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Mickie James
Statistics
Stage names	Queen Alexis Princess Alexis Superball Alexis Laree Mickie James
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight	124 lbs (58 kg)
Born	August 31, 1979
Hometown	Richmond, Virginia
Resides	Louisville, Kentucky
Trained by	Dory Funk, Jr.
Debut	1999

Mickie James is an American professional wrestler and valet, who is better known by her former stage name Alexis Laree. A popular female wrestler on the independent circuit scene for years, she was signed as a trainee by World Wrestling Entertainment in October 2003. She is now part of the WWE Raw brand.

Career

Mickie James made her professional debut in the summer of 1999 as a ring valet for KYDA Pro Wrestling in Manassas, Virginia. She started out managing some of the most popular stars in the promotion such as Steve Corino and Tommy Dreamer, but eventually found herself being drawn into feuds with other wrestlers and their valets and managers. Eventually James chose to step into the ring as a wrestler herself.

Although most of James's matches have been against women, some of her most memorable matches would be against men. She scored her first big win in a match against Sean Lei. One of the most highly acclaimed matches she has participated in was in June 2003 for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a member of The Gathering. She teamed with Julio Dinero against NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett in a 2-on-1 Clockwork Orange House of Fun match. This match pits competitors inside a steel cage adorned with weapons of various types.

James's career has gone through many promotions. In late 1999 she expanded out to other promotions including all-female promotions Beautiful Babes of Wrestling (BBOW) and Professional Girl Wrestling Association (PGWA). She probably made her largest impact wrestling for Maryland Championship Wrestling, where she engaged in several long-running feuds.

In January 2001 James made her debut appearance for two new women's promotions, Dangerous Women of Wrestling (DWOW) and Women's Extreme Wrestling (WEW). Both promotions worked together to promote womens wrestling with a hardcore edge, and WEW had regular monthly pay-per-view matches. James's feuds from here include matches against "Prime Time" Amy Lee, Dee-Dee Venturi, a re-ignition of her feud with Candie from MCW, and the start of a new series of feuds with "Simply Luscious" Ronnie Stephens. Her matches against Stephens stretched to many independent promotions in the northeast.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

On March 26, 2003 James appeared on a NWA:TNA PPV. Although she was on NWA:TNA's first-ever PPV in late 2002 as part of the all-women's lingerie battle royal, her arrival in 2003 marked the first time she was highlighted, as she helped out The Amazing Red in a mixed tag-team match against Kid Kash and valet Trinity. Two weeks later the two women would have a match against each other which ended prematurely when James was dragged away by the recently debuted Raven. Weeks later, it emerged that James had joined Raven's new group, The Gathering, which would later be expanded with the addition of Julio Dinero and CM Punk.

World Wrestling Entertainment

October 2003 would mark a new calling for James, however. After appearing on several PPVs for NWA-TNA, she finally caught the attention of World Wrestling Entertainment. She was signed to a developmental contract and immediately sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky to begin training. In early 2004 she started making television appearances for the promotion and has been regularly included in storylines including feuds with Jillian Hall, Melina, and Beth Phoenix.

Although they never crossed paths as part of The Gathering, James and CM Punk were briefly united as a new team in WWE, with James serving as Punk's valet for a taping of WWE HEAT in Cleveland, Ohio on July 25, 2005. The match was not aired, and plans to team the two together were abandoned. She made her debut proper on the October 10, 2005 episode of WWE RAW under her real name, and was billed as an obsessed fan of Trish Stratus coming to her rescue following an attack on Stratus by Victoria. A similar storyline featuring Tori and then-WWF Women's Champion Sable took place in 1998 and 1999. On the October 17, 2005 episode of RAW, James competed in her first WWE-televised match, a tag match with Ashley Massaro and Stratus against Victoria, Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson which ended when Victoria pinned James.

Taboo Tuesday 2005

She will be involved in a Diva Battle Royal at Taboo Tuesday 2005 for the Woman's Title.

Finishing and signature moves

• Laree DDT (Tornado DDT)
• Inverted DDT
• Flying forearm

Trivia

• Her hobbies include horseback riding, swimming, exercising, gymnastics and racquetball.
• She is an accomplished violinist.
• In a interview Molly Holly stated that James was one of the best women wrestlers she had ever seen.
• James was at one time romantically linked with SmackDown! performer Joey Mercury.

Championships and accomplishments

• 1-time DCW Women's Champion
• 1-time ICW Super Juniors Champion
• 1-time NWA CSWF Women's Champion
• 1-time PWF Universal women's Champion
• 1-time SCW Diva Champion
• 1-time UCW Women's Champion
• 1-time UWF Women's Champion

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