Leah Vaughan

Leah Vaughan

Vaughan in March 2016
Born (1987-10-01) October 1, 1987
London, Ontario
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Leah Vaughan
Leah Von
Leah Von Dutch
Billed height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1]
Billed weight 125 lb (57 kg)[1]
Trained by Derek Wylde
Tye Dillinger
Rob Fuego
Taylor Wilde
Marcus Marquez[1]
Cherry Bomb
Truth Martini
Debut 2011

Leah Vaughan (born October 1, 1987) is a Canadian professional wrestler. She was formerly known as Leah Von Dutch.[2]

Early career (2011-2012)

Vaughan has said "I always wanted to be a wrestler since I was 12 years old. I was about 19 years old when I thought this could actually be a reality and when I was 24 I decided to pursue my dream."[3] She got her start in early 2011 where she would make appearances on the pheriphry of wrestling - ring announcing, acting as referee, selling tickets and merchandise.[1] She was also paired up with Cody Deaner at NEO Wrestling, whom she acted as a manager for.[4] Vaughan received some early training from Derek Wylde, but conflicting schedules made it difficult to steadily train.[5] She made her in-ring debut in September 2011[1] against Cherry Bomb;[6] that same month, she won an essay contest arranged by former pro-wrestler Edge which has as its prize a scholarship for training at Squared Circle Training in Toronto.[4]

Independent circuit (2013-present)

Vaughan has made appearances with Chikara, where she faced Sara Del Rey twice.[4] She appeared at the April 2013 SHIMMER tapings, where she was part of a six-man tag team match on the first day of tapings.[7] The following day, she made her on camera appearance when she competed against Rhia O’Reilly in a match for SHIMMER Volume 56.[8]

She has made multiple appearances with Shine Wrestling, appearing on shows #6,[9] 13,[10] 16,[11] 19 and 22 to 25. She has also appeared with Ring of Honor,[12] Shine Wrestling, 2CW,[13] Reina x World[14] and nCw Femmes Fatales.[15] She has done several tours of the United Kingdom and Europe, in 2013 and 2014 where she appeared in about a dozen different shows there[16][17] She announced in April 2016 that she had signed a deal with World Wonder Ring Stardom.[18][19]

She had appeared on several occasions in the World Wrestling Entertainment, acting as one of Adam Rose's Rosebuds.[20][21]

She was named by the website DivaDirt as one of the "The Five to Watch" in 2012.[22]

On September 8, 2016 she wrestled at the NXT tapings against Ember Moon under the ring name Leah Von but failed to take the victory.

Personal life

In addition to wrestling, she has also made an appearance in a music video by the band The Creekside Strays.[23][24] as well as one by Joey Stylez.[25][26] She has a degree in Kinesiology from University of Windsor and a Esthetics diploma from Fanshawe College in London.

In wrestling

von Dutch executing her Flying Dutchman

Championships and accomplishments

Von Dutch with the Xtreme Bombshell Wrestling's Bombshells Championship belt

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Q & A Leah von Dutch". ladysports.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. "Leah Vaughan on Twitter: 'Starting immediately, I will no longer be known as Leah Von Dutch.'". twitter.com. 2016-01-05. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. "Interview : Leah Von Dutch | TheBritishWrestlingRevival". thebritishwrestlingrevival.wordpress.com. 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Van Der Griend, Blaine (2012-11-19). "Leah Von Dutch has an Edge in her corner". slam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  5. Marston, James (2013-06-19). "Across The Pond Wrestling: Five Questions With...Leah Von Dutch". acrossthepondwrestling.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  6. Sinclair, Chris (September 2013). "An Interview with Leah von Dutch". Ring Sirens. pp. 8–11. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  7. Allen, Stew (2013-04-13). "» SHIMMER Volumes 54 & 55 DVD taping results (now updated with live thoughts and photos)". ringbellesonline.com. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  8. Allen, Stew (2013-04-14). "» SHIMMER Volumes 56 & 57 DVD taping results (now updated with thoughts and photos) Ringbelles". ringbellesonline.com. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  9. "Live Coverage: SHINE Wrestling Presents "SHINE 6" – Kharma vs Mercedes Martinez". Diva-Dirt. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  10. "Full Results: SHINE Wrestling Presents SHINE 13". Diva-Dirt. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
  11. "Live Coverage: SHINE Wrestling Presents SHINE 16". Diva-Dirt. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  12. Scott Random and Jason Harper (2013-07-14). "MORE NOTES FROM ROH IN DEARBORN, MI | PWInsider.com". pwinsider.com. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  13. "2CW 06.01.13 Girls Grand Prix 2 results". pwponderings.com. 2013-06-01. Retrieved 11 September 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  14. "REINA X WORLD: Promotion Reborn". Falcon's Joshi Blog. 2011-12-17. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  15. "» nCw Femmes Fatales X results (updated with photo gallery)". ringbellesonline.com. 2012-11-04. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  16. "» In Video: Leah Von Dutch in the UK". ringbellesonline.com. 2013-06-22. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  17. "Fight Like A Girl: Leah Von Dutch". ringbellesonline.com. 2014-10-09. Retrieved 3 January 2015. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  18. Reid, Ciara (2016-04-15). "Ringbelles Roundup (4/6-13/16) – Seleziya steals one from Heidi in Alpha-1, WWR debuts, Nicole Savoy is Heart of SHIMMER, Tessa unseats Stephie, Catch the WAVE begins, Storm is signed & more". pwponderings.com. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  19. "Leah Vaughan Announces She Is Headed To Stardom In Japan!". youtube.com. 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  20. "Several UK female wrestlers appear on RAW". squaredcirclesirens.com. 2014-11-11. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  21. Clark, Ryan (2014-12-16). "Update - Who Were The 'Rosebuds' On RAW Last Night?". prowrestling.com. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  22. "The Five to Watch 2012: Leah Von Dutch". diva-dirt.com. 2012-11-27. Retrieved 10 May 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  23. "Post". Twitter. 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-07-19. Tomorrow the Creekside Strays new music video featuring LVD comes out!! Stay tuned!!
  24. "The Creekside Strays - Shit Outta Luck (Official Video)". youtube.com. 2013-07-09. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  25. von Dutch, Leah (2015-03-15). "Leah Von Dutch on Instagram: "Just doing music vid with Joey StyleZ!"". instagram.com. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  26. "Pride of Lions - Joey Stylez feat. Dragonette". youtube.com. 2015-05-29. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  27. "The Five to Watch 2012: Leah Von Dutch". diva-dirt.com. 2012-11-27. Retrieved 19 July 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  28. Allen, Stew (2014-02-08). "» Leah Von Dutch wins AIW Absolute Women's Championship at TGIF. You read that right.". ringbellesonline.com. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  29. "Leah Von Dutch crowned The New PWA Women's Elite Champion After An Impressive Victory Over Beautiful Beaa : North Starz". northstarz.ca. 2014-04-12. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  30. Reid, Ciara (2014-05-04). "Leah Von Dutch Becomes VOW's Vixens Queen Of The Ring". ringsirens.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  31. Burton, Lee (2013-08-27). "» Ringbelles Roundup (27 August 2013) – Speculation on Tara's future, Total Divas, #PipeBombshell & more". ringbellesonline.com. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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