April Hunter
April Hunter (born September 24, 1976) is an American retired professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet, boxer, actress, writer, fitness model and glamour model. She has appeared in publications including MuscleMag International and Playboy and has her own comic book series titled Code Red.
April Hunter
September 24, 1976
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States[1]
5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
150 lb (68 kg)[1]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1999[1]
2014
Professional wrestling career[edit]
World Championship Wrestling (1999–2000)[edit]
In 1999, after Hunter appeared in Playboy magazine, she was hired by World Championship Wrestling (WCW).[1][3] Along with four other models (Tylene Buck, Kim Kanner (Shikira), Midajah and Pamela Paulshock), she accompanied members of the New World Order (nWo) to ringside for their matches.
Independent circuit (2001–2002)[edit]
Hunter trained to become a professional wrestler with Killer Kowalski in Boston.[1] She was the only woman in the class and soon began working on the independent circuit and overseas.
NWA Total Nonstop Action (2002, 2003)[edit]
On August 28, 2002, Hunter appeared for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). She was introduced (and defeated) by then-Miss TNA Bruce as part of his Miss TNA Challenge.[2] She returned for several other appearances in TNA, including matches against Desire, Eric Watts and R. J. Brewer.[2]
Independent circuit (2002–2009)[edit]
Hunter formed a tag team with fellow Kowalski graduate Nikki Roxx in World Xtreme Wrestling; the pair were known as The Killer Babes.[4] She then worked as the manager for Slyck Wagner Brown. Together they held both Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling's 3PW Tag Team Championship and Jersey All Pro Wrestling's JAPW Tag Team Championship. Hunter was the first woman in pro wrestling history to hold the (male) tag team title.
Hunter traveled to Canada for the first time in December 2005, working for Action Wrestling Entertainment and wrestling against Sarah Stock.[5] In February 2006, Hunter worked for Carmen Electra's Naked Women's Wrestling League (NWWL).[6] While in the NWWL Hunter broke her nose, which limited the moves she could perform while working for the promotion.[6]
In Women's Extreme Wrestling (WEW) in April 2006, Hunter formed a tag team known as T & A with Talia Madison.[2] On April 6, they defeated Team Blondage (Amber O'Neal and Lollipop) for the WEW Tag Team Championship.[2] A month later, Hunter and J.D. Maverick debuted together for TNT Pro Wrestling.[7] In September, Hunter challenged Madison for her TNT Women's Championship.[7] She defeated Madison for the title on September 23.[2] During her time in TNT, Hunter appeared in the Glamour, Glitz & Divas—The Untold Story of American Women's Wrestling DVD, alongside Madison and Michaels.[8]
Hunter won Queens of Chaos's World Queens of Chaos Championship in November 2006 by defeating Sweet Saraya in the final round of a championship tournament.[2] She vacated the title on In May 2012. She also won Great Canadian Wrestling's GCW W.I.L.D. Championship from Miss Danyah on April 13, 2007.[9] She held the title for one day before losing it to Cherry Bomb in a four-way match.[9] Because of wrestling-related injuries, Hunter retired from professional wrestling later in the year.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Hunter is of German, Scottish and Italian descent. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but moved to Enterprise, Alabama with her father when her parents divorced.[3] Before entering the world of professional wrestling, Hunter worked as a fitness model.[6] She placed in Ms. Fitness Philadelphia and Ironwoman Tri-Fitness in Tampa, Florida. She also worked as a Playboy model[25] and Met-Rx spokesperson.[26]
On August 30, 2006, Hunter married Canadian wrestler Jordan Danyluk (known as J.D. Maverick) in Las Vegas, Nevada.[7] They first met at a wrestling show in December 2005 and were engaged after Valentine's Day in 2006.[7] The two have since divorced.[24]
She studied photography at the New England School of Photography.[1]