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Kristal Marshall 💋

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Most Beloved WWE Wrestler Tournament

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Greatest African American Women Wrestlers of the WWE

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Deep South Wrestling was WWE's developmental territory from 2005 - 2007.

2006

January 12 - Angel Williams vs Tracy Taylor

March 9 - Michelle McCool vs Tracy Taylor

June 15 - Kristal Marshall vs Tracy Taylor

June 22 - Tracy Taylor vs Krissy Vaine

June 29 - Tracy Taylor & Mike Taylor vs Krissy Vaine & Matt Striker

August 3 - Krissy Vaine vs Tracy Taylor 

August 10 - Krissy Vaine vs Shantelle Taylor

October 5 - Tracy Taylor & Shantelle Taylor vs Krissy Vaine & Angel Williams

November 9 - Angel Williams vs Tracy Taylor

2007

January 4 - Brooke vs Angel Williams

January 11 - Angel Williams vs Shantelle Taylor

January 18 - Angel Williams & Shantelle Taylor vs Luscious & Tracy Taylor

February 8 - Angel Williams vs Krissy Vaine

February 22 - Angel Williams vs Melissa Coates

March 8 - Krissy Vaine vs Nattie Neidhart

March 15 - Krissy Vaine & Angel Williams vs Nattie Neidhart & Krissy Vaine

April 5 - Nattie Neidhart vs Krissy Vaine

April 12 - Nattie Neidhart & Shantelle Taylor vs Krissy Vaine & Angel Williams

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TW: Suicide , Death , Sexual Assault/Harassment

She’s So Lucky, She’s A Star: The Life And Death of Ashley Massaro

Five years ago today , former WWE Diva , Actress, Reality Show Star , and Model, Ashley Massaro was found dead.

Ashley Massaro was born in New York City, New York on May 26, 1979 to Ronnie and Barbara Massaro. Her father , brother , and uncle competed in amateur wrestling in Babylon, New York, where she would spend the majority of her childhood. Massaro would finish high school in 1997 at John Glenn High School in Elwood , New York and soon furthering her education with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, following it with a minor degree in Business from the State University of New York Albany before starting her career in the modeling industry.

Ashley Massaro started her modeling career by competing in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Beauty Pageants. She won the title of Miss Hawaiian Tropic USA in 2002 and the same title for the Canada branch of the brand in 2004. She also posed for magazines such as Stuff, FHM, and Maxim before signing with WWE and posing for the cover of Playboy. However , she did pose for the magazine in 2003 and 2004. She auditioned for Playboy scouts when they were auditioning aspiring models for the 50th Anniversary Playmate Hunt. She also posed for Femme Fatales and Flex Magazines.

Massaro’s big break came in 2005 when she entered the WWE RAW Diva Search. She entered the search when she met with a WWE casting agent during a swimsuit competition. She won the competition after beating out seven other women. Her prize was $250,000 and a one year contract with the wrestling company. She was attacked by Torrie Wilson and Candice Michelle on RAW a week later as a way to ‘ welcome ’ her to WWE. Alongside their enforcer, Victoria, they were known as Vince’s Devils, a stable of Divas who named themselves after WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon. Massaro made her debut alongside her trainer and friend, Trish Stratus, to help defeat the stable. Ashley soon had an another big feud, against Mickie James , who was also debuting around the same time as her. Stratus and James were in a storyline where Mickie was an obsessed fan of Trish. Thus, Ashley was thrown in there as Trish’s friend and was always attacked and losing matches thanks to Mickie’s jealousy and obsession with Trish.

Nevertheless , during the 2006 WWE Draft , she was drafted to Smackdown and soon became a valet for the tag team of Brian Kendrick and Paul London. She made her debut for the brand alongside Jillian Hall in a tag team match against Michelle McCool and Kristal Marshall. Massaro did have two well known matches. She faced Melina for the WWE Women’s Championship at Wrestlemania 23 and a Playboy Lumberjill match at Wrestlemania 24.

In 2007, Massaro was the Diva to be chosen to be on the cover of Playboy Magazine. She also posed for a few magazines and starred in music videos as well as making a few appearances in TV shows. Ashley doing Playboy led her to be in a storyline with Jillian Hall, who became jealous of her popularity due to the magazine. She asked for her release from the company in 2008 to go take care of her young daughter, Alexa, who was sick at the time.

Ashley Massaro was a contestant on Survivor: China in 2007. She had a feud with another contestant on the show, Dave Cruser. They were both assigned to the Zhan Zu tribe. She was eliminated in the second episode of the show. The same year, Massaro and fellow WWE Wrestler, Kane, made guest appearances on the show, Smallville. She also appeared on the Fuse TV show , ‘ The Sauce ’. Massaro and a few other women’s wrestlers starred in Timbaland’s music video for his song , ‘ Throw It On Me ’. The following year , she was in the video for the band, Rev Theory, and their song , ‘ Hell Yeah ’. She also made her video game debut in Smackdown vs RAW 2008 and was added in the game the same year. She also was on Extreme Makeover : Home Edition with John Cena and Batista and as Danny Bonaduce’s personal trainer in Breaking Bonaduce. She also hosted a few episodes of Wild On! for the E! Entertainment Network in 2003. She returned to wrestling in 2017 on the independent circuit as a manager alongside Jillian Hall. They both worked for Zero1 Professional Wrestling USA. She spent the last part of her life as a radio DJ in 2018 in Long Island.

Massaro joined a Class Action Lawsuit against WWE in 2016 alongside another wrestler. This suit claimed that Vince McMahon concealed the risks of being injured to the point of neurological damage. She also stated that she was Sexually Assaulted during a WWE tour of a military base in Kuwait. McMahon told her not to report it as a way to keep the WWE ‘s reputation and relationship with the military going. She also stated that she was harassed by McMahon himself . She claimed that she saw him making out with other Divas and believed he tried to ruin her career after she rejected his advances.

Massaro struggled with her mental health in her later years. She didn’t show up for work on May 15, 2019 going into May 16 after replying to some fan mail. She was found unresponsive by paramedics at her home in Smithtown , New York. She was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after. Ashley Massaro left behind her daughter , Alexa , her mother , Barbara, and her brother , Ronnie. Her cause of death was Suicide by hanging. Her death sparked a conversation about mental health in the wrestling business just as fellow wrestlers’ , Hana Kimura’s and Daffney’s did. Ashley Massaro is buried at St.James Episcopal Church Graveyard in Saint James , New York.

My Final Thoughts:

Ashley Massaro was an amazing wrestler. I loved watching her as a kid and was devastated when she died. To me, she deserved so much better than how she was treated in WWE. I wish she would’ve reached out about her mental health. I also wish people believed her when she spoke about the trauma she went through. I know I believe her. Ashley, I am so sorry you had to go through Hell. I and many others will fight for you to get justice. We miss and love you!

Please reach out if you need a friend to talk to. I’ll do my best to try and help. You’re loved and you’re needed in this world!

Love You All My Readers,

- Kay

If You Or Someone You Know Is Struggling:

Suicide Hotline : 988

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Shout out to my sisters of color in wrestling who was told to "Fix their attitudes" just for standing up for themselves or get the short end of the stick while still doing their jobs.

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Kristal Marshall 💞

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Ashley Massaro & Layla El vs. Jillian Hall & Kristal Marshall • WWE Smackdown, 12/22/06

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World Wrestling Entertainment 2006

January 2 - Maria vs Victoria (RAW)

January 8 - Trish Stratus vs Mickie James (New Years Revolution)

January 8 - Victoria vs Candice Michelle vs Maria vs Torrie Wilson vs Ashley Massaro vs Mae Young & Fabulous Moolah (New Years Revolution)

January 9 - Ashley Massaro vs Trish Stratus (RAW)

January 16 - Victoria, Candice Michelle & Torrie Wilson vs Trish Stratus, Mickie James & Ashley Massaro (RAW)

January 23 - Trish Stratus & Ashley Massaro vs Candice Michelle & Victoria (RAW)

January 29 - Ashley Massaro vs Mickie James (Royal Rumble)

February 6 - Ashley Massaro vs Mickie James (RAW)

February 6 - Lita & Edge vs Maria & John Cena (RAW)

February 13 - Torrie Wilson vs Ashley Massaro (RAW)

February 20 - Candice Michelle vs Ashley Massaro vs Torrie Wilson vs Mickie James vs Maria vs Victoria (RAW)

February 27 - Candice Michelle vs Trish Stratus (RAW)

March 6 - Lita vs Maria (RAW)

March 10 - Jillian Hall vs Kristal Marshall (Smackdown)

March 13 - Trish Stratus vs Victoria (RAW)

March 17 - Jillian Hall & William Regal vs Kristal Marshall & Paul Birchill (Smackdown)

March 18 - Candice Michelle & Victoria vs Mickie James & Trish Stratus (SNME)

March 20 - Victoria vs Torrie Wilson (RAW)

March 27 - Trish Stratus & Torrie Wilson vs Candice Michelle & Victoria  (RAW)

April 2 - Trish Stratus vs Mickie James (Wrestlemania)

April 2 - Torrie Wilson vs Candice Michelle (Wrestlemania)

April 2 - Queen Sharmell & Booker T vs Boogeyman (Wrestlemania)

April 3 - Trish Stratus & Torrie Wilson vs Mickie James & Candice Michelle (RAW)

April 10 - Mickie James vs Maria (RAW)

April 30 - Trish Stratus vs Mickie James (Backlash)

May 1 - Maria & Torrie Wilson vs VIctoria & Mickie James (RAW)

May 8 - Mickie James vs Maria (RAW)

May 12 - Torrie Wilson & Viscera vs Victoria & Rob Conway (Heat)

May 19 - Jillian Hall, Paul London & Brian Kendrick vs Melina & MNM (Smackdown)

May 21 - Jillian Hall vs Melina (Judgement Day)

May 22 - Torrie Wilson vs Mickie James (RAW)

May 26 - Victoria vs Melissa Anderson (Heat)

May 29 - Torrie Wilson & Beth Phoenix vs Candice Michelle & Victoria (RAW)

June 2 - Jillian Hall vs Kristal Marshall (Smackdown)

June 5 - Victoria vs Beth Phoenix (RAW)

June 7 - Mickie James vs Jazz (WWE vs ECW Head to Head)

June 11 - Lita, Edge & Mick Foley vs Beulah McGillicutty, Tommy Dreamer & Terry Funk (ECW One Night Stand)

June 12 - Torrie Wilson vs Candice Michelle (RAW)

June 16 - Victoria vs Mercedes Martinez (Heat)

June 19 - Torrie Wilson & Maria vs Candice Michelle & Mickie James (RAW)

June 26 - Trish Stratus vs Mickie James (RAW)

July 3 - Lita vs Torrie Wilson (RAW)

July 10 - Melina vs Trish Stratus (RAW)

July 15 - Trish Stratus & Carlito vs Melina & Johnny Nitro (SNME)

July 15 - Bull Riding (SNME)

July 17 - Torrie Wilson & Trish Stratus vs Mickie James & Victoria (RAW)

July 21 - Jillian Hall & Ashley Massaro vs Kirstal Marshall & Michelle McCool (Smackdown)

July 23 - Michelle McCool vs Kristal vs Ashley Massaro vs Jillian Hall (Great American Bash)

July 24 - Mickie James vs Candice Michelle (RAW)

July 28 - Jillian Hall vs Michelle McCool (Smackdown)

July 28 - Victoria vs Torrie Wilson (Heat)

July 31 - Trish Stratus & Candice Michelle vs Victoria & Mickie James (RAW)

August 4 - Kirstal Marshall vs Ashley Massaro (Smackdown)

August 7 - Trish Stratus vs Mickie James (RAW)

August 7 - Trish Stratus & Carlito vs Lita & Edge (RAW)

August 14 - Lita vs Mickie James (RAW)

August 14 - Candice Michelle, Victoria & Torrie WiIson vs Diva Search (RAW)

August 21 - Trish Stratus vs Victoria (RAW)

August 22 - Kelly Kelly, Test & Mike Knox vs Torrie Wilson, Sandman & Tommy Dreamer (ECW)

August 25 - Kristal Marshall vs Jillian Hall (Smackdown)

August 28 - Torrie Wilson vs Candice Michelle (RAW)

August 28 - Lita vs Mickie James (RAW)

September 4 - Lita, Edge & Randy Orton vs Trish Stratus, Carlito & John Cena (RAW)

September 8 - Ashley Massaro, Paul London & Brian Kendrick vs Michelle McCool, KC James & Idol Stevens (Smackdown)

September 8.- Mickie James vs Torrie Wilson (Heat)

September 11 - Trish Stratus vs Mickie James (RAW)

September 17 - Trish Stratus vs Lita (Unforgiven)

September 18 - Lita vs Candice Michelle (RAW)

September 25 - Lita vs Candice Michelle (RAW)

September 26 - Ariel vs Francine (ECW)

October 2 - Victoria vs Mickie James (RAW)

October 6 - Michelle McCool vs Ashley Massaro (Smackdown)

October 9 - Melina vs Torrie Wilson (RAW)

October 16 - Torrie Wilson vs Maria vs Candice Michelle vs Victoria (RAW)

October 23 - Mickie James vs Melina (RAW)

October 27 - Michelle McCool vs Layla vs Ashley Massaro vs Jillian Hall vs Kristal Marshall  (Smackdown)

October 30 - Lita vs Maria (RAW)

November 3 - Kristal Marshall & The Miz vs Layla & Vito (Smackdown)

November 5 - Mickie James vs Lita (Cyber Sunday)

November 6 - Maria vs Umaga (RAW)

November 6 - Mickie James vs Lita (RAW)

November 13 - Mickie James vs Lita (RAW)

November 17 - Kristal Marshall & The Miz vs Boogeyman (Smackdown)

November 20 - Mickie James vs Lita (RAW)

November 26 - Mickie James vs Lita (Survivor Series)

November 27 - Melina vs Victoria vs Candice Michelle vs Torrie Wilson vs Maria (RAW)

December 1 - Kristal Marshall vs Layla (Smackdown)

December 3 - Kelly Kelly & Mike Knox vs Ariel & Kevin Thorne (December to Dismember)

December 4 - Victoria vs Maria (RAW)

December 5 - Kelly Kelly vs Ariel (ECW)

December 11 - Torrie Wilson vs Victoria (RAW)

December 18 - Victoria vs Mickie James (RAW)

December 22 - Layla & Ashley Massaro vs Kristal Marshall & Jillian Hall (Smackdown)

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