Reggie Bennett

Infobox Wrestler
name=Reggie Bennett


names=Reggie Bennett
height=5 ft 8 in (172 cm) http://www.amyaction.com/womenswrestlingamerica90s.html American Women Wrestlers of the 1990s]
weight=220 lb. (100 kg)
birth_date=birth date and age|year=1961|month=1|day=24
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birth_place=San Diego, California
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debut=1986
retired=2001|

Reggie Bennett (born January 24, 1961 in San Diego, California) is an American former professional wrestler most known for her work in "Joshi Puroresu" organizations such as All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. She was a power wrestler who usually wrestled as a heel and overpowered smaller opponents with moves such as the Reggie Rack and the Global Bomb. [ [http://www.geocities.com/reggiebennett2000 Reggie Bennett Homepage! ] ]

Career

She began her career in the independent Californian circuit in 1986.http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/reggie-bennett.html Online World of Wrestling profile] After making her professional debut, she was signed to the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association. Bennett participated in the LPWA Japan Title tournament during the February 23, 1992 pay-per-view LPWA Super Ladies Showdown losing by disqualification in the semi-final round.

Bennett signed with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling in 1994 and competed there for several years. Bennett faced Chigusa Nagayo at the Big Egg Wrestling Universe show at the Tokyo Dome on November 20, 1994. She won the IWA World Women's Championship on May 15, 1995, defeating Manami Toyota. [http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/zenjo/iwa-wm.html IWA World Women's title history] At the time, Toyota also held the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship, the most prestigious title in Japanese women's wrestling, although that title was not on the line in that match. She lost the IWA belt later in 1995 to Takako Inoue. Bennett then went on to capture the All Pacific Championship by defeating Mariko Yoshida and then Kaoru Ito in a tournament on June 22, 1996, although she would again lose her title to Takako Inoue. [ [http://homepages.which.net/~james.phillips/japan/96ap.htm All Pacific Title Tournament 1996 ] ] [http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/zenjo/ap.html All Pacific Championship title history]

On April 12, 1997, Bennett was one of the featured speakers at a banquet honoring Terry Funk. The following night at "ECW Barely Legal", she debuted as a member of Raven's Nest interfering with the ECW Heavyweight Championship match between Funk and Raven. [ [http://www.theraveneffect.com/results/april97.html raven > match results > april 1997 ] ]

On November 14 1997, Bennett joined ARSION, [http://impacthosting.com/manzerman/imports.html Manzerman's Women's Wrestling Tapes - Japanese Imports ] ] forming a monster heel stable of American wrestlers with newcomer Jessica Soto, who was billed as Reggie's younger sister Jessica Bennett. [http://www.amyaction.com/arsion_promotion.html ARSION Promotion History] The duo was one of the featured teams in the "Twinstar of Arsion" tournament and video collection.

Bennett married the Japanese musician Kenji Ishihara in August 2000. Later that year she decided to retire from wrestling, fighting Manami Toyota in her farewell match on March 4, 2001. Following her retirement, her career was memorialized in the video release "Reggie Bennett in Japan". [ [http://www.steelkittens.com/show_items.asp?Category=3 Site Map - All of our videos are shot in full digital quality sight and sound. Steel Kittens takes great pride in producing the finest in action content as well as in our high production values ] ]

Bennett also had small roles in a number of films, first appearing in "" (1983). She also had a cameo role in the Sylvester Stallone film "Over the Top" (1987).

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature moves
**"Reggie Rack" (Backbreaker rack)
**"Global Bomb" (Falling powerbomb)

Championships and accomplishments

*All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
**All Pacific Championship (1 time)
**IWA World Women's Championship (1 time)

*Independent Wrestling Federation
**IWF Women's Championship (3 times) [http://www.brianrich.net/women.html]

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0071989
* [http://www.brianrich.net/women.html Brian Rich Wrestling Archives-Womens title list]
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/reggie-bennett.html Reggie Bennett at Online World of Wrestling]
*{http://www.steelkittens.com Reggie Bennett in Japan}