Sarah Stock Sarah Stock ( March 4 , 1979 ) is a Canadian professional wrestler , currently signed to WWE as a trainer . Stock began her career in Canada and moved back and forth across the country , working for various promotions , facing both male and female wrestlers . She then moved to Mexico , where she worked under the ring name Dark Angel for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración ( AAA ) and later for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( CMLL ) . She is also known for her time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) , where , under the ring name Sarita , she became a two - time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion , holding the title once with both Taylor Wilde and Rosita . She has also worked in Japan for JDStar and World Wonder Ring Stardom , where she held the Wonder of Stardom Championship . Professional wrestling career . Early years ( 2002 – 2003 ) . Stock began training as a professional wrestler in Winnipeg , Manitoba ' s Top Rope Championship Wrestling . She trained for five weeks before an open spot on the company ' s tour gave her the opportunity to debut . She debuted on the Northwest Territories independent circuit on February 22 , 2002 . She wrestled for Can - Am Wrestling in early 2002 and was awarded the Can - Am Wrestling Women ' s Championship upon her debut in the promotion . That July , she joined Real Action Wrestling under the ring name Sweet Sarah , in the Canadian Maritimes as a valet to Johnny Wiseguy . Soon after , she began wrestling in the promotion , teaming with Wiseguy in a series of mixed tag team matches against Duke MacIsaac and his valet , Rachel . The promotion soon folded , but Stock signed with Main Stream Wrestling ( MSW ) in Halifax , Nova Scotia , where she debuted in August 2002 and continued to wrestle as Sweet Sarah . There were few female wrestlers in the area , so she worked in several matches against male wrestlers . The following month , Stock began wrestling for Afa Anoaʻi ' s World Xtreme Wrestling ( WXW ) , based in Pennsylvania , United States . She worked against female wrestlers , including Mercedes Martinez and Valentina . In October , she returned to Canada and wrestled in Alberta n independent promotions under the ring name Sarah Griffin . She engaged in a feud with Charlotte Webb , and the two faced each other in both Hybrid Wrestling Coalition and Can - Am Wrestling . Griffin was successful in the majority of these matches . From November 2002 to April 2003 , she worked for several other Canadian independent promotions , including , Monster Pro Wrestling , and Premier Championship Wrestling . In April , she returned to MSW , where she feuded with male wrestler Kyle Kruze . This feud included matches with special stipulations , including a " Kiss My Ass " match which she won , and a Bra and Panties match . LLF and AAA ( 2003 – 2004 ) . In 2003 , in an effort to improve her in - ring skills , Stock relocated to Monterrey , Mexico to face the female wrestlers there . At the suggestion of a promoter , Stock began working while wearing a mask . She also took on the ring name Dark Angel , on the advice of Eddie Watts . She initially found it difficult to work with the wrestlers in Mexico , as she did not speak Spanish and could not communicate with them throughout the match . On October 17 , she defeated Simply Luscious to win the Lucha Libre Femenil Juvenil Championship . While wrestling in Mexico , Stock continued to work for various promotions in the United States and Europe . She worked several matches for World Xtreme Wrestling in November 2003 . On November 23 , she wrestled a match for Ring of Honor ( ROH ) , where she lost to Allison Danger . She also had a match in Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) , which at the time was a developmental promotion for World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . On April 2 , 2004 , Stock lost her mask in a forty - five minute mask vs . mask match against Princesa Sujei at a Lucha Libre Femenil event . Shortly thereafter , she decided to leave Monterrey to move to Mexico City and wrestle for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración ( AAA ) . Although Stock began appearing with AAA under the assumption that she would be wrestling , the company had her start out by holding up signs for the crowd at events . Stock did not wrestle regularly for AAA , and she stopped appearing for the promotion after a few sporadic shows . Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( 2004 – 2015 ) . Upon returning to Mexico , Stock signed with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( CMLL ) , AAA ' s rival promotion . She began working regularly for CMLL as Dark Angel in the promotion ' s newly - rebuilt women ' s division , while also working for various independent promotions . On March 25 , 2005 , she defeated Princesa Sujei to win Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre Women ' s Championship . On September 9 , Stock was one of two winners , along with Marcela , of a " Torneo cibernetico " elimination match to determine who would get to battle for the vacant CMLL World Women ' s Championship . However , on September 16 , at CMLL ' s 72nd Anniversary Show , Marcela defeated Stock to win the title . Afterwards , Stock entered a feud with La Amapola , which concluded on April 14 , 2006 , when Stock put her hair on the line against Amapola ' s mask . Stock ended up winning the match and forcing Amapola to unmask herself . In September 2006 , Stock toured the Canadian Maritimes with Main Stream Wrestling , where she once again wrestled Kyle Kruze , the MSW Atlantic Canadian Champion , and beat him in all three of their matches . Because the title was not on the line , however , she did not win the belt . She also had several high - profile matches against Nattie Neidhart , daughter of professional wrestler Jim Neidhart . Stock and Neidhart split the series , with Stock winning two matches and Neidhart winning three . Returning to CMLL , Stock competed in , and won , a bodybuilding contest between CMLL wrestlers , a contest she would win three times in a row . While working for the promotion , she also appeared in a commercial for PlayStation 3 . An agent came to the arena looking for someone to perform a stunt for the commercial , and Stock was given the role . On November 25 , 2009 , Stock won the CMLL Bodybuilding Contest for the fourth year in a row . She would go on to pick her fifth , sixth , seventh and eighth victories in the contest on November 25 , 2010 , November 24 , 2011 , November 29 , 2012 and November 26 , 2014 . In April 2011 , it was announced that Stock , as Dark Angel , would be the basis of a three part action - horror comic book series titled " Dark Legacy " . On August 26 , 2015 , Stock announced she would be leaving CMLL and Mexico , following September 18 . Her final match took place at the 82nd Anniversary Show , where she defeated Princesa Sugehit . Japan ( 2005 , 2009 , 2010 , 2012 – 2013 , 2015 ) . Stock , working under the ring name Dark Angel , made her first tour of Japan in mid - 2005 , when she worked mainly for the JDStar promotion . She returned to Japan on February 22 , 2009 , when she took part in the Fuka Matsuri event in Tokyo , during which she defeated Ray in a singles match . She returned to take part in the final Fuka Matsuri event on March 28 , 2010 , during which she teamed with fellow CMLL wrestler Hiroka in a tag team match , where they were defeated by Leon and Tigre Fuka . On April 5 , Dark Angel defeated Princesa Sujei at an event in Shin - Kiba 1st Ring , and was handed Arsion promotion ' s Sky High of Arsion Championship belt as a trophy . The title had been retired in 2002 and Stock is not recognized as one of the champions . Dark Angel returned to Japan on March 4 , 2012 , to take part in Io Shirai ' s fifth anniversary event , which saw her and Shirai defeat Miho Wakizawa and Nanae Takahashi in the main event . A week later , Dark Angel made her debut for World Wonder Ring Stardom , during which she affiliated herself with Io Shirai ' s Planet stable . In a six - woman tag team match , which celebrated Dark Angel ' s ten - year anniversary in professional wrestling , she , Shirai and Arisa Hoshiki defeated Eri Susa , Hiroyo Matsumoto and Miho Wakizawa . On July 13 , Stardom announced Dark Angel as a participant in the 5★Star GP2012 tournament , which ran from August 19 to September 30 . After wins over Saki Kashima , Kairi Hojo and Kyoko Kimura and a loss against Miho Wakizawa , Dark Angel headed to final day of the tournament at the top of her round - robin block , however , a loss to Natsuki☆Taiyo meant that she missed advancing to the finals of the tournament . In Dark Angel ' s final match of the tour on October 3 , she and Io Shirai wrestled Miho Wakizawa and Nanae Takahashi to a twenty - minute time limit draw . Dark Angel was scheduled to return to Stardom on March 3 , 2013 , but due to a visa issue , she had to postpone her return until March 10 , when she , Io Shirai and Yuzuki Aikawa defeated Act Yasukawa , Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko in a six - woman tag team main event . On March 24 , Dark Angel entered a four - woman tournament to determine the number one contender to the World of Stardom Championship . After defeating Hiroyo Matsumoto in the semi - finals , she was defeated by Io Shirai in the finals . On April 29 at " Ryōgoku Cinderella " , Dark Angel defeated Act Yasukawa to win the vacant Wonder of Stardom Championship . Dark Angel made her first successful defense of the title on May 19 against Miho Wakizawa . On June 2 , she made another successful title defense against Yuhi . Dark Angel returned to Stardom on August 17 to make her third successful title defense against Takumi Iroha . From August 25 to September 23 , Dark Angel took part in 5★Star GP2013 , where she finished with a record of two wins and three losses , failing to qualify for the finals . On November 4 at Stardom ' s 100th event , Dark Angel lost the Wonder of Stardom Championship to Act Yasukawa in her fourth title defense . After signing with WWE , Dark Angel returned to Stardom for two farewell appearances . In the first on October 4 , 2015 , she teamed with Mayu Iwatani in a tag team match , where they defeated Chelsea and Kairi Hojo . Shimmer Women Athletes ( 2007 – 2008 , 2010 ) . On June 1 , 2007 , Stock , under her real name , made her debut for Shimmer Women Athletes , an all female wrestling promotion based in Chicago , Illinois . She was brought in the promotion for " Volume 11 " as an " international wildcard competitor " in the tournament to crown the first Shimmer Champion . She started her Shimmer career with two upset victories over established main eventers Cheerleader Melissa and MsChif , but in the end lost a semifinal match against the eventual winner of the tournament , Sara Del Rey , on " Volume 12 " . On October 13 , 2007 , at the tapings of " Volume 15 , " Stock defeated Daizee Haze to earn a championship match on " Volume 16 " , taped later that same evening . Stock faced Del Rey in a two out of three falls match for Del Rey ' s title belt but was defeated two falls to one . On April 26 , 2008 , Stock returned to Shimmer to take part in the tapings of Volumes 17 and 18 . After defeating Lacey , Stock was defeated by Cheerleader Melissa in a rematch of their Shimmer Championship tournament match , and has not returned to the company since . On February 5 , 2010 , Shimmer announced that after a two - year absence , Stock would be returning to the company in April for the tapings of Volumes 29 to 32 . Stock made her return to Shimmer on April 10 at the tapings of " Volume 29 " , announcing that she would be challenging for the Shimmer Championship on Volume 30 , taped later that same day . On " Volume 30 " , MsChif defeated Stock to retain her Championship . The following day on " Volume 32 " , Stock defeated one half of the Shimmer Tag Team Champions , Nicole Matthews , in a singles match . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2009 - 2013 ) . Teaming and Feuding with Taylor Wilde ( 2009 - 2010 ) . On April 21 , 2009 , Stock wrestled a dark match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) where she was defeated by Awesome Kong . She then defeated Taylor Wilde in a dark match on April 22 , 2009 . On the May 11 , 2009 , episode of the Spanish - language version of " TNA Today " , Stock made an appearance using the ring name Sarita . On the June 25 episode of " TNA Impact ! " , a vignette aired promoting Sarita ' s upcoming debut . Stock made her debut as a face on the July 16 episode of " Impact ! " , defeating Alissa Flash . During August and September , Sarita teamed with Taylor Wilde in a tournament where the winners would be crowned the inaugural Knockouts Tag Team Champions . After defeating the teams of Alissa Flash & Daffney and Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed , Sarita and Wilde defeated The Beautiful People of Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky at No Surrender to win the title . On November 15 at Turning Point , Sarita , Wilde and ODB defeated The Beautiful People ( Lacey Von Erich , Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky ) in a six - woman tag team match ; as a result , Sarita and Wilde retained the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship and ODB the TNA Knockouts Championship . On the December 17 episode of " Impact ! " , Sarita and Wilde were defeated by Awesome Kong and Hamada in non - title three - way match , which also included The Beautiful People . This led to a match on the January 4 , 2010 , live , three - hour , Monday night episode of " Impact ! " , where Sarita and Wilde lost the Knockouts Tag Team Championship to Awesome Kong and Hamada . On the June 25 episode of " Xplosion " , Wilde defeated Daffney after an interference from Sarita , ending the team ' s long losing streak and beginning a villainous turn for Sarita . The following week , Wilde confronted her tag team partner and explained that she did not want to win by cheating . In response , Sarita continued to display her villainous persona by claiming that she is a winner and , unlike Wilde , does not need her tag team partner ' s help in her match against Daffney . After Sarita was defeated by Daffney in a singles match , Wilde ran out to the ring and stopped her tag team partner from attacking her opponent . On the July 1 episode of " Impact ! " , Sarita turned into a villainess for the first time in TNA by attacking Taylor Wilde after she had lost her match against Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne , proclaiming she was sick of losing matches . Sarita and Wilde faced each other on the following episode of " Xplosion " , with Sarita picking up the pinfall victory by putting her feet on the ropes . On the July 15 episode of " Impact ! " , the evil Sarita defeated Wilde again , this time in a Street Fight . At the July 26 tapings of " Impact ! " Stock tore her triceps and was expected to miss two months of in - ring action . She returned at the September 6 tapings of " Xplosion " , defeating Daffney Mexican America ( 2011 - 2013 ) . The following month Sarita entered a feud with Velvet Sky , scoring back – to – back pinfall victories over her on the October 28 and the November 4 episodes of Impact ! , first in a six knockout tag team match and then in a singles match . Sarita and Wilde had their third one – on – one match at the November 9 tapings of " Xplosion " , with Sarita once again coming out victorious . Despite wrestling on the November 25 episode of " Impact ! " as a face , when she answered the challenge of TNA Women ' s Knockout Champion Madison Rayne and then defeated her in a non – title match , Sarita resumed her status as a heel and her feud with Sky on the December 9 episode of " Impact ! " when , despite losing to her and Angelina Love in the first round match of a tournament for the Knockouts Tag Team Championship , Sarita claimed that Sky was a loser and would never be able to beat her . On the December 23 episode of " Impact ! , " Sky was set to wrestle for the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship , but was forced to miss the match , after being attacked backstage by Sarita . The following week , Sarita defeated Sky in a Strap match . In January 2011 , Stock signed a two – year contract extension with TNA . On the February 10 episode of " Impact ! " , Sarita ' s storyline cousin , Rosita , made her TNA debut in an eight knockout tag team match , where the two of them teamed with Madison Rayne and Tara and defeated Angelina Love , Mickie James , Velvet Sky , and Winter . The following week , Sarita and Rosita aligned themselves with Hernandez , who had returned from working in Mexico the previous week and was now expressing anti – American views . Later in the evening , Sarita and Rosita defeated Angelina Love and Velvet Sky in a tag team match , when Sarita once again pinned Sky . Afterwards , Sky challenged Sarita to a one – on – one match , where she agreed to put her career on the line . On the March 3 episode of " Impact ! , " Sky was finally able to defeat Sarita in a singles match , salvaging her career in the process . On March 13 at Victory Road , Sarita and Rosita defeated Angelina Love and Winter to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship , with Sarita proclaiming that their victory would start a Mexican takeover of TNA . On the following episode of " Impact ! " , the alliance of Sarita , Rosita and Hernandez was named Mexican America . The three of them were then defeated in a six - person street fight by Love , Winter and Matt Morgan . On the March 24 episode of " Impact ! " , Anarquia became the fourth member of the group . In the following weeks , Sarita and Rosita successfully defended the Knockouts Tag Team Championship first against The Beautiful People ( Angelina Love and Velvet Sky ) and then against Madison Rayne and Tara . They made their third successful defense on the June 16 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , defeating Velvet Sky and Ms . Tessmacher , following outside interference from ODB . In early July , Stock was sidelined from in - ring competition after suffering facial paralysis . On July 12 at the tapings of the July 21 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Sarita , wearing a protective mask , and Rosita lost the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship to Ms . Tessmacher and Tara . Sarita and Rosita received a rematch for the title on August 7 at Hardcore Justice , but were again defeated by Tessmacher and Tara . Sarita was eventually unmasked on October 16 , during the Bound for Glory Preshow by Ink Inc . member Toxxin . The following month at Turning Point , Sarita , Anarquia and Hernandez faced Ink Inc . ' s Jesse Neal , Shannon Moore and Toxxin in a six - person tag team match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship , which Mexican America managed to retain , when Sarita pinned Toxxin after hitting her with the title belt . On the March 22 , 2012 , edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Sarita and Rosita again failed to recapture the Knockouts Tag Team Championship , when they were defeated by Eric Young and ODB . Sarita and Rosita were given another title opportunity on April 15 at Lockdown , but were once again defeated by Eric Young and ODB , this time in a steel cage match . Afterwards , both Sarita and Rosita went inactive from TNA , while Anarquia left the promotion and Hernandez turned face , effectively ending Mexican America . Sarita returned to work a house show main event on June 14 in Belton , Texas , in which she , Rosita , Angelina Love and Winter were defeated by Mickie James , Tara and Velvet Sky , before once again going inactive from TNA . After seven months of inactivity , it was reported on January 9 , 2013 , that Stock had parted ways with TNA . WWE ( 2015 – present ) . On April 13 , 2015 , it was reported that Stock was working as a guest trainer for a week at WWE ' s WWE Performance Center in Orlando , Florida . Stock then made an appearance as part of Tyler Breeze ' s entrance at the event on May 20 . In September 2015 , it was reported that Stock had signed with WWE as a developmental trainer . Personal life . Stock was born in Winnipeg , Manitoba , and graduated from Winnipeg ' s St . John ' s - Ravenscourt School . She then attended the University of Manitoba , where she was an honors student and completed a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in chemistry . Stock is trilingual , with the ability to speak English , French , and Spanish . Stock practiced and competed in Muay Thai kickboxing for several years before entering professional wrestling . She has also participated in soccer , track and field , cross country running and horseback riding . Stock has stated that , if she had to pick a career outside of wrestling , she would consider the field of sports psychology and nutrition .