Nidia Guenard (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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Nidia Lynnette Guenard (born March 12 ,1979) better known as Nidia is a former professional wrestler who worked for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). She, along with Maven Huffman, won WWE's first series of Tough Enough, receiving a year-long contract with the company.
Early life
Guenard graduated from J Frank Dobie high school in Houston, Texas. Other former notable Dobie alumni are: The Undertaker (who attended freshman-junior years before moving to Dallas, and still holds school weightlifting records); two members of techno group Fear 2 Stop; and former major league relief pitcher Shane Nance.
Although performing as an exotic dancer before she became a wrestler, Guenard turned down a Playboy shoot in late 2003. It is speculation that this is how she met and started her relationship with former WWE wrestler Eric Angle. Eric Angle's brother, TNA wrestler Kurt Angle, is married to a woman named Karen who is also a former exotic dancer and it is also speculated, by some, that the four met under these terms.
WWE
She stayed with the company for two years after her Tough Enough contract expired, debuting on the Smackdown brand as Jamie Noble's girlfriend in the summer of 2002. She led Noble to the WWE Cruiserweight title by assisting him in a victory over The Hurricane at the '02 King of the Ring. She also feuded with fellow Smackdown! diva Torrie Wilson, leading to many mixed tag team matches with Guenard and Noble against Wilson and various other Cruiserweights as her partner. Guenard was "blinded" by Tajiri during a match between Tajiri and Noble after taking his "black mist." Following this Nidia appeared at ringside with sunglasses to sell the injury. During this time, Noble would throw Nidia in front of various opponents to save himself and later claim she was being attacked. Rey Mysterio enlightened her of this, resulting in Guenard turning on Noble. The two feuded, which culminating in a match at the '04 No Way Out in which Noble had to wear a blindfold. Noble cheated to win by removing the blindfold.
Nidia was drafted to the Raw Brand in the Spring of 2004, where she became a face. She regularly teamed with Stacy Keibler and Victoria against heels Trish Stratus, Gail Kim, Molly Holly, and Jazz. She was ultimately released on November 3, 2004 along with Gail Kim and Chuck Palumbo. Although not featured in any of the PS2 WWE games, she did appear in two Xbox WWE games: WWE RAW 2 & WWE WrestleMania 21.
After being released by WWE, Nidia wrestled in many independent promotions and tours including Kishi's Nu-Wrestling Evolution in Italy and Ultimo Dragon's Toryumon Mexico.
Although WWE management considered rehiring her in mid-2006, those plans fell through. Nidia then decided to hang up her wrestling gear for the foreseeable future.
During a recent interview, Nidia stated she is settling with her current boyfriend in Italy, teaching yoga classes, and gave birth to their daughter Lilith Fae Dal Bosco in April 2007.