“Dawn Marie” redirects here. For the Dawn Marie who wrestled in the National Wrestling Federation and Ladies Professional Wrestling Association, see .
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Dawn Marie Psaltis (born November 3, 1970) is an American nurse and retired , , and actress. She is perhaps best known for her appearances with (ECW) and the brand of (WWE) under her wrestling ring name Dawn Marie.
In April 2002, Psaltis began negotiating with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), eventually agreeing to a deal. She made her World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) television debut on the May 30 episode of as ‘s legal assistant. She debuted with the name “Dawn Marie Rinaldi” although it was quickly shortened to the original “Dawn Marie”. In her initial storyline, she briefly feuded with over McMahon’s affections until McMahon turned over the General Manager position to his daughter, , which was followed shortly by Keibler’s departure for the Raw .
At the pay-per-view, on February 20, 2005, Dawn Marie entered a feud with after McCool attacked Marie during the Divas Contest where Marie and co-hosted the contest. On the March 3 episode of , Marie teamed up with in losing effort to and McCool in a mixed tag team match. On the March 24 episode of , Dawn Marie pinned McCool by using the ropes for leverage. On the April 14 episode of , Dawn Marie was defeated by Torrie in a Divas Match, this would turn out to be Marie’s last match. Her last in-ring appearance with the company was at , managing Lance Storm for his match against . Her final appearance on WWE programming was during the June 19, 2005 episode of . On July 6, 2005, she was released from her WWE contract while on maternity leave.
As controversial as she was beautiful, Dawn Marie first caught the attention of fans in 1998 as Lance Storm’s ditzy valet in Extreme Championship Wrestling. But despite her airhead persona, the New Jersey native helped Storm and his tag partner, Justin Credible, grab the ECW Tag Team Championships on two occassions before the company folded in 2001.
