Former WWE Diva Joins Ex-Knockout in Horror Movie

Although the door was closed on a possible WWE return for Maria Kanellis, it’s safe to say that she has kicked down another door by getting cast in an upcoming horror movie.

Maria joins former TNA Knockout Thea Trinidad (a.k.a Rosita) in the film entitled “Army of the Damned”. The movie’s IMDB profile describes the movie’s plot as “a reality TV show goes horribly wrong when a group of small town cops respond to a call that brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, domestic disturbance.”

Maria tweeted about her involvement, saying:

Army of the Damned, which also features former WWE Superstar Tommy Dreamer and ‘N Sync member Joey Fatone, is scheduled for a 2013 release.

Today in History: Beth Phoenix Debuts

On this day in history:

May 8th, 2006 | After watching Mickie James defeat Maria, Trish Stratus got into a brawl Mickie, one armed and all. Mickie soon got the better of Trish, removing her arm sling and choking her with it. Suddenly, a mystery woman (Beth Phoenix) emerged from the audience to attack Mickie, and it took two security guards to tear her away. Clearly, the two had some history between them, because as Mickie retreated, she yelled, “What are you doing here?” and, “Nobody wanted you!”. Beth would eventually reveal that Mickie had wronged her in the past, but we would never find out how. Beth soon suffered an injury that would put her on the shelf for a year and set her up for a return as a heel who was quite indifferent to Mickie.

What are your memories of this moment? Tell us in the comments!

Note: This was originally posted on 5/08/12.

Maria Kanellis Addresses WrestleMania Rumors, Tension With Other Divas

Former WWE Diva Maria Kanellis is looking to clear up some rumors about a planned WrestleMania match and what caused that plan to be discarded.

Reported by Diva Dirt back in March, the idea would have brought back several former Divas to take on the current crop.

In an interview with SLAM! Wrestling, the current FWE Women’s Champion confirmed that this was in the works, saying, “I did get contacted by WWE at the end of January, beginning of February, something like that, and for about a month, I was in talks with WWE. We talked about contracts, I had no problem with anything that was in the contract; but about a month after, they called back and said they weren’t moving forward with the storyline.”

Rumors would eventually surface that the plans fell apart due to some Divas’ reluctance to work with Maria again. On that she said, “I’m friends most of the girls, I talk with a lot of them at least once a week if not a couple times a week, so I don’t know where that comes from.”

She did admit to having had difficulties with some of the women, as well as being “fiery” following her WWE release. Diva Dirt’s April 2010 interview with Maria serves as an example of that fieriness, as Maria certainly spoke her mind about her time as a WWE Diva. Things are different now though, as she tells SLAM, “I get along with pretty much everyone; I don’t have those issues. I had disagreements with people in the past, but I really worked hard to get rid of those disagreements.”

Maria dismissed the thought that Brie and Nikki Bella–the only former Divas recently re-signed–squashed the match idea, saying, “I can’t imagine them being that immature to say something like that.”

Despite her return storyline being scrapped, Maria is still open to making a WWE return, telling SLAM that, if the opportunity were to arise, she would be happy to go back.

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