The J-Cup Tournament is an annual tournament held by Women Superstars Uncensored , in which the winner earns of shot at the WSU Championship . The inaugural tournament was hosted by National Wrestling Superstars in 2006 as an extension of the Jersey J-Cup , which NWS dubbed the Chris Candido Memorial J-Cup Tournament. In 2008, NWS co-hosted the second tournament in collaboration with WSU as the J-Cup Tournament. Both promotions co-promoted the tournament until 2010, after which it became exclusive to WSU. The promotion held the tournament until 2013, the last edition being named the International J-Cup.
28-536: The tournament was held on March 22, 2008. The 2009 tournament took place on April 10, 2009 in Bergenfield, New Jersey. National Wrestling Superstars teamed up with its sister all-ladies promotion Women Superstars Uncensored on April 2 for the 2010 Jersey J-Cup Women’s Tournament in Neptune, New Jersey. The 2011 J-Cup Tournament was held on April 2, 2011. In the final the former WSU Spirit Champion Brittney Savage defeat
56-583: A ring announcer for a local professional wrestling promotion in Ohio, starting when the regular announcer was unavailable in August 2005. As Stephanie worked as a D. J. at a bowling alley, she was given the opportunity to announce the show and began the regular announcer. She later began training at Jeff Cannon's school. She made her professional wrestling debut for Ohio Championship Wrestling (OCW) in March 2007, as part of
84-582: A couple months later, Brittney suffered a knee injury that caused her to again announce her retirement from wrestling, adding that she would continue to valet for Neal. On February 28, 2015, Brittney announced she was once again taking bookings and would return to the ring. Before becoming a wrestler, she was a manager at Abercrombie and Fitch for five years. Savage has twelve tattoos. She was married to fellow professional wrestler Jesse Neal , and in December 2013 they announced they were expecting their first child,
112-546: A girl named Brooklyn, who was born on April 12, 2014. In 2018, Savage became a full time manager at Tillys and is now in the beauty industry and working on getting back into modeling, as well as acting. Sassy Stephie Stephanie Sager (born March 18, 1984) is an American professional wrestler , better known by her ring names Sassy Stephie and Sassy Stephanie . She regularly performs for several independent promotions including Shimmer Women Athletes and Women Superstars Uncensored . Stephanie began her career as
140-560: A regular for Shine Wrestling . On March 23, Savage faced Su Yung in a singles match at Shine 8 , but Brittany came out on the losing end. On June 5, 2013, Brittney announced she would be retiring from wrestling in December. However, on July 21, she retracted her plans due to what she called something big happening to her. One month later on August 20, Brittney's plans fell through, and she officially announced her retirement from wrestling. The following year, Brittney announced she would return to wrestling alongside her husband Jesse Neal. Only
168-659: A victory over Fate, and defeated Allison Danger at the next show in January 2010. Stephie competes for Absolute Intense Wrestling, and has appeared on several of the Girls Night Out events. She has also appeared for the Queens of Combat promotion. Upon debuting for Shine Wrestling in 2013, Stephie quickly formed an alliance with Jessie Belle Smothers , called Southern n' Sass. They feuded with The American Sweethearts (Santana and Amber O'Neal, and defeated them at Shine 15 to force
196-536: A wrestling fan, when she was in Junior High and later she began training. She made her debut in November, 2008. In December, 2008 Savage made her debut for American Championship Entertainment as the manager of Danny DeManto. Brittney Savage debuted for Wild Samoan Afa 's World Xtreme Wrestling as Brooke Carter and in her debut match, she defeated Jana. Savage made her debut for Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) under
224-633: The As the World Turns event. In November 2009, Brittney wrestled Beth Phoenix on an episode of WWE SmackDown . On October 3, 2009, Jessicka Havok and Hailey Hatred defeated Alicia and Carter to retain the WSU Tag Team Championship and after the match, Carter turned heel and attacked Alicia and revealed that she was aligned with manager Rick Cataldo. Carter changed her name to Brittney Savage , and began curb stomping Alicia until Becky Bayless made
252-574: The J-Cup Tournament for second time after defeating Ezavel Suena in the first round, Annie Social in the second round and Athena in the finals to earn a shot at the WSU Championship . However, during her title match with the newly crowned champion Mercedes Martinez, the former champion Jessica Havok, interjected herself in the match making it a three–way after Havok invoked her rematch clause. In 2013, Brittney relocated to Florida and became
280-646: The Shimmer Tag Team Championship . She also competed in singles matches, accompanied by Rachelle as a manager , losing to Thunderkitty and Santana . Stephanie debuted for Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) on October 3, 2009, in a loss to Amber O'Neal . After further losses to Cindy Rogers and Angelina Love , she unsuccessfully challenged Brittney Savage for the WSU Spirit Championship on November 6, 2010. She earned her first victory in WSU at
308-554: The Volume 28 taping, but lost. She returned to Shimmer at the next tapings on April 10 and 11, 2010, losing to Madison Eagles and Jessie McKay . After a year-long absence, she returned to Shimmer on March 27, 2011, losing to LuFisto . At the October 1, 2011, tapings, Stephie formed a new partnership with the villainous Nevaeh. The duo defeated Nikki Roxx and Ariel on October 1, but lost to Regeneration X ( Allison Danger and Leva Bates )
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#1733084514069336-614: The WSU 4th Anniversary Show , Savage lost the Spirit Championship to Sassy Stephanie . After the match, she turned face attacking Rick Cataldo and proclaimed the end of "The Cosmo Club". Savage participated in the 2011 J-Cup tournament, where she defeated Cindy Rogers and Jana in the first two rounds. In the finals, she defeated Sassy Stephie, to earn a shot at WSU Champion Mercedes Martinez . On June 25, 2011 at The Uncensored Rumble IV , Savage unsuccessfully challenged Mercedes Martinez for
364-737: The Midwest. In 2007, she debuted for Ladysports in Tennessee. In 2008 and 2009, she worked a couple of shows for Ring of Honor , including a Ring of Honor Wrestling television taping on March 1, 2009. She has competed for Chikara in Philadelphia, and made her international debut in 2010, working for several promotions in the United Kingdom. Stephie competed on the first ever Jersey All Pro Wrestling Women's Division show in January 2009, where she lost to Roxie Cotton. She returned in November 2009 with
392-524: The Ring tournament, but she and J.D. Smooth were eliminated in the first round. Over the next few months, she successfully defended the Spirit Championship against Rain and O'Neal. On August 6, Stephanie joined forces with Allysin Kay and Jessicka Havok, to form The Midwest Militia. She lost the Spirit Championship to Rain on September 24. Stephie competed in tag team members with other members of The Midwest Militia over
420-729: The Soul Sisters in April. As part of a talent exchange, The Midwest Militia began competing for the Canadian promotion NCW Femmes Fatales (NCWFF) in 2012. At NCWFF's ninth show in July 2012, the Midwest Militia defeated Courtney Rush, Xandra Bale, and Cat Power in a six-woman tag team match. At WSU's Queen and King Tournament pay-per-view, Stephie and Kay retained the championship against Marti Belle and Lexxus . On February 8, 2014, Stephie and Kay lost
448-458: The WSU Championship. Later on the show, Savage participated in the fourth annual Uncensored Rumble, but was eliminated by Amy Lee. On August 6, 2011 Savage defeated Lee in an "Uncensored Rules" match . After the match Savage turned face and on the second taping she aligned herself with Mercedes Martinez and Alicia, assisting them against Midwest Militia . On April 28, 2012, Brittney won
476-692: The WSU Tag Team Championship to Kimber Lee and Annie Social, when Havok, who was substituting for Kay, attacked Stephie during the match. In May, Stephie joined forces with D. J. Hyde to enter the King and Queen of the King tournament, but were eliminated in the first round by Shanna and Chris Dickinson . In November, Stephie announced she had become part of WSU management, and introduced an assistant, Amanda Rodriguez. The pair, along with Mademoiselle Rachelle, later attacked WSU Champion LuFisto. Stephie has competed for many other independents, mainly in
504-462: The championship. On April 10, 2009 Carter participated in the J-CUP tournament, but was defeated by Rain in the 1st round. The AC Express hold the championships until Miss April signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment , then WSU allowed Carter to choose a replacement and she chose Alicia . Carter and Alicia lost the championships to Hailey Hatred and Jessicka Havok on August 22, 2009, at
532-440: The current Spirit Champion Sassy Stephie, to earn a shot at WSU Champion Mercedes Martinez. Brittney will challenge Mercedes Martinez for the WSU Championship on June 25, 2011. The 2012 J-Cup Tournament was held on April 28, 2012. Two qualifying matches were held at the 5th Anniversary Show on March 3, 2012, which saw Athena defeat Leva Bates , and April Hunter defeat Annie Social. However, due to injury, Hunter had to pull out of
560-593: The following night. They defeated Ashley Lane and Mia Yim at Volume 44 . In March 2012, Stephie was back in singles action, losing to Courtney Rush and Athena , and lost to Hiroyo Matsumoto in October at Volume 49 . She defeated Su Yung at the taping of Volume 50 , before losing to Kalamity at Volume 52 . Stephie then re-joined forces with Nevaeh, alongside Mademoiselle Rachelle, and performed in tag team matches throughout 2013 and 2014. On October 20, 2013, at Volume 60 , Stephie and Nevaeh unsuccessfully challenged 3G ( Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa ) for
588-546: The following show, when she defeated Brittnay Force. Following a tag team match where Stephanie and Savage were on opposite sides, Stephanie defeated Savage to win the WSU Spirit Championship on March 5, 2011, after an assist from Ivory . She competed in the 2011 J-Cup Tournament , defeating Jennifer Cruz and Jamilia Craft to reach the final, where she lost to Savage. She also competed in the WSU/NWS Queen and King of
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#1733084514069616-479: The name Brooke Carter, teaming up with Reyna Fire against Melissa Coates and Trixxie Lynn, in a losing effort. In WSU Carter formed a tag-team with Miss April , known as The AC Express. On February 7, 2009, The AC Express defeated The Beatdown Betties (Roxie Cotton and Annie Social) to become the WSU Tag Team Champions . A month later, on March 7, they defeated The Beatdown Betties in a rematch to retain
644-470: The next few months, including winning a War Games match against Team WSU ( Mercedes Martinez , Alicia , and Brittney Savage) at the Breaking Barriers II internet pay-per-view in November. On March 3, 2012, Stephie and Kay won the WSU Tag Team Championship by defeating the Soul Sisters (Jana and Latasha). They successfully defended the championship against the teams of Alicia and Brittney Savage and
672-588: The promotion's first annual Ladies Night , and returned for Ladies Night Out 2 in March 2008. Stephie debuted in Shimmer Women Athletes on October 19, 2008, losing to Rachel Summerlyn on Sparkle (Shimmer's pre-show). In May 2009, she returned to Sparkle, teaming with Kimberly Kash to lose to Summerlyn and Rayna Von Tash, before losing to Kash in a singles match. She earned her first victory in November, teaming with Kacey Diamond to defeat Kash and Leva . She and Diamond faced Nevaeh and Ashley Lane at
700-520: The same night Savage regained the championship. On November 5, 2010, Brittany Savage successfully defended the Spirit championship against Divina Fly . On January 15, 2011. Savage teamed up with Rick Cataldo and they challenged The Belle Saints for the WSU Tag Team titles, but were unsuccessful. On June 4, 2011, Savage made an appearance for NCW Femmes Fatales in a victorious outing against Cherry Bomb. On
728-433: The save. On October 10, 2009, the evil Brittney Savage defeated Becky Bayless and Latasha in a triple threat match to win her first WSU Spirit Championship . On December 12, 2009, Savage lost the championship to Alicia, but she managed to re-capture the championship after an interference from Rick Cataldo. Brittney once again lost the Spirit Championship to Alicia in a triple threat match also featuring Brittany Force and on
756-473: The team to disband. The duo entered a tournament to determine the inaugural Shine Tag Team Champions ; they defeated Mseerie ( Christina Von Eerie and MsChif ) to advance to the semi-finals, but lost to The Lucha Sisters (Leva Bates and Mia Yim). In March 2014, Stephie and Smothers were part of a four-way tag team match to determine the number one contenders to the Shine Tag Team Championship;
784-650: The tournament, and Social took her place. Christina von Eerie was also due to take part in the tournament, but travel issues meant that she was replaced by Kimber Lee . The 2013 J-Cup Tournament was held on October 12, 2013 at WSU's second Secret Show in Vorhees, New Jersey . Brittney Savage Brittney Savage (born April 29, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with wrestling promotions such as American Championship Entertainment, National Wrestling Superstars, World Xtreme Wrestling and Women Superstars Uncensored . Savage became
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