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Justina Di Stasio is a two-time medallist at the Pan American Games. After winning 75kg silver at Toronto 2015, she captured 76kg gold at Lima 2019. A couple months later, she won 76kg bronze at the Olympic test event for Tokyo 2020. But she never got the chance to compete at the Olympic Games because she did not qualify for the Canadian team.

After a big break from the sport because of the COVID-19 pandemic (during which she started a career as a teacher), Di Stasio decided to fully commit to wrestling again in the hopes of achieving her Olympic dream at Paris 2024.

Di Stasio has made four world championship appearances, highlighted by her world title in the 72kg event in 2018. She had missed qualifying for the world championship team in her natural 76kg weight class, so made the decision to drop down a weight category. She had previously won 75kg bronze at the 2017 World Championships.

Di Stasio won 75kg gold at three straight Pan American Championships from 2015 to 2017. After not competing at the continental championships in 2018 or 2019, she returned in 2020 and won another gold medal in the 76kg event. She followed up with bronze medals in 2022 and 2023. Di Stasio won 76kg gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Di Stasio was first exposed to international competition at the 2011 Junior World Championships after she won the first of her back-to-back junior national titles. She was on the podium at the senior Canadian championships in 2012, 2013 and 2014 before winning her first senior national title in 2015.

A Little More About Justina

Getting into the Sport: Started wrestling at age 12… Was a multi-sport athlete coming out of high school but decided to focus on wrestling because it offered her the chance to go to a great university… Didn’t really love the sport until she was in university… Won the junior national title at the end of her first season… Outside Interests: Graduated from Simon Fraser University in May 2015 with an English degree… Completed a Professional Development Program in Teacher Education at SFU during the COVID-19 pandemic and started her career as a teacher… Odds and Ends: Nickname: Juice… Tries to bring a new book on every trip… Favourite motto: “Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back… play for her.”

• Pan American Games: 2019 – GOLD (76kg); 2015 – SILVER (75kg)
• Commonwealth Games: 2022 – GOLD (76kg)
• UWW World Championships: 2022 – 5th (76kg); 2018 – GOLD (72kg); 2017 – BRONZE (75kg); 2015 – 19th (75kg)
• Pan American Championships: 2023 – BRONZE (76kg);
•  2022 – BRONZE (76kg); 
• 2020 – GOLD (76kg);
•  2017 – GOLD (75kg)
•  2016 – GOLD (75kg)
• 2015 – GOLD (75kg)
•  2014 – BRONZE (69kg)

UWW World Championships (junior): 

• 2012 – 5th (72kg)
• 2011 – 7th (72kg)

Beiga was named the first female NCAA Division 1 wrestling coach in the country when she joined the Pioneers prior to the start to the 2021-22 season.

A collegiate and international wrestler herself, Biega came to the Pioneers after two seasons as the assistant coach at Campbellsville University. She has been head coach of Sacred Heart University for three years  Paulina Biega - Head Coach - Staff Directory - Sacred Heart University (sacredheartpioneers.com) 

In addition, Biega is a two-time Universities Nationals All-American and an International Polish Champion. She is also a Polish National Champion as well as placed third at the Cadet European Wrestling Championship. 

2022-23 Season

• Named NWCA Scholar All-America Team
• Named NCWWC National Coach of the Year
• Named NCWWC Regional Coach of the Year
• Seven student-athletes earned NWCA Scholar All-America
• Took seventh at the NCWWC National Championship
• Five All-Americans
• Ranked highest as seventh in NWCA Poll
• Won the Northeast Regional Championship
• Finished with a 17-4 dual meet record and a four-match winning streak. 

Inaugural Season

• Three All-Americans, including a third place finished by Madison Sandquist at 143 pounds.
• One Regional Champion 
• Finished with a 6-4 mark during the dual meet season
• Place 14th at Nationals and sixth at the Northeast Regional

Natalia Markova (Russian: Наталья Маркова; born 11 January 1989) is a Russian professional wrestler. She currently works with National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide and also wrestles on the independent circuit.

Markova began her career in 2007 with the Russian promotion Independent Wrestling Federation (NFR), where she performed until 2017. She also toured Japan where she worked for DDT Pro-Wrestling and Wrestling New Classic from 2011 to 2013. She resumed her career in 2016 after a two-year hiatus. She debuted in North America in 2017.

• American Combat Wrestling
  • ACW Women's Championship (1 time)
• Clash
  • Clash Women's Championship (1 time, current)
• House of Glory
  • HOG Women's Championship (1 time, current)
• Independent Wrestling Federation
  • IWF Women's Championship (6 times)
• National Wrestling Alliance
  • Queen Bee (2022)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 91 of the top 250 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Women's 250 in 2023
• Shine Wrestling
  • Shine Championship (1 time)
  • Shine Nova Championship (1 time)

  Lindsey and Laurie Carlson began their journey in a small town in Nebraska. Growing up as highschool hoop stars, the twins pursued degrees in occupational therapy at the College of St. Mary’s, where both participated on the Flame’s basketball team. After graduation, Lindsey and Laurie decided to take every penny they had saved to escape the bitter cold of the Midwest and traveled south to the Sunshine State of Florida to start their own business and be their own bosses.

However, they eventually became dissatisfied with simply succeeding in business and sitting in the office all day. The twins sought out the excitement and energy that college basketball had once provided for them by enrolling in a local wrestling school run by the former WWE stars the Wild Samoans.

With their days filled with running their own business and nights spent training to become professional wrestlers, the twins reserved their weekends for fun in the magical city of Miami, where they now hail from. Lindsey and Laurie, The Carlson Twins, are Miami’s Sweet Heat and they are turning up the temperature at WOW! 

Website:  WOW - Women Of Wrestling (wowe.com) 

Sonny Kiss (born December 11, 1993) is an American professional wrestler, dancer, and professional wrestling manager.

She began her career in 2011 as a manager and became a pro wrestler two years later. Her first national exposure took place in 2018, when she began to work with Lucha Underground under the ring name XO Lishus. When Lucha Underground ended, she signed with All Elite Wrestling in 2019 until 2023.

Sonny Kiss identifies as genderfluid[6] and uses she/her pronouns, as listed on her Twitter account.

• American Championship Wrestling
  • ACE Fight or Flight Champion (1 time)
• Capitol Wrestling
  • Catalyst Wrestling Championship (1 time)
• East Coast Professional Wrestling
  • East Coast Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 164 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020
• Tier 1 Wrestling
  • Tier 1 Championship (1 time)
• Warriors of Wrestling
  • WOW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • WOW No Limits Championship (1 time)
  • King of New York (2018)
  • Woman of the Year (2022 and 2023)

 Dori Elizabeth Prange (/preɪn/ prayn; born January 9, 1991) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where she performs under the ring name Ruby Soho and is currently a member of The Outcasts stable. She is also known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Ruby Riott.[5] Prange has also worked in World Wonder Ring Stardom (aka, "Stardom") as Heidi Lovelace, and extensively on the U.S. independent circuit for promotions such as Shimmer Women Athletes, Shine Wrestling, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and IWA Mid-South. 

• Absolute Intense Wrestling
  • AIW Women's Championship (1 time)
• All American Wrestling
  • AAW Heritage Championship (1 time)
• All Elite Wrestling
  • Women's Casino Battle Royale (2021)
• Alpha-1 Wrestling
  • A1 Alpha Male Championship (1 time)
• Channel Islands World Wrestling
  • World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[80]
• Chikara
  • Young Lions Cup XI (1 time)[14]
• Ohio Valley Wrestling
  • OVW Women's Championship (1 time)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 20 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2016[81]
  • Ranked No. 48 of the top 50 Tag Teams in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2021 - with Liv Morgan[82]
• Sports Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 12 in the top 30 female wrestlers in 2018[83]
• Revolution Championship Wrestling
  • RCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[84]
• Shimmer Women Athletes
  • Shimmer Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Evie[85]

Gisele Shaw, is a Filipino-Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling. She is known for her work in England with various promotions including Progress Wrestling and Revolution Pro Wrestling, having held the Women's Championship in both promotions. She has also wrestled in American promotions such as Ring of Honor and Women of Wrestling. Gisele Shaw is an inspiration to women's professional wrestling. 

• Crossfire Wrestling
  • CW Women's Championship (1 time)
• Fierce Females
  • Fierce Females Championship (1 time, current)
• Ironfist Wrestling
  • Ironfist Women's Championship (1 time)
• Progress Wrestling
  • Progress World Women's Championship (1 time)
• Pro Wrestling Eclipse
  • PWE Flame Championship (1 time)
• Pro-Wrestling: EVE
  • Pro-Wrestling: EVE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Emersyn Jayne
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 19 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 150 in 2021
• Revolution Pro Wrestling
  • Undisputed British Women's Championship (2 times)

 Kimmy Sokol is known to do many things in the world of professional wrestling. If she is not writing on thepopbreak, she is co-hosting The Bob Culture Podcast https://bobculture.podbean.com/?fbclid=IwAR1tGtFJ2ldIh-WMwTG9zD8X7n4yWPphjEbgI6kzK75QkhzlF2Ef3gCYUvY 

and traveling the country working with the biggest wrestling superstars on the convention scene. 

Rider University

September 5, 2019 - May 20, 2023

 William Patrick Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and professional wrestling promoter. He is best known as the co-founder, lead singer, primary songwriter, guitarist, and only constant member of the rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. He has also been the owner and promoter of the National Wrestling Alliance since 2017. A cultural icon of Generation X, Corgan is credited with helping popularize alternative rock music as a member of the Smashing Pumpkins. 

Awards and Honors

Grammy Awards

1. 1994"Cherub Rock"Best Hard Rock PerformanceNominatedSiamese DreamBest Alternative Music AlbumNominated
2. 1997Mellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessAlbum of the YearNominatedBest Alternative Music AlbumNominated"1979"Record of the YearNominatedBest Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with VocalNominated"Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"Best Pop Instrumental PerformanceNominated"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"Best Hard Rock PerformanceWon"Tonight, Tonight"Best Music VideoNominated
3. 1998"The End Is the Beginning Is the End "Best Hard Rock Performance Won
4. 1999AdoreBest Alternative Music AlbumNominated
5. 2001Machina/The Machines of GodBest Recording Package 

• 2024 New England Music Hall of Fame www.nemhof.com Inductee

Mike Rand has is a official GLOW historian and was utilized in the official GLOW Documentary. He has been a well trusted and a tremendous supporter of women's wrestling especially WOW. 

 The official YouTube of actor Mike Rand. This channel currently showcases "The Mike Rand Show" & matches from "G.L.O.W. Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling." Be sure to follow Mike Rand on Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), & Instagram as well as at mikerand.com!   

Check out all of the interviews on the official youtube https://www.youtube.com/@OfficialMikeRand/videos

 Starting out his national entertainment debut on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" at the age of 14, Nigel Sherrod has had anything but a boring life.

Sherrod started his professional wrestling career some seven years ago and quickly found success, working with World Wrestling Entertainment's Deep South Wrestling as "The Voice" , Sherrod would broadcast alongside the likes of Bill DeMott, The Miz, Kofi Kingston, Michelle McCool,Ron Simmons and many others. Sherrod was featured weekly on CSS broadcasts for Deep South and featured on WWE Home Video releases during this time.

After a brief appearance on TNA Wrestling's Slammiversary taking on Awesome Kong (Kharma) Sherrod would once again be seen behind the desk on MTV2's Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors as the Voice of the promotion. His appearances on multiple television shows has garnered the alias "As Seen on TV" .

Sherrod has most recently hosted Rampage Pro Wrestling on local Fox affiliate, FOX 24 in the Macon,Ga area and appeared back on national television on the second season premiere of TLC's hit show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" in July of 2013.

Sherrod has focused his sights lately on not only becoming well known for his broadcasting but also his in ring ability. Capturing several championships and touring all over the country, Nigel seems to be on the right track for success.