Angelina Love Lauren Richards ( née Williams ) ( September 13 , 1981 ) is a Canadian professional wrestler , currently signed with Impact Wrestling ( TNA ) under the ring name Angelina Love , where she has held the TNA Knockouts Championship six times , which is a TNA record . Love is also a former one - time Knockouts Tag Team Champion with Winter . She works outside of TNA under the ring name Angel Williams . Professional wrestling career . Williams debuted in wrestling in 2000 , working independent promotions around Canada . Her all - time favorite wrestler Shawn Michaels was her inspiration to get into wrestling . She was first a valet for various wrestlers such as Chris Sabin and Eric Young and then began to train under Rob Fuego to become a wrestler , as well . Williams briefly worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) in 2004 , mainly wrestling on " TNA Xplosion " against Trinity . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2004 – 2007 ) . She was working for promotions around America when World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) spotted her , and invited her to a tryout in June 2004 . In November she trained at Ohio Valley Wrestling , and WWE signed her to a developmental contract in late 2004 . She was assigned to wrestle and train in Deep South Wrestling ( DSW ) , one of WWE ' s developmental territories . Williams began managing Johnny Parisi in the summer of 2005 . On September 8 , 2005 , Williams won her first match in Deep South by defeating Michelle McCool . On September 22 , Williams was scheduled to wrestle against McCool , but Michelle never showed up . Instead Daisy Mae came out and challenged Williams . Williams was injured at the February 9 , 2006 DSW TV Tapings , but she still managed to participate in the first ever Bikini Contest in DSW . She did not reveal her bikini because Palmer Cannon interrupted , which led to a match that featured him and Tommy Dreamer . During the match she could not physically get involved , so she walked backstage . On February 28 , 2006 , she underwent knee surgery in Birmingham , Alabama to repair her torn ACL . After almost seven months of rehab , she stepped back into the ring at a DSW TV taping . At the beginning of November 2006 , Williams started managing The Gymini , but The Gymini were released from their contracts in January 2007 . Williams then got in a feud with General Manager of DSW , Krissy Vaine , after she made Williams lose her matches due to distractions by other Deep South Divas . At one point Williams had enough and even attacked Vaine in her office . At the March 15 , 2007 Deep South TV Tapings Williams aligned herself again with Vaine and was promoted the Co - GM of Deep South Wrestling . When Deep South Wrestling shut down in April , Williams was moved to Ohio Valley Wrestling . Williams made her Ohio Valley Wrestling debut in a dark match at the May 16 , 2007 television taping in Louisville , Kentucky , defeating Serena . She was released from her developmental contract one day later . Independent circuit ( 2007 ) . After being let go from her WWE developmental contract in May 2007 , Williams resurfaced in Mexico ' s Asistencia Asesoría y Administración ( AAA ) promotion under the name Canadian Angel on June 10 , 2007 . She also appeared for independent promotions such as and Full Throttle Wrestling . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2007 – 2009 ) . In September 2007 , she was contacted again by TNA to appear at their annual pay - per - view Bound for Glory , which was confirmed on the October 9 edition of " TNA Today " where she was interviewed by Jeremy Borash . At Bound For Glory , Williams participated in a 10 Knockout Gauntlet to crown the first TNA Women ' s Champion . During the match , she was eliminated by Gail Kim and O . D . B . , and the match was won in the end by Kim . At Genesis , Williams competed in a four - way match for the championship with Gail Kim retaining her title . The Beautiful People ( 2007 – 2009 ) . Williams soon began competing under the ring name " Angelina Love " and formed a partnership with Velvet Sky , calling themselves " Velvet - Love Entertainment " , later changed to " The Beautiful People " . The duo defeated ODB and Roxxi Laveaux at Turning Point in a Knockouts Tag Team match . Love and Sky became villains on the March 13 edition of " Impact " by attacking Laveaux . Love also participated at Lockdown in the first ever " Queen of the Cage " match but was pinned by Laveaux . Love was the runner - up in the Make Over battle royal - ladder match at Sacrifice . Love then cost Gail Kim a match against Awesome Kong , costing her the chance of winning the Knockout Title . The Beautiful People hired Moose to join their team to face off with the team of Laveaux , ODB and Kim at Slammiversary , but lost . Love then lost to Gail Kim at Victory Road in a singles match . At Hard Justice she teamed with Velvet Sky and Awesome Kong in a losing effort against Gail Kim , ODB and Taylor Wilde then unsuccessfully challenged Wilde at No Surrender for the Women ' s Knockout Championship . In August 2008 and February 2009 Cute Kip and Madison Rayne joined Love and Sky as members of the Beautiful People . Love earned another shot at the Women ' s Knockout Championship at Lockdown , in a 3 - Way Dance with Awesome Kong and Wilde . She won the match and the title after pinning Wilde . During the match she suffered a concussion while receiving a crossbody from Wilde . The following week , Awesome Kong interrupted her title celebration . In the following weeks , Kong destroyed Madison Rayne , Velvet Sky , and Cute Kip in Stretcher matches . At Sacrifice , Love retained her championship against Kong , and on the May 28 edition of " Impact ! " she successfully defended her title against Sojournor Bolt . After the match she officially kicked Kip from the Beautiful People and was then assaulted by the debuting Tara . At Slammiversary , Love successfully defended her title against Tara , before losing the title to her on the July 9 , 2009 edition of " Impact ! " . At Victory Road , however , Love controversially defeated Tara to win back the title , when Tara ' s foot was on the bottom rope , which was unnoticed by ref Slick Johnson . At Hard Justice , Love lost the Knockout title to ODB after Cody Deaner pinned Velvet Sky in a tag team match between the four . After the match , Love left the ring without Sky or Rayne , however in the following weeks , her relationship with Sky remained intact , with the duo cutting Rayne loose . On September 3 , 2009 , Williams was released from TNA due to visa issues , while still a top draw in the women ' s division . However , on September 7 , 2009 , Williams posted a blog entry on her MySpace account stating that she would return to TNA Wrestling once the issues with her visa were sorted out . She continued appearing on " Impact ! " for two more weeks due to the tapings being held before her release . In the episodes she and Velvet Sky advanced to the finals of the tournament for the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship with help from Madison Rayne , whom they afterwards welcomed to return to the Beautiful People . Rayne would go on to replace Love in the finals for the Knockouts Tag Team Championship . Return to TNA and Face Turn ( 2010 ) . On January 2 , 2010 , it was reported that Williams had re - signed with TNA . Williams , as Angelina Love , made her return on the January 14 edition of " Impact ! " , appearing in the crowd and hugging Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne prior to their match with Awesome Kong and Hamada . However , after the match , Love turned face by attacking her former partners and Lacey Von Erich , her replacement in the group , seemingly angry about being replaced . She made her in - ring return the following week by defeating Rayne , however after the match she was triple teamed by the Beautiful People . On the February 4 edition of " Impact ! " she was unsuccessful in her attempt to regain the Knockouts Championship from Tara . On the March 8 edition of " Impact ! " Love and Tara teamed up to challenge for the vacant Knockouts Tag Team Championship , but were defeated by Rayne and Sky , after interference from Daffney , with whom Tara was involved in a feud . On the April 5 edition of " Impact ! " , Love teamed with Tara , ODB , and Hamada to face the Beautiful People and Daffney in the first ever Lockbox elimination match , contested for four keys to four boxes containing prizes . Love won a key by eliminating Lacey Von Erich , and it was later revealed that her key opened the box , which contained the Knockouts Championship , making her a three - time champion . After Love won the title , friction developed between her and Tara heading into their upcoming match against The Beautiful People , with Tara slowly turning into a villainess . At Lockdown , Love lost the Knockouts Championship to Madison Rayne , after she pinned Tara in a tag team steel cage match for both the Knockouts Championship and the Knockouts Tag Team Championship . After the match , Love was attacked by the evil Tara , who turned heel in the process . At the April 20 tapings of " Impact ! " , Williams partially tore her biceps and suffered ligament damage in her arm and was expected to be out of action until May . On May 26 , it was announced that Williams had been cleared to return to wrestling . When Love returned from her injury on the June 17 edition of " Impact ! " , she vowed to reclaim the Knockouts title and stated that she would go through each member of the Beautiful People to do it . That night , she faced Von Erich and got disqualified after dropping her with a DDT on a steel chair . The following week , her match with Velvet Sky ended in similar fashion . On July 11 at Victory Road , Love defeated Rayne via disqualification in a Title vs . Career match to win the Knockouts Championship for the fourth time . Prior to the match . it was announced that the title would change hands via disqualification , if either Velvet Sky or Lacey Von Erich interfered in the match . However , the title was returned to Rayne on the July 22 edition of " Impact ! " , when it was declared that there was no proof that the person who had interfered in the match was either Sky or Von Erich . The following week . Love defeated Sarita to once again become the number one contender to Rayne ' s title . Two weeks later , Love defeated Rayne , after a distraction from Velvet Sky , to win the Knockouts Championship for the fifth time . On the August 19 episode of Impact ! , Love reunited with Velvet Sky , who accompanied her to the ring , when she successfully defended her Knockouts Championship in a rematch against Rayne , who was with the mysterious biker woman . After the match , Love and Sky were attacked by Rayne and the biker . Rayne ' s mysterious ally was finally unmasked as Tara on the September 2 edition of " Impact ! " , when the two of them defeated Love and Sky in their first match together in a year . Lacey Von Erich would join Love and Sky in the Beautiful People , after being saved by them from Rayne and Tara on the September 16 edition of " Impact ! " . Storyline with Winter ( 2010 – 2012 ) . On the October 21 episode of " Impact ! " Love entered a storyline where a woman named Winter started appearing in mirrors , claiming to be her fan , though only Love was able to see her . After weeks of appearing only in front of Love , Winter was for the first time seen by the other people on the November 25 episode of " Impact ! " , when she saved Love during a large backstage brawl . On the December 9 episode of " Impact ! " Love and Sky entered a four – team tournament for the vacated Knockouts Tag Team Championship , defeating Sarita and Daffney in their first round match . On the December 23 episode of " Impact ! " , Winter replaced an injured Velvet Sky , who had been attacked by Sarita , in the tournament final and teamed with Love to defeat Madison Rayne and Tara for the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship . On March 13 , 2011 , at Victory Road , Love and Winter lost the Knockouts Tag Team Championship to Sarita and Rosita , after an interference by Velvet Sky backfired . On the March 24 episode of " Impact ! " , Winter , seemingly having control over Love ' s actions , prevented her from saving Sky from a beatdown at the hands of Sarita and Rosita . Love was kept under Winter ' s spell with drinks of what she described as her medicine . On the April 7 episode of " Impact ! " , Love turned into a villainess against Sky during a Knockouts Tag Team Championship match against Sarita and Rosita and left her to be pinned by the champions . On the April 28 episode of " Impact ! " , Love defeated Sky via submission in a singles match , no - selling all of her opponent ' s offense during the match . On the May 5 episode of " Impact ! " , Sky gained a measure of revenge on her former partner , when she teamed with Kurt Angle in a handicap mixed tag team match , where they defeated Love , Winter and Jeff Jarrett . The feud between the former Beautiful People partners seemingly ended on the May 19 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , with Sky defeating Love and Winter in a handicap match . On the following week , the evil Love attacked Mickie James , after she had defeated Winter in a singles match , setting up a match between the two for the TNA Women ' s Knockout Championship at Slammiversary IX . Prior to the match at the pay - per - view , Love declined to take her medicine , saying that she no longer needed it as she now understood Winter . After failing in her attempt to win the title , both Love and Winter attacked James . On the June 23 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Love helped Winter defeat James in a non - title Street Fight . On August 7 at Hardcore Justice , Love again helped Winter defeat James , this time to become the new Women ' s Knockout Champion . On the September 15 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Love failed to earn a shot at the title as she was defeated by Velvet Sky in a qualifying match . After being inactive for two months , Love returned on the January 19 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , challenging Eric Young to a match . Young won the match via disqualification , after Love kicked him in the groin . On the January 26 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Love and Winter lost to ODB and Eric Young in a tag team match . On July 1 , 2012 , Williams announced on her Twitter page that she had been granted her release from TNA . Shine Wrestling ( 2013 – 2014 ) . At Shine Wrestling ' s SHINE 7 event on February 22 , 2013 , Angelina Love was announced as the newest member of the roster , but her debut was interrupted by the Valkyrie stable . At SHINE 8 on March 23 , Love made her Shine in - ring debut ; teaming with Mia Yim , Christina Von Eerie , and Amazing Kong in a losing effort against Valkyrie . Love was defeated at SHINE 9 by Valkyrie leader Rain in a SHINE Championship Tournament qualifying match , but she would defeat Rain in a rematch at SHINE 10 . At SHINE 11 on July 12 , Love was defeated by Ivelisse in one of the qualifying four way matches in the SHINE Championship Tournament , which also included Kong and Kimberly . At SHINE 12 on August 23 , Love defeated the debuting Shanna . Love received a shot at the SHINE Championship at SHINE 13 on September 27 , but she was defeated by Rain . Love defeated Taylor Made at SHINE 15 on December 13 . At SHINE 16 on January 24 , 2014 , Love defeated Leah Von Dutch in singles action . At SHINE 17 on February 28 , Love was defeated by Serena Deeb and was later attacked by Deeb and her Valkyrie cohorts . Return to TNA ( 2014 – 2016 ) . On the March 13 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Angelina Love made her return to TNA in a backstage segment with Jeremy Borash . Later in the program , Love asked Velvet Sky to join her and reunite The Beautiful People . On the following edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Velvet Sky agreed to rejoin her teammate . Love went on to call out Madison Rayne and attempted to recruit her back into the group , but Rayne refused the offer . Later in the evening , Love turned into a villainess and attacked Rayne in a backstage segment . On the March 27 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Love called out Sky again and explained her actions against Rayne , while demanding that Sky pick a side . Later in the evening , Love defeated Rayne in a non - title match after Sky turned heel and attacked Rayne during the match , officially reuniting the original villainous incarnation of the stable . On the April 10 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Love defeated Gail Kim , ODB , and Brittany to become the # 1 Contender for the Knockouts Championship . At Sacrifice on April 27 , Love defeated Rayne to capture the Knockouts Championship for the sixth time , setting a new TNA record . Love retained the title against Brittany on the May 22 edition of " Impact Wrestling " in an Open Challenge match . Two weeks later , Love retained the title against Rayne in a rematch from Sacrifice . At Slammiversary , Love retained the Knockouts Championship against Gail Kim . Love lost the Knockouts Championship to Kim on the July 3 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , and failed to regain the title a week later in a four way match that also included Madison Rayne and the heel - turned Brittany . Love would lose another championship four - way match to Kim on the August 14 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , with this match including Taryn Terrell and Love ' s partner Velvet Sky . After Love attacked Kim in an exclusive segment , she received another opportunity on the first Wednesday edition of " Impact Wrestling " on August 20 , once again losing to Kim in a Last Knockout Standing Match . The Beautiful People formed an alliance with The Bro Mans and regularly teamed with them . On the January 23 , 2015 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Velvet Sky retrieved a briefcase for Robbie E during the Feast or Fired match . The briefcase contained the " pink " slip and Sky was fired , effectively disbanding The Beautiful People in the process . Love then separated from The Bro Mans after they disbanded in April 2015 . On the TKO : Night of Knockouts special episode of " Impact Wrestling " on April 24 , Love competed in a fatal four – way number one contender ' s match against Brooke , Gail Kim and Madison Rayne , which Brooke won . On the May 8 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Velvet Sky returned to TNA and attacked Love . On the June 3 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Love got Sky arrested by her security staff after she attacked Madison Rayne , while Love was arrested herself by event staff as Sky appeared as a fan , and was arrested for fan assault . On the June 24 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Sky defeated Love to secure her spot on the roster . On the September 2 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Love and Madison Rayne came to the aid of Velvet Sky , who was being beaten down by The Dollhouse members Rebel , Jade and Marti Belle , turning face and reforming The Beautiful People in the process . The following week , The Beautiful People were attacked backstage by the Dollhouse , which resulted in Love breaking her arm in the storyline , writing her off television due to her legitimate pregnancy . On March 27 , 2016 , Williams revealed that her contract with TNA had expired during the pregnancy . Return to Independent circuit ( 2016 ) . In the month of June 2016 Love competed in a triple threat match involving Rebel and Rocks - C in which would win . On June 18 , 2016 Love defeated Veda Scott in a singles match . Fourth return to TNA ( 2017 - Present ) . On January 8 , 2017 , during the tapings for TNA One Night Only : Rivals 2017 , Love made her return to TNA , defeating Madison Rayne . Month later , on the February 9 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Love appeared in the crowd and attacked Eddie Edwards ' real – life wife , Alisha Edwards after her husband pulled the referee out of the ring and cost Edwards his match against Lashley . After the match , Richards and Love attacked Alisha and Eddie , with Love establishing herself as a villainess Personal life . In late 2007 , she began dating Jared Weeks , the lead singer of the band Saving Abel , but as of August 2008 , the couple decided to split . Williams has also dated fellow wrestlers Eric Young and Paul London . In April 2015 , she and fellow TNA wrestler Davey Richards announced their engagement . They married in June 2015 . Other media . Williams appeared on an episode of " The Jenny Jones Show " about former geeks turned into physical competitors . She also made an appearance on " Kenny vs Spenny " in the " Who is the Strongest " episode ( alongside fellow TNA Knockout Traci Brooks ) . Williams had a role in the indie film entitled Good Intentions starring country music star LeAnn Rimes and Luke Perry . She was also featured on MTV ' s " Made " alongside A . J . Styles , Taylor Wilde , and Velvet Sky .