Krissy Vaine Kristin Eubanks ( January 12 , 1981 ) is an American professional wrestler and valet better known by her ring names Krissy Vaine and Kristin Astara . Career . Eubanks started wrestling in May 2003 as Special K . She had already been appearing as a manager since 2000 . She was the manager of Ric Converse , who later became AWA Superstars World Champion . Converse , Vaine , Brad Attitude , and Brad Rainz combined to form " The Dynasty " that dominated the CWF Mid Atlanic indy promotion for a year as a Four Horseman like group of heels . She feuded with Jenny Taylor and Amber O ' Neal in the CWF . In 2004 , she changed her name to " Krissy Vaine " and formed Team Blondage with O ' Neal . Eubanks had a few tryouts for World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) on both " SmackDown ! " and " Raw " but was never signed . Following her tryouts , Eubanks began working for several independent promotions , including the Professional Girl Wrestling Association , Women Extreme Wrestling , Memphis Wrestling , the National Wrestling Alliance and Shimmer Women Athletes . World Wrestling Entertainment . In January 2006 , she signed a developmental contract with WWE and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling . Eubanks made her first DSW appearance at the March 9 , 2006 tapings where she and Kristal Marshall threw T - shirts into the crowd during intermission . Her official debut at the March 16 tapings was in the role of a female referee . She managed Kevin Matthews during his matches . Eubanks made her DSW in - ring debut on the June 22 tapings , where she defeated Tracy Taylor . During the match , the referee ignored pinfalls that Tracy attempted but quickly counted the falls that Eubanks did , as a result Tracy lost . On the June 27 tapings , Eubanks defeated the debuting Shantelle Taylor by grabbing the tights for the win . At the October 12 tapings , Eubanks became the General Manager for DSW . In late 2006 and early 2007 , she feuded with Angel Williams , with Angel claiming that Eubanks did something immoral to be appointed General Manager . Eubanks was tired of Williams and made her lose her matches by distractions from other Divas . She then tried to order around the other Divas ( such as Nattie Neidhart , Brooke Adams and Shantelle Taylor ) to take care of Williams for her . After they refused , she decided to try and make up with Angel . She and Angel then became the Co - General Managers of DSW before DSW shut down . She was then moved to WWE ' s newest developmental territory , Florida Championship Wrestling . On the September 28 , 2007 edition of " SmackDown ! " , Eubanks made her main roster debut as a villainess by attacking Torrie Wilson after Wilson lost a match to Victoria . On the October 5 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Vaine was seen backstage negotiating her first match with General Manager Vickie Guerrero . On October 10 , both Eubanks and her boyfriend Ryan O ' Reilly left WWE , as the rigorous schedule proved to be too much for them . Return to the independent circuit . After a nearly two - year long hiatus from professional following her WWE departure , Eubanks made her return to the wrestling industry on February 2 , 2009 , where she reunited with Amber O ' Neal to reform Team Blondage and defeat Daffney and MsChif in a tag team match . On September 12 , 2009 , Vaine won her first singles championship by defeating Jayme Jameson to win the NWA Mid - Atlantic Women ' s Championship . The win made Vaine the first champion in nearly nine years due to the title being vacated and subsequently abandoned on December 2 , 2000 by the last champion Leilani Kai . Soon after winning the title , Vaine renamed herself Kristin Astara before losing the title to Jameson on April 10 , 2010 . She later faced Jameson for the title in three subsequent rematches on May 1 , October 30 , and November 6 , but was defeated each time . In early 2011 , Eubanks was signed to perform for MTV2 ' s Lucha Libre USA . She made her debut for the promotion on the March 19 tapings under the ring name Chrissy Cialis in an intergender match , where she and Vladamiro defeated Mini Park and ODB . On May 28 , Cialis lost in her singles debut to Nikki Corleone . Cialis wrestled her final match for the promotion on August 27 , where she and Vladimiro defeated Octagoncito and Pequeno Halloween in a mixed tag team match . Diva Dirt . In August 2009 , Eubanks became a blogger for women ' s wrestling website Diva - Dirt . com . In January 2010 , Eubanks launched her own podcast ' The Krissy Vaine Project ' at Diva Dirt . In March 2010 , Eubanks announced that she was no longer using the name " Krissy Vaine " which she had gone by for eight years . She revealed her new ring name as Kristin Astara . Following her name change she renamed her podcast also , now going by the name ' Kristin & Friends ' with the first episode debuting on March 27 , 2010 . It ' s also been reported that Eubanks has been signed to Jimmy Hart ' s new show Wrestlicious for the second season .