Nidia Guenard (born March 12, 1979) is an American retired
professional wrestler
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. She is best known for her time with
World Wrestling Entertainment
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(WWE) under her
first name
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, where she is known for co-winning the inaugural season of
Tough Enough alongside
Maven
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in 2001. She was with the company until 2004.
Professional wrestling career
World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2001-2004)
''Tough Enough'' (2001)
Guenard began her professional wrestling career in 2001 upon being selected to participate in the inaugural season of ''
Tough Enough'', a
reality television
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show meant both to be a semi-
documentary
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of the difficulties of being a trainee
professional wrestler
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and used by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to find new WWF stars. Ultimately, Guenard would become the co-winner of the competition alongside
Maven
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.
Ohio Valley Wrestling (2001–2002)
Guenard made a few appearances on WWF episodes in 2001 before being sent to the
Ohio Valley Wrestling
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(OVW)
promotion
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, with whom WWE had a talent-development agreement. While in OVW she feuded with
Victoria.
SmackDown! (2002–2004)

Guenard debuted on the
SmackDown!
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brand on the June 6, 2002 episode, in a backstage segment with
The Hurricane (who was her on-screen ex-boyfriend) and
Jamie Noble. Noble and Guenard then became an on-screen couple in a "
trailer trash
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" gimmick. They were both playing as heels, with Nidia leading Noble to several wins, due to interference during the matches. At the
King of the Ring
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she led Noble to winning the
Cruiserweight Championship from The Hurricane. She then began to feud with SmackDown! Diva
Torrie Wilson
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As a fitness competitor, Wilson won the Miss Galaxy compet ...
leading to many solo and
mixed tag team matches with Guenard and Noble against Wilson and various other
cruiserweights, including
Funaki,
Billy Kidman
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As a wrestler, Kidman is best known for his work with World Championsh ...
,
Rey Mysterio
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, and
Brian Kendrick
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.
On the October 16, 2003 episode of ''SmackDown!'' Guenard was blinded by
Tajiri during a match between Tajiri and Noble, after which Tajiri spewed his "
Black mist" onto her face (this version of the mist was only ever seen in this instance). Storyline-wise, this encounter resulted in a physical 'injury' to Guenard. After recovering, Guenard started appearing at ringside with sunglasses on, to 'sell' the aftereffects of her injuries. During this time, Noble would throw Guenard in front of various opponents at a match's climax, to both save himself and let him later accuse them of "hitting a woman", etc. Later in this storyline, Rey Mysterio revealed to Guenard that Noble was exploiting her in the aforementioned manner, resulting in Guenard turning against Noble and becoming a fan favorite in the process. The two feuded, culminating in a match at
No Way Out in which Noble had to wear a blindfold. True to character, Noble cheated to win as he removed his blindfold during the match.
Raw (2004)
Guenard was
drafted to the
Raw Brand on March 22, 2004. She became a
face
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and claimed to be excited that she was drafted to Raw, where she can compete for the
WWE Women's Championship
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. She made her debut match on the March 29, 2004 episode of ''Raw'', defeating
Molly Holly
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. She then tag teamed regularly with
Stacy Keibler
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and
Victoria against heels
Trish Stratus
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,
Gail Kim
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, Molly Holly and
Jazz
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. With the shift to ''Raw'' also came a change in character, as Guenard's Hispanic heritage was played up; to this effect, she was no longer billed as being from the South but instead she was billed as being from Puerto Rico and she no longer spoke English during promos, instead speaking Spanish in a quick and angry fashion. Guenard was released from her WWE contract on November 3, 2004 along with several other performers, in a routine purge of talent.
Independent circuit (2004–2005)
Guenard worked several wrestling matches post-WWE, including versus Gail Kim for Mexico's
Toryumon and for Australia's World Series Wrestling. In addition, she worked for
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overseas "a few times." In a ClubWWI.com interview, she said they were fun to work for, but she liked her freedom from wrestling, in general. She also wrestled for Northeast Wrestling (NWE), where she feuded with
Jackie Gayda
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.
In 2016, she made a rare appearance at the
WWE Hall of Fame ceremony.
Personal life
Guenard and her husband David Krichmar have two children.
In February 2010, she began training at the
Culinary Institute Lenôtre in Houston, Texas.
Championships and accomplishments
*
World Wrestling Federation
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**
Tough Enough I - with
Maven Huffman
References
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1979 births
21st-century American professional wrestlers
21st-century American sportswomen
21st-century female professional wrestlers
Living people
Professional wrestlers from Texas
Professional wrestling managers and valets
Puerto Rican female professional wrestlers
Tough Enough contestants