Michelle McCool
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Michelle Leigh McCool | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Michelle McCool |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 122 lb (55 kg) |
| Born | January 25, 1980 Palatka, Florida, USA |
| Trained by | OVW staff DSW staff Dave Finlay Bill DeMott |
| Debut | November 18, 2004 |
Michelle Leigh McCool (born January 25, 1980), also known simply as Michelle McCool, is an American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment as part of the SmackDown! brand. Before becoming involved in professional wrestling she was a sixth grade teacher in Palatka, Florida[1].
Contents |
[edit] Career
Michelle McCool first came to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a competitor in the 2004 Diva Search, from which she was the 4th woman eliminated. Despite not winning the contest, she was still signed to a 3-year WWE developmental contract[citation needed] in November 2004 and assigned to the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) farm territory. She entered SmackDown! as a face with a personal trainer gimmick, a reference to her actual past employment. Unlike most of the other "Rookie Divas" who participated in the RAW Diva Search, McCool aimed to become an actual professional wrestler.[2]
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. McCool and Dawn Marie feuded for the next few weeks, with Marie coming out on top.
A few months later McCool became apart of the feud between MNM and Heidenreich when she defended Heidenreich against things MNMs manager Melina was saying about him. Melina and McCool had a short feud between them, which included Melina's debut match (and win). After the match, MNM gave McCool their finisher, The Snapshot. 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 got involved in a small feud with Angel Williams. While in DSW she was once hospitalized after taking prescribed medication. She was sidelined for several weeks to recover before being able to return. Eventually she was moved to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). While in OVW, she began managing the duo of Amish Roadkill and K.C. James.
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. Upon her arrival she aligned with Kristal Marshall to feud with Jillian Hall and Ashley Massaro. She won her first singles match on the July 28, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, defeating Hall by illegally using the ropes as leverage. 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 Massaro, for the WWE Tag Team Championship, but never won the title.
On November 28, 2006, McCool was hospitalized with an enlarged kidney and electrolyte imbalance. During her absence both James and Stevens were sent back to OVW.[3] She was released from the hospital on December 2, 2006 [4]. McCool made her return at the March 30, 2007 edition of Smackdown! where she participated in a 10-Diva Tag Team Match.
[edit] In wrestling
- 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.
- This song was used by Torrie Wilson before being given to McCool.
- Wrestlers managed
[edit] References
- ^ Official Women of Wrestling
- ^ Palatka Daily News interview
- ^ WWE Diva Hospitalized Over Thanksgiving Holiday. Retrieved on March 31, 2007. “WWE.com is reporting...Michelle McCool was hospitalized over the Thanksgiving holiday and remains in the hospital for “an enlarged kidney and an electrolyte imbalance”.”
- ^ Zack Zeigler. Michelle McCool update. WWE.com. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.
[edit] External links
Categories: Articles with unsourced statements since February 2007 | All articles with unsourced statements | 1980 births | American professional wrestlers | Female professional wrestlers | Professional wrestling managers and valets | Living people | People from Florida | WWE Diva Search contestants | American schoolteachers
