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Dawn Marie Psaltis (born November 3,1970 in Woodbridge, New Jersey), better known by her stage name, Dawn Marie, is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling valet, best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment.

Wrestling career

Early career

In her youth, Dawn Marie was a fan of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and admired wrestlers such as Bob Backlund, Jimmy Snuka and Roddy Piper. Dawn Marie graduated from New York University business school at the age of twenty three and began working for a real estate consultancy firm in Manhattan, New York. She reached the position of Director of International Real Estate before deciding to move into the entertainment industry with the goal of being either a model or actress.

While signing modeling posters for Jonathan Gold, a talent agent, Dawn's start in the wrestling business began. He told her that he helped promote independent wrestling shows, and Dawn jokingly stated that wrestling was something she would be interested in pursuing. Gold later phoned Dawn Marie and told her that she was scheduled to appear at a wrestling show in New Jersey. She reluctantly went, and managed Tony Atlas that night in a match against Jimmy Snuka. Dawn Marie stopped modeling and began learning about the wrestling world from Snuka. She made her in-ring debut January 1995.

Extreme Championship Wrestling

Four years later, after valeting for various promotions, Dawn heard that Mark Lamonica (better known as "Bubba Ray Dudley") from Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) had an interest in her and invited her to try out for the company. Dawn left for Philadelphia where ECW promoter Paul Heyman paired her with Lance Storm. In her first night with ECW, Dawn lost her dress and was left in the ring in her underwear. Dawn was only billed to be with ECW for one night but Paul Heyman loved her chemistry with Lance Storm so much that she was offered a developmental contract. She was then immediately added to Lance Storm's current storyline.

Dawn was soon put into a high profile storyline involving Chris Candido's manager Tammy Lynn Sytch. Her alliance with Lance Storm put over Storm's storyline that had him feuding with Candido. During this time, Dawn was dubbed "Dawn Marie Bytch", to spite Candido and his manager. Dawn worked with Lance through his solo career in ECW as well as with Lance and Justin Credible as part of the Impact Players faction. The trio had a high profile run until Lance left for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in May of 2000. Dawn was offered a contract by WCW as well, but she declined in order to stay with her fiancè Pat Kenney in ECW. Dawn also was involved in various cat fights while in ECW and did some color commentary before working with Kenney (better known under his ring name "Simon Diamond") in late 2000 and early 2001, until ECW closed down. During her ECW tenure, she also worked with Justin Credible, Raven and Shane Douglas.

World Wrestling Entertainment

After ECW's demise, Dawn decided to return to the independent promotions and worked in various promotions with Pat until she was contacted by the WWE. Dawn made her wrestling debut for the WWE on April 13, 2002 at a house show, on May 30, 2002, Dawn made her WWE television debut on SmackDown! as Vince McMahon's legal assistant, Dawn Marie Renaldi.

Dawn's first PPV match was at No Mercy in which she lost to Torrie Wilson.

In her next angle, Dawn was in a relationship with Torrie's father Al Wilson. Torrie shared a lesbian kiss with Dawn at a hotel to avoid her marrying him. Despite this, Dawn and Al Wilson "married" anyway. As part of the storyline, Al Wilson died during their honeymoon. Outside of kayfabe, Dawn was called 'Mom' by Torrie.

On April 15, 2003, in Norfolk, Virginia Dawn Marie along with Rhyno, Rey Mysterio and Sable, visited the USS Vella Gulf, a guided missile cruiser. The WWE superstars expressed their gratitude to the Navy for their efforts during the Iraq War. Dawn Marie also gave an emotional speech to the soldiers about how she knows what its like for their families at home since Dawn has a brother in the military.

During the WWE's tour of Iraq, Dawn spent the night in one of Saddam Hussein's palaces. The palace was gutted and she slept on a cot as did the other WWE Superstars.

After being on hiatus from SmackDown! programming, Dawn began a feud with Miss Jackie, bragging that she and Jackie's fiance Charlie Haas had an affair. This angle lead up to a match between the two at WWE Armageddon 2004, with Haas as the guest referee. Dawn won the match but afterward, Haas confirmed their affair and broke off both relationships. Months later, she began a short feud with Michelle McCool.

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