Wrestlers Ring name(s) Linda Miles, ShaniquaBilled Height: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Billed Weight: 155 lb (70 kg)
Born: August 28th, 1978,Cincinnati, Ohio
Trained by: Al Snow, Chavo Guerrero, Jr., Hardcore Holly, Ivory, Jacqueline, John Gaburick
Pro Wrestling Debut: 2002
Linda Miles was born on August 28th, 1978 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
She is an American former pro wrestler and professional wrestling manager. She worked for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) between the years of 2002 and 2004.
Linda was a member of the Rutgers University women's basketball team until she graduated in 2001.
In May of 2001, she tried out for a spot with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA, but was released during training camp.
Linda and her Rutgers teammates were featured in a 2004 documentary film This Is A Game, Ladies, about the team's 2000-2001 season.
In 2002, Linda entered and won the second series of WWE Tough Enough.
She and co-winner (the first time that had happened) Jackie Gayda were awarded developmental contracts with World Wrestling Entertainment. Linda appeared on the June 8th, 2002 episode of WWE Velocity, and faced her trainer, Ivory (Lisa Moretti), with Gayda in her corner. Linda lost to Ivory after Gayda turned heel and pushed her off the top turnbuckle, costing her the match.
On the June 12 episode of "Smackdown," Linda teamed with then WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus to defeat Gayda and Ivory.
Jackie and Linda were then placed on WWE Raw.
On the June 24, 2002 edition of Raw," Linda teamed with Trish Stratus to defeat Gayda and Molly Holly.
However, due to Gayda's mixed tag match on the July 8th edition of Raw which had several major botches, Linda and Gayda were sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) for further training and development.
Linda returned to WWE television now under the name Shaniqua in June of 2003 as the manager of The Basham Brothers.
In the summer of 2003, Shaniqua began to establish her dominance over the weaker divas. Shaniqua interfered in several bikini contests, attacking all of the divas except for Sable. She briefly feuded with the fellow Smackdown divas Torrie Wilson, Dawn Marie, and Nidia. Dawn Marie would challenge Shaniqua to a singles match in which Shaniqua won by disqualification after interference by Torrie Wilson and Nidia. The following week Shaniqua virtually destroyed Torrie and Nidia in a handicap match.
In early 2004 Shaniqua and The Basham Brothers started a feud with the WWE Tag Team Champions Scotty Too Hotty and Rikishi. Shaniqua joined her team in a handicap WWE Tag Team championship match against Rikishi and Scotty Too Hotty at the WWE No Way Out in 2004. If Shaniqua's team won many speculated she would've been a Tag Team champion, but Shaniqua's team lost where she was Banzai dropped by Rikishi for the loss. Allegedly, she had become a problem backstage with the other women. Many speculate that the staff had their final straw with her after this match. Shaniqua was slow during the match and seemed to be legitimately hurt.
It was believed that Shaniqua would be sent to RAW and compete for the WWE Womens Championship but due to issues with other Smackdown divas she was sent back to OVW in early 2004 for further training, conditioning and "attitude adjustment", and was released from her contract by the WWE on November 12, 2004.
Celebrity Link: Linda Miles sites
I WANT TO SEE LINDA BACK IN THE WWE. SHE'S THE BEST FEMALE WRESTLER I'VE SEEN, EVEN BETTER THAN CHYNA IN HER DAYS. IT'S NOT LIND'A FAULT THAT THE OHTER FAMLES WRESTLERS ARE JUST THERE FOR BIKINI CONTESTS, AND CAN'T WRESTLE TO HER STANDARDS, OR ARE AS STRONG, AND AS GIFTED AS HER !! BRING LINDA MILES BACK, AND GET HER SOME REAL COMPETITERS.
ReplyDeleteHEY BRING BACK CHYNA, AS WELL AS LINDA MILES. AND BRING BACK TOUGH ENOUGH, AND MAKE IT LIKE THE TOUGH ENOUGH LINDA WAS IN, NOT BIKINI CONTESTS ETC, BUT ACTUAL WRESTLING ORIENTATED TASKS !! I LIKE WOMEN IN BIKINIS, BUT LINDA MILES IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT CAN DAMN WRESTLE AS WELL, NOT JUST STAND THERE SMILE, AND BE BRAIN DEAD !!
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