Vanessa Kraven Vanessa Kraven ( February 10 , 1982 ) is a Canadian professional wrestler who has competed in North American independent promotions including Capital City Championship Combat ( C * 4 ) , BATTLEWAR , Smash Wrestling , Acclaim Pro Wrestling , IWA Mid - South , IWS ( International Wrestling Syndicate ) , Northern Championship Wrestling , Blood Sweat and Ears and Elite Wrestling Revolution . She has also made several trips to Japan and has competed in the Japanese " joshi " promotions Kyoko Inoue ' s NEO Japan Ladies , JWP Joshi Puroresu , Pro Wrestling Wave , JDStar / Kakutobi as well as Emi Sakura ' s Ice Ribbon . Career . A native of Notre - Dame - de - Grâce , a residential district in Montreal , Kraven became interested in professional wrestling at an early age and later as a teenager during the so - called " " Attitude Era " " . After graduating from hairdressing school in 2002 , she began training at " Sully ' s Gym " under Ron Hutchinson in Toronto and later under Zaquary Springate III in the United States before eventually making her professional debut in April 2004 . Prior to her debut , she also trained at the NCW wrestling school on the advice of wrestling radio personality Brian The Guppie and independent wrestler Franky The Mobster . She soon became a mainstay in NCW . At the end of the year at " ChallengeMania " , she was introduced as " Vanessa Kraven " with a goth in - ring persona and appeared with her " kayfabe " half - brother James Kraven as an ally and bodyguard . She continue to appear as a valet with Kraven , most notably , at the " Night of the Blizzard " supercard where James Kraven and Stalker faced brothers Adib and Sidi Mansour on the undercard . She worked for various independent promotions during her early career , mainly throughout Quebec and Ontario , and was the last Northern Championship Wrestling Women ' s Champion which she held from early - 2005 until August 2006 when NCW ' s women ' s division was disbanded for lack of female competition . She was also the only Women ' s Champion of the internet - based promotion , Battle Angels , to be undefeated in competition . Soon after leaving NCW , Kraven made her Japan debut for the NEO Japan Ladies promotion in August 2006 . Appearing for the Wrestle Expo in Tokyo , she was unsuccessful in gaining a victory against NWA Women ' s Pacific and NEO Single Champion Yoshiko Tamura during NEO ' s World Women ' s Wrestling Classic ( WWWC ) World Cup Tournament . Between 2005 and 2006 , she was seen working for Ontario ' s Blood Sweat and Ears promotion and , in Montreal , for the International Wrestling Syndicate and the Association de Lutte Feminine , an all women ' s wrestling promotion . In January 2005 , she was scheduled to appear at the inaugural show for the Montreal Wrestling Organization at the Gauntlet Centre in the St . Vicent - Marie church . Due to illness however , she was unable to attend and comic Dollar Bill volunteered to take her place against Moonlight , another female wrestler . Despite outside interference from T - Unit and French Fly , Moonlight pinned him for the victory . At that same show , Gino Brito was honored for his contributions to Canadian professional wrestling and awarded a special plaque by Don Paysan . At the May 28 IWS supercard , " Scarred For Life " , Kraven defeated El Generico and Beef Wellington in a mixed tag team match with Kid Kamikaze . In early - 2006 , she had a brief stint in IWA Mid - South and , on April 1 , she and Daizee Haze lost to Mickie Knuckles and MsChif in a Four - Women Elimination Tag Team Match for the NWA Midwest Women ' s Championship when Mickie Knuckles pinned Kraven . The show was held at the Park District Recreational Center in Midlothian , Illinois . At the inaugural Queen of the Death Match tournament in November 2006 , Kraven was eliminated by Rachel Putski in a thumbtack death match during the quarterfinals . She and LuFisto attacked Mickie Knuckles moments after defeating Mayumi Ozaki in the tournament finals . On September 22 , 2007 , Kraven took part in a 3 - way mixed tag team match teaming with Twiggy against Justin White and Tommasino and SLI 2007 ( Fred la Merveille & Kenny the Bastard ) at a Montreal BSE show . That same year , she teamed with SeXXXy Eddy in a mixed tag team match against Kacey Diamond and Exess at the ALF ' s first annual " Sherri Martel Memorial Cup tournament " . On January 26 , 2008 , she and Twiggy lost in a mixed tag team match against 2 . 0 ( Jagged and Shane Matthews ) when she was pinned by both opponents at the IWS supercard " Praise the Violence " held at Le Medley in Montreal . She had been enlisted by Twiggy in his feud against Jagged and Shane Matthews when they cost him a match against IWS Heavyweight Champion PCP Crazy F ’ N Manny . On July 11 , she faced Jamie D at the ALF supercard " Declaration D ' Independance " in Montreal . In May , 2010 , she completed another tour of Japan as Vanessa the Mountain , working three shows for NEO and one show for JWP . Since 2012 has been wrestling for C * 4 ( Capital City Championship Combat ) ( Ottawa ) , Acclaim Wrestling ( Ottawa ) , Smash Wrestling ( Toronto ) and BATTLEWAR ( Montreal ) . In April 2014 , over the WrestleMania XXX weekend in New Orleans , Louisiana , Kraven debuted for Shimmer Women Athletes on Vol . 62 against Kay Lee Ray and later that month debuted for nCw Femmes Fatales .