Mickie James
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| Ring name(s) | Mickie James Alexis Laree Superball Vicki Adams Queen Alexis |
| Billed height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
| Billed weight | 124 lb (57 kg) |
| Born | August 31, 1979 Richmond, Virginia |
| Trained by | Dory Funk, Jr., KYDA Pro Training School |
| Debut | 1999 |
Mickie James (born August 31, 1979) is an American professional wrestler. She was signed to a developmental contract by World Wrestling Entertainment in October 2003. In October 2005 she was promoted to the main roster and assigned to the RAW brand. She wrestled for six years using the ring name Alexis Laree. She is the reigning WWE Women's Champion.
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Career
Mickie James made her professional debut in the summer of 1999 as a ring valet for KYDA Pro Wrestling in Manassas, Virginia. She started out managing some of the most popular stars in the promotion such as Steve Corino and Tommy Dreamer, but eventually found herself being drawn into feuds with other wrestlers and their valets and managers. Eventually Mickie chose to step into the ring as a wrestler herself. Although most of Mickie's matches have been against women, some of her most memorable matches would be against men. She scored her first big win in a match against Sean Lei. One of the most highly acclaimed matches she has participated in was in June 2003 for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a member of The Gathering. She teamed with Julio Dinero against NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett in a 2-on-1 Clockwork Orange House of Fun match. This match pits competitors inside a steel cage adorned with weapons of various types. Laree's career has gone through many promotions. In late 1999 she expanded out to other promotions including all-female promotions Beautiful Babes of Wrestling (BBOW) and Professional Girl Wrestling Association (PGWA). She probably made her largest impact wrestling for Maryland Championship Wrestling, where she engaged in several long-running feuds.
In January 2001, Mickie made her debut appearance for two new women's promotions, Dangerous Women of Wrestling (DWOW) and Women's Extreme Wrestling (WEW). Both promotions worked together to promote women's wrestling with a hardcore edge, and WEW had regular monthly pay-per-view matches. James' feuds from here include matches against "Prime Time" Amy Lee, Dee-Dee Venturi, a re-ignition of her feud with Candie from MCW, and the start of a new series of feuds with "Simply Luscious" Ronnie Stephens. Her matches against Stephens stretched to many independent promotions in the northeast. She had a kayfabe sister called Valentina Laree as part of an angle during her indie days (when Mickie's ring name was Alexis Laree).
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Mickie, as Alexis Laree, debuted in NWA:TNA on their second-ever PPV in late 2002 as part of the all-women's lingerie battle royal. However, she wasn't prominently featured until the March 26, 2003 PPV, when she helped out The Amazing Red in a mixed tag-team match against Kid Kash and valet Trinity. Two weeks later, the two women would have a match against each other which ended prematurely when James was dragged away by the recently debuted Raven. Later that evening, it emerged that James had somehow become a part Raven's new group, The Gathering, which would later be expanded with the addition of Julio Dinero.
The Gathering was a smaller part of Vince Russo's "Sports Entertainment Xtreme" (S.E.X.), and with Raven assuming some control of the group, they immediately focused on Raven's attempt to take the NWA World Heavyweight title away from champion Jeff Jarrett. Over the next few weeks The Gathering broke away as James and Dinero helped Raven win his matches and would even start engaging Jeff Jarrett himself. On April 16, 2003 Jeff Jarrett was challenged to a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match against James and Dinero, marking the first time a woman had ever participated in this dangerous style of cage match. Jarrett powerbombed James from the top rope and through a table with Dinero laying on top, however Raven would run in, attack Jarrett with his "Raven Effect" DDT, and put Dinero on top for the pin. Raven would lose his first-ever NWA World Heavyweight title match against Jarrett two weeks later. The Gathering would arise again shortly thereafter, starting a feud with Father James Mitchell and his Disciples of the New Church faction. On July 30, 2003 The Gathering would lose a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match against The New Church. Mickie again participated in this match, making her the only woman to participate in it twice. At the end of the match she was hit in the face by a fireball from Mitchell and would not be seen on NWA/TNA broadcasts again.
On August 18, 2003 James was offered a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. Despite some reports, she wasn't replaced in The Gathering by CM Punk; since they were both in The Gathering at the same time, she was just shifted out of it.
World Wrestling Entertainment
Ohio Valley Wrestling
October 2003 would mark a new calling for Mickie, however. After appearing on several PPVs for NWA-TNA, she caught the attention of World Wrestling Entertainment. She was signed to a developmental contract and immediately sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky to begin training.
In early 2004 she started making television appearances for the OVW promotion, still using the ring name "Alexis Laree", she was regularly included in storylines including feuds with Jillian Hall, Melina, Trudi Denucci, Nikita Fink, Passion, Shaniqua, Melissa Coates, Ms. Blu, Beth Phoenix, & Shelly.
In summer 2005 she and CM Punk were reunited for the first time since The Gathering. They were briefly reunited as a new team in WWE, with James serving as Punk's valet for a taping of WWE HEAT in Cleveland, Ohio on July 25, 2005. The match was not aired, for conflicting reasons. Plans to team the two together and bring them to TV were abandoned. Prior to this, she also briefly appeared on television for Memphis Wrestling in April 2005.
RAW
She made her debut on the main roster during the October 10, 2005 episode of WWE RAW under her real name: Mickie James, and was billed as an obsessed fan of Trish Stratus coming to her and Ashley's rescue following an attack on them by Victoria. In her first televised match a week later — a tag team match with Ashley Massaro and Trish Stratus against Victoria, Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson — ended with James being pinned by Victoria. Several weeks later at Taboo Tuesday 2005, James helped Stratus in a "Fulfill Your Fantasy" Diva battle royal for the WWE Women's Championship, by eliminating herself as she eliminated Victoria.
On the December 12, 2005 edition RAW Mickie James defeated Victoria after hitting her with her "Mickie DT" to receive a match against Stratus for the WWE Women's Championship at New Year's Revolution 2006.
In the ensuing weeks. James developed a lesbian crush on Trish Stratus, frequently getting her into various compromising situations, such as kissing her beneath the mistletoe and interrupting her shower. Following her pinfall loss to Stratus for the WWE Women's Championship, James commented that it "felt like silk" when her skin touched Stratus's. The match between them was highly praised.
Hints at James' heel turn began after she attacked fan favorite Ashley Massaro during a tag-team match. She also claimed to be a victim of an unwanted advance by Stratus' boyfriend, Jack, and provocatively licked an oversized photograph of a lingerie-clad Stratus on television. Stratus confronted James and asked that they "maintain their space."
On the March 18 WWE Saturday Night's Main Event, James completed her heel turn by attacking Stratus after a tag team match; the two shook hands as though they were parting ways, but James attempted to hug and kiss her partner. James attacked after Stratus pushed her away. James would continue to play mind games with Stratus for several weeks stating that even though "I (James) admired Trish for so long" at WrestleMania she had two goals, to take the WWE Women's Championship and also to see Trish's destruction.
At WrestleMania 22, James defeated Trish Stratus following a Mick Kick. James became the first Diva to win the Women's Championship on her WrestleMania debut since Wendi Richter at the very first WrestleMania. During the match, despite the fact that James was the heel, the fans frequently cheered for her, and booed Stratus whenever she hit an offensive move.
When James came down to the ring, she had her hair dyed blonde, wearing Stratus' wrestling outfit and came down to the ring with a theme music that began with Stratus' laughter as in Stratus' theme music. (It should be noticed that this is a reference to the character,Hedy in the movie Single White Female) Stratus responded by dressing and acting like James in an attempt to play mind games with her rival. James was disqualified in her WWE Women's Championship match vs. Stratus at Backlash 2006. This was rumoured not to be the original finish for the match, but Trish sustained a dislocated shoulder and thus the match had to be cut short.
On May 1, 2006 edition of RAW, following James' attack on Maria, an unknown woman confronted James and attacked her. The woman — later revealed as Beth Phoenix — attacked James on RAW for several weeks, repeatedly shouting "I won't let you get away with what you did." This feud was cut short, after Phoenix injured her jaw in a match against Victoria.
Mickie James lost her Women's Championship on the August 14, 2006 edition of RAW to Lita after she hit Mickie with the belt while Edge distracted the referee. Mickie then had a rematch on the August 28, 2006 edition of RAW, and lost again to Lita after she used the ropes for leverage. Mickie James was defeated by Trish Stratus on Stratus' last match on RAW on September 11 in Madison Square Garden, where both hugged each other followng the match. On the October 2, 2006 edition of RAW, Mickie defeated Victoria in the second match of Round 1 of the WWE Women's Championship Tournament where she advanced to the semi-finals. On the October 23, 2006 edition of RAW, Mickie pinned Melina with a Spinning DDT, in the first match of the semi-finals to advance to the finals on November 6th, 2006, at Cyber Sunday, but was defeated by Lita in the finals, when Lita pinned her after hitting her with a Lita DDT, winning her fourth Women's Championship. Mickie and Lita would then feud in a series of matches where Lita had an unfair advantage, having her legs shackled together, having one arm tied behind her back, and being blindfolded. At Survivor Series, she became a two-time Women's Champion by defeating Lita with a Tornado DDT. On the November 27, 2006 episode of RAW, Victoria won a battle royal and is anticipated to face James for the Women's championship on the December 18, 2006 edition of RAW.
In wrestling
Finishing and signature moves
- As Mickie James
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- Mickie-DT (Jumping swinging DDT)
- Mick Kick (Roundhouse kick)
- Stratusfaction (Springboard bulldog)
- Mick Kick Combo (Spinning back kick to the midsection, followed by a front kick to the face and chest and finished with a spinning back kick to the face)
- Mick-a-rana (Rope-aided hurricanrana from the corner)
- Spinning back kick to the mid-section
- Fisherman suplex pin
- Flying forearm
- As Alexis Laree
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- Laree-DT (Top rope tornado DDT)
- Laree-DT II (Swinging reverse DDT)
- Wrestlers managed by Mickie James
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- Trish Stratus (as Mickie James)
- Joey Matthews (as Alexis Laree)
- The Gathering (as Alexis Laree)
- CM Punk (as Vicki Adams)
- AJ Styles (as Alexis Laree)
Championships and accomplishments
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- CSWF Women's Championship (1 time)
- Delaware Championship Wrestling
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- DCW Women's Championship (1 time)
- Impact Championship Wrestling
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- ICW Super Juniors Championship (1 time)
- Premier Wrestling Federation
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- PWF Women's Championship (1 time)
- Southern Championship Wrestling
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- SCW Diva Championship (1 time)
- Ultimate Championship Wrestling
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- UCW Women's Championship (1 time)
- Ultimate Wrestling Federation
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- UWF Women's Championship (2 times)
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- WWE Women's Championship (2 times, current)
Personal life
Mickie loves horses and used to groom her grandmother's horses every day after school. She owns two horses: Rhapsody and Bunny. She plans to teach children how to ride horses, and also plans on getting back into riding and showing horses after her wrestling career slows down.
Her favorite wrestler while growing up was "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Mickie often wrestled her younger brother and father in the backyard as a child. While training to become a wrestler, Mickie worked as a waitress in an Olive Garden restaurant in Richmond, Virginia. Her old trainer, Dory Funk Jr., decided to take Mickie under his wing after he saw her at an event where Lita gave a speech to women trying to get into wrestling. During her training, she mostly wrestled men because her class had very few women.
Before gaining fame in WWE, Mickie posed nude for photographer R. B. Kane. One set of these photos was featured in the May 2000 issue of Leg Show magazine. *Warning: Contains nudity
Mickie is currently engaged to Ken Doane, better known as "Kenny". [1]
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