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Maryse Ouellet
Born (1983-01-21) January 21, 1983 (age 41)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Maryse Ouellet
Maryse
Billed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Billed weight125 lb (57 kg; 8.9 st)[1]
Billed fromMontreal, Quebec, Canada[2]
Trained byOhio Valley Wrestling
Florida Championship Wrestling
DebutJuly 10, 2006

Maryse Ouellet[3] (born January 21, 1983) is a French Canadian Glamour Model and professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand, where she is the reigning WWE Divas Champion.[2][4]

Modeling career

Maryse Ouellet began her career as a beauty pageant contestant, winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada 2003 and finishing second at the International Finals of Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2004. After that she made several appearances in various newspapers, magazines and television programs in Canada,[citation needed] then became a glamour model, appearing on the cover and inside pages of Playboy Special Editions "Vixens" in June/July 2006. She was also on the cover of Playboy's "The Girls of Canada" 2007 Calendar. She also appeared on the special edition of Playboy called "Blondes, Brunettes and Redheads".

World Wrestling Entertainment

In the summer of 2006, Maryse tried out for World Wrestling Entertainment's Diva Search. She made the final cut and was one of the top eight featured on WWE, but on the July 24 episode of WWE Raw she became the second person to be eliminated from the search. Despite her elimination, she was invited to observe workouts and the training facility between August 13–17, 2006 at WWE's developmental facility, Ohio Valley Wrestling. Although she understood that there was no guarantee that this will lead to full time employment with WWE, she was grateful to have been given another opportunity to live out her dream. Stating in a WWE.com "I can just cry, [is] my feeling right now," Ouellet said. "I’m very excited. It was very, very good news."[citation needed]

Ohio Valley Wrestling / Florida Championship Wrestling

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Ouellet in FCW, 2008.

Maryse Ouellet was officially signed to a World Wrestling Entertainment developmental contract on August 24, 2006 and was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling for training. Her first jobs there were to sit in the front row during television tapings, take part in bikini contests and appear in backstage segments. After a while she began managing fellow French Canadian René Dupree at house shows. Her in ring debut came at a December 16, 2006 house show in Greensburg, Kentucky where she teamed with Katie Lea, Kelly Kelly, She Nay Nay, and Victoria Crawford to defeat ODB, Milena Roucka, Josie, Beth Phoenix, and Melody. In March 2007, she became a part-time backstage interviewer for OVW TV, as well as a wrestler in dark matches prior to the OVW tapings. In the spring of 2007, Maryse participated in the 2007 "Miss OVW" competition which was won by ODB. Later in the summer, she participated in the 2007 "OVW Divalympics".

Around that time she started managing Sylvain Grenier both in OVW and at the Raw/Smackdown/ECW house shows. When Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) opened in the summer of 2007, Maryse was transferred to the developmental facility for training. After only managing Sylvain Grenier for weeks the idea for them to re-debut on SmackDown were scrapped. On September 25, Maryse made her FCW debut as the valet of Ryan O'Reilly along with Lacey Von Erich. After Ryan left the WWE on October 10, 2007, Maryse then started competing in singles and tag team competitions. On December 18, Maryse was in the corner of Ted DiBiase, Jr. when he captured the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship.

SmackDown!

On the September 22, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Ouellet, known as simply Maryse, was shown on the TitanTron welcoming the Montreal viewers (in French) to the season premiere of SmackDown! on the new CW Network. In January 2007, Maryse returned to SmackDown! in more pre-taped vignettes welcoming viewers back to the show in both English and French. Maryse made her first actual TV appearance with her entrance theme on the May 21, 2007 edition of Raw to present Timbaland's new video "Throw It on Me" in which she had appeared. In October 2007, Maryse participated in the WWE European Tour with the SmackDown! brand, where she teamed with Michelle McCool in defeating Victoria and Katie Lea in a series of tag team matches.

By the time she began appearing regularly on SmackDown!, she adopted a snobby attitude, thus becoming a villain. On the March 7, 2008 edition of SmackDown, Maryse competed in a swimsuit contest, against Victoria, Michelle McCool, Cherry, and Eve Torres. In the end, Maryse and Eve got into a heated battle. On March 14, Maryse was the first eliminated from the swimsuit competition. On March 28, Maryse competed in a "Wet and Wild" match where she teamed with Victoria against Cherry and McCool in a losing effort. On a "SmackDown after the bell video" on WWE.com Deuce 'n Domino dumped Cherry (who had been their valet) and replaced her with Maryse. Maryse then insulted Cherry, only for Cherry to slap her. On the May 16, 2008 edition of SmackDown, she made her television in-ring debut in a losing effort to Cherry, though defeated her in a rematch with a roundhouse kick weeks later.[5] For weeks, Maryse teamed with Victoria and Natalya against Cherry, Michelle McCool and Maria. Maryse then suffered a minor broken nose after receiving a bulldog from Maria.[6]

Maryse lost in her first title match for the WWE Divas Championship against Michelle McCool at Unforgiven, resulting in a feud between the two Divas. She then came up short once again in title rematch on SmackDown! on the September 24 edition of ECW, Maryse defeated McCool in a non-title match. After being off television for a month, Maryse returned at Survivor Series to participate in the five-on-five SmackDown vs. Raw Divas Elimination match. Maryse was the sole survivor of the SmackDown team, not lost after being eliminated by Beth Phoenix.

Divas Champion

On the December 19th episode of SmackDown, Maryse defeated Maria to become number 1 contender for the WWE Divas Championship. In the following week, taped December 22, Maria was the special referee for Maryse vs Michelle McCool, which Maryse won to become the WWE Divas Champion for the first time.[4]

Other media

In April 2007, Maryse, along with Ashley, Kelly Kelly, Brooke, Torrie Wilson, and Layla El, filmed Timbaland's music video "Throw It On Me" featuring The Hives.[7] She also appeared in the 2007 WWE Divas Magazine (Divas in Los Angeles) under the section of "Divas in Training" along with The Bella Twins, Beth Phoenix and Milena Roucka.[8] She also made a special appearance on Redemption Song which is hosted by fellow WWE wrestler Chris Jericho along with Candice Michelle, Mickie James, and Eve Torres, which was originally aired on November 12, 2008.

In wrestling

Ouellet at an Ohio Valley Wrestling taping in 2007

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b "Maryse's profile". Ohio Valley Wrestling.
  2. ^ a b c "Maryse's WWE profile". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  3. ^ "Official website". MaryseOuellet.com. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  4. ^ a b c "Smackdown spoilers from Toronto". Wrestlong Observer/Figure Four Online. 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  5. ^ Campbell, Brandon (May 23, 2008). "Cherry receives Maryse's sweet kick". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  6. ^ Medalis, Kara A. (August 15, 2008). "Diva Dish: Celebrate SummerFest". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  7. ^ Kara A. Medalis (April 20, 2007). "The Sexiest Women in L.A." WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-04-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ WrestlingINC.com
  9. ^ http://fans.wwe.com/maryse
  10. ^ http://fans.wwe.com/maryse/blog/2008/12/07/french_tk0
  11. ^ a b Dunn, J.D. (November 27, 2008). "The Survivor Series 2008 Breakdown". 411mania. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  12. ^ a b c "Maryse's profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  13. ^ http://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/matches/8676476/results/
  14. ^ http://www.wwe.com/shows/unforgiven/matches/7984306/preview/
  15. ^ http://www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/wwe-smackdown-results/wwe-smackdown-results---9-05-08.php
  16. ^ http://www.wwe.com/shows/unforgiven/matches/7984306/preview/
  17. ^ http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/09052008/
  18. ^ WWE The Music Vol.9 CD
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