Jillian Hall
| Jillian Hall | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 6, 1980 Ashland, Kentucky |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jillian Hall The Bombshell Macaela Mercedes |
| Billed height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
| Billed weight | 125 lb (57 kg) |
| Billed from | Los Angeles, California |
| Trained by | OVW Dave Finlay Trish Stratus |
| Debut | 1998 (Wrestling) July 28, 2005 (WWE) |
Jillian Hall (born September 6, 1980 in Ashland, Kentucky) is a professional wrestler who performs for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand.
Jillian's heel character is portrayed as a successful "fixer" for wrestlers receiving bad publicity, who has a scorned personality due to living her life with a growth sprout on her face. She is currently managing John Bradshaw Layfield.
Career
Independent Circuit
Debuting in 1998, Jillian wrestled on the independent circuit as Macaela Mercedes. Her best known work was in the short-lived GLORY promotion. She worked in and around the independent promotions until 2004, when she signed a developmental deal with Ohio Valley Wrestling.
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Jillian joined Ohio Valley Wrestling in March of 2004, where she wrestled mainly as a babyface until early 2005, when she received breast implants. Her heel turn came about in a storyline where her implants leaked into her brain, causing her to become psychotic. Near the end of her developmental run, Melissa Coates became her bodyguard and they managed Chad and Tank Toland. She quietly debuted in WWE after leaving Melissa to manage them alone.
World Wrestling Entertainment
On the July 28, 2005 edition of SmackDown!, Jillian Hall made her official WWE debut as a heel working under the gimmick of a publicist for the heel stable, MNM.
She accompanied team member, Melina to the ring for her match with Torrie Wilson. During their match, whenever the camera would focus on Jillian standing at ringside, a strange "growth" was revealed on the left side of her face, causing the announcers Tazz and Michael Cole to speculate as to exactly what it is. The following week Jillian addressed the audience about the "growth" and referred to it as a "blemish." (The "blemish" is Kayfabe)
On the August 18 edition of SmackDown!, Jillian helped Melina and Joey Mercury in a mixed tag team match against Booker T and his wife Sharmell by grabbing Sharmell's legs.
On the September 16 edition of SmackDown!, Jillian was approached backstage by John Bradshaw Layfield who said he needed some help. She accepted his offer and said they would be a great team. This seemingly meant the end of her partnership with MNM, allowing her to concentrate efforts on her new client. She then entered a feud with Stacy Keibler, where an online match for Velocity was aired on WWE.com. Jillian cheated in order to defeat Stacy, and then Hall moved on to making her first appearance on the November 14 edition of RAW by participating in a special divas battle royal, dedicated to the late Eddie Guerrero.
Recently, she's been a target of the The Boogeyman, which resulted in her panties being filled with live worms on the January 6 edition of Friday Night SmackDown! On the January 13 edition of SmackDown!, The Boogeyman, bit her trademark 'blemish' off of her face. Currently, the status of her 'blemish' is unknown, however she did show up on the January 20 SmackDown! with a bandage on her face where the blemish would be. In the 2006 Royal Rumble, JBL faced the Boogeyman as a way of Jillian getting her revenge. JBL lost, and as a result Jillian got a mouthful of worms from the Boogeyman.
Since the Rumble, Jillian has accompanied JBL to the ring without any bandages on her face, and her face shows no other "scars" or any other reminders of the "blemish". On the February 24, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Kristal Marshall came out to the ring and gave the audience a preview of herself before buying the special edition of the WWE Divas magazine, but Jillian interrupted her. Jillian said that nobody wanted to see Kristal disrobe, so Kristal told Jillian that since she thought she looked better to give everyone a preview. Jillian refused and called Kristal a 'Big Wimpy Bimbo', and as a result a catfight ensued with Kristal slapping Jillian in the face twice and ripping her clothes off, thus exposing her bra and panties.
Trivia
- Jillian's real name is often incorrectly credited as Macaela Mercedes, though that was simply an old ring name of hers.
- In order to "protect" her blemish whenever she would wrestle, Jillian would wear a Vader style mask. This was done so the prosthesis would not fall off or inadvertently get ripped off during a match.
- Has breast implants.
- Her blemish was actually kayfabe.
- Her new entrance theme music is a generic version of the R&B hit, "Busted", from
the boyband, I.D. (which is the short form for Identically Different.
Finishing and signature moves
- Missile Dropkick
- 450 Splash
- Moonsault
- The Fender Bender (a Handstand into a Legdrop)
- The Crash Test Splash (a Round-Off into a Splash)
- Cartwheel Into Elbow
Championships and accomplishments
- 1-time SWF Women's Champion
- 2-time SWF Tag-Team Champion
- 1-time HPW Cruiserweight Champion
- 1-time HPW Ladies' Champion
- 1-time MCW Mid-American Champion
- 1-time CIWindy Women's Champion
- 1-time SSW Women's Champion
- 1-time BWCW Women's Champion
- 1-time PGWA Champion
- 1-time GLORY Champion