Elizabeth Copeland, known professionally as Beth Phoenix, is an American professional wrestler.
65 Facts About Beth Phoenix
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Beth Phoenix is a former WWE Divas Champion and a three-time WWE Women's Champion.
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Beth Phoenix appeared at the inaugural Shimmer Women Athletes shows.
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Beth Phoenix debuted on WWE's Raw brand in May 2006 but suffered a legitimate broken jaw the following month.
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Beth Phoenix returned to the Raw brand in July 2007, and was heavily pushed, dominating the other WWE Divas and gaining the nickname, "The Glamazon".
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Beth Phoenix then developed an on-screen relationship with Santino Marella, dubbed "Glamarella", and won the Women's Championship for a second time in August 2008, holding it until January 2009.
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In October 2011, Phoenix won the WWE Divas Championship for the first time and lost it in April 2012.
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Beth Phoenix retired and left WWE in October 2012 due to creative frustrations with the treatment of women in WWE, and to focus on her family life with boyfriend and later husband Adam Copeland, famous in WWE as Edge, with whom she subsequently had two daughters.
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In 2017, Beth Phoenix returned to WWE upon being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the 2017 class, becoming a part-time color commentator for the company; her induction made her the quickest female to be inducted after her retirement and the youngest inductee in history at age 36.
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Beth Phoenix has wrestled on a part-time basis since her return, notably at WrestleMania 35; she took part in the first-ever women's Royal Rumble match in 2018, making her the first wrestler to have participated in both the men's and women's matches.
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Beth Phoenix was voted prom queen in her senior year.
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Beth Phoenix was the first female varsity wrestler in the school's history.
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Beth Phoenix became the North-East freestyle women's champion in 1999, and won at the New York State Fair Tournament the same year.
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Beth Phoenix later stated that Nora Greenwald, who was known in the World Wrestling Federation as Molly Holly, had paid for her to attend wrestling school after Carolan had given her a demo tape of her work.
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Beth Phoenix's professional wrestling debut match was against Alexis Laree.
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Beth Phoenix then worked for various independent promotions, including Cleveland All Pro Wrestling and Apocalypse Wrestling, against both male and female wrestlers, using the name "Phoenix".
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Beth Phoenix then joined Far North Wrestling, and was the only female wrestler in the promotion.
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Beth Phoenix defeated Joey Knight and Kevin Grace in 2003 to become the FNW Cruiserweight Champion.
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Beth Phoenix returned two years later and defeated Nikki Roxx, but was bested in the second round by eventual winner Alicia.
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Beth Phoenix debuted on OVW television in July 2004, having changed her ring name to "Beth Phoenix", and became the on-screen girlfriend and valet of Chris Masters.
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The storyline was short-lived, and the following month Beth Phoenix was repackaged as the manager of Aaron "The Idol" Stevens.
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Beth Phoenix signed a developmental contract with WWE on October 20,2005, the same month that she broke her hand.
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The duo was then joined by Shelly Martinez, who Beth Phoenix soon feuded within early 2006.
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Beth Phoenix debuted on WWE's main roster on the May 8,2006, episode of Raw as a face by attacking Mickie James while James was assaulting Trish Stratus.
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When James finally escaped, Beth Phoenix claimed that James had "ruined her life", and would not let her get away with it, before calling her a "psycho".
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Beth Phoenix's jaw was entirely severed and subsequent surgeries left a portion of her face permanently numb.
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Beth Phoenix spent a year having surgeries and recovering, including getting a titanium plate and nine screws placed in her jaw, but she was only out of action for two months, as she returned to action in OVW instead of on the main roster.
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Beth Phoenix began regularly competing for the OVW Women's Championship, unsuccessfully challenging the champion ODB in a battle royal and a four-way match, which was won by Serena.
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Beth Phoenix replaced Melina in a tag team match as Jillian Hall's partner, and the two lost to Candice Michelle and Mickie James.
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At the SummerSlam pay-per-view, Beth Phoenix won the Interpromotional Divas battle royal to become the number one contender for Michelle's WWE Women's Championship.
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On New Year's Eve 2008, Beth Phoenix successfully defended her title in a Triple Threat match against Melina and James, after pinning Melina.
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Later that night, Melina and Beth Phoenix brawled in a backstage segment, ending their alliance.
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At Judgment Day, Beth Phoenix failed to regain the Women's Championship in a Triple Threat match after James pinned Melina to retain the title.
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At One Night Stand, Beth Phoenix defeated Melina in the first women's "I Quit" match in WWE history.
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The next night on Raw, Beth Phoenix teamed with Katie Lea Burchill to defeat Melina and James in a tag team match.
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Beth Phoenix was pinned by James one week later in a non-title match, and was attacked by Melina post-match.
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Beth Phoenix confronted Marella after the match, and they briefly grappled with each other before unexpectedly sharing a kiss, to which both expressed considerable confusion.
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Beth Phoenix pinned James, winning the Women's Championship, while Marella won Kingston's Intercontinental Championship.
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Beth Phoenix successfully defended the Women's Championship against Candice Michelle at No Mercy.
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On December 8,2008, Beth Phoenix received the "Slammy Award" for Diva of the Year.
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At the Royal Rumble in January 2009, Beth Phoenix lost the Women's Championship to Melina.
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At WrestleMania XXV, Beth Phoenix competed in the 25-Diva "Miss WrestleMania" battle royal; despite scoring 12 eliminations, more than any other participant, she lost when Marella, who competed in drag, claiming to be his twin sister "Santina", last eliminated her.
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Beth Phoenix then went on to defeat McCool and Layla in a tag team match involving Tiffany.
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The feud with McCool continued at WrestleMania XXVI, where they were on opposing teams in a 10-Diva tag team match, which Beth Phoenix's team lost, although they won a rematch the following night on Raw.
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Beth Phoenix later declared that she was tired of the "perky bimbos" that comprised the rest of the Divas division, and was on a mission to make a mockery of the other Divas, and was joined by Natalya to form the Divas of Doom.
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Beth Phoenix went on to unsuccessfully challenge Kelly for the championship at SummerSlam.
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Beth Phoenix challenged Kelly for the Divas Championship again at Night of Champions, but was unsuccessful.
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At Vengeance, Beth Phoenix successfully defended the championship against Eve Torres, with both Natalya and Kelly banned from ringside.
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At Extreme Rules, Beth Phoenix was scheduled to face Nikki in a rematch for the Divas Championship, however she was not medically cleared to compete and was replaced by the returning Layla, who ended up winning the title.
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Beth Phoenix lost 19 times against Divas champion Layla in various live events.
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On February 27,2017, WWE announced that Beth Phoenix would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the 2017 class.
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Beth Phoenix's induction made her the quickest female to be inducted after her retirement, as she had retired only five years prior, and made her and her husband Edge the first real-life couple to both be inducted.
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In 2018, Beth Phoenix became a part-time color commentator for WWE, mainly for women-related events, starting from January 16 to April 3,2018 for the first season of the WWE Mixed Match Challenge, commenting the tournament each week alongside Michael Cole and Corey Graves.
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Beth Phoenix entered at number 24 and lasted over two minutes before being eliminated by Natalya.
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Beth Phoenix went on to continue to work as a guest commentator at various events and mainly women's matches such as the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal at WrestleMania 34, the 2018 Mae Young Classic, the women's Royal Rumble match at the 2019 Royal Rumble event, and the Elimination Chamber match to determine the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Champions at the 2019 Elimination Chamber event.
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On March 10,2019, at the Fastlane pay-per-view, Beth Phoenix acted as commentator on the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship match between defending champions The Boss 'n' Hug Connection and Nia Jax and Tamina.
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On May 15,2019, Beth Phoenix joined the commentary team of NXT alongside Mauro Ranallo and Nigel McGuinness, replacing Percy Watson; this marked her first time as full-time commentator, and her first time commenting matches that did not involve women.
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Beth Phoenix was a member of the commenting team when NXT started airing live on September 18,2019, and was extended from a 50-minutes runtime to 120 minutes.
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Beth Phoenix returned to the ring for the first time since the previous year's WrestleMania during the Women's Royal Rumble match at the 2020 Royal Rumble event as the nineteenth entrant, lasting over 23 minutes before being eliminated by Shayna Baszler and finishing in third place.
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Beth Phoenix suffered a head injury early in the match when Bianca Belair slapped her chest and caused the back of Phoenix's neck to hit one of the ring posts around the ring, but was able to finish the match.
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At WWE Day 1, Beth Phoenix returned to help her husband Edge win a match against The Miz.
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Beth Phoenix interfered in Edge's "I Quit" match against Balor at Extreme Rules, but despite her efforts, Edge ultimately lost.
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In 2023, Beth Phoenix returned at Royal Rumble, spearing Ripley before walking off with Edge.
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Beth Phoenix would appear on the following Raw to do the same when The Judgement Day attempted to interfere in Balor's match against Cody Rhodes.
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Beth Phoenix made her in-game debut in WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2009 and appears in WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2010, WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2011, WWE '12, WWE '13, WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19, WWE 2K20, WWE 2K Battlegrounds, WWE 2K22, and WWE 2K23.