Taylor Wilde Calls It Quits

Former TNA Knockout, Taylor Wilde has called it quits.
Taylor (whose real name is Shantelle Larissa Malawski) was born on January 26, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
She was trained by Rob "El Fuego" Etcheverria (Squared Circle Training) and Bill DeMott (Deep South Wrestling)
Taylor made her pro wrestling debut in June 2003 at the age of seventeen under the name Shantelle Taylor and was featured on the Discovery Channel's documentary Slam Bam in 2004.
Also on that show was Tiana Ringer, and you may recall when Taylor (Shantelle) hit Tiana with a cross body press, Tiana botched it and got a concussion.
After that, Taylor went on to work for wrestling promotions like Shimmer Women Athletes, Blood Sweat and Ears, Pure Wrestling Association and Twin Wrestling Entertainment among others.
She even spent some time in Mexico as a luchadora and went on a three show tour of South Africa.

In 2006, Taylor was signed by the WWE and sent to Deep South Wrestling (DSW) and then Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).
For awhile, she wrestled masked as San-Eye.
She was released by the WWE on August 13, 2007, and decided to devote her time not to wrestling, but to a college degree.

But that didn't last long as she soon had a tryout match for TNA Wrestling and on May 8th, 2008, was signed to a contract.
In TNA she held both the TNA Women's Knockout Championship (once) and the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship (twice, once with Sarita and once with Hamada).
Doing that made Taylor the first wrestler to hold both the belts.

On December 29th, 2010, Taylor confirmed that she had left TNA and on January 10th, 2011, she announced that she was leaving wrestling.
She had her retirement match on February 5, 2011, at a ChickFight and Pro Wrestling Revolution promotion in San Francisco, California and she lost her retirement match to another former TNA Knockout, Alissa Flash (Cheerleader Melissa).

Besides saying that she will be working on her psychology studies, she will also be marrying her boyfriend Oliver Mitchell.






Taylor Wilde Calls It Quits, posted to http://beautiful-wrestling.blogspot.com/ on February 8th, 2011

The Top Ten Female Wrestlers of 2010

With 2010 winding down quickly and 2011 right around the corner, who were the most popular women on this blog this year?
The answers might surprise you...

10. Natalya
Coming in at number ten, we have the current WWE Divas Champion.
I don't think anyone out there doesn't think she deserves it either.
She and Beth just defeated Lay-Cool in the first ever Diva's Tag Team Tables match in WWE history.

9. Madison Rayne
This three time TNA Women's Knockout Champion comes in at number nine.
Is it just me, or does she kinda resemble Molly Holly at some angles?

8. Jillian Hall
Yet another former WWE Diva and one with enough wrestling cred to rival Beth Phoenix.
One of my favorite wrestling rumors at the moment is that maybe she will go to TNA and do something besides sing.

7. Mickie James
Another former WWE Diva, now on the TNA Roster, Mickie is going strong over there at the "other" wrestling promotion.

6. Beth Phoenix
The return of the woman I consider to be one of the best actual wrestlers out there today made a lot of fans happy.
But why do I keep thinking we'll see her turn on Natayla soon?

5. Christy Hemme
A huge surge in popularity for the former WWE Diva and current TNA Knockout.
Possibly because she wants to get back into the ring?

4. Michelle McCool
The two time WWE Divas Champion and WWE Women's Champion, the Pro Wrestling Illustrated number one ranked female wrestler in the world for 2010 and the two time 2010 Slammy winner Mrs. Undertaker only managed to make it to number four.

3. Torrie Wilson
WCW and WWF beauty Torrie Wilson came in at number three, making the second woman in the top ten that's not even wrestling anymore.

2. Chyna
A big surprise to me is that "The Ninth Wonder of the World" came in at number two.
Joan Laurer may be having a bad time, but the fans still love their Chyna Doll.

1. Maryse
Without a doubt, the Canadian born blond was number one here.
I'm really glad that they have finally let her get back into the ring and actually wrestle some.



The Top Ten Female Wrestlers of 2010, posted to http://beautiful-wrestling.blogspot.com/ on December 23rd, 2010

Wrestling Rumors and News - Sable, Mickie James, Michelle McCool and More....

Two former WWE divas have cleared the 90 day no-compete clauses on their contracts and should be able to work for other wrestling promotions.

One is Katie Lea Burchill.
This young lady is beautiful and talented and needs to be in a ring.
If TNA would treat their Knockouts right, I'd say she would be a great fit there.

And Mickie James has cleared her 90 day mark, but I thought she had already been wrestling for the World Wrestling Council (WWC), one Puerto Rico's two main professional wrestling promotions.
Maybe the clause only applies to the continental US.

Speaking of former WWE Divas, former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson turned 35 on July 24th.
Happy (Late) Birthday Torrie!

And another former WWE Diva and Women's Champion Rena Mero (Sable) gave birth to a nine pound boy this past Wednesday (7-21-2010), according to www.renamerofans.com.
This is her second child with husband Brock Lesnar, and her third total.


St. Augustine.com has an article and interview up with WWE Diva Michelle McCool...

Michelle McCool is a Diva, but only to the rest of the world.
"My life's not really completely different," McCool said.
The 30-year-old Palatka native, known internationally as half of the reigning WWE Women's Champion team and a WWE Diva, said it's hard for her to see the celebrity others see in her.

http://staugustine.com/living/2010-07-24/life-and-out-ring

As part of the SummerSlam promo, 7-Eleven will be issuing five collectible Super Big Gulp fountain drink cups, and one of them will feature WWE Diva Eve.
Eve?
Interesting.

Alex Marvez has an article and interview up with former TNA Knockout ODB / Jessie Kresa...

TNA Wrestling's "Knockout" division doesn't have the same punch without Jessie "ODB" Kresa.
A three-time TNA women's champion, Kresa was released in June. Kresa was one of the company's top female performers from 2007 to 2009. But her saucy character -- ODB's in-ring antics could make even Roseanne Barr in her prime blush -- and public outspokenness about storyline direction caused Kresa to fall out of favor with the new Eric Bischoff/Hulk Hogan management regime.

http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/55341

And finally, a really good article over at The Bleacher Report by Tom Clark about the state of women's wrestling in the WWE and TNA...

Women's Wrestling: WWE and TNA's Lack of Focus

Women‘s wrestling. At one time considered a novelty act in the business, women’s wrestling over the last 10 years has evolved into a more legitimate part of the sport.
Once, fans turned the channel when the women’s match started. But thanks to a handful of standouts in the women’s division, fans instead began tuning in.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/423745-womens-wrestling-wwe-and-tnas-lack-of-focus




Wrestling Rumors and News - Sable, Mickie James, Michelle McCool and More...., posted to http://beautiful-wrestling.blogspot.com/ on July 26th, 2010

Traci Brooks and...April Hunter?

As you know, Traci Brooks (along with Roxxi) was recently released from the TNA roster.
But I have heard a rumor that she may be involved with another TNA, this time, T&A.

On her blog at PWMania, April Hunter teased that she may be reforming the tag team T&A with Traci.
Now to a whole lotta people...THAT would be a dream team!

The first T&A tag team was formed by April and Talia Madison (Velvet Sky) back in 2006.

Is Awesome Kong Gone Now?

I keep reading that TNA Knockout Awesome Kong is still with TNA.
But I checked the TNA Roster page this AM...and I saw no listing for Awesome Kong.
http://www.tnawrestling.com/roster/superstar-roster

You may recall this happened before, she was removed, then put back on the roster.

So is TNA just messing with us?