Victoria Salinas (2023 Update)

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Real Name (Optional): Victoria Roselyn Salinas

Name (if different from above): Victoria Salinas

Height: 5'7"

Weight: 132

Age: 35

Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Alignment: She's the geek-to-chic, rags-to-riches story, the story of the small-town girl that overcame the odds and grew up to be a strong woman that has realized many dreams that she never thought she could growing up. She did, at one point in her career (2011-2016, especially 2014-16) lose herself and went through a phase where she forgot about her smalltown roots and became a nasty, selfish, vain bitch, but she has since grown past this phase of her life and is determined to prevent herself from falling into the same insecurities that turned her into something she never was before. Humble, grateful, "girl-next-door" type face, who tries to be far more of a "live life to the fullest" type of person, though this is a work in progress considering she's a total workaholic when it comes to professional wrestling. Recently, she's taken a more inspirational slant to this, trying to set the example for those growing up just like she did.


Picbase: Ana Brenda Contreras

Wrestling Style: Technical/Submission/High Flying

Entrance Theme: "And We Run" - Within Temptation feat. Xzibit

Nickname:

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/VainQueenVS


Finishers:

1. Vanity Breaker - Somersault Reverse DDT (Also known as Tetsuya Naito's "DESTINO" finisher
2. Vainglorious Victory - Gail Kim's flying dragon/christos headscissors armbar


Signature Moves:

1. Jumping Yakuza kick
2. Standing roundhouse kick
3. Busaiku knee kick (occasionally with a springboard variation)
4. Straightjacket neckbreaker slam
5. Shining triangle submission hold


REGULAR MOVES:

Moveset:

Top rope hurricanrana
Bulldog
Springboard Clothesline
Springboard Dropkick
Spinning DDT
Running knee to the face
Top rope moonsault
Neckbreaker
Backflip driving the knees into the gut or face of an opponent
Crucifix Armbar
Reverse chinlock
Various surfboard submissions
Elevated Boston crab
Headscissors chokehold
Camel Clutch
Cloverleaf
Cobra Clutch

Bio: Victoria Roselyn Salinas was born in Columbia Falls, Montana,and grew up in humble beginnings. She's very tight lipped about her childhood, but she's gone on record as describing her teenage years as an "absolute hell". Growing up, she was a social outcast as her social circle was minimal at best. Through one of her best friends (and future husband) in Gavin Valenzuela, Victoria attended a wrestling show for the first time in November 2005, capturing inspiration from an Indy wrestling event to become a professional wrestler herself. In January of her graduation year, she began working as a waitress at a local diner. She would never spend a penny from any of her paychecks, as she saved and saved to leave her small town and head to a big city to train to be a wrestler. It took her more than a year, but she got there and she was on her way to Seattle to live and train in one of the Pacific Northwest's finest, strictest wrestling schools.

Her wrestling abilities caught on quickly, but her childhood social awkwardness was noted as potentially affecting her marketability for future employers. Still, after training and wrestling for two years at the academy and their affiliated local Indy promotion in Seattle, she found her way to mainstream wrestling in November 2009, despite still being socially awkward. The 21 year old instantly wowed crowds and gained a good following in the early part of her mainstream career. She quickly became a rising star, though her self-esteem was still lacking. Nearly a year later, she would finally overcome her social awkwardness, as she came out of her shell, stopped being a social outcast, and basically became a "geek to chic" story. She embraced herself as a woman, as her "ugly duckling" phase met a powerful, sudden and impactful end. Suddenly, her social life and her wrestling career experienced a major boom. Soon, she became one of her company's most beloved and popular wrestlers, as well as one of their best. She became a master of overcoming adversity and an inspiration to many, as again and again, she found away to overcome odds stacked against her by often-jealous enemies. She was more or less a golden girl for the company and their fans: an inspiration for women and more or less a girl-next-door type sex symbol for the guys.

After flying high in her first exposure to mainstream American wrestling for over four years, she hit a potential cliff when the company she was working for, closed shop. Disheartened, she wasn't sure where to go with her career. So, she sought a fresh start, becoming a Canadian permanent resident and moving to Edmonton to expand her abilities in some underground dungeons. In addition, she sought work in Mexico, where she would stay for over a year to wrestle. It was a refreshing experience for her, as she got to experience success and happiness without the pressures and "politics" of the American wrestling scene. Eventually, in late July of 2014, after a successful 14 month stay south of the border, she returned to America to a legion of her wrestling fans who were starving to see her, when she signed with an all women's wrestling company named LAW.

The great news for her fans was that she came back to America, more beautiful than ever. The bad news is, she came back to America a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT person. Gone was the humility she had since the day she was born. Gone was the love and the joy she shared with the fans for so long. Forgotten was all the trials she had overcome to even get to where she was in the wrestling business. She stopped caring about what the people wanted, saying that all the fans thought she was good for was being a beacon of light to escape from their pathetic reality. She was insulted because she felt that all she ever was to her fans was a sex symbol and that they never truly appreciated her widespread wrestling abilities. She decided she was done inspiring young girls and being the "hottest ticket in town". She wanted to do her own thing.

However, her return to America hit a bump in LAW. Her stay there was short and uneventful, and also contained its fair share of "bullshit". After quickly tiring of it, and after feeling like she shouldn't be wasting her time in a company she realized was "small time", she left for greener pastures. Said greener pastures came in the form of Glory Braddock's Global Championship Wrestling.

With her tumultuous tenure in LAW, and with a new start in GCW looming, she decided it was time to further separate herself from her "golden girl" past during her first American wrestling go-around. She stopped using her first name, deciding she needed a fresh start, in GCW.

The 'Vainglorious Siren', as she became known, took GCW by storm with starting off her tenure with multiple wins over the famed Jones wrestling family. Eventually, on December 27, 2014, Victoria became the GCW Television Champion. That would only be the beginning of her superstardom in the company, winning the Civil War match to get a shot at the GCW World Championship at Resurrection, GCW's flagship Pay-Per-View. On February 28, 2015, Victoria defeated Cody Lindberg-Knight in a "title for title" match (her TV title was also on the line) to become the GCW World Heavyweight Champion, a reign that would become the longest in that title's history and last until July 25, 2015. Her reign was filled with criticism from her peers in GCW, and even wrestlers from the Triad of IWC, SCW and ULW when she erroneously called herself on Twitter "the only world champion that matters", though much of that criticism was justified considering she went to great lengths to remain the world champion for as long as she was.

Shortly after losing the GCW World Championship, her former mentor Luciana Verdoza pulled her aside and helped her realize the error of her ways. Once that happened, Victoria made it a mission to do things the right way and to no longer make the mistakes that she made that drew such harsh criticism. Since this coming of age on her part, Victoria's managed to retain her friendships with the likes of William Mason, while gaining a new field of allies and gaining a new field of enemies as well. Victoria has since been trying to regain the World Championship, having overcome numerous obstacles and enemies along the way, stemming from Travis Vessey, her former friend Tina Valentine and Alexander Midas along with Executive Order. Recently, she became a triple crown champion in GCW by winning the Global Tag Team Championships in an authority forced pairing with Kayla Jones in spite of questions of tension between them. However, a feud with GCW's branch of "Ginger Nation" resulted in her hitting the rock bottom of her wrestling career, leading to a forced hair dye and one of the most humiliating experiences of her career. Hating this forced dye at first, she would come around on it and decided to keep the red hair, seeing it as a fresh new start for her.

Victoria managed to come away with two more GCW World Championships before she left the company in 2018. (She has since returned, as of 2023)

Other ventures (2018-Present)

Hybrid and MWE

Victoria started to see more of a “rock bottom” phase when she was in both of these companies. She doesn’t hold a grudge against either of them. She left Hybrid on good terms, MWE not so much.

Women’s Wrestling Revolution

The good news is that Victoria managed to snap a 27 month championship drought by winning the WWR Chaos Championship. The bad news is that in a company full of people flaunting their stuff, so to speak, the classier, wrestling-based Victoria stuck out like a sore thumb in the worst way and clearly didn’t fit in. She had a two month reign with the championship before ultimately departing, citing that she wanted to be in a more wrestling focused product.

Anything Goes Wrestling/Alpha Grappling World

Victoria won her sixth World Championship here, but this was rather short lived. She doesn’t have much good things to say about this company.

International Brutal Wrestling

Victoria had a pretty strong run here, arguably the best run in any company she’s had since her original GCW departure in 2018. She won the IBW United States Championship and the IBW World Championship twice. However, constant management changes as well as disorganization with the company in and of itself led to an uneven tenure and a reluctant departure.

5BW/Festivus

In late 2020, Victoria created a concept known as “Festivus”, which was originally a vanity show based to be inclusive, as opposed to a vanity show that rejected her that featured “bikinis and bloodbaths”. This turned out to be such a hit that a second show was held in 2021, leading to the creation of the Festivus World Championship and subsequently, a full on merger where Festivus became 5BW’s weekly Thursday night show. Victoria runs the show herself as the General Manager of the brand, winning staff member of the year for season 4 of 5BW.

Personal Life

Married to Gavin Valenzuela, has a daughter named Avianna who was born on December 28, 2022 (via a surrogate). Was out of action from January to June of 2023 following a shoulder surgery and is just getting back into the swing of things with a new perspective on wrestling and life in general.

Reason for wrestling: This has evolved over the years. Way back in 2009, it was to realize a dream. A couple of years later, it was to be the best she can be. When she signed with GCW in 2014, it was to reclaim her previous run at the top. From 2016 to last year, it was effectively to be a champion anywhere she could be, to set the right example for whichever company she was wrestling for at the time. While accolades and titles are still a goal for her, it’s completely secondary at this stage. Becoming a mother has shifted her focus. It’s effectively setting the right example for her daughter more than anything else in the world at this point.

In-Ring Achievements:
1x PRW Hardcore Champion
1x PRW Intercontinental Champion
2x PRW World Champion
Revolution Cup Tournament Winner 2011 and 2012
Revolution Rumble Match Winner 2012
PRW Hall of Fame 2013
1x GCW TV Champion
1x GCW Tag Team Champion
3x GCW World Champion
GCW Civil War Match Winner 2015
GCW Hall of Fame 2018
1x UWA Hybrid Champion
1x EIW Tag Team Champion
1x EIW Sovereign Champion (never lost, EIW closed in 2018 right after she won it)
1x WWR Chaos Champion
1x AGW World Champion
1x IBW United States Champion
2x IBW World Champion
5BW Staff Member of the Year (Season 4)

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Updates (as of 10/31/2015):

- Alignment
- Theme song
- Entrance

And to a smaller extent:

- Gimmick
- Biography

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Updates as of 8/20/2016

- Nickname
- Theme
- Entrance Description (obviously)
- Pic Base (Thank god lol)
- Weight (from 120 to 132)
- Gimmick/Personality
- Finishers (They're still the same moves, just renamed to remove any 'vainglorious' references)
- Alignment (Still face, but some detail added to give idea of the kind of face she's to be going forward)
- Biography.

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New finisher added (debuted on 9/24/2016 Shotgun)