Melissa Maughn Explained

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.

Professional wrestling career

Maughn was originally trained by Sid Summers in Cambridge, Ontario.[2]

Pure Wrestling Association

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]

Other promotions

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]

Personal life

Maughn has an older brother. In high school, she played on the girls' football team for three years.[2] [9]

Championships and accomplishments

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 21st Century Fox. Online World of Wrestling. 2009-04-27.
  2. Web site: Q & A: 21st Century Fox. Mata, Shiai. 2009-04-28. 2006.
  3. Web site: Singles Wrestlers . Great Lakes Championship Wrestling . 2008-02-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080630101051/http://glcwrestling.sphosting.com/roster.htm . 2008-06-30 .
  4. Web site: Melissa Taylor. .
  5. Web site: An intimate look at WWE diva Victoria. https://archive.today/20120530115818/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/10/16/1264874-sun.html. usurped. May 30, 2012. Baines, Tim. Ottawa Sun. 2009-04-27. October 16, 2005.
  6. Web site: PWA marks one-year anniversary. https://archive.today/20120717104931/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/07/13/1682497.html. usurped. July 17, 2012. SLAM! Wrestling. 2009-04-27. July 12, 2006. Hulet, Marc.
  7. Web site: Who's got the skills to be the next champ?. https://archive.today/20120713192131/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/09/10/1821977.html. usurped. July 13, 2012. Baines, Tim. Ottawa Sun. 2009-04-27. September 10, 2006.
  8. Web site: GCW W.I.L.D. Championship. Great Canadian Wrestling. 2009-04-04.
  9. Web site: 21st Century Fox. GLORY Wrestling. 2009-04-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20090203083919/http://glorywrestling.com/gg/21stCenturyFox/21CF.asp. 2009-02-03. dead.