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Stacy Ann Keibler (born October 14,
1979) is an American actress, model and former professional wrestler and
valet for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling
Entertainment (WWE).
Keibler was a contestant on the second season of Dancing with the Stars,
where she placed third. She has also appeared on other American
Broadcasting Company (ABC) shows such as What About Brian, George Lopez,
and October Road, as well as the USA Network show "Psych". In addition,
she has modeled appearing in both Maxim and Stuff magazines.
She began her professional wrestling career as a part of the Nitro Girls
in WCW. She quickly moved on to a more prominent role in the company as
the manager Miss Hancock. As Miss Hancock, she was known for doing table
dances, her relationship with David Flair, and a pregnancy angle. After
WCW was purchased by WWE, she moved to the new company, taking part in the
Invasion storyline and managing the Dudley Boyz. Keibler also managed Test
and Scott Steiner. Before her departure, she was affiliated with The
Hurricane and Rosey and nicknamed "Super Stacy."
Keibler is known for her unusually long legs. She has been known as both
"The Legs of WCW" and "The Legs of WWE". During her time on Dancing with
the Stars, judge Bruno Tonioli nicknamed her "The Weapon of Mass
Seduction" because of her dancing skills and long legs.
Stacy Ann-Marie Keibler was born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 14,
1979. Beginning at the age of three, Keibler took ballet, jazz, and tap
dancing classes at Jean Kettell Studio of Dance in Dundalk, Maryland.
After attending the Catholic High School of Baltimore, she attended Towson
University, where she studied mass communication. She attended the
university on a partial-scholarship and had a 3.7 grade point average
(GPA). She had minor parts in movies such as Pecker and Liberty Heights,
as well as small modeling jobs. During this time, Keibler became a
cheerleader for the Baltimore Ravens football team at the age of eighteen.
As the Fitness Editor at Stuff magazine during 2005 and 2006, Keibler
wrote and modeled for her own occasional column, entitled Getting Fit with
Stacy Keibler. She has appeared on the cover of that magazine twice: in
June 2005 and March 2006. Maxim named Keibler #5 in its 2006 Hot 100
issue, and #70 in its 2007 Hot 100. In 2008, she was named #89 in Maxim's
annual Hot 100 list. The following year, she was #77. Keibler has declined
each of two invitations from Playboy to pose in the nude for its magazine.
Keibler starred in a commercial for AT&T alongside Carrot Top. She also
auditioned and earned a role in Big Momma's House 2, but she did not
appear.
She competed in the second season of Dancing with the Stars, alongside her
dance partner, Tony Dovolani. Keibler received a perfect score of 30 from
the three judges for her samba dance routine in week five. This prompted
judge Bruno Tonioli to nickname her a "weapon of mass seduction." Overall,
Keibler and Dovolani received four perfect scores. Keibler was eliminated
in the final episode, coming in third to Jerry Rice, who placed second in
the final round of the competition, and Drew Lachey, the winner of the
season. Two of the judges, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman, felt she should
have at least placed second. Oddsmakers had considered her the favorite to
win the competition.
Keibler has appeared on MTV's Punk'd twice. In season five, Keibler took
part in helping prank fellow WWE Superstar Triple H, which also included
Stephanie McMahon. In season seven, however, Keibler was seen as a victim
of a prank by her boyfriend, Geoff Stults.
In February 2007, Keibler began a recurring role in ABC's What About
Brian. She played the role of Brian's new neighbor and love interest. This
was Keibler's first major acting role, following her previous minor roles
in both Bubble Boy and Pecker. Keibler guest starred on The George Lopez
Show on ABC. In the fall of 2007, Keibler appeared in both The Comebacks
and on ABC's drama October Road.
In April 2008, she was named #64 in FHM's annual 100 Sexiest Women list.
Keibler was featured in an advertisement in the 2008 Sport's Illustrated
Swimsuit issue. Keibler appeared on ABC Family's mini television series,
Samurai Girl as the character Karen that September. On November 23, 2008,
Stacy was named the "World's Hottest Athlete" by a sixty-four contestant
bracket on InGameNow.
Stacy recently hosted the E! Special Maxim's Celebrity Beach Watch: 15
Hottest Bodies on September 16, 2009. Stacy can next be seen hosting The
Ultimate Spike Girl 2009 Finale on Spike TV on October 1, 2009. Stacy is
currently shooting an episode of the USA Network show "Psych" to air in
early 2010. In January 2010, Stacy appeared as "the hot bartender", a new
conquest for Barney, in the How I Met Your Mother episode "Girls Versus
Suits".
Keibler began watching wrestling with her boyfriend at the time, Kris
Cumberland. In late 1999, Keibler entered a contest held by World
Championship Wrestling (WCW) to find a new member of the Nitro Girls dance
troupe. In November, she defeated 300 other girls for a spot on the dance
troupe and $10,000. Her winning routine was watched by 4.4 million
viewers. Keibler performed dance routines every week on WCW's flagship
show Monday Nitro under the name Skye. By 2000, Keibler was appearing on
WCW as a Nitro Girl, attending school full-time, and cheering for the
Baltimore Ravens.
She soon accepted a larger role and became a valet using the stage name
Miss Hancock (some weeks spelled "Handcock"), briefly serving as an
associate for the tag team of Lenny Lane and Lodi dubbed Standards and
Practices. Despite wearing business suits, her character was known to
climb on top of the announcers' table and dance sensually. It was also
during this period that she began using what would become her trademark
ring entrance: slowly putting her forty-two inch legs through the second
tier of ropes, pausing to let the crowd momentarily see her panties. At 5
feet 11 inches, Keibler was one of few women in professional wrestling
tall enough to step over the middle of three ropes that surround the ring.
For a brief period, she dated David Flair (both on-screen and off), who
was already involved in an on-screen relationship with Daffney. This led
to Keibler's in-ring debut at the Bash at the Beach in a Wedding Gown
match, which she lost after she removed her own gown. Hancock next briefly
feuded with Kimberly Page, but the storyline ended abruptly when Page quit
the company. Keibler and Flair then began a feud with the Misfits In
Action stable, including a mud wrestling singles match against Major Gunns
at New Blood Rising. During the match, she was kicked in the stomach, and
she revealed herself to be pregnant the next night, beginning a new angle
for herself and Flair. Two proposed endings to the storyline were for
either Ric Flair or Vince Russo to be the father of her child. The angle,
however, ended prematurely, as she revealed the pregnancy to be false,
broke up with David Flair, and was taken off of television. When she
returned, she was known by her real name on-screen.
When WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2001,
Keibler's contract was retained by the WWF. She portrayed a heel character
in The Alliance. She made her WWF television debut on the June 14, 2001
episode of SmackDown! when then-heel,Shane McMahon brought her to the ring
to distract then-babyface, Rhyno, causing him to lose a match. Keibler
originally teamed up with real-life friend,then-heel, Torrie Wilson, and
the pair feuded with Divas Trish Stratus and Lita. During this feud, the
four Divas competed in the first-ever tag team Bra and Panties match at
the InVasion pay-per-view, which Trish and Lita won by stripping their
opponents.
Towards the end of the WCW/ECW Invasion, Keibler managed the heel gimmicks
of The Dudley Boyz and was nicknamed the "Duchess of Dudleyville". Keibler
made her WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania X8 alongside The Dudleyz.
During this time, she began an on-screen rivalry with former ally Torrie
Wilson after Wilson left The Alliance, with Keibler helping The Dudley
Boyz put Wilson through a table. Wilson, however, got her revenge after
pulling her skirt down on an episode of SmackDown!. She then defeated
Keibler in the first-ever lingerie match, a match wrestled in lingerie, at
No Mercy. At the end of the storyline, Keibler's role with the Dudley Boyz
came to an abrupt end when she was powerbombed through a table after
accidentally costing the team a match. She then set her sights on the WWE
Women's Championship at Judgment Day, facing Trish Stratus in a losing
effort. She faced Stratus several more times in the proceeding weeks, but
she never won a match against her.
Keibler was originally drafted to the SmackDown! brand in 2002, where her
character showed an interest in becoming WWE Chairman , then-heel, Vince
McMahon's personal assistant. McMahon was ready to hire another attractive
female until Keibler interrupted and performed a table dance in the ring.
Keibler became McMahon's personal assistant, as well as his on-screen
mistress. She was frequently shown flirting and 'making out' with him in
backstage segments, until Stephanie McMahon became general manager of the
SmackDown! brand. then-babyface, Dawn Marie made her debut on SmackDown!
as McMahon's legal assistant, who competed with Keibler for McMahon's
affections.
A key storyline for Keibler's on-screen character occurred when she left
SmackDown! for Raw. Keibler made her official Raw debut on August 12,
2002. She later turned face after then-heel, Victoria attacked her. During
her ensuing time on Raw, Keibler managed then-babyfaces, Scott Steiner and
Test. As Test's on-screen marketing agent, she came up with the idea that
Test should call his fans "Testicles," cut his hair, and reshape his
image. Test, however, became jealous of Keibler also wanting to be
Steiner's manager. As part of the angle, during a match on Raw, Test
turned heel by verbally abusing Keibler. Steiner defeated Test for
Keibler's services, and Keibler seemed happy as Steiner's new manager, as
the two alluded to having more than a professional relationship. Test,
however, petitioned for an Intergender tag team match, pitting himself and
former rival Chris Jericho against Steiner and Keibler, to win back
Keibler's services. Test faked a leg injury to pick up the win. A match
was then set for Unforgiven with the stipulation that if Test won, he
would not only retain Keibler's services, but would acquire Steiner's
services as well. During the match, Keibler's interference backfired, and
Test won the match. Steiner then turned heel by attacking Keibler after
her interference in his match on the next episode of Raw backfired. For a
time, Test and Steiner worked as a tag team, sharing the services of
Keibler as their on-screen sex slave. The storyline ended when general
manager Mick Foley freed Keibler from her obligatory contracts with Test
and Steiner by temporarily firing them.
Keibler was chosen to record a track on the album WWE Originals. She and
WWE music producer Jim Johnston recorded the song "Why Can't We Just
Dance?" for the album. She was then placed in a feud involving SmackDown!
divas Torrie Wilson and then-babyface, Sable, who both had recently posed
for a Playboy cover. Keibler aligned with Miss Jackie, neither of whom had
posed for the magazine, claiming that they deserved to be in Playboy over
Sable and Wilson. Keibler and Jackie challenged Sable and Wilson to a Tag
Team Evening Gown match at WrestleMania XX, which they lost when Jackie
was pinned by Wilson, and the feud was dropped afterward. Before the feud
was dropped, all divas were playing face characters at the time.
She took over the 2004 Raw Diva Search for a few weeks, which led to
several tag matches against the heel gimmicks of Gail Kim, Trish Stratus,
and Molly Holly and with partners Nidia and the face gimmick of Victoria.
Keibler got upset victories over Kim, Stratus, and Holly. She earned a
Women's Championship title match on October 11, 2004, but she was defeated
by Stratus, who retained the title. Keibler also competed in the
first-ever Fulfill your Fantasy Diva Battle Royal for the WWE Women's
Championship at Taboo Tuesday along with Victoria, Nidia, Gail Kim, Molly
Holly, Jazz, and then-champion Stratus. She was eliminated second to last
after jumping over the top rope to avoid hitting the turnbuckle, followed
by Holly knocking her off the apron to eliminate her.
Keibler began appearing in backstage segments with then-babyface, Randy
Orton. When Orton challenged The Undertaker to a match at WrestleMania 21,
Orton ended the relationship and the storyline by performing an RKO on
her. He justified it by claiming he was demonstrating how ruthless he
could be in order to defeat The Undertaker
Keibler then joined forces with Rosey and The Hurricane. She became
one-third of the trio as a superhero sidekick nicknamed Super Stacy,
complete with her own superhero costume. She was ringside during several
matches as they defended their World Tag Team Championship. During this
time, Keibler feuded on-screen with then-heel, Victoria, including
confrontations on Raw and a match on Heat.
After a long tenure on Monday nights, Keibler and fellow Raw Diva the face
gimmick of Christy Hemme were moved to SmackDown! as part of a trade that
brought Torrie Wilson and Candice Michelle to Raw. On SmackDown!, Keibler
participated in lingerie matches and bikini contests. After a short
absence, Keibler began a short feud with Jillian Hall, which led to the
two having a match on Velocity. The match was Keibler's final match with
WWE. Keibler then asked for time off to appear on the show Dancing with
the Stars. After completing her stint on Dancing with the Stars, Keibler
left WWE to move on to other endeavors.
In 2000, after winning the $10,000 in the contest to become a part of the
Nitro Girls, Keibler used the money to buy season tickets for the
Baltimore Ravens, the team for which she used to cheer. During her days
with WCW, Keibler was romantically linked with David Flair, the son of
wrestler Ric Flair.
Keibler moved to Los Angeles in 2004, where she was roommates with her
friend Torrie Wilson. In June 2005, Keibler was rumored to be in a
relationship with actor Geoff Stults, best known for his appearances on
7th Heaven. The pair appeared together on MTV's Punk'd, with Keibler as
the recipient of the prank. Keibler and Stults are part-owners of the
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