Madusa

Debrah Ann Miceli (born February 9, 1963), better known as Madusa, is an American monster truck driver and retired professional wrestler.

She is currently signed to National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) as a producer.

In professional wrestling Miceli is also known by the ring name Alundra Blayze, which she used while in the WWF/WWE.

Outside of the WWF, she wrestled under her professional name of Madusa, which was shortened from "Made in the USA".

Her early career was spent in the American Wrestling Association, where she once held the AWA World Women's Championship.

In 1984, Miceli trained with Eddie Sharkey in Minneapolis and began working on the independent circuit for $5 a match.

In 1986, she started wrestling in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) feuding with Sherri Martel as Madusa Miceli.

After Martel left the AWA, she replaced her as "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly's manager, who often teamed with Nick Kiniski as "The Perfect Tag Team".

In a tournament final, she won the AWA World Women's Championship over Candi Devine on December 27, 1987.

At that time Madusa also began managing the AWA World Heavyweight Champion Curt Hennig.

In 1988, she was the first woman to be awarded Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Rookie of the Year.

The following year, she signed a contract with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, making her the first foreign wrestler to do so.

She later joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where she was a member of The Dangerous Alliance, a group of wrestlers managed by Paul E. Dangerously.

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 wrestled a six-week tour for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling at the beginning of 1989, where she won the IWA Women's title from Chigusa Nagayo before dropping it back to her the very next day.

She then began training in Japan, learning the Japanese wrestling style, as well as Muay Thai, kickboxing, and boxing.

She eventually signed a three-year deal with All Japan, which made her the first non-Japanese wrestler to do so.

In addition, she worked for the TWA, feuding with Luna Vachon, whom she faced in a Hair vs Hair Mixed Tag Team match in September 1991.

Miceli and her partner Eddie Gilbert defeated Vachon and Cactus Jack, which resulted in Vachon having her head shaved.

She then went to WCW and helped Paul E. Dangerously form his Dangerous Alliance.

She acted primarily as Alliance member Rick Rude's valet.

On October 25, Dangerously kicked her out of the Dangerous Alliance at Halloween Havoc.

She, however, defeated him by count-out on November 18, 1992, at Clash of the Champions XXI.

In 1993, she joined the rival World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the name Alundra Blayze.

In the WWF, she feuded with Bull Nakano and Bertha Faye, while holding the WWF Women's Championship three times.

Two years after joining the WWF, Miceli returned to WCW, showing up on an episode of Monday Nitro to throw the WWF Women's Championship belt into a trash can; she was blacklisted by the WWF for the next 20 years as a result.

In her second WCW run, Miceli feuded with Bull Nakano and Oklahoma, and became the first woman to hold the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship.

After training wrestlers such as Torrie Wilson, Stacy Keibler, and Nora Greenwald (Molly Holly) at the WCW Power Plant, she left the company in 2001.

She drove a truck named Madusa, and won the 2004 co-championship at the Monster Jam World Finals for freestyle in the first-ever three-way tie.

The following year, she won the Racing Championship in the Monster Jam World Finals.

Miceli was born in Minneapolis.

Before entering professional wrestling, she participated in both gymnastics and track, and at age 14, she worked at an Arby's fast-food restaurant.

During the beginning of her wrestling career, she also worked as a part-time nurse.

On March 28, 2015, she was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2015, under the Alundra Blayze moniker.

In 2015, she additionally served as the commissioner of Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom.

Miceli is a former monster truck driver, and second longest tenured female driver in the sport to Scarlet Bandit.