Barbi Hayden
| Barbi Hayden | |
|---|---|
 Hayden in 2019 | |
| Born | October 2, 1990 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Barbi Hayden Abilene Maverick |
| Billed height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Billed weight | 140 lb (64 kg) |
| Billed from | College Station, Texas |
| Debut | 2010 |
| Retired | 2019 |
Callee Wilkerson (October 2, 1990) is an American retired professional wrestler, known by her ring names Barbi Hayden and Abilene Maverick.[1][2] She is a one-time NWA World Women's Champion. She is best known for her frequent work in ACW, the NWA, and WOW.
Professional wrestling career[]
Independent circuit (2010–2019)[]
On January 25, 2014, Hayden won the NWA World Women's Championship for the first time, after defeating Kacee Carlisle. She made her first successful title defense on February 8 against Santana Garrett at WSU Mutiny.[3] Hayden held the title 378 days, when she successfully defended the title eleven times,[4] before losing the title to Garrett on February 7, 2015.[5]
On July 31, 2015, Hayden lost to Tessa Blanchard in the first women's match to ever be televised in China.[6][7]
On January 21, 2016 Hayden made her debut for Shine Wrestling at SHINE 32, defeating Renee Michelle.[8] The following month on February 26, at SHINE 33 Hayden defeated Leah Vaughan.[9]
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2016)[]
Hayden appeared at TNA One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown 2016 Pay Per View.[10] At this event, Hayden defeated Raquel in a singles qualifying match, for a spot in the Queen of the Knockouts Gauntlet Battle Royal. Facing Jade, Allysin Kay, Allie, Madison Rayne and Marti Belle and Rebel and Rosemary, which was won by Jade.[11]
WOW - Women Of Wrestling (2013-2019)[]
Hayden joined Women of Wrestling (WOW) under the name Abilene Maverick, The Governor’s Daughter. After debuting as a face, Maverick began turning heel and started to bully Stephy Slays, committing acts such as spilling tea on her,[12] and feigning an injury to avoid facing her in the ring. Following Slays' victory over The Disciplinarian, the evil Maverick attacked Slays backstage, cementing her heel turn.[13]
On July 22, 2019, Hayden announced her retirement from pro wrestling to focus on performing stage shows in Las Vegas.[14] She had already filmed for season 2 of WOW which will air later in the year as her final matches.
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Anarchy Championship Wrestling
- ACW American Joshi Championship (1 time)[15]
- ACW Televised Championship (1 time)[16]
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA World Women's Championship (1 time)[17]
- Lone Star Championship Wrestling
- NWA Lonestar Women's Championship (4 times)[18]
- NWA Texoma
- NWA Texoma Women's Championship (1 time)[19]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 12 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2014[20]
References[]
- ^ "Barbi Hayden | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Barbi Hayden " Wrestlers Database " CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ Magee, Nickolas (February 10, 2014). "WSU Mutiny Results – February 8, 2014". PWMania. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ^ "Reference at www.cagematch.net".
- ^ Caldwell, James (February 7, 2015). "NWA news: Former TNA KO captures World Women's Title, Jax captures Nat'l Title, Conway defends NWA World Title, two big title matches at NJPW's "New Beginning" next week". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ^ Davies, Don. "Road less traveled has paid off for Tessa Blanchard". SLAM! Wrestling.
- ^ "MACW". Cagematch.
- ^ "Results: SHINE 32 iPPV – 01/29/16 | Daily Wrestling News". www.dailywrestlingnews.com. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ "SHINE 33 Live iPPV Results – February 26, 2016 | PWMania". PWMania. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ TNA Videos (April 26, 2016), TNA One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown 2016 – Gauntlet Match, retrieved October 22, 2016
- ^ "** SPOILERS ** TNA One Night Only 'Knockouts Knockdown 2016' Tapings - WrestlingInc.com". WrestlingInc.com. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ "WOW Season 4 Episodes 1 & 2 Review". SoCalUNCENSORED.com. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ Powell, Jason (March 11, 2019). "WOW on AXS review: Season finale with Tessa Blanchard vs. Havok for the WOW Championship, Khloe Hurtz vs. Kobra Moon, Princess Aussie and Azteca vs. The Voodoo Doll and Holidead, The Disciplinarian vs. Stephy Slays". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ @BarbiHayden (July 22, 2019). "SEE BELOW FOR ANNOUNCEMENT