On her seventeenth birthday, Dennis signed up to begin training at the Squared Circle Training centre based in Toronto, Ontario, with Rob Etcheverria.[1] Etchevaria named her Cherry Bomb, and she began wrestling under the name.[1] She later trained with Derek Wylde.[9] She debuted in May 2005 in Oshawa, Ontario.[1]
Cherry Bomb debuted for the Pure Wrestling Association (PWA) in a match with 21st Century Fox on July 22, 2005.[9] She competed in the Elite 8 Tournament, but was eliminated by Danyah Rivietz in the first round.[9] Later in the night, she aligned with Kristal Banks only to lose to the tag team of Tiana Ringer and Luscious Lily.[9] She scored her very first victory against 21st Century Fox at a PWX event.[9] In January 2006, Cherry Bomb lost to 21st Century Fox in a match to determine the inaugural PWA Elite Women's Champion.[9]
She appeared for Ottawan promotion, Capital City Championship Combat, in 2008.[12] Cherry Bomb also wrestled for Classic Championship Wrestling (CCW), and once held their Women's Championship, which she successfully defended against Evilyn, Alexxis, and Jaime D.[13]
Cherry Bomb in 2011
Cherry Bomb was part of the debut show of NCW Femmes Fatales on September 5, 2009, where she lost to Sara Del Rey.[14][15] She gained her first victory in the promotion on February 6, 2010, when she defeated Mistress Belmont.[16] She was scheduled to wrestle against Daffney at NCW Femmes Fatales' third show, but was unable to make the show.[17] At Femmes Fatales IX on July 7, 2012, Cherry Bomb and Sweet Cherrie unsuccessfully challenged The Canadian NINJAs (Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews) for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship. After the match, Cherry Bomb attacked Sweet Cherrie, blaming her for the loss.[18]
On May 1, 2006, Cherry Bomb debuted in Great Canadian Wrestling (GCW), quickly associating herself with Jake O'Reilly, whom she began managing.[9] In 2006, Cherry Bomb wrestled at the Super Hardcore Anime Wrestling Expo show, a combination of the 10th Annual Anime North Convention and GCW's Great Canadian Wrestling Expo show, where she teamed with LuFisto and Darkston as Team Sailor Moon to defeat Team Rocket (Timothy Dalton, Pandora and Steve Brown).[19] She competed in the tournament to determine the inaugural GCW W.I.L.D. Champion on November 18, 2006, and defeated Portia Perez in the first round before losing to Sirelda, the eventual winner of the tournament, in the semi-finals.[20] She continued competing in GCW throughout early 2007, teaming up with Hayden the Destroyer to defeat Cody Deaner and Portia Perez at New Year's Evil on January 12, and teaming with Sirelda to gain a victory over Deanna Conda and Aurora on April 13. The following night, on April 14, she won the W.I.L.D. Championship by defeating the reigning champion, April Hunter, Hailey Rogers, and Miss Danyah in a fatal four-way match at the Anarchy in Angus show.[21][22] She successfully defended the championship by defeating the Southside Stranglerette by disqualification, and held the championship for just over two months, before she was defeated by Miss Danyah at Random Acts of Violence on June 22.[21][23] On September 7, 2007, Cherry Bomb suffered a neck injury during a victory over Danyah.[1][24][25] The injury forced her to take a nine-month hiatus from wrestling.[1]
Shimmer Women Athletes (2008–2016)
The Kimber Bombs: Kimber Lee, left, and Cherry Bomb in 2014
In 2013, Cherry Bomb began wrestling for Ring of Honor, appearing at the Ring of Honor Wrestling television tapings on March 3 and April 5. Her debut match for the promotion resulted in a loss in a four-way match against MsChif, Athena, and Scarlett Bordeaux. She won her second bout, a singles match against MsChif in May.[40][41]
Cherry Bomb toured Japan in November 2010. She teamed with Sexy Star and Madison Eagles in a loss to Hailey Hatred, Yoshiko Tamura, and Makoto. She then appeared at a Super FMW show, teaming with Sexy Star again to defeat Senri Kuroki and Kaori Yoneyama.[42] Cherry Bomb returned to Japan in July 2012,[43] and on July 28 made her debut for the Ice Ribbon promotion with a win over Kurumi.[44] At the following day's Kaientai Dojo and Reina X World co-promoted event, Cherry Bomb teamed with Aki Kanbayashi to defeat Alex Lee and Bambi in a tag team match.[45]
Shine Wrestling (2012–2016)
In July 2012, Cherry Bomb debuted for Shine Wrestling at their inaugural show, where she lost to Christina Von Eerie.[46] She returned to the promotion in February 2014, where The Kimber Bombs participated in the tournament to determine the inaugural Shine Tag Team Champions; they were eliminated in the first round by eventual winners The Lucha Sisters (Leva Bates and Mia Yim).[47] The Kimber Bombs continued to compete in tag team competition, defeating the S-N-S Express (Sassy Stephie and Jessie Belle Smothers) at Shine 21, and at Shine 23, they unsuccessfully challenged Legendary (Malia Hosaka and Brandi Wine) for the Shine Tag Team Championship.[48][49] In a rematch at Shine 25, The Kimber Bombs won the championship.[50] On October 2, at Shine 30, The Kimber Bombs were stripped of the title by Lexie Fyfe, due to Cherry Bomb's knee injury.[51]
Combat Zone Wrestling (2012–2016)
Cherry Bomb began appearing for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) in late 2012, alongside her real-life boyfriend Pepper Parks. She lost her debut match for the promotion to Nevaeh at Cerebral in October 2012.[52] Cherry Bomb and Parks quickly became villainous characters known as the "fitness power couple", doling out fitness and health advice to the audience.[53][54][55] They defeated Greg Excellent and Candice LeRae in a mixed tag team match at Down with the Sickness 2013, after Cherry Bomb attacked Excellent with a kettle bell.[56] Cherry Bomb and Parks continued to feud with Excellent in late 2013, which resulted in Cherry Bomb being forced to conform to Excellent's lifestyle, a distinct contrast to Cherry Bomb and Parks' fitness power couple gimmick.[57][58][59] On March 8, 2014, at CZW's High Stakes internet pay-per-view, Parks defeated Excellent to "win back" Cherry Bomb.[60]
In 2015, Cherry Bomb and Parks would align themselves with BLK Jeez, forming the villainous stable known as TV Ready. On December 12 at CZW's seventeenth annual Cage of Death event, TV Ready would go on to win the CZW World Tag Team Championship, defeating Dan Barry and Sozio.[61] On May 14, 2016, TV Ready lost the CZW World Tag Team Championship to Da Hit Squad at Prelude to Violence 2016,[62] the match would also be Cherry Bomb and Parks' final appearance for CZW after signing with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
On September 10, 2016, Cherry Bomb returned to CZW to accompany her husband Pepper Parks and BLK Jeez to the ring, as TV Ready challenged Da Hit Squad for the CZW World Tag Team Championship, in a losing effort.
Impact Wrestling
Early appearances (2013–2015)
Dennis initially appeared for TNA in the year of 2013 on the December 5 edition of Impact Wrestling in a squash match, losing to Gail Kim.[63]
Two years later in the year of 2015, Dennis appeared for TNA again under her real name on February 14 through the company's One Night Only PPV Knockouts Knockdown 2015 in a match against Gail Kim, once again in a losing effort.[64] Dennis returned to TNA on the TKO: Night of Knockouts edition of Impact Wrestling on April 24, where she defeated Jade but lost by disqualification.[65]
The Lady Squad (2016–2017)
On March 23, 2016, Dennis signed a contract with Impact.[66] She was given the new ring name Allie and aligned herself with Maria and Sienna after Allie revealed that she is Maria's apprentice, establishing herself as a heel in the process.[6] A few weeks after her signing, Allie teamed up with Sienna and lost to Gail Kim and Jade in a tag team match.
On August 25, 2016, during a special Turning Point edition of Impact Wrestling, Allie turned face and won the TNA Knockouts Championship in a five–way match against the champion Sienna, Madison Rayne, Marti Bell and Jade. Allie would unknowingly pin Madison after being knocked out by Marti Bell with a baton, winning the Knockouts Championship for the first time in her career.[67] On the September 1 Impact, Allie dropped the title to Maria after she was forced to lie down, gaining sympathy from the crowd in the process. A few weeks later, Allie was attacked by Laurel Van Ness, which lead into a match between the two. On the October 27 episode of Impact Wrestling, Allie faced her first singles match against Van Ness in a losing effort.
In the following week, Allie was forced to dress as a pilgrim where she hit Maria with a pumpkin pie. On the December 2 episode of Impact Wrestling, Allie was again attacked by Van Ness after she slapped Maria in the face which led to a match between both of them on the December 9 episode of Impact Wrestling, where Allie revealed her to be "training" with Braxton Sutter, before subsequently winning the match. On the January 5, 2017, episode of Impact Wrestling, Allie faced Sienna where she lost due to interference from Van Ness. On the January 12, 2017, episode of Impact Wrestling, Allie assisted Sutter in getting a victory over Mike Bennett, thus entering him into her feud with Maria. On the February 23, 2017, episode of Impact Wrestling, Allie was forced to be the ring bearer for the wedding of Braxton Sutter (who is Allie's real-life husband) and Van Ness, which ended abruptly, when Sutter rejected the wedding and professed his love for Allie.[68] The following week on Impact Wrestling, Maria went to fire Allie, but she responded by quitting, ending their feud after Maria left the company.
Various storylines (2017–2018)
Throughout early 2017, Allie continued her on screen relationship with Sutter, accompanying him to his matches and vice versa.[69] On the May 25 episode of Impact Wrestling, Laurel Van Ness and Sienna would jump Allie, prompting Rosemary to return and save her.[70] Rosemary later explained that "the hive" sent her to protect Allie, beginning an alliance between the two.[71] On the June 8 episode, Allie came out and saved Rosemary from being attacked by Sienna and Van Ness, fending them off with a kendo stick.[72] At Slammiversary, Allie would make an appearance as she chased Van Ness away again with a kendo stick, saving Rosemary from interference during the championship match against Sienna.[73] On August 31, 2017, episode of GFW Impact Wrestling, Allie was attacked by Taryn Terrell backstage which lead into a tag team match between the four. At Bound for Glory, Allie competed in a Three-way match for the Impact Knockouts Championship but failed to win the title. During the second half of 2017, Allie and Braxton Sutter ended their on camera relationship without any explanation. However during a January 2018 episode of Impact (which aired March 1, 2018), Sutter made his return to Impact television, where he turned heel and revealed that he dropped Allie like "a bad habit." Also in January 2018, she defeated Van Ness to become Knockouts Champion for the second time. (again, the episode did not air until March 2018, even though it was filmed in January) Allie successfully defended her title against Sienna on the March 22 episode of Impact Wrestling. After the match, Sutter proposed to Allie, only to provide distraction for Su Yung to attack Allie. This led into a title match between the two at Redemption, when Allie successfully retained her title over Yung.[74] On the April 26 episode of Impact!, Allie had another successful title defense against Taya Valkyrie. After the match, Allie was attacked by Yung, and was saved by Rosemary.[75]
Dark Allie (2018–2019)
On the May 3 episode of Impact!, after Rosemary was defeated by Su Yung and buried in a coffin that Su Yung set alight, promos showed Allie channeling Rosemary's spirit through her, dressing like Rosemary and stating that she was ready to get her revenge on Su Yung for what she did to her best friend. At Under Pressure, Allie lost the Knockout's Championship to Su Yung in a Last Rites match. At Slammiversary XVI, Allie lost to Tessa Blanchard. On August 30 episode of Impact! ReDefined, Allie unsuccessfully challenged Yung for the title in a three–way match, which was won by Tessa Blanchard.[76] At Bound for Glory, Allie entered into the Undead Realm, when she rescued Kiera Hogan from Yung and her undead bridesmaids. When both left the Undead Realm, Allie appeared to be possessed.[77] Following the next couple of months, Allie showed a darker and villainous version of herself. She aligned herself with Yung and turned on her friend Hogan under possession thus turning heel for the first time since 2016.[78] At Homecoming, Allie and Su Yung defeated Jordynne Grace and Kiera Hogan. On March 8 episode, Team Rosemary defeated Team Su Yung, putting Allie in the possession of Rosemary. On the March 29 episode of Impact Wrestling, Allie was shown "dying" in Rosemary's arms, officially writing off her television character. On March 23, 2019, Impact decided not to renew her contract and she left the company.[79]
All Elite Wrestling (2019–2023)
During her time in AEW, Dennis performed as "the Bunny" and primarily managed The Butcher and the Blade tag team. The Blade (right) is Dennis' husband Jesse Guilmette.
On the November 27 episode of AEWDynamite, Allie debuted a variation of her "Dark Allie" character The Bunny appearing as a manager/valet for her husband The Blade and his partner The Butcher by making an entrance via a hole in the mat of the ring and attacking Cody, turning heel in the process. In May 2020, Allie ceased appearing with The Butcher and The Blade and began a romantic storyline with Q. T. Marshall, thus turning face in the process. On the June 2 episode of AEW Dark, Allie arrived with Marshall to the arena in a corvette and accompanied him to the ring for his match to Brandi and Dustin Rhodes's behest.[82] After a couple of months of managing Marshall and Rhodes, Allie returned to in-ring competition on the June 16 episode of AEW Dark, by teaming with Brandi Rhodes and defeating the team of Kenzie Paige and Red Velvet.[83] Allie and Brandi, now known as "The Nightmare Sisters", entered the Women's Tag Team Cup Tournament, which started on August 3.[84] The Nightmare Sisters advanced to the final, when they were defeated by the team of Diamante and Ivelisse.[85]
On February 8, 2023, special episode of Dynamite named Championship Fight Night, The Bunny faced the AEW Women's World ChampionJamie Hayter in a Championship Eliminator match.[92] During the match, The Bunny was reportedly injured,[93] which was later confirmed on June by The Butcher that The Bunny sustained a broken orbital bone.[94] Bunny was removed from AEW’s website roster on November 9, 2023, after both parties mutually agreed to part ways ending her 4 year tenure with the company.[95]
On September 21, 2013, Dennis married fellow professional wrestler Jesse Guilmette, better known as The Blade.[2][5] She has been a vegetarian for ethical reasons since she was 14 years old,[99] and a vegan since late 2014.[100][101] Dennis was once a long term London, Ontario, resident, and as a result it is often mistakenly believed to be her birthplace.[102][103][104]
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