Shelly Martinez is a woman of many nicknames. Let’s find out all the ring names of Shelly Martinez.
Shelly Leonor Martinez is an American model and actress but is mainly known for her time as a professional wrestler, especially in WWE. She began her career as a model and was introduced to a wrestling promoter and trainer, where she trained for two and half years.
Martinez first wrestled in Southern California under the ring name Desire appearing in several independent promotions such as Revolution Pro Wrestling, Empire Wrestling Federation and Ultimate Pro Wrestling. Additionally, she worked there in the name of Halloween Barbie.
In April 2005, Martinez signed a developmental contract with WWE. She began her training in their developmental OVW under the ring name Shelly. She performed in a lot of singles matches and was involved in other gimmicks as well. Her final appearance in OVW came on January 25, 2007.
Martinez joined the ECW brand in another ring named Ariel, a tarot reading fortune teller. She was a part of a vampire faction with Gangrel and Kevin Thorn. They made their debut on July 25. She made her in-ring debut against Francine on September 26 in an Extreme Catfight. She was released from WWE on May 18, 2007.
In her long career, she has had many ring names, performing TNA and Other promotions like Cle-Ho-Patra, Desire, Halloween Barbie, Koffin Kitten, Salinas, Shelly and Ariel.
Martinez appeared for several independent promotions until her retirement in 2017. She also worked as a contestant on the reality television show, The Seach for the Next Elvira and has also appeared in the movie.
Shelley Martinez, who worked as Ariel in WWE, recently did an interview with Wrestling Shoot Interviews where she talked about how one top WWE star used to Eavesdrop on Melina.
“They were just kind of having relationship problems, and because [Batista] didn’t he come out so good in the relationship problems and she was my friend, of course, I was there for her,” Martinez said. “She was venting to me one day after a show, and I opened the door, and he was listening in on us. So that didn’t help his situation of how I viewed him.” (H/T Wrestling Inc.)
Melina, Shelly and Batista dated at one point while they were both on the main roster. After being released by WWE in 2007, Martinez had a run in 2008 in TNA under the name Salinas, where she won one of her nine matches. Martinez has not wrestled since November of 2017 and hasn’t stated whether she is fully retired or not.
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