WWE Divas Biography | WWE Divas - Page 2
Name: Lena Yada
Ring Name: Lena Yada
Date of Birth: November 12, 1978
From: Honolulu, Hawaii
Resides: Los Angeles, California
Trained By: UPW Staff, FCW Staff
Debut: January 4, 2008
Height: 5 feet 4 inches
Weight: 120 pound (54 kg)
About Lena Yada: Lena Yada was born on November 12, 1978 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Lena participated in 2005 Diva Search but unfortunately couldn’t win the competition. She again participated in 2007 Diva Search and was placed third in the competition. After this Lena signed contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on November 10, 2007 and made her debut as backstage interviewer at Smack Down on January 4, 2008. Later she was moved to ECW. On November3, 2008 Lena made her in ring debut at RAW in 16 Diva tag team match. About her personnel life, Lena is a model and an actress. As a model she was a winner of Miss Hawaiian Tropic Japan and was a runner up in Ms. Venus Swimwear International Pageant in 2002. She appeared in films like Son of the Beach, Casting Ripe Live.
Name: Maria Frances Louise Kanellis
Ring Name: Maria
Date of Birth: February 25, 1982
From: Ottawa, Illinois
Resides: Chicago, Illinois
Trained By: OVW Staff, Dave Finlay
Debut: November 1, 2004
Height: 5 feet 7inches
Weight: 120 pound (54 kg)
Signature Moves: Beautiful Bulldog, Corner foot choke, Diving clothesline, Gutbuster and Monkey flip.
Career Highlights: Competed in the 2004 Raw Diva Search, Raw backstage interviewer, Hosts WWE Kiss Cam and Featured every month in WWE Magazine.
About Maria: American Maria Frances Louise Kanellis was born on February 25, 1982 in Ottawa, Illinois. She completed her graduation from Ottawa Township High School in 2000. Maria had a great interest in volleyball, softball and basketball. Maria participated in WWE Diva Search in 2004. She stood fifth in this contest. After joining WWE, Maria completed her wrestling training from Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). She made her debut in RAW as backstage interviewer on November 1, 2004. Maria had her first match in ring against Christy Hemme in Lingerie Pillow Fight on January 10, 2005 but she lost her first match. In 2006, Maria teamed up with John Cena against Edge and Lita and she register win there. Maria advances to finals of WWE Women’s Championship by defeating Victoria, Candice and Torrie Wilson in Fatal Four Way Bra and Panties Match on October 16, 2006. But she lost to Lita in semi finals. Maria began on screen romance with Santino in June 2007. About her personnel life she has a younger sister and a brother. While she was in Ohio Valley Wrestling she was dated with wrestler C M Punk. When Maria was 19 years old she was asked to pose for Playboy Magazine, but she refused. Later in 2008, she poses for cover issue of April 2008. For this Maria chose her own wardrobe and designs her own clothes. Maria along with Candice and Eve were on episode of “Sunset Tan”.
Name: Candice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich
Ring Name: Candice, Candice Michelle
Date of Birth: September 30, 1978
From: Milwaukee, Wlsconsin
Resides: Los Angeles, California
Trained By: Dave Finlay, Arn Anderson, Trish Stratus, John Cena, C M Punk.
Debut: November 15, 2004
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Weight: 130 pound (59 kg)
Signature Moves: Bridging Northern Lights Suplex, Diving Crossbody, Rolling neck snap, Candy wrapper.
Career Highlights: Women’s Champion, Playboy cover girl.
About Candice Michelle: American Candice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich was born on September 30, 1978 in Milwaukee, Wlsconsin. Before coming to Los Angeles, Candice was a winner of modeling competition when she was sixteen. In California she completed her acting course from Santa Monica College. In June 2002, Candice was named “Cyber Girl of The Week” in Playboy. Candice made her debut in RAW in July 2004 as she was contestant Diva search but unfortunately she couldn’t make into last ten. At Great American Bash Candice made her debut on July 24, 2005. She was guest referee for Bra and Panties Match between Wilson and Melina. Candice won her first WWE Women’s Championship Title at Diva Battle Royal RAW in January 2006. In February she lost her title to Trish Stratus. In 2007, Candice defeated Melina at Vengeance and becomes first ever Diva to win Women’s title. About her personnel life, she is an American model and an actress. She appeared in various magazines like FLEX and Lowrider Magazine. Candice had done films like Tomcats, Anger Management, DodgeBall and A Man Apart. Candice married to Dr. Ken Gee Ehrlich on May 7, 2005.
Name: Barbara Jean “Barbie” Blank
Ring Name: Kelly Kelly
Date of Birth: January 15, 1987
From: Jacksonville, Florida
Resides: Tampa, Florida
Trained By: OVW Staff
Debut: June 13, 2006
Height: 5 feet 5 inches
Weight: 108 pound (49 Kg)
Signature Moves: K2 (Leg drop bulldog), Diving sunset flip, Kelly Killer, Victory roll and Hurricanrana.
Career Highlights: “Kelly’s Exposé” on ECW on Sci Fi.
About Kelly Kelly: American Barbara Jean “Barbie” Blank was born on January 15, 1987 in Jacksonville, Florida. Kelly made her appearance in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) as ring announcer, then as a referee and later as a wrestler. Her first match was at Women’s Battle Royal on September 6, 2005. On June 13, 2006 Kelly made her debut in Extreme Championship Wrestling and becomes the youngest Diva in WWE history. In 2008 Kelly was moved to RAW. In her first match at RAW she teamed up with Mickie James and defeated Layla and Jillian Hall. At Survivor Series she was the member of RAW Divas against Smack Down Divas. Kelly team was the winner. At Armageddon Kelly register win teaming up with Maria, Michelle and Mickie James against Jillian Hall, Maryse, Victoria and Natalya. Besides wrestling she also appeared in music album Timbaland for song “Throw it on Me” along with Ashley, Layla, Brooke, Torrie Wilson and Maryse in April 2007.
Name: Jillian Faye Fletcher
Ring Name: Jillian Hall, Macaela Mercedes, Jillian, “The Bombshell”, “The Pop Princess”.
Date of Birth: September 6, 1980
From: Ashland, Kentucky
Resides: Louisville, Kentucky
Trained By: Roger Ruffen, OVW Staff, Dave “Fit” Finlay, Lance Storm.
Debut: 1998
Height: 5 feet 5 inches
Weight: 130 pound (59 kg)
Signature Moves: High Note, Moonsault, Diving Crossbody, Missile Dropkick, Neck Snap.
Career Highlights: Worked as a “Fixer” for the likes of JBL and MNM.
About Jillian Hall: Jillian Faye Fletcher was born on September 6, 1980 in Ashland, Kentucky. Jillian completed her training from Professional Wrestling School under Dave Finlay. She made her debut in Ohio Valley Wrestling in 2003. From there she was better known as Jillian Hall. Jillian signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2004 and made her debut in 2005 in Smack Down. Her first rival in Smack Down was Stacy Keibler. A match at Velocity Jillian defeated Stacy. She was also participant in Bra and Panties Match at Great American Bash but unfortunately can’t win it. On June 17, 2007 Jillian was moved to RAW where she was teamed up with Melina. In her first match at RAW, Jillian and Melina defeated James and Candice in tag team match. Jillian was number contender for WWE Women’s Championship at Royal Rumble. But she was eliminated by Mickie James. At present she perform from RAW Brand.
Name: Eve Marie Torres
Ring Name: Eve Torres, Eve
Date of Birth: May 5, 1984
From: Denver, Colorado
Resides: Los Angeles, California
Trained By: OVW Staff, FCW Staff
Debut: October 22, 2007
Height: 5 feet 8 inches
Weight: 131 pound (59 kg)
Signature Moves: Handspring back elbow smash, Schoolgirl, Scoop Slam, One Legged Dropkick.
Career Highlights: Winner of the 2007 WWE Diva
About Eve Torres: Eve Marie Torres was born on May 5, 1984 in Denver, Colorado. Eve completed her graduation with a degree in Industrial and System Engineering from University of Southern California in 2006. She was co-captain of USC Fly Girls. Eve was announced winner of 2007 WWE Diva Search in Philadelphia on October 27, 2007 and grab $250,000 as prize money. After that she completed her professional wrestling training from Ohio Valley Wrestling in 2008. Eve made her debut in SmackDown on February 1, 2008. Besides wrestling profession, she holds blue belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Eve shows her mental caliber by solving 3*3*3 Rubik’s Cube puzzle in less than 5 minutes in November 2007, on show “The Best Damn Sports Show Period”. In October 2008, Eve appeared on show “Are You Smatter Than Fifth Grade” and won $100,000.
Name: Katarina Waters
Ring Name: Katie Lea, Nikita, Katarina, “The Queen of Chaos”, The Scarlet Witch.
Date of Birth: November 10, 1980
From: Luneburg, Germany
Resides: Louisville, Kentucky
Trained By: NWA UK Hammerlock, Frontier Wrestling Alliance, OVW.
Debut: February 2000
Height: 5 feet 8 inches
Weight: 135 pound (61 Kg)
Signature Moves: Hair-pull backbreaker, Kat Nip, Bow and Arrow Stretch, Lifting DDT, Samoan Drop.
Associates: Paul Burchill (brother)
About Katie Lea: Katarina Waters were born on November 10, 1980 in Luneburg, Germany but she was raised in London, England. When she was 18 she joined National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) to become a professional wrestler. On May 5, 2006 Katie signed an agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and made her debut for Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) on August 24, 2006. She shows her potential by defeating Melody at Dark Match. On November 1, 2006 she participated in 8-Women Gauntlet Match. In this match Katie become OVW Women’s Champion by defeating Beth Phoenix, Ariel, Roni Jonah, Melody, Jenny Mae, ODB and Serena. In 2008, Katie made her debut in RAW as on-screen sister of Paul Burchill. On April 28, 2008, Katie along with Burchill defeated Super Crazy in an Intergender Handicap Match. She was number one contender for WWE Women’s Champion at Night of Champions against Mickie James but she lost. Later Katie was moved to ECW. She made her winning debut in ring at ECW on January 6, 2009 against Alicia Fox.
Name: Lilian Annette Garcia
Ring Name: Lilian Garcia
Date of Birth: August 19, 1973
From: Madrid, Spain
Resides: New York
Debut: August 23, 1999
Height: 5 feet 6.5 inches
Weight: 110 pound (50 kg)
Career Highlights: Monday Night Raw ring announcer.
About Lilian Garcia: Lilian Annette Garcia was born on August 19, 1973 in Madrid, Spain. Garcia is fluent in English and Spanish. She completed her graduation from University of South Carolina. At age of five she began her singing profession by participating various events. Garcia sings the national anthem of NBA Club Phoenix Sun’s. She released her first music album “Shout” in 2002. Garcia recorded her duet album “Quiero Vivir” (I Wanna live) with Latin pop singer Jon Secada which was released on October 9, 2007. Garcia made her debut on WWE on August 23, 1999 in RAW as ring announcer. In January 2004, Garcia recorded Torrie Wilson theme song “Need A Little Time”. Garcia is one of two singers to have sung the opening song at Wrestle Mania more than once. It was the great moment for Garcia as she became the first female announcer at Wrestle Mania 22 on April 2, 2006. About her personnel life Garcia was married but now she is divorced. Before joining to WWE she was VJ in Atlanta, Georgia. Garcia also acted in movie “Modern Love as a Singer”.
