Larissa Vados (born April 27, 1983) is an American former professional wrestler who went under the ring name Lacey, most known for working with numerous promotions throughout Northern America such as Ring of Honor, Shimmer, IWA-Mid South, Full Impact Pro, and NWA Midwest. She has also wrestled for Chikara, ChickFight, and was part of Wrestling Society X. As well as managing many wrestlers, she regularly teamed with Rain as the Minnesota Homewrecking Crew (a play on the name of the Minnesota Wrecking Crew) and then with the addition of British wrestler Jetta as The International Home Wrecking Crew in Shimmer. Lacey is considered one of ROH's Women of Honor, a title taken from the Straight Shootin' shoot interview of the same name. She is now semi-retired, wrestling matches for custom shoots and websites and assuming a valet/manager role in Shimmer to the International Home Wrecking Crew.
Professional wrestling career Lacey made her ring debut in August, 2000 as The Lovely Lacey in Minnesota in a handicap match that also featured Shawn Daivari. From then until late 2003 she regularly feuded with Rain all across the Midwest wrestling circuit in promotions such as Steel Domain Wrestling and Mid American Wrestling (MAW). This includes a Falls Count Anywhere match held in MAW on September 28, 2002. On January 14, 2007, she participated in the seventh ChickFight tournament, losing in the first round to Eden Black.
IWA Mid-South Lacey made her IWA Mid-South debut on November 2, 2002, in a three-way dance that featured Rain but was won by Hailey Hatred. In late 2003 Lacey and Rain put their kayfabe differences aside and formed a tag team known as The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew. The team proceed to have matches against the team of Daizee Haze and Mickie Knuckles, losing to them on December 20, 2003, but defeating them on May 7, 2004.
In singles competition Lacey had greater success. On February 13, 2004, Lacey defeated Daizee Haze. On March 6, she emerged the victor in a 6-way dance which featured Rain, Haze, MsChif, Mickie Knuckles and ODB. Lacey defeated Mercedes Martinez and Haze in a 3-way dance to win a 1-night Tournament on May 30 to become the first NWA Midwest Women's Champion. On September 17, she lost the title to Martinez, ending her 110-day reign as champion. The following night, September 18 she was unsuccessful in winning the title back in a 6-way elimination match which was won by MsChif and featured Rain, Mickie Knuckles, Daizee Haze and Martinez.
Ring of Honor
Special K Lacey made her Ring of Honor (ROH) debut as part of the Special K faction as a girlfriend in mid-2004. During September up until November Lacey would become involved in arguments and then catfights with fellow Special K valet Becky Bayless, sparked by the factions frequent tag-team losses. On December 4, after the group lost an 8-man tag to a team of ROH students Special K finally broke up as Izzy, Deranged and Lacey turned on Dixie, AngelDust and Bayless. On December 26 Deranged and Lacey defeated AngelDust and Becky Bayless when Lacey pinned Bayless.
Lacey's Angels In 2005, as well as wrestling Lacey began a manager and valet role, leading Lacey's Angels of Izzy and Deranged, and now featuring Cheech and Cloudy. On October 1, Lacey announced that after her men had failed to get the wins she wanted a new Lacey's Angels would debut the following night. On October 2, after BJ Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs defeated Izzy & Deranged, she fired them and hired Whitmer and Jacobs as her new angels. Lacey accompanied Jacobs and Whitmer to the ring for their tag and singles matches.
As part of making the new Lacey's Angels into a dominant force, Lacey in particular made continued efforts to turn Jacobs into a serious wrestler away from his previous comical gimmick. This including giving him a 'flashy' ring robe, refusing him to wear furry boots or shout 'Huss' and wear proper ring gear. However, in doing so she had unwittingly made Jacobs fall in love with her, to the point where he was more concerned with winning her heart rather than matches. Jacobs' antics began to aggravate BJ Whitmer when it cost them both matches. Whitmer finally turned on Jacobs in January 2006 after losing an ROH Tag Team Championship match against Austin Aries and Roderick Strong when Jacobs paid more attention to Lacey at ringside than the match. Lacey and Jacobs then entered into a feud with Whitmer, based on Lacey ordering Jacobs to put Whitmer out of wrestling. Lacey went as far as offering advice to Christopher Daniels on how to beat Whitmer in a match. On April 22, Jacobs made one last attempt to win Lacey's heart in a match with Colt Cabana. Pre-match, Lacey gave Jacobs a final ultimatum, demanding that he win or he would never be allowed to talk to her again. Jacobs subsequently lost the match. But the following night Lacey gave the same ultimatum to Jacobs before his 6-way match. Jacobs won the match.
From June onward, ROH began placing teases and hints that there was a 'romantic' relationship going on between Lacey and Colt Cabana. On August 25, Jacobs confronted Lacey about the rumors and later that night lost his match. On September 15 Lacey accompanied Jacobs for his 4-way match against Cabana, Jack Evans, and Ricky Reyes. Cabana made jokes about making it to third base with Lacey in the bushes before the match. During the match, Lacey kept encouraging Jacobs and Cabana to work together, a tease that Lacey was looking to start a new Lacey's Angels with Cabana and Jacobs. The next night, September 16, Lacey accompanied Jacobs for his three-way match against Cabana and Christopher Daniels. During the match, Jacobs low-blowed Cabana and pinned him to win the match. However, Lacey was concerned with Cabana being injured and berated Jacobs. On October 6, Lacey accompanied Jacobs and Cabana to the ring for their ROH Tag Team Championship match against champions Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli. Jacobs and Cabana lost when Jacobs accidentally speared Cabana, resulting in Cabana getting pinned to lose the match. On October 28, Lacey accompanied Cabana and Jacobs for their match against Jimmy Rave and Salvatore Rinauro which they won (their first win as a team). She then offered Cabana a contract to officially join Lacey's Angels. Cabana refused. He then attacked Cabana, gouging his eyes with Lacey's high heel shoe before BJ Whitmer ran out to make the save and Lacey and Jacobs fled the scene.
On November 3, the start of what would be a long-running feud between Daizee Haze and Lacey began when Lacey slapped her after her match. On November 24, Lacey was victorious in a four-way match which involved Haze, Allison Danger, and Nikki Roxx. Later on she accompanied Jacobs as he participated in a gauntlet match, using a low blow to defeat BJ Whitmer before being eliminated by Nigel McGuiness. The following night, November 25, Lacey accompanied Jacobs for his match against Whitmer. Lacey eventually interfered, attacking a weakened Whitmer which brought out Haze to stop Lacey from interfering and the two brawled.
On December 8, Lacey accompanied Jacobs for his match against Colt Cabana. Lacey threw a handful of powder in Cabana's face when he had Jacobs in a submission causing a disqualification. Daizee Haze fought with Lacey until Jacobs speared Haze hard. Brent Albright ran down to the ring and, he held Cabana down while Lacey stomped him the groin. Whitmer then ran down to make the save. The next night, December 9, Lacey accompanied Jacobs to the ring as part the main event, pitting Delirious, Whitmer (accompanied by Haze), Cabana, and McGuinness against Bryan Danielson, Jacobs, Rave and Shingo. During the match, Whitmer inadvertently hit Lacey with a railroad spike. On January 27, Lacey accompanied Jacobs for his Last Man Standing Match against Whitmer which Jacobs won thanks to Albright. Later in the evening, Albright and Lacey lost to Cabana and Sara Del Rey who substituted for an injured Haze. But post-match, Haze attacked Lacey. On February 23, Lacey accompanied Jacobs and Albright to the ring for their losing effort against Nigel McGuinness and Cabana. Later in the evening Lacey defeated Haze after Jacobs interfered and speared Haze. The following night, February 24, Lacey accompanied Jacobs for his "Windy City Death match" against Cabana. Early on Lacey tried to interfere, but Haze ran out and brawled with her to the back. Later in the match Lacey returned to attack Cabana again, only to be taken out before he laid out Jacobs and put Lacey face down on top of him as he pinned him. On March 30, Lacey and Jacobs defeated Whitmer and Haze. Post-match Lacey said Jacobs finally won her over and she gave him a hug to reward him for a job well done. The following night, March 31, Lacey accompanied Jacobs to the ring for his Steel Cage Match against Whitmer (accompanied by Haze). During the match Lacey tried to interfere but was taken out by a tombstone pile-driver from Whitmer. Jacobs won the match, winning their feud despite injuring himself in the match.
On April 27, The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew (accompanied by Jacobs on crutches) defeated Sara Del Rey and Allison Danger. The following night, April 28, Jacobs revealed in a backstage promo that Lacey had promised her one night of ecstasy for taking out Whitmer. Even though he really wanted to do it, he did not do it. Jacobs said he loves Lacey and she is close to loving him too, adding that he and Lacey will be together, not because of lust, but because of love. Following these events, ROH released a four-part video series on YouTube entitled "Jimmy Loves Lacey", documenting Jacobs' attempts to win Lacey over an extended date of four days. Jacobs had mixed results, doing some good things but screwing up at other points. On the final day Lacey took Jacobs into her hotel room, the camera returning to the room 'later' and showing Lacey cuddling Jacobs (who looked conflicted), implying the two had had sex. The roles had now reversed between the two, with Jacobs seemingly taking control of himself and Lacey now being infatuated with Jacobs.
On June 8, Daizee Haze called out Lacey to get some revenge on her. Jacobs came out instead and insulted Haze's challenge which resulted in her attacking him with his own walking cane. Lacey then destroyed Haze and helped Jacobs walk backstage. The following night, June 9, Lacey (accompanied by Jacobs) fought Haze to a 10-minute time limit draw. On August 10, Lacey (accompanied by Jacobs) defeated Haze to earn a Shimmer Championship match on the next show. The following night, August 11, Sara Del Rey defeated Lacey to retain the Shimmer Championship.
The Age of the Fall
On September 15, Lacey accompanied Jacobs, the returning Necro Butcher and the debuting Tyler Black as they violently attacked The Briscoe Brothers at the end of the Man Up Pay Per View taping. They revealed themselves as a new stable called The Age of the Fall. Later on in a dark match, Lacey teamed with Sara Del Rey in a losing effort to Haze and Amazing Kong. Lacey assumed a manager role of the group, accompanying all AotF members to their matches and interfering when she could to help them win. As a result, Daizee Haze assumed a counter role to accompany wrestlers fighting AotF so she could stop Lacey from interfering. On November 2, Lacey accompanied Jacobs, Butcher, and Black for their victory over Jack Evans, Ruckus, and Jigsaw (accompanied by Julius Smokes). Post match Lacey and Haze brawled once more as part of a mass brawl between factions. The following night, November 3, Lacey accompanied Butcher and Jacobs to the ring for their Street Fight against The Briscoes (accompanied by Haze). Haze and Lacey immediately started brawling and disappeared to the back.