Mercedes Martinez appears for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor, where she is a former ROH Women's World Champion.
56 Facts About Mercedes Martinez
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Mercedes Martinez is known for her time in WWE, primarily on the NXT brand.
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Mercedes Martinez then attended college at Teikyo Post University, where her major was criminal justice.
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Mercedes Martinez got involved in professional wrestling after an injury sustained playing basketball in college.
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Mercedes Martinez later transitioned to professional wrestling due to her love for contact sports.
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Mercedes Martinez defeated a male wrestler by the name of "Juice" in her first match on November 12,2000.
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Goldberg subsequently formed a women's division in New England Championship Wrestling around Mercedes Martinez, including bringing in foreign talent such as Yoshimoto Ladies Pro's Sumie Sakai.
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In IWA, Mercedes Martinez was brought in to face the star of the women's division, Mickie Knuckles.
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On November 6,2005 Mercedes Martinez wrestled in the inaugural event of the new exclusive women wrestling promotion, Shimmer Women Athletes run by Dave Prazak, who discovered her while watching a Kiryoku Pro DVD.
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Mercedes Martinez wrestled Sara Del Rey in a 20-minute time limit draw, and both were given a standing ovation after their match.
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Mercedes Martinez continued to wrestle for Shimmer and various independent promotions across America through 2006.
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Mercedes Martinez lost against the debuting Ayako Hamada on November 8,2009 after a Hama-Chan Cutter, but was able to score a pinfall over Cat Power as part of Volume 28 after hitting her with the Fisherman Buster.
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On October 2,2011, Mercedes Martinez turned heel for the first time in her Shimmer career, starting a rivalry with Athena.
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On June 26,2016, after being retired for two years, Mercedes Martinez made a surprise return to Shimmer, aligning herself with Nicole Savoy and Shayna Baszler and defeating Madison Eagles in an impromptu match to win the Shimmer Championship for the first time.
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On November 12,2017, Mercedes Martinez lost the title to Savoy.
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On March 25,2006, Mercedes Martinez made her Ring of Honor debut in New York City where she competed in a Shimmer sanctioned match versus her counterparts of Allison Danger, Daizee Haze, and Lacey.
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Mercedes Martinez returned to Ring of Honor by the end of December 2007, aligning herself with The Vulture Squad.
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Mercedes Martinez participated in several matches, and then started feud with Talia Madison for the WXW Women's Championship.
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On January 6,2007, Mercedes Martinez defeated Cindy Rogers to regain the Women's Championship.
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Mercedes Martinez made her surprise return on February 10,2008 to challenge Carlisle for the WXW Women's Championship but did not regain it.
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On February 11,2012 Mercedes Martinez defeated Kimberly in a two out of three falls match.
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Mercedes Martinez made it to the final round before being eliminated by MsChif.
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On July 19,2009 Mercedes Martinez returned to WXW C4 in Allentown and won a 20-person Battle Royal at WXW C4's Flagship show Sportsfest, earning a title shot of her choosing.
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Mercedes Martinez debuted for NCW Femmes Fatales on February 6,2010 taking on Portia Perez.
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Mercedes Martinez challenged NCW Femmes Fatales Champion Kalamity on March 10,2012 and was unsuccessful.
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Mercedes Martinez promptly turned heel afterwards laying Kalamity out and LuFisto came out and they brawled to close the show.
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On May 6,2017, at Challengemania 25, Mercedes Martinez came back to defeat Stefany Sinclair and reclaim the NCW Femmes Fatales Championship.
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Mercedes Martinez left the event as a triple champion, already walking in the match with both the WSU World Championship and the Shimmer Championship.
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On July 24,2011 Mercedes Martinez made her first appearance in Japan, wrestling in famed Korakuen Hall against Nanae Takahashi as a part of the STARDOM Title Tournament during the Nanae Takahashi 15 Anniversary show.
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Mercedes Martinez has worked in SHINE Wrestling for a number of years and was until 2018 a Shine Tag Team Champion with Ivelisse as Las Sicarias until they were defeated by the Twisted Sisterz.
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Mercedes Martinez walked over to Rogers, grabbed her by the spandex, and dragged her back into the ring.
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On June 2,2019, Mercedes Martinez appeared for WAW at Fightmare III, held at Carrow Road, in a winning effort against Sweet Saraya to become the WAWW World Champion.
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In Women Superstars Uncensored in 2007, Mercedes Martinez began teaming with Angel Orsini.
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In March 2008, they began feuding that culminated in many grueling matches throughout 2008 into 2009, including a Steel Cage on January 10,2009; 2 months later, Mercedes Martinez defeated Orsini in a Bullrope match on March 7,2009 at the Second Anniversary Show in Boonton, New Jersey to win the WSU Championship, ending Orsini's record reign of just over nine months.
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Mercedes Martinez would continue to defend the title against the likes of Nikki Roxx, Awesome Kong, Rain, and Portia Perez.
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In January 2011, Mercedes Martinez defeated Angel Orsini again in a ladder match to unify her title with Orsini's All Guts No Glory championship.
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Mercedes Martinez then became involved in a violent rivalry with Jessicka Havok that culminated in Havok putting an end to Mercedes Martinez's unprecedented three year title reign at the WSU 5th Anniversary Show.
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On February 11,2017, Mercedes Martinez defeated Cherry Bomb to win the WSU Championship, making her the first ever three-time champion.
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Mercedes Martinez retained the title for over a year until June 16,2018, when she lost the title against Tessa Blanchard.
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On July 13,2017, Mercedes Martinez entered WWE's Mae Young Classic tournament, defeating Xia Li in her first round match.
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Mercedes Martinez made an appearance on the October 26,2017 episode of NXT, participating in a battle royal which was won by Nikki Cross to determine one of the contenders for the vacant NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: WarGames.
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Mercedes Martinez made her return to WWE, competing in the 2nd Mae Young Classic.
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Mercedes Martinez made it to the second round, defeating Ashley Rayne before being eliminated by Meiko Satomura.
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Mercedes Martinez appeared as the "Joker" in the second Casino Battle Royale, coming into the match as its final entrant.
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Mercedes Martinez was eliminated by Britt Baker without scoring a single elimination.
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In January 2020, Mercedes Martinez signed a contract with WWE and reported to the Performance Center.
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Mercedes Martinez entered her first Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble 2020 event at Number 6, before being eliminated by Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville after lasting over eight minutes.
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Shortly thereafter, Mercedes Martinez requested her removal from the group, and was quietly returned to NXT.
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Mercedes Martinez was in a triple threat along with Toni Storm at NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day but failed to capture the championship.
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In June 2021, Mercedes Martinez entered into a feud against Xia Li over beating her in the inaugural Mae Young Classic, losing to her in a match at NXT TakeOver: In Your House.
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At Knockouts Knockdown, Mercedes Martinez defeated Brandi Lauren in the quarter-finals, Rachael Ellering in the semi-finals, and Tasha Steelz in the final to win the Knockouts Knockdown tournament, thus she received a future Impact Knockouts Championship match.
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Mercedes Martinez received her championship match against Mickie James at Turning Point, where she was unsuccessful in capturing the title.
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Mercedes Martinez faced Rosa in the February 4,2022, episode of Rampage, where she was disqualified due to hitting Rosa with a lead pipe.
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Mercedes Martinez would go onto defeat Nightingale to claim the interim ROH Women's World Championship.
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Mercedes Martinez has since successfully defended the ROH Women's World Championship on episodes of AEW Dark: Elevation.
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Mercedes Martinez was married and has one child, a boy, born in 2009.