page_title: Maria Kanellis
section_title: New Japan Pro Wrestling (2015)
hierarchical_section_title: Maria Kanellis / Professional wrestling career / New Japan Pro Wrestling (2015)
caption_attribution_description: English: Michael Bennett &amp; Maria Kanellis at a Smash Wrestling show in Etobicoke, ON
context_page_description: Mary Louis Kanellis-Bennett is an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling manager, actress, model and singer who is best known for her time in WWE, where she was a former WWE 24/7 Champion. She is best known for her work with WWE, as well as her 2008 Playboy magazine pictorial and 2010 appearances on the Celebrity Apprentice television series.
  She has also worked for Ring of Honor, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where she is a former TNA Knockouts Champion. Kanellis' career began as a contestant on the reality show Outback Jack in 2004. In the same year, she placed fifth in the Diva Search, and was later hired by WWE as a backstage interviewer. Kanellis began competing in the ring as a professional wrestler in 2005. She released her debut album Sevin Sins on April 13, 2010.
context_section_description: On April 6, 2015, Kanellis managed Bennett and Matt Taven to capture New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)'s IWGP Tag Team Championship at Invasion Attack 2015. The following day, NJPW announced that, due to Mike Bennet's politics backstage, the promotion had booked its first match involving female wrestlers since October 2002, which would see Kanellis team up with Bennett and Taven to take on Amber Gallows, Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson at Wrestling Dontaku 2015 on May 3. Kanellis pinned Amber to win the match. On July 5 at Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall, Kanellis accompanied Bennett and Taven to their first IWGP Tag Team Championship defense against Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson. The Kingdom lost the match and the championship, after Doc Gallows superkicked Kanellis, which distracted Bennett, leaving Taven alone to lose the match.
caption: Kanellis and her husband Mike Bennett in 2015
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