history.[49] The next night onRaw, She teamed withKatie Lea Burchill to defeat Melina and James in a tag team match.[50] She was pinned by James one week later in a non-title match, and was once again destroyed by Melina post-match.[51]
After a month absence from television, Phoenix returned on the July 14 episode ofRaw, where she defeatedSantino Marella after he issued an open challenge to any WWE wrestler backstage.[52] The storyline continued the following week after Marella lost to the returningD-Lo Brown. Phoenix confronted Marella after the match, and they briefly grappled with each other before unexpectedly sharing a kiss, to which both expressed considerable confusion.[53]
The two then became anon-screenpower couple, and the pairing of Phoenix and Marella later became known by theportmanteau Glamarella.[54] Within the team, she acted as thestraight-woman, berating Marella or reacting in disbelief to his over-the-top, embarrassing antics. AtSummerSlam, they defeatedKofi Kingston andMickie James in anintergender tag team match. Phoenix pinned James, winning theWomen's Championship, while Marella won Kingston'sIntercontinental Championship.[5][54] She successfully defended the Women's Championship againstCandice Michelle atNo Mercy.[55] AtSurvivor Series in November, Phoenix was team captain of the victorious Raw Diva team which defeated theSmackDown Divas in a five-on-five elimination match; she eliminatedMaryse and became the sole survivor of the team.[56]
On December 8, 2008, Phoenix received the "Slammy Award" for Diva of the Year.[57] Phoenix then began feuding withMelina, who had returned from injury in November. This storyline included the debut ofRosa Mendes, who was introduced as Phoenix's "superfan". At theRoyal Rumble in January 2009, Phoenix lost the Women's Championship to Melina.[58] AtWrestleMania XXV, Phoenix competed in the 25-Diva "Miss WrestleMania" battle royal; despite scoring 12 eliminations, more than any other participant, she lost when Marella, who competed indrag, claiming to be his twin sister "Santina", last eliminated her.[59] After WrestleMania, Glamarella separated, as Phoenix was unhappy with Santino pretending to be "Santina". Phoenix had a brief scripted rivalry with both "Santina" and Marella, and challenged "Santina" for the "Miss WrestleMania" title atBacklash, but was unsuccessful.[60][61][62]
After a brief hiatus, Phoenix returned on the July 27 episode ofRaw, teaming withAlicia Fox andRosa Mendes in a losing effort toMickie James,Gail Kim, andKelly Kelly.[63] Phoenix had her first opportunity for theWWE Divas Championship, being narrowly defeated by the defending champion, Mickie James, on the August 31 episode ofRaw, after winning a number one contender's battle royal that same night.
On the October 12 episode ofRaw, it was announced that Phoenix had been traded to theSmackDown brand.[64] Phoenix made her in-ring debut for the brand on the October 30 episode ofSmackDown, defeatingJenny Brooks, an "enhancement talent".[65] In January 2010, at theRoyal Rumble, she entered theRoyal Rumble match and eliminatedThe Great Khali, before she was eliminated byCM Punk. With her entry, she became the second woman in history to enter the Royal Rumble match, the first beingChyna.[66]
After being told byVickie Guerrero, the SmackDown consultant, that she would not be receiving a Women's Championship opportunity, Phoenix turnedface after she savedTiffany from an attack by Guerrero andLayCool (Michelle McCool andLayla) on the March 12 episode ofSmackDown. She then went on to defeat McCool and Layla in a tag team match involving Tiffany. The feud with McCool continued atWrestleMania XXVI, where they were on opposing teams in a 10-Diva tag team match, which Phoenix's team lost, although they won a rematch the following night onRaw. On the April 23 episode of Smackdown, Phoenix teamed with Mickie James to face McCool and Layla. After the match, LayCool beat down and humiliated Phoenix by smearing make-up on her face and body while she was unconscious. This resulted in Phoenix receiving a match for the Women's Championship against McCool atExtreme Rules, where she defeated McCool in an "Extreme Makeover" match to win her third Women's Championship.[67][68] On the May 6 episode ofSuperstars, Phoenixtore her ACL in a match against Rosa Mendes, and as a result, one week later onSmackDown, McCool invoked her rematch clause to face Phoenix in atwo-on-one handicap match along with Layla, where Layla pinned Phoenix to become the new Women's Champion.[69]
Phoenix returned from her injury at November'sSurvivor Series pay-per-view, and attacked the former co-championsMichelle McCool andLayla, after they lost theWWE Divas Championship toNatalya.[70] Phoenix and Natalya then formed an alliance, and atTLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in December, Phoenix and Natalya defeatedLayCool in the first Divas Tag TeamTables match in WWE history.[71][72]
As part of the2011 Supplemental Draft on April 26, 2011, Phoenix returned to the Raw brand.[73] On the August 1 episode ofRaw, Phoenix won a battle royal to become the number one contender to the WWE Divas Championship, and afterward attacked championKelly Kelly to provoke a feud and turning heel in the process.[74] Phoenix later declared that she was tired of the "perky bimbos" that comprised the rest of the Divas division, and was on a mission to make a mockery of the other Divas, and was joined by Natalya to form theDivas of Doom.[75] Phoenix went on to unsuccessfully challenge Kelly for the championship atSummerSlam.[76] Throughout September, The Divas of Doom feuded with Kelly andEve Torres onRaw and The Chickbusters (AJ andKaitlyn) onSmackDown.[77][78][79] Phoenix challenged Kelly for the Divas Championship again atNight of Champions, but was unsuccessful.[80] AtHell in a Cell in October, Phoenix defeated Kelly to win the Divas Championship for the first time, with help from Natalya.[81][82] In a rematch on the October 14 episode ofSmackDown, Phoenix successfully retained the championship.[83] AtVengeance, Phoenix successfully defended the championship against Eve Torres, with both Natalya and Kelly banned from ringside.[84] Phoenix successfully retained her championship against Torres again atSurvivor Series on November 20 in aLumberjill match, and against Kelly atTLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 18.[85][86]
Further successful defenses followed against Torres on the January 30, 2012, episode ofRaw andTamina Snuka atElimination Chamber on February 19.[87] After this, Phoenix competed only sporadically for a few months, including a tag team match atWrestleMania XXVIII, where she and Eve Torres were defeated by Kelly Kelly andMaria Menounos.[88] On the April 6 episode ofSmackDown, Phoenix lost toNikki Bella in a non-title match, following Kelly's interference.[89] On the April 23 episode ofRaw, Phoenix lost her Divas Championship to Nikki Bella in a Lumberjill match, after suffering a storyline ankle injury.[90] AtExtreme Rules, Phoenix was scheduled to face Nikki in a rematch for the Divas Championship, however she was not medically cleared to compete and was replaced by the returningLayla, who ended up winning the title.[91] Phoenix made two unsuccessful attempts at regaining the Divas Championship from Layla atOver the Limit in May and atNo Way Out in June, respectively.[92][93] Phoenix lost 19 times against Divas champion Layla in various live events.
In September, Kaitlyn was attacked by an unknown assailant before her championship match atNight of Champions. Upon her return, she announced her assailant had blonde hair, and Assistant SmackDown general manager Eve Torres accused Phoenix before attacking her.[94] On the September 28 episode ofSmackDown, after defeating Natalya, Phoenix was suspended by Torres, but the suspension was later reversed by SmackDown General managerBooker T.[95] On the October 1 episode ofRaw, Phoenix lost to Torres.[96] Phoenix turned heel again on the October 18 episode ofSuperstars, when she berated Kaitlyn for thinking that Phoenix attacked her and demanded respect from Kaitlyn, before losing to her in a singles match.[97] On the October 29 episode ofRaw, Phoenix was defeated byAJ Lee in a singles match, but the match was restarted byRaw Managing SupervisorVickie Guerrero, allowing Phoenix to win. After the match, in the storyline, Guerrero fired Phoenix for her poor performance.[98] In reality, Phoenix had given her notice to WWE in September and had decided to leave the company; although she originally claimed that she had left to focus on her family, in September 2019, she revealed that she had been "really frustrated with where the women were at from a company standpoint, and the investment that was being made in us. I felt in my heart I had done my best, and I'd try hard to change things but, at some point, I just got frustrated."[99][100][101]
On February 27, 2017, WWE announced that Phoenix would be inducted into theWWE Hall of Fame as part of the2017 class.[8] Her induction made her the quickest female to be inducted after her retirement, as she had retired only five years prior, and made her and her husbandEdge the first real-life couple to both be inducted.[9][10][102]
In 2018, Phoenix became a part-timecolor commentator for WWE, mainly for women-related events, starting from January 16 to April 3, 2018, for thefirst season of theWWE Mixed Match Challenge, commenting the tournament each week alongsideMichael Cole andCorey Graves.[103] On January 28, 2018, at theRoyal Rumble event, she made a one-night wrestling return as aface for the first time since 2012 by entering the first-ever women'sRoyal Rumble match as a competitor, making her the first person to appear in both a men's and women's Royal Rumble. She entered at number 24 and lasted over two minutes before being eliminated byNatalya.
Phoenix went on to continue to work as a guest commentator at various events and mainly women's matches such as theWrestleMania Women's Battle Royal atWrestleMania 34, the2018 Mae Young Classic, the women's Royal Rumble match at the2019 Royal Rumble event, and theElimination Chamber match to determine the inauguralWWE Women's Tag Team Champions at the2019 Elimination Chamber event.[104][105][106]
On March 10, 2019, at theFastlane pay-per-view, Phoenix acted as commentator on theWWE Women's Tag Team Championship match between defending champions The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks) andNia Jax andTamina. After their defeat, Jax and Tamina attacked Bayley and Banks; Phoenix came to their aid, soon joined by Natalya, but the four were still overpowered by Jax and Tamina.[107][108][109] The following day onRaw, Phoenix accompanied Natalya to her match against Jax, eventually causing a disqualification by attacking Jax.[110]
On the March 18, 2019, episode ofRaw, Phoenix announced that she was coming out of retirement; she and Natalya reformed their 2011–2012 tag teamThe Divas of Doom, and challenged The Boss 'n' Hug Connection for a WWE Women's Tag Team Championship match atWrestleMania 35; however, Tamina ambushed Phoenix after a distraction from Jax during a one-on-one match between Natalya and Banks.[111][112][113] On the April 1 episode ofRaw, Phoenix wrestled her first match in nearly seven years, where she teamed with Natalya, Bayley and Banks, to face off against Jax, Tamina, andThe IIconics (Billie Kay andPeyton Royce), where Phoenix's team emerged victorious after she pinned Royce following aGlam Slam. At WrestleMania, Phoenix and Natalya lost toThe IIconics during afatal four-waytag team match for the Women's Tag Team Championship, when, after Phoenix performed aGlam Slam from the second rope on defending championBayley without realizing that The IIconics'Billie Kay had tagged Phoenix out, was thrown outside the ring by Kay's partnerPeyton Royce, who allowed Kay to successfully pin Bayley.
On May 15, 2019, Phoenix joined the commentary team ofNXT alongsideMauro Ranallo andNigel McGuinness, replacingPercy Watson; this marked her first time as full-time commentator, and her first time commenting matches that did not involve women.[114] Her firstNXT TakeOver as announcer wasNXT TakeOver: XXV on June 1, 2019.[115] She was a member of the commenting team whenNXT started airing live on September 18, 2019, and was extended from a 50-minutes runtime to 120 minutes.[116][117][118]
Phoenix returned to the ring for the first time since the previous year's WrestleMania during the Women's Royal Rumble match at the2020 Royal Rumble event as the nineteenth entrant, lasting over 23 minutes before being eliminated byShayna Baszler and finishing in third place.[119] She suffered a head injury early in the match whenBianca Belair slapped her chest and caused the back of Phoenix's neck to hit one of the ring posts around the ring, but was able to finish the match.[120]
On the March 2 edition ofRaw, Phoenix would make an appearance to provide a medical update on her husbandEdge, who had been injured byRandy Orton. However, Orton would interrupt and explain his actions, which caused Phoenix to slap and kick Orton, who retaliated by hitting her with anRKO.[121]
AtWWE Day 1, Phoenix returned to help her husbandEdge win a match againstThe Miz.[122] The couple then started a feud with The Miz and Maryse which resulted in amixed tag team match at theRoyal Rumble, Phoenix and Edge were victorious.[123] On the August 22, 2022, episode ofRaw, Phoenix returned to watch Edge's match againstDamian Priest. After the match,The Judgment Day (Priest,Finn Bálor andRhea Ripley) attacked Edge, but Phoenix stepped in to stop the assault.[citation needed] She interfered in Edge's"I Quit" match against Bálor atExtreme Rules, but despite her efforts, Edge ultimately lost. When the match was over, Rhea Ripley attacked Phoenix with a violent Con-Chair-To, severely injuring her (kayfabe).[citation needed]
In 2023, Phoenix returned atRoyal Rumble,spearing Ripley before walking off with Edge. She would appear on the followingRaw to do the same when The Judgement Day attempted to interfere in Bálor's match againstCody Rhodes. On February 6, 2023, Phoenix and Edge challenged Rhea Ripley and Finn Bálor to a mixed tag team match at theElimination Chamberpremium live event.[124] At the event on February 18, Phoenix and Edge were victorious despite interference fromDominik Mysterio.[125] On August 15, 2024, Phoenix announced that her WWE Contract has just expired and became free agent during her interview withChris Van Vliet, after it was originally reported byPWInsider on July 26, 2024.[126]
Beth Copeland made herAll Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut on September 20, 2025, atAll Out, where she took outStokley, which allowed her husbandAdam CopelandandChristian Cage to defeatFTR (Cash Wheeler andDax Harwood). After the match, Copeland was attacked by FTR while attempting to fight them off from attacking her husband.[127]
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Phoenix, along withCandice Michelle andLayla El, appeared in the February 2009 issue ofFLEX Magazine.[128]Phoenix has appeared in 12 WWE video games. She made her in-game debut inWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 and appears inWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010,WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011,WWE '12,WWE '13,WWE 2K18,WWE 2K19,WWE 2K20,WWE 2K Battlegrounds,WWE 2K22,WWE 2K23 andWWE 2K24.
On November 9, 2021, Copeland announced her debut EP,Stone Rose & Bone. It was released on all major streaming platforms on November 12, 2021, byWWE Music Group.[129]
In 2001, she was married to Joey Carolan, known by the ring name Joey Knight,[1][130] but they divorced in 2010.[131]
In September 2011, she began a relationship with Adam Copeland, known in WWE asEdge, and in December 2013, their first daughter was born.[132][7] Their second daughter was born in May 2016.[133] The couple married on October 30, 2016.[134]
a During her reign, Phoenix lost the title toVictoria Crawford, later winning it back; Crawford's reign is not officially recognized by OVW, and therefore Phoenix is considered to have had a single, uninterrupted reign.[29]
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