| Melissa Taylor | |
| Names: | 21st Century Fox[1] |
| Height: | [2] |
| Weight: | 135lb |
| Birth Date: | August 27 |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Billed: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Trainer: | Sid Summers Ion Croitoru[3] |
| Debut: | 2002 |
Melissa Taylor[1] [4] (born Melissa Maughn, August 27) is a Canadian professional wrestler best known by her ring name 21st Century Fox.
Maughn was originally trained by Sid Summers in Cambridge, Ontario.[2]
In October 2005, Maughn was defeated by Misty Haven in the finals of the Pure Wrestling Association's (PWA) Women's Elite 8 Cup Tournament.[5]
Maughn won the PWA's Elite Women's Championship for the first time in 2005 from Cheerleader Melissa.[1] In March 2006, Maughn dropped the title to Melissa,[1] but she regained it in a triple threat match against Melissa and Misty Haven. She defended it against Haven on July 22, 2006, at PWA's One Year Anniversary Show.[6] Maughn also retained her title in a match against Tiana Ringer before losing it to Aurora in July.[1] Maughn, however, regained the title the same night.[1] She also traded the title with Misty Haven and defended it against challengers such as Miss Danyah and Portia Perez.[1]
In September 2006, she defeated Ivory in a wedding veil on a pole match with special guest referee Molly Holly.[1] [2] In April 2007, she defended her title against April Hunter.[1]
In late 2005, she participated in CIWA North's first women's wrestling match.[1] She won a tag team match with Angel Williams against Tracy Brooks and Elmira the Iron Maiden.[1] Maughn had a tryout match with World Wrestling Entertainment in September 2006.[7]
A month later, in November, she participated in Great Canadian Wrestling's W.I.L.D. Tournament but lost to Sirelda, the eventual winner of the tournament.[1] [8] In the 2007 tournament, she was defeated in the first round by Portia Perez.[1]
Maughn has an older brother. In high school, she played on the girls' football team for three years.[2] [9]