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Ashley Massaro
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Ashley Ashley Massaro
Billed height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)1
Billed weight	112 lb (51 kg)1
Born	May 26, 1979 (1979-05-26) (age 30)23 Babylon, New York24
Resides	Austin, Texas5
Billed from	New York, New York
Trained by	Paul London6 Brian Kendrick6 Christy Hemme1
Debut	June 27, 2005

Ashley Marie Massaro² (born May 26, 1979) is an American model and semi-retired professional wrestler best known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). She first joined WWE after winning the Raw Diva Search 2005. After an initial rivalry with Vince's Devils, an alliance of female villains, Massaro became the valet for the WWE Tag Team Champions Paul London and Brian Kendrick. Her most high profile matches were a WWE Women's Championship match against Melina Perez at WrestleMania 23 and a Playboy Bunnymania Lumberjack match at WrestleMania XXIV. She left WWE in mid-2008 to care for her sick daughter.

Prior to joining WWE, Massaro was Miss Hawaiian Tropic USA in 2002 and Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada. During her tenure in the company, she graced the cover of several magazines, including the cover of the April 2007 issue of Playboy. In addition, she has appeared as a guest star on a variety of television programs and music videos. In 2007, she was a contestant on the fifteenth season of Survivor in the People's Republic of China, but she was the second contestant to be eliminated.

Contents 1 World Wrestling Entertainment 1.1 Debut and early feuds (2005–2006) 1.2 London and Kendrick; release (2006–2008) 1.3 TNA (2009-present) 2 Other media 2.1 Survivor 2.2 Modeling and acting 3 Personal life 4 In wrestling 5 Championships and accomplishments 6 Footnotes 7 External links

World Wrestling Entertainment

Debut and early feuds (2005–2006)

Massaro initially found out about World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) 2005 Raw Diva Search when she met a WWE casting director during a swimsuit pageant.⁷ After beating the seven other chosen finalists, Massaro was declared the winner on the August 15, 2005 edition of Raw.⁸ Her winnings included $250,000 and a one year contract with WWE.²⁸

A week later on Raw, Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson attacked Massaro after pretending to welcome her to Raw.⁷⁹ Candice Michelle and Wilson were soon joined by Victoria in their feud with Massaro. Victoria defeated Massaro in her in-ring debut match.¹⁰ Massaro was later joined by the returning Trish Stratus, who helped Massaro fend off attacks from the three Divas. The pair defeated the trio—who became known as the Ladies in Pink (and later Vince's Devils)—on several occasions including at Unforgiven and at WWE Homecoming in a 3-on-2 Bra and Panties match.¹¹ Massaro continued to wrestle matches through the rest of 2005 and was involved in the annual Fulfill Your Fantasy Diva Battle Royal at Taboo Tuesday for her first shot at the WWE Women's Championship.¹² Massaro eliminated Candice Michelle before being eliminated by Victoria.¹² At New Year's Revolution in January, Massaro won the first ever Bra and Panties Gauntlet match by being the final Diva left still wearing her clothes.¹³ Following WWE tradition, to please the fans, she removed them herself before making her exit.¹³

Through the early part of 2006, Massaro became the victim of a series of attacks from Mickie James.¹⁴ At the Royal Rumble, James defeated Massaro with then Women's Champion, Trish Stratus, as the special guest referee.¹⁵ Massaro got her revenge one week later by pinning James in the rematch on Raw.¹⁶ During the February 20, 2006 edition of Raw, however, Massaro suffered a fractured left fibula while being eliminated from the Women's Battle Royal,¹⁷ and her feud with James was cut short.¹⁴ She underwent surgery to insert a five-inch metal plate and eight screws into her leg.⁷ During her recovery, Massaro still occasionally appeared on Raw as part of the Stratus/James feud, albeit in a non-active role.¹⁴

She returned to television on June 2, now on SmackDown!, as a special guest commentator during the Kristal Marshall versus Jillian Hall match.¹⁸ Massaro later aligned herself with Hall, and they feuded with Michelle McCool and Marshall. Massaro won her SmackDown! debut match on July 21, when she teamed up with Hall to defeat McCool and Marshall.¹⁹ At The Great American Bash, Massaro won the Fatal Four-Way Bra and Panties match by removing all of her opponents clothing.²⁰ On the August 4 edition of SmackDown!, Massaro broke her knuckle in a match against Marshall.²¹²²

London and Kendrick; release (2006–2008)

Massaro recovered from her injury and returned to the ring on the September 8, 2006 edition of SmackDown! where she, Paul London, and Brian Kendrick defeated Idol Stevens, K.C. James and Michelle McCool in a Six-Person Mixed Tag Team match.²³ Following the victory, Massaro became the valet for London and Kendrick, accompanying them to the ring for their matches on SmackDown! and pay-per-views.¹⁴

During the February 16, 2007 edition of SmackDown!, Massaro unveiled her Playboy cover.²⁴²⁵ Surrounding the release of the magazine, Massaro engaged in a feud with Jillian Hall, who was jealous over the attention Massaro received due to the Playboy cover.⁷ At No Way Out, Massaro won the first ever Diva Invitational by removing her top to reveal her breasts which were covered with Playboy bunny pasties.²⁶ Massaro also began a feud with then WWE Women's Champion, Raw's Melina, who was angry over the publicity Massaro had been receiving because of the cover.²⁷ On an episode of SmackDown!, the rivalry was taken to the next level when a catfight broke out between the Divas on the inaugural edition of Miz TV.²⁷ At WrestleMania 23, Melina defeated Massaro in a LumberJill match to retain her title.¹⁴²⁸

After WrestleMania, Massaro continued as a valet for WWE Tag Team Champions Paul London and Brian Kendrick.¹ In storyline, on the April 13 episode of SmackDown!, Massaro was attacked by Jillian Hall.²⁹ In reality, Massaro had loosened a screw in her ankle, which had been inserted the previous year after she legitimately fractured her tibia and fibula while in a battle royal.⁷³⁰ Massaro returned, but it was short lived when on the June 8 edition of SmackDown!, Massaro was suspended indefinitely after accidentally spilling Mr. McMahon's coffee on him.⁷³¹ In reality, Massaro was taking time off to participate on the show Survivor.¹⁴

Massaro returned on January 7, 2008 to the Raw brand, winning a Divas Lingerie Pillow Fight against Maria, Jillian Hall, Melina, and Mickie James.³² Massaro replaced Candice Michelle, who was out with an injury, in the Playboy Bunnymania Lumberjack match at WrestleMania XXIV alongside Maria, losing to Beth Phoenix and Melina.³³ Massaro also participated in a 12 Diva Tag Team match at Backlash, but her team lost.¹⁴ Massaro was released from her WWE contract on July 9, 2008.³⁴ A week prior to her release, she announced that she had asked to be let go from her contract due to her daughter being sick.¹⁴

TNA (2009-present)

Ashley Massaro made an absolutely startling debut on the June 30th edition of TNA iMPACT when the lights went out and came back on, she ran to the ring carrying her Playboy Cover Issue and hit Angelina Love over the head with it. She said she was cashing in her "TNA Playboy Money in the Bank Shoot Cover" and won the title. The following week, Awesome Kong defeated but then laid down for her making Ashley an unprecedented TWO-TIME TNA Champion.

Other media

Survivor

Survivor contestant
Ashley Massaro
Date of birth	May 26, 1979 (1979-05-26) (age 30)
Resides	Austin, Texas
Season(s)	Survivor: China
Finish	2nd voted out
Tribe(s)	Zhan Hu

Massaro was a contestant on CBS's Survivor: China in 2007.³³⁵ She claims that she approached WWE with the idea of doing the show, and after going through the casting process, she found out she made the show ten days before she had to leave for China to film.³⁶ Prior to the experience, Massaro had never been camping before, so to train for the show she had to get used to being outside.³⁶ She was assigned to the Zhan Hu tribe in the first episode and quickly began quarreling with fellow contestant Dave Cruser.³⁷ In the second episode, Massaro was voted off after six days with a 6–1 vote.³⁷

Modeling and acting

She has competed in Miss Hawaiian Tropic pageants and was crowned Miss Hawaiian Tropic USA in 2002 and Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada in August 2004.³⁴⁷ She has appeared in FHM, Stuff, Maxim, and on the cover of Playboy after joining WWE,⁷ though she had previously posed for Playboy in 2003 and 2004 under the pseudonym Ryan Mackenzie.³⁸ In addition, she has appeared in both Femme Fatale and Flex magazines.³⁷ Massaro has also hosted several E! channel Wild On! episodes and appeared on Breaking Bonaduce as Danny Bonaduce 's personal trainer.³¹⁴ Massaro has hosted Celebrity Death Match and has guest starred on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition alongside WWE Superstars John Cena and Batista.³ In addition, she has appeared in campaign ads for both Hawaiian Tropic and Yamaha.⁷

In February 2007, Massaro and Glenn "Kane" Jacobs filmed an episode of the CW's Smallville that aired on March 22, 2007.³ In April 2007, Massaro also appeared as a guest on Fuse TV's show The Sauce.³³⁹ On April 20, 2007, Massaro and several other Divas filmed Timbaland's video, "Throw It on Me" featuring The Hives.⁴⁰ In 2008, she appeared in Rev Theory's video for "Hell Yeah."⁴¹

Personal life

Massaro grew up in Babylon, New York, where her brother and father competed in amateur wrestling.³ She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Communication with a minor in Business from the State University of New York.³

Massaro previously dated fellow wrestler Matt Hardy.⁴² Afterward, she dated wrestler Paul London.⁴³ Massaro has one daughter.¹⁴ When her daughter became sick in mid-2008, Massaro asked for an early release from WWE to care for her.¹⁴

In May 2008, Rolling Stone reported that Massaro was employed by a Los Angeles escort agency, which was being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).³⁸⁴⁴ On her MySpace page, Massaro said she was "beyond upset" and urged fans "don't believe it for a second."⁴⁵ Although another bikini model named Ashley Massaro surfaced during the allegations, Rolling Stone stood by its story.³⁸

She has several tattoos, including a black and pink nautical star on the back of both of her elbows;⁷ a pink and red dragon surrounding kanji lettering that translates to 'Trust No One' going down the right side of her torso;⁴⁶ symbols on the small of her lower back; and a butterfly on her right hip. She also has several piercings, including a 'Monroe' (a piercing near the upper lip that resembles a beauty mark)⁴⁷ and 'Snakebites' (a piercing on each side of the lower lip).³⁴⁸

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
  • Diving crossbody⁴⁹
  • Starstruck⁴⁷ (Diving elbow drop)
  • Headscissors takedown⁵⁰
  • Monkey flip¹

• Wrestlers managed
  • Paul London and Brian Kendrick⁷

• Nicknames
  • "The Dirty Diva"

• Entrance themes
  • "Be Yourself" – Audioslave⁵¹
  • "Light a Fire" – Nuts In A Blender⁵¹

Championships and accomplishments

• World Wrestling Entertainment
  • Diva Search winner (2005)⁴

Footnotes

External links

• Ashley Massaro at MySpace
• Ashley Massaro in Maxim Magazine
• Ashley Massaro at the Internet Movie Database
• Ashley Massaro at Online World of Wrestling
• Ashley Massaro's Survivor: China Profile

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