American Wrestling Association (1986–1989) In 1984, Miceli trained with
Eddie Sharkey in
Minneapolis and began working on the
independent circuit for $5 a match. as Madusa Miceli. In a tournament final, she won the
AWA World Women's Championship over
Candi Devine on December 27, 1987. She later lost the title to
Wendi Richter on November 26, 1988. Hennig and Madusa joined the
Diamond Exchange, a stable led by
Diamond Dallas Page that included
Badd Company. With Badd Company she faced the team of the Top Guns (
Ricky Rice and
Derrick Dukes) and Wendi Richter at the only AWA
pay-per-view SuperClash III. Both Badd Company's
Tag-Team Title and Wendi Richter's AWA World Women's Championship were on the line, but since Richter pinned Miceli, Badd Company remained the champions. In 1988, Miceli was also the first woman to be awarded
Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Rookie of the Year. Miceli and her partner
Eddie Gilbert defeated Vachon and
Cactus Jack, which resulted in Vachon having her head shaved. She acted primarily as Alliance member
Rick Rude's valet. and Miceli was brought in by the company to revive the women's division. In mid-1994,
Bull Nakano joined the WWF roster and began feuding with Blayze. Blayze defeated Nakano at
SummerSlam, but lost the belt to her on November 20, 1994, in Japan at the
Big Egg Wrestling Universe event. Five months later on April 3, 1995, Blayze regained the title from Nakano on an edition of
Monday Night Raw. As part of the storyline, immediately following the win, she was attacked by
Bertha Faye, who broke her nose. According to Rhonda Sing (Faye), the storyline was written so Miceli could take time off to get breast implants and a nose job. In December, due to financial troubles the WWF was having at the time she was released from her contract and was stripped of the title following her jump to rival company
World Championship Wrestling, and the WWF Women's Championship remained vacant until 1998. showed up on
WCW Monday Nitro on December 18, where she threw the WWF Women's belt into a trash can. Miceli immediately began using the Madusa name again. Upon her debut she attacked Sherri Martel during her wedding to Col. Robert Parker. She had a match the following Monday on
Nitro against Sherri Martel which she lost. After that, the company brought in
Bull Nakano to feud with her; they battled in a match at
Hog Wild in August 1996. Due to pre-match stipulations, Madusa was allowed to destroy Nakano's motorcycle after the match. On June 15, Hokuto retained the title against Madusa at
The Great American Bash in a
Title vs. Career match. Madusa then took a nearly two-year hiatus from the company. Madusa returned to WCW in April 1999 as part of
Randy Savage's faction
Team Madness with
Gorgeous George and
Miss Madness. She was later re-entered into the tournament in a match against
Evan Karagias, but was eliminated the next week. After Karagias won the
WCW World Cruiserweight Championship at
Mayhem, he was found flirting with
Spice of the
Nitro Girls. At
Starrcade, however, Spice gave Karagias a
low blow during the match, and Madusa pinned him to become the first female ever to win the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship. Spice then aligned herself with Madusa and became her manager for a short time. In January 2000, Madusa developed a rivalry with
Oklahoma. In a farcical
Evening Gown match on an episode of
WCW Thunder on January 12, Madusa defeated Oklahoma by stripping off his dress, but he attacked her after the match. She eventually lost the Cruiserweight belt to Oklahoma at
Souled Out on January 16, 2000. Before WCW's collapse, she engaged in a brief feud with
Torrie Wilson and
Shane Douglas, who defeated her and partner
Billy Kidman at
Fall Brawl in a Mixed Tag Team
Scaffold match. Madusa took a big bump during this match and wasn't seen again on WCW TV. During her speech, in response to constant questions about her dumping the WWF Women's Championship belt in the trash on
Monday Nitro, her inductor,
Natalya, wheeled a trash can onstage. Miceli (calling herself both Madusa and Alundra Blayze) withdrew the belt, which she stressed was a good-looking "women's
wrestling belt", and said it was finally "back home where it belongs" after 20 years. She held the belt on her shoulder, and referred to herself as the reigning WWF Women's Champion. Following her Hall of Fame induction, she made a special appearance during the
WrestleMania 31 event the following day on March 29, along with the other Hall of Fame inductees. In September 2015, Miceli was appointed the commissioner of Japanese women's promotion
World Wonder Ring Stardom. On January 27, 2016, Miceli appeared on WWE Network's program
Table for 3, along with fellow wrestlers
Ivory and
Molly Holly. In September 2017, the
WWE Network released a documentary entitled "TrailBlayzer" detailing Miceli's careers in both wrestling and monster truck driving. Miceli as Alundra Blayze was announced as an entrant into the battle royal for a women's championship opportunity at
WWE Evolution, marking a return to the ring after an 18-year hiatus, however she was eliminated by
Nia Jax On July 22, 2019, Alundra Blayze appeared as a heel and attacked
24/7 Champion Candice Michelle, after which she captured the title from Candice by forcing her to submit, with
Melina acting as the official, becoming the third woman to win the title, while also becoming the first individual to win the title via submission. She also became the second woman to hold both the WWE Women's Championship, and the 24/7 Championship. She later attempted to toss the 24/7 Championship into the trash (similar to when she did the same to the WWF Women's Championship in 1995), only to instead sell the title to
WWE Hall of Famer
Ted DiBiase. Returning to
TNT for the first time in 20 years, Miceli was presenter of the
All Elite Wrestling (AEW)'s Women's Tag Team Cup Tournament: The Deadly Draw, which began on August 3, 2020. The tournament concluded on the August 22, 2020, Saturday episode of
AEW Dynamite, where she gave the championship cup to the tournament winners
Ivelisse and
Diamante. Miceli would also appear in WWE on the July 26, 2022, episode of
NXT in a backstage segment with Roxanne Perez and McKenzie Mitchell, announcing a fatal four-way elimination match for the vacant
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship. On January 23, 2023, Miceli appeared backstage during
Raw is XXX, celebrating the 30th anniversary of
Monday Night Raw. Miceli inducted
Bull Nakano into the
WWE Hall of Fame class of 2024.
National Wrestling Alliance (2019–present) On April 27, 2019, at the
Crockett Cup Miceli appeared for the
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) as Madusa, where she presented the vacant
NWA Women's Championship before
Allysin Kay and
Santana Garrett competed for it. She would later accompany The Wild Cards (
Royce Isaacs and
Thomas Latimer) who challenged the
Villain Enterprises (
Brody King and
PCO) at the Crockett Cup finals for the vacant
NWA World Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful. == Monster truck career ==