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Marti Belle
Payano in 2013
Birth nameMartibel Payano[1]
Born (1988-08-07) August 7, 1988 (age 36)[1]
New York City, New York, United States[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Marti Bell[2]
Marti Belle
Izzy Belle
Billed height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[3]
Billed fromDominican Republic
New York City
Trained byJohnny Rodz
Debut2008

Martibel Payano (born August 7, 1988)[1] is a Dominican American professional wrestler, best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Marti Bell. She is currently working on the American independent circuit under the ring name Marti Belle, for promotions including Evolve, Shimmer Women Athletes, Shine Wrestling and Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU), for which she is a former WSU Spirit Champion and a two–time WSU Tag Team Champion.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2008–2009)

On June 12, 2008, Belle debuted for World of Unpredictable Wrestling as Tristan Spade's valet.[3] She made her wrestling debut on November 7, 2009 for World of Unpredictable Wrestling, where she faced Tina San Antonio and Sweet Pea in a match that ended in a triple count-out.[3]

Women Superstars Uncensored (2010–2014)

Belle (right) and Jazz as the WSU Tag Team Champions in March 2011

Belle debuted for Women Superstars Uncensored on March 6, 2010, teaming with Tina San Antonio in a losing effort to The Boston Shore (Amber and Lexxus). On April 2, Belle competed in the WSU J-Cup Tournament, where she lost in the first round to Brittney Savage. The next day, Belle teamed with Danny Demanto competed in the WSU King & Queen Tournament, losing to Devon Moore and Alicia. On June 26, Belle competed in the Uncensored Rumble III match, which was won by Jazz.[3] On November 26, Belle and Tina San Antonio, collectively known as The Belle Saints, defeated Cindy Rogers and Jana to become the WSU Tag Team Champions, and they would defeat Jamilia Craft and Jennifer Cruz on the same night to retain the titles for the first time.[3] At WSU's 4th Anniversary Show, Belle retained the tag titles with Jazz as her partner replacing Tina (who was injured before the event) in a three-way match against The Soul Sisters (Jana and Luscious Latasha) and The Cosmo Club (Cindy Rogers and Amy Lee). On May 27, Belle lost the championships to The Boston Shore.[3] On April 14, 2012, Belle unsuccessfully challenged Jessicka Havok for the WSU Spirit Championship. On June 16, Belle defeated Havok to win the WSU Spirit Championship. She also competed in the Uncensored Rumble match, which was won by Lexxus. At Full Steam Ahead on October 13, Belle had her first successful title defense against Nikki Addams. Belle had another successful title defense against Ezavel Suena on October 12, 2013, but she would be attacked by Suena after the match, leading Belle to challenge Suena to a Title vs Mask rematch. At Mutiny on February 8, 2014, Belle lost the title to Suena, who later unmasked and revealed herself as the villainous Niya. Belle's reign lasted 602 days, which is the longest in WSU Spirit Championship history.[3]

Independent circuit (2010–present)

Belle debuted for Evolve on September 8, 2012 in a losing effort to Christina Von Eerie. On December 8, Belle was defeated by Larry Dallas and Papadon in a 2-on-1 handicap match.[3] On November 16, 2012, Belle lost to Niya in her debut for Shine Wrestling. Also in 2012, Belle wrestled for Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Syndicate. Belle wrestled a dark match for Shimmer Women Athletes on April 12, 2013 in a 6-person tag team match, and on the following day where she lost to Angelus Layne.[1] She made her televised debut at Shimmer Volume 64 in a losing effort to Christina Von Eerie. She earned her first singles victory with Shimmer on October 18 over Solo Darling.[3]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling/Impact Wrestling

Knockouts Knockdown (2014)

Belle initially appeared at the company's appeared at Knockouts Knockdown 2 pay-per-view on May 10, 2014 where she defeated ODB.

The Dollhouse (2015-2016)

In April 2015, TNA began airing vignettes promoting "The Dollhouse" (Belle and Jade)'s debut, in which Belle's ring name was shortened to Marti Bell.[4] Jade and Bell debuted on the TKO: Night of Knockouts edition of Impact Wrestling on April 24 portraying unstable, childlike characters, where Jade lost to Laura Dennis by disqualification after they attacked referee Brian Stiffler and ring announcer Christy Hemme.[5] Later that night, Jade and Bell helped Taryn Terrell retain her TNA Knockouts Championship against Awesome Kong, with Terrell joining The Dollhouse in the process.[6] The Dollhouse wrestled their first match as a team on the May 8 episode of Impact Wrestling, where they defeated Awesome Kong and Gail Kim in a 3–on–2 handicap match.[7] Bell and Jade would regularly interfere in Terrell's championship matches and ensure the win for her. At Slammiversary XIII, The Dollhouse lost to Awesome Kong and Brooke in another 3-on-2 handicap match.[8] After Terrell lost the TNA Knockouts Championship to Brooke, Bell challenged Brooke for the championship on the July 29 episode of Impact Wrestling, where she lost after a distraction from Gail Kim.[9] On the Turning Point special episode of Impact Wrestling on August 19, Bell and Jade competed in a 2-on-1 handicap six sides of steel cage match against Gail Kim, which Kim would win.[10]

Singles competition (2016–2017)

In 2016, The Dollhouse officially disbanded after the three members turned on each other following Jade winning the Knockouts Championship. At TNA Slammiversary 2016, Marti returned during a TNA Knockouts Championship match involving Jade, Gail Kim and Sienna. Marti ended up hitting Jade in the back with a telescoping baton, costing her the championship to Sienna and starting a program between the two former Dollhouse members. Marti would eventually enter in the Knockouts title scene starting the following month in which she competed on the July 12th live special edition of Impact Wrestling, Destination X, in which she would be involved in a fatal four way match for the Knockouts title against Jade, Gail Kim, and defending champion Sienna in losing effort; she also debuted a new finisher. Marti would continue to involve herself in the championship scene the following months competing against aforementioned also Madison Rayne, and Allie for the TNA Knockouts Championship; she would also be involved in a gauntlet match on September 15 for which turned to be her final match in the company although she competed against Madison Rayne in a No Disqualification match at September 2016 in a winning effort.[11]

On January 18, 2017, it was reported that Payano's contract with TNA had expired and that she had left the company.[12]

WWE (2017)

On July 12, 2017, WrestleTalk TV revealed that Payano and several others will be competing in WWE's upcoming show Mae Young Classic. The following day, she was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Rachel Evers.[13] Reportedly, Payano was originally scheduled to advance to the second round, but the finish was switched late in the match due to her poor performance.[14] She then appeared in a dark match, on July 14, 2017 in a six man tag team match teaming with Santana Garrett & Sarah Logan versus Jazzy Gabert, Kay Lee Ray & Tessa Blanchard.

Championships and accomplishments

References

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  2. ^ "Marti Bell". ImpactWrestling.com.
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  4. ^ Howell, Nolan (April 10, 2015). "Impact: Angle defies odds against Young, Lashley". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  5. ^ Namako, Jason (March 16, 2015). "Spoilers: 3/15 TNA Impact Wrestling tapings in Orlando". WrestleView. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  6. ^ Carapola, Stuart (April 24, 2015). "COMPLETE IMPACT WRESTLING TKO NIGHT REPORT: ANGLE DEFENDS THE TNA WORLD TITLE, KONG GETS ANOTHER SHOT AT TARYN TERRELL, AND MORE KNOCKOUTS THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT". PWInsider. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  7. ^ James, Bobby (May 8, 2015). "TNA IMPACT WRESTLING RESULTS - 5/8/15 (BULLY RAY RETURNS)". WrestleView. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  8. ^ Caldwell, James (June 28, 2015). "CALDWELL'S TNA SLAMMIVERSARY PPV RESULTS 6/28: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live PPV from Orlando - King of the Mountain match, Storm vs. Magnus, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  9. ^ Boutwell, Josh (July 29, 2015). "TNA IMPACT WRESTLING RESULTS - 7/29/15 (JARRETT HALL OF FAME)". WrestleView. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  10. ^ James, Bobby (August 19, 2015). "TNA IMPACT WRESTLING RESULTS - 8/19/15 (TURNING POINT)". WrestleView. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  11. ^ "Spoilers: TNA Impact Wrestling Taping Results From 8/12/16". pwmania.com. 2016-08-14. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  12. ^ "Another TNA departure and more TNA news". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  13. ^ Williams, JJ (July 13, 2017). "WWE Mae Young Classic taping spoilers: The tournament begins". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  14. ^ Alvarez, Bryan; Meltzer, Dave (August 31, 2017). "WOR: Mayweather vs. McGregor, Mae Young Classic, Smackdown, more! 8/31". Wrestling Observer Radio. Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 10 minutes in.
  15. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "APWA World Ladies Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  16. ^ "12/11 Shine 31 iPPV Results – new Shine champion, new Shine tag champs". Pro Wrestling Torch. December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
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