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Name: Debra Miceli  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 9th February 1964
   
Place of Birth: Milan, Italy
   
Profession: Actress
 
 
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Madusa Miceli

Debra Ann Miceli (born February 6, 1964 in Milan) better known as Madusa or Alundra Blayze, is an Italian former professional wrestler for WCW and WWF. She currently drives the Madusa monster truck for Clear Channel Communications on Monster Jam.

Profile

  • Height: 5'10"
  • Weight" 136 lbs.
  • Birthday: February 9, 1964
  • Birthplace: Milan
  • Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Other Gimmicks: Alundra Blayze, Madusa, Madusa Miceli
  • Trainer: Eddie Sharkey
  • Managers: Spice
  • Finishing/Trademark moves: Bridging German Suplex, Spinning Heel Kick, Snap Suplex
Miceli as Alundra Blayze.

Career

Miceli started wrestling in 1987 in the AWA as Madusa Miceli, a heel women's wrestler and manager to Kevin Kelly and AWA World Champion Curt Hennig.

She won the AWA Women's Title in a tournament final over Candi Divine on December 27, 1987. She feuded with Divine and then Wendi Richter for the belt and lost it to Richter on November 26, 1988. She then left for IWA in Japan, where she won the Women's Title twice and learned the Japanese wrestling style.

She then went to WCW in late 1991 to help Paul E. Dangerously form his Dangerous Alliance of Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, "Stunning" Steve Austin and Larry Zbysko. She often interfered in their matches and most often accompanied Rude to the ring. At Beach Blast on June 20, 1992, she lost a bikini contest to Missy Hyatt. In October, Dangerously kicked her out of the Dangerous Alliance and she got revenge when she defeated him (by countout after he ran from her) in a match on November 18, 1992 at the Clash of Champions. It was during this time that she was briefly married to wrestler Eddie Gilbert.

In 1993, she debuted as Alundra Blayze for the WWF. She had feuds with Bull Nakano and Bertha Faye. She won the WWF Women's Title three times while there.

Miceli did not like the Blayze gimmick and left the WWF and turned up on WCW Monday Nitro on December 18, 1995 and threw the WWF Women's Title Belt in a trash can and proclaimed her name to be Madusa. She had a brief feud with Sherri Martel because Sherri supposedly stole Col. Rob Parker from her and even interrupted their wedding vows in Las Vegas. The feud ended after that.

Madusa comes down ringside during the February 7, 2000 episode of WCW Monday Nitro.

There were not many women wrestlers in WCW so she did not get to wrestle very much. She did have some feuds with Luna Vachon and Akira Hokuto. She lost in the finals of the WCW Women's Title tournament to Hokuto on December 29, 1996 at StarrCade. She never could win the title but claimed to have won it in Japan, but records indicated otherwise. On June 15, 1997, at the Great American Bash, Miceli lost a retirement match to Hokuto.

Madusa returned to WCW in 1999 as part of Randy Savage's "Team Savage" with Gorgeous George and Miss Madness. She was eventually kicked out by Savage due to a dispute in July 1999.

Madusa made her return to television on the October 18, 1999 edition of WCW Monday Nitro when she participated in a "New York Evening Gown Match" with Mona, although she was less than enthusiastic about the idea. Mona came out in a blue evening gown whereas Madusa came out in a "Tommy Sports" dress. While Madusa is distracted as she's ranting to the ringside announcers, Mona comes from behind and strips her of her gown to her shorts and sports bra. Madusa then grabs the mike to complain even more and tells "everyone behind her" to kiss her posterior.

Madusa soon aligned with Evan Karagias after he came to her aid after she lost to Meng in a match on Nitro in October 1999. They started a fling of sorts in November of that year and she helped lead him to the WCW Cruiserweight Championship at WCW Mayhem 1999. Meanwhile, Madusa was interested in Evan's cruiserweight championship belt herself. Madusa earned a title shot at WCW Starrcade on Monday Nitro when she defeated Mona and Evan Karagias in a three-way match. Then at Starrcade, Madusa defeated Evan to become the first female to win the WCW Cruiserweight Title.

Madusa modeling a Von Dutch t-shirt.

Madusa had dumped Evan a week before the bout when she caught Evan flirting with Spice backstage. Spice became Evan's new girl and she was in his corner at Starrcade. However, Spice distracted Evan during his match with Madusa at Starrcade to help Madusa reign victorious. Spice them aligned with Madusa and became her manager, although the relationship only lasted about a month as Spice returned her role as a Nitro Girl.

Madusa defended the belt sporadicly but lost it to Oklahoma at WCW Souled Out in January 2000. WCW didn't have much in the way for her creatively and she only made a few appearances the rest of the year. She then became an instructor at the WCW Power Plant to help train the females for wrestling matches and did that until the foreclosure of World Championship Wrestling in 2001. She left WCW and retired from pro wrestling for good in 2001. Madusa now competes in the monster truck circuit of the USHRA and runs a pet grooming service.

External Links

  • Official Site: http://www.madusa.com/intro.html
Miceli in WCW as Madusa.

Championships/Accomplishments

  • 3-Time WWF Women's Champion
  • 1-Time AWA Women's Champion
  • 1-Time WCW Cruiserweight Champion
  • 2-Time IWA (Japan) Women's Champion
  • Miceli won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year Award in 1988.

Trivia

  • Miceli posed nude for Playboy in 1987 but never signed the release for the pictures to be published.
  • Madusa has gotten breast implants on at least two occasions but has since gotten them completely removed and gone back to her natural state. Her reasoning behind the downsize was that they were much too large and annoying for her. Also, she stated that she couldn't run long distances as it was pain in the chest so to speak.
  • Madusa was married to former NFL player Ken Blackman in the late 90s and into the turn of the millennium. Things just didn't work out between them and they decided to go their separate ways.
  • Madusa wrestled exactly one match after she left WCW in 2001 as she wrestled women's wrestler Beth Phoenix at an independent show in Arizona in May of that year.
  • Madusa has homes in both Virginia and Florida.
  • Madusa was the first woman to hold the Cruiserweight title


World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Champions
Moolah | Richter | Kai | Richter | Moolah | McIntyre | Moolah | Martel | Robin | - | Blayze | Nakano | Blayze | Faye | Blayze | - | Jacqueline | Sable | Debra | Ivory | Moolah | Ivory | Kat | Harvina | Jacqueline | McMahon-Helmsley | Lita | Ivory | Chyna | - | Stratus | Jazz | Stratus | Holly | Stratus | Victoria | Stratus | Jazz | Kim | Holly | Victoria | Stratus | Lita | Stratus


WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Champions
Pillman | Liger | Pillman | Flamingo | Armstrong | - | Ohtani | Malenko | Mysterio, Jr. | Malenko | Dragon | Malenko | Syxx | Jericho | Wright | Jericho | E. Guerrero | Mysterio, Jr. | Dragon | Guerrera | Mysterio, Jr. | Jericho | Malenko | - | Jericho | Guerrera | Kidman | Guerrera | Kidman | Mysterio, Jr. | Psychosis | Mysterio, Jr. | Lane | Psychosis | Inferno | Karagias | Madusa | Oklahoma | - | Iaukea | Kidman | Iaukea | - | Candido | Crowbar & Daffney | Daffney | Loco | Storm | Skipper | Sanders | C. Guerrero | Helms | Kidman | X-Pac | Kidman | Tajiri | Kidman | Tajiri | Hurricane | Noble | Kidman | Hardy | Mysterio | C. Guerrero | Jacqueline | C. Guerrero | Classic | Mysterio | Dudley | Funaki | C. Guerrero | London | Nunzio | Juventud

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