Welcome to the #1 source for Maria Kanellis news, photos, videos & more. Maria is a former WWE Diva, ROH manager, actress, swordfighter, stuntwoman, singer, AfterBuzzTV host, writer, and entrepreneur.
view: playboy cover
Maria’s playboy is supposed to be revealed this Monday but it’s already leaked its way all over the internet! Just click the link above if you want to view it. (Photo is suitable for all ages to look at). I must say the cover to me seems to be alot different then all the past WWE girls who posed before her.
Maria’s boyfriend, Santino Marella, revealed immediately before her match with Beth that she had to defeat the Women’s Champion to claim the Playboy contract he was holding. When former Women’s Champion Candice Michelle made a surprise return on Monday night, Beth was obviously stunned and distracted by Candice’s entrance, leaving Maria the chance to roll up the Women’s Champion for the pin.
Once Maria’s win set in, the elated Diva celebrated with Santino (who didn’t exactly look pleased) and former Playboy cover girl, Candice Michelle. As Maria clutched the contract in her hands, she beamed and jumped for joy, as our fans were just as excited.
Stay tuned to WWE.com for complete coverage of Maria’s Playboy shoot and upcoming cover release
Two digital photos from Tuesday night, when Maria and Ashley attended a party held at the Playboy Mansion in honour of NBC’s premiere of Knight Rider, have been added to WWE.com. One is of the girls by themselves, the other features the two with the man behind the empire himself, Hugh Hefner.
Note: The upload form in the gallery is not working for me at the moment, so the images have been uploaded to Imageshack for the time being.
Since 2003, WWE female personalities have been featured in Playboy prior to WrestleMania, the professional wrestling organization’s major spring pay-per-view television event.
WrestleMania XXIV will be Sunday, March 30, at the Citrus Bowl football stadium in Orlando, Fla.
Playboy’s print edition has a circulation of 2.6 million, Hennessey said. She added that Kanellis, who will turn 26 later this month, will be the only WWE Diva to be in April’s Playboy.
“She’s one of our most popular, engaging, entertaining and beautiful Divas. It was a no-brainer,” Kevin Hennessy, WWE director of publicity, said when asked why the group chose her to appear in the magazine.
A 2000 graduate of Ottawa Township High School and onetime Northern Illinois University student, Kanellis has been on WWE shows since 2004. The same year, she was a contestant on “Outback Jack,” an Australia-based reality show telecast on the TBS network. She also recently appeared with other WWE Divas on “Project Runway,” the fashion design reality series on the Bravo cable TV network.
Kanellis regularly is featured on “Monday Night Raw,” which airs 8 p.m. weekly on the USA Network, and on the Web site www.wwe.com.
According to that Web site, Kanellis has acted as an interviewer and wrestler for WWE and writes an auto care column for the organization’s monthly magazine. Video, still photos and audio of Kanellis’ entrance theme also are on the Web site.
Maria and Ashley spotted at Playboy Mansion
Written: February 13, 2008
LOS ANGELES – Maria and Ashley were spotted at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles Tuesday night at a party in honor of NBC’s premiere of Knight Rider, WWE.com has learned. It’s not known yet what the Divas were doing at this party along with other celebrities.
WWE.com is following this story and will have more details as they become available.
