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Height: 5'7"
Weight: 117 lbs.

Born: February 19, 1972
Philadelphia, PA

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FrancineFrancine Fournier (the "Queen of Extreme") began her career in the ECW in mid 1995 by becoming the manager/valet for Stevie Richards. After several incidents between her and Beulah who was managing Raven at the time, Francine and Beulah entered the ring to settle their differences. During the match Stevie Richards took Francine out, allowing Beulah to win the match. After the match Stevie and Raven helped Beulah piledrive Francine into the canvas.

Francine exacted her revenge against Stevie Richards/Raven when they lost the tag team title to The Pitbulls who she was managing in 1996. Pitbull #1 was later sidelined with an arm injury but the unstoppable Francine guided Pitbull #2 to a win over Shane Douglas for the ECW Television Title. During "Heat Wave 96", Shane Douglas and Pitbull #2 were the final two men in a 4-man elimination match. Francine entered the ring and threw powder in the eyes of Pitbull #2 and then removed her skirt showing her panties that had 'Franchise' written across them. Pitbull #1 came out to the aid of his partner who superbombed Francine right through a table. Shane Douglas managed to regain his ECW TV Title and then he carried Francine from the arena.

Francine went on to manage "The Franchise" Shane Douglas a 4-time ECW World Champion for the next 3 years. In the middle of 1999 rumors started that Shane was leaving the ECW for a more lucrative contract elsewhere.  Francine quickly squashed any rumors about her future in an interview with World of Wrestling Magazine, "The only way I ever consider working somewhere else is if, God-forbid, ECW went out of business. As long as ECW is alive and Paul wants me on his payroll, I'll be here."

FrancineFrancine was successfully continuing her career as "The Head Cheerleader" while taking no crap from the other women in the ECW. During the Living Dangerously PPV early in '99 porn star Jasmine St. Clare entered the ring and declared "I'm Jasmine St. Clare, I'm the hottest adult film star out there and I'm the new 'queen' of wrestling." Francine quickly let her know otherwise  as she put the girl in a "stone cold stunner" and took her right out of the action! Teamed up with her real-life boyfriend at the time, Tommy Dreamer, Francine had shown Dawn Marie, Tammy Lynn Sytch, Miss Congeniality (Lita) and others that she was one tough cookie who was the "Queen Of Extreme" and that she would defend her man to the bitter end.

After ECW filed for bankruptcy in 2001, Francine moved on for a short few weeks to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, appearing in a Lingerie Battle Royal for the Miss TNA Crown, as well as feuding with Elektra who had also come over from ECW.

FrancineOn June 10, 2005 Francine appeared at the ECW reunion show Hardcore Homecoming, where she acted as the valet of Shane Douglas. On June 12, she appeared at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) produced ECW One Night Stand 2005 reunion pay-per-view, interfering in the main event of Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman versus The Dudley Boyz. After she kicked Dreamer in the crotch, Francine was attacked by Dreamer's wife and former valet, Beulah McGillicutty. On June 19, Francine apologized to her fans via her website for not disclosing that she was going to appear at One Night Stand, stating that the WWE had asked her to keep her appearance a surprise.

On May 5, 2006, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced that Francine had signed a contract to appear on the newly created Extreme Championship Wrestling brand. She made her first contracted appearance with the promotion on June 24, 2006 at a house show defeating Kelly Kelly and Trinity in a bikini contest. Francine made her return to television on the September 19, 2006 episode of ECW on Sci Fi. On the following week's show, she made her in-ring debut as she wrestled Ariel to a no-contest in an "Extreme Catfight." She was released from her WWE contract on October 12, 2006.

Following her release from WWE, Francine announced her imminent retirement from professional wrestling on November 9, 2006. She has, however, returned to Women's Extreme Wrestling and makes frequent appearances at autograph signings. Francine also does nude modeling on Missy Hyatt's website.

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