Diane Simmes (born February 8, 1956), better known by her ring name Misty Blue Simmes, is an American former

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Career

Beginning

Simmes got into wrestling after learning to box and being part of an all-female boxing show. From there, she was invited to

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's wrestling school where she trained for 18 months prior to her first match.

American Wrestling Association

Simmes competed for the

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in a 10 woman battle royal at WrestleRock 86 on April 20, 1986. The match was won by

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National Wrestling Alliance

In 1986, Simmes joined the

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(NWA) and was awarded the NWA United States Women's Championship (a replacement of the prior

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held by

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). She once challenged Combs to a title unification match (NWA United States Women's Title and NWA World Women's Title), but was attacked by Combs' manager/mother Cora Combs. She frequently defended the NWA U.S. Women's Title against Linda Dallas, Kat LeRoux, Black Venus, Mad Dog Debbie Irons and a handful of other women on the NWA's TV programs '' World Wide Wrestling'' and ''

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''. Many of the matches between Dallas and Simmes ended with the two battling each other with Dallas' kendo stick. She also frequently partnered with Heidi Lee Morgan and Vula in tag-team matches. She also briefly feuded with

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. During a televised interview on TBS, Simmes requested that Cornette help train her only to lure him into the ring and nail him with a drop kick. When the Midnight Express hit the ring,

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appeared to even the sides. Simmes then competed in an 8-person mixed tag team match partnering with Rhodes,

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, and

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against Cornette, The Midnight Express, and

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. However, the angle never reached the popularity of Cornette's similar feud with

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. While Madusa Miceli was the reigning AWA World Women's Champion, Simmes challenged her to a title unification match (NWA United States Women's Title and AWA World Women's Title) at a Delta Tiger Lilies event, but the match never happened.

Independent circuit

When the NWA phased out the women's division in late 1989, Simmes wrestled on the independent circuit and eventually joined the

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. She and Heidi Lee Morgan competed as Team America and won the LPWA Tag Team Titles. They lost the titles to

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. Misty feuded with Monster Ripper in Puerto Rico and won a title from her. There are unverified reports that Misty may have lost some matches, but no visual or readily available written proof seems to exist.

World Championship Wrestling

In late 1991, Simmes wrestled in

, which had evolved from the

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branch of the NWA. She competed in matches against Linda Dallas and Kat LeRoux.

Personal life

She is married to Jon Simmes. Prior to becoming a professional wrestler, Simmes and her husband Jon appeared and performed in several pornographic films during the early-to-mid 1980s, with Simmes performing under the pseudonym Bunny Hatton. In 1983, Simmes appeared in the pornographic film "Slit Skirts" in a scene with

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Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) * International Wrestling Association ** IWA Women's Championship (1 time) * International Wrestling Federation ** IWF Women's Championship (1 time) *

** LPWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Heidi Lee Morgan *

** NWA United States Women's Championship ( 1 time) **

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(Class of 2012) * World Wide Wrestling Alliance :* WWWA Woman's Championship (1 time) * Other titles ** BBP (Vermont) Women's Championship ** NCW/IWA Intercontinental Women's Championship ** NCW/IWA United States Women's Championship

References

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