- Carlene Begnaud
Infobox Wrestler
name= Carlene Begnaud
names=Jazz Jazzmine
height=5 ft. 4 in. (163 cm)
weight=148 lb. (64 kg)
birth_date=birth date and age|year=1973|month=8|day=27
death_date=
billed=New Orleans, Louisiana
trainer=Rod PriceSylvester Ritter
debut=1998
retired=|Carlene Denise Moore-Begnaud (born August 27, 1973) better known as Jazz is an American
professional wrestler and two-time former WWE Women's Champion. Begnaud has previously worked for the originalExtreme Championship Wrestling andWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s Raw and ECW brands. [cite web|url=http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/jazz.html|title=Jazz's Bio|accessdate=2007-07-09]Career
She was approached about training to become a wrestler and went to a
wrestling school inLouisiana run by Rod Price and had her first wrestling match against Jacqueline. Moore was just six-months into her training with Rod Price when she got a job withExtreme Championship Wrestling .Extreme Championship Wrestling (2000)
Begnaud, under the name Jazzmine, was a part of a tight-knit group, consisting of then up-and-coming superstars such as Jason and Justin Credible. She later became pushed around because of her gender, leading to a feud with
Jason Knight . On most occasions in facing Jason, she won emphatically and continued to be a regular face in ECW. She appeared on a random basis before leaving the company for good in early 2000, just under a year before ECW was shut down due to bankruptcy. [cite web|url=http://www.owow.com/frameindex.htm?goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owow.com%2FRingsidewith%2FJazz%2Findex.htm|title=Jazz's Official Women of Wrestling Profile|accessdate=2007-07-09]World Wrestling Entertainment (2001–2004)
Having worked a number of house shows as try-outs during September 2001, Begnaud, now wrestling as Jazz, signed a two-year contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). She made her formal debut in the company at the Survivor Series in a Six-Pack Challenge match for the WWF Women's Championship, which had been vacated by
Chyna after her departure from the company. [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/history/2001/results/|title=Survivor Series 2001 Results|publisher=WWE.com|accessdate=2007-07-09] Ultimately,Trish Stratus came away with the victory and the championship that night. Several weeks later, Jazz attacked Stratus and Mighty Molly during a title defense. This led to a feud between Stratus and Jazz which led to Jazz defeating Stratus on the February 4, 2002 edition of "Raw" to win her first Women's Championship. [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/304454132121112122|title=Women's Championship History: Jazz's First Reign|publisher=WWE.com|accessdate=2007-07-09] The feud went on for several months with Jazz making successful title defenses against Stratus, Lita and Ivory. Due to a torn ACL, however, Jazz dropped the title back to Stratus in a Hardcore-Rules match on the May 13, 2002 edition of "Raw", which also involved Bubba Ray Dudley and Steven Richards. [cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/020513.html|title=Raw Results: May 13, 2007|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2007-07-09]Jazz returned in early 2003 and involved herself in the feud between Stratus and Victoria. During this time, she took on the managerial services of Teddy Long, which led to another Women's Championship reign after defeating Stratus at Backlash. [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/304454132121112111|title=Women's Title History: Jazz's Second Reign|publisher=WWE.com|accessdate=2007-07-09] She kept the title for several months but once more was forced to drop the title due to injury, losing it in a battle royal to
Gail Kim on June 30. [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/3044541321211121161|title= Women's Championship History: Gail Kim's First Reign|publisher=WWE.com|accessdate=2007-07-09] She returned from injury in early 2004, but for the most part, she wrestled on "Heat" and did not take part in any major feuds. Later that year, she became manager and valet for her real-life husband Rodney Mack before being released by WWE on November 4, 2004.Independent circuit (2004–Present)
From January 16, 2005 she started working on the
independent circuit and appeared at the unofficial ECW reunion show,Hardcore Homecoming . In late 2005, Jazz and Rodney Mack opened Dirtysouth Championship Wrestling (DCW), an independent promotion based inLouisiana . DCW was renamed Downsouth Championship Wrestling due to copyright issues.Fact|date=August 2008 Jazz won the new DCW Louisiana State Title on June 3, 2006.Jazz also went on to perform in
Women's Extreme Wrestling (WEW), where she won the company's World Heavyweight Championship in May 2005 in a "Fatal Four M'enage Quatro match" against Angel Orsini,Mercedes Martinez , and Simply Luscious when the previous champion, Tai "Killer Weed", was forced to relinquish the title due to an injury. While still WEW champion, on June 24, 2005, Jazz defeatedApril Hunter to win the NWA Cyberspace Women's championship.In May 2007, Jazz and Rodney Mack were booked by the
Queens of Chaos promotion in France. A documentary will be released in 2008 from the event.Return to WWE (2006)
On May 4, 2006, it was confirmed on WWE's official website that Jazz would be a part of the new "ECW" brand. Jazz made her first appearance as part of the new ECW as a face during the "WWE vs. ECW Head to Head" show on June 7, where she faced the current Women's Champion at that time,
Mickie James in a losing effort. [cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ecw/results/2006b.html#060706|title=ECW results: June 7, 2006|publisher=Prowrestlinghistory.com|accessdate=2007-07-09] Jazz, however, did not continue an on-screen role in the brand and only made a few appearances at ECW house shows before returning to DCW in September. Though in ECW, she stayed under contract with WWE until January 18, 2007 when she, along with her husband and several other wrestlers were released by WWE. [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/archive/3877160223|title=WWE releases Superstars|publisher=WWE.com|accessdate=2007-07-09]Personal life
She is married to
Rodney Begnaud , who also competed as Rodney Mack in WWE. [ [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=106752497 MySpace.com - Jazz and Rodney Mack] ] The couple is expecting their first child. [ [http://www.wrestlingepicenter.com/5678articles/216170640.shtml It was announced at last night's Oldskool Wrestling Entertainment indy show in Louisiana that former WWE stars Rodney Mack and Jazz were expecting their first child.] ]In wrestling
*Finishing and signature moves
**Snap DDT –Independent circuit ; 2007–Present
**Sitout scoop slam piledriver – Independent circuit; 2008–Present
**Fisherman buster
**STF
**"Jazz Stinger" (Sitout facebuster)
**"Bitch Clamp" (Elevated double chickenwing)
**Sitout front powerslam
**Cartwheel evasion
**Single leg Boston crab
**Bridging reverse chinlock
**Monkey flip
**Jumping high–angle leg drop
**Spin kick
**Running splash*Wrestlers managed
**Justin Credible
**Tommy Dreamer
**Rodney Mack
**Mark Henry *Previous managers
**Theodore Long
**SoCal Val
**Steven Richards*
Nickname s
**The Baddest Bitch
**Super Bitch
**The Female Fighting Phenom*Entrance themes
**"Money, Power & Respect " performed by The L.O.X. withLil' Kim and DMX
**"Missy Mercy" (Production theme)
**"Monster" (Production theme)
**"Jazz" (Production theme)Championships and accomplishments
*Downsouth Championship Wrestling
**DCW Louisiana State Championship (1 time) [cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/other/2006-06.html | title=Independent Wrestling Results - June 2006 | accessdate=2008-07-04|publisher=onlineworldofwrestling.com]*NWA Cyberspace
**NWA Cyberspace Women's Championship (1 time, current) [citeweb|url=http://www.cygywrestling.com/titlehistories/nwacyberspacewomenstitle.html|accessdate=2008-04-07|title=NWA CyberSpace Women's Title History|publisher=CygyWrestling.com]*
Women's Extreme Wrestling
**WEW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)*
World Wrestling Entertainment [cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/j/jazz.html|title=Jazz's Profile|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2007-07-09]
**WWE Women's Championship (2 times) [citeweb|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/|accessdate=2008-07-04|title=WWE Women's Championship official title history|publisher=WWE]References
External links
* [http://onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/j/jazz.html Online World of Wrestling profile]
* [http://www.pwmania.com/interviews.php?page=jazz Jazz Talks On Returning To ECW, Backstage Heat & More]
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