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Shelly Martinez
Inoki Dojo[6]
Ohio Valley Wrestling[2]
DebutDecember 2000[2]
RetiredMay 2017

Shelly Leonor Martinez (born February 9, 1980) is an American

The Latin American Xchange
(LAX).

Martinez entered professional wrestling in December 2000. She worked mainly on the

Hernandez
. She left TNA in September 2008, and appeared for several independent promotions until her retirement in 2017.

Martinez is also known for her acting and modeling work. She was a contestant on the reality television show, The Search for the Next Elvira, and has also appeared in films. She starred in The Notorious Jewel De'Nyle & Shelly Martinez, a softcore pornography video alongside Jewel De'Nyle, and has also posed nude on several occasions.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Martinez began working as a

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) for a few weeks.[6]

World Wrestling Entertainment

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2005–2007)

In April 2005, Martinez signed a developmental contract with WWE.[7] By July of that year she had begun training and wrestling in their primary developmental territory OVW, using simply "Shelly" as a ring name. Her first role there had her, along with Beth Phoenix, acting as co-manager for Aaron Stevens.[11] As part of her affiliation with Phoenix and Stevens, Shelly had an erotic gimmick, with a relationship between all three being implied.[12] She was involved in a scripted rivalry with Alexis Laree, with Shelly and Phoenix attacking her on several occasions and the pair wrestled her in handicap matches.[2][13] In her first singles match in OVW Shelly defeated Laree on October 29.[2][unreliable source?] Shelly and Phoenix also appeared together on the January 27, 2006, episode of Heat as part of The Heart Throbs (Romeo Roselli and Antonio Thomas) "Throb-o-Meter" section, dancing in the ring with the team and teasing a kiss, before being interrupted by Trevor Murdoch.[14]

In February 2006, Shelly began a gimmick of being obsessed with

Velocity, Shelly appeared as Burchill's valet for his match against Road Warrior Animal, and was referred to as his "buxom wench".[17] Returning to OVW, she became involved in Seth Skyfire's ongoing feud with Mike "The Miz" Mizanin and Roni Jonah. Upon her debut on the ECW brand in mid-2006, Martinez began using the ring name Ariel in OVW as well. In November 2006, Ariel unsuccessfully challenged Beth Phoenix for the OVW Women's Championship. Her final appearance in OVW came on January 25, 2007, when she and Jon Bolen defeated Stevens and Phoenix.[2]

ECW (2006–2007)

See also: The New Breed (ECW)
Ariel accompanying Kevin Thorn in WWE's version of ECW in 2006

In mid-2006, Martinez joined the ECW brand as Ariel, a

tarot reading fortune teller. Originally, Martinez was to be part of a 'vampire' faction with Gangrel and Kevin Thorn; however, the faction did not materialise on television.[18] Instead, Ariel and Thorn began appearing in vignettes together, and on July 25, Thorn made his in-ring debut with Ariel acting as his valet.[19][20][21]

Ariel then increased her ringside presence during Thorn's matches, often interfering in his matches, and Thorn began a scripted feud with Balls Mahoney.[22][23][24] In order to counteract Ariel's interference, Mahoney began bringing in Francine as an equalizer.[25] Ariel made her ECW in-ring debut against Francine on September 26 in an "Extreme Catfight", which ended as a no contest due to interference from both Thorn and Mahoney.[26] The two teams feuded until early October, until Francine was released by WWE.[27] During a match between Thorn and CM Punk, Kelly Kelly interfered in order to help Punk. As a result, Punk won the match, and Ariel and Thorn attacked Kelly after the match.[28] At the December to Dismember pay-per-view, Thorn and Ariel defeated Kelly and Kelly's on-screen boyfriend Mike Knox in a mixed tag team match, after Knox walked out on Kelly.[29] The next week on ECW, Ariel lost to Kelly in a singles match, when Kelly utilized a schoolgirl for the victory.[30]

On February 6, 2007, Ariel and Thorn joined Elijah Burke, Matt Striker, and Marcus Cor Von in forming The New Breed stable.[31] Ariel began accompanying the New Breed to the ring during their matches, and appeared at WrestleMania 23, managing the New Breed during their match against the ECW Originals.[32][33] Shortly afterward, Burke announced a match between Thorn and CM Punk, after Punk had betrayed the New Breed, but Thorn lost. After the match, Thorn quit the New Breed, as none of the other members interfered during the match to help him.[34] A few weeks later, on May 18, 2007, Martinez was released from her WWE contract.[35] In a 2013 interview, Shelly Martinez blamed her release on a confrontation with Dave Batista.[36]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007–2008)

See also: Latin American Xchange
Martinez as Salinas in November 2007

At the

Rock 'n Rave Infection's valet, Christy Hemme.[38][39][40] At the Final Resolution pay-per-view in January 2008, the mystery masked wrestler was unveiled as Martinez after attacking Hemme again.[41] On the following episode of Impact!, Homicide and Hernandez gave her the name "Salinas".[2] Salinas then began accompanying Homicide and Hernandez to the ring as their valet.[42][43]

She made her in-ring debut for TNA in a singles against

TNA Women's Knockout Championship, but was unsuccessful, and a few weeks later lost a three-on-one handicap match to Awesome Kong and The Beautiful People (Velvet Sky and Angelina Love).[51][52] After Beer Money, Inc. won the TNA World Tag Team Championship from LAX, the two teams began feuding, and at No Surrender in September, Salinas was attacked off camera by their manager Jackie Moore.[53][54] This storyline was put in place as a way to take Martinez off television, as she had quit TNA following being denied a pay rise. Martinez opted to leave and star in an Italian thriller movie.[55][56]

Later career (2008–2017)

Martinez wrestled under her real name for the Perros del Mal promotion in Mexico.[57] Martinez is part of both World Independent Ladies Division and World Wrestling Fan Xperience in the Philippines.[58][59] Martinez has also appeared as a valet for Dragon Gate USA.[60]

Beginning in 2010, Martinez began appearing for

Championship Wrestling From Hollywood. She defeated Lucky O'Shea in her debut match for the promotion in August 2010.[61] In 2013, she was briefly associated with Todd Chandler, before switching her affections to Ricky Mandel, appearing as his storyline girlfriend.[62]

On May 10, 2014, Martinez and

One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown 4, where she fought Rebel in a losing effort.[64]

Martinez announced her retirement from professional wrestling in May 2017.[65]

Other media

She also starred in a

Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too
.

She starred in the

Smashing Pumpkins hit song "Owata".[70]

As of late 2011, Martinez has been the official Hollywood event correspondent and the hostess for the horror news website MoreHorror.com.[71]

She appears as herself in the 1000 Ways to Die segment "Slippery When Dead."

Personal life

Martinez is of Mexican descent. She is an advocate of

animal rights activist.[4]

Championships and accomplishments

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