ASHLEY MASSARO VS. MELINA FOR THE WWE WOMEN'S TITLE

Saturday, March 31, 2007

ASHLEY MASSARO VS. MELINA FOR THE WWE WOMEN'S TITLE

The Road to Wrestlemania 23: LUMBERJILL MATCH
ASHLEY MASSARO VS. MELINA FOR THE WWE WOMEN'S TITLE
Leonard Hayhurst on 03.31.2007

Background: Melina won the WWE Women's Title on the February 19th RAW over Mickie James. In a post match interview she took exception with Ashley stealing her press the week before due to her Playboy shoot. Melina stated that Playboy tried to get her several times, but that the common peon didn't deserve to see her naked. On the February 26th RAW Ashley pushed her Playboy shoot more while Melina complained more about Ashely stealing her thunder. Melina got out her frustrations by squashing Maria. Ashley beat Jillian on the March 2nd Smackdown. Melina retained the Women's Title over Mickie James in a falls count anywhere match on March 5th. Ashley was the guest ring announcer and begrudgingly gave Melina back her title after the bout was over. Ashley appeared on Miz TV on March 9th to be interrupted by Melina. She put herself over as too classy for Playboy. Ashley then challenged Melina to a Women's Title match at Wrestlemania. Melina wanted to make an example to Ashley and took out former Playboy cover girl Torrie Wilson on the March 12th RAW. The March 16th Smackdown had Ashley teaming with Brian Kendrick and Paul London against MNM. Melina gets a low blow on London leading to the Snapshot for the loss. Melina faced Playboy cover girl Candice in a bra and panties match on March 19th. She won, but was stripped by Ashley post match. On the March 23rd Smackdown both ladies seconded their tag teams in a title match with London and Kendrick going over MNM. On the March 26th RAW Ashley, Candice and Torrie defeated the team of Melina, Jillian Hall and Victoria. On the March 29th Smackdown Ashley, Maria, Candice, Torrie and Mickie James defeated the team of Melina, Jillian, Victoria, Kristal and Michelle McCool.

Match Up: Both women show great potential as future top women's wrestlers and are doing their best to fill the void in the division left by Trish Stratus and Lita. Ashley's spunk should be enough to trump Melina's cocky arrogance. However, several recent losses to Ashley in tag team matches might have her plotting. The lumberjills actually work against Melina as it negates Johnny Nitro from interfering. Not that Kendrick and London wouldn't have Ashley's back. Then again, the girls at ringside could provide Melina with needed distraction to cheat to win.

Outcome: Ashley is getting pushed thanks to being a Playboy cover girl. Other diva cover girls haven't won the Women's title, but Ashley is certainly the best wrestler of that bunch. Melina is intermittently in the WWE doghouse and her winning the title seemed like a transitional reign to get the belt on Ashley when she won it. You can argue that Ashley is on Smackdown and the Women's Title belongs to RAW, but does that really matter? Ashley's teams going over leading up to Wrestlemania would logically lead to Melina retaining the title, but not necessarily if the company has soured on her and really wants to get Ashley over. If Ashley does lose look for her to strip Melina after the match. The lumberjills are just for eye candy and expect some clothes ripping hijinks from them.

http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/52443/411%5C%5Cs-PPV-Preview:-The-Road-to-Wrestlemania-23.htm

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Friday, March 30, 2007

WWE Diva Candice Michelle says it's all chicken and veggies

WWE Diva Candice Michelle says it's all chicken and veggies

Steven J. Austin / Special to The Detroit News

WWE's Candice Michelle tries to keep her diet a healthy balance of protein and fruits and vegetables.

She is definitely not your average girl next door.

Candice Michelle is a World Wrestling Entertainment diva, starring on "RAW," USA network's super popular Monday night show. She's also universally known for her eyebrow-raising appearances in the GoDaddy.com TV commercials and roles in a host of movies and TV shows. Candice also graced the cover of the April 2006 edition of Playboy.

Expect Michelle to be a featured attraction at WrestleMania 23 on April 1 at Ford Field.

When not battling other WWE divas in the ring or making personal appearances for a variety of charities, this Wisconsin native enjoys most sports, including volleyball, softball and basketball. For more info: www.wwe.com

Q. How has your diet changed since you became a WWE Diva?

A. I try to follow the Zone Diet, but I've tried everything from Atkins to South Beach. I now just try to eat healthy and include fruits and veggies, but it's sometimes tough to do when you travel so much. It's so easy to grab some fries at McDonald's, so to avoid that I try to plan my meals ahead as much as possible. There's always a part of me that wants to stray from a healthy diet, but then I always remember how important my work is and that it's vital for me to be in the best shape possible.

Q. Do your fans send you food items?

A. A few times I've received boxes of chocolates. Mostly fans send me teddy bears, flowers and perfume.

Q. Do some WWE stars have crazy food habits?

A. Honestly, most everyone's diet is basically the same. Chicken and veggies. There are always protein bars, shakes and powders available for us. Protein, protein and more protein!

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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Cheerleader Melissa

Melissa Anderson (born August 17, 1982 in Los Angeles, California) is an American pro wrestler, better known by her ring name Cheerleader Melissa.

Melissa is one of the few second-generation female wrestlers. Her father was Doug Anderson, who wrestled professionally before her in the early 1980s. Before she took up pro wrestling, Melissa wrestled on the high school amateur wrestling team. She got her start from her father's former tag team partner Billy Anderson (no relation) and Jesse Hernandez and was trained by him briefly in 1998. Melissa's first match was on August 17, 1999 (which happened to be her birthday) against Lexie Fyfe in Douglas, Wyoming.

Melissa got the cheerleading gimmick when she became the valet for the Ballard Brothers, a Canadian tag team. She credits them with helping her in the ring when she was first starting out. She also received wrestling training from Christopher Daniels for a short period of time before moving on to All Pro Wrestling where she trained under the tutelage of Robert Thompson and Bryan Danielson.

Melissa was personally invited, along with Taylor Matheny, to wrestle and train for three months at Arsion, a prestigious wrestling promotion in Tokyo, Japan. Her favourite matches she worked in Arsion were a 15-minute draw against Rie Tamada and her loss to Mariko Yoshida.

Most recently, Melissa has been wrestling for SHIMMER Women Athletes among many other independent promotions. Melissa has been involved in all seven of the ChickFight tournaments, and won the fifth, on 6/24/06 in San Francisco, California, and the seventh, in Norfolk in the United Kingdom. In the first round of the ChickFight tournaments she is 5-0-2.

On the May 26 (taped May 22), 2006 edition of WWE.com Heat Melissa wrestled in a match against Victoria in Las Vegas, Nevada under the name "Melissa Anderson". Melissa lost to a Widow's Peak. One night before that, she wrestled in two matches (against Allison Danger and MsChif, respectively) for SHIMMER in Chicago, Illinois.

On January 7, 2007, Anderson won Pro Wrestling World-1's Queen's Cup tournament, earning herself a number one contendership for the AWA World Women's Championship. Though known for touring Japan, Melissa also toured the United Kingdom in that same month. On the tour she won the seventh ChickFight tournament, and competed at Real Quality Wrestling's No Pain, No Gain 2007, where she faced MsChif and Eden Black in an unsuccessful attempt to take Black's RQW Women's Wrestling Championship.

http://www.cheerleadermelissa.com/
http://www.myspace.com/cheerleadermelissa
http://www.glorywrestling.com/gg/CheerleaderMelissa/CM.asp

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

WWE: Milena Roucka

Wrestler: Milena Roucka
Real Name: Milena Leticia Roucka
Birthday: October 25, 1979
Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
Moved to Las Vegas, Nevada
Height & Weight: 5'8" - 125 lbs
Trained by: OVW Training
Pro Wrestling Debut: November 2006

In the Summer of 2006, Milena Roucka participated in the WWE Diva Search and came in 4th place.
On August 24, 2006,Milena Roucka signed a developmental contract with the WWE and was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling.
November 2006: Milena Roucka debuted as the valet for Bad Company - Shawn Osborne & Eddie Craven III & Mike Kruel..
November 29, 2006--OVW TV: High Dosage beat Bad Company w/Milena Roucka in a Handicap Coal Miner's Glove on a Pole match..
December 9, 2006--OVW Live: Eddie Craven & Mike Kruel & Milena Roucka defeated Jon Bolen & Ryan Reeves & Seth Skyfire..
February 7, 2007--OVW TV Tapings: Miss OVW Contest - Milena Roucka participated in the Bra & Panties Competition..

http://www.milena-roucka.com/

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

TNA : SoCal Val

Wrestlers Ring name(s) Valerie,SoCal Valerie,SoCal Val
Billed height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Billed weight 115 lb (52 kg)
Born March 27, 1986,Beverly Hills, California
Resides Orlando, Florida
Billed from Southern California
Pro Wrestling Debut March 30, 2002

Valerie Elizabeth Wyndham is an American pro wrestling valet, better known by her ring name, SoCal Val. She is currently signed to TNA Wrestling.

After she was "discovered" while attending a local wrestling event, Valerie debuted on March 30, 2002 for the Golden State Championship Wrestling independent promotion as the manager of Pinoy Boy, who she promptly betrayed by berating him after he was defeated by Scott Lost and then leaving with Lost. She appeared for several other promotions in Southern California before her family moved across the country to Orlando, Florida when she was sixteen. Wyndham developed the character of SoCal Val, a wealthy, petulant, ruthless heel.

In addition to working for multiple independent promotions, Wyndham has appeared with WWE, modelling a John Cena t-shirt on WWE.com and appearing on WWE SmackDown! as part of a vignette featuring Luther Reigns. She regularly appears with the Orlando based promotion TNA Wrestling, working variously as a ring girl, spokesmodel, merchandise model and interviewer. She appeared at the TNA No Surrender 2005 pay-per-view on July 17, 2005 alongside ring announcer Jeremy Borash, and is currently an interviewer on TNA Global Impact!.

Wyndham continues to work for promotions throughout Southern California, most prominently Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, where she was the commissioner at one point. It was there, when Joey Ryan Superkicked her in the face, she developed a fear of feet (kayfabe). This became a prominent feature in her storyline with Francine Fournier, while resulted in a Kiss My Foot Match. Wyndham lost.

In July 2006, Valerie was contacted by Playboy about doing a layout for the magazine. She commented about it on her MySpace blog, saying: "It's a very serious thing to consider and the jury is still out on how I am going to handle this one. I've spoken to the people in my life whose opinions I value most, and each has been very supportive. For that I am grateful....but this is one I'm going to have to decide all on my own." She would end up declining the offer.

In August of 2006, SoCal Val officially signed with TNA, she will appear more frequently on television, and be involved in more storylines. On August 18, 2006 So Cal Val got kicked out by the Women Extreme Wrestling promotion at their PPV Tapings event Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal. On the December 14, 2006 episode of iMPACT, Kurt Angle dragged her in the ring and threatened to break her ankle until Jim Cornette talked him into letting her go. On the March 8, 2007 episode of iMPACT, So Cal Val got injured after receiving the Black Hole Slam from Abyss.


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Monday, March 26, 2007

WWE: Jillian Hall

Ring name(s) Macaela Mercedes,The Bombshell,Jillian Hall
Billed height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Billed weight 125 lbs (57 kg)
Born September 6, 1980, Ashland, Kentucky
Billed from Los Angeles, California
Trained by Roger Ruffen,OVW staff,Dave Finlay
Pro Wrestling Debut 1998

Jillian Faye Fletcher is a pro wrestler who currently performs for WWE on the SmackDown! brand under the ring name Jillian Hall.

Debuting in 1998, Fletcher wrestled on the independent circuit as Macaela Mercedes. Because of this early ring name "Macaela Mercedes" and "Jillian Mercedes" have been incorrectly listed as her real names.

On the independent circuit, she often wrestled her then husband Tiny Tim in inter-gender matches. She also wrestled for a brief time in the short lived G.L.O.R.Y. promotion, where she first began to make a name for herself.

In the spring of 2003 Fletcher began working for Ohio Valley Wrestling, eventually signing a developmental contract with WWE in 2004. She started out in OVW as a face, until she turned heel after getting breast implants and straightening and bleaching her hair blonde. The heel turn was motivated in a storyline where her implants "leaked into her brain", causing her to become psychotic. Near the end of her developmental run, Melissa Coates became her bodyguard, and together they managed Chad and Tank Toland.

Fletcher made her WWE debut on the July 28, 2005 episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown! with the ring name Jillian Hall and a gimmick that had her as a publicist for the heel stable MNM. She also had a "growth" on the left side of her face, which she referred to as a "blemish", that announcers constantly speculated on the nature of. As MNM's publicist she (kayfabe) immediately secured MNM a cover of SmackDown! Magazine, but did not stay with the group for very long. Her first wrestling feud on SmackDown! was against Stacy Keibler, with the two confronting each other many times until Hall defeated Keibler in a match on the October 29, 2005 Velocity.

Hall was later approached by JBL, a former WWE Champion who asked for help repairing his image. As JBL's "Image Consultant", she successfully guided him to winning the United States Championship from Chris Benoit at WrestleMania 22. She was also involved in JBL's feud against The Boogeyman, who eventually got his hands on Hall and "ate" the growth off of her face. Not long after this, she was fired from her assistant job by JBL. After being fired she turned face, beginning a feud with former client Melina of MNM, and teaming with Ashley Massaro against Kristal Marshall and Michelle McCool.

In the early part of 2007, Jillian started a feud with Massaro centered around Hall's jealousy of Massaro's Playboy appearance. During the feud Hall attempted to prove that she was talented in arenas beyond wrestling and being eye candy by singing, badly, at every opportunity.

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Jillian Hall sites at Celebrity Link

Saturday, March 24, 2007

WWE: Nattie Neidhart

Wrestler: Nadia Hart,Nattie Neidhart,Natalie Neidhart
Billed height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Billed weight 54 kg (120 lb)
Born May 27, 1982,Calgary, Alberta
Trained by Bruce Hart,Ross Hart,T.J. Wilson,Tokyo Joe,Clive Llewellen
Pro Wrestling Debut : 2000

Natalie is a Canadian pro wrestler who is currently signed with WWE. She is a third generation wrestler - the daughter of wrestler Jim Neidhart, and the granddaughter of wrestling patriarch Stu Hart.

After appearing with Eric Bischoff's now-defunct Mat Rats promotion as a ring announcer, Nattie Neidhart trained under her uncles in the infamous Hart Dungeon. She debuted in 2000 in Stampede Wrestling, the promotion owned by her uncles Ross and Bruce, and in 2003 she began a feud with Belle Lovitz that lasted until 2005 when the former enemies joined forces against the Myers Family.

In the summer of 2004 Neidhart toured England, and in March 2005, she embarked on a two month wrestling tour of Japan, intending to hone her skills. While in Japan she was billed as Nadia Hart. She returned to Canada on May 6, and promptly turned heel, announcing that "Nasty Nattie" had been born. On June 18, 2005 Neidhart Pro Wrestling Debut : ed in the Edmonton, Alberta based Prairie Wrestling Alliance promotion, renewing her feud with Belle Lovitz.

Neidhart defeated Anna Marie, Belle Lovitz and Ma Myers in a four way match to become the first Stampede Wrestling Pacific Women's Champion on June 17, 2005. She later vacated the title.

In addition to her pro wrestling career, Neidhart has received training in amateur wrestling and mixed martial arts. On October 8, 2006 Neidhart won the ECCW Supergirls Title from Ivory on a Big Time Wrestling show in Newark, California. On October 27, 2006 she lost the Supergirls Title in Surrey, British Columbia to Nikki Matthews in a three-way match that also involved Veronika Vice. On January 4, 2007, Neidhart signed with World Wrestling Entertainment. She made her Deep South Pro Wrestling Debut : on February 15, 2007 assisting in the intermission raffle. She made her wrestling Pro Wrestling Debut : on March 8, 2007 losing to Krissy Vaine.

Neidhart graduated from Bishop Carroll High School in 2000. She has been dating fellow wrestler TJ Wilson for several years, and the two have lived together for 5 years. They have a pet cat named "Mr. Theodore Wolf". When she was younger she wanted to be a WWE Diva

http://www.nattieneidhart.cjb.net/

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Friday, March 23, 2007

WWE:Kristal Marshall

Wrestler: Kristal Marshall
Billed height 5 ft 5 in (167 cm)
Billed weight 120 lbs (54 kg)
Born November 11, 1983,Oxnard, California
Resides New York City
Trained by DSW Staff,Dave Finlay
Pro Wrestling Debut December 2, 2005

Kristal Marshall is an American model, and a pro wrestler, currently working for WWE's SmackDown! brand.

She has appeared in music videos, been a competitor in the 2004 Miss California pageant and has been a Barker Beauty on The Price Is Right.

Marshall first entered WWE as a contestant in the 2005 RAW Diva Search. She eventually finished fourth in contest, which was ultimately won by Ashley Massaro. Despite not winning the Diva Search, Marshall was signed to a development deal soon after the contest finished and sent to Deep South Wrestling. In December of 2005, she joined the SmackDown! roster as a backstage correspondent.

Marshall's first feud came against Jillian Hall. On the March 10th edition of SmackDown! Marshall defeated Hall in a "Divas Uncovered" match, her first actual match.

When fellow Diva Search contestant Ashley Massaro joined SmackDown!, Marshall turned heel, revealing a bristling jealousy towards Massaro over her win in the 2005 Diva Search. She aligned herself with Michelle McCool and the two feuded with Massaro and Jillian Hall. This led to a Fatal Four Way Bra and Panties match at The Great American Bash during which Marshall (legitly) injured herself. Despite her injury, she maintained her feud and gained victories over both Massaro and Hall in singles matches.

When 2006 Diva Search winner Layla El arrived on SmackDown! Marshall immediately warned her about trying to make a name for herself. On the October 27 edition of SmackDown!, Marshall won the a "Trick-Or-Treat Battle Royal" over Jillian Hall, Michelle McCool, Ashley Massaro and Layla El when Mike "The Miz" Mizanin pulled El (whom he'd had issues with) off the ring apron. This led to a short teaming of Miz and Marshall in a short feud against Layla, which included a victory over Layla and Vito, on November 3 during SmackDown!.

Just after The Miz and Marshall feuded with Layla, they both began being stalked by The Boogeyman. This included a Handicap Match between Miz and Marshall against the Boogeyman, which would end to a no contest.

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Kristal Marshall sites at Celebrity Link

http://www.maximumamerica.com/i/Kristal_Marshall

Thursday, March 22, 2007

WWE: Lilian Garcia

Ring name(s) Lilian Garcia
Billed height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Billed weight 110 lb (50 kg)
Born August 19, 1973,Florence, South Carolina
Resides New York City, New York
Billed from New York
Debut 1999

Lilian Garcia is a Puerto Rican best known as a ring announcer and Diva for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its RAW brand. She also pursues a career as a professional singer

On the January 1, 2007 edition of RAW, Lilian was attacked by Victoria, targeted as an 'undeserving diva' by Victoria and placed on her hit list. Victoria attempted to execute her Widow's Peak on Lilian, but Mickie James came to Lillian's rescue.

At New Years Revolution, after Mickie James won her match against Victoria, Lilian got in the ring and raised Mickie's hand along with the referee, Candice Michelle, and Maria.

On the Match 12th edition of WWE Raw, Chris Masters wanted Lilian to take the Masterlock Challenge. He then tried to get Lilian in the Masterlock, but Lilian was saved by Super Crazy.

On March 17, 2007 Lilian suffered a knee injury while skiing in Killington, Vermont when she twisted her knee in heavy snow. The injury cause the avid skiier to miss Raw, as she underwent an MRI. Results are pending to see if she needs knee surgery.

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Lilian Garcia sites at Celebrity Link

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

WWE: Maryse Ouellet

Maryse Ouellet (born January 21, 1983) is a French Canadian Glamour model currently working for WWE on the Friday Night SmackDown! brand as Hostess as well as in the developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling.

Ouellet began her career as a beauty pagent contestant, winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada 2003 and finishing second at the International Finals of Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2004. After that she made several appearances in various newspapers, magazines and television programs in Canada[citation needed], then became a glamour Model; appearing on the cover and inside pages of Playboy Special Editions Vixens in June/July 2006. She was also on the cover of Playboy's The Girls of Canada 2007 Calendar.

In 2006 she tried out for WWE's Diva Search. She made the final cut, but on the July 24 episode of WWE RAW became the second person eliminated. Despite her elimination she was invited to observe workouts at the Ohio Valley Wrestling training facility on August 4, which she did between the 13th and 17th.

She was officially signed to a WWE developmental contract in August of 2006 and assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling to train. Her first jobs there were to sit in the front row during television tapings, then take part in bikini contests and appear in backstage skits. After a while she began managing fellow French Canadian René Dupree at house shows. Her in ring debut came at a December 16 house show in Greensburg, Kentucky where she teamed with Katie Lea, Kelly Kelly, She Nay Nay, and Victoria to defeat ODB, Milena Roucka, Josie, Beth Phoenix, and Melody. In March of 2007 she became a backstage interviewer for OVW TV.

On the September 22, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Ouellet -- being dubbed as simply Maryse -- was shown on the large screen welcoming the Montreal viewers (in French) to the season premiere of SmackDown! on the new CW Network. After continuing to do this for a couple of weeks, she was sent back to OVW for further training. In January 2007, Maryse returned to Smackdown! in more pre-taped vignettes welcoming viewers back to the show in both English and French, but doing no more than that.

Ouellet has a degree in Business Administration, and holds a black belt in martial arts. She is also involved in the Foundation of Children General Hospital of Montreal, Quebec.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

WWE: Maria

Wrestlers name(s) Maria
Billed height 5 ft 7 in
Billed weight 120 lbs (54 kg)
Born February 25, 1982,Ottawa, Illinois
Resides Louisville,Kentucky
Trained by Ohio Valley Wrestling
Pro Wrestling Debut November 4, 2004

Maria Kanellis better known just as Maria, is an American pro wrestler, working for WWE's RAW brand. She also still makes regular appearances in WWE's training territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling.

On the January 1, 2007 edition of RAW, Maria attempted to interview Kevin Federline, but was instead slapped by Melina and called a "biotch". This led to a match between the two later that night, which Maria lost . At New Year's Revolution Maria and Candice Michelle went down to the ring during the Women's Championship match between Victoria and Mickie James, and stopped Melina from interfering . For two consecutive weeks afterwards, Maria would get herself two tag team partners - Mickie James and Jeff Hardy, respectively - to take on Melina and a partner. She lost one tag match, and won the other. Her feud with Melina would lead to a No. 1 Contender's Match for the Women's Wrestling Championship in which she again lost via submission.On the February 26 edition of Monday Night RAW, Maria lost a singles match against Melina.

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Monday, March 19, 2007

WWE: Chyna, Joanie Laurer

Joan Marie "Joanie" Laurer (born December 27, 1969) is an American actress and retired pro wrestler. A former bodybuilder, she is best known for her career with the WWF between 1997 and 2001, where she was known as Chyna,The Ninth Wonder of the World .

In her best selling autobiography, If They Only Knew, Laurer revealed that her breast implants were custom made after she complained to her plastic surgeon that their largest implants didn't suit her frame in the way she desired. Laurer's custom implants became the model for the Chyna 2000s, a model of breast implant marketed to large framed women and female bodybuilders. In the book, Laurer revealed that the structural integrity of the Chyna 2000 prototypes was relatively weak, and that one of them ruptured during a wrestling match, necessitating surgery.

In 2001, along with Brooke Burke, David Hasselhoff, Kelly Preston, Donny Osmond, and the winner Coolio,Laurer was a guest on a special celebrity edition of Fear Factor. Each contestant played for a charity of his or her choice, and she received $25,000 for the Freedom Families Scholarship Fund. She also appeared on Hollywood Squares, where she was introduced as 'Joanie Laurer' of New Japan Pro Wrestling. She appeared on MTV Cribs showing off her home.

Laurer has modeled nude, notably for Playboy; the first issue which featured a pictorial of her was one of the ten best selling issues in the magazine's history. In 2002, following her departure from WWF/WWE, Laurer also appeared in a Playboy Adult documentary, entitled "Joanie Laurer Nude", with the sub-title "Wrestling Superstar to Warrior Princess", the documentary followed Laurer on-set of her second Playboy nude pictorial.

Since 2003, Laurer has had a tumultuous relationship with wrestler Sean Waltman. They were engaged for a period in 2003, then broke up, then became engaged again, a pattern which continued for the next two years. In 2004, it was claimed that Laurer and Waltman made a sex tape during a vacation to China earlier that year but Laurer did not go to China with Waltman. Eager for a repeat success, the company that released Paris Hilton's celebrity sex tape obtained the footage, edited it, and released it under the Wrestler Name: 1 Night in China. The video sold over 100,000 copies, with both Laurer and Waltman earning a share of the profits, and helping both their careers.

In January 2005, Laurer was arrested for domestic assault after allegedly beating Waltman .

On a February 2007 edition of the Bubba the Love Sponge radio show, Sean Waltman claimed that Laurer also previously dated Ed "Brutus Beefcake" Leslie.

In early 2005, Laurer appeared on The Surreal Life, with housemates Da Brat, Jane Wiedlin, Adrianne Curry, Christopher Knight, Marcus Schenkenberg, and Verne Troyer. She remains good friends with Adrianne Curry, and made a brief cameo in her reality show My Fair Brady. In March 2005, Laurer re-appeared on the Howard Stern Show, where Stern noted that not only did Laurer look better than she did during her previous visit, but her entire general appearance and attitude were much better.

In late 2005, Laurer signed to star in a new movie entitled Illegal Aliens. She did a lot of promotional work for the movie, including appearances on talk shows and radio shows. On August 31st of 2006, she appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live as a singing barber singing with three other veterans. Laurer also appeared on The Howard Stern Show, Queer Edge, and Opie and Anthony. In November 2006, Laurer claimed on the Dr. Keith Ablow show that she did not leave the WWE because of money issues, but left because Stephanie McMahon wanted her out. Also in November 2006, Joanie announced a new musical project with the band "Plastic Jones".

In January 2007, Laurer conducted an interview with "Lifted Magazine" where she talked about finding religion, overcoming a past full of drugs and violence, and promoted her new movies and TV series. These included The Surreal Life: Fame Games, which began to air on VH1 in January 2007. The filming took place in April 2006, during which she formed a close friendship with Brigitte Nielsen. Her elimination from the show, which occurred in the seventh episode, was controversial. Andrea Lowell had accumulated the lowest score in the "Celebrity Call-Back-A-Thon" challenge, but she manipulated Kennedy, the judge, to increase her score and got Laurer eliminated in the process.

On February 8, 2007 (the date of Anna Nicole Smith's death), a visibly upset Laurer appeared on Larry King Live to speak about her late friend. On the program, Laurer claimed that she "knew it was coming" because of the way the media had ridiculed Smith, and she drew parallels between the plight of Anna and herself. However, a close friend of Smith, Monique Goen, claimed that Smith, in fact, did not consider Laurer a friend .

On February 14, 2007, Laurer and the Barbi twins led an animal rights protest at UCLA. The trio led other protesters to the door of the Neuropsychiatric Institute, a scientific lab where they perform tests on monkeys. The group had to be split up by the police, but not before a violent protester, who was no where near Laurer or the Barbi twins, shouted obscenities and attempted to harm the workers.

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Sunday, March 18, 2007

TNA: Christie Hemme

Wrestler name(s) Christie Hemme,Christy Hemme,Sunni
Billed height 5 ft 5 (165 cm)
Billed weight 116 lb (53 kg)
Born October 28, 1980,Temecula, California
Resides Los Angeles, California
Trained by Fit Finlay,Dean Malenko,Ricky Steamboat,Melina Perez,Inoki Dojo (California),Scott D'Amore
Pro Wrestling Debut July 19, 2004

Christina Lee ("Christy") Hemme is an American model and pro wrestler. Christy , best known for her appearances with WWE and her pictorial in the April 2005 issue of Playboy, is currently working for TNA.

Hemme debuted in TNA on April 23, 2006 at Lockdown 2006, giving an envelope to commentator Mike Tenay containing the announcement that Larry Zbyszko had been placed on probation and Raven (whom Zbyszko had fired earlier that year in kayfabe) had been reinstated. In addition to her hosting role on TNA iMPACT!, she is also the co-host of the Internet show TNA Global iMPACT! with Jeremy Borash. At TNA Hardcore War, Christy refereed a match between Traci and Gail Kim. In July 2006, she was featured on Spike TV's Women of Action special.

In September 2006, Hemme recorded a song entitled "Society Box", which will be featured on TNA's November 21, 2006 music release, 3rd Degree Burns. She has also been travelling to Windsor, Ontario to train under TNA agent Scott D'Amore in between TNA TV tapings. She won TNA's Knockout of the Year for 2006.

On January 14, 2007 at the TNA Final Resolution PPV, Christy came out and interrupted the Voodoo Kin Mafia and cut a promo about women's involvement in wrestling today. She said that she wanted to wrestle too - and the mostly male crowd in the TNA arena jeered her. Kip James called her a slut, which garnered him a slap from Hemme, while BG James attempted to play peacemaker.

In the following weeks, Kip and Christy would be shown getting into a fair few arguments over his lack of respect for her, and for women as a whole. Hemme made her TNA in-ring debut at TNA Against All Odds where she wrestled and defeated "The Big Fat Oil Guy" in a Tuxedo Match.

On the March 8 version of Impact, Christy asked Jim Cornette for a match pitting VKM against her a new, previously undisclosed, team, at TNA Destination X. Cornette consented and "booked the match" in storyline. On the pay-per-view, Hemme introduced The Heartbreakers (formerly The Heart Throbs of the WWE). Despite Christy's attempts to give Kip James a "low blow", VKM defeated her team, who she later browbeat at ringside.

In November 2006, Hemme participated in the Queens of Chaos shows in Paris, France. She wrestled two matches, losing to former WCW talent April Hunter. She then defeated British wrestler Minx to earn the right to referee the championship match, which was eventually won by Hunter.

Christy made her acting debut in the film Fallen Angels, portraying the deadly sin "Lust". She will also be appearing in another horror film tenatively titled The Dead Season, playing a zombie.

Christy also continues to make appearance both under and outside the TNA banner, such as conventions, auto shows, and the like.

http://www.christyhemme.com/

http://www.miss-hemme.com/

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Christy Hemme sites at Celebrity Link

Saturday, March 17, 2007

ECW: Shelly Martinez / Ariel

Ring name(s) Desire,Shelly,Halloween Barbie,Cle-Ho-Patra,Ariel
Billed height 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Billed weight 120 lb (54 kg)
Born February 9, 1980,Chino, California
Trained by School of Hard Knocks,WPW Lucha Libre,Revolution Pro,UPW Ultimate University,Inoki Dojo,Ohio Valley Wrestling
Pro Wrestling Debut December 2001

Shelly Martinez (born February 9, 1980) is an American model, professional wrestler and a professional wrestling valet currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand under the ring name Ariel where she portrays a Vampire character.

In April 2005, Martinez signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). By July of that year she was placed in WWE's primary developmental territory, contra for further training. Shelly debuted in OVW as the co-manager for Aaron Stevens along with Beth Phoenix, a group which broke up within the year. While training in OVW Shelly participated in numerous feuds with the likes of Beth Phoenix, Serena, Sosay, and Fuji Cakes. Martinez beat Mickie James to win her debut singles match at an OVW house show on October 29. In late December, Shelly and Beth Phoenix revived their "co-manager" gimmick to accompany Aaron Stevens to the ring at several WWE SmackDown! house shows for tryout matches. They also appeared together on the January 27, 2006 episode of WWE Heat as part of The Heart Throbs "Throb-o-Meter" section, dancing in the ring with The Heart Throbs and teasing a kiss, before being interrupted by Trevor Murdoch.

At the February 22, 2006 OVW TV Tapings, Shelly came to ringside and attacked Sosay during an Elijah Burke vs Robbie Dawber match. Around this time she started a gimmick of being "obsessed" with Paul Burchill who, at the time, was using a pirate gimmick on SmackDown!. On the May 6, 2006 edition of WWE Velocity, Martinez appeared as buxom wench Shelly to manage Paul Burchill in his pirate gimmick for Burchill's match against The Road Warrior, however the angle was dropped after one match. Martinez then became involved in Seth Skyfire's ongoing feud with Mike "The Miz" Mizanin and Roni Jonah.

Shelly debuted in World Wrestling Entertainment as Ariel, working on their ECW brand as a tarot-reading fortune teller on the June 20, 2006 episode of ECW on Sci Fi. She was later joined by Kevin Thorn, a vampire character who had previously been seen stalking ECW arenas, as she announced that she "saw a future that held blood" followed by Thorn spitting blood at the camera. From there, she began acting as a valet for Thorn, joining him at ringside for his matches and kissing him during them. On September 5, Ariel turned a lot of heads when she gave commentator Joey Styles a lap dance. On September 19, she got into her first ECW catfight when Francine accompanied Balls Mahoney to ringside for a match against Thorn. Ariel made her (ECW) in-ring debut against Francine on September 26 in an "Extreme Catfight", ruled a no-contest due to interference from both Thorn and Mahoney. The angle was soon dropped when Francine was released from WWE. When the ECW brand held its first pay per view, December to Dismember, Ariel and Thorn defeated Kelly Kelly and Mike Knox in a mixed tag team match. In February of 2007, Ariel along with Kevin Thorn joined The New Breed faction.

http://www.desirelive.com/

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Friday, March 16, 2007

ECW: Stephanie Finochio / Trinity 2

Ring name(s) Stephanie Starr,Starfire,Untamable Spirit,American Power,Italian Finesse,Trinity
Billed height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Billed weight 130 lb (59 kg)
Born December 1, 1971,Long Island, New York
Billed from New York City, New York
Trained by Ohio Valley Wrestling,Mikey Whipwreck
Pro Wrestling Debut September 2002

Stephanie Finochio (born December 1, 1971 in Long Island, New York) is an Italian American stuntwoman and professional wrestling valet and pro wrestler better known by her stage name Trinity, currently signed to WWE working on its ECW brand.

Finochio was receiving try-out matches with World Wrestling Entertainment in Ohio Valley Wrestling. She debuted November 9, 2005 at an OVW show in Louisville, Kentucky. In December 2005, she appeared at Ring Of Glory's Great Commission in Rome, Georgia along with newcomer Rain (who wrestles in Northern IMPACT Wrestling and the SHIMMER women's promotion). She appeared in the WWE with fellow female wrestler Talia at the Heat tapings on January 2, 2006. On January 12, 2006, Stephanie signed a developmental contract with WWE. Some time after signing with WWE and before debuting in OVW, she got breast implants. At the March 18, 2006 OVW TV Tapings, Trinity served as a special referee for the Beth Phoenix vs Shelly Martinez match. After the match between Beth and Shelly, Trinity started arguing with Beth. At the April 1, 2006 OVW TV Tapings, Trinity defeated Sosay via submission, and after the match Beth came down and attacked her. Trinity lost a match to Beth Phoenix and was written out of OVW storylines for some time.

Trinity would later go on to join the revived ECW brand on June 13, 2006 where she debuted as the manager for the Full Blooded Italians (this would earn her the nickname "Full-Bodied Italian").

Trinity suffered a minor knee injury during an ECW house show. She participated in a Vixen's Bikini Contest with contestants Kelly Kelly and ECW veteran Francine. She executed a moonsault to the outside of the ring and missed the two competitors. She had surgery to fix the injury and was told she will be out until mid August to early September. She returned to ECW television on the September 19, 2006 edition of ECW on Sci-Fi when she appeared backstage greeting Queen Sharmell. On October 31, 2006 edition of ECW on Sci-Fi, Trinity won the 1st ever ECW Diva Halloween Costume Contest beating Kelly Kelly and Ariel. Trinity's costume was simply a piece of caution tape covering her breasts.

http://www.trinitywrestling.com/

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Stephanie Finochio sites at Celebrity Link

Thursday, March 15, 2007

WWE: Candice Michelle

Ring name(s) Candice Michelle / Candice
Billed height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Billed weight 125 lbs.
Born September 30, 1978,Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Resides Los Angeles, California
Trained by Torrie Wilson,Victoria,,Dave Finlay,,Trish Stratus,,Arn Anderson,,Grant McKee
Pro Wrestling Debut November 15, 2004

Candice Michelle Beckman (born September 30, 1978 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin), better known as Candice Michelle or just Candice is an Costa-Rican model, actress, and a professional wrestler, currently working for WWE under their RAW brand.

AskMen.com's No. 82 Top 99 Women of 2007,

WWE Profile
http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/candice/
Official site
http://www.candicemichelle.com/
Fan Site:
http://www.candicemichelle.org/

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

WWE: Victoria 2

Lisa Marie Varon, better known as Victoria (born February 10, 1971) is an American professional wrestler currently working for the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment.

Victoria's homepage:
http://www.viciousvixen.com/

Victoria's #1 fansite:
http://www.victoria-web.org/

Victoria's MySpace:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=117278735&MyToken=1f1f66ae-94b2-4773-a839-7fafab03b24f/

Official Victoria Myspace Group
http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupProfile&groupID=103275048&Mytoken=0B3E493E-3B21-469F-99BF5A57A536FEC121907188/

WWE profile
http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/victoria/

Fat Tony's Website of restaurant Varon owns.
http://www.ilovefattonys.com/

Varon Soul (fansite)
http://www.lisa-varon.org/

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Women's Wrestler: Nikki Roxx

Wrestler Ring name(s) Nikki Roxx
Billed height 5 ft 9 in
Billed weight 145 lbs
Born April 19, 1979
Resides Boston, Massachusetts
Trained by Killer Kowalski, Slyk Wagner Brown
Pro Wrestling Debut: Spring 2002

Nicole Raczynski is an American professional wrestler who goes under the ring name of Nikki Roxx. Roxx is currently active in numerout North American independent wrestling promotions such as SHIMMER, WEW, PGWA, NECW, Chaotic Wrestling, and recently made her first Ring of Honor appearance. She has also worked in Mexico based promotions including CMLL and Lucha Libre Femenil.

Nikki has wrestled for LPGA, LLF, Wrestling Star Wars, Assault Championship Wrestling, United Wrestling Federation-PA, Kiryoku Pro, Latin American Wrestling, SHIMMER, Kowalski All Stars, NECW, UWA, IndyGurlz, Chaotic Wrestling, and Yankee Pro Wrestling.

Nikki has held the LLF Tag Team titles with Diana la Cazadora as well as the LLF title and WWW championship.

http://www.nikkiroxx.net/

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Monday, March 12, 2007

"The Canadian Godess" Candice LeRae

Wrestler: "The Canadian Godess" Candice LeRae
Real Name: Candice LeRae
Birthday: September 29, 1985
Hometown: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marital Status: Single
Height & Weight: 5'4" - 123 lbs
Trained by: Bill Anderson ,Jesse Hernandez ,Puma
Pro Wrestling Debut: 2002
Previous Gimmicks: Sweet Candy
Finishing Move: The Heart Breaker
Favorite Moves: Northern Lights Suplex
Swinging neck breaker
German Suplex
Notable Feuds: Hurricane Havana

"Canadian Goddess" Candice LeRae is an American pro wrestler who works for many independent promotions in Southern California.

Candice LeRae fell in love with pro wrestling as a young child. When she turned 17 years old, she began training at Empire Wrestling Federation's famed School of Hard Knocks with instructor's Jesse Hernandez and Bill Anderson - who have trained the likes of Rico Constantino, Louie Spicolli, Frankie Kazarian and Melina Perez.

In 2003, Candice made her debut with EWF in her first wrestling match as Sweet Candy. Her first two years of wrestling she worked hard to win her matches fair and square. She was asked to participate as one of the participants in Chick Fight 1 in Hayward, California. However, her inexperience got the best of her and she was pinned by Princess Sugey.

Before this, Candice was generally a face both in and out of the ring. After her match with Sugey, however, she took a drastic turn and adopted more of a heel persona. She has accompanied ring side and tag teamed with male wrestlers such as Joey Ryan and Human Tornado and has often been put against fellow female wrestler Carla Jade.

Sunday, March 11, 2007

April Hunter

I think this quote from Wrestling Clothesline sums up exactly the way I feel about the Indy wrestlers......
" Since Vince McMahon won't take women wrestling seriously and TNA won't even give it a second thought, someone has to give credit to those women who are working week in and week out, in those high school gyms and broken down Elk's Lodges, for barely enough money to pay for gas and tolls."

Without further ado......
April Hunter

April Hunter (born September 24, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American pro wrestler, pro wrestling valet and model.

April Hunter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but moved to Enterprise, Alabama with her father when her parents divorced. At the age of sixteen she returned to Philadelphia. She attended college, majoring in English, Biology and Chemistry, but dropped out after several years. At the age of nineteen she began working as an erotic dancer, but found that she disliked the industry, so she became a fitness model instead.

In 2000 Hunter was hired by Terry Taylor on behalf of World Championship Wrestling (after they saw her layout in Playboy) as a member of the "Black and White" nWo. Along with four other models (Tylene Buck, Pamela Paulshock, Midajah O'Hearn and Kim Kanner) she accompanied members of the nWo to ringside for their matches. When the nWo split up, the models remained with Scott Steiner, and were identified as his "freaks". Hunter left WCW later that year following a pay dispute.

After leaving WCW, Hunter decided to become a wrestler, and in 2001 she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to train under the venerable Killer Kowalski. She began working on the independent circuit, and eventually met Slyk Wagner Brown, who she would both manage and form an intergender tag team with known alternately as Team SWB and Big Red or Team Underground. Hunter also formed a tag team with fellow Kowalski graduate Nikki Roxx in World Xtreme Wrestling known as The Killer Babes. Hunter went on to form tag teams and win titles with Talia ("T & A") and J.D. Michaels.

Hunter has competed for multiple American promotions, fighting and defeating both men and women including Ring of Honor and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and has toured Europe, Japan. Puerto Rico, Canada, UK/Ireland and Mexico several times. Hunter has also made guest appearances with Carmen Electra's NWWL, working matches in the nude.

On August 30, 2006, April married her Canadian wrestling boyfriend, J.D. Michaels, in a small, private ceremony at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

http://www.aprilhunter.com/

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Kelly Kelly

Ring name(s) Barbie Blank,Kelly Kelly
Billed height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Billed weight 108 lb (49 kg)
Born January 15, 1987,Jacksonville, Florida
Resides Louisville, Kentucky
Trained by OVW staff
Pro Wrestling Debut June 13, 2006

Barbara Jean "Barbie" Blank (born January 15, 1987 better known by her ring name Kelly Kelly is an American model and pro wrestling valet, currently signed to WWE working on its ECW brand.

Blank was a full-time bikini model for Venus Swimwear when World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis spotted her in a catalogue and contacted her modeling agency, offering her and fellow model Victoria Crawford contracts. Despite having no previous wrestling experience, her agent advised her to accept the offer and when she did she was assigned to the WWE's "farm territory", Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) for training. Even after being called up to WWE's main roster, she continued to fly to Louisville, Kentucky once a week, first to work OVW shows as a ring announcer and referee before starting to wrestle. One of her first matches took place at the September 7, 2006 OVW TV tapings where she participated in a Women's battle royal won by ODB.

Blank debuted for the ECW brand as Kelly Kelly on the June 13, 2006 edition of ECW on Sci Fi, becoming the youngest diva on the WWE roster. Her character is an exhibitionist and as such debuted on the show performing a striptease for the crowd. The next week, while performing another striptease, Kelly was interrupted by her (kayfabe) boyfriend, Mike Knox, who came to the stage and covered her with a towel before dragging her backstage. This became Kelly's routine – repeatedly dancing/giving a striptease for the audience, only to be interrupted by Knox who was upset by her exhibitionism and constant showing of her body to other men. From there Kelly became Knox's de facto valet when he began "forcing" her to accompany him to ringside so he could keep an eye on her during his matches. As a result she found herself involved in the feud developing between Mike Knox and partner Test with Tommy Dreamer and his partner the Sandman, including being dragged into the ring and spanked by Dreamer. She made her ECW in-ring debut at the August 22, 2006 edition of ECW on Sci-Fi in a losing effort in a six-person Mixed tag team match which saw herself, Knox, and Test lose to Dreamer, Sandman and Torrie Wilson, although she never actually tagged in to the match. Knox became increasingly protective and jealous when Kelly began showing interest in CM Punk, including congratulating him after wins and watching his matches from the entry way. Things came to a head when Kelly dressed as Punk for ECW's "Halloween Costume Contest", enraging Knox, and leading to a match between the two (which Punk ended up winning).

Kelly and Knox then got involved in a feud with Ariel and Kevin Thorn which culminated in a mixed tag match between the four at the December to Dismember pay-per-view. During the course of the match Knox refused to allow Kelly to tag him back in and eventually abandoned her altogether, leaving her to be beaten badly by Ariel. On the following edition of ECW on Sci Fi , Kelly defeated Ariel with a roll-up in her first ECW singles match. After the match, Knox made his way to the ring with flowers, only to throw them in Kelly's face and hit her with his signature swinging reverse STO, ending their relationship and (kayfabe) injuring her, taking her off the show for six weeks. She returned to ECW on Sci Fi on January 16, 2007 to cut a promo announcing she was newly single and bringing back "Kelly's Exposé", but was interrupted by Matt Striker who insulted her intelligence. She was invited to stay at ringside for his match against CM Punk, which she did, and helped Punk to victory by exposing her breasts to Striker -- without Punks knowledge -- and distracting him long enough to be caught in a back slide. The next week she debuted a spin off of her previous Exposé segments, bringing Brooke Adams and Layla El to dance with her as Extreme Exposé.

Barbie Blank sites at Celebrity Link

Friday, March 9, 2007

Amber O'Neal

Ring name(s) Amber Holly,,Amber O'Neal,Amber O'Neill
Billed height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Billed weight 140 lb (64 kg)
Born June 22, 1974,Ahoskie, North Carolina
Resides Smithfield, North Carolina
Billed from Malibu, California
Trained by Strawberry Fields,,Gemini Kid,,Leilani Kai,,Gary Royal,,Mikael Yamaha
Debut July 1999

Kimberly Dawn Davis (born June 22, 1974 in Ahoskie, North Carolina) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name, Amber O'Neal.

Davis trained under Strawberry Fields, Leilani Kai and Gary Royal at the Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Academy in Charlotte, North Carolina. After training for six months she debuted in July 1999 in the PGWA as Amber Holly, wrestling Leilani Kai in Maggie Valley, North Carolina. In 2002, Holly began wrestling for the Carolina Wrestling Federation, where she furthered her training under Gemini Kid and Mikael Yamaha at the CWF Dojo Camp. In May 2003, Holly suffered a knee injury, tearing her anterior cruciate ligament and patella tendon and suffering cartilage damage. She was obliged to undergo reconstructive surgery and transplants, and was inactive for slightly under a year while rehabilitating.

Holly returned to the ring on May 16, 2004, adopting the ring name Amber O'Neal (to differentiate herself from fellow wrestler Molly Holly) and the gimmick of a motocross racer. In late 2004, O'Neal formed a tag team with Krissy Vaine known as Team Blondage. The team wrestled primarily on the North Carolina independent circuit, appearing with promotions such as SHIMMER and Women's Extreme Wrestling.

Team Blondage defeated Clehopatra and Navaho to win the vacant WEW Tag Team Championship on May 8, 2005 at the WEW pay-per-view "No Ho's Barred". In the course of their reign, Vaine signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. She was subsequently replaced within Team Blondage by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumnae Lollipop. On the April 6, 2006 WEW pay-per-view, O'Neal and Lollipop lost the WEW Women's Tag Team Championship to T and A (Talia Doll and April Hunter).

In April and May 2006, O'Neal wrestled at several TNA house shows produced in conjunction with the United Wrestling Federation.

Thursday, March 8, 2007

WWE: Victoria

Lisa Marie Varon, better known as Victoria (born February 10, 1971) is an American professional wrestler currently working for the RAW brand of WWE.

She has been married to Alexander Varon since 1998, although it is expected that they have been divorced away from the media.

Varon and Trish Stratus used to be fitness models together. This real life fact was actually used as an often-overlooked key element to the first "psycho heel Victoria vs. Trish" angle. When explaining her psychotic jealousy against Trish in an interview on RAW, Victoria went on to reveal that they were fitness models together until Trish left for success in wrestling without her, although this was not all completely the case in real life.

In a January 2005 interview, she was quoted as confessing that she was legitimately jealous of the salary and opportunities given to diva search winner Christy Hemme. She later retracted and refuted this statement on her website, claiming that the reporter had twisted her words and that she and Hemme were friends.

She cites Ivory as a wrestler whom she was inspired by and Torrie Wilson as being her best friend. Varon relocated to Louisville, Kentucky in order to train in Ohio Valley Wrestling and continues to reside there. In June 2005, she opened a restaurant in Louisville named Fat Tony's Pizza.

Varon has frequently expressed interest in posing nude for Playboy. However, she has stated that she has yet to be offered a chance to appear in the magazine.

Victoria is a huge Xena: Warrior Princess fan, as mentioned on her Myspace page.

Varon is thought by some to be a "spiritual sibling" to wrestler Lance Storm due to them both having dark hair and a widow's peak hairline (hence the name of her WWE finishing move). They were also both subjected to poorly received dancing gimmicks. In a running gag on his website, Storm maintains that he and Varon are siblings, but this is not the case, as the two are unrelated.

Varon had red hair extensions throughout 2002-2003 in her first psychotic gimmick. At Cyber Sunday, it appeared she had her extensions put back in.

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WWE: Trish Stratus

Trish Stratus (born Patricia Anne Stratigias on December 18, 1975 in Richmond Hill, Ontario), is a Canadian fitness model and former professional wrestler. Formerly working for World Wrestling Entertainment, Stratus retired from professional wrestling on September 17, 2006 after winning her seventh WWE Women's Championship.

Stratus is marketed as the first woman in WWF/E history to have held the WWE Women's Championship seven times, three more than the four reigns of Lita and the four recognized title reigns of The Fabulous Moolah. She is also one of only four women to have held the WWE Hardcore Championship.

As a fitness model, Stratus has been featured on the cover of many major health and fitness magazines such as Musclemag, Flare, and Total Women's Fitness. She also released a calendar series called "Dream Team" with fellow model, Stacey Lynn. As a sports entertainer, she was proclaimed the "Diva of the Decade" on the WWE RAW X Anniversary Show. She was voted "WWE Babe of the Year" three times between 2001 and 2003.

ECW: Stephanie Finochio / Trinity

Stephanie Finochio (born December 1, 1971 in Long Island, New York) is an Italian American stuntwoman and professional wrestling valet better known by her stage name Trinity, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on its ECW brand.

Finochio previously worked with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, as well as many other promotions on the independent circuit. She has done stunt work for such movies as Daredevil (2003), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Swimfan (2002), and School of Rock (2003).

Finochio was receiving try-out matches with World Wrestling Entertainment in Ohio Valley Wrestling. She debuted November 9, 2005 at an OVW show in Louisville, Kentucky. In December 2005, she appeared at Ring Of Glory's Great Commission in Rome, Georgia along with newcomer Rain (who wrestles in Northern IMPACT Wrestling and the SHIMMER women's promotion). She appeared in the WWE with fellow female wrestler Talia at the Heat tapings on January 2, 2006. On January 12, 2006, Stephanie signed a developmental contract with WWE. Some time after signing with WWE and before debuting in OVW, she got breast implants. At the March 18, 2006 OVW TV Tapings, Trinity served as a special referee for the Beth Phoenix vs Shelly Martinez match. After the match between Beth and Shelly, Trinity started arguing with Beth. At the April 1, 2006 OVW TV Tapings, Trinity defeated Sosay via submission, and after the match Beth came down and attacked her. Trinity lost a match to Beth Phoenix and was written out of OVW storylines for some time.

Trinity would later go on to join the revived ECW brand on June 13, 2006 where she debuted as the manager for the Full Blooded Italians (this would earn her the nickname "Full-Bodied Italian").

Trinity suffered a minor knee injury during an ECW house show. She participated in a Vixen's Bikini Contest with contestants Kelly Kelly and ECW veteran Francine. She executed a moonsault to the outside of the ring and missed the two competitors. She had surgery to fix the injury and was told she will be out until mid August to early September. She returned to ECW television on the September 19, 2006 edition of ECW on Sci-Fi when she appeared backstage greeting Queen Sharmell. On October 31, 2006 edition of ECW on Sci-Fi, Trinity won the 1st ever ECW Diva Halloween Costume Contest beating Kelly Kelly and Ariel. Trinity's costume was simply a piece of caution tape covering her breasts.

TNA: Traci Brooks

Tracy Brookshaw (born May 22, 1975) is a Canadian professional wrestler and professional wrestling valet, better known by her stage name, Traci Brooks.

Tracy Brookshaw grew up on a pig and chicken farm in St. Marys, Ontario. In 2000, she won the Toronto Sunshine Millennium Calendar contest which led to her being named Miss June 2000 and interviewed in the Toronto Sun. Brookshaw went on to engage in promotional modelling work with the Molson, Labatts and Budweiser beverage brewers.

In her interview, Brookshaw said that she aspired to be "the next WWE Superstar". This led to her being introduced to Ron Hutchinson, a professional wrestler who operated the Sully's Gym professional wrestling school out of Toronto, Ontario. Brookshaw began training under Hutchinson in March 2000, and debuted in January 2001 as Tracy Brooks.

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

WWE: Torrie Wilson

Torrie Anne Wilson (born July 24, 1975), better known by the ring name Torrie Wilson is an American professional wrestler, fitness competitor and model currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment under the RAW brand.

Wilson has found considerable success in both World Championship Wrestling and in World Wrestling Entertainment as a valet and diva.

In the final months of 2006, Torrie entered into a kayfabe relationship with Carlito. After Torrie's match with Victoria, Chris Masters ran to the ring and gave Torrie Wilson the Masterlock and released her when Carlito came to the rescue.

On the January 8 edition of Raw, Torrie helped Carlito defeat Chris Masters by hitting his left knee with the ring bell. On the January 15 edition of Raw, Vince McMahon made Torrie pretend to be Miss America. Carlito responded by calling Vince "not cool", resulting in Vince challenging Carlito to a match. Carlito accepted, unaware that his opponent would be none other than the Great Khali, and was defeated.

Torrie Wilson sites at Celebrity Link

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Gorgeous George, Stephanie Bellars

Ring name(s) Gorgeous George,George,George Frankenstein,Minsa
Billed height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Billed weight 125 lb
Born January 25, 1976,Sarasota, Florida
Trained by Nora Greenwald, WCW
Pro Wrestling Debut 1998

Stephanie Bellars is a professional wrestling valet and the former girlfriend of "Macho Man" Randy Savage. She has been known as Gorgeous George and George Frankenstein.

She should not be confused with the famous 1940s male professional wrestler known as Gorgeous George.

Stephanie made her Pro Wrestling Debut in WCW at the 1999 Spring Stampede PPV as Gorgeous George. She was dating Randy Savage at the time and was brought in as his valet, after he had parted ways with Miss Elizabeth again. She had met Savage in 1997 at a strip club where she was working as a stripper.

They only made one appearance and Randy got injured so she did not make it back to WCW TV until April 1999. Savage started feuding with Ric Flair so she started feuding with Flair's biased referee, Charles Robinson. In one of their skirmishes on WCW Monday Nitro, Flair "accidentally" grabbed her the wrong way and her top moved enough to partially expose her breasts on national television.

She had a wrestling match against Robinson at the Slamboree PPV on May 9, 1999. She used Savage's moves and Robinson mimicked Flair, who was his idol growing up. Stephanie pinned Robinson after a flying elbow drop off the ropes.

She did not want to wrestle again, so they replaced her in future matches with Madusa. They claimed that she was injured from the match, so she used crutches to get around. She soon used those crutches on "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and turned heel.

After leaving WCW, she went to a WWF event with her friend, Molly Holly. She was asked to appear on WWF TV and to confront Chyna. She told them no as she felt that she was not ready for the WWF yet.

In 2000, she returned briefly to ECW as George. Savage had Gorgeous George trademarked and would not let her use the name. She was Tommy Dreamer's valet for his match at Heatwave 2000 and turned on him, siding with Justin Credible. She was also in a brief feud with Francine.

In 2001, she appeared for GLOOW as a referee and also married Misfits punkrocker, Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein on September 1. She officially changed her name to George Frankenstein.

In mid-2001, she became a member of the X-Girls in the XWF with Kristina Laum and Chiquita Anderson. They were similar to the Nitro Girls from WCW. They came out and danced to entertain the fans during commercials. In early 2002, she left the XWF or was fired for missing shows, depending on who tells the story. The XWF folded shortly after that.

She has since appeared on the independent circuit for 3PW and WEW. In 2004, she had a few brief appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Minsa. She came out to watch Jeff Jarrett in action. She disappeared from TNA after that.

She is still active on the exotic dancing circuit as a stripper in 2005. She also appeared in an adult film under the name George Frankenstein.

She managed the following wrestlers: Randy Savage ,Tommy Dreamer ,Justin Credible

She has a son from a relationship before she met Randy Savage that was born in 1993. She also has a daughter, Boriss, with her husband Paul Caiafa (Doyle from the punk band the Misfits) that was born on August 17, 2002.
She appeared in the 2000 movie, Ready To Rumble, as Gorgeous George.
She appeared in the 2001 movie, Campfire Stories, as a Go-Go Dancer in a bar.
She was briefly a fitness model under her real name.

Monday, March 5, 2007

WWE Smackdown : Queen Sharmell

Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman, (born November 2, 1974), better known as Queen Sharmell or simply Sharmell is a diva and manager for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), on the SmackDown brand. She first came to prominence in the wrestling world while a member of World Championship Wrestling as a Nitro Girl.

Sullivan was hired by the (now renamed) World Wrestling Entertainment in 2005, Pro Wrestling Debut: ing as a face valet for her real-life husband Booker T, but turning heel with him when he changed alignment. Sullivan, and Booker T - as faces - had a short feud with MNM (Joey Mercury, Johnny Nitro and Melina Perez) which resulted in Sullivan wrestling (and losing) her first match as a WWE Diva on the August 18, 2005 edition of SmackDown! (Mercury and Melina vs Booker T and Sharmell).

Early on, Sullivan cheated to secure victories for her face husband, seemingly without his knowledge, until Booker turned heel upon winning the United States Title - due to Sullivan's interference - from Chris Benoit on an October edition of SmackDown! when it was revealed that Booker knew she was helping all along.

Sullivan and Booker T then found themselves being stalked by the Boogeyman, and during a match at WrestleMania 22 he managed to kiss Sullivan while he had a (legit) mouth full of worms.

After Booker T's victory in the 2006 King of the Ring tournament, Booker T began referring to himself as "King Booker" and Sharmell as "Queen Sharmell". Their new gimmick has seen them acting pompous and attempting British accents.

http://www.bookertonline.com/

Sunday, March 4, 2007

WWE: Rebecca DiPietro

Ring name(s) Rebecca DiPietro,Rebecca
Billed height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Born April 14, 1979,East Providence, Rhode Island
Resides McDonough, Georgia
Trained by DSW Staff
Pro Wrestling Debut October 17, 2006

Rebecca DiPietro (Born April 14, 1979 in East Providence, Rhode Island) is an American model currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand as a backstage interviewer. Her modeling credits include appearing in Playboy Magazine, Playboy Cyber Girl of the week for the first week of June 2003, Stuff Magazine cover girl and model, and was Miss Hawaiian Tropic USA 2005.

Rebecca was a finalist of the 2006 $250,000 WWE Diva Search. On the July 31, 2006 edition of 'RAW', Rebecca was eliminated from the contest, in which she was the 3rd contestant to be eliminated. She was then hired by WWE four days after her elimination.

Rebecca was hired by WWE on August 4, 2006 and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling, LLC in McDonough, Georgia. Rebecca made her Deep South debut on September 3, 2006 in a backstage segment with Matt Striker. At the September 14, 2006 Deep South TV Tapings Rebecca participated in a Bikini Contest in which it was won by Tracy Taylor. In mid October of 2006, Rebecca started appearing at ECW House Shows.

Rebecca debuted for ECW as a backstage interviewer on the October 17, 2006 edition of ECW on Sci-Fi where she had interview segments with Rob Van Dam and The Big Show prior to the main event. Rebecca made her first PPV appearance at Cyber Sunday, when she was a lumberjack in the Diva Lumberjack match for the Women's Championship between Lita and Mickie James.

http://www.rebecca-dipietro.org/

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Saturday, March 3, 2007

WWE: Amy Dumas

Q&A with Amy Dumas

By Kevin Eck
Sun Reporter
Originally published February 22, 2007
Anyone who has ever watched Amy Dumas, formerly known as Lita, perform her acrobatic, high-flying moves in WWE knows that she isn't afraid to take risks. Dumas perhaps took her biggest chance yet last November when she left WWE after nearly seven years to pursue a career in the music business. The former women's wrestling champ is the lead singer of the Luchagors, an Atlanta-based punk rock band. Dumas, 31, hasn't walked away from the ring completely, however, and she will make an appearance at Sunday's Maryland Championship Wrestling show in Dundalk.

What went into your decision to leave a highly successful career with WWE?

It felt like it was time to at least see what else was out there. It's a job that you have to give 110 percent to be successful at, and I just felt like I didn't have 110 percent to give anymore. I feel like if I would have stayed longer with WWE I would have started to resent my time there, because you're so inundated with the schedule and everything.

How did you feel about your breakup with fellow wrestler Matt Hardy and your involvement with Edge [Adam Copeland] becoming public knowledge and then being played out in a WWE story line?

That whole thing was just such a hard time for me. When you go through personal problems, it's hard enough as it is, but then to have every aspect of your life out there and to feel like everybody knows your business when they really only know such a small percent and they're passing judgment ... there were definitely days when I didn't feel like getting on the plane to go to work.

Full Interview at:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bal-li.mixqa22feb22,0,4215289.story?coll=bal-artslife-music

Thursday, March 1, 2007

WWE: Lauren Jones

Lauren Jones (Born August 27, 1982 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American film and television actress, magazine cover model, and famed bikini model. Jones is known for her versatility and character range, transforming from brassy comedy to moving pathos. Jones has also become an internationally recognized personality, appearing in several high profile advertising campaigns and numerous men's magazines.

Some know Jones as a pro athlete, working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown! brand as a wrestler and scripted Smackdown diva. Jones quickly gained notoriety and global recognition with her famous online ring entrance through her WWE Pro Wrestling Debut: [6].She was hired after appearing on the cover of the October 2004 issue of SmackDown! magazine with superstar Big Show, where she made such an impression on talent relations they hired her immediately. She was subsequently asked to join the company in their global travels and TV appearances and went on to prove her athletic ability in the ring. While on the road with WWE, Jones was trained by official WWE trainers, along with Hiroko (wrestling manager), and wrestler Rene Dupree.

Jones appeared on the show weekly and competed in SmackDown!'s "Rookie Diva of 2005" contest at No Way Out, with Joy Giovanni, Michelle McCool and Rochelle Loewen. She remained with SmackDown! during Wrestlemania 21 and for months following until leaving the company in July 2005 for career related reasons. Contrary to reports, she was not released from WWE and remains on very good terms with the company. It is reported through online interviews that Jones would accept an invitation back to WWE, however it would be to wrestle and ultimately aim for a shot at the WWE Women's Championship.

http://www.laurenjones.net/

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