Leah Vaughan

Leah Vaughan (born October 1, 1987) is a Canadian professional wrestler. She was formerly known as Leah Von Dutch.^[2]

Vaughan has said "I always wanted to be a wrestler since I was 12 years old. I was about 19 years old when I thought this could actually be a reality and when I was 24 I decided to pursue my dream."^[3] She got her start in early 2011 where she would make appearances on the periphery of wrestling - ring announcing, acting as referee, selling tickets and merchandise.^[1] She was also paired up with Cody Deaner at NEO Wrestling, whom she acted as a manager for.^[4] Vaughan received some early training from Derek Wylde, but conflicting schedules made it difficult to steadily train.^[5] She made her in-ring debut in September 2011^[1] against Cherry Bomb;^[6] that same month, she won an essay contest arranged by former pro-wrestler Edge which has as its prize a scholarship for training at Squared Circle Training in Toronto.^[4]

She was named by the website DivaDirt as one of "The Five to Watch" in 2012.^[7]

Vaughan has made appearances with Chikara, where she faced Sara Del Rey twice.^[4] She appeared at the April 2013 SHIMMER tapings, where she was part of a six-man tag team match on the first day of tapings.^[8] The following day, she made her on camera appearance when she competed against Rhia O'Reilly in a match for SHIMMER Volume 56.^[9]

She has made multiple appearances with Shine Wrestling, appearing on shows #6,^[10] 13,^[11] 16,^[12] 19 and 22 to 25. She has also appeared with Ring of Honor,^[13] Shine Wrestling, 2CW,^[14] Reina x World^[15] and nCw Femmes Fatales.^[16] She has done several tours of the United Kingdom and Europe, in 2013 and 2014 where she appeared in about a dozen different shows there^{[17] [18]} She announced in April 2016 that she had signed a deal with World Wonder Ring Stardom.^{[19] [20]}

She had appeared on several occasions in the World Wrestling Entertainment, acting as one of Adam Rose's Rosebuds.^{[21] [22]}

In March 2017 Vaughan became the first Women's champion for Clash Wrestling,^[23] though she lost it to Nevaeh three months later.^[24]

On September 8, 2016, Vaughan, as Leah Von Dutch, was defeated by Ember Moon at an NXT taping.

In September 2017, Vaughan announced she was taking a break from professional wrestling to "focus on other projects".^[25]

In addition to wrestling, she has also made an appearance in a music video by the band The Creekside Strays.^{[26] [27]} as well as one by Joey Stylez.^{[28] [29]} She has a degree in Kinesiology from University of Windsor and an Esthetics diploma from Fanshawe College in London.

• Absolute Intense Wrestling
  • Absolute Women's Championship (1 time)^[30]
• Clash Wrestling
  • CLASH Women's Champion (1 time)^[23]
• Pure Wrestling Association
  • PWA Women's Elite Championship (1 time)^[31]
• Vicious Outcast Wrestling
  • Queen of the Ring (1 time, current)^[32]
• Xtreme Bombshell Wrestling
  • XBW Bombshells Championship (1 time)^[33]

• Leah Vaughan on Facebook

• 1987 births
• 21st-century female professional wrestlers
• 21st-century Canadian professional wrestlers
• Canadian female professional wrestlers
• Living people
• Professional wrestlers from Ontario
• Sportspeople from London, Ontario
• 21st-century Canadian sportswomen

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