Shelly Martinez

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shelly Martinez
Occupation	Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Feb 9, 1980(1980-02-09)
Age	44
Birthplace	San Bernardino
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Aquarius

Shelly Martinez Biography

Shelly Martinez is one of the most popular and richest Wrestler who was born on February 9, 1980 in San Bernardino, California, United States. Professional wrestler who has fought under various aliases, including “Salinas” and “Ariel.” She was”the” Empire Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champion along with Threat.

She as well as She and CM Punk were members of the ECW wrestling stable The New Breed. were part of ECW wrestlers stable The New Breed.

Martinez entered professional wrestling in December 2000. She worked mainly on the independent circuit in Southern California, using the name Desire, competing for promotions including Revolution Pro Wrestling, Ultimate Pro Wrestling and the Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF). In April 2005, she signed a contract with WWE, and was assigned to their developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). She moved to the ECW brand in mid-2006, and using a gimmick of a tarot reader, managed Kevin Thorn, while known as Ariel. In 2007, she was released from her WWE contract, and signed with TNA. Known as Salinas, she was associated with LAX, and managed both members of the team, Homicide and Hernandez. She left TNA in September 2008, and appeared for several independent promotions until her retirement in 2017.

Martinez began working as a model in order to further her professional wrestling career. She also worked as an actress, and after being cast in an independent film about wrestling, she was introduced to a wrestling promoter and trainer. She trained at his school for two and a half years. Martinez first wrestled in Southern California under the ring name Desire, appearing in several independent promotions such as Revolution Pro Wrestling, Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF) and Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW), where she worked as the storyline sister of Kyra. While in UPW, she also competed under the name Halloween Barbie. She also had a run in Women’s Extreme Wrestling, where she played the storyline cousin of Mercedes Martinez. On July 19, 2002, Martinez, under the name Desire, teamed with Threat to win the vacant EWF Tag Team Championship in a battle royal. They held the championship for 28 days, before losing it to PHAT (Eric Matlock and Devon Willis) on August 16. In December 2004, Martinez trained at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)’s developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) for a few weeks.

She’s been in relationships with wrestling champion JT Dunn.

Shelly Martinez Net Worth

Shelly Martinez is one of the richest Wrestler from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shelly Martinez 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She began her career as an actress or model before she started her wrestling classes.

She was an actress on the reality show of 2007 “The Search for the Next Elvira.”

Shelly Leonor Martinez (born February 9, 1980) is an American model, actress, retired professional wrestler and valet. She is known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its ECW brand under the ring name Ariel and for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Salinas as valet to The Latin American Xchange (LAX).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Shelly Martinez Dating?

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On February 6, 2007, Ariel and Thorn joined Elijah Burke, Matt Striker, and Marcus Cor Von in forming the New Breed stable. Ariel began accompanying the New Breed to the ring during their matches, and appeared at WrestleMania 23, managing the New Breed during their match against the ECW Originals. Shortly afterward, Burke announced a match between Thorn and CM Punk, after Punk had betrayed the New Breed, but Thorn lost. After the match, Thorn quit the New Breed, as none of the other members interfered during the match to help him. A few weeks later, on May 18, Martinez was released from her WWE contract. In a 2013 interview, Martinez blamed her release on a confrontation with Dave Batista.

Facts & Trivia

Shelly Ranked on the list of most popular Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Shelly Martinez celebrates birthday on February 9 of every year.

She made her in-ring debut for TNA in a singles against Awesome Kong, and was quickly defeated. She then began competing more frequently in matches, including intergender tag team matches alongside Homicide and Hernandez. Salinas participated at Lockdown in the first ever “Queen of the Cage” match, which was won by Roxxi Laveaux. After a Knockouts “Makeover Battle Royal” was announced for the Sacrifice pay-per-view, where one Knockout would get their head shaved, Salinas competed in a match to gain immunity from the head shaving on the May 8 episode of Impact!, but was unsuccessful. At Sacrifice, the “Makeover Battle Royal” was won by Gail Kim, and Roxxi Laveaux had her head shaved. The same night, Salinas and Hector Guerrero were in the corner of LAX as they won the TNA World Tag Team Championship. As part of LAX’s feud with Beer Money, Inc., Salinas wrestled their manager Jackie Moore on Impact! in June 2008, but lost by submission. She participated in a gauntlet battle royal match for the number one contendership to the TNA Women’s Knockout Championship, but was unsuccessful, and a few weeks later lost a three-on-one handicap match to Awesome Kong and The Beautiful People (Velvet Sky and Angelina Love). After Beer Money, Inc. won the TNA World Tag Team Championship from LAX, the two teams began feuding, and at No Surrender in September, Salinas was attacked off camera by their manager Jackie Moore. This storyline was put in place as a way to take Martinez off television, as she had quit TNA to film an Italian thriller movie.

Top Facts about Shelly Martinez

1. Shelly Martinez is a former WWE Diva.
2. She was born on February 9, 1980.
3. Martinez has also worked for TNA Wrestling.
4. She appeared in Playboy’s Cyber Club in 2006.
5. Shelly has acted in several movies and TV shows.
6. Her wrestling name was Ariel or Salinas.
7. Martinez is of Mexican and Spanish descent.
8. She started her wrestling career in 2000.
9. Shelly has over 100k followers on Instagram.
10. She is an advocate for mental health awareness.