Lisa Marie Varon

Oct 30, 2009 - by Steve Gerweck

Real name: Lisa Marie Varon
Height: 5’8″
Weight: 155 lbs.
Date of birth: February 10, 1971
From: Rialto, CA
Pro debut: June 2000
Trained by: UPW
Finishing move: Widows Peak

Biography

– In 1997 and 1998, Varon was featured on ESPN’s “Fitness America Series”, winning the event in 1997
– Varon credits Chyna with opening the door into the wrestling business for her
– Varon began training at California’s Ultimate Pro Wrestling in June 2000, working as ‘The HBIC’
– Varon debuted on WWF television as one of Godfather’s Hos, leading the ‘Save The Ho’ campaign
– Varon, now named ‘Victoria’, was put through a table by The Goodfather on the August 7, 2000 episode of Raw
– In November 2000, Varon was sent to Power Pro Wrestling in Memphis for further training
– In March 2001, Varon was moved to OVW after WWE severed ties with Power Pro
– Varon re-debuted for WWE on an episode of Sunday Night Heat in July 2002, beginning a feud with Trish Stratus
– In Victoria’s debut Raw match on August 5, 2002, she would defeat Stratus
– At Survivor Series 2002, Victoria defeated Stratus in a Hardcore Match to win the WWE Womens Title
– The next night on Raw, Victoria defeated Stacy Keibler to retain the WWE Womens Title and would form an alliance (of sorts) with Steven Richards
– On the November 25, 2002 episode of Raw, Victoria defeated Trish Stratus to retain the WWE Womens Title
– At Armageddon 2002, Victoria defeated Trish Stratus & Jacqueline to retain the WWE Womens Title
– On the January 13, 2003 episode of Raw, Victoria defeated Trish Stratus & Jacqueline in a Hardcore Match to retain the WWE Womens Title
– On the January 27 episode of Raw, Victoria defeated Trish Stratus in a Chicago Street Fight to retain the WWE Womens Title
– On the November 24, 2003 episode of Raw, Victoria defeated Lita in the first ever women’s Cage Match in WWE
– On the February 23, 2004 episode of Raw, Victoria defeated Lita, Jazz & Molly Holly in an Elimination Match to regain the WWE Womens Title
– At WrestleMania XX, Victoria defeated Molly Holly in a Title vs. Hair Match to retain the WWE Womens Title
– At Backlash 2004, Victoria defeated Lita to retain the WWE Womens Title
– The next night on Raw, Victoria defeated Molly Holly by DQ to retain the WWE Womens Title
– At Vengeance 2004, Victoria defeated Molly Holly
– At Vengeance 2005, Victoria defeated Christy Hemme
– Victoria made her first ever Smackdown appearance on the March 30, 2007 episode, competing on the losing side of a 10-woman tag team match
– In the 2007 WWE Draft, Victoria was drafted to the Smackdown brand and would also appear infrequently for ECW
– At Backlash 2008, Victoria, Layla, Jillian, Melina, Beth Phoenix & Natalya defeated Mickie James, Maria, Ashley, Michelle McCool, Cherry & Kelly Kelly.
– Victoria requested her WWE release in January 2009 and would leave the company following a loss to Michelle McCool on the January 16, 2009 episode of Smackdown
– Varon announced via her MySpace page that she intended to retire from wrestling to pursue an MMA career
– Varon returned to WWE for one night only at WrestleMania 25, competing in the Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal
– In May 2009, TNA confirmed that Varon had signed with the company. She debuted as ‘Tara’ on the May 28, 2009 episode of Impact
– On the July 9, 2009 episode of Impact, Varon defeated Angelina Love to win the TNA Knockouts Title, but would lose it back at that month’s Victory Road event
– At Turning Point 2009, Tara defeated Awesome Kong in a Cage Match
– At Final Resolution 2009, Tara defeated ODB to win the TNA Knockouts Title, but would lose it back to ODB on the January 4, 2010 episode of Impact
– At Genesis 2010, Tara defeated ODB in a Best Of 3 Falls Match to regain the TNA Knockouts Title
– On the February 4, 2010 episode of Impact, Tara defeated Angelina Love to retain the TNA Knockouts Title
– At Destination X 2010, Tara defeated Daffney to retain the TNA Knockouts Title
– On the March 29, 2010 episode of Impact, Tara defeated Daffney in a First Blood Match to retain the TNA Knockouts Title
– On April 28, 2010, Tara announced that she was leaving TNA over a pay dispute. She lost a Title vs. Career Match to Madison Rayne at May’s Sacrifice PPV
– Having agreed a new deal, Tara returned (disguised under a motorcycle helmet) at Victory Road, attacking Angelina Love
– Tara was unmasked on the September 2, 2010 episode of Impact
– At Bound For Glory 2010, Tara defeated Angelina Love, Madison Rayne & Velvet Sky with Mickie James as special guest referee to win the TNA Knockouts Title, but lay down for Rayne to take the title the next night on Impact
– At Turning Point 2010, Tara wrestled Mickie James to a no-contest
– At Final Resolution 2010, Tara defeated Mickie James in a Falls Count Anywhere Match
– On the July 21, 2011 episode of Impact, TnT (Tara & Miss Tessmacher) defeated Rosita & Sarita to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles
– At Hardcore Justice 2011, TnT defeated Rosita & Sarita to retain the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles
– On October 8, Tara made her first indy appearance in over 8 years, losing to Sojo Bolt at a Remix Pro event in Ohio
– On the October 20, 2011 episode of Impact, TnT defeated Angelina Love & Winter to retain the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles
– At Bound For Glory 2012, Tara defeated Miss Tessmacher to win the TNA Knockouts Title
– At Final Resolution 2012, Tara defeated Mickie James to retain the TNA Knockouts Title
– The next week on Impact, Tara again defeated Mickie James to retain the TNA Knockouts Title
– On the January 24, 2013 episode of Impact, Tara defeated Velvet Sky to retain the TNA Knockouts Title
– At Knockouts Knockdown 2013, Tara defeated Mia Yim
– In July 2013, TNA released Tara and Varon returned to the indies under her real name
– On July 31, 2016, Lisa Marie was voted into the GERWECK.NET Hall of Fame.
– In January 2019, Varon announced that this would be her final year as a full-time active wrestler
– On September 21, 2019, Varon defeated Melina Perez to become the first MORE Wrestling Womens Champion
– Varon made a one-night return to WWE for the 2021 Royal Rumble


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