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Barbie Blank United States
Born (1987-01-15) January 15, 1987 (age 37) [1]
Jacksonville, Florida Florida
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Kelly Kelly
Billed height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Billed weight[undue weight? – discuss]
Trained byOhio Valley Wrestling,
Florida Championship Wrestling
DebutJune 13 2006

Barbara Jean "Barbie" Blank (born January 15 1987 [1]) better known by her ring name Kelly Kelly is an American model and professional wrestling valet, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on its ECW brand[2], as well as in their developmental facility Florida Championship Wrestling.

World Wrestling Entertainment

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2006)

Blank was a bikini model for Hawaiian Tropic and Venus Swimwear when World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis offered her a developmental contract with WWE.[3][4] Despite having no previous wrestling experience she accepted the contract and was assigned to the WWE's "farm territory", Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) for training. Even after being called up to WWE's main roster, she used to fly to Louisville, Kentucky once a week to work OVW shows, first as a ring announcer and referee then as a wrestler.[5] One of her first matches took place at the September 6 OVW TV tapings where she participated in a Women's battle royal won by ODB.[6]

ECW

ECW's Kelly Kelly and indy wrestling valet Xo at FCW event in Florida.



Blank debuted for the ECW brand as Kelly Kelly on the first episode of the weekly television program - June 13 2006 - becoming the youngest diva on the WWE roster.[7] Her character, an exhibitionist, debuted on the show performing a striptease for the crowd.[7] The next week, while performing another striptease, Kelly was interrupted by her (kayfabe) boyfriend, Mike Knox, who came to the stage and covered her with a towel before dragging her backstage.[8] This became a weekly segment known as Kelly's Exposé and usually followed the same routine – Kelly would dance/give a striptease and get interrupted by Knox who was upset by her exhibitionism and constant showing of her body to others.[9][10] From there, Kelly became Knox's de facto valet when he began "forcing" her to accompany him to ringside so he could keep an eye on her during his matches. As a result, she found herself involved in the feud developing between Mike Knox and partner Test with Tommy Dreamer and his partner The Sandman, including being dragged into the ring and spanked by Dreamer and inadvertently hit with a cane by Sandman when Knox used her as a shield.[11] She made her ECW in-ring debut at the August 22 2006 edition of ECW on Sci-Fi in a losing effort as part of a six-person Mixed tag team match which saw herself, Knox, and Test lose to Dreamer, Sandman and Torrie Wilson, in what became the blow off match for the feud.[12]

Following this feud, Kelly started to show interest in ECW wrestler CM Punk - congratulating him on wins and watching his matches from the entryway/crowd - causing Knox to become increasingly protective and jealous.[13] Things came to a head when Kelly dressed as CM Punk for ECW's "Halloween Costume Contest," enraging Knox, and leading to a match between the two, during which she cheered for Punk.[14][15]

Kelly and Knox started their road to a break-up at December to Dismember, when they took on Ariel and Kevin Thorn in a mixed tag match. During the course of the match, Knox refused to allow Kelly to tag him in and eventually abandoned her altogether, leaving her to be beaten badly by Ariel.[16] On the following edition of ECW on Sci Fi , Kelly defeated Ariel with a roll-up in her first ECW singles match. After the match, Knox made his way to the ring with flowers, only to throw them in Kelly's face and hit her with his signature swinging reverse STO, ending their relationship and (kayfabe) injuring her, taking her off the show for six weeks.[17]

She returned to ECW on Sci Fi on January 16, 2007 to cut a promo announcing she was newly single and bringing back "Kelly's Exposé", but was interrupted by Matt Striker who insulted her intelligence. She was invited to stay at ringside for his match against CM Punk, which she did, and helped Punk to victory by exposing her breasts to Striker -- without Punk's knowledge -- and distracting him long enough to be caught in a back slide.[18] The next week, she debuted a spin off of her previous Exposé segments, bringing Brooke Adams and Layla El to dance with her as Extreme Exposé.

When FCW (Florida Championship Wrestling) opened in the summer of 2007, Kelly was transferred to the developmental facility for training.

In July 2007, Extreme Exposé started showing interest in The Miz, accompanying him to the ring and cheering him on during his matches. A few weeks later, Kelly began to lose interest in The Miz and shift her attention to Balls Mahoney, much to the disapproval of The Miz, Layla, and Brooke.

Other media

In April 2007, Blank, along with Ashley, Layla El, Brooke, Torrie Wilson, and Maryse, filmed Timbaland's new music video "Throw It On Me" featuring The Hives.[19]

In August 2007, Kelly, along with Extreme Exposé appeared on FHM magazine.

References

  1. ^ a b In the December 2006 issue of WWE Magazine, page 89, it is stated that Kelly Kelly's birth date is December 1, however, on her MySpace blog, she stated that it is a printing error, and the actual day is January 15. An excerpt: "...I know in the WWE Magazine it says its my birthday on Decmber [sic] 1st i [sic] think they made a printing mistake becuase [sic] my real bitrthday [sic] is January 15th...".
  2. ^ "TV Shows > ECW > Superstars > Kelly Kelly > Bio". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  3. ^ "Bikini Models of Hawaiian Tropic > Barbie Blank". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  4. ^ "Online World of Wrestling profile". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  5. ^ "Online World of Wrestling - 2006 OVW results". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  6. ^ "Online World of Wrestling - 2006 OVW results". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  7. ^ a b "Online World of Wrestling - ECW results - June 13, 2006". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  8. ^ "Online World of Wrestling - ECW results - June 20, 2006". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  9. ^ "Online World of Wrestling - ECW results - June 27, 2006". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  10. ^ "Online World of Wrestling - ECW results - July 4, 2006". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  11. ^ "Online World of Wrestling - ECW results - July 18, 2006". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  12. ^ "Online World of Wrestling - ECW results - August 22, 2006". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  13. ^ "Online World of Wrestling - ECW results - September 12, 2006". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  14. ^ "Online World of Wrestling - ECW results - October 31, 2006". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  15. ^ "Online World of Wrestling - ECW results - November 7, 2006". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  16. ^ PWI Staff (2007). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts". "Wrestling’s historical cards". Kappa Publishing. p. 122.
  17. ^ "Online World of Wrestling - ECW results - December 05, 2006". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  18. ^ PWI Staff (2007). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated, May 2007". Arena Reports. Kappa Publishing. p. 130. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  19. ^ Kara A. Medalis (April 20, 2007). "The Sexiest Women in L.A." {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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