Line #87 Wrestling/KateyHarvey


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The name-taking, history-making, hair-flicking, ass-kicking first lady of Irish wrestling.]]
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4	'''Katey Harvey''' is a professional wrestler, based primarily in her home country of Ireland. She made her debut in mid-2011 and soon became a recognisable character on the Irish indie scene. She initially managed a tag team called Rough Stuff (Bull Reilly and Paul Scarfe) and led them to win the Tag Team Championships, but soon branched out on her own. She has competed all around Europe and the UK in addition to Ireland. In 2015 she became the first ''ever'' Irish Women's Champion. She has also competed in (and won) respectively the first female: tag team match, triple threat match, Fatal 4 Way match. She and Danger Dawn were also the first women to wrestle in the main event of an Irish show in 2012.
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6	She is a regular character at both Wrestling/CelticChampionshipWrestling and Over The Top Wrestling. Among the women she has wrestled - Wrestling/BeckyLynch, {{Wrestling/Melina}} and Wrestling/NikkiCross.
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11	* ActionGirl: In real life too. She's also trained in karate and works as a stunt woman.
12	* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Especially in CCW. In other promotions she's a lot more vicious.
13	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Katey claimed she was the top woman in Ireland, and that was probably true. Until Alex Breslin made her return to wrestling.
14	* AmazonianBeauty: She's quite jacked but provides {{Fanservice}} in the ring. Underlined by her signature taunt - a hair flip followed by flexing her muscles.
15	* BadassBoast: If she's a heel, expect a lot of matches to open with this.
16	* BattleCouple: Occasionally with Phil Boyd. They've held tag team titles for the Belgian promotion FWF.
17	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The first ever women's triple threat match in Ireland of course featured this. Lucyfer was the blonde, Katey the brunette and Danger Dawn the redhead. This was repeated in a rematch with Siren this time filling the blonde role.
18	* ByTheHair: Lucyfer often grabbed Katey's hair to subdue her in matches. More than once [[SubvertedTrope Katey turned this into a pin attempt]].
19	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In OTT she debuted doing a fitness gimmick with B-Cool. That was later re-tooled into The Gymnasties stable, while Katey appeared on her own with a more ruthless BloodKnight gimmick.
20	* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown: Katey couldn't make it to a show, so [[https://twitter.com/katey_harvey/status/1015351040353472514/photo/1 Dolly Belle]] replaced her.
21	* ConspicuousGloves: As seen [[https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/62329_548001918621921_908661502_n.jpg?oh=6f73dac26d0e6180266283e602ca1b46&oe=58FF5429 here]]. They go with the pop punk look.
22	* CoolTeacher: She's also a trainer at FFPW, where she got her start.
23	* CorruptTheCutie: In PWU she was able to corrupt Valkyrie into turning heel and joining her in a VillainTeamUp.
24	* DanceBattler: Her face gimmick - a rave dancer.
25	* DarkIsEvil: Whenever she works heel, it's usually accompanied by dark coloured clothing and make-up. When she works face, her outfits tend to be more brightly coloured.
26	* DarkMagicalGirl: Her feuds often have a more personal agenda to them, and she seems desperate to prove she is the best, as opposed to mere love of violence.
27	* DarkerAndEdgier: Her run in OTT saw some of her most vicious heel work yet. Heavy contrast to her EvilIsHammy persona when she first entered the company.
28	* EffortlessAmazonianLift:
29	** In a match at CCW she blocked a crossbody from Kazza G, deadlifted her up and turned it into a Fallaway Slam.
30	** In a triple threat match, she blocked a double suplex from Lucyfer and Danger Dawn, and suplexed them both.
31	* EvilWearsBlack: It's safe to say she's working as a heel if she wears black.
32	* {{Face}}: Her face character is a GenkiGirl usually merged with GentleGiant.
33	* FaceHeelDoubleTurn:
34	** She and Lasso Lucy initially feuded with Katey as the heel and Lucy the face. By 2013 that had switched to Katey being the face, against a heel Lucyfer.
35	** Face Katey feuded with heel Lauren [=LaRoux=] in PWU before the roles were swapped around a year later.
36	* FaceHeelTurn: During her debut match against Lasso Lucy, she entered as a friendly hand-shaking babyface and turned heel midway through the match.
37	* FanServicePack: She initially preferred to wrestle in a singlet, before upgrading to an outfit with exposed midriffs.
38	* TheFightingNarcissist: The raison d'etre of Rough Stuff, since all three of them were this.
39	* FinishingMove: A Gory Bomb since 2012-ish.
40	* ForeignWrestlingHeel: She occasionally plays up the 'evil Irish girl' character when wrestling in the UK.
41	* GenreBlindness: Any time Katey issued an open challenge, she would always get beaten, whether it be from Siren or Danger Dawn.
42	* GimmickMatches: She and Kazza G had a 'Hairspray On A Pole' match at CCW.
43	* GirlinessUpgrade: Inverted. Her initial gimmick was of a prissy AlphaBitch who blinded her opponents with hairspray. These days she's less overtly feminine in the ring.
44	* GirlishPigtails: Sports this look if she's a face.
45	* GirlyBruiser: She originally played this type of character, carrying a make-up bag to the ring and blinding her opponents with hairspray.
46	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: During her heel run in PWU she's taken to calling herself the Queen of Wrestling, and has seen some of her most vicious heel work yet.
47	* HairContrastDuo: Especially pronounced when she feuded with Lucy Lasso. She was the evil, ruthless brunette versus Lucy's heroic wholesome blonde. Played straight again with Siren filling the blonde role.
48	* HairFlip: It's what she does as she enters the ring. It's a ShoutOut to {{Wrestling/Maryse}} - of whom she is a fan.
49	* {{Heel}}: Her heel character is usually an AlphaBitch and BoisterousBruiser.
50	* HeelFaceTurn: In ''OTT'' she returned as a face after a nasty injury in 2018.
51	* HiddenDepths: Despite being more of a power wrestler with the occasional SheFu move, she's very submission savvy as well. For instance, she does a [[https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/1456132_553636431391803_201504862_n.jpg?oh=b2ab29f871903eb71ae0a8fe90b931a3&oe=59AE5831 nasty-looking]] Mexican surfboard.
52	* IKnowKarate: She used to do karate before a leg injury meant she had to stop.
53	* KickChick: She makes good use of them in matches, and tried to knock Siren out with a kick once in FFPW.
54	* KickTheDog: After Martina is sneak-attacked by Bea Priestly, Katey comes out to give her a ReasonYouSuckSpeech - and then start their Women's Championship match immediately!
55	* LovelyAngels: She and Valkyrie team together quite a bit, calling themselves the Queens of Wrestling.
56	* MyNaymeIs: Her name is naturally spelt 'Katey'.
57	* OlderHeroVersusYoungerVillain:
58	** She was already established as a star in Ireland around the time Lauren [=LaRoux=] challenged her.
59	** Katey was on the other end when Wrestling/BeckyLynch returned to wrestling, Becky taking the role of the returning veteran.
60	* PhraseCatcher: When wrestling in her Winter Soldier gear, the ''Progress'' crowd chanted "Shit Winter Soldier" at her.
61	* PopPunk: Her look and entrance music if she's working as a face. She used Music/AvrilLavigne "Girlfriend" for a while.
62	* PowerStable: The Queen's Court in PWU made up of herself, Valkyrie and Lauren [=LaRoux=].
63	* PrecisionFStrike: In her promo to Martina shortly before their Women's Championship match - "you are a ''fucking'' joke!"
64	* PurpleIsPowerful: She's color-coded with purple in a lot of her outfits. Usually if she's a {{Face}}.
65	* RavenHairIvorySkin: Her signature look. People don't say she looks like {{Wrestling/Paige}} for no reason.
66	* RedBaron: The First Lady of Irish Wrestling.
67	* TheRival: She and Kazza G for ages were the only two active women wrestling in Ireland, and have wrestled each other numerous times across the country. This came to a head in OTT where they feuded over the promotion's first Women's Championship.
68	* ShoutOut:
69	** In addition to the hair flip, she also does Maryse's signature hand taunt.
70	** Early in her career she did the splits on the ring apron, like {{Wrestling/Melina}}.
71	** The gear in the page image is one to ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.
72	* StrawFeminist: In 2017 she developed this kind of persona, particularly at ''Progress''. She called herself 'The Feminist Icon' too.
73	* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Her feud with Martina in OTT played up this contrast. Katey was the Technician - with her intense dedication to wrestling and desire to be the best. Martina was the Performer - out to have fun and entertain the crowd.
74	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl:
75	** The Tomboy to Siren's Girly Girl.
76	** The Girly Girl to Martina's Tomboy.
77	* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She says she loved both Madusa and Miss Elizabeth. In addition to loving rock music and action movies, she jokes that her childhood dream was to be the [[Franchise/PowerRangers Pink Power Ranger]].
78	* TookALevelInBadass: Went from valet to first ever Irish Women's Champion.
79	* TookALevelInKindness: Wrestled entirely as a heel for the first two years of her career, before turning face and appearing as either.
80	* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The set-up of Rough Stuff - Paul Scarfe, Bull Reilly and Katey.
81	* UseYourHead: Katey often favours a head-butt in matches.
82	* VillainTeamUp: In a triple threat match, Siren turned heel to help Katey take out Danger Dawn.
83	* VitriolicBestBuds: Pollyanna Peppers, with whom she's wrestled and teamed several times. They are good friends in real life however.
84	* WaifFu: If she's against a man who's larger than her.

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