Luna Vachon Gertrude Elizabeth Wilkerson ( January 12 , 1962 - August 27 , 2010 ) was an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Luna Vachon . Career . Training . As a child , Gertrude Vachon wanted to continue her family ' s wrestling legacy . Attending wrestling events she used to play in the ring , which often resulted in training with various World Wide Wrestling Federation stars . Her family objected to her entering the wrestling business and tried to dissuade her , as they considered a wrestler ' s life at that time too harsh for a female . André the Giant , with whom she was close and who took her on a trip to Paris in 1974 , also tried to dissuade her . Around the age sixteen , she began training under her aunt Vivian and then The Fabulous Moolah . Early career ( 1985 - 1992 ) . Gertrude started her professional career wrestling for Moolah ' s all - women ' s promotion . She then moved to Florida , where she shared residence with wrestlers Scott Levy ( later known as Raven ) , and Denny Brown . In 1985 , Luna debuted in Florida Championship Wrestling , as a young , soft - spoken reporter named Trudy Herd , who was giving Kendall Windham an award . A melee ensued and she was knocked unconscious by Kevin Sullivan . The angle had her driven mad by Sullivan ' s treatment and she ended up joining Sullivan ' s Army of Darkness stable . As part of her gimmick , she shaved one half of her head , which was the first step to her trademark Mohawk hairstyle , covered her face in bodypaint , and continuously sneered . Looking back , she has expressed her uneasiness about some elements of the Satanism angle . During her time in Florida , Luna first wrestled Madusa Miceli , beginning a long - lasting in - ring rivalry . Beginning in Florida , Luna teamed up with The Lock as the " Daughters of Darkness " , a part of Sullivan ' s Army . The duo also provided back - up vocals for the trash metal band Nasty Savage . During the next three years , Luna also traveled to Japan , where her father Butcher Vachon acting as her manager , as well as Puerto Rico . She also wrestled in David McLane ' s Powerful Women of Wrestling ( POWW ) and , during POWW ' s alliance with the American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) , participated in the latter ' s only pay - per - view event , SuperClash III in Decemer 1988 , competing in a Battle royal . In the early nineties she took over management of The Blackhearts , a masked tag team coming out of Stu Hart ' s Stampede Wrestling . The team consisted of Tom Nash — a childhood friend of Luna and her then - husband — and David Heath , her future husband , under the names " Apocalypse " and " Destruction " , respectively . Luna worked with them in Joel Goodhart ' s Tri - State Wrestling , in Herb Abrams ' Universal Wrestling Federation , and finally Giant Baba ' s All - Japan , where the team split up . Luna also worked at " Wild Women of Wrestling " , as a competitor , commenter and booker . World Wrestling Federation ( 1993 - 1994 ) . In 1992 , while wrestling in Puerto Rico , she tried to get David Heath a job with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , which resulted in the WWF developing an interest in her . They hired her , but not without some complications . No one actually knew exactly where she was ; even her father only knew that she was staying in Florida . The WWF actually hired a private investigator to find her . When she was found , she was working as a waitress at a restaurant . Luna ' s first WWF appearance was in April 1993 at WrestleMania IX , accompanying Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels in his match against Tatanka , who was accompanied by Michaels ' former valet Sensational Sherri . After the match , Luna attacked Sensational Sherri at ringside and later in the first aid area , starting a vicious feud between the two . At the same time Luna and Sherri were at odds , Bam Bam Bigelow had a confrontation with Sherri . This led to him being attacked by Tatanka and the two of them feuding . Soon after , Bam Bam ( kayfabe ) announced that he had fallen in love and presented Luna as his " main squeeze " . He also endearingly called her his " Tick " , which fans combined with her name to the chant " Luna - tic " . From then , Bam Bam was seen blowing kisses to Luna at the end of matches , and in her honor even included the Moonsault , redubbed " Lunasault " , into his repertoire . A mixed tag team match between the two pairs was planned for SummerSlam in 1993 , but had to be canceled because Luna legit ely injured her arm and then Sherri left the WWF . Instead , Bigelow and The Headshrinkers fought and lost to Tatanka and The Smokin ' Gunns in a six - man tag team match . In the autumn of 1993 , Bam Bam and Luna ran afoul of some practical jokes from Doink the Clown , leading to a Survivor Series style match at the 1993 event of the same name pitting Bam Bam , The Headshrinkers , and Bastion Booger against four Doinks ( actually Men on a Mission and The Bushwhackers in clown makeup ) . During this time Luna was the cause of dissension between Bam Bam and his part - time tag team partner Bastion Booger , who had also ( kayfabe ) fallen in love with her . At WrestleMania X , Bam Bam and Luna finally got their revenge on Doink by beating the Clown and his midget side - kick Dink in a mixed tag team match . When the WWF ' s women ' s division was revived , Luna ' s old rival Madusa , who had entered the WWF under the name Alundra Blayze , won the Women ' s Championship . Luna set her eyes on the title and had a series of matches with Alundra , all resulting in victories for Blayze . It was during this time the relationship between Luna and Bam Bam first showed cracks after interference in a match backfired . In the summer , Luna sold Bam Bam ' s contract to Ted DiBiase , who was beginning to build his " Million Dollar Corporation " . Luna then picked Japanese wrestler Bull Nakano to win the Women ' s title from Blayze , which she eventually did . Luna , however , left the WWF shortly after this title match . In 1994 , Luna was the first woman to appear in a WWF video game , when - despite objections - she was included in " WWF Raw " . Independents and Extreme Championship Wrestling ( 1994 - 1996 ) . After leaving the WWF , Luna wrestled on the independent circuit . Upon the recommendation of Kevin Sullivan ' s wife Nancy , she entered Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) . She was brought as Tommy Dreamer ' s new valet in his long running feud with Raven ( Scott Levy ) . Dreamer announced Luna as " someone out of your past " , as Luna had been housemate to Levy in her Florida days and both had simultaneously worked in the WWF . While in ECW , Luna would stand with Tommy , feuding with Raven and his lackeys , which included Stevie Richards , and even her husband The Vampire Warrior ( who , in kayfabe , had become jealous of the time she was spending with Dreamer ) . She had more than a few physical confrontations with Richards , including a steel cage match , which she won . In the same year , she was rated # 306 in the PWI 500 - the second woman to be included in that list . In 1996 / 97 , she competed in the American Wrestling Federation , using the name " Angel Baby " , and the IWA Mid - South . World Championship Wrestling ( 1997 ) . In early 1997 , Luna had a short run with World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , again going after her rival Madusa . Luna interfered in Madusa ' s matches against WCW Women ' s Champion Akira Hokuto , preventing a title win by Madusa . Luna and Madusa met each other in a series of matches , including a match at the 1997 Slamboree . Although Luna dominated the matches , Madusa managed to get the pinfall every time . World Wrestling Federation ( 1997 - 2000 ) . Later in 1997 , Luna returned to the WWF , first as Goldust ' s manager , helping him to reinvent himself as " The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust " . The pair sported a variety of different outfits and roles , including a dominatrix , a slave , a " New Year Baby " , and his nurse . Their first feud was against Vader . Luna ' s first appearance had her wheeling the allegedly paralyzed Goldust to the ring and then blinding Vader with some " medical fluid " . Later when Goldust , dressed like a Christmas tree , recited poems in the ring , he was attacked by Santa Claus , who turned out to be Vader . Vader eventually defeated Goldust at the 1998 Royal Rumble . The Goldust / Luna pairing also took to imitating other wrestler ' s gimmicks , often those of Goldust ' s opponents . At one point Goldust and Luna impersonated European Champion Triple H and Chyna in a title match against Owen Hart . What Triple H had intended as a " joke " resulted in Owen beating Goldust and Commissioner Slaughter awarding the title to Hart , considering Goldust to be a legit replacement . At this time , Goldust also teamed up with Marc Mero , which led to another feud , as Luna and Mero ' s valet Sable started to fight outside of the ring . The feud culminated in a mixed tag team match at WrestleMania XIV , pitting the two couples against each other . After this , Luna challenged Sable to an Evening Gown match at Unforgiven and scored the victory by stripping her opponent down to her underwear . The animosity between Luna and Sable was not entirely kayfabe . As Sable ' s popularity increased , she adopted a presumptuous attitude towards other competitors . According to Luna , as the two trained in the preparation for their WrestleMania match , Sable refused to learn how to " take bumps " , while Luna was threatened by WWF officials that hurting her opponent in the ring would put her job in jeopardy . Sable also annoyed Luna with bragging about being promised the Women ' s Championship , a goal that had hitherto eluded the veteran Canadian . Luna was also hurt after she had carried Sable in their match , as Sable was universally congratulated while Luna was only consoled by Owen Hart . Still , Luna described the match as a highlight in her career . In August 1998 , Luna had apparently patched up her differences with Sable , as the latter , now split from Marc Mero , introduced her as the newest member of the Human Oddities stable . Luna attacked Marc Mero ' s new valet Jacqueline . Luna scored a pinfall victory in August , but lost a rematch in September . In December , Sable , who had won the reinstated WWF Women ' s Championship , was attacked by the masked " Spider Lady " , who turned out to be Luna . She justified attacking her partner with the words : " It ' s about me , it ' s about what I deserve . " In this feud against Sable , Shane McMahon personally supported Luna ' s efforts to win the championship after taking personal offense to Sable ' s attitude towards him and booked a Leather Strap match at the Royal Rumble . Leading up to that event , in the storyline , Luna was repeatedly attacked by an obsessed Sable fan . At the Royal Rumble , Sable successfully retained the title thanks to the interference of that fan , who now entered WWF competition as Tori . During the weeks prior to the Royal Rumble , Luna also defeated Gillberg , a WWF parody of World Championship Wrestling ' s star Goldberg . Luna was due to challenge Sable for another title shot several weeks later at , but the match was canceled due to Luna ' s suspension for fighting with Sable backstage . Six months later , Luna returned at SummerSlam , chasing then Women ' s Champion Ivory backstage after a successful title defense against Tori . This started a feud between the two with Luna even scoring a pinfall victory during an impromptu , non - title match . At Unforgiven , however , she lost to Ivory in a Hardcore Rules match . During that feud , Luna also answered a challenge from then Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett and defeated him via disqualification , thanks to Ivory ' s interference . From then on , Luna reassumed her role as manager for her husband , now working for the WWF under the name Gangrel , participating in several mixed tag team matches and helping Gangrel beat his opponents . At Survivor Series in 1999 , she joined forces with her former rivals Ivory , Jacqueline , and Terri Runnels , against Tori , Debra , The Fabulous Moolah , and Mae Young . Luna ' s team was defeated when Moolah pinned Ivory . At the Royal Rumble in 2000 , she participated in the " Swim Suit Contest " , though in protest against the whole event she refused to take off her gown . This angle reflected Luna ' s legitimate dissatisfaction with the " sexualization " of the WWE ' s women ' s division . Vachon then became involved in a brief feud with Jacqueline after the latter had pinned Harvey Wippleman to capture the Women ' s title . She was the first person to challenge Jacqueline on the February 7 edition of " Raw " , but failed following a DDT . Gangrel , who accompanied her to ringside , responded by executing his Impaler DDT on the champion . This led to a mixed tag on the following episode of " SmackDown " , in which Vachon and Heath defeated Moore and her partner Prince Albert . She was later released from the WWF in early 2000 due to another outburst backstage . Independent circuit ( 2000 - 2007 ) . After leaving the WWF , Luna continued to manage Gangrel during her independent tours all over the world , as well as wrestling on her own . Venues included the IWA Puerto Rico in 2000 , the Australian World Wrestling All - Stars in 2001 , the German EWP in 2003 , the British ASW in 2006 and WSU in 2007 . On June 9 , 2007 , Luna became the first Great Lakes Championship Wrestling ' s Ladies champion defeating Traci Brooks . On December 5 , 2007 , Luna Vachon announced her retirement ; her last match took place on December 7 for Great Lakes Championship Wrestling in Milwaukee . She successfully defended her GLCW Ladies Championship against Traci Brooks and then retired as champion . Personal life . Born in Atlanta , Georgia , Luna was adopted by Butcher Vachon in 1966 , when he married her mother Van , his second wife , and continued to raise her as his daughter after the marriage split . By virtue of the adoption , Luna is also the niece of " Mad Dog " Vachon and Vivian Vachon . She was also close to André the Giant . Luna was married three times : First to Dan Hurd , with whom she had two sons , Joshua ( born 1980 ) and Van ( born 1982 ) , who competed on the sixth season of Fox ' s reality cooking show " Hell ' s Kitchen " . After breaking up , she dated Dick Slater for a while until Slater began physically abusing her . She then married childhood friend Tom Nash . After Nash and Vachon split , David Heath , Nash ' s tag team partner in " The Blackhearts " , took Nash ' s place , and Vachon married Heath on October 31 , 1994 . During this marriage , she was stepmother to David ' s sons , David Jr . and Donavan . The two divorced in 2006 but , according to Heath , remained best of friends . She was also a grandmother to Van ' s daughter , Lauren . She was featured in both " Playboy " and " Hustler " . Luna was diagnosed with bipolar disorder . She became a born again Christian in 2004 , after attending an Athletes International Ministry conference . She was baptized not long after by fellow wrestler Nikita Koloff along with her then - husband David Heath . In 2007 , she worked as a tow truck operator in Port Richey , Florida . Final years and death . Luna was honored in April 2009 at the 44th annual Cauliflower Alley Club reunion , given the " Ladies Wrestling Award " in Las Vegas , Nevada . One of her fondest memories about the wrestling business was being able to visit children as part of the Make - A - Wish Foundation . After her retirement , Luna took an interest in fellow Canadian wrestlers and especially monitored the career of Nattie Neidhart , the daughter of friend and fellow wrestler Jim Neidhart . Around Christmas 2009 , Vachon ' s house was destroyed by a fire in which she lost her wrestling - related memorabilia and other possessions . After the fire , she stayed at her mother ' s home and joined her father and his third wife Dee on a cruise in February 2010 . The fire prompted a call from fellow wrestler and friend Mick Foley ( and others ) to fans to send Luna - related memorabilia to Vachon ' s post office box . Foley also suggested that TNA bring her in to manage Tommy Dreamer at the " Hardcore Justice " pay - per - view in August 2010 , but Luna turned down the offer , stating that she had retired . On the morning of August 27 , 2010 , she was found dead at her Florida home , when her mother called on her . Investigators found oxycodone and multiple prescription drugs in her bedroom . The Medication was due to her many injuries suffered during her career as well as her bipolar disorder . Luna became addicted to medication at some point and underwent rehabilition , paid for by WWE , which she completed in June 2009 . She was buried in a ceremony open to immediate family only , at the ranch formerly owned by her close friend and godfather Andre the Giant .