History Wrestling / Madusa

* BoobsOfSteel: In 1995, Rhonda Singh (known in the WWF as "Bertha Faye") made her debut by breaking Alundra Blayze's nose. This was done so she could take time off to get a nose job. Seven months after that, Madusa unexpectedly returned to WCW with her new nose. Also, her breasts had mysteriously grown to the size of her head.
-->'''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]]:''' The implants looked ridiculous but this is a business of excess.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Near the end of her time in WCW, she forwent wrestling boots and wore big, clunky heels everywhere. When it came time to wrestle, she did so bare footed.

* FashionModel: One of Madusa's first gimmicks. Granted, everything she showed off tended to be white, for some reason, but as time went on she added a lot of red and blue too, becoming a patriotic fashion model.

* InsultBackfire: When called out by "The Fallen Flower" Kikyo, Madusa ended her rebuke with "bitch got balls". Kikyo [[BuxomIsBetter interpreted that]] as her [[BoobsOfSteel being more woman than Madusa.]]

* DavidVersusGoliath: Madusa was often the Goliath many women and some of the smaller guys were afraid to face and was often cold blooded enough to fit the role but this was reversed when she was pitted against Monster Ripper. (or if you watched the WWF, when Alundra Blayze was pitted against Bertha Faye). She was taller than Bull Nakano and Wrestling/AjaKong but they outweighed her by enough margin to make her play David too.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Madusa normally wore footwear in WCW but would normally discard it when it was time to wrestle.

* FunnyAfro: Puts up an image of herself with an unnatural brown Afro prior to painting pictures on Twitch.

** In the AWA she had a [[WrestlingDoesntPay runway model gimmick]], but her job was to model ''clothes'', not her body. She did pose for playboy, but that was just for money, and even if it it wasn't, it would still be about what's comfortable in what ''time'' and ''place''.
** In WCW, Madusa would prefer to be in matches rather than bikini contests, and be visibly annoyed if she had to compete in the latter. Didn't stop commentators of being happy to see her in such contests if the ocasion arose. One example is ''Beach Blast 1992'' when she faced Missy Hyatt in a bikini contest. Despite Hyatt being the opposite to Madusa and being a ShamelessFanserviceGirl, while Madusa did everything she can to cover herself during the contest (from wearing chaps in one instance and a bulgy leather jacket in another), Missy only won narrowly, as host Wrestling/JesseVentura clearly enjoyed the sight of both women the same. The contest even ended with Ventura going after ''Madusa'' after Madusa left, much to Missy's chagrin.

* SuplexFinisher: Ironically, she used the ''German'' Suplex despite being an Italian native and an all-American face.

** On the independent circuits, Deuce's Alliance with Shotzi Blackheart, Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa and a mystery wrestler (Wrestling/WillowNightingale).

* RingOldies: Born in Milan, she began wrestling for the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] in the mid-eighties under an runway model gimmick. She worked in every major US promotion in her time and held women's belts in all of them. She was the first woman to achieve cross over success in Japan (facing off with Asian legends like Chigusa Nagayo and Wrestling/AjaKong) and introduced American audiences to several Japanese female stars. She had ongoing feuds with women who have already been inducted like Sherri Martel and Wendi Richter. She was part of the Dangerous Alliance with a young Wrestling/SteveAustin and Wrestling/PaulHeyman, and had her own small but significant moment in the Monday Night Wars when she unveiled the WWF belt on ''WCW Nitro''. She even managed Wrestling/CurtHennig and Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage. In 1988, ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' named her "Rookie of the Year," ahead of Wrestling/ChrisBenoit, Wrestling/MaxxPayne and Wrestling/ScottSteiner. So yeah, she had clout.

* FiveMovesOfDoom: She had a lot of moves but when she had taken a beating and was teasing a comeback Alundra Blayze's would usually kip out, three flashbacks/flying mat slams, missile drop kick, German suplex.

After she retired from wrestling in 2001, Micelli became a full-time monster truck driver. The WCW had a fleet of monster trucks competing in the early '00s, and Micelli was the only wrestler to drive their own truck. Because she owned the Madusa name, she continued to drive the truck so after she left the WCW and the other wrestler trucks were all discontinued, and she has competed at events like UsefulNotes/MonsterJam. In 2004, she was part of a three-way tie for the Monster Jam World Finals for freestyle competition.

After she retired from wrestling in 2001, Micelli became a full-time monster truck driver. The WCW had a fleet of monster trucks competing in the early '00s, and Micelli was the only wrestler to drive their own truck. Because she owned the Madusa name, she continued to do so after she left the WCW, and she has competed at events like UsefulNotes/MonsterJam. In 2004, she was part of a three-way tie for the Monster Jam World Finals for freestyle competition.

In 2015, WWE inducted Miceli (under her WWE name) into their Hall of Fame. She actually took the belt out of the trash for her speech. Later that year , she became the commissioner of World Wonder Ring STARDOM's USA branch, in preparation for its USA tour later that month.

* MulticoloredHair: Near the end of her WCW career, she began putting blue and/or red highlights in her hair, tying them into oversized pigtails like a pair of pom-poms.

** In WCW, Madusa would prefer to be in matches rather than bikini contests, and be visibly annoyed if she had to compete in the latter. Didn't stop commentators of being happy to see her in such contests if the ocasion arose. One example is ''Beach Blast 1992'' when she faced Missy Hyatt in a bikini contest. Despite Hyatt being the opposite to Madusa and being a ShamelessFanserviceGirl, she only won narrowly, as host Wrestling/JesseVentura clearly enjoyed the sight of both women the same. The contest even ended with Ventura going after ''Madusa'' after Madusa left, much to Missy's chagrin.

In 2013, WWE inducted Miceli (under her WWE name) into their Hall of Fame. She actually took the belt out of the trash for her speech. Later that year , she became the commissioner of World Wonder Ring STARDOM's USA branch, in preparation for its USA tour later that month.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Madusa normally wore footwear in WCW but would normally discard it when it was time to wrestle.

* PerkyFemaleMinion
** She replaced rival Sherri Martel as "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly's manager in the AWA. At that time Madusa also managed the AWA World Heavyweight Champion Curt Hennig. Randy Savage brought her out of "retirement" to be part of Team Madness with Gorgeous George and Miss Madness/Mona.
** Madusa would eventually get her own perky female minion in Nitro Girl Spice.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Madusa the wrestler wears Red, White and Blue. Madusa the monster truck driven by Madusa the wrestler was painted pastel pink in 2011, though it was repainted red, white and blue after Brianna Mahon served as a substitute driver.
* PrecisionFStrike: At ''WCW Halloween Havoc 99'', the beginning of the first Wrestling/VinceRusso regime, she walked out in a bikini to shill the new WCW cologne. She said "This is BULLSHIT!", poured it on Wrestling/BobbyHeenan and left.

* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: The on screen story was that she revived the WWF's women's division only to later destroy it. Off camera, the end of the division was not her fault at all, [=McMahon=] wanted to cut costs and decided the women would get the ax, Bischoff wanted to taunt [=McMahon=] and Madusa was too good an opportunity to pass up. Nonetheless, Madusa was long associated with title belts and garbage bins.
* TheRival
** Sherri Martel was Madusa's first big one, and they faced each other in a few promotions.
** Madusa also faced Bull Nakano under a few different banners. In the RISE promotion Nakano put together a new version of Gokumon-to and Madusa in turn started Deuce's Alliance to oppose them.
** Missy Hyatt after Paul E. Dangerously fired her from the Dangerous Alliance.

* TournamentArc
** Madusa won a tournament for the vacant AWA Women's Championship, defeating Candi Devine
** Alundra Blayze won a tournament for the vacant WWF Women's Championship, pinning Heidi Lee Morgan.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: A lot of people suspect that Madusa taking the WWF Women's Championship belt to WCW and throwing it in the bin made Wrestling/VinceMcMahon so paranoid about the possibility of Wrestling/BretHart doing the same thing with the WWF Championship that he resorted to the Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob to prevent even the ''possibility'' of it happening again.

* CallBack: Her appearance in the 2019 ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]] Reunion'' had her win the 24/7 Championship and pull out a trash can to dump the title into it... but Wrestling/TedDiBiase appeared and [[BribingYourWayToVictory bought the title from her]] (also a CallBack to the time he tried to buy the WWE Championship from Wrestling/AndreTheGiant) before she could bin it.

* {{Crossover}}: In 1999 SFX Motorsports began building WCW themed monster trucks. Chad Fortune of The Pit Crew TagTeam was the only other wrestler who drove his own truck but WCW buried him(moreso than Madusa), so he was not as famous.

* TheDogBitesBack: At ''WCW Halloween Havoc 92'', October 25, 1992, [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] (w/manager Wrestling/HarleyRace) defended the U.S Heavyweight Title against what remained of The Dangerous Alliance. After the match, [[Wrestling/PaulHeyman Paul E.]] kicked Madusa out of the Alliance, saying that he only hired her "because the other hooker had prior engagements." Madusa, of course, took some exception to that. This is made funnier by Vader and Harley seeing the rage in Madusa's eyes and "noping" out of there. (Vader, who had just retired "Russian Nightmare" Wrestling/NikitaKoloff, would go on to become the company's resident ''[[WrestlingMonster monster heel]]'', and Race is an eight-time NWA World Champion.)

* DownerEnding: In her mid-90s WCW run and feud with Akira Hokuto, a title vs career match was booked. Madusa lost, Hokuto took the WCW Women's Title back to Japan with her, and that was the end of WCW's Women's division. To make it worse, after the match they showed her in the back having her leg looked over by the medics, and commentator Wrestling/TonySchiavone said roughly 'the division's dead, how does [her injury] matter anymore?'

* FemmeFatale: When it comes to her actual career, probably her best remembered role was part of The Dangerous Alliance.

** On the independent circuits, Deuce's Alliance with Shotzi Blackheart, Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa and a mystery wrestler(Wrestling/WillowNightingale).

** She replaced rival Sherri Martel as "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly's manager in the AWA At that time Madusa also managed the AWA World Heavyweight Champion Curt Hennig. Randy Savage brought her out of "retirement" to be part of Team Madness with Gorgeous George and Miss Madness/Mona.

* PretenderDiss:
** She's said in the past that likes getting into character and cutting social media "promos". She has feuded with Wrestling/{{Paige}} on Twitter once. (Paige has stated that her moveset is very much inspired by Bull Nakano.)
** Madusa got a lot of flak from fans of Wrestling/AJLee for proclaiming the belt was hers because she never lost it (erm...), and challenging AJ come and face her for the right to wear it. All because WWE did a photoshoot of AJ with the classic belt design. In normal situations, the IWC would recognize when they're getting worked, but with Madusa the backlash should have been expected.

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Madusa left WWF and joined WCW with the "throw the title in the trash can" act because she thought WCW was going to take her and the other women wrestlers seriously. [[StayInTheKitchen They didn't]].

* WomanInWhite: Micelli wrestled in all-white during her AWA and WWF runs.

* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: In WCW, Madusa would prefer to be in matches rather than bikini contests, and be visibly annoyed if she had to compete in the latter. Didn't stop commentators of being happy to see her in such contests if the ocasion arose. One example is ''Beach Blast 1992'' when she faced Missy Hyatt in a bikini contest. Despite Hyatt being the opposite to Madusa and being a ShamelessFanserviceGirl, she only won narrowly, as host Wrestling/JesseVentura clearly enjoyed the sight of both women the same. The contest even ended with Ventura going after ''Madusa'' after Madusa left, much to Missy's chagrin.

* PinkMeansFeminine: Madusa the wrestler wears Red, White and Blue. Madusa the monster truck driven by Madusa the wrestler was painted pastel pink, though it was painted red, white and blue after Brianna Mahon served as a substitute driver.

* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Played that role in Japan.

* UrExample: First American wrestler to sign with All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (but ''far'' from the first American to wrestle there, as they had been relying on {{foreign wrestling heel}}s for the first ten years of their existence, back in the 1960s)