Katarina Waters

Katarina Waters
Waters in 2016
Birth nameKatarina Leigh Waters
Born (1980-11-10) 10 November 1980 (age 43)[1]
Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, West Germany[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • The Beautiful Nightmare[2]
  • Katarina
  • Katarina Winter[3]
  • Katie Lea[4]
  • Katie Lea Burchill[5]
  • Kat La Noir[6]
  • Kat Waters[7]
  • Nikita[8]
  • The Temptress
  • Winter[9]
Billed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[8]
Billed weight140 lb (64 kg)[8]
Billed fromChelsea, England[4]
Trained by
Debut2000[10]
Retired2019

Katarina Leigh Waters (born 10 November 1980)[1] is a German-born English American retired professional wrestler and actress. She is best known for her time with Impact Wrestling under the ring names Katarina or Winter and for her time in WWE under the ring name Katie Lea Burchill. She spent many years on the independent circuit, particularly in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, where she used the ring name Nikita.

After signing with WWE, she competed in their former developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling, where she became a two time Women's Champion,[11] before being called up to the main roster. After being released from the WWE in April 2010, Waters joined TNA in August 2010, adopting the new ring name Winter. During her first year in the company, she won both of the promotion's women's championships, first teaming with Angelina Love to win the Knockouts Tag Team Championship in December 2010 and then winning the Knockouts Championship two times in June and August 2011.

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  7. ^ "Kat Waters AKA TNA's Winter to EVE". Pro Wrestling EVE. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
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