Misty Blue Diane Syms ( born February 8 , 1962 ) , better known by her ring name Misty Blue Simmes , is an American former professional wrestler . Wrestling career . Beginning . Simmes got into wrestling after learning to box and being part of an all - female boxing show . From there , she was invited to Killer Kowalski ' s wrestling school where she trained for 18 months prior to her first match . American Wrestling Association . Simmes competed for the American Wrestling Association in a 10 - woman battle royal at WrestleRock 86 on April 20 , 1986 . The match was won by Sherri Martel . National Wrestling Alliance . In 1986 , Simmes joined the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) and was awarded the NWA United States Women ' s Championship ( a replacement of the prior NWA World Women ' s Championship held by Debbie Combs ) . She once challenged Combs to a title unification match ( NWA United States Women ' s Title and NWA World Women ' s Title ) , but was attacked by Combs ' manager / mother Cora Combs . Simmes frequently defended the NWA U . S . Women ' s Title against Linda Dallas , Kat LeRoux , Black Venus , Mad Dog Debbie Irons and a handful of other women on the NWA ' s TV programs World Wide Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling . Many of the matches between Dallas and Simmes ended with the two battling each other with Dallas ' kendo stick . She also frequently partnered with Heidi Lee Morgan and Vula in tag - team matches . She also briefly feuded with Jim Cornette . During a televised interview on TBS , Simmes requested that Cornette help train her only to lure him into the ring and nail him with a drop kick . When the Midnight Express hit the ring , Dusty Rhodes appeared to even the sides . Simmes then competed in an 8 - person mixed tag team match partnering with Rhodes , Nikita Koloff , and Barry Windham against Cornette , The Midnight Express , and Dick Murdoch . However , the angle never reached the popularity of Cornette ' s similar feud with Baby Doll . While Madusa Miceli was the reigning AWA World Women ' s Champion , Simmes challenged her to a title unification match ( NWA United States Women ' s Title and AWA World Women ' s Title ) at a Delta Tiger Lilies event , but the match never happened . Independent circuit . When the NWA phased out the women ' s division in late 1989 , Simmes wrestled on the independent circuit and eventually joined the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association . She and Heidi Lee Morgan competed as Team America and won the LPWA Tag Team Titles . They lost the titles to The Glamour Girls . Misty feuded with Monster Ripper in Puerto Rico and won a title from her . There are unverified reports that Misty may have lost some matches , but no visual or readily available written proof seems to exist . World Championship Wrestling . In late 1991 , Simmes wrestled in World Championship Wrestling , which had evolved from the Jim Crockett Promotions branch of the NWA . She competed in matches against Linda Dallas and Kat LeRoux . During one match with these two ladies , Linda became extremely brutal with Misty Blue Simmes . At one point , Simmes was down on the mat . Linda then grabbed her by the hair . Then she dragged her across the mat by the hair .