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Michele Deadly
Michaels at a DIW houseshow early 2017
Michaels at a DIW houseshow early 2017
Birth name Michele Iris Michaels
Born (1977-06-20) June 20, 1977 (age 47)
Brooklyn, New York
Resides Brooklyn, New York
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Michi Wilde
Michele Deadly
Michele Michaels
Billed height 5'6"
Billed weight 130lbs
Billed from Brooklyn, New York
Trained by N/A
Debut Early 2000's

Michele Iris Michaels (Born on June  20th, 1977) better known as Michele Deadly, is a retired American Professional Female Wrestler and is currently a trainer at Madam Vega's Wrestling School for Girls. Michaels was well known for her times in FWE and fighting along side ex tag team partner, Stephie Love. As a retired wrestler, Michaels resides in Detroit, Michigan where Vega's school is located.

Early Years[]

Michele Michaels was born June 20th, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were Philip Michaels, the Chief of the New York City Police Department, and Abigail Michaels (nee Wilde). Michaels grew up an only child and spent most of her childhood under the watchful eye of her father till he passed in 1996. After the death of her father, Michaels began training and wrestling around NYC in honor of her father, who was the reason she became a wrestling fan to began with.

FWE: Home away from Home[]

After getting her footing, Michaels wrestled in many places all over the world. Although to her, the only place she ever cared about was a small company called Frontline Wrestling Evolution. When she first joined FWE,

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Michaels at a FWE house show

she debuted under the name Michele Deadly. Over the course of being in FWE, Michaels met and wrestled against men and women like DA King, Liam Catterson, Jason Skilled, Rami, Kristina, Cherish and many other wrestlers. She was best known for her technical skills in the ring and her outcast feel from the rest of the company. As a whole, Michaels stuck out because she didn't look and act like the others. She was different and that was something the FWE fans loved about her. Michaels spent most of her career in FWE and wouldn't leave till she had her hands on the Hellcats Championship, which she won just days before the company closed. After the closing of FWE; Micheals wrestled in other smaller companies till 2013 when she retired from wrestling.

The Drop Dead Bitchez Era[]

Drop Dead Bitchez (or DDB) had its start in late 2011. Michaels, The founder of the group, came up with an idea to clean up some of the companies in the wrestling world after seeing the way some female wrestling acted in them. So she teamed up with The Canadian Angel, Stephie Love. Over the years, the two

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Michaels and Love together in 2012

traveled together, cleaning up as many companies as they could until early 2013, when Stephie love turned on Michaels for a championship. After the attack, Michaels realized Love only used her to get ahead of the companies and win Championships as well as use her friendship in real life. To this day, Michaels and Love have not spoken to each other after the conflicts they had with each other in and out of the ring.

The new trainer at Madam Vega's Wrestling School for Girls[]

After retiring from Wrestling in 2013, Michaels was called by a woman named Marie Vega (known better as Madam Vega), who own a wrestling school in Detroit, Michigan. Not wanting to stay away from the wrestling ring, Michaels quickly accepted the offer and moved from Brooklyn to Detroit, where she trained female wrestlers in the art of technical wrestling. Michaels is the only trainer Madam Vega has hired over the years.

Personal Life[]

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Michaels & her Son, Elliott, in 2013

Michaels resides in Detroit, close to the wrestling school. She is close friends with Liam Catterson, Jason Skilled, Zeke Nero and Xavier Williams; the only people she has stayed in touch with from her FWE days. Before her wrestling career took off, Michaels gave birth to her only son, Elliott, on May 10th, 2008.

In Wrestling[]

Finishers

  • Deadly Dreams (Sweet Chin Music) (main finisher)
  • Broken Edge (Octopus hold)
  • Call Of The Wild (Sunset Split preceded by a scream)
  • The Siege (Running punt kick)
  • Red Rogue (RKO) (Was changed to a Codebreaker in 2012)
  • The Serrure (Modified figure four leglock)

Signatures

  • Dead N Gone (Pepsi Plunge)
  • Little White Lie (Walls of Jericho)
  • Frostbite (Spear)
  • Wild Landing (Running corkscrew neckbreaker)
  • Spin kick
  • Tilt a whirl Headscissors
  • Shining wizard
  • The Pariah (Sitout double underhook facebuster)
  • BlackHole LegDrop (Extreme Leg Drop)

Nicknames

  • Ms.Deadly
  • The Pipe-bombshell
  • Wild Child Of New York
  • The Outcast of Wrestling
  • The True Trickster

Wrestlers Trained

Entrance themes[]

  • My Darkest Days - Porn Star Dancing
  • Halestorm - Bad Romance
  • Boy Hits Car - Love, Fury, Passion, Energy
  • Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard - Why So Serious (dafunk remix)

Accomplishments[]

  • Hellcats Champion
  • IWA Women's Champion x 2
  • EHW Feminst's Champion
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