Lisa Marie Varon (née Sole; born February 10, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, former bodybuilder and fitness competitor. Varon is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ringname Victoria where she is a former two-time WWE Women's Champion and in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ringname Tara where she is a former five-time TNA Women's Knockout Champion. Varon started competing in fitness competitions and won ESPN2's Fitness America Series in 1997. In 1999, she placed second at a fitness event in New York to earn her International Federation of BodyBuilders Professional Fitness Card.Through a chance meeting, Varon met World Wrestling Federation (WWF) performer Chyna who encouraged her to become a wrestler. She trained in the WWF's developmental territories for three years before being moved to the main roster to compete full-time under the ring name Victoria. Her first TV appearance was at WrestleMania 2000 as one of The Godfather's Hos. She debuted in June 2002, four months later she was pushed to win the WWE Women's Championship, a title she held twice in her wrestling career. After leaving WWE in 2009 Varon debuted in TNA later that year as Tara. In TNA she became a five-time TNA Women's Knockout Champion making her a seven-time Women's Champion overall. She was also a one-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion with Brooke Tessmacher, as TnT.
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Trademark
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Trademark move: Superkick
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Trademark move: Military Press
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Trademark move: Powerslam
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Trademark move: Diving Moonsault
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Trademark move: Slingshot Somersault Leg Drop
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Trademark move: Standing Moonsault
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Trademark move: Spider's Web (Swinging Sidewalk Slam)
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Finishing move: Black Widow (Inverted Sit-Down Powerbomb)
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Finishing move: Widow's Peak (Gory Neckbreaker)
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Trademark Move: Superkick
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Another finishing move: The Black Widow
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Enters the ring to "Don't Mess With"
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Beat Molly Holly at WrestleMania XX to retain her title. Due to a pre- match stipulation, Molly had her head shaved bald by Victoria since she did not regain the title. [March 2004]
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Contract with TNA ends. [May 2010]
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Wrestled her last match for WWE on Samckdown January 16, 2009 as she has retired from the business. [January 2009]
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Helps out Torrie Wilson and Candice Michelle to take on the 2005 Raw Diva Search winner Ashley Massaro. [August 2005]
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The current WWE Women's Champion as of February 2003 [November 2002]
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Has signed a three-year extension contract with WWE [May 2007]
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Defeated Christy Hemme at Vengeance 2005 by pinning her using the ropes. [June 2005]
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Won her second WWE Women's Championship when she beat Lita, Molly Holly and Jazz in a Fatal Four Way Elimination match. [February 2004]
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Made her TNA debut as Tara. [May 2009]
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Has been drafted to Smackdown Brand [June 2007]
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After Victoria and Candice turned on Torrie they were shceduled to take on Torrie & Trish in a divas tag match at Saturday Night Main Event. However Torrie was injured as result of an attack. Victoria then took on the team of Trish & Mickie. Victoria & Candice lost However the next night on RAW Victoria beat Torrie Wilson in a match with the Widows Peak after some help from Candice Michelle. [March 2006]
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Lost her title again to Trish Stratus, this time in a Fatal Four Way match at Bad Blood 2004 which included Lita and Gail Kim. [June 2004]
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Lost her title to Trish Stratus at WrestleMania XIX in a Triple Threat match which included Jazz. [March 2003]
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Starred in short documentary, Tarafied, by Matthew Goldberg, that went to the Cannes Film Festival, Savannah Film Festival, Palm Beach International Film Festival and Valley Film Festival in 2013.
She was featured on ESPN's "Fitness America Series", she won the competition in 1997.
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All three of her older brothers were amateur wrestlers.
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Italian-American.
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Her first bodybuilding contest was the NPC Inland Empire show.
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Studied Bio-Med in college
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Attended UCLA, Loma Linda University
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Mother is Turkish, father is Puerto Rican.
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Trained by Nora Greenwald (aka "Molly Holly") in Memphis and Ohio Valley Wrestling.
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Has moved to Louisville, Kentucky and is in OVW (Ohio Valley Wrestling) because WWF has stopped working with MCW, and switched their talent over to OVW. [2001]
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Now wrestles for WWE as 'Victoria'.
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Was a valet/wrestler in Ultimate Pro Wrestling, under the name H.B.I.C (Head Bitch In Charge)
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Was powerbombed through a table by The Goodfather (former Godfather).
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Claims Ivory (Lisa Moretti) is one of her wrestling inspirations.
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