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* DoingItForTheArt: When she was in developmental at OVW, she would do extra practice sessions before the regular classes to get better at wrestling.

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** The dancing gimmick she got in 2004-2005 upon a HeelFaceTurn. She was told to do something different for her entrance and tried to incorporate her hip hop dancing background into it - but she felt she wasn't suited to playing a fun dancing face. Apparently everyone backstage made fun of her for the gimmick too.
* DoingItForTheArt: EnforcedMethodActing: When she was in developmental at OVW, she would do extra practice sessions before the regular classes to get better at wrestling.



* OldShame: The dancing gimmick she got in 2004-2005 upon a HeelFaceTurn. She was told to do something different for her entrance and tried to incorporate her hip hop dancing background into it - but she felt she wasn't suited to playing a fun dancing face. Apparently everyone backstage made fun of her for the gimmick too.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: While married at the time, she briefly had an affair with Wrestling/JohnCena, something Kenny Dykstra first mentioned.
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* ApprovalOfGod: When Wrestling/PeytonRoyce started using the Widow's Peak, she first asked Lisa for permission, and she told her to "go for it"; stating she felt flattered that someone would want to homage her.


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** While with Torrie Wilson and Candice Michelle, the higher-ups told them they were wrestling "too much like the guys" and they needed more sexiness. Lisa suggested a triple kiss between them for their entrance. Torrie didn't want to, but Candice did, so the entrance became Victoria and Candice kissing while Torrie kissed her dog Chloe.


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* FriendshipOnTheSet: She's known for being one of those workers in the 2000s that everyone was friends with backstage - her, Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson continue to tour together years after their Vince's Devils alliance. The Bella Twins put Victoria over as someone who really helped them when they first started out. Additionally, Wrestling/MichelleMcCool had such great respect for her that she asked if she could put her over in her retirement match.


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* ThrowItIn:
** While paired with Stevie Richards, she was just supposed to kiss him, but got so LostInCharacter she would lick him and bite his ear - which became a routine she would frequently do.
** One night before ''Raw'', she and Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson discovered that they all had the exact same outfit - a sleeveless black bodysuit with a NavelDeepNeckline - and asked to be booked together that night. It was Candice's idea to be called 'Vince's Devils' and, although they were told not to use that term after that show, it caught on with fans.
* TrollingCreator: During segments like bikini contests, she would frequently be as goofy as possible and insert many pratfalls to try and get the other Divas to start {{Corpsing}}.

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* {{Jossed}}: After she left TNA, rumours circulated that she would become a trainer for WWE. She quickly silenced them, saying she was too busy with her restaurant and that she'd never even been asked.



** Apparently Wrestling/MichelleMcCool asked the office if she could put Victoria over in her final match, but they insisted Michelle win (it's tradition for a retiring wrestler to put another one over in their last match).

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** Apparently Wrestling/MichelleMcCool asked the office if she could put Victoria over in her final match, but they insisted Michelle win (it's tradition for a retiring wrestler to put another one over in their last match).match).
* WordOfGod: After she left TNA, rumours circulated that she would become a trainer for WWE. She quickly silenced them, saying she was too busy with her restaurant and that she'd never even been asked.
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* {{Jossed}}: After she left TNA, rumours circulated that she would become a trainer for WWE. She quickly silenced them, saying she was too busy with her restaurant and that she'd never even been asked.

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* {{Jossed}}: [[OutdatedByCanon disproved]]: After she left TNA, rumours circulated that she would become a trainer for WWE. She quickly silenced them, saying she was too busy with her restaurant and that she'd never even been asked.

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* AwesomeDearBoy: Joining TNA was motivated by seeing the likes of ODB, Awesome Kong, the Beautiful People and Daffney - realising she had never wrestled them before and deciding it would be fun. She did so for "half the pay".



** She wasn't happy about being used as enhancement talent in her later WWE years (though she felt no ill-will towards the women she wrestled) and left as soon as she was told they didn't see her as a title contender.
** She openly criticised TNA's low pay for the entire Knockouts division while she was still under contract and it was assumed she left for this reason. She returned to TNA a few months later, presumably getting the raise others had been denied.

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** She wasn't happy about being used as enhancement talent in her later WWE years (though she felt no ill-will towards the women she wrestled) and left as soon as she was told they didn't see her as a title contender.
contender. She later clarified that she didn't mind jobbing so much, but getting constant comments from fans to the effect of "why did you lose to X?" made her realise they weren't believing her character.
--> "I didn't care who I lost to, but when the fans start shitting on me, it's not a good feeling."
** She openly criticised TNA's low pay for the entire Knockouts division while she was still under contract and it was assumed she left for this reason. She returned to TNA a few months later, presumably getting the raise others had been denied. She later said that, while the other wrestlers were great to work with, she felt TNA was run terribly and didn't like Dixie Carter.
* DoingItForTheArt: When she was in developmental at OVW, she would do extra practice sessions before the regular classes to get better at wrestling.



* IAmNotSpock: She's more likely to be referred to by her real name, as seen on This Very Wiki, due to having notable runs with different names in WWE and TNA. Whether someone calls her Victoria or Tara largely depends on whether that person is a bigger fan of WWE or TNA.

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* IAmNotSpock: IAmNotLeonardNimoy: She's more likely to be referred to by her real name, as seen on This Very Wiki, due to having notable runs with different names in WWE and TNA. Whether someone calls her Victoria or Tara largely depends on whether that person is a bigger fan of WWE or TNA.



** The first gimmick planned for her in 2002 was a ''Film/GIJane'' inspired one, where Sgt Slaughter would be her manager. Lisa didn't want to cut her hair for the gimmick, and it was abandoned.



** She wanted to wear a giant penis costume for the 2008 Cyber Sunday costume contest. The office protested, so she wore the big banana costume instead.

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** She wanted to wear a giant penis costume for the 2008 Cyber Sunday costume contest. The office protested, so she wore the big banana costume instead.instead.
** Apparently Wrestling/MichelleMcCool asked the office if she could put Victoria over in her final match, but they insisted Michelle win (it's tradition for a retiring wrestler to put another one over in their last match).
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* ActorInspiredElement: Her 2005 feud with Christy Hemme was her idea. She noticed that Christy was getting pushed despite having no wrestling training - so she offered to work with her to help her get started.


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* GodNeverSaidThat: She often gets people claiming she hated the term 'Diva' or the butterfly belt. She herself didn't mind either, saying it was entertainment and a championship belt was a championship belt.


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* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Her pet spider Poison in TNA was the property of Universal Studios and they were legally required to have a handler at ringside every time she appeared - as the spider was venomous. Lisa joked that she lived in fear of getting bitten whenever Poison was used. According to her, the handler was paid "more than the wrestlers".


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** When WWE first noticed fans cheering for her psycho character in 2003, they tossed around the idea of Victoria going to therapy in vignettes as a way to transition between the psycho and the dancing character. They ultimately didn't do anything, so Victoria just swapped personas.

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* HeAlsoDid:
** As a body builder she won the 1995 NPC Inland Empire, Middleweight, 1997 [=ESPN2=] Fitness America Series and 1999 Debbie Kruck Fitness Classic contests and was an NPC Middleweight Bodybuilding Champion.
** As a cheerleader she was an All-American.
** Had an uncredited role as a bodyguard on the ''Series/{{VIP}}'' episode "Lights, Camera, Val."
** She and her former husband owned a car shop called Black Widow Customs from 2008-10 and a restaurant called the Squared Circle from 2013-15. The latter is still open but she left it in his care during their divorce.
** She's also written for magazines.


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* RealSongThemeTune: As Victoria in WWE, she first used Music/{{Tatu}}'s "All The Things She Said."


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* SheAlsoDid:
** As a body builder she won the 1995 NPC Inland Empire, Middleweight, 1997 [=ESPN2=] Fitness America Series and 1999 Debbie Kruck Fitness Classic contests and was an NPC Middleweight Bodybuilding Champion.
** As a cheerleader she was an All-American.
** Had an uncredited role as a bodyguard on the ''Series/{{VIP}}'' episode "Lights, Camera, Val."
** She and her former husband owned a car shop called Black Widow Customs from 2008-10 and a restaurant called the Squared Circle from 2013-15. The latter is still open but she left it in his care during their divorce.
** She's also written for magazines.

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* BreakupBreakout: From The Godfather's Ho Train, since she was only one of two Hos to be named while members of the group and the only one to go on to success. (The other, Mandy, simply faded away.)



* IAmNotSpock: She's more likely to be referred to by her real name, as seen on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, due to having notable runs with different names in WWE and TNA. Whether someone calls her Victoria or Tara largely depends on which promotion they're a bigger fan of.

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* IAmNotSpock: She's more likely to be referred to by her real name, as seen on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, This Very Wiki, due to having notable runs with different names in WWE and TNA. Whether someone calls her Victoria or Tara largely depends on which promotion they're whether that person is a bigger fan of. of WWE or TNA.



* RealitySubtext: She dressed as a cheerleader in MCW and wore a cheerleading outfit for a costume contest. She had been a high school cheerleader.



* RealitySubtext: She dressed as a cheerleader in MCW and wore a cheerleading outfit for a costume contest. She had been a high school cheerleader.

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* {{Blooper}}: At a live event in France, Victoria making a mistake led to Mickie James pinning her to become an accidental three-time Women's Champion (defeating Melina). They covered up by giving Melina an automatic rematch, which she won the title back in.
* {{Corpsing}}: In a Halloween battle royal, she was dressed as a sumo wrestler and Torrie Wilson as a football player. They did a spot where they had a comedy face off and Torrie tackled her. Lisa claims she was on the verge of bursting out laughing at how cute Torrie looked when she was trying to look aggressive.



** A little embarrassed by how she won her first Women's title. Using a snap suplex was her panicking, as the original finish had to be skipped (see below).



* ExecutiveMeddling: Wrestling/MichelleMcCool claims that she and Victoria had to re-film one of their matches because the office thought their punches looked too brutal.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: ExecutiveMeddling:
** In her cage match with Lita, she wanted to bleed to sell the intensity of it but [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished the office refused]]. She had Lita throw her into the side of the cage hoping it would happen naturally, but it didn't.
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Wrestling/MichelleMcCool claims that she and Victoria had to re-film one of their matches because the office thought their punches looked too brutal.


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* OldShame: The dancing gimmick she got in 2004-2005 upon a HeelFaceTurn. She was told to do something different for her entrance and tried to incorporate her hip hop dancing background into it - but she felt she wasn't suited to playing a fun dancing face. Apparently everyone backstage made fun of her for the gimmick too.


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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Her second Women's title win came because Molly Holly wanted to shave her head for ''[=WrestleMania=] XX'' and recommended Victoria to be the one she worked with.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: One of the biggest examples in wrestling. Her first two years in WWE saw her playing an AxCrazy psycho who was out to destroy everyone. She's known to be one of the nicest and friendliest women in the business, and just about everyone has good things to say about her. It's also quite jarring to see an out of character interview on the Survivor Series 2002 DVD - right after she won the Women's Championship - where she's very bubbly and sweet.
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** She and her former husband owned a car shop called Black Widow Customs from 2008-10 and a restaurant called the Squared Circle from 2013-15. The latter is still open but she left it in his care during their divorce.
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* IAmNotSpock: She's more likely to be referred to by her real name, as seen on ThisVeryWiki, due to having notable runs with different names in WWE and TNA. Whether someone calls her Victoria or Tara largely depends on which promotion they're a bigger fan of.

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* IAmNotSpock: She's more likely to be referred to by her real name, as seen on ThisVeryWiki, Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, due to having notable runs with different names in WWE and TNA. Whether someone calls her Victoria or Tara largely depends on which promotion they're a bigger fan of.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: Wrestling/MichelleMcCool claims that she and Victoria had to re-film one of their matches because the office thought their punches looked too brutal.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Her match at Survivor Series 2002 was supposed to end with her smashing a mirror over Trish's head. However Trish accidentally stepped on the mirror at some point and the finish had to be improvised.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: PlayingAgainstType: In WWE she mostly played heel, with a brief face run lasting about a year in 2004 (though she was the face in her retirement match). In TNA by contrast she was mostly a face.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Her heel turn in 2010 was suddenly interrupted when she decided to leave TNA over pay disputes. This meant that she suddenly played the face in her Title vs Career match against Madison Rayne. This also wrote her return storyline, where Madison got her back in as her assistant.
* RealitySubtext: She dressed as a cheerleader in MCW and wore a cheerleading outfit for a costume contest. She had been a high school cheerleader.
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Her match at Survivor Series 2002 was supposed to end with her smashing a mirror over Trish's head. However Trish accidentally stepped on the mirror at some point and the finish had to be improvised.improvised.
** She wanted to wear a giant penis costume for the 2008 Cyber Sunday costume contest. The office protested, so she wore the big banana costume instead.

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* CreatorBacklash: Left her glorified training role as enhancement talent for the women who didn't win the diva search for a more serious role among the veteran wrestlers TNA employed. She lasted two years before she openly complained about her booking not helping anyone on Twitter after being on the losing end of squash matches despite being a tag team champion.

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* CreatorBacklash: Left her glorified training role CreatorBacklash:
** She wasn't happy about being used
as enhancement talent for in her later WWE years (though she felt no ill-will towards the women who she wrestled) and left as soon as she was told they didn't win the diva search for see her as a more serious role among the veteran wrestlers TNA employed. title contender.
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She lasted two years before she openly complained about her booking not helping anyone on Twitter after being on criticised TNA's low pay for the losing end of squash matches despite being entire Knockouts division while she was still under contract and it was assumed she left for this reason. She returned to TNA a tag team champion.few months later, presumably getting the raise others had been denied.



** Had an uncredited role as a bodyguard on the ''Series/{{VIP}}'' episode "Lights, Camera, Val."

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** Had an uncredited role as a bodyguard on the ''Series/{{VIP}}'' episode "Lights, Camera, Val.""
** She's also written for magazines.
* IAmNotSpock: She's more likely to be referred to by her real name, as seen on ThisVeryWiki, due to having notable runs with different names in WWE and TNA. Whether someone calls her Victoria or Tara largely depends on which promotion they're a bigger fan of.
* {{Jossed}}: After she left TNA, rumours circulated that she would become a trainer for WWE. She quickly silenced them, saying she was too busy with her restaurant and that she'd never even been asked.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: One of the biggest examples in wrestling. Her first two years in WWE saw her playing an AxCrazy psycho who was out to destroy everyone. She's known to be one of the nicest and friendliest women in the business, and just about everyone has good things to say about her. It's also quite jarring to see an out of character interview on the Survivor Series 2002 DVD - right after she won the Women's Championship - where she's very bubbly and sweet.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Her match at Survivor Series 2002 was supposed to end with her smashing a mirror over Trish's head. However Trish accidentally stepped on the mirror at some point and the finish had to be improvised.
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** As a cheerleader she was an All-American

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** As a cheerleader she was an All-AmericanAll-American.
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** As a body builder she won the 1995 NPC Inland Empire, Middleweight, 1997 ESPN2 Fitness America Series and 1999 Debbie Kruck Fitness Classic contests and was an NPC Middleweight Bodybuilding Champion.

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** As a body builder she won the 1995 NPC Inland Empire, Middleweight, 1997 ESPN2 [=ESPN2=] Fitness America Series and 1999 Debbie Kruck Fitness Classic contests and was an NPC Middleweight Bodybuilding Champion.
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* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: Had an uncredited role as a bodyguard on the ''Series/{{VIP}}'' episode "Lights, Camera, Val."

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* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: Did]]
** As a body builder she won the 1995 NPC Inland Empire, Middleweight, 1997 ESPN2 Fitness America Series and 1999 Debbie Kruck Fitness Classic contests and was an NPC Middleweight Bodybuilding Champion.
** As a cheerleader she was an All-American
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Had an uncredited role as a bodyguard on the ''Series/{{VIP}}'' episode "Lights, Camera, Val."
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* CreatorBacklash: Left her glorified training role as enhancement talent for the women who didn't win the diva search for a more serious role among the veteran wrestlers TNA employed. She lasted two years before she openly complained about her booking not helping anyone on Twitter after being on the losing end of squash matches despite being a tag team champion.
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* RealitySubtext: In re her dressing as a cheerleader in MCW: She had been one in high school and even been named an [=NCA=] All-American in her senior year.

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* RealitySubtext: In re her dressing [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: Had an uncredited role as a cheerleader in MCW: She had been one in high school and even been named an [=NCA=] All-American in her senior year.bodyguard on the ''Series/{{VIP}}'' episode "Lights, Camera, Val."
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* RealitySubtext: In re her dressing as a cheerleader in MCW: She had been one in high school and even been named an [=NCA=] All-American in her senior year.

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