Kristal Marshall

Infobox Wrestler
name=Kristal Marshall


names=Kristal Marshall
height= height|ft=5|in=5
weight=convert|120|lb|kg st|abbr=on
birth_date=birth date and age|1983|11|11
birth_place=Los Angeles, California
resides=McDonough, Georgia, United States
trainer= DSW Staff
Dave Finlay
debut=December 2 2005
Retired= 2007

Kristal Marshall (born November 11 1983), is an American model and former WWE Diva best known for her work in World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand.

Career

Prior to working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Marshall appeared as a competitor in the 2004 Miss California pageant, [cite web|url=http://www.printroom.com/ViewGallery.asp?userid=misscausa&gallery_id=28767|title=Gallery of 2004 Miss California Contestants|accessdate=2007-04-12] as a model for "Deal or No Deal",cite web|url=http://www.powerwrestling.com/brands/smackdown/bios/files/kristal.shtml|title=PowerWrestling.com Profile|accessdate=2007-06-25|publisher=PowerWrestling.com] in music videos for 50 Cent and Ma$e, in commercials for "The Best Damn Sports Show Period", and was at one time a Barker Beauty on "The Price Is Right". [cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2005/2005_06_28.jsp|title=Eight Of The Most Beautiful Women In America Compete For The Title of 2005 RAW Diva|accessdate=2007-04-12|publisher=corporate.WWE.com|quote=The list of potential Divas varies [..] to a Barker’s Beauty on “The Price Is Right” (Kristal Marshall).]

World Wrestling Entertainment (2005-2007)

Marshall first entered WWE as a contestant in the 2005 "RAW" Diva Search, in which she eventually finished fourth. [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/08082005/|title=RAW results - August 8, 2005|accessdate=2007-04-12|publisher=WWE.com|quote=Kristal is eliminated from the 2005 RAW Diva Search] Despite not winning the Diva Search contract, Marshall was signed to a development deal soon after the contest finished and sent to Deep South Wrestling, WWE newest "farm territory" at that time.cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/divas/divadish/divadish0202|title=Diva Dish: Lost and not-so-found|accessdate=2007-06-26|publisher=WWE.com|quote=Kristal, originally a Los Angeles girl, admitted to Diva Dish she’s a New York virgin, but she’s excited for the new adventure.] In December of 2005, she joined the SmackDown! roster as a backstage correspondent, [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/12022005/|title=SmackDown! results - December 2, 2005|accessdate=2007-04-12|publisher=WWE.com] interviewing the brand's superstars during the shows.Her first actual feud on the brand came against Jillian Hall. Marshall defeated Hall in debut match—a "Divas Uncovered" match—on the March 10 2006 "SmackDown!". [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/03102006/|title=SmackDown! results - March 10, 2006|accessdate=2007-04-12|publisher=WWE.com] When Diva Search winner Ashley Massaro joined the SmackDown! brand, Marshall was turned heel and put into an angle where she was jealous of Massaro's Diva Search win. [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/06302006/|title=SmackDown! results - June 30, 2006|accessdate=2007-04-12|publisher=WWE.com] She was aligned with Michelle McCool and the two feuded with Massaro and Jillian Hall, [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/07212006/|title=SmackDown! results - July 21, 2006|accessdate=2007-04-12|publisher=WWE.com] leading to a Fatal Four Way Bra and Panties match at The Great American Bash, [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/thegreatamericanbash/matches/25815984/results/|title=Great American Bash 2006 results|accessdate=2007-04-12|publisher=WWE.com)] during which Marshall was (legitimately) injured, [cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/greatamericanbash06.html|title=Great American Bash 2006 results|accessdate=2007-04-12|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|quote=Editor's Note: Kristal Marshall was hospitalized after the match but the nature of the injury is unknown..] though she didn't miss any time. In September, the next years Diva Search winner, Layla El, arrived on the brand Marshall was put into a feud with her. [cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/060922.html|title=SmackDown! results - September 22, 2006|accessdate=2007-04-12|publisher=Online World of Wrestling] This one had Marshall aligned with Mike "The Miz" Mizanin against Layla and the Boogeyman. [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/11022006/|title=SmackDown! results - November 2, 2006|accessdate=2007-04-12|publisher=WWE.com] Kristal competed in the first ever Extreme Strip Poker segment on ECW on October 10 representing "SmackDown!" alongside fellow smackdown diva Ashley.

In February 2007, Marshall began a storyline which had her as a close friend of Vickie Guerrero, who was mysteriously planning something, [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/02232007/|title=SmackDown! results - February 23, 2007|accessdate=2007-04-12|publisher=WWE.com|quote=Finally, Vickie Guerrero told her friend Kristal that the “little thing that needed to be taken care of, I took care of earlier tonight.”] and then flirting with SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long. [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/03292007/|title=SmackDown! results - March 29, 2007|accessdate=2007-04-12|publisher=WWE.com|quote=Finally, General Manager Theodore Long has planned a romantic rendezvous with SmackDown Diva Kristal.] After Marshall confessed her love for Long,cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070427.html|title=SmackDown! results - April 27, 2007|accessdate=2007-06-25|publisher=Online World of Wrestling] she convinced him to hire Guerrero as his assistant, [cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070511.html |title=SmackDown! results - May 11, 2007 |accessdate=2007-09-26 |publisher=Online World of Wrestling] [cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070525.html |title=SmackDown! results - May 25, 2007 |accessdate=2007-09-26 |publisher=Online World of Wrestling] leaving her in charge of the show on occasion. [cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070601.html |title=SmackDown! results - June 1, 2007 |accessdate=2007-09-26 |publisher=Online World of Wrestling] Eventually Long proposed marriage, [cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070622.html |title=SmackDown! results - June 22, 2007 |accessdate=2007-09-26 |publisher=Online World of Wrestling] only to suffer a heart attack during the in-ring wedding on September 21. She was later released from her WWE contract a few weeks later. [cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070921.html |title=SmackDown! results - September 21, 2007 |accessdate=2007-09-26 |publisher=Online World of Wrestling] .

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature moves
**"Kristal Krash"cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/k/kristal-marshall.html|title=OWOW Profile |publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2008-03-14] (Elevated reverse DDT)
**Headscissors takedown
**"Kristal Kloudy" (Kristal would stand on the opponent's hair and pull up their arms)
**"Kristal Klear" (Hair pull snapmare)
**Schoolgirl
**Enzuigiri

*Managers
**Michelle McCool

*Wrestlers managed
**Paul Burchill
**Michelle McCool
**Mike "The Miz" Mizanin

*Theme music
**Kristal's first SmackDown! theme was a sped-up instrumetal version of "Move It Up", while the version with lyrics were used by Michelle McCool and then Jillian Hall.
**Her last WWE theme was a track entitled "Feelin' Me", performed by Kynady Lee. The song went on to be used as the theme song for all the divas.

Personal life

She is currently dating former WWE Superstar Bobby Lashley. The couple is expecting their first child in 2008. [ [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/news.html According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, former WWE Diva Kristal Marshall, 24, is due to give birth soon. ] ]

Other media

Marshall has appeared on an episode of "Hogan Knows Best" [cite web|url=http://prowrestling.about.com/b/a/257591.htm|title=Hogan Knows Best Season 2 Episode 4 Recap|accessdate=2007-06-25|publisher=about.com]

In June 2007, she posed for her first magazine cover, the September issue of "African Americans on Wheels". [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/divas/divadish/divadish0615|title=Diva Dish: Cover girl|accessdate=2007-06-26|publisher=WWE.com]

Appeared on the February 6, 2008 episode of Project Runway with Maria, Candice Michelle, Torrie Wilson, Layla, and Michelle McCool. [ [http://www.wwe.com/superstars/divas/divadish/divadish0125?cid=WWEADP-83 WWE: Superstars > Divas > Diva Dish > Diva Dish: 'Runway' Divas ] ] yup

References

External links

* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/k/kristal-marshall.html Kristal Marshall at Online World of Wrestling]
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