- Melody Medeiros
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Melody Medeiros Ring name(s) Fuji Cakes[1][2]
Melody[1][2]
Jezebel[1][2]Billed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1][3] Billed weight 135 lb (61 kg)[2] Born January 9, 1983 [1][2][3]
Carmichael, California[1]Resides Louisville, Kentucky[3] Billed from Detroit, Rock City[2]
Carmichael, California[2]Trained by Ohio Valley Wrestling[1][2] Debut April 16, 2005[2] Melody Dawn Medeiros[2] (born January 9, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and actress. She is best known for her time in Ohio Valley Wrestling, where she is a one time Women's Champion.[4]
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Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2005–2008)
Medeiros made her wrestling debut in Memphis Wrestling on April 16, 2005, where she lost to Mickie James.[5] On January 12, 2008, Medeiros, under the ring name Jezebel, made her debut for New Wave Pro Wrestling as she teamed with Kaos in a losing effort to Lady SoCal and SoCal Crazy in an intergender tag team match.[6]
Ohio Valley Wrestling (2006–2009)
On November 4, 2005, Medeiros, under the ring name Fuji Cakes, debuted for Ohio Valley Wrestling as she and Serena Deeb lost a tag team match to Beth Phoenix and Shelly Martinez.[2] Fuji Cakes then entered into a brief feud with both Phoenix and Martinez, losing singles matches to both on November 18 and 19, respectively.[2]
Gothic Mayhem and The Solid Gold Diva (2006–2007)
On July 26, 2006, Mederios made her televised OVW debut as Melody, losing to Serena Deeb.[2] Soon after her name change, she, along with Roni Jonah and Discord (later renamed Johnny Punch), formed Gothic Mayhem, a stable of heavy metal punk rockers with Melody and Jonah serving as groupies.[7] Eventually the group was joined by Pat Buck, who formed a tag team with Punch, as well as Tony Braddock, who served as their enforcer.[7] In mid-2007, Melody completely remade her image as she began dressing in gold colored attire, straightening and bleaching her hair platinum blonde and gaining breast implants while nicknaming herself "The Solid Gold Diva". On October 29, 2007 Melody debuted for Derby City Wrestling, OVW's subsidiary promotion, and lost a Bra and Panties match to Josie.[8] On December 12, 2007, Punch turned on Melody by challenging her to a match in order to end his losing streak. Although uneasy about competing, Melody accepted the challenge and went on to defeat Punch, handing him his ninety ninth consecutive loss.[2] Afterwards, Melody left Gothic Mayhem, became a face and began to compete in OVW's women's division.
The Mobile Homers and Women's Champion (2008–2009)
After leaving Gothic Mayhem, Melody joined the Mobile Homers (Adam Revolver, Ted McNaler and Dewey) in early 2008 while continuing to wrestle on her own.[9] In mid-2008, the Homers would be joined by McNaler's (kayfabe) younger brother Tommy.[9] On November 15, Melody defeated Josie, Reggie, and then-champion Serena Deeb to win the Women's Championship.[2] Soon after winning the title, she made her first successful title defense by defeating Reggie. In the beginning of 2009, she defeated Serena via disqualification to retain the title. She also defeated Serena in a steel cage match on March 7, and Bailey Parker on July 11 to retain the title. On June 20, Melody became the longest reigning Women's Champion in OVW's history as her title reign surpassed the previous record of 219 days set by Katie Lea's two title reigns. On August 12, 2009, Melody lost the Women's Title to Epiphany, ending her reign at 273 days in what would be her final match in OVW.[2] She held the record for longest reign, until Josie, as "Lady JoJo", won the title for the sixth time on August 28, 2010 in which her latest record ended 343 days.[2]
Vyper Fight League (2009–2010)
On April 24, 2009, OVW founder and owner Danny Davis founded the Vyper Fight League, a mixed martial arts organization. As a result of OVW being the organization's parent company, Medeiros became one of the VFL's "Vyxens" until the VFL folded in 2010.[2]
Independent circuit (2010)
Following her departure from OVW, Medeiros took a hiatus before returning to wrestling on June 19, 2010 to compete in a three ring, 159-man battle royal at the Alternative Wrestling Show and National Wrestling Alliance joint event Bart's Birthday Bash, which was ultimately won by Scorpio Sky.[10]
Personal life
Medeiros graduated with a degree in graphic design from The Art Institute of Seattle in 2003.[1][3] She also has a tattoo of a butterfly below her navel.[3]
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Gold Rush (Running lariat)[2]
- Sweet Dreams (Rear naked choke)[2]
- Wrestlers managed
Championships and accomplishments
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Cagematch profile". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=3819.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "OWOW profile". http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/m/melody.html.
- ^ a b c d e f "Melody's official MySpace". http://www.myspace.com/therealfujicakes.
- ^ a b "OVW Women's Championship history". http://ovwrestling.com/titles#womens.
- ^ "Melody's debut". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=3819&view=matches&gimmick=&jahr=2005&liga=256#matches.
- ^ "New Wave Pro Wrestling". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=3819&view=matches&gimmick=&jahr=2008&liga=261#matches.
- ^ a b "Gothic Mayhem's profile". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=29&nr=110.
- ^ "Derby City Wrestling". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=3819&view=matches&gimmick=&jahr=2008&liga=275#matches.
- ^ a b c d e f "The Mobile Homers' profile". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=29&nr=365.
- ^ "Cagematch match listings". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=3819&view=matches#matches.
- ^ a b "Wrestlers managed by Melody". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=3819&view=managed#managed.
- ^ "Showtime All-Star Wrestling results from 11/21 in Nashville, Tennessee". http://www.indywrestlingnews.com/news/newswire/item/6339-showtime-all-star-wrestling-results-from-11/21-in-nashville-tn.html.
External links
Categories:- 1983 births
- American female professional wrestlers
- American people of Portuguese descent
- Living people
- People from Sacramento County, California
- Professional wrestling managers and valets
- Finishing moves
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