Maryse Ouellet
From Pro Wrestling
| Maryse Ouellet | |||
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| Ring Names | Maryse Maryse Ouellet | ||
| Height | 173 cm | ||
| Weight | 52 kg | ||
| Born | January 21, 1983 | ||
| Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||
| Died: | |||
| Resides | Hollywood, California, United States | ||
| Billed from | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Trained by | Ohio Valley Wrestling Florida Championship Wrestling | ||
| Debut | July 10,2006 | ||
| Retired | |||
Maryse Ouellet (born January 21, 1983) is a French Canadian Glamour Model and professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand.
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Career
Modeling
Ouellet began her career as a Beauty pageant contestant, winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada in 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, 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
Diva Search
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."
Ohio Valley Wrestling / Florida Championship Wrestling
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".
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 turning heel. 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 Michelle 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.[4] 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.[5] A few weeks later, Maryse reinjured her nose when running into the corner to dodge a crossbody from Maria, Maria's boot hit Maryse along the face, hitting her nose.
Maryse lost in her first title match for the WWE Divas Championship against Michelle McCool at 2008 Unforgiven, this has resulted in a feud between the two Divas. She then came up short once again in title rematch on SmackDown! On the September 24, 2008 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 and managed to eliminate Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, and Candice Michelle before losing to Beth Phoenix via the Glam Slam. At Armageddon, Maryse participated in the eight Diva Santa's Little Helper match in a losing effort. On the December 19th edition of SmackDown!, Maryse defeated Maria in a Number 1 Contender for the WWE Divas Championship. On the December 26th edition of Smackdown!, Maryse defeated Michelle McCool to win the Diva's Championship for the first time. Maryse is out of the WWE with a knee injury she picked up in late 2008, there is no date for her return.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- French Kiss (Snap DDT with hair flip)
- French TKO(Heel kick)
- Corner foot choke
- Forward Russian legsweep
- Modified figure four leglock
- Roll-through into a Camel Clutch
- Spinning side slam backbreaker
- Single leg Boston crab
- Three-quarter facelock
- Nicknames
- The French Canadian Beauty
- The Sexiest of the Sexy
- The Sultry Diva
- Entrance themes
- "All Summer Long" - Production theme
- "Gimme More" - Britney Spears (OVW)
- "Lounge Lizard" - Production theme
- "Ooh Oui" by Jim Johnston
Championships and accomplishments
See also
- Maryse Ouellet’s career history
- Maryse Ouellet’s event history
- Maryse Ouellet’s gimmicks
- Significant Storylines
- Playboy Pictures
