Nancy Benoit Biography

In 1984 Nancy Daus made her debut into Pro-Wrestling as 'Fallen Angel' in Florida Championship Wrestling. She was part of Kevin Sullivan's Army of Darkness faction (The Satanists) as a valet and in 1985 married Kevin Sullivan. There she had a slave/master relationship with Kevin Sullivan, and on occasions she was beaten by Kevin Sullivan. Perhaps one of her memorable moments of that time was her jealousy for 'The Lock' (Winona Little Heart), competing for the attention of Kevin Sullivan. The two broke out into catfights on numerous occasions. As the Fallen Angel, she was also actively involved in match-ups by providing inferences and distractions. She worked for Florida Championship Wrestling until 1987. Previous to her debut as a valet she modeled in pro-wrestling magazine wrestling All Stars and as "Para" in an 'Apartment Wrestling' feature in a Sports Review Wrestling magazine. This was all due to her husband at the time; Jim Daus, being involved in wrestling. It was her stunning looks that got the 5'4" beauty into the business, however as she continued in wrestling, an even more vicious vixen emerged.

In 1989, she appeared in WCW (NWA) as a fan of Rick Steiner known as Robin Greene. A love angle came into play as Rick Steiner fell in love with Robin however; Robin Green's innocent was nothing but a conning, calculated woman. After causing The Steiner Brothers to loose a huge match-up she left Rick to manage the masked team of Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed) as well as being associated with Nitron (Tyler Mane: Sabretooth in X-Men) who was her bodyguard. A feud between Doom and the Steiners was in order. From that point she took on the name "Woman."

Her time with Doom and Nitron did not last; in 1990 Woman was aligned with The Four Horsemen, mainly The Nature Boy Ric Flair but later left WCW (NWA). Nancy returned to the Independent circuit including Jim Cornette's Smokey Mountain Wrestling as Devil Angel, along with Kevin Sullivan. She also managed D.C. "Mad Dog" Drake to winning the Tri-State heavyweight title in 1990 and also Larry Winters and Johnny Hotbody to capture the Tri-State tag team championships.

Soon after, she found herself in ECW in 1993 where she managed the tag team of Kevin Sullivan and The Tazmaniac, who became tag team champions. She later managed The Sandman and 2 Cold Scorpio, who also won the ECW Tag-Team titles. Her time with The Sandman was perhaps one of the most notable associations in her career.

After her ECW stint, she returned to WCW in 1996. At first she was part of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage's entourage, however she quickly returned to being aligned with The Four Horsemen. Other women such as Miss Elizabeth & Debra McMichaels were also part of the alliance. After an on television romance with Horsemen member Chris Benoit, they developed a real life relationship and Woman divorced Kevin Sullivan and later married Christ Benoit.

Woman retired from wrestling after her time in WCW ended in 1997, and gave birth to a child with Chris Benoit in 2000 named Daniel. At the WWE's Wrestlemania XX Pay Per View, Nancy celebrated in the ring with Chris Benoit after he won the World Heavyweight Title.

Horrible news broke on June 25th, 2007 was it was reported that Nancy, Chris Benoit and their son Daniel were found dead at their home in Atlanta. It was later revealed that the incident was a murder suicide; Chris Benoit murdered Nancy and their son and then hung himself. Reports reported that Nancy died on June 22nd.

Woman paved the way for wrestling valets. Her death came just a week after the loss of another great trailblazer; Sensation Sherri Martel.

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