Taylor Wilde Shantelle Larissa Malawski ( January 26 , 1986 ) is a retired Canadian professional wrestler best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Taylor Wilde . Wilde was the first wrestler to hold both the TNA Women ' s Knockout and TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship . Professional wrestling career . Early years ( 2003 – 2006 ) . Malawski made her professional debut in June 2003 at the age of 17 under the name Shantelle Taylor . In 2004 , she was featured in the two - part wrestling documentary , " Slam Bam " , which aired on the Discovery Channel . In 2005 , she won her first women ' s championship while competing in New Vision Pro Wrestling . She spent the summer of that year in Monterrey , Mexico working on her lucha libre style . In December she participated in a three - show tour of South Africa wrestling on a card that featured former World Wrestling Entertainment stars Kevin Nash , Andrew Martin and Scott Steiner . Also in December , she was invited to a tryout in Buffalo , New York for World Wrestling Entertainment . Malawski also worked for several independent wrestling promotions including Shimmer Women Athletes , Ring Divas ' Battle Angels , Twin Wrestling Entertainment , and Blood Sweat and Ears . On April 16 , 2006 , Malawski defeated Traci Brooks to become the inaugural Battle Angels Women ' s Champion . Malawski also spent time working the Pure Women ' s Action shows for the Pure Wrestling Association in Southern Ontario . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2006 – 2007 ) . In May 2006 , Malawski signed a deal with World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to their developmental territory Deep South Wrestling . She made her Deep South in - ring debut at the June 27 , 2006 TV tapings as simply Shantelle , where she lost against Krissy Vaine when Vaine grabbed her tights . On September 9 , 2006 , Malawski defeated Vaine at Deep South Wrestling " Grand Park Slam " event in Six Flags Over Georgia . During her time in Deep South , she feuded with other divas such as Tracy Taylor and Angel Williams . In January 2007 , Malawski appeared on the Smackdown / ECW house shows as San - Eye , a masked Japanese wrestler , where she wrestled Jamie Noble . In June 2007 , Malawski wrestled in dark matches prior to the " SmackDown ! " television tapings while wearing a mask . On August 13 , 2007 Malawski was released from her developmental contract . Following the release , she did not return to the independent circuit and was actually done with professional wrestling until TNA contacted her , as she had concentrated on pursuing a college degree instead . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2008 – 2010 ) . Debut ; Knockouts Champion ( 2008 ) . Malawski ' s tryout match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) was against Raisha Saeed . In May 2008 , Malawski signed a contract with TNA , making her an official member of the TNA roster . She then appeared on television as a " plant " on the May 29 episode of " Impact ! " . She responded to the $ 25 , 000 challenge from Awesome Kong to any females age 18 or older in the audience , but was not selected to wrestle her . She reappeared in the audience on the June 5 episode of " Impact ! " to challenge Kong , but once again was not selected to wrestle her . On June 19 , she challenged Kong in the $ 25 , 000 challenge . She was announced under the name Taylor , and despite losing , she was the closest out of any of the contestants to defeating Kong . On the July 3 episode of " Impact ! " , Taylor defeated Raisha Saeed and earned the right to face Kong again the following week in the $ 25 , 000 challenge , this time with the TNA Women ' s Knockout Championship also on the line . The following week , now using the name " Taylor Wilde " , she defeated Kong in the $ 25 , 000 challenge and won the championship . Wilde then retained the title in a rematch at Victory Road against Kong . On the July 24 episode of " Impact ! " , Wilde defeated Velvet Sky in five seconds to retain the championship , and when immediately challenged to a rematch , defeated her in 20 seconds . Afterward , Wilde was attacked by the duo of Sky and Angelina Love ( known as The Beautiful People ) and was given the ' Brown Paper Bag Treatment ' , before ODB and Gail Kim could make the save . On the September 11 episode of " Impact " , Wilde beat Love in the first ever " Beautiful People Beauty Pageant " , but was attacked by the Beautiful People , causing Rhino to make the save for a second time . At No Surrender she was accompanied by Rhino when she successfully defeated Love . Wilde won a Triple Threat match at Bound for Glory against Awesome Kong and Roxxi to keep the title . On the October 23 episode of " Impact ! " , Wilde lost the championship back to Kong after interference from Saeed . Various feuds ( 2008 – 2009 ) . At Turning Point , Wilde teamed with Roxxi to defeat Raisha Saeed and Awesome Kong . Continuing her feud with The Beautiful People , Wilde teamed with ODB and Roxxi to defeat them and Sharmell at Final Resolution . At Genesis , Wilde teamed once again with Roxxi and ODB to defeat Rhaka Khan , Raisha Saeed and Sojourner Bolt . The next week on " Impact ! " , Wilde , Roxxi and ODB defeated the Kongtourage once more . Wilde and Roxxi began feuding with the Beautiful People when Wilde and Roxxi humiliated the Beautiful People by covering them with " muck . " Soon after Wilde and Roxxi would continue to have series of tag team matches against The Beautiful People . On February 12 , she competed in a 9 Knockout Gauntlet match which was won by Sojourner Bolt . On the February 26 edition of " Impact " , Wilde teamed with newcomer Madison Rayne against The Beautiful People in another tag team match . During the match , the evil Madison turned against Wilde and slapped her , allowing The Beautiful People to pick up the victory . At Destination X , Wilde teamed with Roxxi and The Governor to defeat Love , Sky , and Rayne in a six woman tag team match . At Lockdown , Wilde competed in a 3 way cage match for the TNA Knockouts Championship against Angelina Love and Awesome Kong , but the match was eventually won by Love . On April 23 she lost a number one contenders ladder match to Sojournor Bolt . Wilde was interviewed on the May 7 edition of " Impact " , where she told interviewer Lauren that she had received notice of having a secret admirer . The following week , Lauren and Taylor were shown sitting at a table , waiting for the admirer to arrive . Soon , Daffney arrived , attacking and choking Taylor , blaming her for The Beautiful People cutting her hair off , and in the process , challenging her to the first ever Knockout ' s Monster ' s Ball match at Sacrifice , which Wilde won . From the feud with Daffney , it was shown that Wilde is on - screen best friends with backstage interviewer , Lauren . Wilde and her tag team partner Abyss defeated Daffney and Raven in a Monster ' s Ball match at Slammiversary , thus ending her feud with Daffney . Alliance with Sarita ( 2009 – 2010 ) . In August , she formed an alliance with fellow Knockout Sarita after TNA announced that they were going to crown the first - ever TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions . On the September 10 edition of " Impact ! " she and Sarita advanced the semifinals of the Tag Team Championship tournament by defeating Alissa Flash and Daffney . The following week on " Impact ! " they advanced to the finals of the tournament by defeating Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed . At No Surrender , Wilde and Sarita defeated Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky to become the inaugural Knockouts Tag Team Champions , making Wilde the first Knockout in TNA history to win the singles and tag team Knockout titles . Wilde and Sarita successfully defended their titles against The Beautiful People at Bound for Glory and at Turning Point , they teamed with Knockouts Champion ODB to successfully defeat The Beautiful People and retain both sets of titles . On the January 4 , 2010 , live , three - hour , Monday night edition of " Impact ! , " Wilde and Sarita lost the Knockout Tag Team Championship to Hamada and Awesome Kong . Wilde and Sarita made their return in the March 8 edition of " Impact ! " , unsuccessfully challenging for the vacant Knockout Tag Team titles . On the June 25 edition of " Xplosion " , Wilde defeated Daffney after interference from Sarita , ending the team ' s long losing streak . The following week , Wilde confronted her tag team partner and explained that she didn ' t want to win by cheating , which led to Sarita claiming that she is a winner and , unlike Wilde , doesn ' t 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 . After being defeated by Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne on the July 1 edition of " Impact ! " , Wilde ' s alliance with Sarita came to an end when Sarita turned into a villainess and attacked her , proclaiming she was sick of losing matches . Feud with Sarita and alliance with Hamada ( 2010 ) . Wilde and Sarita faced each other on the following edition of " Xplosion " , with Sarita picking up the pinfall victory by putting her feet on the ropes . On the July 15 edition of " Impact ! " Sarita defeated Wilde again , this time in a Street Fight . On July 27 , at the tapings of the August 5 edition of " Impact ! " , Wilde teamed with new tag team partner Hamada to defeat The Beautiful People ( Velvet Sky and Lacey Von Erich ) to win the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship for the second time , Wilde and Sarita had their third one – on – one match at the November 9 tapings of " Xplosion " , with Sarita once again coming out victorious . On December 6 at the tapings of the December 9 edition of " Impact ! " , Wilde and Hamada were stripped of the Knockout Tag Team Championship , after Hamada had been released from TNA . Three days later it was reported that Malawski ' s contract with TNA had also expired . Malawski confirmed her departure from the promotion on December 29 , 2010 . Retirement ( 2011 ) . On January 10 , 2011 , Malawski announced in an exclusive interview with The Sun that she was retiring from professional wrestling in order to concentrate on her psychology studies . She wrestled her retirement match on February 5 , 2011 , at a ChickFight and Pro Wrestling Revolution co – promoted event , where she was defeated by Alissa Flash .