Sarah Slack better known by her

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Heidi Howitzer is an American

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currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her time with

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and Lucha Libre & Laughs. She has also competed in

Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling is a Japanese joshi puroresu or women's professional wrestling promotion founded in 2012 as a sister promotion of DDT Pro-Wrestling. Initially running alongside other shows such as live music and other idol performances, it became its own stan ...

where she is a former Princess Tag Team Champion.

Professional wrestling career

American independent circuit (2018–present)

Slack made her

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debut at ''RMP Supercharged 2 #186'', an event promoted by Rocky Mountain Pro on February 28, 2019, where she defeated Simone Lockhart in singles competition. She is known for her tenures with various other promotions from the American independent scene with which she has shared brief or longer stints such as

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, and many others. She has become the most accomplished in Lucha Libre & Laughs, promotion where she has held the LLL Super Championship one time, the LLL Women's Championship two times, and the LLL Tag Team Championship one time alongside Bentley Powell. At '' DPW Spark #5'', an event promoted by

on April 16, 2022, Slack fell short to Savannah Evans in a DPW Women's Worlds Championship Eliminator Tournament First Round match.

All Elite Wrestling (2021, 2022)

She made her first appearance for

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(AEW) at ''

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#116'' from November 9, 2021, where she fell short to

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. At ''AEW Dark: Elevation #67'' on June 13, 2022, she fell short to Ruby Soho. At ''AEW Dark: Elevation #68'' on June 20, 2022, Slack teamed up with Max the Impaler in a losing effort against

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and

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. At ''ROH on HonorClub #37'', an event promoted by

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on November 9, 2023, Slack fell short to ROH Women's World Champion

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in a proving ground match.

Japan excursion (2023)

In the first half of 2023, Slack went into a competing excursion in Japan alongside "Wasteland War Party" tag team partner and stablemate Max the Impaler. They mainly competed in

, where they made their debuts at ''TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro '23'' on January 4, 2023, by defeating Reiwa Ban AA Cannon (

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and

Yuki Arai is a Japanese professional wrestler and idol best known for her time in the Japanese promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling. She is also a member of the Japanese idol group SKE48. Professional wrestling career DDT Pro-Wrestling (2018; 2021–presen ...

) to win the

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. After defending the titles on three separate occasions, both in Japan and the United States, Slack and Max eventually dropped them to 121000000 (

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and

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) at ''Grand Princess '23'' on March 18. Besides TJPW, Slack and Max made an appearance at Judgement 2023, an event promoted by

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where they teamed up to defeat

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and

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. Slack and Max wrestled their last match for TJPW at ''TJPW Live In Los Angeles'' on March 31, 2023, where they defeated Miu Watanabe and

Shoko Nakajima is a Japanese female professional wrestler, who wrestles for Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW), where she is a former two-time Princess of Princess Champion both inaugural and current Tokyo Princess Tag Team Champion, first reign with Yuka Sak ...

Personal life

Slack alongside

Max the Impaler Max Lindsey, better known by their ring name Max the Impaler, is an American professional wrestler. They are currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where they are a former one-time NWA World Women's Television Champion and a ...

became the first all-LGBTQ team to hold the Princess Tag Team Championship for the Tokyo-Joshi Pro Wrestling promotion. She is married to fellow professional wrestler Austin Reddick.

Championships and accomplishments

*FEST Wrestling **FEST Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Leon Ravage *Lucha Libre & Laughs **LLL Super Championship (1 time) **LLL Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bentley Powell **LLL Women's Championship (2 times) *New South Pro Wrestling **New South Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Max the Impaler * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 231 of the top 250 female singles wrestlers in the '' PWI Women's 250'' in 2023 ** Ranked Howitzer and Max the Impaler No. 92 of the top 100 tag teams in the '' PWI Tag Team's 100'' in 2023 *Rocky Mountain Pro **RMP Lockettes Championship (1 time) *

( 1 time) – with

References

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