Melissa Coates
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| Ring name(s) | Melissa Coates Coates Rack (on Extreme Dodgeball) Bag Lady (DSW) |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in |
| Weight | 150 lb |
| Born | June 18, 1971 Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Resides | McDonough, Georgia |
| Billed from | Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada |
| Trained by | Killer Kowalski, Ultimate University |
| Debut | 2002 |
Melissa Coates (born June 18, 1971) is a professional wrestler, fitness model, and bodybuilder currently working for Deep South Wrestling, LLC.
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[edit] Career
Coates had a developmental contract with the World Wrestling Entertainment(WWE), before leaving the company to work for wXw. She was regularly working for Ohio Valley Wrestling. Coates appeared at WWE Backlash 2005, during the "Masterlock Challenge" segment. She is now working for Deep South Wrestling.
[edit] In wrestling
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
- Coates Rack (Argentine backbreaker rack)
- Gorilla press slam
- Front powerslam
[edit] Trivia
- Coates can bench press 250 pounds.
- She appeared in the first two seasons of the GSN show Extreme Dodgeball.
- She was a Jr. Canadian tennis champion .
- Training with weights to help with her tennis performance led to her interest in bodybuilding.
- She once made a guest appearance in Carmen Electra's NWWL.
- Her debut match in the PGWA in 2005 was versus Macaela Mercedes, who shortly thereafter entered the WWE as Jillian Hall.
- Coates formerly dated WWE wrestler Gene Snitsky.
[edit] Contest history (bodybuilding)
- 1991 Windsor Physique - 1st LW & Overall
- 1992 Eastern Ontario - 1st MW & Overall
- 1993 Ontario - 1st MW & Overall
- 1994 Canadian Nationals - 1st MW
- 1996 Jan Tana Classic - 1st
- 1996 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 9th
- 1997 IFBB Ms. International - 6th
- 1997 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 11th
- 1999 IFBB Ms. International - 13th
