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Debra Ann Miceli (born February 6, 1963) better known as Madusa (shorthand for MADe in the USA) or Alundra Blayze, is a former professional wrestler for the American Wrestling Association, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation. She is also a former world champion monster truck driver.
In 1993, the WWF reinstated its Women's Championship, a title that had been vacant since 1990. Micelli signed on to be the star of the new women's division. She debuted as Alundra Blayze and wrestled in a six-woman tournament to crown a new women's champion. She defeated Allison Royal in the first round and received a bye into the finals, where she pinned Heidi Lee Morgan to win the title. She defended the belt against Morgan, Leilani Kai, Debbie Combs, and Luna Vachon.
She also traveled to Japan where she defended the title against Kyoko Inoue, Sakie Hasegawa, and Bull Nakano. She was defeated by Nakano in a non-title match during the Japan tour. Nakano emerged as part of the WWF roster in the summer of 1994, and the two feuded. Their first encounter on an edition of Monday Night Raw resulted in a double-count out. Blayze defeated Nakano at SummerSlam, but lost the belt to Nakano on November 20, 1994 in Tokyo, during All-Japan Women's wrestling extravaganza called "Big Egg Wrestling Universe." Five months later, Blayze regained the title from Nakano on an edition of Monday Night Raw on April 3, 1995. Immediately following the win, she was attacked by Bertha Faye, who kayfabe broke her nose. In reality, Miceli left to get breast implants and a nose job. She returned to the ring in August 1995, losing the women's title to Bertha Faye at SummerSlam on August 27. She bounced back two months later to win the title a third time, defeating Faye on October 23.
The WWF then imported Aja Kong from Japan and set up a Blayze/Kong feud. Their first showdown was at the Survivor Series, where Blayze, along with Kyoko Inoue, Sakie Hasegawa, and Chaparita Asari, battled Bertha Faye, Aja Kong, Tomoko Watanabe, and Lioness Asuka. In the end, Kong pinned Blayze to be the sole survivor. The following week on Raw, Kong and Watanabe defeated Blayze and Inoue when Kong pinned Inoue. Kong then defeated Chaparita Asari a week later. The match was the last women's match in WWF for sometime, and the Blayze/Kong feud never materialized.
Miceli had been informed that the WWF was not going to renew her contract which expired on December 13, 1995 and she was being released. Miceli quickly signed with WCW and showed up on WCW Monday Nitro on December 18, 1995. She denounced the Blayze gimmick, threw the WWF Women's Title belt in a trash can, and reclaimed her Madusa moniker. Rather than hold a tournament to crown a new champion, the WWF once again abandoned the Women's title. In WCW, Madusa had a brief feud with Sherri Martel because Sherri supposedly stole Col. Rob Parker from her and even interrupted their wedding vows in Las Vegas. Martel pinned Madusa in the second ever women's match on Monday Nitro. Their feud ended after that.
With Madusa back in WCW, the company brought in Bull Nakano to feud with her. They battled in a 'Loser Gets Their Bike Bashed' match at Hog Wild. Even though Madusa lost the match, Madusa bashed Nakano's motorcycle anyway after she chased away Sonny Onoo. Nakano went back to Japan and retired from wrestling shortly afterwards, leaving Madusa with no one to wrestle. The company decided to establish the WCW Women's Championship and struck a deal with GAEA Japan organization to bring in women wrestlers. A tournament was held in the fall of 1996. Madusa defeated Reina Jubuki in the first round and Zero in the semi-final, but she lost to Akira Hokuto in the finals of the tournament on December 29 at Starrcade. She also feuded with Luna Vachon, who had repeatedly interfered in Madusa's matches with Hokuto. On June 15, Miceli lost a retirement match to Hokuto at The Great American Bash. Her list of accomplishments and Championships (according to Wiki) are as follows:
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
IWA World Women's Championship (2 times)
American Wrestling Association
AWA World Women's Championship (1 time)
International World Class Championship Wrestling
IWCCW Women's Championship (1 time)
World Championship Wrestling
WCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
World Wrestling Federation
WWF Women's Championship (3 times)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Rookie of the Year award in 1988
Alundra Blayze (Medusa): While ultimately there are several factors that I firmly believe will keep her OUT of the W.W.E.'s Hall of Fame, I would have to say I think she actually deserves to be in it.
Blayze headed up the defunked female's division for a period of time during one of the nice periods of Wrestling, or rather the "colorful" period. She was always the top female in the W.W.F., and had feuds mainly with Bull Nakano. It's listed that she feuded with the likes of Leilani Kai, Debbie Combs & Luna Vachon. While I know she's feuded with Luna in W.C.W., I don't remember this in the W.W.F.
Another issue here is, she will forever be more remembered as Medusa than Alundra. As Alundra she wasn't all that attractive, nor did she have the look that McMahon really craved for his female's. She did get a nose and boob job, but ultimately the female division just wasn't a popular thing in the 90's.
She is also technically a former Cruiserweight Champion, during the dark era of W.C.W., but I wouldn't exactly claim that on my Hall of Fame resume'. In the end, it was her decision to listen to Eric Bischoff and trash the Women's Championship on an episode of Nitro, that will likely forever keep her OUT of the W.W.E.'s Hall of Fame, however, and that to me is a shame, because she was for a moment in time, the very top of the female division in the World Wrestling Federation. What are your thoughts and opinions on Alundra Blayze being a Hall of Fame inductee? Worthy or Not?