Lexie Fyfe got into wrestling
when she met Brandi Wine who was a valet for Rick
Link. Brandi introduced Lexie, to some local promoters
who were in need of some female wrestlers. She
joined a North Carolina wrestling school run by
Ken Spence in 1995, where she learned the basic's
quickly. After a year in Spence's school she left
to learn the more technical aspects of wrestling.
Lexie Fyfe has performed in many wrestling promotions,but
her biggest break was a match against Tori in
WWE back in 1999 and a match against Mona in WCW
around the same time. Lexi's style is very diverse,
but most people would describe her style as Powerful
with all the Technical aspects in between.
"Take
Lexie Fyfe seriously"- By JAMIE
KREISER -
SLAM! Wrestling,2005
Lexie Fyfe is not a sports entertainer, she
is a wrestler.
It is a statement found on current NWA
Women's World champion Fyfe's web site and a mantra
that symbolizes the journey that has been her
10-year professional wrestling career.
In other words, Fyfe is a woman who wants to
be taken seriously and has taken a lot of bumps
to prove it.
"It is my way of saying I'm not in it for the
T and A," said Fyfe in a phone call from her
home in Tampa, Florida. "I'm in it for the wrestling.
I would have to say that I'm an entertainer
in the aspect that I do play a role, but I don't
cater to the stuff that the WWE puts out right
now. I'm more, let's get out there and do what
we know how to do best and do it as good or
better than the guys."
It's an open door to ask how the indy star feels
about how her female colleagues are currently
portrayed in the bigger promotions.
"I never begrudge," she states firmly. "I always
thought Sunny was excellent, I loved watching
her manage. And as for Woman and Elizabeth,
I think there is room for the girly aspect.
I think Torrie Wilson makes a good manager,
but I don't particularly like to see her in
the wrestling role because I think she takes
away from people like me who have worked for
years and actually like to wrestle and don't
mind taking the bumps and maybe coming away
with a black eye."
Fyfe does have positive comments for the athletic
abilities of Trish Stratus and long-time friend,
Lita. She hopes that when Lita comes back from
the injured list the focus will shift from the
unnecessary diva searches to current female
talent developing in OVW.
Although a lifelong wrestling fan, Fyfe, who
does not favor having her real name or age publicized,
only began her wrestling career after graduating
from Elon College in North Carolina with a Communications
degree. It was 1995 and Fyfe was working at
what she describes as a "real" job when she
met Brandi Wine, who was a valet with a couple
of the local promotions.
"I saw her reading a wrestling magazine," she
laughed. "I thought, 'Whoa, another girl that
likes wrestling?' It was so few and far between
especially back then. Brandi really wanted to
train to be a wrestler, but she didn't feel
comfortable training with the big guys, so she
was looking for a partner."
Fyfe was easily convinced and began her initial
training at a wrestling school run by Ken Spence.
Fyfe stayed for about a year and a half and
then considered quitting because she didn't
feel she was progressing.
Malia Hosaka, whose own wrestling
career has spanned 18 years and today is often
an opponent of Fyfe's, can attest to her initial
concerns.
In fact Hosaka describes, the first time the
two faced each other in the ring as "horrible."
"She had little knowledge of how the moves were
supposed to be done," confessed Hosaka. "After
the match, I thought she was poorly trained.
But I thought she had raw talent that could
be worked with to become one of wrestling's
future legends."
Another person who saw this potential was Matt
Hardy. Fyfe and Hardy met at an indy show and
he convinced her to come train out in his "ring
in the woods," making her the first female to
do so.
"It was fun," recalled Fyfe, even though Matt
ended up chipping her tooth while she was there.
"I actually credit Matt with the fact that I
am still wrestling. I was ready to quit when
I met him. I had reached a plateau at my first
school and wasn't getting any better. I needed
the challenge."
She stopped training there after Matt and Jeff
Hardy got their WWE deals because
with their new traveling schedules, she says the
brothers stopped having practices.
In 1999, Fyfe pursued her own WWE aspirations.
She had a televised match against Tori and did
some house shows. In 2001, along with house shows,
she did a two-month stint in OVW.
After leaving for personal reasons, Fyfe looks
back on her WWE achievements with pride, not regret.
Lexie Fyfe pulls back on Fantasia
Her current focus is the independent scene.
She's applied her finishing move, the attitude
adjuster (a modified diamond cutter), in 28
states in the U.S. so far. She has also traveled
to seven different countries, although she is
yet to execute her submission move, the Figure
Fyfe (an inverted Indian Death Lock), in Canada.
A travesty even to Fyfe who names Chris Benoit,
Lance Storm and Chris Jericho as some of her
favorite wrestlers. Along with females like
Leilani Kai and Wendi Richter of course.
"You guys have some awesome wrestlers," she
revealed to this Canadian journalist. "Canadian
wrestlers they're all top. I watched the ECW
pay per view just because I wanted to see Lance
Storm vs. Chris Jericho that last time."
For those who haven't gotten to witness all
that is Lexie Fyfe, there is one word that describes
her character: loud. Fyfe has a fondness for
being outspoken, flip-flopping from baby face
to heel, talking off the cuff, playing to the
crowd and being a chameleon when it comes to
her hair. She can be found constantly switching
from brown, blonde, red, purple, black or fuchsia
hair dyes. Sometimes it's a combination of a
few.
But when she's not wrestling, Fyfe prefers to
be a homebody. Having no interest in partying
or the bar scene, she would much rather watch
a movie, preferably a musical such as The Sound
of Music or The Wizard of Oz or visit a theatre,
which she tries to frequent once a week. She
also owns Slammin promotions, a company that
runs wrestling web sites, with her fiancée.
It is through her involvement with the web sites
that Fyfe promises to always be around the wrestling
business even if she can no longer wrestle.
As it is, she has an impressive array of injuries
that she jokes are "normal stuff." Among the
more serious are two herniated disks in her
neck that will require surgery.
But until retirement is eminent, wrestling will
remain her sole addiction.
"I have to have some vice," she giggled. "I
love the crowds. I love interacting with the
fans. I love to travel. I've met such wonderful
people over the last 10 years. Some of them
have become like family to me. And the kids
are wonderful. I love performing in front of
them and talking to them afterwards. Just seeing
their eyes light up and hearing them say, 'Wow
that was really cool!'"
Lexie Fyfe is not a sports entertainer, she
is a wrestler. 
Lexie Fyfe pulls back on Fantasia
