24 Facts About Melissa Coates

Melissa Lavinia Coates was a Canadian professional wrestler, bodybuilder, fitness model, and actress.

Melissa Coates was best known for appearing in the first two seasons of the Game Show Network show Extreme Dodgeball.

Melissa Coates re-entered the following year and won the Mid-Canada Junior Girls Championship.

Melissa Coates soon began to shift her attention from tennis to bodybuilding.

Melissa Coates entered her first contest in the early 1990s, where she won the overall lightweight category of the Windsor Physique Contest.

Melissa Coates competed in the first two seasons of Extreme Dodgeball on the Game Show Network.

In 2005, Melissa Coates made an appearance in the Naked Women's Wrestling League, hosted by Carmen Electra.

Melissa Coates then made an appearance at WWE's Backlash, taking part in Chris Masters' "Master Lock Challenge" segment, where he offered $3,000 to anyone who could break his Master Lock, which she failed to do.

Melissa Coates was then placed in OVW as an official trainee and became the "head of security" for Kenny Bolin's stable "Bolin's Services".

Melissa Coates returned to OVW, albeit not under a WWE developmental contract.

Melissa Coates later turned heel and began managing the OVW Southern Tag Team Champions Blonde Bombers, as well as becoming Jillian Hall's bodyguard and went on a spree of blinding people with rubbing alcohol in storyline.

Melissa Coates continued to remain champion until the title was seemingly forgotten and then deactivated in late 2007.

Melissa Coates made several appearances for other Georgia-based wrestling promotions in both a wrestling and managerial role.

The angle between the two continued until Matthews' tag team partner Brodie Chase revealed that he and Melissa Coates were together, turning Chase heel in the process.

In July 2008, they were joined by "Captain" Jason Static, though Static left the stable after a few months before Melissa Coates left NWA Anarchy.

On February 4,2012, Melissa Coates made her debut for the Michigan Championship Wrestling Association in a mixed tag team match, where she teamed with Tyler Elkins to defeat Sybil Starr and Brian Castle.

On June 15,2012, Melissa Coates defeated Stacy Shadows to win the Brew City Wrestling Women's Championship, ending Shadows' near two year-long championship reign.

On November 15,2014, Melissa Coates began managing Sabu, complete with the nickname "The Super Genie".

Melissa Coates' mother was a nurse and amateur actress and bodybuilder, and her father is a doctor.

Melissa Coates was the youngest of four children, having a sister and two brothers.

Melissa Coates earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from Lakehead University, originally seeking to be a veterinarian.

Melissa Coates was experiencing excruciating pain in her left leg from the effects of COVID-19.

Melissa Coates was admitted to University Medical Center in Las Vegas, where doctors observed several blood clots in her leg.

Melissa Coates died in her sleep from COVID-19 complications on June 23,2021, aged 52.