Christy Hemme Christina Lee Hemme ( October 28 , 1980 ) is an American model and former professional wrestler . Hemme is best known for her appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment , her pictorial in the April 2005 issue of " Playboy " , and also known for her time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a ring announcer and former wrestler . Modeling career . Hemme attended Mount San Jacinto College , where she majored in dance . After graduating , she relocated to Los Angeles , California in order to pursue a career in modeling . Hemme initially joined a burlesque dance team known as " The Purrfect Angelz " , who performed at Easyrider tours and Harley motorcycle rallies . She went on appear in magazines such as Maxim , Playboy , Rolling Stone and Stuff . In addition , she appeared in the music video of the Trace Adkins song " Chrome " , and in videos for bands Blink - 182 and Sonic . In past years , her image has also been found on Bench Warmer trading cards as Christy " Sunny " Hemme . Her modelling career led to her joining the cast of Comedy Central ' s " The Man Show " as a member of the " Juggy Dance Squad " in 2003 . Hemme remained with the series for a year , during which she hosted " The Commies " , a comedy - themed award ceremony produced by Comedy Central , on December 7 , 2003 . Hemme took part in the 2004 Lingerie Bowl , and competed as a quarterback for the Chicago Bliss Lingerie Football League team in a 2006 Lingerie Bowl playoff game on January 28 , 2006 . Wrestling career . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2004 - 2005 ) . In the summer of 2004 , Hemme participated in the WWE Diva Search , a competition held by World Wrestling Entertainment in order to recruit new Divas . In the course of the competition , Hemme and the five other finalists faced seven existing WWE Divas in a game of dodgeball at SummerSlam 2004 on August 15 , 2004 , eliminating all eight Divas with the loss of just one finalist , Joy Giovanni . Hemme was announced as the winner of the competition on September 20 , 2004 , with her prize being a one - year contract with WWE with remuneration of $ 250 , 000 . Hemme began her WWE career as a member of the " RAW " roster , using the song " Walk Idiot Walk " by The Hives as her entrance music . She quickly began a feud with Carmella DeCesare , the runner - up of the Diva Search . The feud culminated in a " lingerie pillow fight " at Taboo Tuesday 2004 on October 19 , 2004 , with Hemme defeating her opponent by knock - out . Hemme was undefeated in the Lingerie Pillow Fight during her WWE tenure . Following her feud with DeCesare , Hemme began a rivalry with WWE Women ' s Champion Trish Stratus , with Stratus ostensibly scornful of Hemme ' s appearance in the April 2005 issue of " Playboy " . Hemme eventually challenged Stratus to a match at WrestleMania 21 , with Stratus ' s nemesis Lita training her in the weeks preceding the event . At WrestleMania 21 on April 3 , 2005 , Stratus defeated Hemme to retain her title . In the months after WrestleMania , Hemme began another feud with Victoria , who claimed to be jealous of the opportunities afforded to Hemme . The feud culminated in a bout at Vengeance 2005 on June 26 , 2005 , which was won by Victoria . With her feud with Victoria over , Hemme briefly aligned herself with Eugene before she and Stacy Keibler were traded to " SmackDown ! " in exchange for Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson on August 25 , 2005 , with their first match being a WWE . com exclusive lingerie pillow fight with one another . Hemme went on to feud with Melina , the leader of the MNM faction , in the process joining forces with the Legion of Doom . At No Mercy 2005 on October 9 , 2005 , Hemme and the Legion of Doom defeated MNM in a six - person intergender tag team match , with Hemme executing the signature finishing maneuver of the Legion of Doom , the " Doomsday Device " , on Melina . Her feud with Melina continued into November , when Melina defeated Hemme in a televised singles bout . On November 30 , 2005 , Hemme debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling , a WWE developmental territory , aligning herself with Matt Cappotelli in opposition to Aaron Stevens , Beth Phoenix and Shelly Martinez . While in OVW , she used the song " Pour Some Sugar on Me " by Def Leppard as her entrance music . On December 5 , 2005 , Hemme announced on her website that she would be training full - time in OVW . She was released by WWE one day later , however , with the company citing budget cuts as the reason for her dismissal . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Debut ; Hosting role ( 2006 - 2007 ) . Hemme debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on April 23 , 2006 at Lockdown 2006 , giving an envelope to commentator Mike Tenay containing the announcement that Larry Zbyszko had been placed on probation and Raven ( whom Zbyszko had fired earlier that year in kayfabe ) had been reinstated . In addition to her hosting role on " TNA iMPACT ! " , she is also the co - host of the Internet show " TNA Global iMPACT ! " with Jeremy Borash . At TNA Hardcore War , Hemme refereed a match between Traci and Gail Kim . In July 2006 , she was featured on Spike TV ' s " Women of Action " special . In September 2006 , Hemme recorded a song entitled " Society Box " , which will be featured on TNA ' s November 21 , 2006 music release , " 3rd Degree Burns " . She has also been travelling to Windsor , Ontario to train under TNA agent Scott D ' Amore in between TNA TV tapings . Heel Turn and Various Storylines ( 2007 - 2008 ) . On January 14 , 2007 at Final Resolution , Christy came out and interrupted the Voodoo Kin Mafia ( VKM ) and cut a promo about the involvement of women in wrestling . She said that she wanted to wrestle too — and the mostly male crowd in the TNA arena jeered her . Kip James called her a slut , which garnered him a slap from Hemme , while B . G . James attempted to play peacemaker . In the process , Hemme turned heel for the first time in her wrestling career . In the following weeks , Kip and Hemme got into a few arguments over his lack of respect for her and women as a whole . Hemme made her TNA in - ring debut at Against All Odds where she wrestled and defeated " The Big Fat Oily Guy " in a Tuxedo match , but after his match Kip James stripped her . On the March 8 edition of Impact , Hemme asked Jim Cornette for a match pitting VKM against her new , previously undisclosed , team , at Destination X . Cornette consented and booked the match . On the pay - per - view , the evil Hemme introduced The Heartbreakers . Despite Hemme ' s attempts to give Kip a low blow , VKM defeated her team , who she later browbeat at ringside . Hemme later announced that she had found another team to face the VKM . At the preshow prior to the Lockdown pay - per - view , the mystery team was revealed to be Serotonin ( Havok and Kaz ) , but VKM defeated them as well . She then brought in Basham and Damaja as her new permanent tag team in her battle with VKM . They beat Kip in a handicap match at Sacrifice as B . G . had been attacked by them earlier in the night . At Slammiversary , VKM beat Basham and Damaja , but VKM ' s associate Lance Hoyt turned on them and kissed Hemme . Basham and Damaja were then released from the company , and Hoyt formed a partnership with Jimmy Rave , named The Rock ' n Rave Infection , with Hemme as their manager . In the winter of 2007 , Hemme , Rave , and Hoyt entered into a feud with The Latin American Xchange ( LAX ) faction after being attacked several times by a mysterious assailant . The assailant was revealed to be Salinas ( Shelly Martinez ) at Final Resolution following LAX ' s victory over the Infection . Shortly after Final Resolution , The Rock ' n Rave Infection began a new gimmick , acting as though they were a rock band with Hemme portraying the lead singer . On the March 13 episode of Impact , Hemme , Rave and Hoyt won a six - person tag team match against LAX after Hemme hit Salinas with a guitar . At No Surrender , Hemme , Hoyt , and Rave lost in an intergender six person tag team match against the Prince Justice Brotherhood ( Shark Boy , Curry Man , and Super Eric ) . Face turn ; In - ring competition ( 2008 - 2009 ) . On the October 16 , 2008 edition of Impact ! , Rock and Rave were attacked by Kurt Angle and were sent to the hospital . As Hemme attempted to leave the building and go to the hospital , The Beautiful People and Cute Kip confronted and insulted her , which led to the trio attacking her and performing the brown paper bag treatment on her . Hemme completed her face turn by defeating Velvet Sky on the October 23 , 2008 edition of Impact ! . She feuded with them , which resulted in two consecutive tag team matches with ODB and Sojourner Bolt respectively . After showcasing improved wrestling skills , Hemme was then placed into a more active in - ring role , being pushed to challenge Awesome Kong for the TNA Knockouts Championship at Final Resolution after defeating Raisha Saeed on the November 27 edition of TNA Impact ! . Hemme then teamed with A . J . Styles in a mixed tag team match against Awesome Kong and Scott Steiner , where Hemme pinned Kong . At Final Resolution , it appeared Hemme was about to win the title , but was attacked by Saeed and Rhaka Khan , thus winning on a disqualification . Hemme was then granted a re - match at Genesis . A week later , Hemme teamed with ODB against Khan and Saeed in a winning effort . On January 2009 , Hemme sustained a neck injury while training in the ring with Styles for her match and would be unable to compete at Genesis against Awesome Kong . Her injury required surgery and she was out of action for about seven months . Hemme returned to TNA programming on the August 13 , 2009 episode of Impact ! defeating Sojournor Bolt via pinfall . The next week on Impact she formed an alliance with Tara , when they helped save Madison Rayne from the Beautiful People . Later that night Hemme competed in a four - way match against Sarita , Awesome Kong and Traci Brooks . Brooks won the match after she pinned Hemme . On the September 3 edition of Impact , Hemme competed in the first round of the tournament for the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship alongside her tag partner Tara against Sojourner Bolt and Hamada , which Hemme and Tara won . On September 17 , however , they lost in the semi finals to the Beautiful People due to interference from Madison Rayne . On the October 1 edition of Impact ! , Christy Hemme defeated the evil Traci Brooks in a " Battle of the Playboy Models " , but was attacked by Traci after the match . On the October 29 edition of Impact ! , Hemme teamed with Hamada and ODB in a six knockout tag team match , where they were defeated by Madison Rayne , Velvet Sky and Lacey Von Erich , after Von Erich pinned Hemme . This would turn out to be her final TNA match . Backstage interviewer and ring announcer ( 2009 - present ) . On the December 10 edition of Impact ! Hemme debuted in her new role as a backstage interviewer . On December 16 , 2009 , Hemme announced her retirement from in - ring competition after her last match in a gauntlet . On April 7 , 2010 , Dixie Carter announced on her Twitter account that Hemme had signed a new multi - year deal with the company . On the December 2 edition on Impact ! Hemme was involved in a small backstage catfight with Cookie during a brawl with Cookie ' s cohort X Division Champion Robbie E and Jay Lethal . On the December 16 edition of Impact ! Hemme came out during an X Division Championship match between Robbie E and Lethal and handcuffed herself to Cookie , thus preventing her from interfering in the match and subsequently costing Robbie the X Division Championship . After the match Hemme and Lethal celebrated , which led to a kiss between the two . Since the April 28 , 2011 edition of Impact ! , Hemme served in her new role as a ring announcer . On the September 20 , 2012 episode of Impact Open Fight Night , Hemme was called out by the villainous Tara , only to be attacked by her after she refused to say Tara was her favorite Knockout . Miss Tessmacher then made the save for Hemme . In November 2013 , Hemme was put in a storyline with Samuel Shaw , after Hemme interviewed Shaw in his home . Shaw later became an obsessed fan of Hemme , and started asking her on dates , including one in his house where it was shown how Shaw had a room full of posters and pictures and a mannequin of Hemme . Hemme was confronted by Shaw on the February 27 episode of Impact Wrestling after an incident the previous week , in which she was injured when Shaw attacked Mr . Anderson . Hemme was used as a shield by Shaw to fend off Mr . Anderson after Anderson attempted to save Hemme from Shaw after she slapped him as well as exact revenge for the previous week ' s attack . On April 7 , 2014 , Hemme was announced as member of the TNA creative team . On April 24 , 2015 , episode of Impact Wrestling , Hemme was attacked by the debuting Jade and Marti Bell of The Dollhouse , after Jade lost a match to Laura Dennis . On April 1 , 2016 , Hemme announced her depature from TNA . Outside of TNA . In November 2006 , Hemme participated in the Queens of Chaos shows in Paris , France . She wrestled two matches , losing to former WCW talent and TNA Knockout April Hunter . She then defeated British wrestler Minx to earn the right to referee the championship match , which was eventually won by Hunter . Hemme is scheduled to make her acting debut in the film " Fallen Angels " , portraying the deadly sin " Lust " . She will also be appearing in another horror film tenatively titled " The Dead Season " , playing a zombie . Personal life . Hemme has a brother , David , and a sister , Deena , who is also a model . Her father , Robert , owns an insurance agency in her hometown of Temecula . Her natural hair color is blonde . She dyed it red in tribute to her mother Susan , who died in 2002 . Hemme is an avid motorcyclist . She owns a Harley Davidson Dyna Glide Low Rider .