| Melissa Taylor | |
|---|---|
 21st Century Fox in June 2008 | |
| Born | August 27 [1] Montreal, Quebec, Canada [1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | 21st Century Fox [1] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [1] [2] |
| Billed weight | 135 lb (61 kg) [1] [2] |
| Billed from | Montreal, Quebec, Canada [2] |
| Trained by | Sid Summers [2] Ion Croitoru [3] |
| Debut | 2002 [1] |
Melissa Taylor [1] [4] (born Melissa Maughn, August 27) is a Canadian professional wrestler best known as her ring name 21st Century Fox.
Maughn was originally trained by Sid Summers in Cambridge, Ontario. [2]
In October 2005, Maughn was defeated by Misty Haven in the finals of the Pure Wrestling Association (PWA)'s 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]
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 eventually winner of the tournament. [1] [9] In the 2007 tournament, she was defeated in the first round by Portia Perez. [1]
Maughn has an older brother. [6] In high school, she played on the girls' football team for three years. [2] [6]
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