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Daffney Ring Names:
Daffney ~ Daffney Unger ~ Lucy ~ Lucy Furr Shark Girl ~ Shannon ~ Sarah Palin (TNA)
The Governor (TNA) ~ Draculetta (Wrestlicious)
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 130 lbs.
Born: July 17, 1975
Wiesbaden, Hesse, West Germany
Accomplishments: NWA Wrestle Birmingham Junior Heavyweight Champion ~ World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Cruiserweight Champion - initially held jointly with Crowbar ~ Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked her #18 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female Top 50 in 2009
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Daffney (aka Daphne Unger, real name Shannon Spruill) 'The Goth Goddess' is one wild & wacky girl. The 5'6" Daffney - born in Germany, July 1975 - enjoyed busting your ear drums with one of the loudest shrieks/screams known to man or beast. Originally featured on a tape in December 1999 that was supposedly sent to the network to win a WCW Nitro Party, she was sitting on her bed chanting David Flair's name over and over again and telling us how much she adored him. Several weeks later she appeared on the show with David, accompanying him to ringside.

Spruill went on to feud with Hancock, who had stolen the affections of David Flair, and defeated Hancock in the promotion's first ever Wedding Gown match after Hancock removed her own dress. Spruill then became solely the valet for Crowbar. She had a brief feud with Shane Douglas's valet, Torrie Wilson, but was rarely used as a wrestler.

Though Spruill's somewhat gothic character earned her a small but loyal fan base, she was released by WCW on February 2, 2001 due to budget cutbacks.

She made several appearances for the fledgling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion in 2002 as Shannon and Shark Girl (valet of Shark Boy, and worked for Xtreme Pro Wrestling in 2003 as Lucy, the manager of Vic Grimes. She also appeared in Ring of Honor, where she debuted on April 26, 2003 as Lucy Furr ("Lucifer"), the valet of the Second City Saints.

In July 2003, Spruill was signed to a developmental deal by World Wrestling Entertainment. She worked in Ohio Valley Wrestling as the manager of Aaron Stevens until she was released on December 17 of the same year.

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She retired from professional wrestling in 2004 following a knee injury, intending to focus on her acting career, and sold her wrestling boots to her then-roommate, Mickie James. While retired, Spruill worked as a personal trainer. In June 2005, she posed for a website owned and operated by wrestling divas Francine and Missy Hyatt.

In February 2006, Spruill returned to the independent circuit. Spruill debuted in Women's Extreme Wrestling on April 6 under the ring name Lucy Furr, acting as a lumberjill in a match between Amy Lee and Tai Killer Weed. On June 2, 2006 in Irondale, Alabama, Spruill faced El Mexico for the NWA Wrestle Birmingham Junior Heavyweight Championship. With the help of her manager, Robert Fuller (who referred to Spruill as his "Million Dollar Baby"), Spruill defeated El Mexicano to win her third wrestling title.

In February, 2007, she began making appearances with Georgia Wrestling Promotions both as a manager and a referee.

In April 2007, Spruill debuted as Daffney for SHIMMER Women Athletes. She conducted an interview where she revealed her goal was to return to what she did from the beginning of her career and that was to manage. Later that evening she appeared as the manager of the wrestler MsChif. In April 2008 she began to wrestle as her Shark Girl character.

Spruill re-emerged in TNA on the June 5, 2008 edition of TNA Impact! as Daffney. She was planted in the audience along with fellow wrestlers Amber O'Neal and Becky Bayless. The three women volunteered to wrestle Awesome Kong in the $25,000 Challenge. Daffney was selected and subsequently defeated by Kong.

 

In December 2008 Spruill started playing the role of Alaska governor Sarah Palin in skits involving the Beautiful People. On the January 15 edition of Impact! it was revealed by Taylor Wilde and Roxxi that "Sarah Palin" was indeed fake, and it had all been a big joke by Roxxi and Taylor to get revenge on The Beautiful People. They then proceeded to muck the Beautiful People as Spruill, Taylor and Roxxi celebrated. The next week she was seen in an interview with Lauren, where they made fun of the Beautiful People. The Beautiful People then proceeded to viciously attack "The Governor" before being pulled away by Cute Kip as Spruill lay injured. On the February 5, 2009, edition of Impact! she made her return by attacking the Beautiful People, this time complete with entrance video and theme. She made her PPV debut at Destination X in a winning effort when she teamed with Roxxi and Wilde to defeat The Beautiful People and Madison Rayne.

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As a result of having her hair cut by the Beautiful People on the March 19 edition of Impact!, Spruill transformed into her old Daffney ring name and gimmick on the April 2 edition of Impact!. On the May 14 edition of Impact!, Daffney turned heel by assaulting Taylor Wilde, because she did not save her when The Beautiful People cut her hair. At Sacrifice Wilde defeated Daffney, who had Abyss and their on-screen psychiatrist Dr. Stevie in her corner, in the first ever knockout's Monster's Ball match. After defeating Wilde in a rematch with her swinging fisherman suplex named the Lobotomy, she associated herself with the returning Raven, whilst maintaining her relationship with Dr. Stevie. On the June 11 edition of Impact!, Daffney brawled backstage with Wilde after provoking her by attacking her on-screen best friend, backstage interviewer Lauren earlier on the same night. Daffney and Raven were defeated by Abyss and Taylor Wilde at Slammiversary in a Monster's Ball mixed tag match. During the match Wilde slammed Daffney onto a pile of thumbtacks. The following Thursday on Impact!, she and Wilde faced off in the first ever Knockout's "Match of 10,000 Tacks", which she lost.

At Bound for Glory, Daffney interfered in a Monster's Ball match between Abyss and Mick Foley. During the match Abyss chokeslammed Daffney from the ring apron through a barbed wire board, although reports indicated she had suffered a broken arm, it was later reported to be inaccurate although she had instead suffered a concussion. On the November 12 edition of Impact! Raven once again returned to TNA to reform the group of himself, Dr. Stevie and Daffney. Daffney spent the next couple of months mainly managing Stevie and Raven, before making her in-ring return on the February 18, 2010, edition of Impact!, losing to the TNA Women's Knockout Champion Tara via disqualification, after hitting her with a toolbox. After the match, Daffney continued her assault, before being dragged away by Dr. Stevie.

Daffney is very proud of the large tattoo she has on her back. It's a mix of three Celtic love knots, a moon, clouds and some stars. According to Daffney, it took approximately three weeks to complete (close to 10 hours of pain during three sittings!).

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