Alicia

photo credit: Ed Darcey

Real name: Melinda Padovano
Height: 5’5″
Weight:
Date of birth: January 28, 1987
Home: Hackensack, NJ
Pro debut: March 4, 2001
Trained by: Kevin Knight
Finishing move: The A-Bomb

Biography

– Padovano began her career as ‘Alicia’, working primarily for New Jersey’s IWF
– On March 27, 2004, Alicia defeated Alere Little Feather, Luscious Lilly, Cindy Rogers, Tara Charisma & Ariel in a Dollhouse Of Dreams Match to win the SSCW Womens Title
– On February 26, 2005, The Big Unit (Alicia & Cindy Rogers) defeated The Moonshiners (Debbie Sue & Tallulah Ray) to win the WXW Womens Tag Team Titles
– On March 19, The Big Unit defeated The Moonshiners (Psycho & Lulu) to retain the WXW Womens Tag Team Titles
– On April 24, The Big Unit defeated Alere Little Feather & Luscious Lily to retain the WXW Womens Tag Team Titles
– On July 8, The Big Unit defeated The Moonshiners (Trinity H Campbell & Psycho) to retain the WXW Womens Tag Team Titles
– Alicia won the 2005 WXW Womens Elite 8 Tournament, defeating Cindy Rogers in the final
– On March 3, 2006, Alicia won the vacant WXW Womens Title
– On July 7, Alicia defeated Cindy Rogers to retain the WXW Womens Title
– On July 14, 2007, Alicia defeated Luna Vachon, Nikki Roxx & Amy Lee in a No-DQ Falls Count Anywhere Match in the final of a tournament to crown the first WSU Womens Champion. Over the next month, Alicia would defend the title against Rick Cataldo & Nikki Roxx
– On September 7, Alicia defeated Talia Madison to retain the WSU Womens Title
– On September 22, Alicia defeated Becky Bayless in a No-DQ Match and Christy Hemme in a standard singles match to retain the WSU Womens Title
– On December 22, Alicia defeated Melissa Stripes & Alexa Thatcher to retain the WSU Womens Title. Alicia would retire from wrestling following this event
– On June 6, 2009, Alicia made a surprise return to WSU, teaming with Brooke Carter to defeat Hailey Hatred & Jessicka Havok to win the vacant WSU Tag Team Titles
– On August 22, Alicia & Carter defeated Angel Orsini & Rain by DQ to retain the WSU Tag Team Titles
– On December 12, Alicia defeated Brittney Savage in a No-DQ Match to win the WSU Spirit Title
– On February 13, 2010, Alicia defeated Jana to retain the WSU Spirit Title
– On April 2, Alicia won the WSU J-Cup Tournament, defeating Angel Orsini in the final
– The next day, Alicia teamed with Devon Moore to win the WSU/NWS King & Queen Of The Ring Tournament, defeating Kevin Matthews & Nikki Roxx in the final
– On August 6, Alicia defeated Brittney Savage & Brittany Force to regain the WSU Spirit Title
– Alicia would retire from wrestling in 2013
– On February 13, 2016, Alicia was inducted in to the WSU Hall of Fame
– Alicia came out of retirement for JAPW in October 2016, losing to Deonna Purrazzo
– Alicia came out of retirement again for a Pride Wrestling event in June 2022, defeating Roger Mendez