Courtney Taylor Biography
.Beverly Mullins was born in December 28th 1984 in Clearwater, Florida. Courtney Taylor is a model, professional valet and wrestler for the WWE under ECW.
Courtney Taylor entered the ECW in late 2009. And has only interviewed wrestlers like Tommy Dreamer and ECW GM Tiffany
Katie Lea Burchill Biography
Katarina Waters was born November 10th 1980 in Lüneburg, Germany. Katie Lea is a WWE Diva and wrestlers under ECW and his an actress overseas.
Stacy Keibler Biography
 Stacy Keibler was born October 14th 1979 in Baltimore, Maryland. Stacy is a actress, former wwe diva and valet for the WCW and WWE. Plus WWE Babe of the Year in 2004. Stacey Keibler started her wrestling career as a Nitro Girl in the WCW and |
Ariel/Shelly Martinez - Biography
In April of 2005, Shelly Martinez signed a developmental contract with the World Wrestling Entertainment and began working in OVW. She was previously known as Desire in Ultimate Pro Wrestling. She began her OVW career as the co-manager for Aaron "Idol" Stevens with Beth Pheonix being his other valet. There she feuded against wrestlers such as Alexis Laree (Mickie James), Beth Phoenix, Serena and others.
With the launch of the new ECW weekly on Sci Fi (June 20, 2006 ), Shelly Martinez debuted in a big way; she started the show as a tarot card reader in a backstage segment. She carried the alias "Ariel." As weeks past, backstage segments continued, she was joined by Kevin Thorn in which they both took on vampire roles and accompanied him in his matches.
With the launch of the new ECW weekly on Sci Fi (June 20, 2006 ), Shelly Martinez debuted in a big way; she started the show as a tarot card reader in a backstage segment. She carried the alias "Ariel." As weeks past, backstage segments continued, she was joined by Kevin Thorn in which they both took on vampire roles and accompanied him in his matches.
WWEDIVA Ariel/ TNA Wrestler Shelly Martinez
- Profile/Facts Real Name: Shelly Martinez Aliases: Salinas (TNA Wrestling) Ariel(WWE/ECW), Desire(UPW), Halloween Barbie, Cle-Ho-Patra (WEW), Shelly (OVW), Vampira and Koffin Kitten. Height: 5'4" - Weight:120lbs Hometown: Chino, California Birthdate: February 9, 1980 Zodiac Sign: Aquarius Wrestling Debut: 2000 ECW Debut: 2006 Trained by: UPW Ulimate University; Ohio Valley Wrestling
WWE Diva Member of C M Punk Serena Released After Smackdown Tag Match
Kelly Stempien-OBrien leaves WWE
Kelly Stempien OBrien has released WWE from her career. WWE.com wishes her (and Ken, too) the best in her future endeavors. 
AMAZING Unified Divas Championship Match
Natalya last collided with WWE’s Mean Girls at Hell in a Cell, where Layla threw a shoe at the third-generation competitor to intentionally disqualify defending Unified Divas Champion Michelle McCool. Although Layla technically cost her "BFF" the match, she also rescued Michelle from submitting to Natalya’s excruciating Sharpshooter - a maneuver she added to her repertoire as a tribute to her uncle, WWE Hall of Famer Bret "Hit Man" Hart.
As the first female graduate of the Hart Dungeon, Natalya has never backed down from a fight, and while one might think Lay-Cool’s constant bullying would be discouraging, Michelle & Layla’s torment has only bolstered Natalya’s desire to win her first championship in WWE.
As stipulated by SmackDown Special Consultant Vickie Guerrero, either Michelle or Layla can defend the title. But regardless of who is actually competing in the match, the WWE Universe - and more importantly, the challenger herself - can expect both members of Lay-Cool to play a role.
Will the first-ever Unified Divas Champions rack up another "flawless" victory? Or will a Sharpshooter earn Natalya her first championship win this time around? To find out, tune in to WWE Bragging Rights, Oct. 24, only on pay-per-view
wwedivas really for wrestling?
WWE Divas: Entertainment or Exploitation
If a wrestling fan watches any wrestling programme these days, they will no doubt see a WWE Diva. A Diva is a female talent who takes part in a wrestling show either as a wrestler, a manager, a sidekick, a backstage interviewer or a ring announcer. Over the years, a Diva has only been seen as a beautiful distraction by some while they have also been seen as professional wrestlers by others. The entire WWE concept at the moment is fixated with sexual images. The role of a Diva in the organization, and to wrestling overall is interesting and needs to be looked at in more detail.
Even though there were women who were part of the WWE in the 80s when it was known as the WWF, the first modern version of a Diva appeared in 1996. The new version of the Diva was very different from the women who came before because now the female talent was heavily sexualised. 1996 marked the entry of soon to be famous Diva, Sunny, who would accompany the tag-team of the Bodydonnas as their manager. She started a trend of the company hiring good looking women entering the ring wearing skimpy outfits. Sunny was followed by Marlena, Sable and Chyna in 1997 and together they started to become very popular with the fans.
In time, one of the original Divas, Sable, became so popular that she ushered in a new division in wrestling, female wrestlers that would actually compete in matches and were simply not eye candy. Admittedly there were still all good looking women wrestling in skimpy outfits but they were wrestling instead of simply standing next to the ring. The popularity of Sable led to Chyna becoming very popular as well. Sable was the first female wrestler to be featured in Playboy and the WWE capitalised on this fact by having themed matches and pitting women who were then featured in the magazine against each other.
The year 2000 rolled around and a new era; Divas came about with the entry of Lita into the business. Lita performed much more dangerous moves and did stunts that no other Diva had done before her, thus she became very popular as a result of it. Soon another very famous Diva made her appearance; Trish Stratus entered the WWE and blew everyone away. She was first a valet or one of those women who appeared along with other wrestlers for no reason, but then she trained as a wrestler and actually won the women’s championship title.
Over time the Divas became more and more sexualised and the whole industry took on a seedy image. With the WWE moving to a PG rated television slot for its broadcasts, the sexual nature of the female talent was toned down. But debates still raged whether it was good to have female wrestlers who were mere props or whether the company should introduce proper female wrestlers. Today the women’s division is not as popular as the men’s and its popularity seems to be waning.
Some people have said that there are not enough female wrestlers and some fans are sick and tired of seeing the same storylines and clichéd contests such as bra and panties matches or lingerie matches. Also a lot of female wrestlers would get injured frequently and since there were already only a few of them to begin with, it would put a dent on the storylines and matches that could be staged. Other women’s wrestling promotional companies sprung up slowly that focused more on extreme women’s wrestling and these have started to appeal to fans.
The question remains that whether there should be highly sexualised eye candy matches in wrestling today. Well the fact remains that a large proportion of professional wrestling fans tend to be young men and one thing that young men like to see is young attractive women. So like it or not as long as it pulls paying fans in through the door wrestling promotional companies will continue to follow the practice. Maybe in time we might see women wrestlers who are serious athletes and the fans do not care what they look like but that day may be a long time away.
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