Alison Skipper (born August 10, 1982), is an American actress, model, television personality, dancer, and former professional wrestling valet who is best known for her work with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as a valet under the ring name Chelsea. Outside of TNA, Skipper hosted "The College Experiment" on Fox Sports and appeared on the Home Shopping Network. Skipper opened a full service talent agency, Professionally Pretty Model & Talent Agency, with model and actress friend Jaycelle Coltman Veigle in 2012.
| Alison Skipper | |
|---|---|
 Skipper as Chelsea in 2010 | |
| Birth name | Alison Marie Skipper |
| Born | August 10, 1982 Orlando, Florida, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Chelsea |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Billed weight | 118 lb (54 kg) |
| Debut | 2010 |
| Retired | 2010 |
Early life and career
editSkipper was born in Orlando, Florida where she still resides and is now twice divorced. She attended the University of Central Florida. Skipper took up dancing and modeling at a young age. She has modeled for Lucky, Vogue, Hyatt Hotels, Breezes Resorts, Body Glove, Kumho Tires, Boost Mobile, Ron Jon Surf Shop, Nike, Victoria's Secret, Macy's and Nordstrom. She has also been featured in television commercials for Walt Disney World and Papa John's Pizza. Alison was a regular fashion & jewelry model for the Home Shopping Network (HSN), and hosted "The College Experiment" on Fox Sports from 2009 to 2011.
Professional wrestling career
editSkipper signed with TNA Wrestling, and debuted under the name Chelsea during the Genesis pay-per-view January 17, 2010. She aligned herself with Desmond Wolfe at the event, where he defeated D'Angelo Dinero. She would continue to appear accompany Wolfe to the ring as he feuded with D'Angelo Dinero, at times even helping him cheat to win matches.[1]
Wolfe later began a feud with Abyss, after Chelsea said she wanted the hall-of-fame ring Abyss won from Ric Flair. Chelsea accused Abyss of assault and he was arrested, she later acknowledged that she had planned with Wolfe to falsely accuse him. Wolfe challenged Abyss to a match at Sacrifice (2010); if Wolfe won, he got the hall-of-fame ring, but if Abyss won, he would win Chelsea's services for 30 days.[2] On the following edition of Impact!, Chelsea started showing sympathy towards Abyss, when he was being brutalized by Wolfe.[3] The following month at Slammiversary VIII, Wolfe was defeated by Abyss in a Monster's Ball match, when Chelsea turned on him and helped Abyss pick up the victory.[4] On the June 17, 2010 episode of Impact! Chelsea reluctantly returned to Wolfe after her 30 days with Abyss were up, and Wolfe gave her a chance to redeem herself, but her behaviour outside the ring provided a distraction which cost Wolfe his match against Flair's nemesis Jay Lethal for a spot in Flair's stable Fourtune.[5]
After failing to make it into Fourtune, Wolfe went on to form a tag team with fellow Briton Magnus and together the two were named London Brawling, a team that was managed by Chelsea. The team earned themselves the right to challenge for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, and were scheduled to receive their shot against then-champions The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) at No Surrender, but were at the last minute pulled from the event, with TNA citing a "personal issue" as the reason.[6] It was later reported that Wolfe was pulled from the event due to an undisclosed medical condition that would sideline him for the next few months,[7] with Wolfe later revealing that at this time, he tested positive for Hepatitis B.[8] On-screen, his absence was explained by Magnus, who claimed that in an attempt to become a dual athlete, Wolfe had travelled to London to try out for Chelsea F.C.[9] During this team, Chelsea was written off on 16 December episode of Impact!, where Magnus met his former tag team partner Doug Williams and informed him that Wolfe was now done with Chelsea (the football club) and would be coming back soon, while also telling him that in the meantime they had gotten rid of Chelsea (their manager) too.[10] On February 9, 2011, it was reported that Skipper had been released by TNA.[11]
References
edit- ^ Caldwell, James (March 29, 2010). "Caldwell's TNA Impact Report 3/29: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Spike TV show - cage match with Jeff Hardy, RVD, Wolfpack". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ Caldwell, James (May 16, 2010). "Caldwell's TNA Sacrifice results 5/16: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of PPV - RVD vs. Styles, Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
- ^ Keller, Wade (May 20, 2010). "TNA Impact results 5/20: Keller's ongoing "virtual time" coverage of show on Spike TV including Top Ten Contenders revealed". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Caldwell, James (June 13, 2010). "Caldwell's TNA Slammiversary results 6/13: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV - RVD vs. Sting, Hardy & Anderson, "nice surprise"". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Caldwell, James (June 17, 2010). "Caldwell's TNA Impact results 6/17: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Impact on Spike TV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ Caldwell, James (September 5, 2010). "TNA News: TNA confirms line-up change to No Surrender – Wolfe & Magnus off the PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ^ Martin, Adam (September 14, 2010). "Report: Wolfe expected to miss some time with TNA". WrestleView. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ^ Russo, Vince (December 24, 2014). "Nigel McGuinness Shoot Interview (Approx. 60 Mins) – Vince Russo's VIP Podcast – The Swerve – 25 min mark". pyroandballyhoo.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- ^ Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (October 29, 2010). "TNA Xplosion ep. 318". TNA Xplosion. approx. 1 minutes in. Extreme Sports Channel.
Where's Desmond Wolfe? What's going on with London Brawling? What's the issue? I'll tell you. The issue is that Desmond, in an attempt to be a dual athlete like myself, is in London, England, having trials for a very prestigious team, not just any team, he is trying out for Chelsea.
- ^ Wilkenfeld, Daniel (December 16, 2010). "Wilkenfeld's TNA Impact report 12/16: Complete "virtual time" coverage of Spike TV broadcast". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
- ^ Nemer, Paul (February 9, 2011). "TNA Knockout released by company". WrestleView.
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- "Former TNA Valet Returns On Last Night's Impact Wrestling". WrestlingNewsSource. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- "Desmond Wolfe: TNA's Secret Weapon - IGN". IGN. February 10, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- "Cattie's Catch Up: Chelsea Traps The Pope For Desmond Wolfe (March, 29th 2010)". Cattie's Womens Wrestling. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- Drabek, Ken. "Desmond Wolfe: The Most Misused Wrestler In TNA". Bleacher Report. Retrieved July 31, 2018.