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42-453: Stephanie Finochio (born December 1, 1971) is an American stuntwoman , actress and former professional wrestler and valet . She is known for her appearances with NWA Total Nonstop Action and World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Trinity . After completing her training, Finochio made her professional wrestling debut on October 10, 2002 without using her surname, where she lost to Phoenix . On October 13, Finochio, now using

84-400: A ballerina , controversy arose over how much credit for the dancing in the film was being given to her and how much to her "dance double", American Ballet Theatre soloist Sarah Lane . Prior to Black Swan , there had also been dance doubles in other films. In Flashdance (1983), Jennifer Beals ’ dancing was doubled by Marine Jahan and, at one point, the male dancer Crazy Legs for

126-425: A goth look. Weeks later, Bentley and Kazarian, along with Johnny Devine , formed the stable Serotonin , with Raven as their leader. As part of the new group Bentley's name was changed to Martyr, who along with Kaz and Havok (Devine) portrayed a strange rocker type look and would not win a lot of matches - as a matter of fact, even if they won, Raven would come out, make them get on their knees and beat them with

168-764: A jobber on WWE's programs Velocity and Sunday Night Heat . He is also a former Ring of Honor (ROH) wrestler, with his breakout match occurring against Paul London at the Unscripted event in September 2002, that concluded with London hitting the shooting star press off a ladder. ROH later described the match as a "match of the year candidate". He was also a member of The Group faction in ROH, with Samoa Joe and C. W. Anderson , but they were forced to disband after losing to The Prophecy at Night of Grudges on June 14, 2003. He later wrestled for Major League Wrestling , where he

210-587: A Kendo stick (as part of a system dubbed "torture breeds success"). In August 2007, Bentley's TNA contract expired and was not renewed. On April 4, 2008, Bentley made an appearance on Friday Night SmackDown in a squash match, losing to the debuting Vladimir Kozlov . Following his WWE appearance, Bentley temporarily left wrestling in order to create a band named "Lost in Chaos" with his friends. They are currently located in Orlando and participating in numerous gigs. The band

252-497: A battle royal to determine the promotion's inaugural World Championship, which was ultimately won by Nikita . On November 20, 2002, Finochio made her Total Nonstop Action Wrestling debut as "Trinity", as a valet to debuting tag team Divine Storm against E. Z. Money and Sonny Siaki . She made a few more appearances in this role. After a short hiatus, on January 27, 2003, she made her wrestling debut as "Stephanie Trinity" where she and Kid Kash defeated Desire and Sonny Siaki in

294-403: A dancer and is a certified aerobics instructor. Stunt double A body double or photography double is used in certain specific shots to replace the credited actor of a character. The body double's face is obscured to maintain the illusion that they are the same character; usually by shooting their body at an angle that leaves their face out (such as by showing the body double from

336-849: A difficult break dancing sequence. Matt Bentley Matthew James Bentley (born December 10, 1979), is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) by the ring name Michael Shane , later changed to "Maverick" Matt Bentley . He was trained by his cousin, Shawn Michaels , and he took the name Michael Shane, a play on his cousin's name, originating from Michaels' guest appearance in Pacific Blue . Additionally, Bentley utilizes Michaels' signature superkick maneuver as his own finisher. After being trained at Shawn Michaels' Texas Wrestling Academy , Bentley competed in Japan for

378-460: A losing effort to Michelle McCool and Jillian Hall at a house show. The following day, Trinity wrestled her final match in WWE as she and Kelly lost to McCool and Hall in a rematch. Finochio was later released from her WWE contract on June 22, 2007. After being released from WWE, Finochio retired from professional wrestling in order to concentrate on her stunt work. On September 20, 2008, Finochio made

420-440: A match between Bentley and Trinity and Sabin and Traci, Bentley and Traci turned on their partners and reunited. In July 2005, Bentley was forced to refrain from using the "Michael Shane" alias, which he had used for his entire career, following threats of legal action from World Wrestling Entertainment , the employers of Mike Shane , who had trademarked his name, something which Bentley had neglected to do. After going simply by

462-565: A mixed tag team match. Trinity then defeated Desire in a singles match on February 5 before later defeating ODB on February 26. On March 19, Trinity became the second woman in TNA history to compete for one of the promotion's male championships, as she wrestled against Kid Kash and Amazing Red in a three-way match for Kash's X Division Championship , but was unable to win the title. In June, Trinity turned heel by choking out Goldylocks backstage, and would solidify her heel turn by aligning with Vince Russo

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504-491: A one-night return to wrestling under her old Stephanie Starr ring name, where she lost a three-way match to Peggy Lee Leather , that also involved Fantasy. On April 19, 2012, Finochio began competing in roller derby as a member of the Strong Island Derby Revolution. On March 17, 2013, Trinity made her return to TNA at one of their One Night Only shows, Knockouts Knockdown, which aired on September 6, 2013. At

546-653: A part of the body is shown, the term for the double might be more specific. A common double is a "hand double", who is used to shoot inserts where only the hand or arm is in the shot. These inserts are often shot by the second unit with a double at a later point in production primarily because it allows the main unit to use the lead actors' time more efficiently. Body doubles are often used for shots involving nudity. The reasons for this vary. Actors' nude bodies may have too many physical flaws and imperfections that would show on camera, especially due to aging, while some actors are uncomfortable performing nude. A common body double

588-470: A star actor's contractual "support crew", along with the star's cooks, trainers, dressers, and assistants. Often stunt doubles have to look like their respective actors, in order to maintain the illusion that it is the actor on-screen. Stunt doubles for Eddie Murphy , John Wayne , Harrison Ford , Steve Martin , Salman Khan and Michael Landon have been associated with their lead actors for decades. Sometimes stunt doubles are cast in small roles apart from

630-472: A stretcher match on June 23 and then again in a mixed tag team match on July 7 to end the feud. At the inaugural Victory Road pay-per-view on November 7, 2004, the evil Trinity defeated Jacqueline Moore in an open challenge. After the NYC disbanded, Trinity entered into an angle with Tracy Brooks and TNA's Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes over the position of Rhodes' personal assistant. Brooks eventually won

672-496: A try-out match with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she and Chris Cage lost to Beth Phoenix and Aaron Stevens on November 9, 2005. After appearing on the January 6, 2006 episode of Heat alongside Talia Madison in a segment with The Heart Throbs , WWE officially signed Finochio to a contract. She was then placed in WWE's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling , where she made her debut on March 22, 2006, as

714-417: A valet. In June, A.J. Styles returned to the X Division and won the championship from Kazarian . In an effort to eliminate Styles from the X Division, Bentley and Traci formed a tag team with Kazarian (informally known by the portmanteau of their last names, Shazarian ). On July 28, 2004, Bentley and Kazarian defeated Styles in an Ultimate X match when they both pulled down the championship. Surprisingly,

756-411: Is contractually prohibited from taking certain risks. Stunt doubles should be distinguished from daredevils, who perform stunts for the sake of the stunt alone, often as a career. Sequences often do not place stunt doubles in the same mortal peril as the characters: for example, harnesses and wires can be digitally removed from the final film. Many stunt doubles have long production careers as part of

798-480: Is the "butt double", mostly used with TV , since whole-body nudity is less common in that medium. The term "stunt butt" is also attested, as is " stunt cock ". In some productions, a scene calls for two characters in the same shot who are portrayed by a single actor. A body double can portray one of the characters, while the credited actor plays the other, thus enabling both characters to appear simultaneously on camera. An unusual example of body doubling took place in

840-512: The Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling promotion. He also briefly worked for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from October 2000 to the final show of the promotion on January 13, 2001. After ECW closed Bentley returned to Japan, where he wrestled under a mask as Omega Verfian. During this time he also made appearances for both World Wrestling Entertainment and World Championship Wrestling in dark matches . He also worked as

882-555: The Jack Russell terrier on Wishbone (1995-1997), reportedly hated swimming and therefore had stunt doubles. A dance double performs physically difficult dancing. The Black Swan dance double controversy brought significant attention to dance doubles. After the 83rd Academy Awards , in which Natalie Portman won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Black Swan (2010) as

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924-561: The PPV, Trinity competed but was defeated by ODB . Finochio was born and raised in Long Island, New York , where she graduated from Lindenhurst Senior High School in 1989 before later graduating from Dowling College in 1994 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. She later returned to Dowling and earned a master's degree in education in 2000. Finochio has over twenty years of experience as

966-470: The Rough . After the match, Bentley snapped and attacked Hoyt, thus turning him into a villain. The next week on Impact! in an interview Bentley announced he was a "Maverick", and thus became "Maverick Matt". He continued feuding with Hoyt, and lost to him at Destination X . He would then wrestle a few more matches, most being 6-man tag team matches, losing every time. Bentley did not appear on TNA television for

1008-429: The actor they double for. In the episode " The Trouble with Tribbles " (1967) of the original Star Trek series (1966-1969), William Shatner 's stunt double Paul Baxley was cast as Ensign Freeman, a minor character primarily seen during a bar fight. Non-humans are also known to have stunt doubles. For example, Enzo was the stunt double for his aging sire Moose on the sitcom Frasier (1993-2004). Soccer ,

1050-515: The back) or in post-production by superimposing the original actor's face over the body double's. The double's face is usually not seen on-camera, particularly when they do not facially resemble the actor; a wig will usually be employed if the double's hair color is different from that of the main actor. This is in contrast to a stand-in , who replaces an actor for non-filming purposes such as scene arrangement and lighting adjustments. A body double must sometimes be able to recite his or her lines with

1092-431: The background when he makes his entrance. After a disappearance from television due to contract renegotiations and a few matches in the X Division, Bentley and Traci turned into fan favorites , largely because of the crowd, which was doing the "Bentley Bounce" at the time. On a February 2006 edition of Xplosion , Bentley and his partner Lance Hoyt had some miscommunication during their tag team against The Diamonds in

1134-560: The duo was declared co-champions, a first for the X-Division Championship. They lost the title in a Gauntlet for the Gold match two weeks later. Shazarian split up in early 2005 when Kazarian left TNA and signed with WWE . Traci quietly left Bentley in 2005 to become an assistant for TNA Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes , and later joined with Chris Sabin . In turn, Trinity became Bentley's valet. At Hard Justice , however, in

1176-518: The following week. In April 2004, Finochio formed the New York Connection (NYC) alongside Glenn Gilbertti , Vito LoGrasso , and Johnny Swinger . The NYC had their first match together on April 28, where Trinity, Gilbertti, and Swinger lost to Desire, Pat Kenney , and Sonny Siaki before losing a rematch on June 3 in a dark match before the inaugural episode of Impact! . Trinity then began feuding with Desire, and proceeded to defeat her in

1218-790: The image of the characters in same setting, such as with Deep Roy , who portrayed the Oompa-Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). The 1984 film Body Double , directed by Brian De Palma , featured a plot that hinged on the discovery that one character had in fact served as a body double for another. A stunt double is often a stunt performer , specifically a skilled replacement, used for dangerous sequences or other sophisticated stunts (especially fight scenes ). Stunt doubles may be used in cases where an actor's physical condition or age precludes much activity, or when an actor

1260-487: The job after her team of The Disciples of Destruction defeated Trinity's team, Phi Delta Slam , at the inaugural Destination X pay-per-view on March 13, 2005. Trinity then became the manager of Michael Shane and resumed her feud with Brooks, who became the manager of Chris Sabin . At the inaugural Hard Justice pay-per-view, Trinity and Shane were defeated by Brooks and Sabin after Brooks turned on Sabin and Shane turned on Trinity. After leaving TNA, Finochio received

1302-402: The manager for The Full Blooded Italians ( Little Guido , Tony Mamaluke and Big Guido ). On June 24 at an ECW house show , Finochio injured her knee after executing a moonsault from the top rope to the outside of the ring during a catfight with Kelly Kelly and Francine that stemmed from Francine winning a bikini contest earlier in the night. She underwent surgery a few days later, and

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1344-421: The movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). A scene requiring Linda Hamilton to appear as two Sarah Connors in the same scene was created by employing Hamilton's identical twin sister Leslie as her double. This has become less common with digital editing currently available which can splice together multiple takes, allowing for an actor to perform as each character in separate takes that are joined to create

1386-418: The name Michael, Bentley decided to go by his real name. All TNA DVD releases featuring matches with Bentley as "Michael Shane" have had the on-screen graphics altered and commentary completely replaced to reflect the name change. One such DVD is the pay-per-view Lockdown , included in the "TNA Anthology: The Epic Set" box set, in which you can still see the name "Michael Shane" on the entrance video playing in

1428-564: The next four months. He returned on the July 20 edition of Impact! , teaming with former partner Frankie Kazarian , who had returned earlier in the week, in a loss against The Naturals . Traci did not return with Bentley, instead becoming Ms. Brooks, Robert Roode 's new valet. On the October 26 edition of Impact! , Bentley appeared in the "Raven's Perch" section of the Impact Zone bleachers, debuting

1470-468: The ring name "Stephanie Trinity", defeated Simply Luscious to win her first professional wrestling match. On October 26, Finochio made her Chikara debut under the ring name Stephanie Starr, where she lost to Mercedes Martinez . On November 1, Trinity lost to Luscious in a rematch. On January 17, 2003, Trinity wrestled against NWA Canadian Women's Champion Bam Bam Bambi for the title, but was defeated. On September 13, Trinity defeated April Hunter to win

1512-523: The same timing as the actor, and also reproduce the exact physical actions in co-ordination with the other principal actors; usually, doubles must have a strong resemblance to the actor they replace. An extensively used body double, especially when used in cases where the credited actor is unavailable, unwilling to film or has died, is known as a fake Shemp . A double can be used for cases where special skills are needed—such as playing musical instruments, dancing or other athletic abilities. Also, if only

1554-469: The special guest referee in a match between Shelly Martinez and Beth Phoenix , which Phoenix won. Finochio, as Trinity, made her in-ring debut for OVW on March 29 in a match against Sosay that ended in a no-contest after she was attacked by Phoenix. In response to the attack, Trinity wrestled against Phoenix on April 5, but was defeated. On the June 13 episode of ECW on Sci Fi , Trinity made her WWE debut as

1596-566: The taping of TNA's One Night Only: X-Travaganza special (aired on April 5, 2013), competing in a seven-man Xscape match , which was won by Christian York . On September 5, 2015, Bentley made his Global Force Wrestling debut defeating Kevin Matthews and Mark Sterling in a three-Way match as part of the GFW Grand Slam Tour. Shane and Frankie Kazarian were declared co-champions after defeating AJ Styles in an Ultimate X match at

1638-452: The vacant CSWF Women's Championship . Trinity made her first title defense on February 21, 2004, against Ariel , where she was successful in retaining the title. On August 28, 2004, Trinity lost the title to Hunter in a four-way match also involving Ariel and Tracy Brooks , ending her reign at 350 days. On May 13, 2005, Trinity competed at the Queens of Chaos' debut event, where she competed in

1680-428: Was given a recovery time of six to eight weeks. Finochio made her return on October 7, where she lost to Jazz in a singles match at a house show . She lost to Jazz in a rematch the next night. On the October 31 episode of ECW on Sci Fi , Trinity won the first ever "ECW Diva Halloween Costume Contest" after being voted over Kelly Kelly and Ariel . On January 13, 2007, Trinity teamed with fellow ECW Diva Kelly Kelly in

1722-619: Was managed by Francine , and returned to Japan to compete for Zero-One Wrestling . Bentley joined TNA in 2003. He competed in the X Division, quickly winning the X Division Championship in the first ever Ultimate X match. Later in 2003, Bentley formed a stable with Shane Douglas and Traci known as "The New Franchise". In January 2004 he lost the title to Chris Sabin in Ultimate X2. The New Franchise disbanded in April 2004 when Bentley turned on Douglas. Traci ended up staying with Bentley as

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1764-452: Was nominated for Florida's Best Band on a local rock station website in 2009. On June 27, 2011, Bentley made a one night return to TNA at the tapings of the June 30 edition of Impact Wrestling , losing an opportunity at earning a TNA contract when Low Ki pinned Jimmy Yang in a three–way first round match of an X-Division tournament, where the winner of the tournament would receive a TNA contract. On January 12, 2013, Bentley took part in

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