Mickie Knuckles

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Mickie Knuckles


Statistics
Ring name(s)	Mickie Knuckles Isabella Smothers (JCW) Moose
Billed height	5 ft. 4 in. (163 cm)^[1]
Billed weight	185 lb. (84 kg)^[1]
Born	May 16, 1984 (1984-05-16) (age 24)
Billed from	Clarksville, Indiana
Trained by	Ian Rotten Chris Hero
Debut	August 2, 2003

Mickie Lee^[2] (born May 16, 1984), better known by her ring name Mickie Knuckles, is a professional wrestler who has worked for a number of major independent promotions (primarily IWA Mid-South and Chikara, but also IWA East Coast, Chickfight, WXW Germany, Full Throttle Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Unplugged and CZW^[3]). She is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Moose. She is most notable for her hard-hitting style and inter-gender deathmatches.

1 Early Life
2 Career
3 In wrestling
4 Championships and accomplishments
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Early Life

Mickie attended Charleston Senior High School where she graduated with her High School Diploma. She taught her Creative Writing class as well as her Geometry and Algebra classes. Mickie was also a tutor in vocal lessons, and competed in state and national choral competitions.^[4]

[edit] Career

Mickie has been a fan of wrestling since the age of 5. After seeing a Bubble Bath match at IWA Mid-South's Eyes Wide Open show between Holly Wood and Paige, she introduced herself to Ian Rotten and his wife Patti who suggested that she should train to be a wrestler (Mickie can in fact be seen in the crowd on the DVD release of Eyes Wide Open.^[5]) Mickie started her training under Ian Rotten and Chris Hero, at the same time working security and refereeing for IWA shows.^[6] Mickie became the final graduating student of the Ian Rotten Wrestling School, and would go on to wrestle against Ian in his retirement match.

[edit] IWA Mid-South

Mickie's debut match was August 2, 2003 in a non-tournament match at the 2003 King of the Death Match against Hailey Hatred. During the match Mickie won the match, but Hailey decided to powerbomb Mickie across two bridged steel chairs. This didn't however go to plan as the back of Mickie's neck hit the back of the chair. ^[7] Undeterred, in November 2003, Mickie entered the Ted Petty Invitational, losing to Ian Rotten in the first round, but becoming the first (and as of 2007, the only) woman to enter either the IWA Mid-South Sweet Science Sixteen Tournament or the TPI.

Mickie continued to have intergender matches against wrestlers such as Cash Flo and Nate Webb, before Ian Rotten and Dave Prazak began to bring in more women to IWA Mid South and their women's division was formed, primarily in order for Mickie to have female wrestlers to compete against^[8]. In May 2004 a tournament was held to crown the first NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Championship, during which Mickie advanced to the semi finals before being defeated by Mercedes Martinez. One of her fellow competitors in the tournament, Traci Brooks, stated that she had "never seen a girl train as hard" as Mickie.^[9]. Mickie was able to obtain the NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Championship on June 11, 2005 defeating MsChif and Allison Danger in a three-way match. However, 6 days later NWA Midwest promoter Ed Chuman declared that the title match had been unsanctioned and returned the title to MsChif. Ian Rotten however still recognised Mickie as the IWA Mid-South Women's Champion, leading to the titles splitting into two separate entities.

As such Mickie became the first ever IWA Mid-South Women's Champion, holding the title for 5 months before being beaten by Hailey Hatred on the 18th November 2005. Mickie would win the title back at an IWA East Coast event in February 2006, before losing the title to (male wrestler) Chuck Taylor in July 2007 (Taylor's IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship was also on the line during this match). Less than a month later, Mickie beat Taylor in a No Countout, Falls Count Anywhere match to regain the Women's Championship for a third time.

Knuckles lost the title on May 2, 2008 in Joliet, Illinois. She lost in a three way match to Daizee Haze, which also involved Sara Del Rey.

[edit] King of the Death Match Tournament

After being defeated by Ian Rotten in a Fans Bring the Weapons Match in the 2006 tournament, Mickie once again entered the King of the Death Match Tournament in 2007, being the only women to ever enter the tournament on multiple occasions.

On Night One, Mickie Knuckles defeated Tank in a Barbed Wire ropes & Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Death Match, however she was defeated on Night Two in the quarter finals by Brain Damage in another Fans Bring the Weapons Match.^[10]

[edit] Queen of the Death Match Tournament

At the inaugural Queen of the Death Match tournament in November, 2006 an announcement was made to open the show that LuFisto would not be competing due to breaking her hand punching Necro Butcher during the finals of the Stranglehold KOTDM tournament. In the first round, Mickie defeated Ann Thraxx in an Unlucky 13 Staple Gun Death Match, and went on to defeat Rachel Putski in the semi-final in a Taipei Death Match. This put Mickie through to the final where she defeated Mayumi Ozaki in a No Rope Barbed Wire, Fans Bring The Weapons Steel Cage Death Match to become the first ever IWA Mid-South Queen of the Death Match. However, following the match, LuFisto and Vanessa Kraven entered the cage and beat Mickie down, leading to Mickie swearing revenge against LuFisto.^[11]

The second Queen of the Death Match tournament was held in October, 2007 and this time LuFisto was able to compete. Mickie was defeated in the first round by Storm in a Barbed Wire Ropes & Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Death Match, however she was victorious in the Semi Final Losers Bracket, defeating B.B. Walls in a Barbed Wire Ropes & Deathmatch Bats match; following that with a victory over Roxie Cotton in a Barbed Wire Ropes & Taipei Death Match in the loser’s bracket final. This set up the final of LuFisto vs Mickie Knuckles in a No Rope Barbed Wire & Electrified Light Tubes Death Match in which LuFisto defeated Mickie.^[10]

[edit] Chickfight 3

In October 2005, Mickie entered the Chickfight 3 tournament in Hayward, California. After defeating Tiffany in the first round, and Hailey Hatred in the second, Mickie lost out in the final to returning champion Mariko Yoshida.^[12]

[edit] Chikara

Mickie has also wrestled on a number of occasions for Chikara, making her debut as a Tag Team partner for Eddie Kingston in the Tag World Grand Prix 2005. Later that year she entered the Young Lions Cup 3, becoming the first female wrestler to do so. Mickie would go on to wrestle for Chikara on several more occasions, including teaming up with her mentor Ian Rotten for the Tag World Grand Prix 2006. In fact, a six-woman Tag match featuring Mickie was one of only 9 matches chosen for inclusion on the Best of Chikara DVD released in 2007.

[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Mickie debuted on June 5 edition of TNA iMPACT!. She helped The Beautiful People attack Gail Kim, O.D.B., and Roxxi. It was later announced that she would be in a tag match with The Beautiful People to go against the team of Kim, Roxxi, and ODB at Slammiversary 2008. At the show, her name was changed to Moose; they lost when ODB pinned her.