Melanie Cruise

Melanie Cruise (January 7, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. After starting training in November 2005 and formally debuting in April 2009, Cruise began regularly wrestling for POWW and SHIMMER Women Athletes, where she is part of a stable along with Annie Social and Wesna.
She has been inactive since 2022.
==Professional wrestling career==
===SHIMMER Women Athletes===
She made her first appearance as part of SPARKLE in Volume 21 where she defeated Cherry Bomb after a roll-up. She made her official SHIMMER debut on May 2, 2009, as part of Volume 23 where she lost to Daffney. Prior to the match Annie Social was introduced as her new manager.
On May 3, 2009, at the tapings of Volume 25 Melanie had a match against Nikki Roxx but once again lost after Roxx hit her with the Barbie Crusher. Later that night on Volume 26 she took part in a 4-way match which also saw as participants Jennifer Blake, Jessie McKay and Kellie Skater. This match was eventually won by Jessie McKay.
===Supreme Wrestling Entertainment===
She made her debut with Supreme Wrestling Entertainment on May 25, 2011 in Hartford, WI. She took on and defeated Nikki St. John. She had originally been scheduled to take on Taylor Made, but Melanie Cruise had "Made Sure" Taylor didn't make it to the show, so she was replaced by Nikki. Melanie Cruise and Nikki St. John once again squared off on July 4, 2011. This time Nikki St. John got the win.
===All Elite Wrestling===
Melanie debuted in 2019 under the name Mel as part of the stable "The Nightmare Collective" along with Brandi Rhodes, Luther and Awesome Kong. The stable disbanded in 2020 after Mel and Luther attacked Kong, who would later leave the promotion.
==In wrestling==
*Finishing moves
**As Mel
***Leg trap chokeslam
**As Melanie Cruise
***Olympic Slam
*Signature moves
**Backbreaker
**Body slam
**Corner foot choke
**Powerslam
**Sidewalk slam
*Tag Teams and Stables
**The Nightmare Collective - with Brandi Rhodes, Luther and Awesome Kong
*Entrance Music
**"Smack A B!tch Up" by Michael Rukus (AEW)
==Championships and accomplishments==
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
**PWI ranked her #39 in the 2011 PWI Top 50 Females
**PWI ranked her #25 in the 2012 PWI Top 50 Females
*Resistance Pro
**Resistance Pro Women's Championship (2 times)
*RISE Wrestling
**Guardians of RISE Championship (1 time) with Dust
==External links==
* Melanie Cruise Profile
* Melanie Cruise Profile
*Melanie Cruise on Facebook
*Melanie Cruise on Twitter
* Profile
Category:Queens of Wrestling alumni
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Category:2008 debuts
Category:Female wrestlers
Category:American wrestlers
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Category:3XW Wrestling alumni
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Category:Juggalo Championship Wrestling alumni
Category:Michinoku Pro Wrestling alumni
Category:National Wrestling Alliance alumni
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Category:OZ Academy alumni
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Category:Pro Wrestling WAVE alumni
Category:Resistance Pro alumni
Category:SHIMMER Women Athletes alumni
Category:Strong Style Wrestling alumni
Category:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumni
Category:Vanguard Championship Wrestling alumni
Category:Wisconsin Pro Wrestling alumni
Category:Living people
Category:Global Force Wrestling alumni
Category:RISE Wrestling alumni
Category:All Elite Wrestling alumni
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