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Shelly Martinez United States
File:Shellymartinez.jpg
Born (1980-02-09) February 9, 1980 (age 44)
Chino, California California
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Desire
Shelly
Halloween Barbie
Cle-Ho-Patra
Ariel
Shelly Martinez
Vampira
Billed height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1]
Billed weight[undue weight? – discuss][1]
Trained bySchool of Hard Knocks
WPW Lucha Libre
RPW staff
UPW staff
Inoki Dojo
OVW staff[1]
DebutDecember 2000[1]

Shelly Martinez (born February 9, 1980)[2] is an American model, professional wrestler and valet. She is best known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand under the ring name Ariel.

Career

Early career

Martinez was trained and first wrestled in Southern California under the ring name Desire, appearing in several independent promotions such as Revolution Pro Wrestling, Empire Wrestling Federation[3] and Ultimate Pro Wrestling[4] where she worked as the (kayfabe) sister of Kyra (WWE's Melina). While in UPW, she also competed under the name Halloween Barbie.[5]

World Wrestling Entertainment

Ohio Valley Wrestling

In April 2005, Martinez signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). By July of that year she was placed in their primary developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), for further training. Her first role there had her, along with Beth Phoenix, acting as co-manager for Aaron Stevens, but this threesome broke up within the year.

Martinez defeated Mickie James to win her debut singles match at an OVW house show on October 29. From there she engaged in numerous feuds with the likes of Beth Phoenix, Serena, Sosay, and Fuji Cakes. In late December, Martinez and Phoenix revived their "co-manager" gimmick to accompany Aaron Stevens to the ring at several SmackDown! house shows for tryout matches. They also appeared together on the January 27, 2006 episode of WWE Heat as part of The Heart Throbs (Romeo Roselli and Antonio Thomas) "Throb-o-Meter" section, dancing in the ring with the team and teasing a kiss, before being interrupted by Trevor Murdoch.

At the February 22, 2006 OVW TV Tapings, Shelly came to ringside and attacked Sosay during an Elijah Burke vs. Robbie Dawber match. Around this time she started a gimmick of being obsessed with Paul Burchill, who was using a pirate gimmick on SmackDown!. On the May 6, 2006 edition of WWE Velocity, Martinez appeared as Burchill's valet, Shelly, for his match against The Road Warrior, but before she could become a permanent fixture the entire gimmick was dropped.[6] Returning to OVW she became involved in Seth Skyfire's ongoing feud with Mike "The Miz" Mizanin and Roni Jonah.

ECW

Kevin Thorn and Ariel.

When the ECW brand was launched Martinez joined on as Ariel, a tarot reading fortune teller. She was joined by Kevin Thorn, a vampire character who had previously been seen stalking ECW arenas, and announced that she "saw a future that held blood" followed by Thorn spitting blood at the camera. From there, she began acting as a valet for Thorn, joining him at ringside for his matches and kissing him during them. On September 19, she got into her first ECW catfight, rumbling with Francine who'd accompanied Balls Mahoney to ringside for a match against Thorn.[7] Ariel made her (ECW) in-ring debut against Francine on September 26 in an "Extreme Catfight", which went to a no-contest due to interference from both Thorn and Mahoney.[8] The building feud was soon dropped when Francine was released from WWE just weeks later.[9] When the ECW brand held its first pay per view, December to Dismember, Ariel and Thorn defeated Kelly Kelly and Mike Knox in a mixed tag team match.[10] The next Tuesday on ECW, Ariel lost to Kelly in a one on one match when Kelly surprised her with a rollup.[11] This would be her final wrestling match. In February 2007, Ariel along with Kevin Thorn joined the New Breed stable and engaged in a feud with their ECW Original foes. On the May 1, 2007 edition of ECW on Sci-Fi, Kevin Thorn & Ariel quit from The New Breed Faction after Elijah Burke yelled at them for losing to CM Punk earlier in the night.

On May 18, 2007 Martinez was released from her WWE contract.[12]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

At Bound For Glory, Shelly participated in a Knockout Gauntlet battle royal to crown the first TNA Women's Champion, she was eliminated by Awesome Kong. The match was eventually won by Gail Kim. It is not known for sure whether she has signed a contract to become a long term TNA knockout or not. She recently made her official debut on TNA Impact handing Homicide a weapon during the mainevent match, evening up the scores to Roxi LAuvex.

In wrestling

  • Finishing and signature moves
  • Wrestlers managed by Martinez

Championships and accomplishments

  • EWF World Tag-Team Championship (1 time) - with Threat

Media

During her time in California, Martinez posed nude for a private pornography company which later leaked on the internet. She also starred in a pin-up film titled American Pinups Vol. 2.[14]

She also starred in the independent supernatural horror movie Dead Things.[15]

Porn director Jewel De'Nyle has stated in August 2007 that she is working on trying to work with Martinez in a Bettie Page type solo film. "I might get Shelly Martinez to do a solo Bettie Page fetish type movie just starring her doing different set ups with stockings, boots, heels, whips etc."[16]

She is a contestant on the reality show The Search for the Next Elvira, which debuts October 13, 2007 on Fox Reality.[17]

Personal life

Once dated fellow TNA wrestler Christian Cage.

Martinez has numerous tattoos: one on each wrist, one on each ankle, a sacred heart with a pair of dice above her muff, a 1940's Alberto Vargas pin up girl on her lower back, and a set of cards surrounded by flames and hearts that reads "Queen Of Hearts" on her upper right arm.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ariel (ECW) Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
  2. ^ Shelly Martinez at IMDb
  3. ^ "EWF's Superstar Alumni". EmpireWrestlingFederation.com. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
  4. ^ "Desire's UPW Profile". UPW.com. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
  5. ^ "UPW's Vixens Page". UPW.com. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
  6. ^ Paul Burchill vs. The Road Warrior (Windows Media Video) (Television production). World Wrestling Entertainment. May 6. Retrieved 2007-03-24. {{cite AV media}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  7. ^ "ECW results - September 19, 2006". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
  8. ^ "ECW results - September 26, 2006". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
  9. ^ "Francine released". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
  10. ^ "December to Dismember results - Kevin Thorn & Ariel def. Mike Knox & Kelly Kelly". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
  11. ^ "ECW results - December 5, 2006". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
  12. ^ "Ariel, Scotty 2 Hotty & Nick Mitchell released". May 18, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  13. ^ "EWF WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE HISTORY". Empire Wrestling Federation. Retrieved 2007-03-24.
  14. ^ American Pinups Vol. 2 cover
  15. ^ Dead Things at IMDb
  16. ^ "Shelly Martinez to Make Fetish Film for Pornstar Jewel De'Nyle". ecw.twentyeyes.com. 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
  17. ^ The Search for the Next Elvira at IMDb
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