Evelyn Lloyd

Evelyn Marianne Van de Stadt (born November 15, 1976) is an American professional wrestler and former gymnast. She is currently signed to the Ultra Wrestling Federation (UWF) under the ring name Evelyn Lloyd, and also wrestles on the independent circuit under various ring names and personas. She is best known for her various Evelyn gimmicks and ring names, which have included the ring names Evelyn Van de Stadt, Evelyn Lewis, Evelyn Lloyd and Evelyn Thomas in Gaea Japan, Ring of Honor, WWE, Impact Wrestling and currently the UWF, respectively.

Early life
Van de Stadt was born on November 15, 1976 in, to a American father of Dutch descent who worked for Pan Am Airlines and a Swiss French mother. She attended in.

Gymnastics career
While in high school, she began her gymnastics career. She was shortlisted to participate in the in, but had to quit the sport due to an ankle injury sustained while attempting a roll-out.

Gaea Japan (1999–2002)
In 1999, Van de Stadt met Sammie Jean, who was performing in at the time. Jean complimented Van de Stadt on her appearance and encouraged her to become a professional wrestler. Jean put in a word with the company's management, who then offered Van de Stadt a contract. She moved to to work for the company, but as she had no previous wrestling experience,  and Jean ended up giving her a "crash course" in wrestling. She received more proper training from Cpt. Johnny Ridge and Johnny Ridge Jr., who's Ridge Incorporated school/promotion had a working relationship with Gaea at the time, with Jean also helping the Ridges train Van de Stadt.

Ohio Valley Wrestling and debut (2004–2005)
In February 2004, Van de Stadt signed a developmental contract with, and was assigned to developmental territory (OVW). She wrestled in OVW as "Evelyn Parton", a loud-mouthed "Southern belle" character.

In early-2005, she was called up to the main roster, taking the new ring name "Evelyn Lewis".

Debut and Evelyn Lloyd (2009–2011)
On March 1, 2009, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) confirmed that Van de Stadt had signed a contract with the company. She made her TNA debut at a house show in late-March in under the ring name "Evelyn Lloyd", a tarot card reading psychic billed as "Parts Unknown's premiere psychic", losing to.

Debut and first feuds (2017–2019)
On July 2, 2017, the Ultra Wrestling Federation (UWF) confirmed that they had signed Van de Stadt. On the July 21, 2017 episode of Brawl, Van de Stadt made her UWF debut, once again playing the Evelyn Lloyd character.