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Editorial*Exclusive* Indy Circuit Spotlight….Mistress Belmont

*Exclusive* Indy Circuit Spotlight….Mistress Belmont

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Catherine Genevra Belmont is a female wrestler best known by her ring name Mistress
Belmont. She has wrestled predominantly throughout the independent circuit and
was trained by the late Steve Bradley. Her in ring ability is very impressive
and is predicated on her dark, sadistic demeanor.

She has wrestled
for many promotions including Top Rope Promotions, NWA On Fire, New England
Championship Wrestling, World Women’s Wrestling, Front Row Wrestling, Ringside
Entertainment, NCW Femmes Fatales, and Women Superstars Uncensored. Belmont
goes by the nickname “The Slave Girl,” which coincides with her signature move,
The Slave Driver.

When asked in an
interview a few years back to describe herself, she had this to say; “I’m the
blue-haired freak from Maine that likes to kick ass!” Seriously, I’m an
independent wrestler from Portland, Maine that wants to frighten and entertain
you while at the same time make you think, “Wow – she’s kinda hot…”
A very interesting description by a very unique wrestler.  

By following the
Independent Circuit and reading about the wrestlers and their storied careers,
I am able to catch up with some of them and conduct an interview from time to
time which allows them to share with us their story. Recently I was able to
catch up with Mistress Belmont and she was gracious enough to put a halt to her
busy schedule to discuss his career, future, and accomplishments. This is what
she had to say.

* When did your pro wrestling
career begin?

My career started
in February of 2004.  I’d always wanted
to work in wrestling in some way – as a kid I thought women could only be
valets.  I was a huge fan of Sensational
Sherri as a manager, not knowing at that point that there was such a thing as
female wrestling.  It wasn’t until I was
much older that I learned women could wrestle as well. 

I got my start by
way of my younger brother.  He went to a
local wrestling show he’d seen advertised on a poster stuck to a telephone
pole, and because he’s a big guy everyone thought he was a “plant”.  One of the wrestlers noticed him and pulled
him aside after the show and mentioned a school run by Steve Bradley in
Manchester, New Hampshire.  He started
training in November and told me about it immediately.  I took out a loan the following February and began
my training.  The school was 80 miles
from where I lived and I trained three days a week for almost four years.  I got my start mostly in New Hampshire and
Massachusetts, working for Steve and his WFA promotion.  It felt like a family and I miss it terribly,
so I value that time in my life very much.

* What federations have you work for along the way?

I started off in
(the now defunct) WFA for about a year before I began working for New England
Championship Wrestling in their all-girls promotion, World Women’s
Wrestling.  I consider NECW my home
promotion in that I have worked there consistently for the last 10 years.  I also wrestle regularly for the fledgling
Valkyrie Women’s Wrestling (based in New York). 
They’re trying to take my character and run with it, which has been a
blast.  I’ve also worked several times
for NCW Femmes Fatales in Montreal, Chaotic Wrestling, Top Rope Promotions, and
Lucky Pro Wrestling in Massachusetts, IWE up in Maine, and I just started
wrestling for Dynasty Pro Wrestling in New York.  There have been many along the way, but those
are the ones I’m remembering off the top of my head.

* How could you explain the life on an independent wrestler?

I feel it’s much
like that of an everyday person, but with an exciting superhero twist.  Like most people that wrestle on this level,
I have a normal everyday job and wrestle on the weekends. Usually I have to
drive long distances to shows all over the northeast – I’ve put 64,000 miles on
my car in 3 years, which is not uncommon for the independent wrestler.  A lot of shows require more than 3 hours of
driving time, which cuts out a lot of your weekend because not only do you have
to drive there for the show, you have to drive home.  Being home by 2 a.m. on a Sunday is early by
my standards and a good night because I don’t have to sleep until 1:00 to
recover.  On the nights that I’m
travelling from New York or New Jersey I have to chase caffeine pills with coffee
just to keep from falling asleep at the wheel. 

I’ve also learned
tricks as to how to change in a crowded room with no place to sit down and no
bathroom.  Rarely do wrestlers get their
own dressing rooms, so the idea of the glamourous life backstage is
non-existent.  More often than not we’re
all packed in together, and if you’re lucky you get a chair.  However, all of this is irrelevant for the
10-15 minutes when you’re on the other side of the curtain and entertain your
ass off.  Those 10 minutes make the 5
hour drive, shitty space backstage, and the lack of sleep all worth it every
time.

* Do you pay attention to other federations or follow other wrestlers?

I don’t have a
lot of time to watch other people’s matches or wrestling in general, but I try
to stay on top of who’s who, especially the women.  The pool of women where I am in New England
is pretty small, so I’m always on the lookout for girls that would be an asset
to women’s wrestling up here.  I always
try to keep up with what my fellow New Englander Davienne is up to, but more
often than not it involves me.

* What would be your dream match?

My dream match
has always been a match with Sara Del Rey. 
I consider her to be the best in the world, and unfortunately for me it
will never happen.  However, it is
fortunate for the rest of the world because she has made women’s wrestling
better.

* What would you say is your greatest accomplishment in the sport of
professional wrestling?

I’ve always said
that all I ever wanted was a tryout, and while having a tryout for TNA was
great  I’d honestly say my greatest
accomplishment is the respect I’ve received from promoters, workers, and fans
in this business.  I like to say that I
show up, I wrestle, I get paid, and I leave. 
I’m not one that enjoys drama or gossip, which has given me the
reputation of being easy to deal with. 
Respect is hard to come by and has to be earned, and I feel that in my
little corner of the wrestling world I’ve accomplished that.  Not to be crass, but if you’re on television
every week but sucked a thousand d##ks to get there or all your coworkers hate
you, is that really an accomplishment? 

* What is your most memorable match?

I actually have
two.  The first is a cage match that I
did with Alexxis Nevaeh back in 2009.  We
both went into it afraid, yet excited.  A
cage match with two women can be either really good or really bad, and I feel
like we went out there and killed it. It is still my favorite match, to this
day.

My other most
memorable match was more recent.  I had a
match earlier last year after which someone spent 45 minutes berating me as to
how bad I am and all that I did wrong in the match.  While I appreciate constructive criticism and
request it from those I know, it’s kind of a crappy thing to do to someone you
don’t know and considered poor etiquette to say these things to someone with a
longer tenure than you, so it hurt.  It
hurt really bad.  It actually caused me
to reconsider and doubt everything I was doing and whether or not I should be
doing this anymore.  During that time I
was told I was going to work the main event for the Valkyrie Valhalla show
against Kacee Carlisle, which I asked if I should really be in the main
event.  I was assured that I was in that
place because the Valkyrie staff had full faith in me, but I went into the
match with the idea that if I couldn’t have a good match against Kacee Carlisle
I would hang up my boots.  What
transpired was one of my proudest matches, and Kacee and I both gave it our
all.  The fan reaction both during and
after the match proved to me that I still have it and I can still do this.  It was an emotional night for me, with good
reason.

* Who are/were some your favorite wrestlers and why?

Growing up I was
always a fan of the bad guys – Ted DiBiase and Mr. Perfect.  For some reason I was always drawn to the rule-breakers
and I’m not really sure why.  After I
began wrestling I realized that guys like that were incredible to watch because
they were so talented.  I believe my top
five wrestlers at this point are (maybe not in order):  Mr. Perfect, Randy Savage, Ric Flair, Ted
DiBiase, and Jake Roberts.  All are
awesome workers and almost flawless in the ring.

* What needs to be accomplished in your eyes to be able to look back and call
your career a success when it’s all over?

Being on
television would be awesome, but if it’s not in the cards I’m very okay with
that.  At this point I feel like I’ve
accomplished the goals I’ve set for myself – everything I do now is all gravy,
just icing on the cake.  I’ve always been
realistic in my approach to wrestling; I know what my limitations are and I
know I’m not everyone’s cup of tea, so I keep my goals simple and
attainable.  I feel like I did it on my
terms, which while my successes might not be big in someone else’s eyes,
they’re personal successes and in the long run that’s all that matters.

***Hopefully you enjoyed this interview and learned some
new and interesting things about Mistress Belmont. I would like to personally
thank her for taking the time to share with me these stories so I could share
them with all of you. For more info on Mistress Belmont go to  www.facebook.com/mistressbelmont and twitter.com/mistressbelmont.

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