Lisa Marie Varon

 

I've actually met Victoria twice. In addition to her paid appearance a few years ago, last year she was at a local bowling center promoting Wrestlemania and a special bowling event that raised money for the Make A Wish Foundation. She was the only female along with a bunch of male wrestlers and posed for photos with everyone, including yours truly. I was disappointed that when a second group from the WWE came back a few weeks later, I couldn't make it and I missed meeting Mickie James, a personal favorite of mine.

 

 

 

I also missed an opportunity to check out Gail Kim, who, in my opinion, has the best hair among all wrestling babes.

 

 

 

Several others I can remember seeing up close and in person, in no particular order:

 

A year or so before she died, I actually got to meet Miss Elizabeth, who was in town with her live-in boyfriend Lex Luger. She was still very pretty despite being out of the spotlight a few years, but looked a lot "breastier" than I remember her being on TV. I was sad when I heard she passed away.

 

 

 

Dawn Marie was there when she was pregnant. I had higher expectations. She had dyed her hair blonde and was not very impressive looking. I didn't get close enough to her to listen to what she had to say.

 

 

 

I don't know if you remember Ivory. She was very peppy, like she had too much coffee that day. It wasn't annoying though. By this time, she was working behind the scenes in the WWE. She was pretty enough. Her hair was shorter than it had been on TV.

 

 

 

Chyna (Joanie Lauer) was never really considered a Diva, but she drew a pretty big crowd to see her and get her autograph. She had been out of the WWE by that time but it was before her porno tapes came to light and before the was in "Real Life." The younger girls wanted to be like her, but some of the guys were snickering, still wondering if she was a tranny even though she had been on the cover of Playboy. If you go back and look at how she looked before her jaw was wired shut and she had plastic surgery, the transition is amazing. On this day, she had added some blonde to her hair, which was a surprise, and she was much smaller than I remembered her. Obviously, she hadn't been in the gym in awhile. She was very nice, actually.

 

 

 

Torrie Wilson is one who looked better on TV than she did in person. Since she pretty much wears extensions all the time, I figured she would have a better hair day, but it was unkempt and had lots of roots. The color didn't look very natural either. She has a great smile, though, and seemed very sincere.

 

 

 

Trish Stratus was a total sweetheart, but I was disappointed because she was wearing a black cowboy hat that day. I'm not a fan of hats. I guess I had high expectations, because Trish was another one who looked better on TV than in person. And I don't recall her having a bad day ever on television. (It must have been the hat.)

 

 

 

Christy Hemme was perhaps the prettiest Diva I've met (although she did have a lot of makeup that day). She was still in the WWE at the time. Now she's with TNA. Her long hair was gorgeous, but unfortunately, she tucked it behind her back in the photo she took with me. She may be the only one I actually paid to get her autograph because the photo I saw of her was so sexy. It might have been this one:

 

 

Lastly, I met Stacy Keibler last year at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. She had been out of the wrestling game for some time and had been in "Dancing with the Stars." She is a stunner: so natural looking and a sweetheart to everyone she met. I remember how kind she was to my Dad, giving him a few more seconds of her time despite a long line that was waiting. Stacy's autographs were actually free because she was there to promote a sports collectors card company. I think the card she signed was this one or another from the same collection: