Velvet Mykietowich
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Velvet Mykietowich is a professional wrestler better known as Velvet McIntyre. She is a former WWF Women's Tag Team Champion and WWF Women's Champion.
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| Ring name(s) | Velvet McIntyre |
| Billed weight | 140 lb (64 kg) |
| Born | Dublin, Ireland |
| Resides | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Debut | 1983 |
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[edit] Career
McIntyre won the WWF Women's Championship when she defeated The Fabulous Moolah in Australia on July 3, 1986, but lost the title six days later.
McIntyre also wrestled Moolah for the women's title at WrestleMania 2. Velvet took the early advantage in the match, but missed Moolah with an attempted flying bodypress. Moolah was able to capitalize and pin McIntyre in less than one minute in front of a stunned audience at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago.
She also competed at the 1987 Survivor Series teaming with Moolah, future WWF women's champion Rockin' Robin, and the Jumping Bomb Angels against Sherri Martel, Leilani Kai, Judy Martin, Donna Christanello, and Dawn Marie. During the match, Martell jammed Velvet's neck following a suplex maneuver and the visibly stunned McIntyre sat on the canvas for a few seconds to collect herself. Martell actually leaned down to see if she was alright and then proceeded with the match. Despite back and neck pain from the botched move, McIntyre continued and even pinned Martell with a victory roll later in the match. She was eventually eliminated by Leilani Kai.
Despite an initial lukewarm reception from the crowd, the ladies match at the inaugural Survivor Series was quite entertaining, due in large part to the aerial tactics of McIntyre, the Jumping Bomb Angels, and the bumps taken by Kai, Martin, and their manager Jimmy Hart. The Angels received a pretty good pop from the crowd after winning the match and the feud between them, Kai and Martin, and between Martel and McIntyre helped reignite interest in women's wrestling that the WWF hadn't seen since the departure of Wendi Richter.
Pinning the women's champion once again vaulted McIntyre into the No. 1 contender position. She feuded with Sherri Martel for the WWF Women's Title during the remainder of 1987 and throughout 1988, but was unsuccessful.
By 1990, the women's division in the WWF was again on hiatus. McIntyre continued to wrestle, but never resurfaced in any of the remaining major North American promotions, nor did she compete in the new women's promotion, the LPWA.
She is currently retired and raising her twin children. McIntyre does home crafts and sells them.
[edit] Wrestling Facts
[edit] Finishing/Signature Move(s)
- McIntyre Roll (Victory Roll)
- One Footed Dropkick
- Swinging Hurricanrana
- Running Cross Body
- Wrestling Barefoot
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- 1-time NWA Women's Tag Team (1 w/ Princess Victoria)
- 1-time WWF Women's Champion
- 2-time WWF Women's Tag Team Champion (1 w/ Princess Victoria, 1 w/ Desiree Peterson)
[edit] References
- Velvet McIntyre at Obsessed With Wrestling.com[citation needed]
- Velvet McIntyre at LethalWOW.com
- Slam! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Velvet McIntyre
- Slam! Wrestling: Velvet's Wrestlemania Memories
- WWF Women's Tag Team Gallery: Velvet McIntyre & Desiree Peterson vs. Peggy Patterson and Penny Mitchell
