Leah Vaughan | |
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Born | London, Ontario, Canada | October 1, 1987
Alma mater | University of Windsor Fanshawe College |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Leah Vaughan Leah Von Dutch |
Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) [1] |
Billed weight | 125 lb (57 kg) [1] |
Trained by | Derek Wylde Shawn Spears Rob Fuego Taylor Wilde Marcus Marquez [1] Cherry Bomb Truth Martini |
Debut | 2011 |
Leah Vaughan (born October 1, 1987) is a Canadian professional wrestler. She was formerly known as Leah Von Dutch. [2]
Vaughan has said "I always wanted to be a wrestler since I was 12 years old. I was about 19 years old when I thought this could actually be a reality and when I was 24 I decided to pursue my dream." [3] She got her start in early 2011 where she would make appearances on the pheriphry of wrestling - ring announcing, acting as referee, selling tickets and merchandise. [1] She was also paired up with Cody Deaner at NEO Wrestling, whom she acted as a manager for. [4] Vaughan received some early training from Derek Wylde, but conflicting schedules made it difficult to steadily train. [5] She made her in-ring debut in September 2011 [1] against Cherry Bomb; [6] that same month, she won an essay contest arranged by former pro-wrestler Edge which has as its prize a scholarship for training at Squared Circle Training in Toronto. [4]
Vaughan has made appearances with Chikara, where she faced Sara Del Rey twice. [4] She appeared at the April 2013 SHIMMER tapings, where she was part of a six-man tag team match on the first day of tapings. [7] The following day, she made her on camera appearance when she competed against Rhia O'Reilly in a match for SHIMMER Volume 56. [8]
She has made multiple appearances with Shine Wrestling, appearing on shows #6, [9] 13, [10] 16, [11] 19 and 22 to 25. She has also appeared with Ring of Honor, [12] Shine Wrestling, 2CW, [13] Reina x World [14] and nCw Femmes Fatales. [15] She has done several tours of the United Kingdom and Europe, in 2013 and 2014 where she appeared in about a dozen different shows there [16] [17] She announced in April 2016 that she had signed a deal with World Wonder Ring Stardom. [18] [19]
She had appeared on several occasions in the World Wrestling Entertainment, acting as one of Adam Rose's Rosebuds. [20] [21]
In March 2017 Vaughan became the first Women's champion for Clash Wrestling, [22] though she lost it to Nevaeh three months later. [23]
She was named by the website DivaDirt as one of "The Five to Watch" in 2012. [24]
On September 8, 2016, Vaughan, as Leah Von Dutch, was defeated by Ember Moon at an NXT taping.
In September 2017, Vaughan announced she was taking a break from professional wrestling to "focus on other projects". [25]
In addition to wrestling, she has also made an appearance in a music video by the band The Creekside Strays. [26] [27] as well as one by Joey Stylez. [28] [29] She has a degree in Kinesiology from University of Windsor and an Esthetics diploma from Fanshawe College in London.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)We have a new Women's Champion! Nevaeh defeats Leah Vaughan at #GRAPPOLGANZA!
Tomorrow the Creekside Strays new music video featuring LVD comes out!! Stay tuned!!