TEMPEST

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Real Name: Eliza Layne Reece  

Birthdate: 9/12/85

Hometown: Washington D.C.

Current Residence: Washington D.C.

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 132 lbs.

Current Feds: Anything Goes Wrestling (2004-2005, 2007)

Titles Held :

AGW Women's Title

AGW Women's Tag Team Titles (with Morrigan Anastasia)

Honors:

None

History:

 Yes, yet another member of Speed Racer's family is interested in entering the wrestling business. This time it's his niece, Eliza. She is the oldest daughter of Speed and Moonspell's elder sister Lana, who used to wrestle under the name "Aurora" until the mid-90's (Editor's Note - And yes, I actually did run her back in '96). Despite her mother's protests, Eliza was interested in trying to make a career in wrestling, preferably in the AGW.

 Finally, her mother agreed to let her train to wrestle, and around that same time, Joseph Cash came to the family to offer them what he said was the "opportunity of a lifetime". Lana didn't want her daughter to wrestle, but realized it was a part of the family's bloodline. So she agreed, and as soon as Eliza became 18, she started training....both with Joseph Cash and secretly at the AGW Academy whose head trainer, Overkill, also serves as bodyguard for Cash Inc.

On September 12th, 2004, Eliza, who was renamed "Tempest" started her AGW career as a member of Cash Inc, replacing Lexa. Along with Kathryn Cash and Morrigan Anastasia, the trio quickly became the most dominating women in the AGW. Three months after debuting, Tempest won her first AGW gold, as she and Morrigan Anastasia became the third duo to become AGW Women's Tag Team Champions.

But that was not enough for Tempest. In 2005, Cash Inc. more or less disbanded, and the AGW roster was split so Tempest was on her own except for the alliance she shared with her friend and trainer, Overkill. That friendship gave her the confidence to keep heading upward in the business and at the 2005 AGW Vs. The World, she defeated Jo Hardy to become AGW Women's Champion, a belt she held for over 100 days.

However the AGW got into financial trouble again, and was forced to close down in late 2005. Rather than find other work in the U.S. however, Tempest was given some contacts in Japan by family friend and trainer, Bolo Yeung. And in fact, Tempest shocked everyone when she decided against returning to the AGW when it started back up in May of 2006. She made some of her family and cohorts upset with this decision, but she felt she had a "sure" thing in Japan so there she stayed.

And for a year and a half, Tempest spent most of her time in Japan, competing for a couple of different leagues as one of their top "joshi" women stars. She even started a "cult" stable of her own in the winter of 2006 featuring some Speed Racer Academy students, namely Chad Allen, Cruz and Kenny Stephens.

In the spring of 2007, her Japanese commitments were up, and she decided to return to the U.S. to help rebuild the AGW Women's division as it hopefully returns for another go-around, this time as an ally of Pandemonium. In Japan, some say Tempest did the "dark and brooding" gimmick better than her aunt ever had, so could this lead to problems in the future? Time will tell.

(left to right: Chad Allen, Cruz, Tempest and Kenny Stephens)