Dawn Marie Psaltis

Dawn Marie Psaltis (born November 3, 1970) is an American nurse and retired professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet, and actress.

She is perhaps best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under her wrestling ring name Dawn Marie.

Before she entered the wrestling industry, Psaltis made her living in real estate.

After deciding to pursue a career in modeling or acting, Psaltis began managing wrestlers on the independent circuit after meeting a wrestling promoter.

She signed a deal with ECW after what was supposed to be a three-week stint.

Psaltis made her professional wrestling debut in January 1995.

She met her future fiancé Simon Diamond during her time in the independent wrestling promotions.

She also met Buddy Landell and Devon Storm, both of whom helped train her.

Psaltis spent four years working on the northeastern independent circuit, appearing with promotions such as Maryland Championship Wrestling and the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation.

In 1998, Psaltis was informed that Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) employee Buh Buh Ray Dudley was interested in bringing her into ECW.

At the behest of Dudley, Psaltis traveled to the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where ECW promoter Paul Heyman told her that he would book her for several appearances in an angle with Lance Storm.

She debuted in ECW on August 28, 1998, as the manager of Storm, feuding with Chris Candido and his manager, Tammy Lynn Sytch.

Although she was only supposed to have a three-week role in the company, Heyman was impressed by the chemistry between Psaltis and Storm and offered her a contract, which she accepted.

Psaltis created her character to be in love with Storm and clumsy rather than glamorous.

Storm and Psaltis feuded with Candido and Sytch for several months, during which time Psaltis was renamed "Tammy Lynn Bytch" to spite Candido and his manager.

After the respective feuds ended, she used the ring name "Dawn Marie Bytch," which was eventually shortened to simply Dawn Marie.

After Storm formed a tag team with Justin Credible known as the Impact Players in the summer of 1999, she managed both men, helping them win the ECW Tag Team Championship on two occasions.

Psaltis continued to manage Storm until he left ECW for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in May 2000.

Psaltis was also offered a contract by WCW, but declined to leave ECW in order to remain with her fiancé, ECW wrestler Simon Diamond.

She also had two years left on her ECW contract.

Storm then departed ECW, and Psaltis became a color commentator on ECW pay-per-views and the television series ECW on TNN.

On December 3, 2000, at the Massacre on 34th Street pay-per-view, as part of a new angle, she announced that she would become the manager of the winner of the opening match pitting Simon Diamond and Swinger against Christian York and Joey Matthews.

She managed The Impact Players and Simon and Swinger until ECW's bankruptcy in 2001.

Psaltis then joined WWE, where her most notable feud involved her marrying Al Wilson, the real-life father of her rival Torrie Wilson.

Although York and Matthews won the bout, Psaltis opted to join forces with Diamond and Swinger, whom she managed until ECW declared bankruptcy in April 2001.

Following the bankruptcy of ECW, Psaltis returned to the independent circuit, managing Diamond.

The duo made several appearances alongside Swinger with the short lived X Wrestling Federation in November 2001.

During her time on the independent circuit, she trained as a wrestler under Simon Diamond and Mikey Whipwreck.

Also in 2001, Psaltis worked as a stock trader, and in 2002, she co-hosted a syndicated wrestling radio show known as the "Piledriver Rock and Wrestling Radio Show".

She was released from her WWE contract in 2005 after revealing that she was pregnant, which resulted in her filing a lawsuit against her employers.

Currently, Psaltis works as a nurse.

Psaltis was raised by her father, a zoologist, and together, they spent their time camping and hunting.

In her youth, she was a fan of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), admiring wrestlers such as Bob Backlund, Jimmy Snuka, and Roddy Piper.

Psaltis graduated from the New York University Stern School of Business at the age of 22.

She then went on to work for a real estate consultancy firm in Manhattan, New York, reaching the position of Director of International Real Estate.

After meeting an ex-boyfriend who had aspired to play football professionally and finding out that he had been signed by the Chicago Bears, Psaltis decided that she wanted to pursue a career in entertainment.

She resigned from the firm and moved into the entertainment industry with the goal of becoming either a model or a professional actress.

While signing modeling posters for Jonathan Gold, a talent agent and professional wrestling promoter, Psaltis jokingly told Gold that she would be interested in pursuing a career in wrestling.

Gold took her comment at face value and later contacted Psaltis, informing her that she was scheduled to appear at a wrestling show in New Jersey.

With some trepidation, she went to the show and managed Tony Atlas in his match against Jimmy Snuka.