At any point before you were contacted to be involved with wrestling was it something you wanted to do ?
I used to like to get stoned and watch wrestling on tv late at night. I went through a phase a few summers ago in which I liked to try to beat up my friend Melanie, we fancied ourselves to be backyard wrestlers but really, we were just enjoying hurting each other. I can't say that being one of the girls who walks the wrestlers to the ring has ever been a dream of mine, although I used to like to think about what it would be like if Pall Bearer was my dad.

Who was the first person to contact you about working the Maritime Cup?
Trash Canyon, aka Rick Doyle called me out of the blue to chat me up. It was quite funny to meet him for the first time in person after all the phone conversations we'd had, he has a very businesslike phone demeanor, and then I met him and did a total double take.

What were your initial thoughts on the whole thing?
I was pretty gung ho, I like to think I'm up for anything and certainly I got interested and excited about the concept that Rick had for a TV show - to be honest, I really had no idea of the level of professional wrestling in the Maritimes and that was
exciting to me, as well as a fantastic idea for a show I would be interested in watching and that I had never seen before on TV. I think I got a little too excited about it, actually, I ran with their idea and tried to talk them into making it into a fictional television show. Rick had also contacted my dad and we have a tendency to take an idea and run really far with it.

When you got to the venue in Kentville for the Maritime Cup what were your thoughts on the set up/ production of the show?
Well. As Rick can attest, I get terrible stage fright. I was really nervous the day of that show, since I am used to performing after a number of blockings and rehearsals the idea of just walking into a wrestling ring with no practice sounded like the worst thing ever. I had no idea what to expect. I got there during the set up of the ring, and I was blown away by the
way Kingman commanded the attention of the entire room of people, just by standing there. When the show started I was watching through the curtains, and I was totally impressed by how talented the wrestlers were, I totally got into it. There were
a lot more people in the audience than I thought there would be and I thought the lighting set up and the sound system were awesome, it helps me to not be nervous if there is some distraction. The whole thing was totally mesmerizing.

The first show you did drew 800 fans. Did you think all shows would draw this well?
Well, really I had no idea. I knew that 800 was a good turn out, because Rick told me. I never really know what to expect. I was glad there were so many people there, a large crowd is a lot easier than a small one.

There were four other shows that happened after the Cup, two in may, one in June and one in July, were you not contacted to do these shows or committed else where?
I can't really remember. Since I shoot Trailer Park Boys in the summers I am unavailable and there was one or two shows in the summer that Gary Wildman Williams asked me to do, just for fun, that I was unavailable for, which bummed me out.

In September 2005 you were contacted by Cinder to do a show in Halifax for the New Real Action Wrestling, on that night for every 1 thing that went right 99 went wrong. Your thoughts on that night
From my point of view there were not that many problems. Everyone did a pretty good job of making it seem like everything was fine, until the ring broke. Then Cinder called everyone into the dressing room and said that he wanted to cancel the show. All of the wrestlers thought for a minute and then, one by one, just like in some cheesy but thrilling movie, they all said “I'm still in”. What a moment! I felt so privileged to be allowed to see that private moment. As far as the show went, I know that the numbers weren't there and a lot of people were unhappy, but I still had a blast. I got to go in the ring with
Wildman, and I got to slap Lincoln Steen across the face - what more could a girl ask for? At one point Gary told me to help him pick up a table, and through my smiling teeth I was saying, “Gary what are we doing with this table?” I was scared he'd want me to throw it at someone. Although, I would have done it if he had told me to.

I believe you were the person that was sent down to tell the people waiting outside about all the problems we were having. How did you feel about being put in that role?
I worked as an assistant director in Halifax on about 25 movies and television series over the course of ten years. Since for a good many of those years one of my jobs was to direct background performers, I am totally used to being in the position of giving large groups of people information, instruction and disappointing news. In fact there is a little tiny part of me that
still enjoys that very much - bossing people around, having the full attention of a large crowd. I miss it. So, I liked being the one to tell everyone about the problems, in fact I think I volunteered, put my hand in the air and went “Oh, oh, oh, me me me me”

In Nov 2005 you were a part of the second WWR tv taping this time in a smaller venue and it was a taping for the Fight Network, your thoughts on that show?
Again, I had a great time. In fact since I was a LOT more relaxed and less nervous, I think it was my favorite show that I've been a part of. There were also a lot of wrestlers I hadn't seen before that were really talented and fun to watch - I like to get near Duke behind the curtain and listen to his commentary on the matches. He is a fountain of information. I couldn't believe that Sidewinder was only 17. I thought the fact that they had more cameras was really smart and since I can't stop thinking like a film nerd I was excited about the camera angles they were getting. I had never seen a three way match before so
that was pretty cool. Oh, I was totally nervous to meet the other two girls, the only other woman I had worked with before (not including Cathy who is the nicest, most easy to talk to person I have ever met) was Marissa and I had met her once or twice before the show. I saw the pictures of Martine and Purity on the website and emailed Cathy “I can't do this with those girls, they're too hot!” Luckily both were lovely and not nearly as scary as their pictures.

At what point did you decide you want to train to become a pro wrestler?
There is no way in hell I am ever going to be a pro wrestler. Gary was gracious enough to let me try out his class and I lasted one weekend. I really wanted to go back but I had to admit to myself that I am in no shape for that. I would like to try again. I'll let you know how that turns out! All the other people in the class were really kick ass, it was certainly a good way to make myself feel really old and not awesome. I've been practicing bumps in the snow though, it's a lot easier than that hard as fuck ring. I had a fantastic time that weekend though, although I paid for it all the next week.

Did you think it was going to be as hard as it is or did you think you would pick it up right away?
I knew it was going to be hard, I guess I thought I didn't mind hurting myself. Turns out I do. I think it's kind of funny to think of myself trying to approach wrestling as an actor, which is my area of comfort, as apposed to an athlete, which is totally not. When we were learning lock ups Purity was saying “Put on your mad face!” and I was like, no, no let me figure out the blocking of this and I'll save the mad for the actual performance. That's how it works in my other world, not so much in the wrestling ring.

You went to an IHW show in NB. Your thoughts on that show compared to the others you were a part of
It's really hard for me to compare shows, since I've only been to a few and they were are all so different. I had seen some of the iHw wrestlers (Sidewinder, Titus, Julien Young, Mr. Suave), in Canning and already knew how good they were, so no surprise there. I thought it was great, well put together and entertaining. I thought Gary's students did a fantastic job on their
first show, you totally couldn't tell who had been puking before hand. That I had the pleasure of standing next to a relaxed Kingman and hearing his commentary on the show which really is my favorite part of going to these shows; hearing the pros comment on the matches. It was cool how Purity Saint got really physically involved in the match too

Will you be appearing on an IHW show in the near future?
I'm up for it if they are.

If a promotion was to run full time in the Maritimes would you like to be a part of it?
Sure, why not? I think it would be great to be a part of an ongoing story line. It seems to me that one of the challenges of putting on a complete wrestling show here is the fact that the story lines almost have to be resolved at the end of the show. Imagine how much fun it could be to be a part of an ongoing drama.

Anything you would like to plug?
Other than my fantastic self?

Any closing comments?
I feel lucky to have gotten involved in the local wrestling scene. I have had such a fun time at all of
the shows I've worked and watched and made some friends too. It's a glimpse into a totally different world and even if I never do anything else in the wrestling ring I'll be happy.

**Special Fan Question** What is Bubbles like in real life?
He's a really funny man whore.

Name Association

Kingman - Large. Scary. Domineering.

Gary Williams - he's like Two-Face, one personality is Gary and the other is Wildman, and they are completely opposite, but complimentary in a very bizarre way.

Duke MacIsaac - hilarious. Committed. Professional.

Tony Armstrong - He's the fucking future

Cathy Yetman - The Queen! She is the best.

Trash Canyon - Purple headed menace.

Cinder - he's a super nice guy, I felt sad when he wasn't at the last show.

Mr. Suave Eric Doucet - he has trouble written all over him, he's wayyyy too hot.

Titus - Titus actually seems to sum him up pretty well.

Purity Saint - Dedicated. Tough. I'd be scared of her if I were younger.