Madusa

Debrah Ann Miceli[6][7] (born February 9, 1963),[8] better known as Madusa, is an American monster truck driver and retired professional wrestler. She is currently signed to National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) as a producer.[9] In professional wrestling Miceli is also known by the ring name Alundra Blayze, which she used while in the WWF/WWE. Outside of the WWF, she wrestled under her professional name of Madusa, which was shortened from "Made in the USA".[3] Her early career was spent in the American Wrestling Association, where she once held the AWA World Women's Championship. In 1988, she was the first woman to be awarded Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Rookie of the Year. The following year, she signed a contract with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, making her the first foreign wrestler to do so.

She later joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where she was a member of The Dangerous Alliance, a group of wrestlers managed by Paul E. Dangerously. In 1993, she joined the rival World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the name Alundra Blayze. In the WWF, she feuded with Bull Nakano and Bertha Faye, while holding the WWF Women's Championship three times. Two years after joining the WWF, Miceli returned to WCW, showing up on an episode of Monday Nitro to throw the WWF Women's Championship belt into a trash can; she was blacklisted by the WWF for the next 20 years as a result.[10] In her second WCW run, Miceli feuded with Bull Nakano and Oklahoma, and became the first woman to hold the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship. After training wrestlers such as Torrie Wilson, Stacy Keibler, and Nora Greenwald (Molly Holly) at the WCW Power Plant.

Miceli was born in Minneapolis.[8] Before entering professional wrestling, she participated in both gymnastics and track, and at age 14, she worked at an Arby's fast-food restaurant.[4][5][13] During the beginning of her wrestling career, she also worked as a part-time nurse.

In 1995, she appeared in the films Shootfighter II, Death Match, and Intersanction II. In Japan, she released a CD of songs sung in Japanese. She owns a grooming, pet spa, and doggy bakery called Koolkats and Hotdogs in Lecanto, Florida.

All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling

IWA World Women's Championship (2 times)

Tag League the Best (1989) – with Mitsuko Nishiwaki

American Wrestling Association World Women's Championship (1 time)

Cauliflower Alley Club

Iron Mike Mazurki Award (2020)

International World Class Championship Wrestling

IWCCW Women's Championship (1 time)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Rookie of the Year (1988)

Stanley Weston Award (2020)

Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame

Class of 2023

World Championship Wrestling

WCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

World Wrestling Federation/WWE

WWF Women's Championship (3 times)

match on an episode of WCW Thunder on January 12, Madusa defeated Oklahoma by stripping off his dress, but he attacked her after the match.[44] She eventually lost the Cruiserweight belt to Oklahoma at Souled Out on January 16, 2000.[1][40]

In the meantime, Miceli became an instructor at the WCW Power Plant, where she helped train women such as Nora Greenwald (Molly Holly) to wrestle.[45] Before WCW's collapse, she engaged in a brief feud with Torrie Wilson and Shane Douglas, who defeated her and partner Billy Kidman at Fall Brawl in a Mixed Tag Team Scaffold match.[46] Madusa took a big bump during this match and wasn't seen again on WCW TV.[1] She left the company when she heard that Vince McMahon, the owner of the World Wrestling Federation, was going to buy WCW.[13] Because she had a previous falling-out with McMahon, she opted not to stay with the company.[13] She retired from professional wrestling for good in 2001 because she did not like the direction in which women's wrestling was going; according to her, it was becoming less about real wrestling and more about Bra and Panties matches.