Melissa Coates
| Melissa Coates | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 18, 1972 Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Melissa Coates Coates Rack (on Extreme Dodgeball) Bag Lady |
| Billed from | Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada |
| Trained by | Killer Kowalski, Ultimate University |
| Debut | 2002 |
Melissa Coates (born June 18, 1972) is a professional wrestler, fitness model, and bodybuilder.
Career
Coates appeared at WWE Backlash 2005, during the "Masterlock Challenge" segment. After this initial appearance, Coates was signed to a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). However, Coates left the company to work for wXw and refocus her training. Soon after training in wXw, Coates began regularly working for Ohio Valley Wrestling, often facing off with several of OVW's divas. After a stint in OVW, Coates was then assigned to Deep South Wrestling as the Bag Lady. Soon after, Melissa began to undergo an attire change, dressing more diva like and began feuding with Krissy Vaine and Angel Williams, winning all of her matches. However, Melissa's stay in DSW was also short lived and she began touring the independent circuit. In her first appearance on the indy circuit, Melissa won the NWA / GCW Women's Championship from former WCW star Daffney Unger while wrestling for Great Championship Wrestling. Along the way she defeated former WWE developmental talents Tracy Taylor and Trenisha. Coates has made several appearances for Georgia wrestling promotions in a wrestling and non-wrestling role and also ended up on the winning end of several bouts. She currently wrestles for NWA Anarchy as a heel, challenging and defeating male wrestlers in a battle of the sexes, so far defeating "Skater Boi" Chris King, Wesley "Rabbit" Grissom and Billy Buck.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Coates Rack (Backbreaker rack)
- Coates Crusher (Inverted suplex slam)
- Botox Injection (Dragon sleeper with body scissors)
- Pumphandle slam
- Military press slam
- Walking front powerslam
- Full nelson
- Championships and accomplishments
- Great Championship Wrestling
- NWA / GCW Women's Championship (1 time)[1]
Trivia
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- Coates can bench press 250 pounds.
- She appeared in the first two seasons of the GSN show Extreme Dodgeball.
- She was a Jr. Canadian tennis champion.
- Training with weights to help with her tennis performance led to her interest in bodybuilding.
- She first became interested in wrestling during the Hulk Hogan / Randy Savage / Miss Elizabeth saga in the early 1990s.
- Her debut match in the PGWA in 2005 was versus Macaela Mercedes, who shortly thereafter entered the WWE as Jillian Hall.
- She also has had matches against current WWE divas Beth Phoenix and Mickie James.
Contest history (bodybuilding)
| Melissa Coates | |
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| Bodybuilder | |
| Professional career | |
| Pro-debut |
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| Best win |
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| Active | Retired 1999 |
- 1991 Windsor Physique - 1st LW & Overall
- 1992 Eastern Ontario - 1st MW & Overall
- 1993 Ontario - 1st MW & Overall
- 1994 Canadian Nationals - 1st MW
- 1996 Jan Tana Classic - 1st
- 1996 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 9th
- 1997 IFBB Ms. International - 6th
- 1997 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 11th
- 1999 IFBB Ms. International - 13th
References
- ^ "NWA/GCW Women's Title". TitleHistories.com. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
Melissa Coates 5/30/07 ... Defeated Daffney in a tournament final to win the vacant title.