Melissa Anderson
- This article is about a professional wrestler. For the actress, see Melissa Sue Anderson. For the soap opera character, see Melissa Anderson (fiction)
| Melissa Anderson | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Cheerleader Melissa Angelica Beth |
| Billed height | 5'8"[1] |
| Billed weight | 142 lbs[1] |
| Born | August 17 1982 Los Angeles, California |
| Trained by | Christopher Daniels Robert Thompson Bryan Danielson Mariko Yoshida |
| Debut | 1998 |
Melissa Anderson (born August 17 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Cheerleader Melissa.
Wrestling career
Melissa is one of the few second-generation female wrestlers. Her father, Doug Anderson, wrestled professionally before her in the early 1980s. Before she took up professional wrestling, Melissa wrestled on her high school's [Paul VI High school] amateur wrestling team. She got her start from her father's former tag team partner Billy Anderson (no relation) and Jesse Hernandez and was trained by him briefly in 1998. Melissa's first match was on August 17 1999 (which happened to be her birthday) against Lexie Fyfe in Douglas, Wyoming.[2]
Melissa got her cheerleading gimmick when she accidentally went to a party in the costume. some one had misinformed her and she looked like an idiot. She credits them with helping her in the ring when she was first starting out.[3] She also received training from Christopher Daniels for a short period of time before moving on to All Pro Wrestling where she trained under the tutelage of Robert Thompson and Bryan Danielson.[2][4]
Melissa was personally invited, along with Taylor Matheny, to wrestle and train for three months at Arsion, a prestigious wrestling promotion in Tokyo, Japan.[2] Her favorite matches she worked in Arsion were a 15-minute draw against Rie Tamada and her loss to Mariko Yoshida.[3]
Most recently, Melissa has been wrestling for SHIMMER Women Athletes,[5] among many other independent promotions. Melissa has been involved in all seven of the ChickFight tournaments; she won the fifth (on June 24, 2006) and the seventh tournaments. In the first round of the ChickFight tournaments she is 5-0-2.[6]
On the May 26 (taped May 22) 2006 edition of WWE.com Heat Melissa wrestled in a match against Victoria in Las Vegas, Nevada under the name Melissa Anderson. Melissa lost to a Widow's Peak.[7] Melissa has also participated in WWE workouts against Ivory, Molly Holly, and Jazz.[2] One night before her Heat match, she wrestled in two matches (against Allison Danger and MsChif, respectively) for SHIMMER in Chicago, Illinois.[8]
On January 7 2007, Anderson won Pro Wrestling World-1's Queen's Cup tournament, earning herself a number one contendership for the AWA World Women's Championship.[9] Though known for touring Japan, Melissa also toured the United Kingdom in that same month. On the tour, she won the seventh ChickFight tournament,[10] and competed at Real Quality Wrestling's No Pain, No Gain 2007, where she faced MsChif and Eden Black in an unsuccessful attempt to take Black's RQW Women's Championship.[11]
Wrestling facts
- Finishing and Signature Moves
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- Kudo Driver (Vertebreaker)
- Air Raid Crash
- Inverted cloverleaf
- Belly to back suplex
- Bridging evasion
- Complete shot
- Dropkick
- Elbow drop
- Elbow smash / Flying forearm smash
- Forward Russian legsweep
- Frankensteiner
- Bridging German Suplex
- Japanese arm drag
- Knife edged chop
- Kneeling side slam
- Lariat
- Moonsault
- Overhead Belly to belly suplex
- Samoan drop
- Swinging neckbreaker
- Wheelbarrow into an armdrag
Championships and accomplishments
- All Pro Wrestling
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- Future Legend Title
- Pure Wrestling Association
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- PWA Elite Women's Championship
Personal life
When not wrestling, Melissa works security at a department store and as a personal secretary.[2]
Her favorite opponents include Mariko Yoshida, Wesna, and Tiffany.[13]
Melissa won Attack of the Show's "MySpace Girl of the Week" contest on September 6, 2006. She appeared on the show in person rather than the usual via webcam format and went on to participate in later segments of the show. Video of the appearance can be found on the G4 website.
References
- ^ a b Shimmer Roster.
- ^ a b c d e Oliver, Greg. "Cheerleader Melissa has moved past the pom-poms", Slam! Sports, 26 July 2004.
- ^ a b CageMatch - Interview with Cheerleader Melissa.
- ^ G.L.O.R.Y. Biography.
- ^ SHIMMER roster.
- ^ a b c d ChickFight results.
- ^ WWE.com Heat archives.
- ^ Vetter, Chris. "5/21 Shimmer tapings in Berwyn, Ill.", PWTorch.com, 23 May 2006.
- ^ ZERO1-MAX news.
- ^ Allen, Stewart. "ChickFight 7 Live Report AKA the greatest night I had all time, all my life", Figure 4 Weekly Online, 14 January 2007.
- ^ RPQ "No Pain, No Gain" 2007 results.
- ^ a b Kociaba, Bill. "CAC Honors A Future Star of the Squared Circle", CauliflowerAlleyClub.org, 29 January 2005.
- ^ Ten Questions With... Cheerleader Melissa.
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