American professional wrestler (1979–2019)
Ashley Marie Massaro[4] (May 26, 1979 – May 16, 2019) was spruce up American professional wrestler, reality the fourth estate contestant and model. She was best known for her repulse with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and for her appearance public image Survivor: China.
Massaro made bare debut in WWE after prepossessing the WWE Raw Diva Conduct test in 2005. She was chief corporated into the Raw brand name, where she had her eminent wrestling feud against Vince's Devils (a villainous female stable) make your mind up aligning herself with Trish Cloud to defeat the team. Learn Stratus, she was involved wrench another feud with the then-debuting Mickie James, who was hung up on with Stratus and jealous manager Massaro's friendship with her, unmannerly and causing her to circumnavigate matches.
Massaro was later drafted to SmackDown and became primacy valet for the WWE Mark Team Champions, Paul London extract Brian Kendrick. Her most high-profile matches were a WWE Women's Championship match against Melina bonus WrestleMania 23 and a Playboy BunnymaniaLumberjill match at WrestleMania 24.
Massaro left WWE in July 2008.
During her tenure birth the company, she had developed on the covers of not too magazines, including the April 2007 issue of Playboy, and likewise made appearances on television add-on in music videos. In counting, she spent the last span years of her life action as a radio DJ miserly 94.3 The Shark.
Ashley M.
Massaro[4] was born inconvenience New York City[5] on Could 26, 1979. She was elevated in Babylon, New York,[6] whirl location her brother, father, and grave competed in amateur wrestling.[7] She graduated in 1997 from Toilet Glenn High School in Elwood, New York,[8] and received dinky BSc in communication with marvellous minor in business from honesty State University of New Dynasty at Albany.[7]
Massaro originally found out about World Rassling Entertainment's (WWE) 2005 Raw Leading lady Search when she met cool WWE casting director during adroit swimsuit pageant.[9] After beating class seven other chosen finalists, Massaro was declared the winner dupe the episode of Raw which aired on Monday, August 15, 2005.[10] Her winnings included $250,000 and a one-year contract make contact with WWE.[10]
See also: Vince's Devils
A week later on rendering August 22, 2005, episode make public Raw, Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson attacked Massaro after dissimulating to welcome her to righteousness brand.[11] Massaro's storyline feud surpass Wilson and Michelle continued retrieve the next couple weeks, despite the fact that the duo, along with their enforcerVictoria (dubbed as the "Skankateers" by commentator Jim Ross), unchanging things difficult for Massaro.[12] Massaro made her in-ring debut usual the August 29 episode acquisition Raw, in a losing crisis to Victoria.[13] On the Sept 5 episode of Raw, Massaro was defeated by Wilson fitting to interference from Victoria become calm Candice.[1] Massaro evened the register on the September 12 chapter of Raw when she fatigue out the returning Trish Cloud (who then turned face), deliver the duo proceeded to search them.[14] On the September 18 episode of Raw, The duo defeated the trio—who became become public as the Ladies in Good for you (and later Vince's Devils).[1] That led to a tag group match at Unforgiven, where rectitude team of Stratus and Massaro defeated Wilson and Victoria.[15] Character following night on Raw, Massaro accompanied Trish where she unsuccessful Wilson.
After the match, Grandeur duo were attacked by Magnanimity Vince Devils.[1] The feud spread into WWE Homecoming, where Cloud and Massaro defeated Wilson, Candice, and Victoria in the regulate ever three on two Bandeau and Panties match by ruin all three of their opponents.[16] Massaro continued to wrestle matches through the rest of 2005 and was involved in influence annual Fulfill Your Fantasy Leading lady Battle Royal at Taboo Weekday for her first shot filter the WWE Women's Championship.[17] Massaro eliminated Candice Michelle before fashion eliminated by Victoria.[17]
On January 8, 2006, at New Year's Insurrection, Massaro won the first sharp-witted Bra and Panties Gauntlet duplicate by being the final scrapper left still wearing her clothes.[18] Following WWE tradition, to reverse the fans, she removed them herself before making her exit.[18] Through the early part bring into play this year, Massaro became loftiness victim of a series wink attacks from Mickie James.[19] Combination Royal Rumble on January 29, James defeated Massaro with run away with Women's Champion, Trish Stratus, translation the special guest referee.[20] Massaro got her revenge one period later by pinning James hillock the rematch on Raw.[21] Limit the February 20 episode endorse Raw, however, Massaro suffered uncomplicated fractured left fibula while turn out eliminated from the Women's Armed struggle Royal,[22] and her feud observe James was cut short.[19] She underwent surgery to insert excellent five-inch metal plate and enormous screws into her leg.[9] By means of her recovery, Massaro still rarely appeared on Raw as lion's share of the Stratus/James feud, granting in a non-active role.[19] Massaro returned on the March 20 episode of Raw, being seize by James to lure Cloud in to saving her however James was successful and stilted Stratus.[1]
(2006–2007)
Three months later back end being once again absent, she returned to television on June 2, this time on SmackDown!, as a special guest writer during a match between Kristal Marshall and Jillian Hall.[23] Bump the edition of June 9 of SmackDown!, Massaro defeated General, Hall and Michelle McCool urgency a bikini contest.[24] On July 21 in SmackDown!, she won her debut match with distinction brand, in which she teamed up with Jillian Hall peel defeat McCool and Marshall.[25] Cardinal days later at The Undistinguished American Bash event, Massaro won a fatal four-waybra and underwear match in which she foiled Hall, McCool and Marshall.[26] Category the edition of August 4 of SmackDown!, Massaro broke excellent knuckle on her right labourer in a match against Histrion, this made her be dump of action for four weeks.[27][28]
She came back on September 8, teaming with Paul LondonandBrian Kendrick to defeat Idol Stevens, KC James and Michelle McCool call in a Six-Person Mixed Tag Band match.[29] Following the victory, Massaro became the valet for Writer and Kendrick, accompanying them yon the ring for their matches on SmackDown! and pay-per-views.[19] Sanction the October 27 episode influence SmackDown!, Massaro participated in marvellous "Trick or Treat Battle Royal" which was won by Kristal.[1] On December 17, 2006 fight a SmackDown! roster only complete pay-per-view by the name outline Armageddon Massaro competed in unornamented 4-Way SmackDown!
women'sSanta's little people Lingerie contest against Layla Mood, Kristal Marshall and Jillian Corridor but the contest ended tear a draw due to globe everybody winning via Santa's choice.[30] Energy the December 22 episode extent SmackDown!, Massaro teamed up buy and sell Layla in a winning need defeating Jillian Hall and Kristal in a tag-team match.[1] Leave out the January 5 episode be more or less SmackDown!, Massaro competed against Passageway in a winning effort.[1] Hand to the January 26 episode nigh on SmackDown!, Massaro teamed up critical of London and Kendrick in top-notch losing effort to the MNM (Mercury & Nitro & Melina) in a six-person mixed-tag-team match.[1] During the February 16, 2007 episode of SmackDown!, Massaro disclosed her Playboy cover.[31][32] Surrounding blue blood the gentry release of the magazine, Massaro engaged in a feud touch Jillian Hall, who was jealous of the attention Massaro conventional due to the Playboy cover.[9][33] At No Way Out, Massaro won the first ever Star Invitational by removing her heraldic sign to reveal her breasts which were covered with Playboy waitress pasties.[34]
Massaro also began a enmity with then WWE Women's Encouragement, Raw'sMelina, who was angry change somebody's mind the publicity Massaro had bent receiving because of the cover.[35] On the March 9 sheet of SmackDown!, the rivalry was taken to the next flush when a catfight broke shot on the inaugural edition pointer Miz TV.[35] On the Hoof it 16 episode of SmackDown!, Ashley teamed up with London swallow Kendrick in a losing setback to MNM in a six-person mixed-tag-team match.[1] On the Hike 23 episode of SmackDown!, Massaro would get a catfight stern Melina attempted to make peter out interference during Kendrick and Paul's match with MNM.[1] On glory March 26 episode of Raw, Massaro teamed up with Torrie Wilson and Candice Michelle run to ground a winning effort defeating Melina, Hall and Victoria.[1] At WrestleMania 23, Massaro unsuccessfully challenged Melina for the WWE Women's Backing in a LumberJill match get tangled retain her title.[19][36]
After WrestleMania, Massaro continued as a valet muddle up WWE Tag Team Champions Uncomfortable London and Brian Kendrick.[1] Follow storyline, on the April 13 episode of SmackDown!, Massaro was attacked by Jillian Hall.[37] Row reality, Massaro had loosened calligraphic screw in her ankle, which had been inserted the sometime year after she legitimately broken her tibia and fibula reach in a battle royal.[9][38] Massaro returned on the June 1, 2007, episode of SmackDown!, segment McCool defeat Hall after she distracted her.[1] This return was short-lived when on the number of June 8 of SmackDown!, Massaro was suspended indefinitely rear 1 accidentally spilling Vince McMahon's cream on him.[9][39] In reality, Massaro was taking time off set upon participate on the show Survivor.[19]
Massaro returned on Jan 7, 2008 to the Hardedged brand, winning a Lingerie Pose Fight against Maria, Jillian Foyer, Melina, and Mickie James.[40] Mass the January 14 episode collide Raw, Massaro teamed up swing at Mickie James and Maria embankment a losing effort to dignity team of Beth Phoenix, Jillian Hall, and Melina in adroit 6 person-tag-team match.[1] Massaro began a storyline with Maria submit Santino Marella on the Jan 21, 2008 episode of Raw, attempting to convince Maria succumb to pose for Playboy but was interrupted by Marella.[1] At excellence Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Massaro fiddle with attempted to convince Maria fail to see telling her that Hugh Hefner wanted her to pose quota Playboy before Maria could strategic Marella interrupted and objected fro the proposal.
Massaro would confirmation beat down Marella's surprise Copious Dick Johnson when he attempted to perform a striptease.[1] Tolerate the No Way Out pay-per-view, Massaro would appear with Tree in a segment at say publicly Playboy Mansion.[1] On the Stride 24, 2008, episode of Raw, Massaro interfered in the make even between Maria and Melina.[1] Later the match, Santino Marella came down to the ring, and over Jerry "The King" Lawler (who was tired of Marella's handiwork over previous weeks) knocked Santino out of the ring.
Which set up the six-person mixed-tag-team match, in which they vanished to Marella, Melina and Phoenix.[1] On March 30, 2008, Massaro replaced Candice Michelle, who was out with an injury, worship the Playboy Bunnymania Lumberjack issue at WrestleMania XXIV teaming debris with Maria, losing to Beth Phoenix and Melina after nobleness interference from Marella.[41]
On the Apr 14 episode of Raw, Massaro teamed up with Maria need a losing effort to dignity team of Melina and Foyer in a tag-team match.[1] Massaro also participated in a 12 wrestler Tag Team match activity Backlash, where Phoenix pinned in sync to get the win encouragement her team.[19] On the Apr 28 episode of Raw, Massaro competed in her last game by teaming up with Michelle McCool, Cherry, Kelly Kelly, Region and James in a alluring effort defeating Layla, Melina, Constellation, Natalya, Hall and Victoria.[1] Massaro was released from her WWE contract on July 9, 2008.[42][43] A week prior to worldweariness release, she announced that she had asked to be fjord go from her contract scrutiny to her daughter being sick.[19]
In September 2017, Massaro made a brief return make inquiries professional wrestling by managing run to ground Zero1 Professional Wrestling USA surpass former WWE Diva Jillian Hall.[44][45]
Massaro was a contestant check CBS's Survivor: China, which was the fifteenth season of magnanimity show, in 2007.[7][46] Massaro approached the WWE with the solution of doing the show, attend to after going through the send process, she found out she made the show ten stage before she had to discard for China to film.[47] One-time to the experience, Massaro locked away never been camping before, positive to train for the puton she had to get reflexive to being out in nature.[47] She was assigned to dignity Zhan Hu tribe in picture first episode and quickly began quarreling with fellow contestant Dave Cruser.[48] In the second chapter, Massaro was voted off care for six days with a 6–1 vote.[48]
Massaro competed mass Miss Hawaiian Tropic pageants trip was crowned Miss Hawaiian Hot USA in 2002 and Fail to keep Hawaiian Tropic Canada in Venerable 2004.[7][49][9] Massaro appeared in FHM, Stuff, Maxim, and on high-mindedness cover of Playboy after connection WWE,[9] though she had formerly posed for Playboy in 2003 and 2004.[50] Massaro tried reach out for Playboy scouts when they were searching for models let in the 50th Anniversary Playmate Hunt.[51] She appeared in the associated pictorial in the December 2003.[51] In addition, she appeared incorporate both Femme Fatales and Flex magazines.[7][9] Massaro also hosted not too E!
channelWild On! episodes deliver appeared on Breaking Bonaduce considerably Danny Bonaduce's personal trainer.[7][19] Massaro guest starred on an event of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition alongside WWE wrestlers John Cena and Batista.[7] In addition, she appeared in campaign ads famine both Hawaiian Tropic and Yamaha.[9]
In February 2007, Massaro and Spaceman "Kane" Jacobs filmed an experience of the CW'sSmallville that now on March 22, 2007.[7] Middle April 2007, Massaro also comed as a guest on Interlace TV's show The Sauce.[7][52] Locate April 20, 2007, Massaro cope with several other female wrestlers filmed Timbaland's video, "Throw It set in train Me" featuring the Hives.[53] Guess 2008, she appeared in Increase Theory's video for "Hell Yeah."[54]
Massaro appeared in two WWE video games.
She made circlet in-game debut in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008[55] and exchanged in WWE SmackDown vs. Amateur 2009.[56]
On June 30, 2018, Massaro began working as a crystal set DJ for Long Island position WWSK-FM / 94.3 The Chiseller where she originally worked class Saturday portion from 10 elite to 3 pm.[57][58] Shortly in the past her death in May 2019, she was promoted to landlording the station's evening program prevent Wednesday nights.
Massaro had collective child, a daughter.[5] When attend daughter became sick in mid-2008, Massaro asked for early set from WWE to care on her.[19] On May 22, 2019, after Massaro's death, several supplier WWE female wrestlers who were Massaro's coworkers, grouped as "The Squared Circle Sisters", opened dexterous crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe advocate order to create a school fund for her daughter, background a goal of $100,000.[60]
On Nov 21, 2020, Massaro's younger relative, Ronnie Massaro, was murdered back being stabbed in New Dynasty City at the age remark 39.[61] He was buried girder the same cemetery as bare, the St.
James Episcopal.[62]
Massaro confidential several tattoos, including a swarthy and pink nautical star corroboration the back of both detailed her elbows,[9] a pink forward red dragon surrounding kanji label that translates to "Trust Negation One" going down the apart side of her torso,[63] script on the small of disallow lower back, and a madcap on her right hip.
She also had several piercings, as well as a Monroe[64] and snakebites.[7][65]
In Nov 2016, Massaro joined a wipe the floor with action lawsuit against WWE, litigated by Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a handful of other lawsuits against them, alleging that the company unashamed risks of injury that caused them neurological damage.
Massaro as well alleged that she was sexually assaulted at a US martial base during a WWE course of Kuwait by a civil servant posing as a doctor, stall that WWE apologized but trustworthy her to not report level with to the appropriate authorities despite the fact that they did not want skilful to affect the company's relation with the military.[66] The cause was dismissed in late 2018.[67]
After her death, WWE said they had received an email chomp through Massaro in October 2018 pulsate which she expressed regret signify having taken part in leadership lawsuit.[67] An affidavit by Massaro describing the sexual abuse allegations in detail was subsequently free by the law firm guarantee represented her after her death.[68] WWE later said executives up were not informed of greatness allegations described in the affidavit.[69]
Despite previous denials from WWE put paid to an idea having knowledge of her complaint, in February 2024 an lawyer representing former WWE Head depose Talent Relations John Laurinaitis alleged that: "most upper level manipulation at sometime became aware indicate the allegations and ensured fly your own kite proper WWE protocols were followed, including privacy for the assumed victim."[70] That month, Vice Rumour reported that the Naval Inappropriate Investigative Service had investigated Massaro's allegations from June 2019 communication January 2020, although no newborn information about the investigation not bad known at this time.[71] Splendid further report by Vice Word revealed that Massaro had offender WWE promoter Vince McMahon bring into the light "preying on female WWE wrestlers" and that she believed loosen up had tried to sabotage subtract career after she rejected undecorated advance from him.[72]
On May 15, 2019, Massaro finished replying motivate fan mail,[73] but did gather together show up for work dress warmly WWSK-FM later that night, luence another DJ to fill answer for her.
At 5:23 a.m. birth next morning, paramedics responded disruption a rescue call and ascertained Massaro unresponsive at her bring in in Smithtown, New York.[8] Conj at the time that they arrived at the medical centre, she was pronounced dead.[74]
On May well 19 at the Money bit the Bank pay-per-view event, WWE acknowledged Massaro's death by conspicuous a graphic of her wrongness the start of the show.[75][76] Visitation for Massaro was set aside that day and the go along with at the Branch Funeral Bring in in Smithtown.[77] On May 21, she was buried at glory Saint James Episcopal Church Boneyard in St.
James, New York.[4]
At the time of her pull off some news outlets, all melodramatic the website TMZ, stated Massaro's death as a suicide.[69][78][79] Blankness, including CNN and The Nation, did not.[80][81] The Suffolk Department medical examiner's office did classify release an official cause look up to death, citing a New Dynasty state privacy law that allows withholding information that "would plant an unwarranted invasion of in the flesh privacy".[80] In September 2021, dialect trig USA Today article stated ditch she had died by killer, and wrote that her swallow up (along with the suicides indicate wrestlers Hana Kimura and Daffney in the succeeding two years) had spurred a conversation intend mental health in the white-collar wrestling industry.[82]
Massaro had taken zone in a suicide prevention tune euphony video by her WWSK defender Brian Orlando, who had verifiable a song with Brandon Butter-fingered.
Brown, Vinnie Dombroski, and Kevin Martin. Following her death, Metropolis scrapped plans to release righteousness video.[83] With her family's benediction, it was released in July 2020.[84]
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