Daffney Shannon Claire Spruill ( July 17 , 1975 ) is an German professional wrestler and valet . She is best known for her appearances with World Championship Wrestling between 1999 and 2001 under the ring name Daffney and for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where she used the ring name " The Governor " , a caricature of Alaska governor and former United States Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin , before returning to her Daffney ring name and gimmick . Professional Wrestling Career . World Championship Wrestling ( 1999 - 2001 ) . In November 1999 , Spruill responded to a World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) contest looking to acquire new talent and was hired . In WCW , Spruill played Daffney , the mentally deranged , besotted girlfriend of David Flair , managing him and Crowbar . One of Daffney ' s hallmarks was a high piercing scream when she was lurking at ringside . The gimmick was based in part on Mallory Knox , the character played by Juliette Lewis in the film Natural Born Killers . Spruill has cited Batman supervillainess Harley Quinn as the original inspiration for the character . Spruill ' s first appearance was on the December 6 episode of " Nitro " , when she was shown sitting on her bed and chanting Flair ' s name . On May 15 , 2000 Daffney and Crowbar defeated WCW World Cruiserweight Champion Chris Candido and his girlfriend Tammy Lynn Sytch in a mixed tag team match and were declared co - champions . The following week on the May 22 episode of " Nitro " , Crowbar and Daffney faced one another to determine the undisputed World Cruiserweight Champion . Crowbar held back during the match , but still dominated the smaller Daffney . After Candido entered the ring and hit Crowbar with a reverse piledriver , Spruill inadvertently pinned him while trying to revive him and thus became the second woman ever to hold the Cruiserweight Championship . Her reign lasted until June 7 when Lieutenant Loco pinned Disco Inferno in a three - way title defense while Daffney was hurt following interference from Miss Hancock . Daffney went on to feud with Hancock , who had stolen the affections of Flair . Daffney defeated Hancock in the promotion ' s first ever Wedding Gown match after Hancock removed her own dress . Daffney then became solely the valet for Crowbar . She had a brief feud with Shane Douglas ' s valet , Torrie Wilson , but was rarely used as a wrestler . Daffney was notable for her constantly changing hair color , wide selection of T - shirts with slogans on them , and her propensity to scream loudly and shrilly for no apparent reason . She began screaming at the suggestion of WCW writer Ed Ferrara . Though Spruill ' s somewhat gothic character earned her a small but loyal fan base , she was released by WCW on February 2 , 2001 due to budget cutbacks ( WCW itself was purchased by its rival , the World Wrestling Federation , a month later ) . Shimmer Women Athletes ( 2007 - 2010 , 2013 , 2014 ) . In April 2007 , Spruill debuted as Daffney for Shimmer Women Athletes . She conducted an interview where she revealed her goal was to return to what she did from the beginning of her career and that was to manage . Later that evening , she appeared as the manager of the wrestler MsChif . In April 2008 she began wrestling as her Shark Girl character . However , she returned to wrestling as Daffney after only a couple of months . This included a pair of matches against Cat Power ; losing the first at Volume 20 after her knee injury was re - aggravated , but winning the rematch at Volume 21 . On November 8 , 2009 , Daffney teamed up with Rachel Summerlyn in a losing effort against the International Home Wrecking Crew at Volume 27 . During the match , Daffney refused to tag herself in and later abandoned Summerlyn , turning Daffney heel . Later in the night on Volume 28 , Daffney got disqualified in a match with Summerlyn , after she did not release an illegal hold off her opponent . On April 11 , 2010 , at the tapings of Volume 31 , the evil Daffney defeated Summerlyn in a No Disqualification match . On April 6 , 2013 , Daffney returned to Shimmer Women Athletes at the promotion ' s first ever internet pay - per - view , Volume 53 , where she appeared as the manager of Regeneration X ( Allison Danger and Leva Bates ) . Daffney appeared as a ring announcer at SHIMMER 62 on April 5 , 2014 . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2008 - 2011 ) . Debut ; The Governor ( 2008 - 2009 ) . Spruill appeared on the June 5 , 2008 edition of TNA Impact ! as Daffney . She was planted in the audience along with fellow wrestlers Amber O ' Neal and Becky Bayless . The three women volunteered to wrestle Awesome Kong in the $ 25 , 000 Challenge . Daffney was selected and subsequently defeated by Kong . In December 2008 , Spruill started playing the role of Alaska governor Sarah Palin in skits involving The Beautiful People . On the January 15 edition of Impact ! it was revealed by Taylor Wilde and Roxxi that " Sarah Palin " was indeed fake , and it had all been a big joke by Roxxi and Taylor to get revenge on The Beautiful People . They then proceeded to muck the Beautiful People as Spruill , Taylor and Roxxi celebrated . The next week she was seen in an interview with Lauren , where they made fun of the Beautiful People . The Beautiful People then proceeded to viciously attack " The Governor " before being pulled away by Cute Kip as Spruill lay injured . On the February 5 , 2009 , edition of Impact ! she made her return by attacking the Beautiful People , this time complete with entrance video and theme . She made her PPV debut at Destination X in a winning effort when she teamed with Roxxi and Wilde to defeat The Beautiful People and Madison Rayne . Daffney ; Heel Turn and Alliance with Dr . Stevie ( 2009 - 2010 ) . As a result of having her hair cut by the Beautiful People on the March 19 edition of Impact ! , Spruill transformed into her old Daffney ring name and gimmick on the April 2 edition of Impact ! , when she appeared in on - screen psychiatrist Dr . Stevie ' s office for a therapy session . On the April 16 edition of Impact ! , she teamed with Stevie ' s other patient Abyss to defeat the duo of ODB and Cody Deaner in a mixed tag team match . She competed in the Queen of the Cage match at Lockdown against ODB , Madison Rayne and Sojournor Bolt , but failed to win the match . On the May 14 edition of Impact ! , Daffney turned heel by assaulting Taylor Wilde , because she did not save her when The Beautiful People cut her hair . At Sacrifice , Wilde defeated Daffney , who had Abyss and Dr . Stevie in her corner , in the first ever knockouts ' Monster ' s Ball match . After she and Dr . Stevie began associating themselves with the returning Raven , Daffney defeated Wilde with their help in a rematch on the June 4 edition of Impact with her swinging fisherman suplex named the Lobotomy . The following week , Daffney assaulted Wilde backstage after provoking her by attacking her on - screen best friend , backstage interviewer Lauren , earlier on the same night . Daffney and Raven were defeated by Abyss and Taylor Wilde at Slammiversary in a Monster ' s Ball mixed tag match . During the match Wilde slammed Daffney onto a pile of thumbtacks . The following Thursday on Impact ! , she and Wilde faced off in the first ever Knockouts " Match of 10 , 000 Tacks " , which she lost . At Bound for Glory , Daffney interfered in a Monster ' s Ball match between Abyss and Mick Foley , who had assigned Abyss ' rival and Daffney ' s associate Dr . Stevie as the special guest referee of the match . During the match , Abyss chokeslammed Daffney from the ring apron through a barbed wire board , although reports indicated she had suffered a broken arm , it was later reported to be inaccurate although she had instead suffered a concussion . On the November 12 edition of Impact ! Raven once again returned to TNA to reform the group of himself , Dr . Stevie and Daffney . Going Solo ( 2010 - 2011 ) . Daffney spent the next couple of months mainly managing Stevie and Raven , before making her in - ring return on the February 18 , 2010 , edition of Impact ! , losing to the TNA Knockouts Champion Tara via disqualification , after hitting her with a toolbox . After the match , Daffney continued her assault , before being dragged away by Dr . Stevie . The following week on Impact ! she annihilated ODB in similar fashion as it was noted that she had her eye set on the title . On the March 8 edition of Impact ! , Daffney cost Tara and her tag team partner Angelina Love the Knockouts Tag Team Championship by hitting her with the Knockouts Championship belt during a match for the vacant titles . At Destination X , Daffney failed in her attempt to win the Knockouts Championship from Tara , but managed to steal her spider , Poison , from her after the match . The following day on Impact ! , Daffney used distraction from Poison to pin Tara in an eight Knockout tag team match to earn her a First Blood match for the Knockouts Championship the following week . The following week Tara defeated Daffney in a First Blood match after hitting her with a toolbox . The following week Daffney was one of the four winners in an eight knockout Lockbox match , contested for four keys to four boxes containing prizes . During the contest Tara , one of the three other winners , won back Poison , while Daffney came up empty handed and was forced to strip down , but before she could , she was attacked by Lacey Von Erich . The attack resulted in a match on the April 19 edition of Impact ! , where Daffney , now seemingly a face , and a partner of her choice , ODB , unsuccessfully challenged Von Erich and Velvet Sky for the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship . At the following day ' s Impact ! tapings , Daffney was injured in a dark match against Miss Betsy in her tryout match and was taken to a hospital , where she was diagnosed with a deeply bruised sternum , a severe stinger , and a concussion . On May 26 , it was announced that Spruill had been cleared to return to wrestling . She made her return at the June 14 tapings of Xplosion , wrestling once again as a villain and defeating Taylor Wilde with the help of a chain , only to have the referee of the match catch her afterwards , leading to Wilde defeating her after a restart . On the December 9 edition of Impact ! , Daffney teamed with Sarita in a first round match of a tournament for the vacant TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship , where they were defeated by the Beautiful People ( Angelina Love and Velvet Sky ) . This marked Daffney ' s final appearance for TNA as on March 15 , 2011 , her contract with the promotion expired and was not renewed . Spruill announced that she had filed a workers ' compensation claim against TNA for injuries suffered while wrestling for the promotion , believing she had been put in an unsafe working environment . Spruill later also claimed that she did not believe she could ever wrestle again due to the accumulated injuries she had suffered during her career . The lawsuit was settled out of court on March 8 , 2013 . Shine Wrestling ( 2012 - present ) . On July 20 , 2012 , Daffney joined the new SHINE Wrestling promotion as a hostess , ring announcer , and eventually a commentator with Lenny Leonard . At SHINE 9 on April 19 , 2013 , Daffney and Nikki Roxx were attacked by Mercedes Martinez during a birthday party for Roxx . As a result , Daffney resigned from her position as hostess and applied for a manager ' s license . At SHINE 11 on July 12 , Daffney formed Daffney ' s All - Star Squad to fight against the villains in Shine Wrestling . She serves as the manager of the stable , which consists of Nikki Roxx , Solo Darling , and Kimberly . At SHINE 16 on January 24 , 2014 , Daffney introduced her new tag team known as The Buddy System , which consisted of Solo Darling and Heidi Lovelace , and they defeated The S - N - S Express ( Sassy Stephie and Jessie Belle ) . Daffney later added Crazy Mary Dobson to the group , and she and Solo Darling defeated Valifornia in a tag team match . After Valifornia took out both Lovelace and Darling in recent shows , Daffney pulled her entire squad from the SHINE 28 event . At SHINE 28 on July 24 , 2015 , Daffney introduced The Iron Maidens ( Amaiya Jade and Katie Forbes ) , who attacked Andréa and Marti Belle during the SHINE Tag Team Championship match against The Kimber Bombs . The duo also attacked The Kimber Bombs , with Daffney inserting chairs into the ring , which was used to deliver a DDT on Kimber Lee . At SHINE 29 on September 2 , Daffney accompanied Crazy Mary Dobson to her match against Miss Rachel . Daffney continued to display her dark heel persona and tripped up Rachel to help Dobson win . She later returned with the Iron Maidens , and they fought with Valifornia and Cherry Bomb before they were ejected by Lexie Fyfe .