April Hunter April Hunter ( September 24 , 1974 ) is an American professional wrestler , valet and model . Career . World Championship Wrestling ( 2000 ) . In 2000 Hunter was hired by Terry Taylor on behalf of World Championship Wrestling ( after they saw her layout in " Playboy " ) as a member of the " Black and White " nWo . Along with four other models ( Tylene Buck , Pamela Paulshock , Midajah O ' Hearn and Kim Kanner ) she accompanied members of the nWo to ringside for their matches . Hunter left WCW later that year to become a fully trained wrestler . Other promotions ( 2001 - 2007 , 2009 - 2010 ) . In 2001 she moved to Boston , Massachusetts to train under the venerable Killer Kowalski . She began working on the independent circuit . Hunter also formed a tag team with fellow Kowalski graduate Nikki Roxx in " World Xtreme Wrestling " known as The Killer Babes . Hunter went on to form the tag team " T & A " and tag with J . D . Michaels . She traveled to Canada for the first time in December 2005 , working for Action Wrestling Entertainment and wrestling against Sarah Stock . In February 2006 , Hunter worked for Carmen Electra ' s Naked Women ' s Wrestling League ( NWWL ) . While in the NWWL , Hunter broke her nose , which limited the moves she could perform while working for the promotion . In Women ' s Extreme Wrestling ( WEW ) in April 2006 , Hunter formed a tag team known as T & A with Talia Madison . On April 6 , they defeated Team Blondage ( Amber O ' Neal and Lollipop ) for the WEW Tag Team Championship . A month later , Hunter and J . D . Maverick debuted together for TNT Pro Wrestling . In September , Hunter challenged Madison for her TNT Women ' s Championship . She defeated her for the title on September 23 . During her time in TNT , Hunter appeared in the Glamour , Glitz & Divas — The Untold Story of American Women ' s Wrestling DVD , alongside Madison and Michaels . Hunter won Queens of Chaos ' s World Queens of Chaos Championship in November 2006 by defeating Sweet Saraya in the final round of a championship tournament . She vacanted the title on In May 2012 . She also won Great Canadian Wrestling ' s GCW W . I . L . D . Championship from Miss Danyah on April 13 , 2007 . She held the title for one day before losing it to Cherry Bomb in a four - way match . Because of wrestling - related injuries , however , Hunter retired from professional wrestling later in the year Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2002 , 2009 ) . On August 28 , 2002 , Hunter appeared for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) . She was introduced ( and defeated ) by then - Miss TNA Bruce as part of his Miss TNA Challenge . She returned for several other appearances in TNA , including matches against Desire , Eric Watts and John Walters . On the December 31 , 2009 " New Year ' s Knockout Eve " edition of " Impact " , Hunter appeared as a villainess and teamed with Lorelei Lee in a losing effort against Knockouts Tag Team Champions Sarita and Taylor Wilde . On June 15 , 2010 , Hunter claimed that she had turned down a contract offer from TNA the previous month Shine Wrestling ( 2012 - present ) . On September 21 , 2012 , Hunter debuted for Shine Wrestling ' s SHINE 3 event as the manager of Made In Sin ( Allysin Kay and Taylor Made ) . All three women would align with Rain and Ivelisse to form the Valkyrie faction at SHINE 6 . At SHINE 7 , Hunter made her in - ring debut for the promotion , teaming with Made In Sin in a victorious outing against Mia Yim , Su Yung , and Tracy Taylor . At SHINE 19 , Hunter was on the victorious end of a 10 - woman elimination tag team match against Ivelisse , Mia Yim , Leva Bates , Jessicka Havok , and Tracy Taylor . Personal life . April Hunter was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania but moved to Enterprise , Alabama with her father when her parents divorced . She attended college in Philadelphia , majoring in English , Biology and Chemistry , but dropped out after several years . At the age of nineteen she began working as an erotic dancer . Then she became a fitness model instead . On August 30 , 2006 , April married her Canadian wrestling boyfriend , J . D . Michaels , in a small , private ceremony at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas , Nevada . She speaks some Spanish , German and French . April ' s father ' s side is from Edinburgh , Scotland . Her mother ' s side is from Naples , Italy . They met in Philadelphia and April was conceived in Hawaii on her fathers military break from Vietnam . April was born with pneumonia and has battled COPD , asthma and chronic bronchitis all her life . Fitness is a lifestyle for her to maintain her health . She is also hearing - impaired . In wrestling . Finishing and signature moves Wrestlers managed by Hunter