Madusa wwe twitter11/6/2023 Madusa: Hence his last name Shark – Sharkey… Anyway so I got hired, and I’ll tell you, Verne Gagne was very good. Monthly Puroresu: And whole golf club sets, and things. Madusa: Yes! And he had, like, a trench coat with god knows what hanging on the inside, selling this stuff. Monthly Puroresu: Somebody mentioned he’d sell VCRs out of the back of his trunk or something? He’ll take anything and any of their money. Whereas Eddie, he would take just about anybody who wants to be a wrestler. And Brad Rheingans, is harder – he only trains you if you have talent. Monthly Puroresu: And this is two different coaching styles – Eddie Sharkey, the easy-going one. A lot of these folks that came to and from Japan. Monthly Puroresu: Brad Rheingans is at the center of training. Madusa: No, that was later with Brad Rheingans. Monthly Puroresu: When you arrived, did he make you do the 100, 200 squats right there – the blowup? So I went in, I met Verne – of course, a lot happened in between there on my end. Playing it cool, I said “Yeah, I’m available.” He goes, “Well, can you come into the AWA office tomorrow morning?” I’m like, “Yeah, that’ll work.” So I opened it and I’m like, “Oh yeah, just give a second.” And I’m like, fist pumping. Let me check my schedule,” because I had those little paper daily planners back then. I was like, “Oh s**t!” And he goes, “Are you available to come in for an interview?” You know, back then we had those big heavy phones with the rotary and whatever.Īnd so I was like, “Yeah, just a second. Verne Gagne, and Verne wants to know if you’d like to come in and would love for you to do a program with Sherri Martel.” And I went – my mouth just, like, dropped. This is Madusa.” “Hi, This is Wahoo McDaniel and I work at the AWA with Mr. This is, this is her.” “We’re looking for Madusa.” “Yeah. And so Wahoo is the one that called me and said, ‘This is Wahoo McDaniel. And I got a call and it was Wahoo McDaniel. I was staying with her, because I just was living in my car – so I think I stayed there once in a while. ![]() Just keep going.” And then I was living at my Granny’s at the time. I was kicking ass, but I was losing – I was basically living in my car by this time, with no real home or comfort.Īnd I was just like, “What am I doing?” Had my first come to Jesus talk going, “Okay, I didn’t come this far just to fail, so your ass is going to keep going. And then after that, I was really doing well on the independents. I worked with him for a few years, never got paid! You know, I got paid probably five bucks. ![]() And so then he introduced me to Eddie Sharkey. And I was thinking stuntwoman because I was a big jock, gymnast. And he told me I’d be good in the entertainment business! I thought, ‘Hey, I could be a stunt woman.’ And he said, ‘No… I was thinking pro-wrestling.’ Madusa: So basically my story starts in Minnesota, a girl going through nursing school who thought her life wasn’t great… I was introduced to a Hollywood stuntman, Ky Michaelson. While living in Japan, she forged a lasting friendship with Fumi, and was excited to walk down memory lane with us to give MP readers a behind-the-scenes look at how her run in Japan came together, and how that impacted her career. This was an industry-changing era without equal in the sport of women’s pro-wrestling.Įxplaining how she went from Verne Gange’s AWA as a must-have talent for Rossy Ogawa in AJW, Madusa talks laying the groundwork for future champions like Toni Storm and Jamie Hayter. Longtime friends and colleagues with roots in Minnesota, Madusa and Fumi recalled the magic of 1990s All Japan Women’s (AJW), where one shined as a star and the other worked to chronicle it. On the heels of her new autobiography, The Woman Who Would Be King, Madusa sat down with editor-in-chief Thom Fain and our editorial advisor, Fumi Saito. From being the first-ever Western women’s wrestler to receive a full-time contract to work in Japan, to revolutionizing women’s wrestling in America, and famously firing the shot that kickstarted the Monday Night Wars… to becoming a Monster Truck pro and a WWE Hall of Famer – the word “trailblazer” seems to barely do justice for Debrah “Madusa” Miceli’s full story. ![]() Across 40 years, her self-motivation led her to heights reserved for titans and legends. When listening to her stories, you sense how accurate that descriptor truly is. ![]() And, if you ask just about anyone who’s had more than a cup of coffee in the wrestling business, they use a variation of the same word to describe Madusa, also known as Alundra Blayze: Awesome.
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