Mickie James, Wrestler, - Biography,
American Wrestler
Ring name(s) Mickie James
Alexis Laree
Superball
Vicki
Adams
Queen Alexis
Billed height 5 foot 4 ( 1.63 m )
Billed weight
124 lb (56 kg)
Born August 31, 1979, Richmond, Virginia
Trained by Dory
Funk, Jr.,
KYDA Pro Training School,
OVW
Debut 1999
Mickie James is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its RAW brand.
Career
Mickie James made her
professional debut in the summer of 1999 as a ring valet for KYDA Pro Wrestling
in Manassas, Virginia. She started out managing some of the most popular stars
in the promotion such as Steve Corino & Tommy Dreamer, but eventually found
herself being drawn into feuds with other wrestlers & their valets & managers.
Eventually Mickie chose to step into the ring as a wrestler herself. Although
most of Mickie's matches have been against women, some of her most memorable matches
would be against men. She scored her first big win in a match against Sean Lei.
Laree's career has gone through many promotions. In late 1999 she expanded out to other promotions including all-female promotions Beautiful Babes of Wrestling (BBOW) & Professional Girl Wrestling Association (PGWA). She probably made her largest impact wrestling for Maryland Championship Wrestling, where she engaged in several long-running feuds. In January 2001, Mickie made her debut appearance for two new women's promotions, Dangerous Women of Wrestling (DWOW) & Women's Extreme Wrestling (WEW). Both promotions worked together to promote women's wrestling with a hardcore edge, & WEW had regular monthly pay-per-view matches. James' feuds in WEW include matches against "Prime Time" Amy Lee, Dee-Dee Venturi, a re-ignition of her feud with Candie from MCW, & the start of a new series of feuds with "Simply Luscious" Ronnie Stephens. Her matches against Stephens stretched to many independent promotions in the northeast. She had a kayfabe sister called Valentina Laree as part of an angle during her indie days (when Mickie's ring name was Alexis Laree).
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
As Alexis Laree in TNA WrestlingMickie, as Alexis Laree, debuted in NWA TNA
on their second-ever PPV in late 2002 as part of the all-women's Lingerie Battle
Royal. However, she wasn't prominently featured until the March 26, 2003 PPV,
when she helped out the Amazing Red in a mixed tag-team match against Kid Kash
& Trinity. Two weeks later, the two women had a match against each other.
It ended prematurely when James was dragged away by Raven, who had recently debuted.
Later that evening, it was revealed that James had joined Raven's new group, The
Gathering, which would later be expanded with the addition of Julio Dinero.
The Gathering was a smaller part of Vince Russo's "Sports Entertainment Xtreme" (S.E.X.) stable. With Raven assuming some control of the group, they immediately focused on Raven's attempt to take the NWA World Heavyweight Championship away from champion Jeff Jarrett. Over the next few weeks The Gathering broke away as James & Dinero helped Raven win his matches & would even start engaging Jeff Jarrett himself. On April 16, 2003 Jeff Jarrett was challenged to a Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match against James & Dinero, marking the first time a woman had ever participated in this dangerous style of cage match. Jarrett powerbombed James from the top rope & through a table with Dinero laying on top. However, Raven ran in, attacked Jarrett with his "Raven Effect" DDT, & put Dinero on top for the pin. Raven would lose his first-ever NWA World Heavyweight title match against Jarrett two weeks later.
The Gathering arose again shortly thereafter, starting a feud with Father James Mitchell & his Disciples of the New Church faction. On July 30, 2003 The Gathering lost a Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match against The New Church. Mickie again participated in this match, making her the only woman to participate in it twice. At the end of the match, she was hit in the face by a fireball from Mitchell & would not be seen on NWA/TNA broadcasts again.
On August 18, 2003 James was offered a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. Despite some reports, she was not replaced in The Gathering by CM Punk; they were actually both in The Gathering at the same time, she was just shifted out of it.
Ohio Valley Wrestling
October
2003 would mark a new calling for Mickie, however. After appearing on several
PPVs for NWA-TNA, she caught the attention of World Wrestling Entertainment. She
was signed to a developmental contract & immediately sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling
(OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky to begin training.
In early 2004 she started making television appearances for the OVW promotion, still using the ring name "Alexis Laree", she was regularly included in storylines including feuds with Jillian Hall, Melina, Trudi Denucci, Nikita Fink, Passion, Shaniqua, Melissa Coates, Ms. Blu, Beth Phoenix, & Shelly.
In summer 2005 she & CM Punk were reunited for the first time since The Gathering. They were briefly reunited as a new team in WWE, with James serving as Punk's valet for a taping of WWE Heat in Cleveland, Ohio on July 25, 2005. The match was not aired, for conflicting reasons. Plans to team the two together & bring them to TV were abandoned. Prior to this, she also briefly appeared on television for Memphis Wrestling in April 2005.
2005-2006
She made her debut on the main roster during the
October 10, 2005 episode of RAW under her real name: Mickie James, & was billed
as an obsessed fan of Trish Stratus. She came to the aid of Ashley & Stratus
following an attack by Victoria. In her first televised match a week later —
a tag team match with Ashley Massaro & Trish Stratus against Victoria, Candice
Michelle, & Torrie Wilson — ended with James being pinned by Victoria.
Reflecting her idolation of the then-Women's Champion, her behaviour in the coming
weeks would take a turn for the bizzare. She dressed up as 'Trish Stratus' (complete
with a crudely constructed replica of the Women's Championship strap) during a
Diva Halloween Costume Contest on RAW. She also began utilizing Stratus' established
finishing moves - the Chick Kick (re-dubbed the "Mick Kick") & the
Stratusfaction to win her matches. James even helped Stratus to win the "Fulfill
Your Fantasy" Diva battle royal for the WWE Women's Championship during the
Taboo Tuesday 2005 PPV, by eliminating herself as she eliminated Victoria.
On the December 12, 2005 edition RAW Mickie James defeated Victoria with her debuting Tornado DDT finisher to receive a match against Stratus for the WWE Women's Championship at New Year's Revolution 2006.
Subsequently, James developed a lesbian crush on Trish Stratus, frequently getting her into various compromising situations, such as kissing her beneath the mistletoe & interrupting her shower. Following her pinfall loss to Stratus for the WWE Women's Championship at New Year's Revolution, James commented that it "felt like silk" when her skin touched Stratus's. The match between them was highly praised.
Hints at James' heel turn began after she attacked fan favorite Ashley Massaro during a tag-team match. At the Royal Rumble 2006, James faced Ashley in a match where Stratus acted as the Special Guest Referee. Before the match, Mickie confessed her "love" for Stratus, & after her win, attempted to celebrate with her hero, but Stratus did not cooperate.
In February, Mickie tried to put the moves on Stratus' boyfriend Jack. However, she claimed to be a victim of an unwanted advance by Jack even though she was the aggressor. Subsequently, Mickie provocatively licked an oversized photograph of a lingerie-clad Stratus on television. Stratus confronted James & asked that they "maintain their space." On the March 18 WWE Saturday Night's Main Event, James agreed to give Stratus her space. The two shook hands as though they were parting ways, but James attempted to hug & kiss her partner. James then attacked Stratus after she pushed her away, thus completing her heel turn. In March, it was revealed that James had a shrine to Trish, which included dozens of pictures of Trish with her eyes cut out. James would continue to play mind games with Stratus for several weeks stating that even though "I (James) admired Trish for so long" at WrestleMania 22 she had two goals, to take the WWE Women's Championship & also to see Trish's destruction.
At WrestleMania 22, James defeated Trish Stratus following a Mick Kick, to claim her first WWE Women's Championship in her debut WrestleMania. During the match, despite the fact that James was the heel, the fans frequently cheered for her, & booed Stratus whenever she hit an offensive move.
On the April 3, 2006 edition of RAW, James came down to the ring dressed as Trish, complete with a blonde wig, Stratus' wrestling outfit, & theme music that began with Stratus' laughter as in Stratus' theme music. Stratus responded by dressing & acting like James the next week in an attempt to play mind games with her rival. James was disqualified in her WWE Women's Championship match vs. Stratus at Backlash 2006. This was rumoured not to be the original finish for the match, but Trish sustained a dislocated shoulder, & thus the match had to be cut short.
On the May 8, 2006 edition of RAW, following James' attack on Maria, an unknown woman confronted James. The women was removed by security, but it seemes as though Mickie knew her because she shouted at her as she left the arena. The woman — later revealed as Beth Phoenix — attacked James on RAW for several weeks, repeatedly shouting "I am not going to let you get away with what you did to me!" This feud was cut short, after Phoenix injured her jaw in a match against Victoria.
Mickie James lost her Women's Championship on the August 14, 2006 edition of RAW to Lita after she hit Mickie with the belt while Edge distracted the referee. Mickie's rematch occured on the August 28, 2006 edition of RAW, but she once again lost to Lita after she used the ropes for leverage. Mickie James was defeated by Trish Stratus in Stratus' last match on September 11 at Madison Square Garden, where both hugged each other following the match. Because she was retiring, Trish Stratus vacated the title, which led to a Women's Championship Tournament to determine the new champion. In the tournament, James defeated both Victoria & Melina , before losing to Lita at Cyber Sunday 2006 . Mickie & Lita would fight in a series of matches where Lita took an unfair advantage over Mickie by having her legs shackled together , one arm tied behind her back , or being blindfolded . At Survivor Series 2006, James won her second Women's Championship by pinning Lita in Lita's retirement match .
2007
On the November 27, 2006 episode
of RAW, Victoria won a Diva Battle Royal to face James at New Year's Revolution
2007 for the WWE Women's Title . After several weeks of feuding, James pinned
Victoria at New Year's Revolution, successfully defending her Women's Championship
. Following New Year's Revolution, Melina would become the #1 contender for the
WWE Women's Championship . For a brief time, Mickie would align herself with Super
Crazy against Melina & Johnny Nitro. On the February 5, 2007 episode of RAW,
Mickie defeated Melina to retain the Women's Championship but two weeks later,
she lost her championship to Melina . On the March 5th edition of RAW, Mickie
James got a rematch, where she faced in the first ever Women's Championship Falls
Count Anywhere Match. Melina pinned Mickie after she attempted to do a hurricanrana
from the top rope, which Melina blocked, causing James to fall on her neck &
almost causing a serious injury .
Mickie James appeared at WrestleMania 23 as a Lumberjill in the Women's Championship Match which pitted Ashley Massaro against Mickie's enemy Melina. Melina retained the title & decided to get photos of her with the title the Raw following WrestleMania. Mickie James interrupted Melina & attacked her giving her a DDT. This would begin another feud between the two once again over the Women's Championship. On April 24 at a live event in Paris, France, James won the WWE Women's Championship for the third time in a triple threat match against Melina & Victoria. However, on the orders of Jonathan Coachman, Mickie defended the title later that same night & lost it back to Melina. On April 29, at Backlash 2007, Mickie failed to capture the WWE Women's Championship from Melina.
In wrestling
Finishing
& signature moves
Impailer DDT (Stalling Tornado DDT, or Jumping Spike
DDT)
Mick Kick (Roundhouse Kick)
Spinning back kick
Mick Kick Combo
(Back kick to the midsection, followed by a front kick to the face & chest
& finished with a reverse roundhouse kick to the head)
Mick-a-rana [10]
(Back elbow from the corner, followed by rope-aided frankensteiner)
Spinning
back kick to midsection
Fisherman suplex pin
Repeated over-the-shoulder
arm drags
One-handed cartwheel followed by monkey flip as a reversal
Snapmare
into a baseball slide to the face
Wheelbarrow victory roll reversal
Arm-trap
neckbreaker slam
Clothesline, back elbow, followed by a double handed chop
into pinfall attempt
Spear
Lou Thesz Press variants
As Alexis Laree
Laree-DDT (Top rope tornado DDT)
Laree-DDT II (Swinging reverse DDT)
Texas
cloverleaf
Wrestlers managed
CM Punk
Trish Stratus
Joey Matthews
The Gathering
A.J. Styles
Tommy Dreamer
Theme songs
James
used Trish Stratus's theme from her debut til New Year's Revolution 2006
Her
first exclusive theme was titled "Iced Out", or better known as "Ice
Breaker", a WWE Production theme
James's current theme song is titled
"Obsession" & is available on iTunes on WWE The Music, Vol. 7.
Championships
& accomplishments
CyberSpace Wrestling Federation
CSWF Women's Championship
(1 time)
Delaware Championship Wrestling
DCW Women's Championship (1 time)
Impact Championship Wrestling
ICW Super Juniors Championship (1 time)
Premier Wrestling Federation
PWF Women's Championship (1 time)
Southern
Championship Wrestling
SCW Diva Championship (1 time)
Ultimate Championship
Wrestling
UCW Women's Championship (1 time)
Ultimate Wrestling Federation
UWF Women's Championship (2 times)
World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE
Women's Championship (3 times)
Personal life
James loves horses &
used to groom her grandmother's horses every day after school with her sister
Latoya. She owns three horses: Rhapsody, Bunny, & Casanova . She plans to
teach children how to ride horses & also plans on getting back into riding
& showing horses after her wrestling career slows down.
As a child, her favorite wrestler was "Macho Man" Randy Savage, & she often wrestled her father & younger brother on the trampoline in their backyard. Along with Randy Savage, James cites Ricky Steamboat, Ric Flair, & Sherri Martell as her "all-time favorite" wrestlers when she was growing up.
Her old trainer, Dory Funk Jr., decided to take Mickie under his wing after he saw her at an event where Lita gave a speech to women trying to get into wrestling. During her training, she mostly wrestled men because her class had very few women. Also while training to become a wrestler, she worked as a waitress in an Olive Garden in Richmond, Virginia.
Before gaining fame in WWE, Mickie posed nude in the May 2000 issue of Leg Show magazine. (TP1)
Mickie has been engaged to fellow WWE superstar Ken Doane, currently known as Kenny Dykstra, since March 2006. . The duo has lived together in King William County, Virginia since August 2006.
In late 2006, Mickie completed her Associate's degree in Business
Administration, & is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Arts degree in Operations
Management.
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