Miceli moved forward, competing against familiar opponents like Nakano and Sherri Martel. In her first appearance back with WCW, she threw the WWF Women’s Champion in a trash can on live television. In one of her most controversial moments, Miceli left the WWF in 1996 and returned to WCW.
Miceli won the WWF women’s title, feuding with legendary competitors such as Bull Nakano and Monster Ripper (a/k/a Bertha Faye). After a couple years there, Miceli jumped to the World Wrestling Federation, where she wrestled under the name of Alundra Blayze. From there, she signed with World Championship Wrestling, working mostly as a valet for wrestlers such as “Ravishing” Rick Rude. Upon returning to the United States, Miceli reestablished her name by wrestling on the independent scene for a year. Miceli studied several forms of martial arts, including Mauy Thai, and competed in kickboxing and boxing matches. She then began adding to her repertoire in contact sports. All-Japan issued Madusa posters, action figures and even a CD-titled “Who’s Madusa?” -and music videos. She took Japanese popular culture by storm. Miceli’s popularity in Japan transcended wrestling. She was the first non-Japanese wrestler to get a long-term contract from the promotion. She subsequently worked several tours there and eventually signed a three-year contract with All-Japan. Since Japanese wrestling promotions had very strict governing conduct for female wrestlers at the time, she opted not to have the pictures published. The reason the release was never signed was because she was offered an invitation by the All-Japan women’s promotion to work a six-week tour of Japan.
Miceli posed nude for Playboy in 1987 but never signed the release for the pictures to be published.
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She won the AWA wowmen’s title, and in 1988, she became the first woman to be named Rookie of the Year by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Miceli gained national exposure in the AWA, which had a television contract with ESPN, and began to establish herself as one of the top women wrestlers in the business. She made her AWA debut as Madusa Miceli before eventually dropping her last name. Miceli got her first big break in 1986 when she was signed by the American Wrestling Association, which was the third-largest promotion in the United States at the time. With low wages and a depleted savings account, Miceli lost her house and her car and almost had to file for bankruptcy. She was on the road constantly, sometimes traveling with up to 10 people in a van and sharing a hotel room with five people. Miceli wrestled about four nights a week, earning approximately $5 a match. The independent wrestling scene was far from glamorous. She trained with Sharkey and quickly quit her nursing job to wrestle on the independent circuit. With a background in gymnastics and track, the athletically gifted Madusa seized an opportunity to get into the wrestling business when she was introduced to Minneapolis independent promoter Eddie Sharkey. An international superstar and a multiple-time world champion in both WWE and World Championship Wrestling, Madusa is one of the most accomplished women’s competitors of all time.īorn Debra Ann Miceli in Milan, Italy, and a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Madusa began her wrestling career in 1984. Madusa is a femme fatale whose killer body is matched only by her killer instinct in the squared circle.
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