Born in
Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in
Stonewall, Manitoba, she was exposed to
professional wrestling by her father.[7] During high school, she and a friend briefly trained at a local school, but quit after one session when the school wanted them to have a match.[7] She later attended
University of Manitoba, where she majored in film studies.[6] After graduation, she worked on a few film sets,[8] but decided to resume her childhood interest in professional wrestling after hearing of
Eddie Guerrero's death[7] and attended
Scott D'Amore's school in
Windsor, Ontario, in May 2007, where she was taught by
Tyson Dux and
Johnny Devine, as well as D'Amore. She initially used the
ring namePJ Tyler (reflecting her love of
Aerosmith), but later changed it to Courtney Rush.[8]
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2008–2010)
Competing as Casey Maguire, she made her in-ring debut for PTW on January 30, 2008, in a losing effort against
Haley Rogers.[9] She was scheduled to take the position of
Jennifer Blake as PWX Commissioner but her position was taken by "Danger Boy" Derek Wylde in a controversial way. She soon started a feud with Haley Rogers during a tag team with Jennifer Blake against the same Haley Rogers and Jade Chung. During this contest she broke Haley's nose, and she aggravated this injury during a single contest the following week. Those two athletes met different times during the 2008 and GLORY Wrestling dedicated them an article about the match that took place on September 12, 2008.[10] During the first part of 2009 she competed in different matches with
Cherry Bomb, Jennifer Blake and Holly Hilton, including a match with
Amazing Kong that she was not able to win. On the day of her 26th birthday she was able to win her first title in career defeating Deanna Conda in the final of the WILD Tournament 2009 to win the
GCW W.I.L.D. Championship.[11]
NCW Femmes Fatales (2010–2013)
She debuted for
NCW Femmes Fatales on February 6, 2010, as PJ Tyler. At the beginning she was scheduled to take on Kacey Diamond, but plans were changed, and she teamed with Mary Lee Rose to take on the team of Anna Minoushka and Anastasia Ivy. She was able to hit with her finishing maneuver, but the team of Anna and Anastasia got the win via pinfall.[12] As the reigning WILD Champion at the time, Tyler was entered into the first ever NCW FF Tournament for the
NCW Femmes Fatales Championship. In the first round she faced
Portia Perez in a first time ever match but was unable to score the win.[13] In October 2010, Tyler defeated
Cat Power and Sassy Stephie in a triple threat match.[14]
In March 2011, now appearing as Courtney Rush, she defeated
Cat Power in a street-fight.[15] At the July 2011 card, Rush faced
Madison Eagles in the semi-main event but lost to her.[8][16] In October 2011, she faced and defeated
Kellie Skater.[17]
PJ Tyler was announced to debut for Shimmer on March 22, 2010, on the Shimmer Board.[20] She made her first appearance for Shimmer Women Athletes as part of the Sparkle Division on April 10, 2010. During the Sparkle match she was defeated by Anna Minoushka. She made also a second appearance as part of the Sparkle the following day teaming with
Leva Bates defeating the team of Anna Minoushka and She Nay Nay.[21]
In March 2011, she faced Mena Libra,[22]Daizee Haze[23] and
Kellie Skater[24] as Courtney Rush as part of the main SHIMMER division but lost to all three. At the next set of tapings in October 2011, she faced
Yumi Ohka,[25]Nikki Roxx[26] and
Sara Del Rey,[27] where Rush picked up a win against Roxx but lost to the other two wrestlers. After two wins on March 17, 2012, over Rhia O'Reilly and Sassy Stephie, on March 18, the babyface Rush formed a tag team with the villainous Sara Del Rey, first defeating Regeneration X, and then winning a four-way match to become the new
Shimmer Tag Team Champions.[28] On June 7, Rush and Del Rey lost the title to the
Canadian NINJAs (
Nicole Matthews and
Portia Perez) at a Femmes Fatales event when Del Rey abandoned her during the match.[29] On April 13, 2013, Rush defeated
Athena, Madison Eagles and
Saraya Knight in a four-way match to earn her first shot at the
Shimmer Championship.[30] Rush received her title match later that same day, but was defeated by the defending champion,
Cheerleader Melissa.[31]
Rush would suffer a fractured collarbone in September 2013, forcing her to miss SHIMMER's October 2013 shows,[32] but she returned for Volume 62 in April 2014, where she lost to
Mercedes Martinez.[33]
Rush formed a tag team with Xandra Bale on April 11, 2015, referring to themselves as "Ontario's Top Team." They defeated Made In Sin (Allysin Kay and Taylor Made) at Volume 72, but they would fail to defeat The Kimber Bombs (Kimber Lee and
Cherry Bomb) for the SHIMMER Tag Team Championship at Volume 73. After the match, she showed signs of a heel turn due to frustration with Bale.[34] The following day at Volume 74, Rush and Bale were defeated by Team Slap Happy (Evie and Heidl Lovelace), and after the match ended, Rush turned heel and attacked Bale. She defeated Bale with the F5 later that day at Volume 75.[35]
In January 2016, Letkeman signed a contract with
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Her first appearance took place on the January 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, in which she appeared on stage, dressed as a
macabrecheerleader, speaking in riddles while
Crazzy Steve and
Abyss attacked
TNA Tag Team ChampionsThe Wolves and stole their title belts, thus forming a
heel stable called
Decay.[36] It was later revealed her new ring name was Rosemary. After making sporadic appearances throughout the year, mostly as a
valet for Steve and Abyss,[37][38] Rosemary made her in–ring debut on the April 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, defeating
Gail Kim.[39] Throughout September, Rosemary, as part of Decay, started a
feud with
Rebecca Hardy,[40] which also led to a match between the two, that actually ended with a disqualification for Rosemary after spitting mist into the eyes of Hardy then putting Hardy through a table.[41][42][43]
In November, Rosemary started a feud with both Gail Kim and
Jade and after Kim was injured she vacated the
TNA Women's Knockout Championship.[44][45] This led to a match, which aired on
tape delay on the December 1 episode of Impact Wrestling, where Rosemary defeated Jade in a
six sides of steel cage match to win the vacant Knockouts Championship for the first time in her career.[46] Month later, during the
One Night Only: Live! pay–per–view, Rosemary made her first title defense defeating
Sienna.[47] In mid–January 2017, the feud between Rosemary and Jade re–emerged,[48] and the two competed in a
monster's ball match at
Genesis, where Rosemary defeated Jade to retain her title.[49] Few weeks later, on the March 2 episode of Impact Wrestling, Rosemary would go on to defeat Jade once again, this time in a
last knockout standing match, to retain her championship and end their rivalry.[50] During her reign, Rosemary also went on to fend off challengers like
Santana Garrett[51][52] and
ODB.[53]
In late–May, after she saved
Allie from an attack by
Laurel Van Ness and Sienna, and refused to join their
stable, Rosemary turned
face for the first time since joining the promotion.[54] During the next few weeks, the
kayfabe between Allie and Rosemary would continue, with the latter explaining that "The Hive" sent her to protect Allie.[55][56][57] On July 2, at
Slammiversary, Rosemary was defeated by Sienna, in what was a
unification match for both the
Impact Wrestling Knockouts and
GFW Women's championships, ending her reign at 266 days — the second longest reign in the title's history.[58]
Storylines with Su Yung and Taya Valkyrie (2017–2021)
On the September 7 episode of Impact Wrestling, after once again saving Allie from an attack, Rosemary was attacked by the debuting
Taya Valkyrie.[59][60] This sparked a feud between the two,[61][62][63] and a match in which Rosemary was defeated by Valkyrie.[64] The two were supposed to face off again, in a
first blood match at
Bound for Glory, on November 5, but the match was eventually cancelled due to unforeseen personal circumstances regarding Valkyrie.[65][66] In December, Rosemary failed to regain the once again vacant Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship as she was defeated by Laurel Van Ness in a tournament finals.[67] On the March 1, 2018, episode of Impact Wrestling, Rosemary's rivalry with Taya Valkyrie was renewed after the latter returned and once again attacked Rosemary.[68] Just a month later, on the April 12 episode of Impact Wrestling, in what was their second and final match, Rosemary defeated Valkyrie in a
demon's dance match, officially ending their feud.[69]
Shortly after her feud with Valkyrie had ended, Rosemary was placed in Allie's storyline with
Su Yung, which eventually led to the
burial of Rosemary,[70] which was a way to write her off television due to a torn
anterior cruciate ligament that she suffered working an independent promotion.[71][72][73][74][75][76] On January 6, 2019, after an eight months absence off television, Rosemary returned at
Homecoming as she saved
Kiera Hogan from an attack by her former friend Allie and Su Yung.[77] Shortly after her return, Rosemary (working as a face once again) continued her storyline with Allie, who had
turned on Hogan and allied with Su Yung.[78]
On February 28, 2019, Impact Wrestling announced that Rosemary has re-signed a new two-year contract with the company.[79] On March 29 at
Against All Odds, Rosemary entered the Undead Realm to retrieve Allie's soul, but was unsuccessful as Allie was "
killed" by Yung.[80][81] On the May 17 episode of Impact!, Rosemary's rivalry with Yung reached to it climax when Rosemary defeated Yung in a
Demon Collar match, draggin Yung with the collar afterwards.[82] On the June 7 episode of Impact!, the returning
Havok freed Yung, when she attacked Rosemary and Valkyrie during their match against each other.[83] At
Slammiversary XVII, Rosemary competed for the Knockouts Championship in a four-way
Monster's Ball match against Havok, Valkyrie who was then-champion and Yung, as Valkyrie retained her title.[84]
On the February 4, 2020, episode of Impact!, Rosemary challenged Yung, who changed her appearance and name to Susie.[85] The two wrestled into a double count-out and continued to brawl backstage, when Rosemary wrapped a noose around Susie's neck and resurrecting Su Yung.[85] On the March 24 episode of Impact!, when Havok and Yung were betrayed by their manager
Father Mitchell when he sent them to the Undead Wasteland, Rosemary helped them to escape, ending her feud with Yung in the process, who would later return to her Susie persona.[86][87]
After spending some time together on the short-lived recurring segment on Impact! called Wrestle House, Rosemary formed a team with her formal rival, Taya Valkyrie. The team competed in the
tournament to crown new Knockouts Tag Team Champions, but lost in the second round to the eventual winners,
Fire 'N Flava on the December 15, 2020, episode of Impact!. The two did not team together after the tournament loss and the team was officially disbanded when Valkyrie was released from Impact Wrestling on January 19, 2021.
Through the
autumn of 2022, Rosemary aligned herself with Havok and Valkyrie, naming themselves as The Death Dollz. On October 7, at
Bound for Glory, Rosemary accompanied Jessicka and Valkyire who defeated VXT to win the Knockouts World Tag Team Championship.[98] The three would defend their titles under the
Freebird Rule. During their reign, The Death Dollz defended their title against various contenders, such as Savannah Evans and Tasha Steelz and
The Hex (
Allysin Kay and
Marti Belle).[99][100]
On February 26, 2023, during the tapings of Impact!, Rosemary alongside Taya Valkyrie defended the Knockouts World Tag Team Championship against The Coven (
KiLynn King and
Taylor Wilde) to which they lost, ending The Death Dollz's reign at 142 days.[101] On April 16, at
Rebellion, Havok and Rosemary challenged The Coven for their title, but were unsuccessful.[102] On the May 25 episode of Impact!, Rosemary returned to Impact Wrestling under her old persona Courtney Rush saving Jessicka from The Coven.[103] Later in the episode, it was confirmed that The Death Dollz would face The Coven on the Countdown to
Under Siege.[104] On May 26, at Under Siege, The Death Dollz defeated The Coven in a non-title match.[105]
On January 13, 2024 at
Hard To Kill, Rush and Jessicka reverted back to Rosemary and Havok as Decay. They both later defeated MK Ultra to win the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship for a 3rd time,[106] only to lose it back to them a month later.[107]
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2017)
On August 26, 2017, Rosemary took part in
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide's
TriplemanÃa XXV, working in a four-way match for the
AAA Reina de Reinas Championship. The match ended with
Sexy Star submitting Rosemary for the win with an armbar, reportedly popping her arm out of its place
legitimately in the process. The incident gained some attention among other wrestlers, who voiced their opinions on social media on the apparent
shoot.[1][108] As a result, AAA subsequently stripped Sexy Star of the win and championship by imposing a legit disqualification.
Acting
Courtney Rush has also acted in several independent movies, including Monster Brawl (where she played Witch Bitch[109]), Exit Humanity and Beat Down.[6]
In 2018 Rosemary and Allie began the series Masters Of The Multiverse on YouTube.
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