Michelle McCool

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Michelle McCool
An image of Michelle McCool.
Statistics
Ring name(s) Michelle McCool
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Billed weight 127 lb (58 kg/9.1 st)[2]
Born January 25, 1980 (1980-01-25) (age 28)[2]
Palatka, Florida[1]
Billed from Palatka, Florida[1]
Trained by Deep South Wrestling[2]
Dave Finlay[2]
Debut November 18, 2004[2]

Michelle Leigh McCool-Alexander[2] (born January 25, 1980, Palatka, Florida)[3] is an American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand.

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Education and Previous Career

McCool received her Master's degree in Educational leadership from Florida State University.[4] Before becoming involved in professional wrestling, she was a seventh grade teacher in Palatka, Florida.[5]

Wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment

2004-2005

Michelle McCool first came to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a competitor in the 2004 WWE Diva Search, from which she was the 4th woman eliminated.[6] Despite not winning the contest, she was still signed to a 3-year contract in November 2004. She debuted on SmackDown! as a face with a personal trainer gimmick, a reference to her old career.[7]

After participating in a number of "Best body" contests, she wrestled in her first SmackDown! match, teaming with The Big Show to defeat Dawn Marie and René Duprée on March 3, 2005.[8][9] McCool and Dawn Marie feuded for the next few weeks, with Dawn Marie coming out on top.[10][11]

A few months later, McCool became a part of the feud between MNM and Heidenreich when she defended Heidenreich against MNM's manager Melina's verbal attacks.[12] Melina and McCool then began a feud, which included a victory for Melina in her "SmackDown" debut match. After the match, MNM gave McCool their finisher, The Snapshot.[13] This would be the last time she appeared on WWE Television for almost a year.

McCool was then sent to WWE's developmental facility, Deep South Wrestling (DSW), where she wrestled, performed interviews, hosted segments, and provided color commentary with Nigel Sherrod. Her first feud in DSW was against Angel Williams. While in DSW, she was hospitalized after taking prescribed medication and 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.

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.[14] Upon her arrival, she aligned with Kristal to feud with then-faces Jillian Hall and Ashley.[15] This led to a Fatal Four Way Bra and Panties match at The Great American Bash, which Ashley won.[16] She won her first singles match on the July 28 edition of SmackDown!, defeating Hall by illegally using the ropes as leverage.[17].

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.[18] 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 the blow off match at No Mercy in October.[19]

On November 28, McCool was hospitalized with an enlarged kidney, a broken sternum, and an electrolyte imbalance.[20][21] During her absence, both James and Stevens were sent back to OVW. She was released from the hospital on December 2.[22]

McCool returned on the March 30, 2007 edition of SmackDown!, where she participated in a 10-Diva Tag Team Match.[23] On the April 13 edition of SmackDown!, McCool turned face once again when she came to the aid of Ashley after she was attacked by Jillian Hall backstage[24]; this led to a short feud between herself and Hall, where McCool came out on top. On the May 28 edition of Raw, McCool won the Memorial Day Bikini Beach Splash Battle Royal by eliminating Melina.[25].

After Victoria had her "blow off" match with Torrie Wilson, she immediately began another feud with McCool. A series of matches took place,[26] including a Mixed Tag Team match with Chuck Palumbo as her partner and Kenny Dykstra as Victoria's partner, with McCool coming out on top.[27]

McCool competed in the Survivor Series 10-Diva Tag Team match, teaming with Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Maria and Wilson, to defeat the team of Beth Phoenix, Melina, Layla, Hall, and Victoria.[28] Her team won after James pinned Melina.[28]

2008

McCool then became caught in the middle of a feud between Jamie Noble and her 'friend' Chuck Palumbo. Noble made advances towards McCool and defeated Palumbo in two straight matches. McCool agreed to go on a date with him if he won a third match against Palumbo; McCool tried to distract Noble during the match by removing her top, but this only served to help him get the pin.

On the January 25 edition of Smackdown! McCool was involved in a tag-team match, teaming up with Palumbo and Noble, against The Miz, John Morrison, and Layla. During the match, Palumbo pushed Noble into McCool, and she was knocked out of the ring onto the floor. Noble was then attacked by Palumbo, and when McCool tried to stop him, Palumbo knocked her aside. She was then taken out on a stretcher, and suffered a concussion.[29] The following week, Palumbo apologized to McCool, but she rejected it. McCool then went on to compete in a series of contests with Victoria, Eve Torres, Maryse and Cherry to determine Smackdown!'s top diva, subsequently winning the title. The celebration did not last long however, as she and first runner-up Cherry were immediately attacked by Victoria and the debuting Natalya Neidhart.

In wrestling


Other media

On November 5, 2007, she appeared on an episode of Family Feud with Batista, Candice Michelle, Mr. Kennedy, King Booker, Queen Sharmell, Layla, Maria, Ric Flair, and Jonathan Coachman.[30]

Appeared on the February 6, 2008 episode of Project Runway with Maria, Candice Michelle, Torrie Wilson, Kristal Marshall, and Layla.[31]

References

  1. ^ a b c Michelle McCool's WWE Biography. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Michelle McCool Profile. Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  3. ^ My Florida County - Marriage License. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
  4. ^ Official Women Of Wrestling (OWOW) - Latest Women Of Wrestling News And Pictures
  5. ^ Official Women of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
  6. ^ Online World of Wrestling. RAW - 16th August 2004 Results.
  7. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 18th November 2004 Results.
  8. ^ PWI Staff. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts", "Wrestling’s historical cards", Kappa Publishing, 2007, pp. 117. (English) 
  9. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 3rd March 2005 Results.
  10. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 17th March 2005 Results.
  11. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 24th March 2005 Results.
  12. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 16th June 2005 Results.
  13. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 30th June 2005 Results.
  14. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 2nd June 2006 Results.
  15. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 14th July 2006 Results.
  16. ^ The Great American Bash 2006 Results. Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
  17. ^ Online World of Wrestling. SmackDown - 28th July 2006 Results.
  18. ^ Brett Hoffman (August 11, 2006). Dead Man Walking?. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-01-05. “Michelle McCool’s teacher’s pets, K.C. James and Idol Stevens”
  19. ^ PWI Staff. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts", "Wrestling’s historical cards", Kappa Publishing, 2007, pp. 122. (English) 
  20. ^ Jen Hunt and Kara A. Medalis (February 23, 2007). Diva Dish: Sexy time!. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
  21. ^ WWE Diva Hospitalized Over Thanksgiving Holiday (November 28, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  22. ^ Zack Zeigler. Michelle McCool update. WWE. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  23. ^ Lennie DiFino. Next stop: Detroit. WWE. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
  24. ^ WWE SmackDown! results - April 13, 2007. Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
  25. ^ WWE RAW Results - May 28, 2007. Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
  26. ^ Alissa Fuhrman (August 17, 2007). Hand-slotted reprisal. WWE. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
  27. ^ Lennie DiFino (September 14, 2007). Forgive and forget?. WWE. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
  28. ^ a b Andrew Rote (November 18, 2007). Mickie marches in 10 Divas Tag Team Match. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  29. ^ Michelle McCool Injury Update. WWE (January 26, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
  30. ^ Medalis, Kara A. (October 30, 2007). Tune in to WWE week on 'Family Feud'. WWE. Retrieved on 2007-11-04.
  31. ^ Kara A. Medalis with Zack Zeigler (January 25, 2008). Diva Dish: 'Runway' Divas. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.

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