Line #56 Wrestling/VelvetSky


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4	'''Jamie Lynn Szantyr''' (born June 2, 1981) is an American retired professional wrestler from Waterbury, Connecticut, trained by Jason Knight in his House Of Pain Dojo.
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6	She best known for her time in [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] under the ring name '''Velvet Sky'''. She, along with Wrestling/AngelinaLove were the founding members of Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople. She is a former two time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-wm.html TNA Women's Knockout Champion]] and is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-wt.html TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion]] (with Wrestling/MadisonRayne and Lacey Wrestling/{{Von Erich\|Family}}), with the group defending the title under the Freebird rule. Later she appeared in Wrestling/RingOfHonor as the manager for The Allure (w/ stablemates Angelina Love and Wrestling/MandyLeon), the spiritual successor to TBP.
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8	She retired from in-ring competiton in 2020, and currently serves as color commentator in the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]].
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10	She previously wrestled as '''Talia Madison''', a World Xtreme Wrestling Women's Champion, two time Women's Extreme Wrestling tag team champion[[note]]with Tiffany Madison and April Hunter[[/note]], a one time WEW World Champion, a Defiant Pro Wrestling Women's Champion and a Universal Wrestling Association Women's Tag Team Champion[[note]]with Ariel[[/note]].
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12	!!"BEAUTIFUL TROPES":
13	* AffectionateNickname: Vel-Vel by her Beautiful People teammates. It's even in her Twitter handle.
14	* AlternateCompanyEquivalent
15	** A blonde bombshell who was formerly a member of a stable consisting of [[MsFanservice Ms. Fanservices]], better known for her looks than her talent, first target of any heel, and divides the wrestling community on whether or not she's a competent wrestler. Are we talking about Velvet Sky or Wrestling/KellyKelly?
16	** Or maybe Wrestling/TorrieWilson? Especially since Kelly herself was considered Torrie's SpiritualSuccessor.
17	* ArchEnemy
18	** In Glory she stated "Anyone who crosses me." and "Haters"
19	** In TNA: Wrestling/TaylorWilde, Wrestling/{{Sar\|ahStock}}ita, Roxxi, Wrestling/GailKim, Wrestling/TarynTerrell, and Wrestling/MickieJames.
20	* TheArtifact
21	** Her modified pedigree finisher comes from her time with Tiffany, the two being {{spoiled brat}}s from West Palm Beach Florida whose family stuck silver spoons in the mouths of at birth. [[NameOfPower It did get a new name]] in TNA though.
22	** For awhile, Velvet was the only one still doing the general-plate Beautiful People gimmick. She did this while wrestling as a {{face}}.
23	* BashBrothers: April Hunter, [[Wrestling/GregoryHelms Shane Helms]], Tiffany Madison, Nick Berk, Kevin Matthews, Luscious Lily, Lacey Von Erich, [[Wrestling/BillyGunn Cute Kip]], "The Portuguese Princess" Ariel
24	* TheBeautifulElite: A self proclaimed example.
25	* BetaBitch: To Angelina Love following Velvet-Love Entertainment's [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]] into The Beautiful People. To Madison Rayne after winning the Knockouts Tag Team titles.
26	* BigApplesauce: She's ''billed'' from "The Big Apple." She once did a photo shoot where she was lying face down nude with only a [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball New York Yankees]] [[HandOrObjectUnderwear baseball cap covering her butt]].
27	* BreakTheCutie: She admitted to finding 'rookie' Knockout Brittany pretty, in contrast to The Beautiful People's usual campaign against the ugly. That didn't result in them treating her with any kindness. No, they were usually around to laugh at her misfortunes, if they weren't the cause of them.
28	* ByTheHair: Choked Wrestling/AngelinaLove with Love's ''own hair''.
29	* CassandraTruth: The first person to point out Angelina's "fan" [[Wrestling/KatarinaWaters Winter]] was going to be trouble. Angelina ignored this and Winter then turned her against Velvet Sky [[BrainwashedAndCrazy against her will.]]
30	* ComedicSpanking: Traded them with Wrestling/{{Melina}} in WWC around the 2012 Aniversario, after Melina mimed a bad smell when entering the ring, causing Velvet repeat [[ShakingTheRump her usual entrance spot.]]
31	* TheCorrupter
32	** After Madison Rayne had turned face but continued to lose friends and alienate people, she and Love couldn't help but take note of and laugh at their lasting bad influences.
33	** Angel Williams and Ashley Lane's appearances in Wrestling/RingOfHonor initially had ''nothing'' in common with or related to The Beautiful People whatsoever. But a freelancing Velvet Sky took a look at the Women Of Honor division and saw a grand opportunity in Mandy Leon. Women Of Honor, which had previously been a general branding, largely became a division onto itself because of Leon, but she was a rookie who was eventually {{overshadowed\|byawesome}} by everyone who appeared regularly and had been [[DemotedToExtra a non factor]] in the title picture once a championship belt was created. Sky made her ROH debut, made a b line to her old friends, and while Lane didn't get involved, Leon never be the same.
34	* CreateYourOwnVillain: She and Angelina Love eventually admitted almost everything wrong with Madison Rayne was their fault...after she Madison and Brittany started having "problems".
35	* {{Crossover}}: One of the TNA wrestlers appearing on MTV's "Made" and represented the Knockouts on "Family Feud".
36	* {{Determinator}}: During the last few weeks of her second Knockouts Title reign, Velvet wrestled (and won) title matches through a knee injury, which was at least partially [[{{Kayfabe}} legit]].
37	* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Inverted - Planted one (ok, several) on Niya Barela after Angelina and Velvet defeated Niya in a tag team match. Considering Velvet had just pinned Niya, and was taunting her in-between kisses, this is likely less of a parting gift and more of a show of dominance on Velvet's part.
38	* DumbBlonde
39	** She and Angelina were dumb enough to believe that UsefulNotes/SarahPalin was interested in them. [[Wrestling/DaffneyUnger She wasn't]].
40	** She also didn't know what horse dung was.
41	--> '''Angelina''': "It's horse shit, Velvet! HORSE SHIT!"
42	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Debuted in TNA using her indies name and her hair was more bleach blonde instead of brown with blonde highlights.
43	* EnemyMine: Reunited with Madison Rayne as "The Beautiful People" in response to Wrestling/GailKim getting a body guard in Wrestling/LeiDTapa and Tapa getting a partner in Alpha Female. When Love came back and joined them, Rayne deserted them. Sky and Love returned to their Rayne bullying and we were full circle.
44	* EveryoneLovesBlondes: As a face.
45	* FinishingMove
46	** Talia picked up a blockbuster from April Hunter.(Though April did it from behind and Talia called it [[NameOfPower "blonde ambition" or "diva drop" rather than "headhunter"]]) Re-Talia-tion (Straight jacket sitout rear mat slam)
47	** Velvet Sky's was In Yo' Face, a sitout [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigree]]. Re-Talia-tion was redubbed "Sky liner".
48	** In her 2015 return to TNA, she began using the Stunner as a new finisher, complete with a reworked gimmick.
49	* FriendlyEnemy: From her own point of view: Krissy Vaine, Amber O'Neal, Alere Little Feather, Big Unit (Alicia&Cindy Rogers) and Wrestling/MercedesMartinez. It's questionable if any of them feel the same way. She triple teamed the latter with Wrestling/TammyLynnSytch and Nick Berk, to give one an idea of how Talia viewed "friendly" competition. It was mutual with April Hunter though.
50	* GayBravado: Talia Madison and April Hunter didn't just [[TheTease tease]] the straight male audience members, they also appealed heavily to lesbian fans. They admitted to being straight when questioned (and Hunter was the bigger 'victim' of the two, in more ways than one).
51	* GeniusBruiser: Under her real name, she is a licensed physical therapist.
52	%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
53	* GirlyBruiser: Not a single on of her gimmicks would suggest "tough woman", yet she's held gold from two different national promotions.
54	* GirlsBehindBars: T&A were a part of ''Wet Wrestling - The Shawskank Redemption'', a show about convicts forced to wrestle.
55	* GoodIsNotNice: Velvet as a face would be sweet and gracious to her fans - and loyal friends. But if she was antagonized at least once, she would fire back just as hard.
56	* GroinAttack: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thyqx0PKsN4 Has become victim of this more than once]].
57	* HeelFaceTurn:
58	** Turned Face in 2011 after Angelina Love returned and Madison Rayne's power had gone to her head.
59	** Returned on ''Impact Wrestling'' as a face after getting [[{{Kayfabe}} fired]] and finding out how FalseFriend Wrestling/AngelinaLove had revelled in it.
60	* InformedAbility: For some, Velvet's "wrestling ability" is one of these. (she botched a lot early on in TNA, particularly in the lead up to the crowning of the first knockout champion)
61	* {{Jobber}}: On Sunday Night Heat.
62	* LoserLeavesTown: Defeated Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} and ODB in a handicap match to send them out of TNA. However, [[YankTheDogsChain they were only gone two weeks and went right back after her.]]
63	* MsFanservice: Between her blonde hair, brown eyes, tan skin, oversized breast implants, revealing attire, and [[ShakingTheRump rump shaking]], it's very difficult not to notice her.
64	* MudWrestling: Wrestling/KevinNash paid her to wrestle Lacey Von Erich in mud while the Main Even Mafia ran Impact.
65	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Essentially what her "[[GimmickMatches Leather And Lace]]" match was. An earlier lock box challenge had awarded Velvet Sky a match with anyone she wanted under any stipulation she wanted. The person was former partner Angelina Love and the stipulations were Love wears handcuffs and the match only ends when she wants it to. Love could have just quit at the first bell, [[VillainBall since Sky neglected to mention]] her Knockouts Title Belt, [[GoodIsDumb but she didn't]].
66	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Okay, Talia's kind of dumb, but the whole subtext thing she did with April Hunter was just to throw off their opponents. In fact, a good deal of Talia's antics aim to give a false sense of security, which is why it can only be said she's "kind of".
67	* PowerStable: "Reality Check" in the Pro Wrestling Syndicate.
68	* PowerTrio: "The Allure" in ROH with Angelina Love and Mandy Leon.
69	* PutOnABus: Out of TNA by her own choice. TheBusCameBack in December 2012. [[PutOnABus The Bus Left Again]] when she was ({{kayfabe}}) fired for looking in Robbie E's "feast or fired" briefcase in January 2015. In reality, her contract had expired. She came back months later.
70	* RecycledSoundtrack: Velvet's first entrance theme was later used by ODB.
71	* TheRival
72	** The Amber O'Neal and Lolipop incarnation of Team Blondage when she teamed with April Hunter. Sometimes Krissy Vaine when Lolipop was absent, although Talia Madison and O'Neal did briefly team up as Pink Express.
73	** She's feuded with Angelina Love and Madison Rayne almost as much as she's teamed up with them.
74	** Shared quite a few locker rooms with ODB and has locked up with her more than a few times. Did not team up too often but they did a few times in TNA. ODB and Jacqueline once thanks to Las Primas and Winter.
75	** Sarita in TNA specifically. First in tag team matches with Taylor Wilde, then an individual feud leading a strap match, then in tag team matches with [[Wrestling/TheaTrinidad Rosita]].
76	* ShakingTheRump: Does this very often on the ring apron. April Hunter and the Beautiful People even worked most of their entrances around this habit of hers. As Wrestling/{{Taz\|z}} would say "Let the pigeons loose!"
77	* ShesBack: Returned to wrestling in Wrestling/RingOfHonor with Mandy Leon and Wrestling/AngelinaLove as The All[[HeavyMetalUmlaut ü]]re.
78	* SignatureMove: Formerly a "reverse bulldog", triangle choke and northern Lights suplex. Later, an octopus stretch (biting optional), reverse curb stomp, beauty mark (lung blower) and Beauty-T, a snap DDT.
79	* SquashMatch: Pinned multiple times in rapid succession by Wrestling/TaylorWilde. Sky kept getting rematches until she was finally able to put some offense together.
80	* TagTeam
81	** The Madison Girls with Tiffany Madison.
82	** T&A with April Hunter.
83	** Velvet-Love Entertainment with Angelina Love, prior to becoming The Beautiful People.
84	* TakeThat: Proving she belonged in TNA, after being rejected from the Raw Diva Search, she aimed one at the contestants. Namely, that none of the finalist had even been to a wrestling school, yet claimed it was their dream job.
85	* TheTease: Talia Madison had "Tease" printed on the back side of her tights.
86	* TookALevelInBadass: After the Beautiful People split. And then again after her return. She is a two-time Knockouts Champion after all.
87	* UselessAccessory: Played with regarding her fingerless gloves, which range from actual athletic apparel to ones that are so unbelievably tacky they must have been custom-made for or by Velvet.
88	* [[WildCard Tweener]]: In 2014, Velvet Sky started getting cheered in TNA when not doing anything to harass the "good girls". Before the voting was in for the much hyped "Knockouts Calender", the fans in the Impact Zone had already made it clear they wanted Sky to win, [[GreenEyedMonster to Angelina Love's annoyance]].
89	* WeUsedToBeFriends
90	** Back in LLF when Dark Angel wore her first mask, she was friends with Talia Madison.
91	** Prior to becoming The Beautiful People, Velvet-Love Entertainment were Wrestling/GailKim's frequent supporters. Then there is Roxxi Laveaux, whose perceived ingratitude kicked off their campaign against "the ugly" in the first place.
92	** Mickie James stopped being her friend after winning the Knockouts Title from Velvet and denying her a rematch.
93	* TheWorfEffect: Madison Rayne may have been the ButtMonkey of the Beautiful People, but when a newer knockout went against them, Sky was usually the one to take the fall. Most notably to Taylor Wilde, Sarita, and Havok. The most obvious cases though were getting pinned by Rosita after a fresh tag and being beaten by Reby Sky, who was only contracted to appear for a single show!
94	* WrestlingDoesntPay: The name "Velvet Sky" was taken from a porn star, which was her gimmick. It didn't come up too much though because Vince Russo didn't get to turn TNA into the adult show he had intended (which oddly enough resulted in TNA being able to get cable TV deals with family-friendly Fox Sports Net, somewhat more mature Spike TV, and then Destination America and Pop TV, both of which are somewhere in the middle).

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