Beth Phoenix “The Glamazon” as a ring name but real name is Elizabeth Carolan née Kocanski. She is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on the Raw brand, where Beth Phoenix is in her second reign as WWE Women's Champion.

With regard to her professional wrestling career, after graduating from high school in the year 1999, she enrolled in both a professional wrestling school and Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. The first choice of Beth Phoenix for wrestling school was Stu Hart's Dungeon, but because of the location she decided on a more local school.

At the school, she was trained by the "All Knighters, Joey Knight and Robin Knightwing, who themselves had trained in the Hart Dungeon. Her professional wrestling debut match was against Alexis Laree, and she was made the rounds competing with various independent promotions against both male and female wrestlers.

In 2004, Beth was the manager of Chris Masters and Brent Albright in Ohio Valley Wrestling but she suffered a broken hand that October. During the recovery of Beth Phoenix, Chris Masters was called up to WWE, ending that combination.

Beth returned and joined the forces with Aaron "The Idol" Stevens in March of 2005, after he had just left the Jersey Shore Crew. Beth and Stevens fought Danny Inferno and Trudi Denucci in the first ever intergender Jersey Shore street fight. After the match, Stevens attacked Trudi and hit her with the (banned) piledriver.

Inferno then made it his mission to destroy Stevens and Beth for putting out his (kayfabe) girlfriend. Beth and Stevens eventually appeared after Inferno had been informed his house had been "robbed". He eventually made his way back to the arena and chased Beth and Stevens off.