Shawna Elizabeth Shawna Elizabeth ( September 15 , 1986 ) is an American professional wrestler , manager and valet , known by her ring name Vyper . She has worked primarily for Coastal Championship Wrestling , a Florida - based promotion which showcases students from Jimmy Snuka ' s Body Slam University and Team 3D Academy , and had managed several former Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment stars on the Southeastern United States independent circuit including D - Lo Brown , Jerry Lynn , Raven , Tomko , Maven , Joey Mercury , Norman Smiley , Demolition ( Ax & Smash ) Jesse Neal and Team 3D ( D - Von & Bubba Ray Dudley ) . In addition to these appearances , as well as several magazine and internet radio interviews between 2006 and 2008 , she has been referred to by at least one sportswriter as " the hottest female free agent in pro wrestling " . She is also an accomplished professional model having appeared in " Axis Magazine " , " Bayou Vixen Magazine " , " Choice Magazine " , " Fitness Model Magazine " , " FHM " , " Hellions Magazine " , " Hollywood Model Magazine " , " Indy Circuit Pulse " , " Maverick Illustrated " , " Model Vanity Magazine " , " Naked Paper 7 " , " Piledriver Magazine " , " Pro Wrestling Illustrated " , " Real Gainz Fitness Magazine " , " VBlazin Magazine " , " Wrestling Time Magazine " and " Zoo Weekly " . In 2008 , she became a centerfold for " Fighting Spirit magazine " and posed as the official model for " Princess Peach " in " Official Nintendo Magazine " . Career . Shawna Elizabeth was born and raised in Ft . Lauderdale , Florida . She often watched televised wrestling matches with her grandfather and eventually became interested in professional wrestling as a child . Among her favorite wrestlers growing up were Hulk Hogan , The Ultimate Warrior , The Undertaker , Bret " the Hitman " Hart and " The Heartbreak Kid " Shawn Michaels . It was while following the series of matches between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit that she considered a career in professional wrestling . and she began calling up promotions in her area . After her first meeting with a local promoter , he agreed to use her on his next show . Much of her early experience was spent working as a ring girl and as part of the ring crew . Around 2002 , Elizabeth was modeling in a local fashion show with another wrestler , " Showtime " JB Cool . It was Cool that gave Elizabeth her initial training , later followed by Jimmy Snuka and Soulman Alex G , prior to making her debut . Her in - ring debut was a battle royal but she later had her first wrestling match against Angel . She used various ringnames during her early career , most often Shawna or CJ Vyper , prior to using Vyper as her regular ringname . The name originated from a childhood nickname Elizabeth ' s mother used for her . During the next three years , she spent time in both the Florida and California " indy circuit " as well as balancing a modeling career . She modeled for a number of magazines including " Axis Magazine " , " Bayou Vixen Magazine " , " Fitness Model Magazine " , " FHM " , " Hellions Magazine " , " Hollywood Model Magazine " , " Indy Circuit Pulse " , " Model Vanity Magazine " , " Naked Paper 7 " , " Piledriver Magazine " , " Pro Wrestling Illustrated " , " Real Gainz Fitness Magazine " , " VBlazin Magazine " , " Wrestling Time Magazine " and " Zoo Weekly " . In 2005 , she was offered a role in Ring of Honor but declined due to her then heavy work schedule . On November 22 , 2006 , Elizabeth made her first internet radio show appearance when she was interviewed on " The Masked Maniac Show " with Anthony " Don Tony " DeBlasi and Kevin Castle . In 2007 , Elizabeth became a regular manager and valet in Coastal Championship Wrestling , a promotion based in Coral Springs , Florida which featured students from Snuka ' s Body Slam University and Team 3D ' s wrestling school , " Team 3D Academy " . At one point , she worked for numerous independent promotions including FPWA Wrestling , Division - 1 Pro Wrestling , Pro Wrestling Dynasty and Larry Goodman ' s UXW Pro Wrestling but left to concentrate on her career in CCW . In later interviews , she explained that many of the indy promotions she had previously worked for were " not on the up and up " and chose not to be associated with them . She was a regular valet for independent wrestler Lou Cypher , who often used her outside interference to win matches , as well as for more high - profile wrestlers such as D - Lo Brown , Jerry Lynn , Sabu , Raven , Tomko , Maven , Joey Mercury , Norman Smiley , Demolition and Team 3D . Elizabeth has credited many of these wrestlers , most especially the Dudley Boys , for helping her during her early career . On May 3 , 2007 , she made a second appearance on " Masked Maniac Show " in which she discussed her modeling career , including an offer from Maxim , and upcoming managerial debut in UXW Pro Wrestling . She also expressed her desire to work for Total Non - Stop Action in the near future . On June 16 , Elizabeth appeared at a UXW house show as the manager of Goldust in his match against Sabu . On September 29 , Elizabeth was abducted by Mister Saint Laurent during the UXW 15th Anniversary Show at the Central Florida Fairgrounds Pavilion . This was part of a storyline in which a " ring girl " was jokingly named as the winner of a " Win a Date with Vyper " contest . The event was later released by the promotion on DVD entitled " UXW : To Hell and Back " . She was one of several female wrestlers , managers and valets originally scheduled to attend the 3 - day " Wrestlefest 2007 " in San Francisco , California from October 19 – 21 , 2007 . These included " Sensational " Sherri Martel , Francine , Missy Hyatt , Amy Lee , Tammy Sytch , Bobcat , Baby Doll , April Hunter , Jazz , Melissa Coates , Gail Kim , Tracy Brooks , Christy Hemme , Lizzy Valentine and Jana . There were also over 100 male wrestlers from World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment , all of whom participated in autograph signings and photo ops . Elizabeth was unable to get a plane ticket and missed the event . At the end of the year , she was offered a three picture spread in " Playboy Magazine " but turned it down . According to Elizabeth , she has turned down Playboy on four occasions . In February 2008 , she was profiled in the " Open Mic " Section of Fighting Spirit Magazine and appeared as that month ' s centerfold . She also posed as the official model for Princess Peach in " Official Nintendo Magazine " . That same year , she was a participant in the Miss UXW and Bobbi Billard Calendar Contests . She later had posters , calendars and other merchandise sold at Spencer ' s Gifts . She was interviewed by W . C . Hatfield on " The Wrestling Hotseat " radio show where she discussed her past and current career as well as explaining the merchandising process from her newly created website . A unique concept for her interview was based on a " before - and - after " interview following her first wrestling march , a battle royal , which took place at a CCW event at the Coral Springs Gymnasium on March 22 . On August 29 , the popularity of her MySpace page was featured in the St . Petersburg Times reporting that she was the fifth most popular " friend " with residents of St . Petersburg , Florida . With then over 30 , 000 friends , Elizabeth was ranked behind " Ruby Luster " , Bubba the Love Sponge , " King CJ " and Jim Rose Circus . Later that year , she and fellow manager Johnny Valiant were interviewed on October 11 edition of " Michael Porter ' s WrestleShoot " radio show . On the program , she discussed her early career , her experiences on the independent circuit and her then recent modeling work . That same night , she also gave an interview with Jonathan Clark on the Canadian program " Shooting Star Radio " . Elizabeth was present at Coastal Championship Wrestling ' s first supercard of the year , " Valentine Vengeance " , in February 2009 . She was managing her wrestler then a participant in the battle royal . That same month , she was nominated by a fan - based Yahoo fan club " Indy Divas " as the " 2008 Indy Personality of the Year " along with Alicia , Irresistible Danielle , Amy Lee , Camron Star and Becky Bayless . Elizabeth was also named " Babe of the Day " by Ign . com and " Miss March 2009 " by " WUWonline . com " , " Girl of the Month " for " Wrestlezone . com " in May and " Babe of the Bay " by " Pro Wrestling Digest " in August 2009 . In June , Elizabeth appeared against her former trainer Jimmy Snuka in his match with the Cash Money Brothers against Vito DeNucci , Mikhail Ivanoff and the American Taliban in an 8 - man tag team match on " Summer Smackdown " . On August 29 , she announced on her MySpace blog that she signed a contract with ACW Wrestling in Port Richey , Florida . April 17 , Vyper signed on with New Wrestling Promotion , CCW in Saint Petersburg , FL . Vyper is commonly known for working as a Manager / Interference for TNA wrestler Jesse Neal on the independent scene .