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Real name: Maria Kanellis
Height: 5’7″
Weight: 116 lbs.
Date of birth: February 25, 1982
From: Ottawa, IL
Pro debut: 2004
Trained by: OVW
Finishing move: Bronco Buster

Biography

- After losing the 2004 diva search contest to Christy Hemme, Kanellis returned to WWE television as a backstage interviewer on the November 1, 2004 edition of “Raw.”
- On August 12, 2005 in Louisville, KY, Maria, Tommy Dreamer and Seth Skyfire defeated MNM and Melina.
- On the December 19, 2005 tribute to the troops special of “Raw” taped in Afghanistan, Maria and Candice Michelle defeated Trish Stratus and Ashley in a “Santa’s Helpers Divas tag team” match.
- At the February 13, 2006 “Raw” taping, Maria and John Cena defeated Lita and Edge in a mixed gender match.
- At the 2007 Survivor Series, Maria, Mickie James, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool & Kelly Kelly defeated WWE Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix, Jillian Hall, Melina, Victoria & Layla in a 10 Divas Tag Team Match.
- Maria appeared in the pages of Playboy in 2008.
- On June 25, 2008, Maria was drafted to the Smackdown roster in the Supplemental draft.
- At Armageddon ’08, Maria, Kelly Kelly, Mickie James and Michelle McCool defeated Maryse, Jillian Hall, Victoria and Natalya in an eight-diva Santa’s Little Helper tag team match.
- WWE released Maria on February 26, 2010.
- Maria appeared with Mike Bennett at the 2011 ROH Final Battle iPPV in Manhattan, NY.