Shantelle Malawski

Infobox Wrestler
name =Shantelle Malawski

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names =Shantelle
Shantelle Stevensciteweb|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/t/taylor-wilde.html|accessdate=2008-08-04|title=Shantelle's Online World of Wrestling profile|publisher=Online World of Wrestling]
Shantelle Taylor
San-Eye
Taylor
Taylor Wildeciteweb|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/918/37/|accessdate=2008-09-12|title=Taylor Wilde profile|publisher=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]
real_height =height|ft=5|in=3citeweb|url=http://www.mshantelle.com/resume.htm|accessdate=2008-07-22|title=Her correct weight, confirmed by her website|publisher=Shantelle Malawski]
height =height|ft=5|in=5
weight =convert|115|lb|kg st|abbr=on.
birth_date =birth date and age|1986|01|26
death_date =
birth_place =Toronto, Ontario
resides =
billed =Toronto, Ontario
trainer =Rob "El Fuego" Etcheverria
Bill DeMott
debut =June 2003
retired =|

Shantelle Malawskiciteweb|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/02/07/1430128.html|accessdate=2008-09-12|title=Shantelle at SLAM|publisher=SLAM Sports!] (born January 26, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Taylor Wilde, where she is the reigning TNA Women's Knockout Champion.citeweb|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/218/84/|accessdate=2008-07-15|title=TNA official title history|publisher=TNAwrestling]

Career

Breaking out

Malawski made her professional debut in June 2003 under the name Shantelle Taylor. In 2004, she was featured in the two-part wrestling documentary, "Slam Bam", which aired on the Discovery Channel. [cite web|url=http://www.glorywrestling.com/gg/Shantelle/S.asp|title=Shantelle Taylor's G.L.O.R.Y. Wrestling Profile|accessdaymonthyear=04-08-2008|publisher=G.L.O.R.Y. Wrestling]

In 2005 she won her first women's championship while competing in New Vision Pro Wrestling. She spent the summer of that year in Monterrey, Mexico working on her lucha libre style. In December she participated in a three-show tour of South Africa wrestling on a card that featured former World Wrestling Entertainment stars Kevin Nash, Andrew Martin and Scott Steiner.cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/wrestling/story/625551.html|title=Shantelle goes Wilde, wins TNA title|accessdaymonthyear=04-08-2008|publisher=Miami Herald] Also in December she was invited to a tryout in Buffalo, New York for World Wrestling Entertainment.

Malawski has worked for several independent wrestling promotions including SHIMMER Women Athletes, Ring Divas' Battle Angels, Twin Wrestling Entertainment, and Blood, Sweat and Ears. On April 16, 2006, Malawski defeated Traci Brooks to become the inaugural Battle Angels Women's Champion.

Malawski also spent time working the Pure Women's Action shows for the Pure Wrestling Association in Southern Ontario.

World Wrestling Entertainment

In May 2006, Malawski signed a deal with World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to their developmental territory Deep South Wrestling. She made her Deep South in-ring debut at the June 27, 2006 TV tapings as simply Shantelle, where she lost against Krissy Vaine when Vaine grabbed her tights. On September 9, 2006, Malawski defeated Vaine at Deep South Wrestling Grand Park Slam event in Six Flags Over Georgia. During her time in Deep South, she feuded with other divas such as Tracy Taylor and Angel Williams. In January 2007, Malawski appeared on "SmackDown!"/"ECW" house shows as San-Eye, a masked Japanese wrestler, where she wrestled Jamie Noble. In June 2007 Malawski wrestled in dark matches prior to the SmackDown! TV tapings while wearing a mask.

On August 13, 2007 Malawski was released from her developmental contract. [cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/shantellemalawski |title=Shantelle Malawski released by WWE |accessdaymonthyear=23-12-2007 |publisher=WWE] Following this, she did not return to the independent circuit and was actually done with professional wrestling until TNA contacted her, as she had concentrated on pursuing a college degree instead. In the February 2008 edition of WWE Magazine, she appeared in the section "Sexy Superfan of the Month", appearing under the name of Shantelle M.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Six months after her dismissal from her WWE contract, Malawski would wrestle for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in a dark match at the April 16, 2008, tapings of "TNA Impact!", where she defeated Raisha Saeed. [cite web |url=http://rajah.com/base/node/12154 |title=Shantelle Taylor Works TNA Match, Knockout Appearing In Movie, Chris Nowinski |accessdaymonthyear=19-04-2008 |publisher=Rajah] In May 2008 Malawski signed a contract with TNA, making her an official member of the TNA roster. [cite web |url=http://rajah.com/base/node/12657 |title=New TNA Knockout Signing, Lethal-Val Segment Flops Again, Nash No-Shows |accessdaymonthyear=03-06-2008 |publisher=Rajah]

She then appeared on television as a "plant" on the May 29, 2008 episode of "Impact!". She responded to the $25,000 challenge from Awesome Kong to any females age 18 or older in the audience, but was not selected to wrestle her. She reappeared in the audience on the June 5 episode of "Impact!" to challenge Kong, but once again was not selected to wrestle her. On June 19, she challenged Kong in the $25,000 Challenge. She was announced under the name Taylor, and despite losing, she became the closest by far out of any of the contestants to defeating Awesome Kong.

On the July 3, 2008 episode of "Impact!", Taylor defeated Raisha Saeed and earned the right to face Kong again the following week in the $25,000 challenge, this time with the TNA Women's Knockout Championship also on the line. The following week, Taylor (with the surname "Wilde" added to her ring name) defeated Kong in the $25,000 challenge and won the TNA Women's Knockout Championship. Wilde then retained the title in a rematch at Victory Road.

On the July 24, 2008 episode of "Impact!", Taylor defeated Velvet Sky in five seconds to retain the TNA Women's Knockout Championship and also won a record for 'shortest match' in TNA "Impact Zone" history, and when immediately rematched, defeated her in 20 seconds, making another record in beating someone twice in 25 seconds total. Afterwards, Taylor was attacked by the duo of Velvet Sky and Angelina Love, and was given the 'Brown Paper Bag Treatment', before ODB and Gail Kim could make the save. On the September 11 episode of Impact she beat Angelina Love in the first ever Beautiful People Beauty Pageant, but was attacked by the Beautiful People, causing Rhino to make the save for a second time.

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature moves
**Bridging German suplex
**Missile dropkick
**Multiple roll-up variations
***Modified inside cradle
***Schoolgirl, sometimes while trapping the opponent's arm for leverage
***Sunset flip
***Victory roll
**Arm drag, sometimes while springboarding off of the ropes
**Bridging Northern Lights suplex
**Cartwheel evasion
**Kicking combination
**Monkey flip
**Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker
**Tilt-a-whirl headscissors

*Nicknames
**The Upset Queen

*Entrance themes
**"Stricken" by No Doubt (SHIMMER)
**"Poison" by Dale Oliver (TNA)

Championships and accomplishments

*New Vision Pro Wrestling
**NVPW Women's Championship (1 time)

*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
**PWI ranked her # 13 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2008. [cite web|url=http://www.pwpix.net/pwpixnews/headlines/223777233.php|accessdate=2008-09-19|date=2008-09-18|publisher=PWPix.net|title=The PWI Female 50 Rankings: Who Is The Top Women's Wrestler In The World?]

*RingDivas Women's Wrestling
**RingDivas FightGirl World Championship (1 time) (First)

*Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
**TNA Women's Knockout Championship (1 time, current)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.mshantelle.com/ Official Website]
* [http://visuex.com/shimmer/modules.php?name=Roster&file=bios/ShantelleTaylor SHIMMER Profile]
* [http://www.glorywrestling.com/gg/Shantelle/S.asp G.L.O.R.Y. Biography]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=33684591 Shantelle Mawlawski] at MySpace