{{short description|American dancer and professional wrestler}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox professional wrestler |name = Christina Crawford |image = |caption = |birth_name = Christina Crawford |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|17}}<ref name="owow"/> |birth_place = Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S. |alma_mater = University of Central Florida |family = Alicia Fox (sister) |names = Caylee Fox<ref name="owow"/><br/>Caylee Turner<ref name="owow"/><br/>Christina Crawford<ref name="owow"/> |height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref name="owow"/><ref name=cayleeturnerfcwbio>{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Caylee|title=Caylee Turner – FCW|url=http://www.fcwwrestling.info/Roster/Caylee-Turner.html|work=Florida Championship Wrestling|access-date=May 29, 2012}}</ref> |weight = |billed = Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida<ref name="owow"/><ref name="cayleeturnerfcwbio"/> |trainer = Bill DeMott<br />Booker T<br />Florida Championship Wrestling<ref name="owow"/><br />Steve Keirn<ref name="cagematch">{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=10042&gimmick=Caylee+Turner|title=CageMatch|access-date=January 4, 2011|publisher=CageMatch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202144535/http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=10042&gimmick=Caylee+Turner|archive-date=February 2, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />Trish Stratus |debut = July 8, 2010<ref name="owow"/><ref name="debut"/> |retired = 2012 }} '''Christina Crawford''' (born October 17, 1988) is an American cheerleader, dancer, and retired ring announcer and professional wrestler.<ref name="owow">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/c/caylee-turner.html|title=Christina Crawford Profile|access-date=January 4, 2011|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> She is best known for time in WWE, under the ring name '''Caylee Turner'''. She is the younger sister of professional wrestler Alicia Fox.
Crawford first gained fame as a contestant on ''Tough Enough'', a televised competition that would award the winner a WWE contract, but was eliminated from the competition. As part of WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, she was a one-time FCW Divas Champion. After leaving wrestling in 2012, she became a cheerleader for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.
==Professional wrestling career== In June 2010, Crawford signed a developmental contract with WWE and was later assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).<ref name="owow"/> She debuted on July 8, 2010, in a bikini contest.<ref name="debut">{{cite web|url=http://www.sescoops.com/wrestling-news/wwe/caylee-turner-christina-crawford-pictures/|title=Alicia Fox's sister Caylee Turner debuts at FCW|access-date=January 4, 2011|publisher=SEScoops|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210103636/http://www.sescoops.com/wrestling-news/wwe/caylee-turner-christina-crawford-pictures/|archive-date=December 10, 2010|url-status=dead}} {{unreliable source?|failed=y|date=May 2013}}</ref> It was not until November 20 that she made her in-ring debut, under the new ring name Caylee Turner, in a six-diva tag team match with Rosa Mendes and Aksana but lost the match to AJ Lee, Kaitlyn, and Naomi Knight.<ref name="debut"/><ref name="Cage-Matchs">{{cite web|title=Matches – Caylee Turner – Wrestlers Database – Cagematch|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=10042&page=4|publisher=Cagematch}}</ref> In February 2011, Crawford was released from her WWE contract in order to participate in the filming of the rebooted Tough Enough series.<ref name="owow"/><ref name="TE Contestants">{{cite web|url=http://www.usanetwork.com/series/toughenough/theshow/characterprofiles/crawford/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320035739/http://www.usanetwork.com/series/toughenough/theshow/characterprofiles/crawford/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 20, 2011|title=Christina Crawford – Meet the Contestants – WWE Tough Enough|access-date=April 4, 2011|publisher=USA Network}}</ref>
In March 2011, Crawford was announced as one of the fourteen contestants for the revival of ''Tough Enough''.<ref name="TE Contestants"/> She was cut from the competition on the May 23 episode, along with A.J. Kirsch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reports_9/article_50293.shtml|title=Caldwell's Tough Enough Report 5/23: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of Week 8 on USA Network guest-starring The Rock|date=May 23, 2011|last=Caldwell|first=James|access-date=October 20, 2014|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>
After being cut on ''Tough Enough'', Crawford re-signed with WWE, and returned on June 22 in a tag team match.<ref name="Christina">{{cite web|url=http://www.diva-dirt.com/2011/06/23/christina-crawford-returns-to-fcw-irena-janjic-debuts|title=Christina Crawford returns to FCW, Irena Janjic debuts|publisher=Diva-Dirt.com|access-date=June 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626121320/http://www.diva-dirt.com/2011/06/23/christina-crawford-returns-to-fcw-irena-janjic-debuts/|archive-date=June 26, 2011|url-status=dead}} {{unreliable source?|failed=y|date=May 2013}}</ref><ref name="FCWTV">{{cite web|url=http://www.diva-dirt.com/2011/07/01/fcw-tv-taping-spoilers/|title=FCW TV Taping Spoilers|publisher=Diva-Dirt.com|access-date=July 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703080514/http://www.diva-dirt.com/2011/07/01/fcw-tv-taping-spoilers/|archive-date=July 3, 2011|url-status=dead}} {{unreliable source?|failed=y|date=May 2013}}</ref> She spent the next few months mainly competing in tag team matches. Beginning in January 2012, Turner began challenging for the FCW Divas Championship, failing to win it from Audrey Marie.<ref name=fcwspoliersforjanuary8,15,22>{{cite web|last=Trionfo|first=Richard|title=FLORIDA Championship Wrestling Spoilers for January 8, 15, and 22|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=64224|work=pwinsider|access-date=December 16, 2011}} {{unreliable source?|date=May 2013}}</ref> She began feuding with the Anti-Diva Army (Sofia Cortez, Paige, and Raquel Diaz) in March, forming an alliance with Audrey Marie and Kaitlyn to do so.<ref name=fcwspoliers>{{cite web|last=Namako |first=Jason |title=FCW Results – 3/19/12 |url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1332192415 |publisher=WrestleView |access-date=March 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322105652/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1332192415 |archive-date=March 22, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Jason Namako">{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1324938584|title=FCW results |author=Jason Namako |date=December 25, 2011 |publisher= wrestleview|access-date=March 18, 2012}}</ref> Turner made her debut for NXT Wrestling on the June 20 episode of NXT, as a special guest ring announcer. On June 29, Turner defeated Diaz to win the FCW Divas Championship for the first time.<ref name="DivasChamp">{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=69776|title=6/29 FCW Rresults from Melbourne, FL|date=June 30, 2012|last=Scherer|first=Dave|access-date=October 20, 2014|publisher=PWInsider}}</ref>
On the August 1, 2012, episode of NXT, Turner appeared in an in-ring segment where NXT Commissioner Dusty Rhodes announced a "Gold Rush" tournament, featuring 4 developmental roster NXT Superstars and 4 main roster WWE Superstars competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Champion. On the August 5 episode of FCW TV, Turner successfully defended her Divas Championship against Sofia Cortez. This would turn out to be her last match in FCW, as she was released from her WWE contract on August 11, 2012.<ref name="Christina Crawford released">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-news/35012-report-wwe-cuts-another-tough-enough-cast-member|title=Report: WWE cuts another "Tough Enough" cast member|date=August 16, 2012|last=Martin|first=Adam|access-date=October 20, 2014|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref> She was still champion upon her release, therefore the title was vacated. Turner made her in-ring debut as a heel on the August 8 episode of ''NXT'', teaming with the villainous Kaitlyn in a losing effort to Tamina Snuka and Paige, which also served as her final televised match for the company before her release.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Justin|title=James's WWE NXT Report 8/8 – Week 8: Gold Rush tournament continues, Hero, Paige, Gabriel vs. McGillicutty, Overall Reax|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_64301.shtml|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|access-date=June 9, 2013}}</ref> The FCW Divas title was retired three days later on August 14 as a result of the rebranding of FCW to NXT Wrestling, making Turner the final champion.<ref name="Cage-Matchs" /><ref name="FCWtoNXT">{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/27030-wwe-news-fcw-name-being-phased-out|title=WWE News: FCW name being phased out|work=Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Weekly |access-date=August 14, 2012|publisher=Wrestling Observer |last1=Meltzer |first1=Dave }}</ref> On August 11, 2012, Crawford was released from her WWE contract.
On November 1, 2012, Crawford competed in a TNA tryout match in a losing effort against ODB.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1351885351|title = WWE News and Results, RAW and Smackdown Results, Impact News, ROH News -}}</ref> She appeared for World Xtreme Wrestling in a wrestling role competing in a winning effort against Angel Love. Crawford made her debut for North East Wrestling (NEW) on December 8 at a North East Wrestling event, where she competed against Ivelisse Velez, in a losing effort. After the match, Crawford turned heel after attacking her and demanding a contract to the promotion. Two days later, Crawford wrestled Velez again at another North East Wrestling event on December 10, this time in a Winner Gets Contract, Loser Banned Forever match, but lost yet again to Velez, thus banning her from the promotion until further notice.
==Cheerleading career== Crawford began working as a cheerleader for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League in 2013.<ref name="TBBC">{{cite web|url=http://www.buccaneers.com/cheerleaders/christina.html|title=Christina|access-date=October 20, 2014|publisher=Tampa Bay Buccaneers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028015310/http://www.buccaneers.com/cheerleaders/christina.html|archive-date=October 28, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Personal life== She graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2012, where she studied interpersonal communications.<ref name="TE Contestants"/> She has an older sister named Victoria, who was a professional wrestler for WWE, under the ring name Alicia Fox.<ref name="owow"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1278818640|title=News on Bruce Prichard, Alicia Fox, Sheamus, more|date=July 10, 2010|last=Gerweck|first=Steve|access-date=December 5, 2010|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref>
In November 2020, Crawford revealed on her Instagram that she was now a certified real estate broker.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CHL44p1MyHW/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/christina_tampabay/2435290207335162326 |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |url-access=registration|title= @christina_tampabay on Instagram|date=November 4, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2021|publisher=Christina Crawford's Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Crawford is now married and a mother to a son.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Csc2lcPMX5-/?igsh=MTN6bDdtY2RrbTJsMQ== |url-access=registration |title=@christina_tampabay on Instagram|date=May 20, 2023|access-date=May 20, 2023|publisher= Christina Crawford's Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C-X1hfWsgem/?igsh=MThwdjN6NXMxZTFxaQ== |url-access=registration |title=@christina_tampabay on Instagram|date=August 7, 2024|access-date=August 7, 2024|publisher= Christina Crawford's Instagram}} {{cbignore}}</ref>
==Championships and accomplishments== *'''Florida Championship Wrestling''' **FCW Divas Championship (1 time, final)<ref name="DivasChamp"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/c/caylee-turner.html Online World of Wrestling profile] *{{IMDb name|id=04370824|name=Christina Crawford}}
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