April
Hunter (born September 24, 1974) is an American
professional wrestling valet, fitness and glamour
model, and former professional wrestler.
Early
Life
April
Hunter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
but moved to Enterprise, Alabama with her father
when her parents divorced. She attended college
in Philadelphia, majoring in English, Biology
and Chemistry, but dropped out after several years.
At the age of nineteen, she began working as an
exotic dancer and then an adult centerfold and
fitness model. She was featured in many men's
magazines regularly such as Playboy, MuscleMag
Int'l, Ironman, Maxim and various comic books.
She has a huge online fan following (site: www.aprilhunter.com)
and was voted Most Popular Redhead On The Internet
several years in a row.
Career
Modeling
At
the age of 14, April Hunter began modeling. When
she was 19 she embarked on her centerfold career
and has appeared in nearly every men's and fitness
magazine. She competed in fitness briefly placing
in Ms. Fitness Philadephia and Ironwoman Tri-Fitness,
but preferred working as a fitness centerfold.
Her amazonian physique and exotic yet girl-next-door
looks kept her in high demand.
World Championship Wrestling (2000)
In
2000 after seeing Hunter in Playboy, she was hired
by Terry Taylor on behalf of World Championship
Wrestling as a member of the "Black and White"
nWo. Along with four other models (Tylene Buck,
Pamela Paulshock, Midajah and Kim Kanner), she
accompanied members of the nWo to ringside for
their matches. Hunter left WCW later that year
to become a fully trained wrestler.
Independent circuit (2001)
In
2001, she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to train
under Killer Kowalski. She also began working
on the independent circuit and overseas. Hunter
also formed a tag team with fellow Kowalski graduate
Nikki Roxx in World Xtreme Wrestling known as
The Killer Babes. Hunter also went on to form
the tag team T & A. Hunter has wrestled in
Mexico for promotions such as AAA and Lucha Libre
Femenil, Japan for Neo, A to Z and Zero One, Germany
for Stampede, UK for Big Time, Canada for PWX
and Great Canadian, France for France-Catch and
in Puerto Rico for IWA Puerto Rico.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002)
On
August 28, 2002, Hunter made an appearance for
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. She was introduced
(and defeated) by then-Miss TNA Bruce as part
of his Miss TNA Challenge.
Return to the indy circuit (2002-2007)
Hunter
then continued to work the independent circuit
and has competed for multiple American promotions,
fighting and defeating both men and women, including
Ring of Honor. She has toured Europe, Japan, Puerto
Rico, Canada, Ireland and Mexico several times.
Hunter has also made guest appearances with Carmen
Electra's Naked Women's Wrestling League.
Retirement
April
has since retired as an active professional wrestler
due to accumulated injuries, but can still be
found ringside as a manager/valet and is currently
still modeling for various publications.
Personal
life
April's
background is Scottish, Italian and German. Her
father was Scottish and they are descendants of
Robert the Bruce.
On
August 30, 2006, April married Canadian wrestler,
Jordan Danyluk, aka J.D. Michaels, in a small,
private ceremony at the Graceland Wedding Chapel
in Las Vegas, Nevada.
She
is also becoming a known photographer and journalist,
with several photographs and articles published.
April
speaks some Spanish, German and French.
Other
media
Acting career
* Body Of Work MSNBC (2003)
* Home Sweet Battlefield / Ah, House Collapses
(2004) as "Mistress Eva"
* Oh! My Zombie Mermaid / Ah, House Collapses
(2004) as "Mistress Eva" (Released in
the US under this title in June 2006)
* Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy (2005)
as "Diamond Piedra"
* Howard Stern radio and E! Television
* W-Five (Canadian documentary)
* MTV (various rock/rap videos)[citation needed]
* The Chronicle
Magazines
* Playboy
* Penthouse
* Maxim
* Max (France)
* MuscleMag
* Iron Man
* Flex
* American Curves
* Vamperotica comic book character
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated
* Various other fitness and men's magazines in
the USA, Asia, Europe, UK.
* Met-RX spokesmodel
* Extreme Nutrition spokesmodel, Scotland. extremenutrition.co.uk
* Better Bodies fitness model (Credit:
Wikipedia).
