Melissa Maughn

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Melissa Taylor
21st Century Fox.jpg
21st Century Fox in June 2008
BornAugust 27 [1]
Montreal, Quebec, Canada [1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name 21st Century Fox [1]
Billed height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [1] [2]
Billed weight135 lb (61 kg) [1] [2]
Billed fromMontreal, Quebec, Canada [2]
Trained bySid Summers [2]
Ion Croitoru [3]
Debut2002 [1]

Melissa Taylor [1] [4] (born Melissa Maughn, August 27) is a Canadian professional wrestler best known by her ring name 21st Century Fox.

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Professional wrestling career

Maughn was originally trained by Sid Summers in Cambridge, Ontario. [2]

Pure Wrestling Association

In October 2005, Maughn was defeated by Misty Haven in the finals of the Pure Wrestling Association's (PWA) Women's Elite 8 Cup Tournament. [5]

Maughn won the PWA's Elite Women's Championship for the first time in 2005 from Cheerleader Melissa. [1] In March 2006, Maughn dropped the title to Melissa, [1] but she regained it in a triple threat match against Melissa and Misty Haven. [6] She defended it against Haven on July 22, 2006, at PWA's One Year Anniversary Show. [7] Maughn also retained her title in a match against Tiana Ringer before losing it to Aurora in July. [1] Maughn, however, regained the title the same night. [1] She also traded the title with Misty Haven and defended it against challengers such as Miss Danyah and Portia Perez. [1]

In September 2006, she defeated Ivory in a wedding veil on a pole match with special guest referee Molly Holly. [1] [2] In April 2007, she defended her title against April Hunter. [1]

Other promotions

In late 2005, she participated in CIWA North's first women's wrestling match. [1] She won a tag team match with Angel Williams against Tracy Brooks and Elmira the Iron Maiden. [1] Maughn had a tryout match with World Wrestling Entertainment in September 2006. [8]

A month later, in November, she participated in Great Canadian Wrestling's W.I.L.D. Tournament but lost to Sirelda, the eventual winner of the tournament. [1] [9] In the 2007 tournament, she was defeated in the first round by Portia Perez. [1]

Personal life

Maughn has an older brother. [6] In high school, she played on the girls' football team for three years. [2] [6]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "21st Century Fox". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mata, Shiai (2006). "Q & A: 21st Century Fox" . Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  3. ↑ "Singles Wrestlers". Great Lakes Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
  4. ↑ "Melissa Taylor". Facebook .
  5. ↑ Baines, Tim (October 16, 2005). "An intimate look at WWE diva Victoria". Ottawa Sun. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "21st Century Fox". GLORY Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  7. ↑ Hulet, Marc (July 12, 2006). "PWA marks one-year anniversary". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  8. ↑ Baines, Tim (September 10, 2006). "Who's got the skills to be the next champ?". Ottawa Sun. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  9. ↑ "GCW W.I.L.D. Championship". Great Canadian Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
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