Mickie James (born August 31, 1979 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American professional wrestler. James was signed to a developmental contract by World Wrestling Entertainment in October 2003. In October 2005 she was promoted to the main roster and assigned to the RAW brand. She is the current WWE Women's Champion in her first reign, after defeating Trish Stratus at WrestleMania 22. She wrestled many years using the ring name Alexis Laree. **** Ring name(s) Mickie James, Alexis Laree, Superball, Vicki Adams, Queen Alexis Height 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) Weight 124 lb (54 kg) Born August 31, 1979 Richmond, Virginia Trained by Dory Funk, Jr., KYDA Pro Training School Debut 1999 Career Alexis Laree made her professional debut in the summer of 1999 as a ring valet for KYDA Pro Wrestling in Manassas, Virginia. She started out managing some of the most popular stars in the promotion such as Steve Corino and Tommy Dreamer, but eventually found herself being drawn into feuds with other wrestlers and their valets and managers. Eventually Laree chose to step into the ring as a wrestler herself. Although most of Laree's matches have been against women, some of her most memorable matches would be against men. She scored her first big win in a match against Sean Lei. One of the most highly acclaimed matches she has participated in was in June 2003 for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a member of The Gathering. She teamed with Julio Dinero against NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett in a 2-on-1 Clockwork Orange House of Fun match. This match pits competitors inside a steel cage adorned with weapons of various types. Laree's career has gone through many promotions. In late 1999 she expanded out to other promotions including all-female promotions Beautiful Babes of Wrestling (BBOW) and Professional Girl Wrestling Association (PGWA). She probably made her largest impact wrestling for Maryland Championship Wrestling, where she engaged in several long-running feuds. In January 2001 Laree made her debut appearance for two new women's promotions, Dangerous Women of Wrestling (DWOW) and Women's Extreme Wrestling (WEW). Both promotions worked together to promote women's wrestling with a hardcore edge, and WEW had regular monthly pay-per-view matches. Laree's feuds from here include matches against "Prime Time" Amy Lee, Dee-Dee Venturi, a re-ignition of her feud with Candie from MCW, and the start of a new series of feuds with "Simply Luscious" Ronnie Stephens. Her matches against Stephens stretched to many independent promotions in the northeast. She had a kayfabe sister called Valentina Laree as part of an angle during her indie days. WWE Development October 2003 would mark a new calling for Laree, however. After appearing on several PPVs for NWA-TNA, she caught the attention of World Wrestling Entertainment. She was signed to a developmental contract and immediately sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky to begin training. In early 2004 she started making television appearances for the OVW promotion, being regularly included in storylines including feuds with Jillian Hall, Melina, Trudi Denucci, Nikita Fink, Passion, Shaniqua, Melissa Coates, Ms. Blu, Beth Phoenix, & Shelly. In summer 2005 she and CM Punk were reunited for the first time since The Gathering, Laree and CM Punk were literally briefly reunited as a new team in WWE, with James serving as Punk's valet for a taping of WWE HEAT in Cleveland, Ohio on July 25, 2005. The match was not aired, for conflicting reasons and plans to team the two together and bring them up to TV were abandoned. Prior to this, she also briefly appeared on television for Memphis Wrestling on April, 2005 World Wrestling Entertainment Laree made her debut on the main roster during the October 10, 2005 episode of WWE RAW under her real name: Mickie James, and was billed as an obsessed fan of Trish Stratus coming to her and Ashley's rescue following an attack on them by Victoria. In her first televised match a week later — a tag team match with Ashley Massaro and Stratus against Victoria, Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson — ended with James being pinned by Victoria. Several weeks later at Taboo Tuesday 2005, James "sacrificed" herself in a "Fulfill Your Fantasy" Diva battle royal for the WWE Women's Championship at , ensuring that Stratus would retain her title by sacrificing herself in order to eliminate Victoria. On the December 12, 2005 edition RAW Mickie James defeated Victoria to receive a match against Stratus for the WWE Women's Championship at New Years Revolution. In the ensuing weeks. James developed a lesbian crush on Trish Stratus, frequently getting her into various compromising situations, such as talking with her beneath a mistletoe and interrupting her shower. Following her pinfall loss to Stratus for the WWE Women's Championship, James commented that it "felt like silk" when her skin touched Stratus's. Hints at James' heel turn began after she attacked fan favorite Ashley Massaro during a tag-team match. She also claimed to be a victim of an unwanted advance by Stratus' boyfriend, Jack and provocatively licked an oversized photograph of a lingerie-clad Stratus on television. Stratus confronted James and asked that they "maintain their space." On the March 18 WWE Saturday Night's Main Event, James completed her heel turn by attacking Stratus after a tag team match; the two shook hands as though they were parting ways, but James attempted to hug and kiss her partner. James attacked after Stratus pushed her away. James would continue to play mind games with Stratus for several weeks stating that even though "I (James) admired Trish for so long" at WrestleMania she had two goals, to take the WWE Women's Championship and also to see Trish's destruction. WWE Women's Champion At WrestleMania 22, James defeated Trish Stratus following a Mick Kick. James became the first Diva to win the Women's Championship on her WrestleMania debut since Wendi Richter at the very first WrestleMania. During the match, despite the fact that James was the heel, the fans frequently cheered for her, and booed Stratus whenever she hit an offensive move. When James came down to the ring, she had her hair dyed blonde, wearing Stratus' wrestling outfit and came down to the ring with a theme music that began like Stratus' own. Stratus responded by dressing and acting like James in an attempt to play mind games with her rival. James was disqualified in her WWE Women's Championship match vs. Stratus at Backlash 2006. On May 1, following James' attack on Maria, an unknown woman confronted James and attacked her. The woman — later revealed as Beth Phoenix — attacked James on RAW for several weeks, repeatedly shouting "I won't let you (Mickie) get away with what you did." This feud was cut short after Phoenix injured her jaw in a match vs. Victoria. At Saturday Night's Main Event Mickie James was apart of a bikini bull riding contest. Finishing And Signature Moves Mickie-DT (Tornado DDT) Impaler DDT (Jumping Implant DDT) Spinning Back Kick Mick-a-rana (Headscissor takedown from the turnbuckle) Mick Kick Combo (Spinning-back kick to the mid-section; forward kick to the face and chest; ending with a high spinning back kick to the head) Baseball slide Flying forearm As Alexis Laree Laree DT (Tornado DDT) Swinging reverse DDT Personal information Before gaining fame in WWE, Mickie posed nude for photographer R.B. Kane. One set of these explicit photos was featured in the May 2000 issue of Leg Show magazine, and all of the photo sets are now on R.B. Kane's website. [1] Mickie worked as a waitress in an Olive Garden restaurant in Richmond, Virginia while she was training as a professional wrestler. At one time, Mickie was romantically linked with Adam Birch (Joey Mercury) of MNM fame. 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