Quick
Highlights
---Debut 2000
--World
Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) 2006-2007
---Total Non
stop action (TNA) 2007-2008
---Worked for
Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW), Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), Women Extreme
Wrestling (WEW)
---Appear on The
Search for the Next Elvira
---Mötley Crüe
music video for "Saints of Los Angeles
JM: Were you
ever a fan of pro wrestling growing up? And if so, who were some of your
favorites?
SM: Undertaker,
Hogan, Ultimate Warrior
JM: When you
were trained, what were some of the advice that stuck with you throughout your
career?
SM: Tuck your
chin!!
JM:
How did the deal come about for you to work with WWE?
SM: Well, I
wanted to be a wrestler forever but did not know how to go about getting into
wrestling. I would run my mouth in hopes people on sets or photo shoots I had
would remember that I loved wrestling and the two would meet. One day I got
booked on a low budget film about wrestling. They used local wrestlers and then
the info I craved was now being fed to me. I trained and did the indy's and
still hadn't had a chance to get WWE's attention. I am friends with Jesse James
and one day he asked me why I wasn't there yet. I told him I didn't know how
and the next thing I knew I got a call from Johnny Ace and my relationship with
WWE began!!
JM: What were
some of your memories working for WWE?
SM: Geez there
were so many!! I would have to say one day that will always be a fond memory is
on a tour in Nottingham, England that consist of me, Dolph Zigler, Thorn,
Melina, John Morrison, Jeff Hardy, Carlito and, well that's all I can remember
(hehe) partying so much and having so much fun that we were being terrors in
the wee hours of the night in the streets of Nottingham :)
JM:
There were Internet reports that Batista is the reason you were released from
WWE, can you shed some light on this matter?
SM: He was
disrespectful towards me not only as a woman but as a person so I defended
myself. However, if that situation did not happen I def wouldn't be who I am
today so if I could go back in time I wouldn't change a thing.
JM: How would you compare the good and the bad
working for both WWE and TNA?
SM: There are
two totally different areas of my life I cannot compare. The only thing that I
can compare is the pay. I would have liked to have made a little bit more in
TNA then I did but I also understand they do not have the budget WWE does.
JM:
Which did you prefer a WWE Diva or a TNA Knock-out?
SM: Either works
for me. It's all a work, it is not real. Diva, Knock-out, same game different
station.
JM:
So cal Val stated in an interview with me last year that you and she had a lot
of fun backstage and always getting into wacky predicaments, can you share one
example of what she means?
SM: Man, there
are so many!! We would sneak off and go on rides and we have been known to
accidentally have some cocktails at the parks pub hehe
JM:
You quit TNA to per sue a career in acting, will wrestling be no more in your
future?
SM: I am not
certain "what the future holds" but I can say that I do not plan to
be involved in wrestling right now.
JM: You along
with other former WWE Divas went to Iraq to perform for the troops not to long
along, how was that experience for you?
SM: If not for
nothing the one thing I can always bank on is that due to my time in the WWE I
got to go to Afghanistan and have my whole world change forever. For that I
will ALWAYS be grateful to the WWE.
JM: Name Game?
Melina= talented
Beth Phoenix=
powerful
Mickey James=
smile
Francine=
roomie!!
Kelly Kelly=
Bumblebee
Christy Hemme=
beautiful
Kevin Thorn=
rebirth
Amazing Kong=
Amazing!!
Jacquelyn=
Strong
Batista= lost
LAX= YAY!!
Vince McMahon =
mortal
JM:
Any advice for fans who want to follow there dreams?
SM: Always chase
your dreams but never compromise who you are to be what you want. After all, if
you have to sell yourself short to gain what you want it was never yours to
begin with.
JM: Closing
thoughts?
SM: I would like
to thank everyone who has given me their support!! It touches my heart that so
many take the time out of their lives to be a part of mine. Without wrestling I
wouldn't be who I am today. I wouldn't change who I am today for anything in
the world. Please visit my site shellymartinez.com and join my on my crazy
Goonie adventures!!
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