NITRO GIRLS

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The 'Nitro Girls' were a dance team in World Championship Wrestling.

Contents

History

Diversity 5

Members

See also

Further reading

References

External links

History

The Nitro Girls were formed in 1997 by Kimberly Page at Eric Bischoff's request and made their debut on July 14 in Orlando, Florida. Their main focus was to entertain the live fans during the commercials of ''Monday Nitro'' and occasionally performed in short segments on the show. The Nitro Girls filmed their own pay-per-view that aired in 1999.
During the Nitro Girls’ opening dance routine on the October 7 1997 edition of ''WCW Monday Nitro'' from the Target Center in Minneapolis, one of Chae’s nipples accidentally popped out of her top. Cameras immediately cut to a shot of the live audience. This incident is frequently known as the "Nitro Nipple".
The Nitro Girls also made appearances at WCW promotional events and were featured in the in the WCW produced film ''Ready to Rumble''. As the group became more and more involved in storylines it slowly dissolved, but never officially broke up until 2001 when WCW was sold to Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation.

Diversity 5

Several former Nitro Girls formed a pop music group called 'Diversity 5'. They were Teri Byrne (Fyre), Melissa Bellin (Spice), Sharmell Sullivan (Storm), Chae An (Chae) and Vanessa Sanchez (Tygress). When Sharmell went to the WWF for the first time, Chiquita Adams (Chiquita) replaced her.

Members

Nitro Girl	Given Name	Years
AC Jazz	Amy Crawford	1997-1999	Born April 1 1971 in Douglasville, Georgia was a graduate of Jacksonville State University and was a cheerleader for the Atlanta Falcons for two years before joining the dance team. One of the original members of the Nitro Girls, Crawford initially handling the dance team's choreography and costume design. She later became involved in a feud with fellow Nitro Girl Spice who had become head of the dance team after Kimberly Page left the group in November 1999. However, Crawford soon left the company several weeks after due to disagreements with WCW management and her role was eventually being taken over by Tygress. She subsequently returned to her dance company ''Excel Cheerleading and Dance, Inc.''
Baby	Shannon McNeill	2000
Chae	Chae An	1997-2001	Born June 8 1973 in Seoul, South Korea graduated from Armstrong State University in Savannah, Georgia with a General Studies degree. She went on to become a cheerleader for the Atlanta Falcons and became a member of the original Nitro Girls in 1997. She was a member until 2000. She dated wrestler Kevin Nash from 1996-2002. She appeared in a non-nude Nitro Girls pictorial in the September 1998 issue of ''Penthouse'', along with Melissa Bellin, Teri Byrne, and Kimberly Page She is getting married on October 27, 2007.[1]
Chameleon	Carmel Macklin	2000	Macklin became Ms. Jones, WCW Commissioner The Cat's personal assistant in WCW up until the promotion closed.
Chiquita	Chiquita Adams	2000-2001
Fyre	Teri Byrne	1997-1999	She is working at the university of Phoenix.[2]
Fire	Alexzandria Hardy	1999-2001
Gold	Diane Klimaszewski	2000
Kimberly	Kimberly Page	1997-1999
Naughty-A	Jamie	2000-2001	Born in Nashville, Tennessee on June 1, 1975, she was one of the last members of the Nitro Girls before the promotion's close.
Silver	Elaine Klimaszewski	2000
Skye	Stacy Keibler	1999	The winner of the 1999 Nitro Girl Search, Keibler later joined WWE as a diva.
Spice	Melissa Bellin	1997-2000	Born May 30 1973, she was one of the original Nitro Girls.She is now married and recently ha d a baby boy.[3]
Starr	Jennifer Bancalum	2000-2001
Storm	Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman	1998-1999	Sullivan is currently married to King Booker and currently works for the WWE as "Queen Sharmell".
Syren	Allison Pfau	2000-2001	Born May 4 1976.She was involved in a storyline romance with Billy Kidman and Reno, her "boyfriend" after he broke (kayfabe) up with Torrie Wilson and she sided with Shane Douglas.
Tayo	Tayo Reed	1997-1998
Tygress	Vanessa Sanchez	1998-2000	Born January 21 1971 in Syosset, New York, she graduated from Oglethorpe University with a degree in accounting. She later became a certified public accountant. She joined the Nitro Girls in 1997, but left them in 2000 to become a wrestler and valet for The Filthy Animals stable. She feuded with Misfits in Action's valet Major Gunns and Torrie Wilson. At ''Halloween Havoc 2000'', she and Konnan defeated Wilson and Shane Douglas.
Whisper	Rebecca Curci-Hickenbottom	1997-1999	Curci is currently married to Shawn Michaels.

See also

★ ''RAW'' Girls

★ Extreme Exposé

★ WWE Diva

Further reading

★ ''Nitro Girls''. Richards & Southern, 1999.

References

1. Chae is getting married Oct. 27, so I’m going to that wedding
2. Teri, who was Fire, is working at the University of Phoenix – she’s doing great
3. I keep in touch with them. Melissa, who was Spice, just recently had a baby boy, so I can’t wait to go see my little nephew

External links

★ Kimberly's Official Site

★ Chae's Official Site

★ Tayo's Official Site

★ Diane & Elaine Klimaszewski's Official Site

★ Official Women of Wrestling (OWOW) - Nitro Girls