1. Debra Gale Marshall is an American retired professional wrestling valet, professional wrestler, and actress.
30 Facts About Debra Marshall
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Debra Marshall is best known for her time with World Championship Wrestling between 1995 and 1998 as Queen Debra and with the World Wrestling Federation between 1998 and 2002 as simply Debra.
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Debra Marshall joined the WWF in 1998, where she managed the tag team of Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart until Hart's in-ring death in May 1999.
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Debra Marshall later appeared on-screen with her second husband Stone Cold Steve Austin until 2002, when the duo left the company.
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Debra Marshall later competed and won in the 1992 Mrs Texas USA pageant held in Houston, Texas and went on to compete in the National Mrs USA pageant.
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Debra Marshall first appeared in WCW in late-1995 and early-1996, making occasional unnamed appearances as an audience plant, and as part of a group of valets for the team of Hulk Hogan and "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
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Flair won the match after Mongo and Debra Marshall turned on Greene by hitting him with a steel briefcase, joining the 4 Horsemen.
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Debra Marshall managed the stable with Miss Elizabeth and Woman.
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At Bash at the Beach in July 1997, Debra Marshall turned on Mongo during his WCW United States Heavyweight Championship match against Jeff Jarrett by handing Jarrett the steel briefcase, which he then used to knock Mongo out and thus to win the match.
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WWF Commissioner Shawn Michaels disqualified Jarrett, and Debra Marshall had to strip due to the match's stipulations.
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Debra Marshall began utilizing a new strategy during matches, distracting Jarrett's opponents by unbuttoning her blouse.
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Debra Marshall competed in her first singles match, against Ivory but lost via disqualification after Jacqueline and Terri Runnels attacked Ivory during the match.
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On May 2,1999, Debra Marshall was scheduled to take on Sable in a 'Nightgown' match, but was made to compete against Nicole Bass, against whom she lost.
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On May 10,1999, Debra Marshall won the WWF Women's Championship from Sable in an evening gown match.
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In November 1999, Debra Marshall participated in an eight-women Sudden Death match at Survivor Series where she teamed with The Fabulous Moolah, Mae Young, and Tori in a winning effort against Ivory, Jacqueline, Luna Vachon and Terri Runnels which served as her last appearance as an in-ring performer, despite being trained at the time to compete.
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Debra Marshall subsequently stayed off television while her husband Stone Cold Steve Austin recovered from neck surgery.
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Debra Marshall reappeared in April 2000, acting as a guest ring announcer at Backlash for the opening match.
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Debra Marshall resigned as Lieutenant Commissioner on the March 5,2001 episode of Raw to pursue managing again, while it was revealed on-screen that she was the wife of Stone Cold.
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In 2002, Debra Marshall was involved in a major backstage brawl with Stephanie McMahon after arguing over their respective husbands.
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Debra Marshall left the company in June 2002 after her last RAW appearance with Austin, fanning the flames of their well-publicized marital fallout.
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References of Debra Marshall were subsequently dropped from WWE programming and media altogether, although, in 2021, she was acknowledged by WWE.
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Debra Marshall's first acting jobs involved commercials and two music videos for country musician George Strait.
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Debra Marshall had a small role in the 1995 film The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre as a police officer.
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The producers originally offered her the lead in the film, but when the director's first choice changed her mind and accepted the role, Debra Marshall was given the small role instead.
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On March 10,2002, Debra Marshall appeared on an episode of The Weakest Link alongside several other members of the WWE roster.
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McMichael's mother, whom Debra Marshall met on an airplane, set up their first meeting as a blind date.
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Debra Marshall met Steven Williams, known on-screen as Stone Cold Steve Austin, in 1998; they moved in together in 2000.
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Debra Marshall later auctioned her wedding ring off on eBay for $27,100 and donated a portion of the proceeds to "Safe Place", an organization which assists the victims of domestic abuse.
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In June and July 2007, Debra Marshall made several appearances to discuss the Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide.
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Debra Marshall described steroids and drugs as the cause of Austin hitting her in June 2002 and suggested links between such substances and the death of Benoit and his family.