WCW's Ms. Hancock
Talks About Unemployment and Life Away from Wrestling By
Alex Marvez / South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Stacy Keibler is thin. This will surprise any World Championship
Wrestling fan who believes Keibler should be seven- to eight-months
pregnant by now.
But like many of the storylines that went nowhere in the
Vince Russo matchmaking regime, Keibler's pregnancy and
character were forgotten about after a WCW management switch.
Keibler was "showing" when appearing on a WCW
Thunder telecast in late November and hasn't appeared on
television since. "I haven't been at work for a month-and-
a-half or so," said Keibler, who also worked under
the name Ms. Hancock. "I don't really know a lot except
for what I read on the Internet and what people there have
told me.
"I think they're just figuring things out with the
storylines and what they want me to do. I think everybody
needs a little break. I've gotten mine, so I'm ready to
work." WCW, though, will have plenty of explaining
to do when Keibler does return.
Keibler and David Flair were set to have a shotgun wedding
until she was forced to admit that he wasn't the father
of the baby. A list of potential suspects was introduced
during later telecasts, including Russo, Marcus Bagwell
and David's father, Ric. At one point, David Flair was collecting
DNA samples from other wrestlers in his personal search.
Despite the tasteless nature of the angle, Keibler said
she didn't object when asked by Russo for her participation.
"His ideas were very good," said Keibler, who
was plucked from the ranks of the Nitro Girls and repackaged
as a valet during Russo's tenure. "If he could have
played it out the way he wanted, it would have been a very
good angle and story to tell. But things just went haywire
and it never worked out." Keibler said she wasn't sure
who would eventually be exposed as the father.
"I don't know all the final things," Keibler
said. "I can say that because we were owned by (Ted)
Turner, I couldn't have had an abortion or a miscarriage.
It would have went somewhere with either having a kid or
me being a liar. It would have led to more problems and
more stories."
WCW's new ownership (Fusient Media Ventures) isn't holding
the botched ending to the pregnancy storyline against Keibler.
On Feb. 2, WCW terminated the contracts of five female performers
(Major Guns Daffney, Paisley, Tygress and Leia Meow), but
decided to keep Keibler in the fold.
When her wrestling career temporarily slowed down, Keibler
re- enrolled as a part-time student at Towson State in Maryland.
Keibler also found time to attend Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa
to cheer on the Baltimore Ravens. Keibler, 21, was a Ravens
cheerleader before being chosen the winner of a $10,000
contest to join the Nitro Girls in the fall of 1999.
"It could be good for me being off TV, because people
could be like, ãWhere's she at?"' said Keibler,
whose short skirts and dance routines on the announcing
table helped establish her wrestling character. "Then
when I do come back, I'll have a whole new thing going on
that will be better than when I was there before. Hopefully,
it doesn't last too much longer, because I love what I do
and I want to be back on the road."
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