Candice Michelle

Candice Michelle Introduction

Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when she was 19 she packed her bags and drove to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business. She found success as a model, appearing in car and fitness magazines. She was the Playboy Cyber Girl of the Week in June of 2002 and turned in a spank-able… er believable performance in the soft-core skinemax series “Hotel Erotica”.

Candice Michelle Life Story

In 2004 she entered the WWE Diva search (Carmella Cesare, Christy Hemme, Maria Kanellis) and although she did not win, she did receive a contract to wrestler. She was drafted to the SmackDown brand and made her PPV debut as the special guest referee for the highly anticipated bra and panties match between Torrie Wilson and Melina at the Great American Bash.

In 2006 she was offered the chance to pose for playboy, which (to no one’s surprise) she accepted. Later that year she suffered a broken nose via a kick to the face during a battle royal. She would return to the ring in January 2007 only to be taunted by arch nemesis Melina who claimed no playboy cover girl could beat her. After weeks of intense training with the legendary Arn Anderson, Candice was able to defeat Melina for the WWE women’s championship belt, becoming the first ever Diva Search contestant to win the title. She would defeat her nemesis once more at the Great American Bash, this time with her new finishing move “the candy wrapper”.

Beth Phoenix became the number one contender for the Women's Title after winning a Diva battle royal at SummerSlam. At the Unforgiven pay-per-view, however, Candice successfully retained her title in their match by countering one of Phoenix's moves with a crucifix pin. Their feud continued when Phoenix pinned Candice during a non-title mixed tag team match on Raw on September 24. At No Mercy on October 7, Candice dropped the title to Phoenix, ending her reign as Women's Champion. On October 22, Candice legitimately cracked her clavicle during her rematch for the Women's Title against Phoenix in a two out of three falls match; Phoenix pushed herself into the ropes, causing Candice to fall off of the turnbuckle onto her head, neck and shoulders and putting out of action for 14 weeks.

Candice made her on-screen return on the February 18 edition of Raw, distracting Beth Phoenix during a match with Maria. She returned to in-ring action on March 17, teaming up with Maria to defeat Jillian Hall and Victoria. During the match, Candice injured her left shoulder by tearing the scar tissue over her previously broken left clavicle. Unlike her previous injury, Candice broke her clavicle in four separate places, in essence, shattering it. As a result, Candice was replaced by Ashley for her scheduled match at WrestleMania XXIV. On March 23, Candice underwent successful surgery on her re-broken clavicle. On the September 1 edition of Raw Candice made her in-ring return match teaming up with Kelly Kelly and Mickie James to defeat Jillian Hall, Katie Lea Burchill and Beth Phoenix, with Candice pinning Phoenix. Candice received a push upon her return as she was named the number one contender for the WWE Women's Championship, but lost to Beth Phoenix at No Mercy.

On April 15, 2009 Candice was drafted to WWE brand Smackdown! As a part of the WWE Supplemental Draft.