Sassy Stephie

Stephanie Sager (born March 18, 1984) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring names Sassy Stephie and Sassy Stephanie.

She regularly performs for several independent promotions including Shimmer Women Athletes and Women Superstars Uncensored.

Stephanie began her career as a ring announcer for a local professional wrestling promotion in Ohio, starting when the regular announcer was unavailable in August 2005.

As Stephanie worked as a D. J. at a bowling alley, she was given the opportunity to announce the show and began the regular announcer.

She later began training at Jeff Cannon's school.

She made her professional wrestling debut for Ohio Championship Wrestling (OCW) in March 2007, as part of the promotion's first annual Ladies Night, and returned for Ladies Night Out 2 in March 2008.

Stephie debuted in Shimmer Women Athletes on October 19, 2008, losing to Rachel Summerlyn on Sparkle (Shimmer's pre-show).

In May 2009, she returned to Sparkle, teaming with Kimberly Kash to lose to Summerlyn and Rayna Von Tash, before losing to Kash in a singles match.

She earned her first victory in November, teaming with Kacey Diamond to defeat Kash and Leva.

She and Diamond faced Nevaeh and Ashley Lane at the Volume 28 taping, but lost.

Stephanie debuted for Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) on October 3, 2009, in a loss to Amber O'Neal.

She returned to Shimmer at the next tapings on April 10 and 11, 2010, losing to Madison Eagles and Jessie McKay.

After further losses to Cindy Rogers and Angelina Love, she unsuccessfully challenged Brittney Savage for the WSU Spirit Championship on November 6, 2010.

She earned her first victory in WSU at the following show, when she defeated Brittnay Force.

After a year-long absence, she returned to Shimmer on March 27, 2011, losing to LuFisto.

At the October 1, 2011, tapings, Stephie formed a new partnership with the villainous Nevaeh.

The duo defeated Nikki Roxx and Ariel on October 1, but lost to Regeneration X (Allison Danger and Leva Bates) the following night.

They defeated Ashley Lane and Mia Yim at Volume 44.

Following a tag team match where Stephanie and Savage were on opposite sides, Stephanie defeated Savage to win the WSU Spirit Championship on March 5, 2011, after an assist from Ivory.

She competed in the 2011 J-Cup Tournament, defeating Jennifer Cruz and Jamilia Craft to reach the final, where she lost to Savage.

She also competed in the WSU/NWS Queen and King of the Ring tournament, but she and J.D. Smooth were eliminated in the first round.

Over the next few months, she successfully defended the Spirit Championship against Rain and O'Neal.

On August 6, Stephanie joined forces with Allysin Kay and Jessicka Havok, to form The Midwest Militia.

She lost the Spirit Championship to Rain on September 24.

Stephie competed in tag team members with other members of The Midwest Militia over the next few months, including winning a War Games match against Team WSU (Mercedes Martinez, Alicia, and Brittney Savage) at the Breaking Barriers II internet pay-per-view in November.

In March 2012, Stephie was back in singles action, losing to Courtney Rush and Athena, and lost to Hiroyo Matsumoto in October at Volume 49.

She defeated Su Yung at the taping of Volume 50, before losing to Kalamity at Volume 52.

On March 3, 2012, Stephie and Kay won the WSU Tag Team Championship by defeating the Soul Sisters (Jana and Latasha).

They successfully defended the championship against the teams of Alicia and Brittney Savage and the Soul Sisters in April.

As part of a talent exchange, The Midwest Militia began competing for the Canadian promotion NCW Femmes Fatales (NCWFF) in 2012.

At NCWFF's ninth show in July 2012, the Midwest Militia defeated Courtney Rush, Xandra Bale, and Cat Power in a six-woman tag team match.

At WSU's Queen and King Tournament pay-per-view, Stephie and Kay retained the championship against Marti Belle and Lexxus.

Stephie then re-joined forces with Nevaeh, alongside Mademoiselle Rachelle, and performed in tag team matches throughout 2013 and 2014.

On October 20, 2013, at Volume 60, Stephie and Nevaeh unsuccessfully challenged 3G (Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa) for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship.

She also competed in singles matches, accompanied by Rachelle as a manager, losing to Thunderkitty and Santana.

On February 8, 2014, Stephie and Kay lost the WSU Tag Team Championship to Kimber Lee and Annie Social, when Havok, who was substituting for Kay, attacked Stephie during the match.

In May, Stephie joined forces with D. J. Hyde to enter the King and Queen of the King tournament, but were eliminated in the first round by Shanna and Chris Dickinson.

In November, Stephie announced she had become part of WSU management, and introduced an assistant, Amanda Rodriguez.

The pair, along with Mademoiselle Rachelle, later attacked WSU Champion LuFisto.

Stephie has competed for many other independents, mainly in the Midwest.