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| Barbara "Barbie" Blank | |
|---|---|
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| Born | January 15, 1987 Jacksonville, Florida |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Barbie Blank Kelly Kelly |
| Billed height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) |
| Billed weight | 108 lb (49 kg) |
| Trained by | OVW staff |
| Debut | June 13 2006 |
Barbara "Barbie" Blank (born January 15, 1987) is an American model and professional wrestling valet, she is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on its ECW brand under the ring name Kelly Kelly.
World Wrestling Entertainment
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Blank was a full-time bikini model for Venus Swimwear until World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis spotted her in a bikini catalogue and contacted her modeling agency, offering her and fellow model Victoria Crawford contracts. Despite having no previous wrestling experience, her agent advised her to accept the offer and she was assigned to the WWE's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) for her training. Even after being called up to WWE's main roster, she continued to fly to Louisville, Kentucky once a week, first to work OVW shows as a ring announcer and referee before starting to wrestle. One of her first matches took place at the September 7, 2006 OVW TV Tapings where she participated in a Women's Battle Royal won by ODB.
ECW brand
Blank debuted for the ECW brand as Kelly Kelly on the June 13, 2006 edition of ECW on Sci Fi, becoming the youngest diva on the WWE roster. Her character was an exhibitionist and as such debuted on the show performing a striptease for the crowd. The next week, while performing another striptease, Kelly was interrupted by her storyline boyfriend Mike Knox who came to the stage and covered her with a towel before dragging her backstage. This became Kelly's routine – repeatedly dancing/giving a striptease for the audience, only to be interrupted by Knox who was upset by her exhibitionism and constant showing of her body to other men.
Kelly became a de facto valet for Knox when he began "forcing" her to accompany him to ringside so he could keep an eye on her during his matches. As a result she found herself involved in the feud developing between Mike Knox and partner Test and Tommy Dreamer and his partner The Sandman, including being dragged into the ring and spanked by Dreamer. She made her ECW in-ring debut at the August 22, 2006 edition of ECW on Sci-Fi in a losing effort in a six-person Mixed tag team match which saw herself, Knox, and Test lose to Dreamer, Sandman and Torrie Wilson, although she never actually tagged in to the match. Knox became increasingly protective and jealous when Kelly began showing interest in CM Punk, including congratulating him after wins and watching his matches from the entry way. Things came to a head when Kelly dressed as Punk for ECW's "Halloween Costume Contest", enraging Knox, and leading to a match between the two (which Punk ended up winning).
Kelly and Knox then got involved in a feud with Ariel and Kevin Thorn which culminated in a mixed tag match between the four at December to Dismember. During the course of the match Knox refused to allow Kelly to tag him back in and eventually abandoned her altogether, leaving her to be beaten badly by Ariel. On the following edition of ECW on Sci Fi , Kelly defeated Ariel with a roll-up in her first ECW singles match. After the match, Knox made his way to the ring with flowers, only to throw them in Kelly's face and hit her with his signature swinging reverse STO, ending their relationship and (kayfabe) injuring her, taking her off the show for six weeks. She returned to ECW on Sci Fi on January 16, 2007 to cut a promo announcing she was newly single and bringing back "Kelly's Exposé", but was interrupted by Matt Striker who insulted her intelligence. She was invited to stay at ringside for his match against CM Punk, which she did, and helped Punk to victory by flashing her breasts at Striker, distracting him and allowing Punk to catch him in a back slide -- without Punks knowledge.
External links
- BarbieBlank.com (Official Website)
- ECW profile
- Official MySpace
- Barbie Blank at IMDb
- Barbie Blank at Obsessed with Wrestling
- Barbie Blank Photo Gallery
References
- In the December 2006 issue of WWE Magazine, page 89, it is stated that Kelly Kelly's birth date is December 1, however, on her MySpace blog, she stated that it is a printing error, and the actual day is January 15. An excerpt: "...I know in the WWE Magazine it says its my birthday on Decmber 1st i think they made a printing mistake becuase my real bitrthday is January 15th...".