| Allie | |
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 Allie in 2015 | |
| Birth name | Laura Dennis[1][2] |
| Born | (1987-09-03)September 3, 1987 (age 37)[3] Toronto,Ontario,Canada[4] |
| Spouse | [5] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Allie[6] The Bunny Laura Dennis Cherry Bomb[1] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[7] |
| Billed weight | 119 lb (54 kg)[8] |
| Billed from | Toronto, Ontario, Canada[7] |
| Trained by | Rob Etcheverria,[1] Derek Wylde[9] |
| Debut | 2005[1][10] |
Laura Dennis (born September 3, 1987), better known by thering namesAllie andThe Bunny, is a Canadianprofessional wrestler. She is best known for her time inImpact Wrestling from 2013 to 2019, where she is a former two-timeImpact Knockouts Champion[11] andAll Elite Wrestling (AEW) from 2019 to 2023. She has also competed forGreat Canadian Wrestling,NCW Femmes Fatales,Shimmer Women Athletes,Shine Wrestling,Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) andCombat Zone Wrestling (CZW) under the ring nameCherry Bomb. Withtag team partnerKimber Lee, collectively known as The Kimber Bombs, they have held theShine Tag Team Championship and theShimmer Tag Team Championship both once. She is also a former 1 timeWSU Champion.
On her seventeenth birthday, Dennis signed up to begin training at the Squared Circle Training centre based inToronto, Ontario, with Rob Etcheverria.[1] Etchevarianamed herCherry Bomb, and she began wrestling under the name.[1] She later trained with Derek Wylde.[9] She debuted in May 2005 inOshawa, Ontario.[1]
Cherry Bomb debuted for the Pure Wrestling Association (PWA) in a match with21st Century Fox on July 22, 2005.[9] She competed in the Elite 8 Tournament, but was eliminated byDanyah Rivietz in the first round.[9] Later in the night, she aligned with Kristal Banks only to lose to the tag team ofTiana Ringer and Luscious Lily.[9] She scored her very first victory against 21st Century Fox at a PWX event.[9] In January 2006, Cherry Bomb lost to 21st Century Fox in a match to determine the inaugural PWA Elite Women's Champion.[9]
She appeared forOttawan promotion, Capital City Championship Combat, in 2008.[12] Cherry Bomb also wrestled for Classic Championship Wrestling (CCW), and once held their Women's Championship, which she successfully defended against Evilyn,Alexxis, andJaime D.[13]
Cherry Bomb was part of the debut show ofNCW Femmes Fatales on September 5, 2009, where she lost toSara Del Rey.[14][15] She gained her first victory in the promotion on February 6, 2010, when she defeated Mistress Belmont.[16] She was scheduled to wrestle againstDaffney at NCW Femmes Fatales' third show, but was unable to make the show.[17] AtFemmes Fatales IX on July 7, 2012, Cherry Bomb and Sweet Cherrie unsuccessfully challengedThe Canadian NINJAs (Portia Perez andNicole Matthews) for theShimmer Tag Team Championship. After the match, Cherry Bomb attacked Sweet Cherrie, blaming her for the loss.[18]
On May 1, 2006, Cherry Bomb debuted inGreat Canadian Wrestling (GCW), quickly associating herself with Jake O'Reilly, whom she beganmanaging.[9] In 2006, Cherry Bomb wrestled at theSuper Hardcore Anime Wrestling Expo show, a combination of the 10th Annual Anime North Convention and GCW'sGreat Canadian Wrestling Expo show, where she teamed withLuFisto and Darkston as TeamSailor Moon to defeat Team Rocket (Timothy Dalton, Pandora and Steve Brown).[19] She competed in the tournament to determine the inauguralGCW W.I.L.D. Champion on November 18, 2006, and defeatedPortia Perez in the first round before losing toSirelda, the eventual winner of the tournament, in the semi-finals.[20] She continued competing in GCW throughout early 2007, teaming up with Hayden the Destroyer to defeatCody Deaner and Portia Perez atNew Year's Evil on January 12, and teaming with Sirelda to gain a victory over Deanna Conda and Aurora on April 13. The following night, on April 14, she won the W.I.L.D. Championship by defeating the reigning champion,April Hunter, Hailey Rogers, andMiss Danyah in afatal four-way match at theAnarchy in Angus show.[21][22] She successfully defended the championship by defeating the Southside Stranglerette bydisqualification, and held the championship for just over two months, before she was defeated by Miss Danyah atRandom Acts of Violence on June 22.[21][23] On September 7, 2007, Cherry Bomb suffered a neck injury during a victory over Danyah.[1][24][25] The injury forced her to take a nine-month hiatus from wrestling.[1]
Cherry Bomb had her first match forShimmer Women Athletes as part of the SPARKLE Division, losing a match againstMelanie Cruise on October 19, 2008.[26] She later formed a regular tag team withKimber Lee in Shimmer, briefly called Team Combat Zone before being renamed The Kimber Bombs.[27][28][29][30] In October 2013, the Kimber Bombs unsuccessfully challenged 3G (Kellie Skater andTomoka Nakagawa) for theShimmer Tag Team Championship.[31] Throughout 2014, The Kimber Bombs continued to compete in Shimmer's tag team division against teams includingLeva Bates andVeda Scott,Ray andLeon, Bambi Hall, andKC Cassidy, and The Buddy System (Heidi Lovelace and Solo Darling).[32][33][34][35] On April 11, 2015, The Kimber Bombs defeated 3G to win the Shimmer Tag Team Championship.[36] They lost the title toEvie andHeidi Lovelace on June 26, 2016.[37]
In June 2010, Cherry Bomb debuted forWomen Superstars Uncensored (WSU), where she lost toDaizee Haze. She won theWSU Championship on May 9, 2015, by defeating reigning championLuFisto.[9]
Dennis was invited for a try-out match withWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) at the May 17, 2010, episode ofRaw,[1] and she appeared in a segment withGoldust during the show.[38] In March 2011, Dennis attended a try-out camp atFlorida Championship Wrestling, WWE's then-developmental territory.[39]
In 2013, Cherry Bomb began wrestling forRing of Honor, appearing at theRing of Honor Wrestling television tapings on March 3 and April 5. Her debut match for the promotion resulted in a loss in a four-way match againstMsChif,Athena, andScarlett Bordeaux. She won her second bout, a singles match against MsChif in May.[40][41]
Under her 'Allie' ring name, it was announced that she would be making her debut for theLucha Libre AAA Worldwide promotion by taking part in theLucha Libre World Cup (2016) Women's Division Tournament. She would be a part of 'Team Canada' alongside fellow Canadians KC Spinelli, and theAAA Reina de Reinas Champion at the time,Taya.
Cherry Bomb toured Japan in November 2010. She teamed withSexy Star andMadison Eagles in a loss toHailey Hatred,Yoshiko Tamura, andMakoto. She then appeared at a Super FMW show, teaming with Sexy Star again to defeat Senri Kuroki andKaori Yoneyama.[42] Cherry Bomb returned to Japan in July 2012,[43] and on July 28 made her debut for theIce Ribbon promotion with a win over Kurumi.[44] At the following day'sKaientai Dojo and Reina X World co-promoted event, Cherry Bomb teamed with Aki Kanbayashi to defeatAlex Lee and Bambi in a tag team match.[45]
In July 2012, Cherry Bomb debuted forShine Wrestling at their inaugural show, where she lost toChristina Von Eerie.[46] She returned to the promotion in February 2014, where The Kimber Bombs participated in the tournament to determine the inauguralShine Tag Team Champions; they were eliminated in the first round by eventual winners The Lucha Sisters (Leva Bates andMia Yim).[47] The Kimber Bombs continued to compete in tag team competition, defeating the S-N-S Express (Sassy Stephie andJessie Belle Smothers) atShine 21, and atShine 23, they unsuccessfully challenged Legendary (Malia Hosaka and Brandi Wine) for the Shine Tag Team Championship.[48][49] In a rematch atShine 25, The Kimber Bombs won the championship.[50] On October 2, atShine 30, The Kimber Bombs were stripped of the title byLexie Fyfe, due to Cherry Bomb's knee injury.[51]
Cherry Bomb began appearing forCombat Zone Wrestling (CZW) in late 2012, alongside her real-life boyfriend Pepper Parks. She lost her debut match for the promotion toNevaeh atCerebral in October 2012.[52] Cherry Bomb and Parks quickly becamevillainous characters known as the "fitness power couple", doling out fitness and health advice to the audience.[53][54][55] They defeated Greg Excellent andCandice LeRae in amixed tag team match atDown with the Sickness 2013, after Cherry Bomb attacked Excellent with akettle bell.[56] Cherry Bomb and Parks continued to feud with Excellent in late 2013, which resulted in Cherry Bomb being forced to conform to Excellent's lifestyle, a distinct contrast to Cherry Bomb and Parks' fitness power couple gimmick.[57][58][59] On March 8, 2014, at CZW's High Stakes internet pay-per-view, Parks defeated Excellent to "win back" Cherry Bomb.[60]
In 2015, Cherry Bomb and Parks would align themselves withBLK Jeez, forming the villainous stable known asTV Ready. On December 12 at CZW's seventeenth annualCage of Death event, TV Ready would go on to win theCZW World Tag Team Championship, defeating Dan Barry and Sozio.[61] On May 14, 2016, TV Ready lost the CZW World Tag Team Championship to Da Hit Squad at Prelude to Violence 2016,[62] the match would also be Cherry Bomb and Parks' final appearance for CZW after signing withTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling.
On September 10, 2016, Cherry Bomb returned to CZW to accompany her husband Pepper Parks and BLK Jeez to the ring, as TV Ready challenged Da Hit Squad for theCZW World Tag Team Championship, in a losing effort.
Dennis initially appeared for TNA in the year of 2013 on the December 5 edition ofImpact Wrestling in a squash match, losing toGail Kim.[63]
Two years later in the year of 2015, Dennis appeared for TNA again under her real name on February 14 through the company'sOne Night Only PPVKnockouts Knockdown 2015 in a match against Gail Kim, once again in a losing effort.[64] Dennis returned to TNA on theTKO: Night of Knockouts edition ofImpact Wrestling on April 24, where she defeatedJade but lost by disqualification.[65]
On March 23, 2016, Dennis signed a contract with Impact.[66] She was given the new ring nameAllie and aligned herself withMaria andSienna after Allie revealed that she is Maria's apprentice, establishing herself as aheel in the process.[6] A few weeks after her signing, Allie teamed up with Sienna and lost to Gail Kim and Jade in a tag team match.
On August 25, 2016, during a specialTurning Point edition ofImpact Wrestling, Allie turnedface and won theTNA Knockouts Championship in afive–way match against the championSienna,Madison Rayne,Marti Bell andJade. Allie would unknowingly pin Madison after being knocked out by Marti Bell with a baton, winning the Knockouts Championship for the first time in her career.[67] On the September 1Impact, Allie dropped the title to Maria after she was forced to lie down, gaining sympathy from the crowd in the process. A few weeks later, Allie was attacked byLaurel Van Ness, which lead into a match between the two. On the October 27 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Allie faced her first singles match against Van Ness in a losing effort.
In the following week, Allie was forced to dress as a pilgrim where she hit Maria with a pumpkin pie. On the December 2 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Allie was again attacked by Van Ness after she slapped Maria in the face which led to a match between both of them on the December 9 episode ofImpact Wrestling, where Allie revealed her to be "training" withBraxton Sutter, before subsequently winning the match. On the January 5, 2017, episode ofImpact Wrestling, Allie faced Sienna where she lost due to interference from Van Ness. On the January 12, 2017, episode ofImpact Wrestling, Allie assisted Sutter in getting a victory over Mike Bennett, thus entering him into her feud with Maria. On the February 23, 2017, episode ofImpact Wrestling, Allie was forced to be the ring bearer for the wedding of Braxton Sutter (who is Allie's real-life husband) and Van Ness, which ended abruptly, when Sutter rejected the wedding and professed his love for Allie.[68] The following week onImpact Wrestling, Maria went to fire Allie, but she responded by quitting, ending their feud after Maria left the company.
Throughout early 2017, Allie continued her on screen relationship with Sutter, accompanying him to his matches and vice versa.[69] On the May 25 episode ofImpact Wrestling,Laurel Van Ness andSienna would jump Allie, promptingRosemary to return and save her.[70] Rosemary later explained that "the hive" sent her to protect Allie, beginning an alliance between the two.[71] On the June 8 episode, Allie came out and saved Rosemary from being attacked by Sienna and Van Ness, fending them off with akendo stick.[72] AtSlammiversary, Allie would make an appearance as she chased Van Ness away again with a kendo stick, saving Rosemary from interference during the championship match against Sienna.[73] On August 31, 2017, episode of GFW Impact Wrestling, Allie was attacked byTaryn Terrell backstage which lead into a tag team match between the four. AtBound for Glory, Allie competed in a Three-way match for the Impact Knockouts Championship but failed to win the title. During the second half of 2017, Allie and Braxton Sutter ended their on camera relationship without any explanation. However during a January 2018 episode ofImpact (which aired March 1, 2018), Sutter made his return toImpact television, where he turned heel and revealed that he dropped Allie like "a bad habit." Also in January 2018, she defeated Van Ness to become Knockouts Champion for the second time. (again, the episode did not air until March 2018, even though it was filmed in January) Allie successfully defended her title against Sienna on the March 22 episode ofImpact Wrestling. After the match, Sutter proposed to Allie, only to provide distraction forSu Yung to attack Allie. This led into a title match between the two atRedemption, when Allie successfully retained her title over Yung.[74] On the April 26 episode ofImpact!, Allie had another successful title defense againstTaya Valkyrie. After the match, Allie was attacked by Yung, and was saved by Rosemary.[75]
On the May 3 episode ofImpact!, after Rosemary was defeated by Su Yung and buried in a coffin that Su Yung set alight, promos showed Allie channeling Rosemary's spirit through her, dressing like Rosemary and stating that she was ready to get her revenge on Su Yung for what she did to her best friend. At Under Pressure, Allie lost the Knockout's Championship to Su Yung in aLast Rites match. AtSlammiversary XVI, Allie lost toTessa Blanchard. On August 30 episode ofImpact! ReDefined, Allie unsuccessfully challenged Yung for the title in athree–way match, which was won by Tessa Blanchard.[76] AtBound for Glory, Allie entered into the Undead Realm, when she rescuedKiera Hogan from Yung and her undead bridesmaids. When both left the Undead Realm, Allie appeared to be possessed.[77] Following the next couple of months, Allie showed a darker and villainous version of herself. She aligned herself with Yung and turned on her friend Hogan under possession thus turning heel for the first time since 2016.[78] AtHomecoming, Allie and Su Yung defeatedJordynne Grace and Kiera Hogan. On March 8 episode, Team Rosemary defeated Team Su Yung, putting Allie in the possession of Rosemary. On the March 29 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Allie was shown "dying" in Rosemary's arms, officially writing off her television character. On March 23, 2019, Impact decided not to renew her contract and she left the company.[79]
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It was announced on the March 21, 2019, edition of "Road toDouble or Nothing" that Allie had signed withAll Elite Wrestling (AEW).[80] She debuted atFyter Fest, defeatingLeva Bates after a superkick. AtFight for the Fallen, she was defeated byBrandi Rhodes. Allie also was part of the AEW Women's Casino Battle Royal atAll Out getting eliminated at number 16 by eventual winnerNyla Rose after working withBritt Baker to eliminate Rhodes.[81]
On the November 27 episode ofAEWDynamite, Allie debuted a variation of her "Dark Allie" characterThe Bunny appearing as a manager/valet for her husbandThe Blade and his partnerThe Butcher by making an entrance via a hole in the mat of the ring and attackingCody, turning heel in the process. In May 2020, Allie ceased appearing withThe Butcher and The Blade and began a romantic storyline withQ. T. Marshall, thus turning face in the process. On the June 2 episode ofAEW Dark, Allie arrived with Marshall to the arena in a corvette and accompanied him to the ring for his match to Brandi andDustin Rhodes's behest.[82] After a couple of months of managing Marshall and Rhodes, Allie returned to in-ring competition on the June 16 episode ofAEW Dark, by teaming withBrandi Rhodes and defeating the team of Kenzie Paige andRed Velvet.[83] Allie and Brandi, now known as "The Nightmare Sisters", entered theWomen's Tag Team Cup Tournament, which started on August 3.[84] The Nightmare Sisters advanced to the final, when they were defeated by the team ofDiamante andIvelisse.[85]
On the October 20 episode ofAEW Dark, Allie turned heel once again when she returned as The Bunny and aligned withEddie Kingston's stable, betraying Marshall during his match againstPentagón Jr.[86] On August 4, 2021, atHomecoming, The Bunny was defeated byLeyla Hirsch in a match to determine the challenger for theNWA World Women's Championship atNWA EmPowerrr.[87] On the November 5 episode ofAEW Rampage, The Bunny took part in theAEW TBS ChampionshipTournament where she facedRed Velvet in the first round and lost.[88] After months of feuding, the Bunny teamed up withPenelope Ford to take onAnna Jay andTay Conti in astreet fight on the December 31 episode ofRampage, which they lost.[89] On February 23, 2022, The Bunny facedJade Cargill onDynamite for the TBS Championship which The Bunny lost.[90] On March 30 onDynamite, The Bunny took part in theAEW Owen Hart Cup where she facedToni Storm and lost.[91]
On February 8, 2023, special episode ofDynamite namedChampionship Fight Night, The Bunny faced theAEW Women's World ChampionJamie Hayter in a Championship Eliminator match.[92] During the match, The Bunny was reportedly injured,[93] which was later confirmed on June by The Butcher that The Bunny sustained a brokenorbital bone.[94] Bunny was removed from AEW’s website roster on November 9, 2023, after both parties mutually agreed to part ways ending her 4 year tenure with the company.[95]
Her Bunny character takes inspiration from Baby (fromHouse of 1000 Corpses andThe Devil's Rejects), Katherine Pierce (fromThe Vampire Diaries) and the movieThe Strangers.[96]
| Allie | |
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| Twitch information | |
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| Years active | 2020–present |
| Genre | Gaming |
| Followers | 13 thousand (April 28, 2024) |
Dennis posed for the 2010 Nearly Naked Ladies of Wrestling Calendar, which was set up in aid of theCanadian Breast Cancer Foundation.[97] She appears as herself in the 2011independent filmBeat Down.[98]
On September 21, 2013, Dennis married American professional wrestlerJesse Guilmette, better known under the ring names Pepper Parks, Braxton Sutter, and The Blade.[2][5] She has been a vegetarian for ethical reasons since she was 14 years old,[99] and avegan since late 2014.[100][101] Dennis was once a long termLondon, Ontario, resident, and as a result it is often mistakenly believed to be her birthplace.[102][103][104]
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