Barbie Blank
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| Ring name(s) | Barbie Blank Kelly Kelly |
| Billed height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 108 lb (49 kg)[1] |
| Born | January 15, 1987[2] Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
| Resides | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Trained by | OVW staff |
| Debut | June 13, 2006 |
Barbara Jean "Barbie" Blank (born January 15, 1987[2]) better known by her ring name Kelly Kelly is an American model and professional wrestling valet, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on its ECW brand.[1]
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[edit] Career
[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment
[edit] Ohio Valley Wrestling
Blank was a bikini model for Hawaiian Tropic[3] and Venus Swimwear when World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis offered her a developmental contract with WWE.[4] Despite having no previous wrestling experience she accepted the contract and was assigned to the WWE's "farm territory", Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) for training. Even after being called up to WWE's main roster, she continued to fly to Louisville, Kentucky once a week to work OVW shows, first as a ring announcer and referee then as a wrestler.[5] One of her first matches took place at the September 6 OVW TV tapings where she participated in a Women's battle royal won by ODB.[6]
[edit] ECW
Blank debuted for the ECW brand as Kelly Kelly on the first episode of the weekly television program - June 13, 2006[7] - becoming the youngest diva on the WWE roster. Her character, an exhibitionist, debuted on the show performing a striptease for the crowd.[7] The next week, while performing another striptease, Kelly was interrupted by her (kayfabe) boyfriend, Mike Knox, who came to the stage and covered her with a towel before dragging her backstage.[8] This became a weekly segment known as Kelly's Exposé and usually followed the same routine – Kelly would dance/give a striptease, then get interrupted by Knox who was upset by her exhibitionism and constant showing of her body to others.[9] [10] From there Kelly became Knox's de facto valet when he began "forcing" her to accompany him to ringside so he could keep an eye on her during his matches. As a result she found herself involved in the feud developing between Mike Knox and partner Test with Tommy Dreamer and his partner the Sandman, including being dragged into the ring and spanked by Dreamer and inadvertently hit with a cane by Sandman[11] when Knox used her as a shield. She made her ECW in-ring debut at the August 22, 2006 edition of ECW on Sci-Fi in a losing effort as part of a six-person Mixed tag team match which saw herself, Knox, and Test lose to Dreamer, Sandman and Torrie Wilson, in what became the blow off match for the feud.[12] Following this feud Kelly started to show interest in ECW wrestler CM Punk - congratulating him on wins [13] and watching his matches from the entryway/crowd [14] - causing Knox to become increasingly protective and jealous. Things came to a head when Kelly dressed as CM Punk for ECW's "Halloween Costume Contest"[15], enraging Knox, and leading to a match between the two, during which she cheered for Punk.[16]
Kelly and Knox had their pay-per-view debut at December to Dismember, taking on Ariel and Kevin Thorn in a mixed tag match. During the course of the match Knox refused to allow Kelly to tag him in and eventually abandoned her altogether, leaving her to be beaten badly by Ariel.[17] On the following edition of ECW on Sci Fi , Kelly defeated Ariel with a roll-up in her first ECW singles match. After the match, Knox made his way to the ring with flowers, only to throw them in Kelly's face and hit her with his signature swinging reverse STO[18], ending their relationship and (kayfabe) injuring her, taking her off the show for six weeks. She returned to ECW on Sci Fi on January 16, 2007 to cut a promo announcing she was newly single and bringing back "Kelly's Exposé", but was interrupted by Matt Striker who insulted her intelligence. She was invited to stay at ringside for his match against CM Punk, which she did, and helped Punk to victory by exposing her breasts to Striker -- without Punk's knowledge -- and distracting him long enough to be caught in a back slide.[19] The next week she debuted a spin off of her previous Exposé segments, bringing Brooke Adams and Layla El to dance with her as Extreme Exposé.[20] The group, and their dancing, became a weekly segment on ECW television.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c WWE.com TV Shows > ECW > Superstars > Kelly Kelly > Profile. Retrieved on April 7, 2007.
- ^ a b In the December 2006 issue of WWE Magazine, page 89, it is stated that Kelly Kelly's birth date is December 1, however, on her MySpace blog, she stated that it is a printing error, and the actual day is January 15. An excerpt: "...I know in the WWE Magazine it says its my birthday on Decmber [sic] 1st i [sic] think they made a printing mistake becuase [sic] my real bitrthday [sic] is January 15th...".
- ^ Bikini Models of Hawaiian Tropic > Barbie Blank. Retrieved on April 7, 2007.
- ^ Obsessed with Wrestling profile. Retrieved on April 7, 2007.
- ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - 2006 OVW results. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “June 23 - ODB b Shelley Martinez with Kelly (ECW) as referee”
- ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - 2006 OVW results. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “September 6 - ODB won a Battle Royal to retain the Women's title (Including: Beth Phoenix, Ariel [aka Shelly Martinez], Serena, Roni Jonah, Melody [aka Fujicakes], Katie Lea [aka Nikita], Kelly Kelly & Tori)”
- ^ a b Obsessed with Wrestling - ECW results - June 13, 2006. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “ON STAGE: ECW Vixen Kelly (aka Barbie Blank) stripped but had trouble undoing her bra.”
- ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - ECW results - June 20, 2006. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “ON STAGE: ECW Vixen Kelly.
Kelly stripped down to her panties and covered her breasts with her hands while dancing seductively.
A new guy (played by Mike Knox) came out and covered her up” - ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - ECW results - June 27, 2006. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “After the match, Kelly did her strip tease expose for the third week in a row until Mike Knox stopped it.”
- ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - ECW results - July 4, 2006. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “Before the match, Kelly presented her weekly "Expose" which was quickly squashed by her boyfriend Mike Knox.”
- ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - ECW results - July 18, 2006. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “Mike Knox then wrestled Sandman for several minutes until Sandman missed Knox with the cane and whacked Kelly!!”
- ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - ECW results - August 22, 2006. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “6-PERSON TAG MATCH: Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman & Torrie Wilson beat Test & Mike Knox & Kelly Kelly.”
- ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - ECW results - September 12, 2006. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “Kelly Kelly said she was a big fan of C.M. Punk and started flirting with him wanting to go out..”
- ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - ECW results - September 12, 2006. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “Kelly Kelly was shown standing in the crowd watching C.M. Punk until her boyfriend Mike Knox dragged her away..”
- ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - ECW results - October 31, 2006. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST: Kelly Kelly (as C.M. Punk) vs Trinity (with police tape) vs Ariel (as herself)...”
- ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - ECW results - November 7, 2006. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “GRUDGE MATCH: C.M. Punk defeated Mike Knox w/Kelly Kelly.
Kelly Kelly was at ringside in Mike Knox's corner but she was conflicted and cheering 100% in C.M. Punk's favour..” - ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - December to Dismember 2006 results. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “Mike Knox dropped off the ring apron and walked out on Kelly Kelly..”
- ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - ECW results - December 05, 2006. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “Ariel went absolutely crazy punching Kelly Kelly but 30 seconds later Kelly pinned Ariel with a quick roll-up..
Mike Knox then grabbed Kelly Kelly and gave her a modified swinging neck-breaker -- Tazz ran into the ring..” - ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - ECW results - January 16, 2007. Retrieved on April 7, 2007.
- ^ Obsessed with Wrestling - ECW results - January 16, 2007. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “IN THE RING: Extreme Expose (Kelly Kelly & Layla El & Brooke Adams) danced and completely killed the crowd..”
