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Michelle McCool

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Michelle Leigh McCool
Statistics
Ring name(s) Michelle McCool
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1]
Billed weight 122 lb (55 kg) [1]
Born January 25, 1980 (1980-01-25) (age 27)
Flag of the United States Palatka, Florida, USA
Trained by DSW staff
Dave Finlay
Debut November 18, 2004

Michelle Leigh McCool (born January 25, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment under the SmackDown! brand. Before becoming involved in professional wrestling, she was a seventh grade teacher in Palatka, Florida.[2]

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[edit] Career

 

[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment

 

[edit] 2004-2005

Michelle McCool first came to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a competitor in the WWE Diva Search 2004, from which she was the 4th woman eliminated.[3] Despite not winning the contest, she was still signed to a 3-year WWE developmental contract in November 2004 and assigned to the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) farm territory.[citation needed] She entered SmackDown! as a face with a personal trainer gimmick, a reference to her actual past employment.[4] Unlike most of the other "Rookie Divas" who participated in the Diva Search, McCool aimed to become an actual professional wrestler.[5]

After participating in a number of "Rookie Diva" and "Best body" contests, she had her first SmackDown! match, teaming with The Big Show to defeat Dawn Marie and René Duprée on March 3, 2005.[6][7] McCool and Dawn Marie feuded for the next few weeks, with Dawn Marie coming out on top.[8][9]

A few months later, McCool became apart of the feud between MNM and Heidenreich when she defended Heidenreich against MNM's manager Melina's verbal attacks.[10] Melina and McCool then began a feud, including Melina's SmackDown! debut match, which Melina won. After the match, MNM gave McCool their finisher, The Snapshot.[11] This would be the last time she appeared on WWE Television for almost a year.

McCool was then sent to WWE's Atlanta, Georgia territory, Deep South Wrestling (DSW), where she wrestled, performed interviews, hosted segments, and provided color commentary with Nigel Sherrod. She also feuded with Angel Williams. While in DSW, she was hospitalized after taking prescribed medication, and she was sidelined for several weeks to recover. Eventually she was moved to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). While in OVW, she began managing the duo of Amish Roadkill and K.C. James.

 

[edit] 2006-2007

She returned to SmackDown! on June 2, 2006, this time working as a heel with a "hot teacher" gimmick, again pulling on her real life experiences.[12] Upon her arrival, she aligned with Kristal Marshall to feud with then-faces Jillian Hall and Ashley Massaro.[13] This led to a Fatal Four Way Bra and Panties match at The Great American Bash, which Ashley won. She won her first singles match on the July 28, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, defeating Hall by illegally using the ropes as leverage.[14].

Soon after, she began acting as valet for the team of K.C. James and Idol Stevens, who, because of her association with them, were nicknamed The Teacher's Pets. The trio began feuding with Paul London and Brian Kendrick, and their valet Ashley, for the WWE Tag Team Championship, but never won the title. The feud ended when London and Kendrick won a blow off match at No Mercy 2006 in October.[15]

On November 28, 2006, McCool was hospitalized with an enlarged kidney, a broken sternum, and an electrolyte imbalance.[16][17] During her absence, both James and Stevens were sent back to OVW. She was released from the hospital on December 2, 2006.[18]

McCool returned on the March 30, 2007 edition of SmackDown!, where she participated in a 10-Diva Tag Team Match. McCool turned face once again when she came to the aid of Ashley after she was attacked by Jillian Hall backstage, which led to a short feud between herself and Hall. On the May 28, 2007 edition of RAW, Michelle won the Memorial Day Bikini Beach Blast Battle Royal by eliminating Melina. As a result of winning the battle royal, she was rewarded with an "All-American" girl segments, where she explained what she liked to do over the summer. These segments appeared for the entire summer of 2007 week by week on SmackDown!.

 

[edit] In wrestling

  • Finishing Moves
  • Signature Moves
  • McCool's original theme song was Move It Up.

Move It Up has since passed to Jillian Hall and then Kristal Marshall.

  • McCool's current theme song is Not Enough For Me. The new rock version is available on WWE: The Music Volume 7.
  • Wrestlers managed by Michelle

 

[edit] Other media

McCool will appear in an upcoming episode of the Family Feud with Batista, Candice Michelle, John Cena, Mr. Kennedy, King Booker, Layla El, Maria, MVP and Queen Sharmell.[19]

 

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Michelle McCool's WWE Biography. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
  2. ^ Official Women of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
  3. ^ Online World of Wrestling. RAW - 16th August 2004 Results.
  4. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 18th November 2004 Results.
  5. ^ Palatka Daily News interview. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
  6. ^ Online World of Wrestling. No Way Out 2005 Results.
  7. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 3rd March 2005 Results.
  8. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 17th March 2005 Results.
  9. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 24th March 2005 Results.
  10. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 16th June 2005 Results.
  11. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 30th June 2005 Results.
  12. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 2nd June 2006 Results.
  13. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 14th July 2006 Results.
  14. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 28th July 2006 Results.
  15. ^ Online World of Wrestling. No Mercy 2006 Results.
  16. ^ Jen Hunt and Kara A. Medalis (February 23, 2007). Diva Dish: Sexy time!. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
  17. ^ WWE Diva Hospitalized Over Thanksgiving Holiday (November 28, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  18. ^ Zack Zeigler. Michelle McCool update. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  19. ^ Kara A. Medalis (WWE.com) (August 10, 2007). Diva Dish: FHM goes Extreme. Retrieved on August 10, 2007.

 

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