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, known by her

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s Barbi Hayden and Abilene Maverick. She is best known for her time in Impact Wrestling.

Professional wrestling career

Barbi Hayden made her debut and on June 1, 2013, at

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she debuted in a one on one match against Athena Reese but was not successful. On January 25, 2014, Hayden won the

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for the first time, after defeating Kacee Carlisle. She made her first successful title defense on February 8 against

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at WSU Mutiny. Hayden held the title 378 days, when she successfully defended the title eleven times, before losing the title to Garrett on February 7, 2015. On July 31, 2015, Hayden lost to

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in the first women's match to ever be televised in

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. On January 21, 2016, Hayden made her debut for

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at SHINE 32, defeating Renee Michelle. The following month on February 26, at SHINE 33 Hayden defeated

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. Hayden appeared at TNA One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown 2016 Pay Per View. At this event, Hayden defeated Raquel in a singles qualifying match, for a spot in the Queen of the Knockouts Gauntlet Battle Royal. Facing

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and

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and

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and

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, which was won by Jade. Hayden joined

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(WOW) under the name Abilene Maverick, The Governor's Daughter. After debuting as a

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, Maverick began turning

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and started to bully Stephy Slays, committing acts such as spilling tea on her, 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. On July 22, 2019, Hayden announced her retirement from pro wrestling to focus on performing stage shows in Las Vegas. In 2023 Maverick made her return to

(WOW) where she captured the WOW World Title.

Championships and accomplishments

*Anarchy Championship Wrestling **ACW American Joshi Championship (1 time) **ACW Televised Championship (1 time) *

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(1 time) *Lone Star Championship Wrestling **NWA Lonestar Women's Championship (4 times) *NWA Texoma **NWA Texoma Women's Championship (1 time) *''

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'' ** Ranked No. 12 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the '' PWI Female 50'' in 2014 *

** WOW World Championship (1 time)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayden, Barbi 1990 births Living people People from College Station, Texas American female professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Texas 21st-century female professional wrestlers 21st-century American professional wrestlers NWA World Women's Champions 21st-century American sportswomen