History Wrestling / DaffneyUnger

* SpiritualSuccessor:
** WCW Daffney - Wrestling/AJLee, particularly her romantic obsessions and skipping her way to the ring.
** TNA Daffney - Perhaps her closest in the 2010s would be Wrestling/{{Paige}} (heel version).

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: As "The Governor".

* ArchEnemy:
** [[Wrestling/StacyKeibler Ms. Hancock (Stacy Keibler)]] and her almost father-in-law Ric Flair.
** Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople, after they were suckered in with promises of joining The Governor's "cabinet".

* BilingualBonus: The Hindi tattoo on her hand which reads "Samadhi", meaning "dead body."

** She wore a green wig on the December 20, 2000 episode of ''WCW Thunder.'' In her and Crowbar's pre-match interview with "Mean" Gene Okerlund, she said, [[Series/SesameStreet "It's not easy being green, Gene."]]

* OnlyOneName: Somewhere along the line, the name "Unger" disappeared and she became known only as "Daffney." Her last name is still remembered, as evidenced by Daffney Unger's online accounts, but is no longer used at shows.

* ScreamingWarrior: One of her nicknames ''is'' "The Scream Queen."

** Billed for a time from "Badstreet, Atlanta, GA," a la the Fabulous Freebirds.

* {{Tagline}}: At the start of her WCW run, she wore T-shirts that read "HUNGER FOR UNGER."

* ScreamingWarrior:

** She even raised it to MakeMeWannaShout level at ''WCW Spring Stampede 2000''. During the six-way [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WCW World Cruiserweight Title]] match involving Wrestling/ShannonMoore, Crowbar, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Juventud Guerrera, Prince Iaukea[[note]]Mike Haynor, who is not related to the late great Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea[[/note]] and Lash [=LeRoux=], where she was seconding Crowbar, Juvy ran after her and she held him off by SCREAMING!
** One of her nicknames ''is'' "The Scream Queen." At ''Alternative Wrestling Show Summer Heat'' 2013, The Scream ''Queens'' took turns vocally "battering" Candice [=LeRae=] until the referee, also having to endure their noise, ejected Daffney.

* MakeMeWannaShout: As Juventud Guerrera found out the painful way.

Spruill passed away on September 1, 2021.

* LouisCypher: Lucy Furr had [[HornyDevils red horns]], but only in promo videos and photo shoots, not in matches.

* PerkyGoth: The dark version. One set of ring gear included a shirt which read "I SCREAM" and pants depicting [[http://i34.tinypic.com/20jpufa.jpg skulls on top of ice cream cones.]]

Spruill was found dead on September 2, 2021.

%% Her death was seemingly from suicide. Out of respect to her, her family and fans and the fact the situation isn't fully understood yet, we won't go into any more detail, as per the Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgment.

* CoolHat: A miniature top hat, tilted of course. She wore a big red hat that almost covered her face when hosting SHINE.

%% Her death was seemingly from suicide. Out of respect to her, her family and fans and the fact the situation isn't fully understood yet, we won't go into any more detail, as per Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment.

%% Her death was seemingly from suicide. Out of respect to her, her family and fans and the fact the situation isn't fully understood yet, we won't go into anymore detail, per Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment.

Shannon Claire Spruill (July 17, 1975 - September 1, 2021) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling pro wrestler]], manager, and announcer. Inside the ring, she is most remembered for Daffney, the Scream Queen of Mean. Outside of the ring, she was famous for her legal battles (worker's comp). She one of the few woman wrestlers trained by WCW, and her entire era concering wrestling in the US, who was admired for her personality first and foremost. Secondly she's thought of for her ring work, successes, failures and tragedies, thirdly for her ''vocal range'', all three before her looks, which is also rare for her origins and era.

* AndYourLittleDogToo: She was not content to physically injure [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Tara]] but also wanted to consume her beloved tarantula, poison. Daffney was not successful in either endeavor but her antics led to [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Tara losing the TNA knockouts title in a screwy fashion anyway.]]

Tragically, Shannon was found dead on September 2, 2021, seemingly from suicide. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Out of respect to her, her family and fans and the fact the situation isn't fully understood yet, we won’t go into anymore detail.]]

Shannon Claire Spruill (July 17, 1975 - September 1, 2021) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling pro wrestler]], manager, and announcer. Inside the ring, she is most remembered for Daffney, the Scream Queen of Mean. Outside of the ring, she was famous for her legal battles (worker's comp), so she can't be too crazy; but her character was pretty psycho, and one of the few woman wrestlers of her era who was admired for more than her looks.

She had a career revival in [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] as a Knockout; first as a UsefulNotes/SarahPalin parody called The Governor, then reverting to Daffney after her [[NapoleonDelusion split personality]] was ousted in the ring. In 2007, she debuted in Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} as a manager, and even competed for a brief time (under her "Shark Girl" persona). She effectively retired from wrestling due to the injuries she sustained on ''Impact''. Starting in 2012, she worked as a hostess and manager for [=SHIMMER=]'s sister promotion SHINE.

* ItsNotYouItsMe: What she said after telling her three remaining squad mates to stay home at SHINE 28. Apparently she didn't think they were quite ready for what her "retribution" entailed.

Shannon Claire Spruill (July 17, 1975 - September 2, 2021) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling pro wrestler]], manager, and announcer. Inside the ring, she is most remembered for Daffney, the Scream Queen of Mean. Outside of the ring, she was famous for her legal battles (worker's comp), so she can't be too crazy; but her character was pretty psycho, and one of the few woman wrestlers of her era who was admired for more than her looks.

Shannon Claire Spruill (born July 17, 1975) is an American retired [[ProfessionalWrestling pro wrestler]], manager, and announcer. Inside the ring, she is most remembered for Daffney, the Scream Queen of Mean. Outside of the ring, she is famous for her legal battles (worker's comp), so she can't be too crazy; but her character was pretty psycho, and one of the few woman wrestlers of her era who was admired for more than her looks.

She had a career revival in [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] as a Knockout; first as a UsefulNotes/SarahPalin parody called The Governor, then reverting to Daffney after her [[NapoleonDelusion split personality]] was ousted in the ring. In 2007, she debuted in Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} as a manager, and even competed for a brief time (under her "Shark Girl" persona). Sadly, it's looking like she won't wrestle again due to the injuries she sustained on ''Impact''. Starting in 2012, she works as a hostess and manager for [=SHIMMER=]'s sister promotion SHINE.

She had a career revival in [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] as a Knockout; first as a UsefulNotes/SarahPalin parody called The Governor, then reverting to Daffney after her [[NapoleonDelusion split personality]] was ousted in the ring. In 2007, she debuted in Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} as a manager, and even competed for a brief time (under her "Shark Girl" persona). Sadly, it's looking like won't wrestle again due to the injuries she sustained on ''Impact''. Starting in 2012, she works as a hostess and manager for [=SHIMMER=]'s sister promotion SHINE.

** As mentioned below, Lucy Furr took Amber O'Neal's booty pop. She even wore a set of tights with holes in the fabric around the butt cheeks.

** During their SHIMMER encounter, Shark Girl saved herself from Amber O'Neal's [[AssKicksYou booty popping]] the only way she knew how: by biting down, leaving Amber to run around with Shark Girl stuck to her backside.

* PainToTheAss: While on the receiving end of a [[AssKicksYou booty popping]] by Amber O'Neal, she saved herself by chomping down really hard on her butt cheeks. It worked.

* {{Adorkable}}: Her patented dance, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usanm0SCpH0 "Daffasaurus Rex"]]

Shannon Claire Spruill (born July 17, 1975) is an American retired [[ProfessionalWrestling pro wrestler]], manager, and announcer. Inside the ring, she is most remembered for Daffney, the Scream Queen of Mean. Outside of the ring, she is famous for her legal battles (worker's comp), so she can't be too crazy; but her character was pretty psycho, and one of the few woman wrestlers who was admired for more than her looks.

** Daffney's All-Star Squad in SHINE was a baby face variant put together to stop the out of control heels ([[WhatTheHellHero though their "test run" was against the West Coast Connection]], [[GoodVsGood a team who reunited for the exact same reason]]). It featured Nikki Roxx, Solo Darling, [[Wrestling/TheRiottSquad Heidi Lovelace, Crazy Mary Dobson]], Amazing Kong and Kimberly Maddox at various points.

** Daff took [[DroppedABridgeOnHim the biggest bump of her career]] when she got flattened by 300 lb Rosie Lottalove (later the {{formerly fat}} Betsy Ruth/[[IHaveManyNames Andrea]]), which landed her in the hospital. Did we mention this occurred on tryouts? During a '''dark match''' to boot?

** The oldest of the Knockouts, she was pushing 40 but looked about 20 with the Goth makeup. She even impersonated Sarah Palin for months and did a very convincing job of it. Here's [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Daffney_July_2010_crop.jpg Daffney with the makeup]], [[http://www.pwpix.net/images/mugshots/images/daffney-mugshot.jpg without it]], [[http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/23/2263e9c622204e7bafb6161296cd5754/l.jpg and as Sarah Palin]].

* HoneyTrap: For Wrestling/KevinNash in TNA while she was with Dr. Stevie. Macking on strange girls in Dr. Stevie's waiting room isn't the brightest idea Nash ever had.