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Mickie James (born August 31, 1979 in Richmond,
Virginia) is an American professional wrestler. James was signed to a
developmental contract by World Wrestling Entertainment in October 2003. In
October 2005 she was promoted to the main roster and assigned to the RAW brand.
She is the current WWE Women's Champion in her first reign, after defeating
Trish Stratus at WrestleMania 22. She wrestled many years using the ring name
Alexis Laree.
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Ring name(s) Mickie James,
Alexis Laree,
Superball,
Vicki Adams,
Queen Alexis
Height 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight 124 lb (54 kg)
Born August 31, 1979
Richmond, Virginia
Trained by Dory Funk, Jr.,
KYDA Pro Training School
Debut 1999
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Career
Alexis Laree 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 and Tommy Dreamer, but eventually found herself being drawn into
feuds with other wrestlers and their valets and managers. Eventually Laree chose
to step into the ring as a wrestler herself. Although most of Laree'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. One of the most
highly acclaimed matches she has participated in was in June 2003 for Total
Nonstop Action Wrestling as a member of The Gathering. She teamed with Julio
Dinero against NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett in a 2-on-1 Clockwork
Orange House of Fun match. This match pits competitors inside a steel cage
adorned with weapons of various types. 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) and 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 Laree made her debut appearance for
two new women's promotions, Dangerous Women of Wrestling (DWOW) and Women's
Extreme Wrestling (WEW). Both promotions worked together to promote women's
wrestling with a hardcore edge, and WEW had regular monthly pay-per-view
matches. Laree's feuds from here include matches against "Prime Time" Amy Lee,
Dee-Dee Venturi, a re-ignition of her feud with Candie from MCW, and 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.
Total
Nonstop Action Wrestling
On March 26, 2003 Alexis Laree appeared on a
NWA:TNA PPV. Although she was on NWA:TNA's second-ever PPV in late 2002 as part
of the all-women's lingerie battle royal, her arrival in 2003 marked the first
time she was highlighted, as she helped out The Amazing Red in a mixed tag-team
match against Kid Kash and valet Trinity. Two weeks later the two women would
have a match against each other which ended prematurely when James was dragged
away by the recently debuted Raven. Later that evening, it emerged that James
had somehow become a part 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.), and with Raven assuming some control of
the group, they immediately focused on Raven's attempt to take the NWA World
Heavyweight title away from champion Jeff Jarrett. Over the next few weeks The
Gathering broke away as James and Dinero helped Raven win his matches and 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 and Dinero,
marking the first time a woman had ever participated in this dangerous style of
cage match. Jarrett powerbombed James from the top rope and through a table with
Dinero laying on top, however Raven would run in, attack Jarrett with his "Raven
Effect" DDT, and 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
would arise again shortly thereafter, starting a feud with Father James Mitchell
and his Disciples of the New Church faction. On July 30, 2003 The Gathering
would lose a Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match against The New Church. James
again participated in this match, making her the only woman to participate in it
twice. At the end of the match James was hit in the face by a fireball from
Mitchell and 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 wasn't replaced by CM Punk, Since they were both in The Gathering at the
same time, she was just shifted out of it.
WWE
Development
October 2003 would mark a new calling for Laree,
however. After appearing on several PPVs for NWA-TNA, she caught the attention
of World Wrestling Entertainment. She was signed to a developmental contract and
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, being 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 and CM Punk were reunited for
the first time since The Gathering, Laree and CM Punk were literally 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 and plans to team the two together and bring them up to TV
were abandoned. Prior to this, she also briefly appeared on television for
Memphis Wrestling on April, 2005.
World
Wrestling Entertainment
Laree made her debut on the main roster during the
October 10, 2005 episode of WWE RAW under her real name: Mickie James, and was
billed as an obsessed fan of Trish Stratus coming to her and Ashley's rescue
following an attack on them by Victoria. In her first televised match a week
later — a tag team match with Ashley Massaro and Stratus against Victoria,
Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson — ended with James being pinned by Victoria.
Several weeks later at Taboo Tuesday 2005, James "sacrificed" herself in a
"Fulfill Your Fantasy" Diva battle royal for the WWE Women's Championship at ,
ensuring that Stratus would retain her title by sacrificing herself in order to
eliminate Victoria. On the December 12, 2005 edition RAW Mickie James defeated
Victoria to receive a match against Stratus for the WWE Women's Championship at
New Years Revolution.
In the ensuing weeks. James developed a lesbian
crush on Trish Stratus, frequently getting her into various compromising
situations, such as talking with her beneath a mistletoe and interrupting her
shower. Following her pinfall loss to Stratus for the WWE Women's Championship,
James commented that it "felt like silk" when her skin touched Stratus's.
Hints at James' heel turn began after she attacked
fan favorite Ashley Massaro during a tag-team match. She also claimed to be a
victim of an unwanted advance by Stratus' boyfriend, Jack and provocatively
licked an oversized photograph of a lingerie-clad Stratus on television. Stratus
confronted James and asked that they "maintain their space."
On the March 18 WWE Saturday Night's Main Event,
James completed her heel turn by attacking Stratus after a tag team match; the
two shook hands as though they were parting ways, but James attempted to hug and
kiss her partner. James attacked after Stratus pushed her away. 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 she had two goals,
to take the WWE Women's Championship and also to see Trish's destruction.
WWE
Women's Champion
At WrestleMania 22, James defeated Trish Stratus
following a Mick Kick. James became the first Diva to win the Women's
Championship on her WrestleMania debut since Wendi Richter at the very first
WrestleMania. During the match, despite the fact that James was the heel, the
fans frequently cheered for her, and booed Stratus whenever she hit an offensive
move.
When James came down to the ring, she had her hair
dyed blonde, wearing Stratus' wrestling outfit and came down to the ring with a
theme music that began like Stratus' own. Stratus responded by dressing and
acting like James 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.
On May 1, following James' attack on Maria, an
unknown woman confronted James and attacked her. The woman — later revealed as
Beth Phoenix — attacked James on RAW for several weeks, repeatedly shouting "I
won't let you (Mickie) get away with what you did." This feud was cut short
after Phoenix injured her jaw in a match vs. Victoria. At Saturday Night's Main
Event Mickie James was apart of a bikini bull riding contest.
Finishing And Signature Moves
Mickie-DT (Tornado DDT)
Impaler DDT (Jumping Implant DDT)
Spinning Back Kick
Mick-a-rana (Headscissor takedown from the
turnbuckle)
Mick Kick Combo (Spinning-back kick to the
mid-section; forward kick to the face and chest; ending with a high spinning
back kick to the head)
Baseball slide
Flying forearm
As Alexis Laree
Laree DT (Tornado DDT)
Swinging reverse DDT
Personal information
Before gaining fame in WWE, Mickie posed nude for
photographer R.B. Kane. One set of these explicit photos was featured in the May
2000 issue of Leg Show magazine, and all of the photo sets are now on R.B.
Kane's website. [1] Mickie worked as a waitress in an Olive Garden restaurant in
Richmond, Virginia while she was training as a professional wrestler. At one
time, Mickie was romantically linked with Adam Birch (Joey Mercury) of MNM fame.
She is currently engaged to Kenny of the Spirit Squad
Mickie is an accomplished violinist.
Trivia
Mickie's main finisher is the Spinning DDT, Mickie
started to use the Impaler DDT on the May 1st edition of RAW as a botch to her
original Spinning DDT. She continued to use this finisher on Divas that are not
strong enough to lift her such as Torrie Wilson, and Maria.
Championships and accomplishments
CyberSpace Wrestling Federation
CSWF Women's Championship
Defeated Serena and April Hunter to become the
first CSWF Women's Champion on October 19, 2002 in Flemington, New Jersey, USA.
Championship declared vacant when James (as Alexis
Laree) left the promotion due to a contract dispute.
World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE Women's Championship
Won from Trish Stratus on April 2, 2006 in Chicago,
Illinois, USA during WrestleMania 22.
Current
Other Titles
1-time DCW Women's Champion
1-time ICW Super Juniors Champion
1-time PWF Universal women's Champion
1-time SCW Diva Champion
1-time UCW Women's Champion
1-time UWF Women's Champion
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