{"id":36367,"date":"2019-01-24T16:24:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T21:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=36367"},"modified":"2019-02-04T16:51:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T21:51:27","slug":"former-valet-bella-donna-passes-away-at-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/01\/24\/former-valet-bella-donna-passes-away-at-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Valet Bella Donna Passes Away at 40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More sad news from the wrestling community, as indie wrestling valet <strong>Rocksan Biggerstaff<\/strong> has passed away at the age of 40. She was found unresponsive in her home on Tuesday and rushed to hospital, but sadly passed away. No cause of death has been reported.<\/p>\n<h1>Bella Donna Passes Away at 40<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36375\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36375\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/01\/27973846_1608152682601978_5147254228779503572_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/01\/27973846_1608152682601978_5147254228779503572_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/01\/27973846_1608152682601978_5147254228779503572_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/01\/27973846_1608152682601978_5147254228779503572_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/01\/27973846_1608152682601978_5147254228779503572_n-420x420.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For most wrestling fans, Rocksan is better remembered as\u00a0<strong>Bella Donna<\/strong>, one of the first women to work for TNA\/IMPACT Wrestling. Long before there was even a Knockouts division, Bella Donna worked as the valet for <strong>Father James Mitchell<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Disciples of the New Church<\/strong>, that included <strong>Brian Lee<\/strong>, <strong>Slash<\/strong> (Wolfie D), and <strong>Malice<\/strong> (formerly The Wall in WCW).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Disciples Of The New Church Win Tag Titles (13.11.2002)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BFUODE6dvyg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While her stint with TNA was short lived, she returned to the indies as <strong>Rocksan<\/strong>, where she accompanied indie wrestler <strong>Slacker-J<\/strong>\u00a0(as well as Slacker-J&#8217;s tag team <strong>The Goonees<\/strong>, with <strong>Dynamite Dan<\/strong>) in the now defunct Nashville promotion, <strong>United States Wrestling Organization (USWO).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Goonees vs Heartbreakers\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q6Ttv6FkfEc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>The news was first broken by Wolfie D on his Facebook page, followed shortly by James Mitchell as well. Our condolences to the Biggerstaff family and all of Rocksan&#8217;s friends and peers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjames.mitchell.731%2Fposts%2F10218171368412734&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"539\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More sad news from the wrestling community, as indie wrestling valet Rocksan Biggerstaff has passed away at the age of 40. She was found unresponsive in her home on Tuesday and rushed to hospital, but sadly passed away. No cause of death has been reported. 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