Taeler Hendrix | |
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Birth name | Taeler Conrad-Mellen |
Born | New Bedford, Massachusetts[1] | June 7, 1989
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Taeler[1] Taeler Cassidy[2] Taeler Hendrix[1] Taeler Thomas[2] Vanessa Hendrix Wundor[2] |
Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1][3] |
Billed weight | 173 lb (78 kg; 12.4 st)[4] |
Billed from | Seattle, Washington[1][3] South Boston, Massachusetts (ROH) |
Trained by | Matt West[5] Kyle White[5] Evan Sixx[5] Bob Evans[1] Rip Rogers[1] Spike Dudley[4] Nick Dinsmore[4] Al Snow[4] |
Debut | 2007[1] |
Taeler Conrad-Mellen[2] (born June 7, 1989), is an American professional wrestler and valet, better known by the ring name Taeler Hendrix. She is best known for her work in Ring of Honor (ROH).
Starting her career in 2007, she spent her first years working on the independent circuit for promotions including New England Championship Wrestling (NECW), Top Rope Promotions (TRP), Collision Pro Wrestling (CPW), and World Women's Wrestling (WWW), before being signed to a contract by Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) developmental territory, in 2011. In November 2011, Hendrix won the OVW Women's Championship, holding the championship for 203 days.
On the June 21, 2012, episode of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Impact Wrestling television program, Hendrix took part in the Gut Check Challenge in an attempt to get a contract with the promotion, facing Tara in a losing effort. The following week, the storyline Gut Check Challenge judges decided to sign Hendrix to a contract, due to her performance.