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Michelle McCool
Born (1980-01-25) January 25, 1980 (age 44)[1]
Palatka, Florida[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Michelle McCool
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Billed weight127 lb (58 kg; 9.1 st)[1]
Billed fromPalatka, Florida[2]
Trained byDeep South Wrestling[1]
Dave Finlay[1]
DebutNovember 18, 2004[1]

Michelle Leigh McCool[1] (born January 25, 1980)[3] is an American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown brand, where she is the reigning WWE Divas Champion and recognized as the title's first champion.[4]

Early life

McCool received her Master's degree in Educational leadership from Florida State University.[5] Before becoming involved in professional wrestling, she was a seventh grade teacher in Palatka, Florida.[6]

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment

Diva Search and training (2004–2006)

Michelle McCool first came to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a competitor in the 2004 WWE Diva Search, from which she was the forth woman eliminated.[7] Despite not winning the contest, she was still signed to a three-year contract in November 2004. She debuted on SmackDown! as a face with a personal trainer gimmick, a reference to her old career.[8] 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.[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 was 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 started to train in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). While in OVW, she began managing the duo of Amish Roadkill and K.C. James.

Teacher's Pets (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 then heel, Kristal to feud with then-face, 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 Ohio Valley Wrestling. She was released from the hospital on December 2.[22]

All American Diva (2007–present)

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 current heel, 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 last 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 as WWE Divas Champion

McCool then became caught in the middle of a feud between then heel, Jamie Noble and her 'friend' then-face, 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.[28] The following week, Palumbo apologized to McCool, but she rejected it. Due to all of this, Noble was now the face and Palumbo was now the heel.

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. On the July 4 edition of SmackDown!, Michelle won the second "Golden Dreams" match to earn the right to challenge the previous Dreams match winner Natalya for the Divas Championship. At The Great American Bash on July 20, 2008, Michelle defeated Natalya to become the first Divas Champion. [4][29] Then, at unforgiven 2008, McCool defeated the french canadian, Maryse to succesfully retain her divas title. [4]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). (Lifting sitout double underhook facebuster) - 2008

Championships and accomplishments

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.[31] She also appeared on the February 6, 2008 episode of Project Runway with Maria, Candice Michelle, Torrie Wilson, Kristal Marshall, and Layla.[32] On June 3, 2008, she appeared on the Best Damn Sports Show Period with John Cena.[33]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Michelle McCool Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  2. ^ a b c "WWE Bio". WWE. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
  3. ^ "My Florida County - Marriage License". Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  4. ^ a b c d "History Of The Divas Championship - Michelle McCool (1)". WWE. 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  5. ^ Official Women Of Wrestling (OWOW) - Latest Women Of Wrestling News And Pictures
  6. ^ "Official Women of Wrestling". Retrieved 2007-05-17.
  7. ^ "RAW - August 16, 2004 Results". Online World of Wrestling.
  8. ^ "SmackDown - November 18, 2004 Results". Online World of Wrestling.
  9. ^ PWI Staff (2007). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts". "Wrestling's historical cards". Kappa Publishing. p. 117.
  10. ^ "SmackDown - March 17, 2005 Results". Online World of Wrestling.
  11. ^ "SmackDown - March 24, 2005 Results". Online World of Wrestling.
  12. ^ "SmackDown - June 16, 2005 Results". Online World of Wrestling.
  13. ^ "SmackDown - June 30, 2005 Results". Online World of Wrestling.
  14. ^ "SmackDown - June 2, 2006 Results". Online World of Wrestling.
  15. ^ "SmackDown - July 14, 2006 Results". Online World of Wrestling.
  16. ^ "The Great American Bash 2006 Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  17. ^ "SmackDown - July 28, 2006 Results". Online World of Wrestling.
  18. ^ Brett Hoffman (August 11, 2006). "Dead Man Walking?". WWE. Retrieved 2008-01-05. Michelle McCool's teacher's pets, K.C. James and Idol Stevens
  19. ^ PWI Staff (2007). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts". "Wrestling's historical cards". Kappa Publishing. p. 122.
  20. ^ Jen Hunt and Kara A. Medalis (February 23, 2007). "Diva Dish: Sexy time!". Retrieved 2007-05-17.
  21. ^ "WWE Diva Hospitalized Over Thanksgiving Holiday". November 28, 2006. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
  22. ^ Zack Zeigler. "Michelle McCool update". WWE. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
  23. ^ Lennie DiFino. "Next stop: Detroit". WWE. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
  24. ^ "WWE SmackDown! results - April 13, 2007". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  25. ^ "WWE RAW Results - May 28, 2007". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  26. ^ Alissa Fuhrman (August 17, 2007). "Hand-slotted reprisal". WWE. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  27. ^ Lennie DiFino (September 14, 2007). "Forgive and forget?". WWE. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  28. ^ "Michelle McCool Injury Update". WWE. January 26, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
  29. ^ Burdick, Michael (2008-07-20). "A Diva of destiny". WWE. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  30. ^ a b c Mulligan, Ryan (2008-08-08). "Ryan Mulligan's Smackdown TV report for 08/08/08". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  31. ^ Medalis, Kara A. (October 30, 2007). "Tune in to WWE week on 'Family Feud'". WWE. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
  32. ^ Kara A. Medalis with Zack Zeigler (January 25, 2008). "Diva Dish: 'Runway' Divas". WWE. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  33. ^ MSN.FoxSports.com (June 2, 2008). "WWE Superstars on "Best Damn Sports Show Period"". WWE. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
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