Madusa Debra Ann Miceli ( February 9 , 1964 ) is a retired American professional wrestler . She is best known under her ring names Madusa ( shorthand for Made in the USA ) or Alundra Blayze . Her early career was spent in the American Wrestling Association , where she held the AWA World Women ' s Championship one time . In 1988 , Miceli was also 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 . 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 a total of 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 . For the next six years , she worked in WCW , where she feuded with Bull Nakano , Oklahoma , and became the first women to hold the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship . After training wrestlers at the WCW Power Plant , she left the company in 2001 . In addition to wrestling , Miceli competes in the world of monster trucks . She drives a truck named Madusa , which was also her ring name for much of her professional wrestling career . She won the 2004 co - championship at the Monster Jam World Finals for freestyle in the first - ever three - way tie . The following year , she was the only female competitor in the Super Bowl of Motorsports , and she won the Racing Championship in the Monster Jam World Finals . Professional wrestling career . American Wrestling Association ( 1986 – 1989 ) . In 1984 , Miceli trained with Eddie Sharkey in Minneapolis , Minnesota 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 . 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 . All Japan Women ' s Pro Wrestling ( 1989 – 1991 ) . 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 . World Championship Wrestling ( 1991 – 1993 ) . She then went to WCW and helped Paul E . Dangerously form his Dangerous Alliance . She acted primarily as Alliance member Rick Rude ' s manager . 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 the " Clash of the Champions " . World Wrestling Federation ( 1993 – 1995 ) . In 1993 , the WWF reinstated its Women ' s Championship , a title that had been vacant since 1990 , and Miceli was brought in by the company to revive the women ' s division . She debuted under the ring name Alundra Blayze , because WWF owner Vince McMahon did not want to pay Miceli to use the name Madusa , which she had trademarked . She wrestled in a six - woman tournament to crown a new Women ' s Champion , and in the finals , she pinned Heidi Lee Morgan on December 13 to win the title . After the tournament , Miceli asked WWF management to bring in new women for her to wrestle . In mid - 1994 , Bull Nakano joined the WWF roster and began feuding with Miceli , who was still using the name Alundra 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 . In reality , the storyline was written so Miceli could take time off to get breast implants and a nose job . She returned to the ring in August 1995 , losing the Women ' s Championship to Faye at SummerSlam on August 27 . Two months later , she won the title a third time , defeating Faye on October 23 . 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 . World Championship Wrestling ( 1995 - 2001 ) . In December 1995 , Miceli signed with WCW and , as part of a storyline concocted by booker Eric Bischoff , showed up on " WCW Monday Nitro " on December 18 where she threw the WWF Women ' s Title belt into a trash can . She would later admit she regretted the action and would not have done it had Bischoff not coerced her to . Miceli immediately began using the Madusa name again , and 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 . The company then decided to establish the WCW Women ' s Championship , but Madusa lost to Akira Hokuto in the finals of the tournament to crown the first champion on December 29 at Starrcade . On June 15 , Hokuto retained the title against Madusa at The Great American Bash in a Title vs . Career match . The latter 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 . After that storyline ended , Madusa entered into a tournament for the WCW Championship , but she was defeated and eliminated from the tournament . She was later re - entered into the tournament in a match against Evan Karagias , but was eliminated the next week . After her elimination , Madusa put all her focus on managing Karagias . 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 them 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 . In the meantime , Miceli became an instructor at the WCW Power Plant , where she helped train women such as Nora Greenwald ( Molly Holly ) to wrestle . 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 . She left the company when she heard that Vince McMahon , the owner of the World Wrestling Federation , was going to buy WCW . Because she had a previous falling - out with McMahon , she opted not to stay with the company . She retired from professional wrestling for good in 2001 because she did not like the direction in which women ' s wrestling was going ; according to her , it was becoming less about real wrestling and more about Bra and Panties matches . Monster trucks . Miceli entered the monster truck business under Dennis Anderson in 1999 . She made her first American hot rod appearance at the Trans World Dome . Afterward , she purchased her own truck and named it Madusa , as she still held the rights to the name . She began winning freestyle competitions in 2001 . Miceli won the 2004 co - championship at the Monster Jam World Finals for freestyle in the first - ever three - way tie . On March 2005 in Las Vegas , she beat her trainer Dennis Anderson in the final bracket of the Monster Jam World Finals for the Racing Championship , thus making her the first woman to win the Monster Jam World Finals racing championship . Also in 2005 , she was the only female competitor in the Super Bowl of Motorsports . As of January 2008 , she is also the Executive Vice President of the Major League of Monster Trucks . In 2009 , she returned to Monster Jam for the first time since 2006 . Personal life . Miceli was born in Milan , Italy , but raised in several foster homes in Minneapolis , Minnesota . Miceli is Jewish . 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 , Miceli also worked as a nurse part - time . In June 1997 , she met National Football League player Ken Blackman , and they married seven months later on February 14 , 1998 . They shared homes in both Cincinnati and Homosassa , Florida . In 1998 , they opened a motorcycle shop called Spookee Custom Cycles , which made motorcycles for other NFL players such as Kimo von Oelhoffen , Darnay Scott , Bradford Banta , and Dan Wilkinson . The couple later divorced . In February 2004 , Madusa provided commentary for boat races . She also planned to write a book pertaining to her years in professional wrestling . In 1995 , she appeared in the movie " Shootfighter II " . In Japan , she released a CD of songs sung in Japanese . Miceli owns a grooming , pet spa , and doggy bakery called Koolkats and Hotdogs in Lecanto , Florida . On June 25 , 2011 , Miceli married Alan Jonason , a first sergeant in the United States Army in Memphis , Tennessee . On January 7 , 2012 , Miceli announced in a YouTube video that she still has the original WWE Women ' s Championship . She also stated that if she was to ever wrestle again she would want to defend that title against Beth Phoenix .