Donna Adamo
Encyclopedia
Donna Adamo better known as Elektra is an American
professional wrestler
, professional wrestling manager
and adult model
who is best known for her time spent in Extreme Championship Wrestling
.
. After growing up in the club scene
and was heading for a modeling
career, she opted to turn to a professional wrestling career.
(ECW). She made her debut as a "gift" from Cyrus the Virus
to Danny Doring
. After only a couple weeks, Adamo became the manager of Doring and Roadkill
. She turned on them at Living Dangerously 2000, costing them a match against CW Anderson and Billy Wiles
. After the match she joined The Network. She worked alongside Lou E. Dangerously's
Dangerous Alliance
combined of Anderson and Wiles, proceeding to feud
against Roadkill and Doring.
On an episode of ECW on TNN
in April 2000, Anderson and Wiles defeated Roadkill and Doring in which Adamo would have had to strip had Anderson and Wiles lost. She moved on to feud with Jazz
and at Hardcore Heaven had her shirt ripped off by Jazz. She "lashed out" at Paul Heyman
for not helping her when he had the chance, and stated that she would get revenge by forming an alliance with Lou. Soon after Adamo would go on to manage fellow tag team Hot Commodity combined of ECW wrestlers Chris Hamrick
, Julio Dinero
and EZ Money.
pay-per-view in June 2002. She competed in a Miss TNA Lingerie Battle Royal
. She never won the match as Taylor Vaughn
ripped off Elektra's PJs to win the match. This was her only appearance in TNA.
in 2005, as a blonde, with rumours of her actually competing in the event. She ended up not competing in the event; instead she had beer poured down her chest by The Sandman
during his entrance. She also made an appearance with the Supreme League of Wrestling promotion on June 16, 2007 under the name "Elektra Fine". She lost in a match against Paige Adams
.
. Rizzo died in May 2002 at the age of 34. She has a daughter from the marriage with Rizzo, born in 1990. She made an appearance in the television series The Sopranos
as one of the “Bada-Bing Girls
”. She has also appeared in Playboy
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
, professional wrestling manager
Manager (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
and adult model
Glamour photography
Glamour photography is a genre of photography whereby the subjects, usually female, are portrayed in a romantic or sexually alluring way. The subjects may be fully clothed or seminude, but glamour photography stops short of deliberately arousing the viewer and being pornographic photography.Glamour...
who is best known for her time spent in Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...
.
Early career
Adamo grew up in New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. After growing up in the club scene
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
and was heading for a modeling
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
career, she opted to turn to a professional wrestling career.
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Adamo adopted the stage name Elektra after working the Northeastern Independent circuit and eventually joining Extreme Championship WrestlingExtreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...
(ECW). She made her debut as a "gift" from Cyrus the Virus
Don Callis
Don Callis is a Canadian former professional wrestler and manager, known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as The Jackyl, and Extreme Championship Wrestling as color commentator Cyrus.-Early life:...
to Danny Doring
Danny Doring
Dan Morrison is an American wrestler better known as Danny Doring, most known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling, as the tag team partner of Roadkill...
. After only a couple weeks, Adamo became the manager of Doring and Roadkill
Michael Depoli
Michael DePoli is a retired professional wrestler best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling. He worked for World Wrestling Entertainment in its Ohio Valley Wrestling developmental territory...
. She turned on them at Living Dangerously 2000, costing them a match against CW Anderson and Billy Wiles
Bill Wiles
William "Bill" Wiles is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring names Bilvis Wesley and "Wild" Bill Wiles, he is most famous for his stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling during late 1990s to early 2000s, as part of The Dangerous Alliance, often teaming with C.W. Anderson...
. After the match she joined The Network. She worked alongside Lou E. Dangerously's
Lou D'Angeli
Lou D'Angeli is a former professional wrestling manager and current Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas who is best known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling as a performer and promoter and World Wrestling Entertainment in marketing.-Sign Guy...
Dangerous Alliance
Dangerous Alliance
The Dangerous Alliance was a heel professional wrestling stable that made a name for itself in World Championship Wrestling in the early '90s and the American Wrestling Association in 1987, with Adrian Adonis, Randy Rose, and Dennis Condrey making up the AWA incarnation of the group.-American...
combined of Anderson and Wiles, proceeding to feud
Feud (professional wrestling)
A professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or alliances of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised...
against Roadkill and Doring.
On an episode of ECW on TNN
ECW on TNN
ECW on TNN was a weekly American professional wrestling television program that aired on The Nashville Network from August 27, 1999 to October 6, 2000...
in April 2000, Anderson and Wiles defeated Roadkill and Doring in which Adamo would have had to strip had Anderson and Wiles lost. She moved on to feud with Jazz
Carlene Begnaud
Carlene Denise Moore-Begnaud is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Women Superstars Uncensored under the ring name Jazz...
and at Hardcore Heaven had her shirt ripped off by Jazz. She "lashed out" at Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman is an American entertainment producer, best known for his career in professional wrestling as a promoter, manager, commentator and journalist. He is also an occasional actor in film....
for not helping her when he had the chance, and stated that she would get revenge by forming an alliance with Lou. Soon after Adamo would go on to manage fellow tag team Hot Commodity combined of ECW wrestlers Chris Hamrick
Chris Hamrick
Chris Hamrick is an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling throughout the early 2000s...
, Julio Dinero
Brian Wohl
Brian Wohl is an American professional wrestler better known under his ring name Julio Dinero.-Career:Wohl debuted in 1994 after training at the Baltimore Wrestling Factory under Axl Rotten and Hack Myers...
and EZ Money.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Again using the name Elektra, Adamo appeared in the second ever Total Nonstop Action WrestlingTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
pay-per-view in June 2002. She competed in a Miss TNA Lingerie Battle Royal
Battle royal (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...
. She never won the match as Taylor Vaughn
Cathy Dingman
Katherine Dingman is a professional wrestler and valet she is known for her work in TNA, WCW, WWF and various independent promotions. She briefly appeared as B.B. in the WWF from late 1999 to early 2000...
ripped off Elektra's PJs to win the match. This was her only appearance in TNA.
Independents
After her NWA:TNA appearances, Adamo made an appearance at ECW One Night StandECW One Night Stand (2005)
ECW One Night Stand was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It was held on June 12, 2005 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York. The main event was a tag team match between The Dudley Boyz and the team of Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman...
in 2005, as a blonde, with rumours of her actually competing in the event. She ended up not competing in the event; instead she had beer poured down her chest by The Sandman
Jim Fullington
James "Jim" Fullington better known by his ring name Sandman, is an American professional wrestler, best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling , where he developed into a "Hardcore Icon"...
during his entrance. She also made an appearance with the Supreme League of Wrestling promotion on June 16, 2007 under the name "Elektra Fine". She lost in a match against Paige Adams
Paige Adams
Paige Adams-Geller was Miss California 1991 and a runway and print model.After working as a fit model for 7 For All Mankind, Citizens of Humanity and other brands, Adams-Geller created her own line, Paige Premium Denim.-References:...
.
Personal life
She was once married to Alex RizzoAlex Rizzo
Alex Rizzo was a professional wrestler, best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Big Dick Dudley, the eldest of the Dudley Family.-Professional wrestling career:...
. Rizzo died in May 2002 at the age of 34. She has a daughter from the marriage with Rizzo, born in 1990. She made an appearance in the television series The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
as one of the “Bada-Bing Girls
Bada Bing
The Bada Bing! is a fictional strip club from the HBO drama television series The Sopranos. It was a key location for events in the series, named for catchphrase "bada bing", a phrase popularized by James Caan in The Godfather. The popularization of the fictional club benefited the real-life go-go...
”. She has also appeared in Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
.
In wrestling
- Wrestlers managedManager (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
- Danny Doring and RoadkillDanny Doring and RoadkillDanny Doring and Roadkill were a tag team in Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1996 to 2001.-Extreme Championship Wrestling:In December 1997, Doring and Roadkill formed together in an unlikely tag team. At first, they were managed by Miss Congeniality, the onscreen girlfriend of Doring. At Heat...
- Dangerous AllianceDangerous AllianceThe Dangerous Alliance was a heel professional wrestling stable that made a name for itself in World Championship Wrestling in the early '90s and the American Wrestling Association in 1987, with Adrian Adonis, Randy Rose, and Dennis Condrey making up the AWA incarnation of the group.-American...
(CW Anderson and "Wild" Billy Wiles), with Lou E. DangerouslyLou D'AngeliLou D'Angeli is a former professional wrestling manager and current Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas who is best known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling as a performer and promoter and World Wrestling Entertainment in marketing.-Sign Guy... - EZ MoneyJason BroylesJason Broyles is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring name EZ Money...
- Hot Commodity (EZ Money, Julio DineroBrian WohlBrian Wohl is an American professional wrestler better known under his ring name Julio Dinero.-Career:Wohl debuted in 1994 after training at the Baltimore Wrestling Factory under Axl Rotten and Hack Myers...
and Chris HamrickChris HamrickChris Hamrick is an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling throughout the early 2000s...
)
- Danny Doring and Roadkill