Valerie Wyndham Valerie Wyndham ( March 27 , 1986 ) is an American professional wrestling valet , interviewer / ring announcer , and ringside attendant better known by her ring name , SoCal Val . She is best known for her work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Career . Independent circuit . Wyndham was approached by a promoter at a wrestling show and offered the possibility of being a manager . She debuted in March 2002 for the Golden State Championship Wrestling independent promotion in Anaheim , California . She acted as the manager of Pinoy Boy . She promptly betrayed him by berating him after he was defeated by Scott Lost and then left with Lost . From the age of fifteen , she acted as a manager , ring girl , and timekeeper . She appeared for several other promotions in Southern California before her family moved across the country to Orlando , Florida when she was sixteen . Wyndham developed the character of SoCal Val , a wealthy , petulant , ruthless villain , who was based on Stephanie McMahon of World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , whom Wyndham admired . In addition to working for multiple independent promotions , Wyndham appeared with WWE in early 2005 on " SmackDown ! " as part of a vignette featuring Luther Reigns . She regularly appears with the Orlando based promotion TNA Wrestling , working variously as a ring girl and merchandise model beginning in June 2005 . She appeared at TNA ' s No Surrender pay - per - view on July 17 , 2005 alongside ring announcer Jeremy Borash and used to be an interviewer on the now defunct " TNA Global Impact ! " . As a part of Women ' s Extreme Wrestling ( WEW ) , Wyndham started out as an " executive " under Francine Fournier . Wyndham later wrestled Francine in a Kiss My Foot match , which Wyndham lost . She later became the General Manager of WEW . In 2007 she starred in RingDivas second feature film , " Girls of War " . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2006 - 2013 ) . In August 2006 , SoCal Val officially signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) . On August 18 , SoCal Val got kicked out by the Women ' s Extreme Wrestling promotion at their PPV taping event " Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal " . On the December 14 , 2006 episode of " Impact ! " , Kurt Angle dragged her in the ring and threatened to break her ankle until Jim Cornette talked him into letting her go . On the March 8 , 2007 episode of " Impact ! " , SoCal Val got injured after receiving the Black Hole Slam from Abyss . In 2008 , Val entered into an on - screen relationship with Jay Lethal with signs of Sonjay Dutt also showing affection for Val . Lethal lost his X Division championship to Petey Williams after a Canadian Destroyer on the April 17 episode of " Impact ! " . As part of the storyline , at Slammiversary , Val was scheduled to marry Lethal , but their wedding was ruined when Sonjay Dutt claimed he should marry Val and attacked Lethal , leading Val to announce that at No Surrender , Dutt and Lethal would face each other in a Ladder of Love match to determine who would get to marry her . At the PPV , Val turned into a villainess by giving Lethal a low blow , allowing Dutt to get the victory . In the following weeks , the evil Val explained her actions by claiming that Dutt ' s father was the richest man in India ; transitioning her character into a gold digger . In 2009 , Dutt was released thus ending the storyline . She returned to her previous role as a ring girl on the April 2 , 2009 edition of " Impact ! " . She began working as a backstage interviewer beginning on the Sacrifice pre - show . On the October 8 , 2009 edition of Impact ! , Val was briefly assaulted by Awesome Kong , who had come to the ring during Tara ' s match against ODB with a sledgehammer that she intended to use to kill Tara ' s pet tarantula , Poison . Although Kong made Val position Poison on the floor outside the ring for her to smash with her sledgehammer , Tara was able to attack Kong and stop her from inflicting any damage . In June 2010 , Wyndham began working as the ring announcer on " Xplosion " . On August 22 , 2013 , Wyndham and TNA had parted ways . Shine Wrestling ( 2014 - present ) . Val made her debut for the Shine Wrestling promotion at SHINE 21 on August 22 , 2014 scouting various competitors during the matches . After the event , Val was shown in a pair of exclusive videos attempting to recruit Jayme Jameson and Nevaeh , officially establishing herself as a villainess . Other media . In July 2006 , Val was contacted by " Playboy " about doing a centerfold for the magazine . She commented about it on her MySpace blog , saying : " It ' s a very serious thing to consider and the jury is still out on how I am going to handle this one . I ' ve spoken to the people in my life whose opinions I value most , and each has been very supportive . For that I am grateful . . . but this is one I ' m going to have to decide all on my own . " She ended up declining the offer . She has also been in advertisements for Morphoplex . In 2009 , Val appeared in a video promo for the " F . E . A . R . 2 " game , dressed as an Armacham FEAR AWAY nurse .