Erin Marshall (born 16 March 1987) is an English

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, better known by her

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Erin Angel. She is often nicknamed "Little" due to her short stature of 4 ft 11 in. Erin Angel describes her

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in wrestling as "''I'm a little angel...until you cross me!''". She works a mixed style of wrestling, as she has been taught in the British old-school style, however she is known to mix this up with

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, and high flying styles. Her ring gear is often pink and made of

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, she has stated her favorite costume is her chaps set (black with pink).

Professional wrestling career

Erin Marshall was born in

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and was trained by Drew McDonald, Doug Williams, Phil Powers, and

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. She made her first competitive appearance at the age of 16 in a

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. During one of her early Holiday camp tours, she suffered a concussion at the hands of a male wrestler. The biggest win in Erin Angel's career is considered to be that against the 23 Stone UK female veteran

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, who she beat in a tag contest via disqualification. Other career highlights include valeting Jake "The Snake" Roberts at a show in

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, defeating Simply Luscious when they competed in Erin Angel's hometown of Southampton, and competing in France's Queens of Chaos promotion with some big-name female wrestlers. While wrestling in Real Quality Wrestling, a promotion run by her trainer Phil Powers, she defeated

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; a top female star in the UK. Erin Angel also went on to defeat Ashley Page and

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in a

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for a chance at RQW's newly created Women's championship. Erin Angel would go on to win this new title after defeating Sweet Saraya at the promotion's ''A Night of Champions'' show.RQW - "A Night Of Champions" Results
posted on UKFF.com Erin Angel was removed as the Women's Champion not long after longtime boyfriend Phil Powers left the company. Angel appeared in

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, wrestling the likes of Klondyke Kate and Lisa Fury, and later traveled to Canada to wrestle in Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling.

Personal life

When not wrestling, Erin is a swimming teacher.

Championships and accomplishments

* Bellatrix Female Warriors **Bellatrix British Championship (1 time) * Pro-Wrestling: EVE ** Pro-Wrestling: EVE Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Jetta *Real Quality Wrestling **RQW Women's Championship (1 time) *WrestleForce **Wrestleforce Women's Championship (1 time)

References

External links

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Erin Angel's GLORY siteDonald Hiscock's "Ring Leader" article for the Guardian
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