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 Linda Miles (real name) came into Tough Enough with an impressive athletic resume. Born in September 1976, the 23-year-old Cincinnati native played Division I college basketball for Rutgers and later tried out for a spot in the WNBA. Miles ranks ninth for career rebounds at Rutgers with 751 and is tied with former teammate Tammy Sutton-Brown for the school record of games played in a career (130). Miles averaged 7.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game over her career from 1997 to 2001 and helped lead Rutgers to the 2000 Final Four. She graduated with a degree in communications and signed a free-agent contract with the WNBA's Seattle Storm, but was cut after three weeks.Linda Miles earned a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment when she was crowned one of two champions of "Tough Enough 2." There was some controversy over this decision, "This was a goal of mine for a long time," the former Rutgers University women's basketball standout said in the show's season-finale, broadcast live on MTV from The World restaurant in Times Square. "It's just a tribute to hard work and dedication." "I was really shocked," she told MTV. "I mean, if you could blow up I would have blown up. I was really shocked." After winning the contest Linda & Jackie were immediately put on TV (June 4, 2002), unlike Nidia, the previous year's Tough Enough winner . Not long after, partially due to a bad televised match that Jackie had with Trish in tag team competition, both women were On June 12th 2003 (almost one year to the day), Linda Miles re-debuted with the Basham Brothers. Looking hard core, with her riding crop and black leather, it was obvious that this tag team had a no nonsense valet working for them (or working on them)! |
Billy Kidman knocked Doug Basham down to the mat with a vicious Enziguri and then he pinned him for a two count as Danny Basham got in the ring. Kidman knocked Danny out of the ring with a spinebuster and then he gave Doug a spinebuster and then he went for the shooting star press but Danny got involved and an illegal switch was made. Danny Basham planted Billy Kidman with a vicious DDT from the top rope and then he pinned him for the three count to get the win. [PowerWrestling.com] 02/05/04 Thursday SmackDown! Rikishi squashed both Basham Brothers in the corner and then he knocked Danny Basham down with a super kick. Rikishi tossed Doug out of the ring and then Scotty 2 Hotty set up for the worm but Shaniqua broke it up. Rikishi then pulled Shaniqua into the ring and then pulled her to the corner for the rump shaker but Doug Basham knocked Rikishi down from the second rope to make the save. Doug Basham went to the top rope and came off with an impressive top rope leg drop and then he pinned Rikishi but only got a two count. Rikishi gave Doug Basham a Samoan drop and then he pinned him for the three count to win the Tag Team Titles! Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty celebrated their win together as the Bashams and Shaniqua were extremely pissed off as they displayed in the ring.[PowerWrestling.com] 02/12/04 Thursday SmackDown! Scotty and Danny locked it up in the center of the ring and Danny put Scotty in a waist lock and took him down to the mat and then he turned it into a headlock. Scotty fought back to his feet and he put Danny in a standing headlock until Danny whipped Scotty off the ropes. Doug Basham got on the ring apron and distracted the referee and Danny gave Scotty a thumb to the eye and then he tossed him out of the ring where Shaniqua hit him with a devastating clothesline. Shaniqua then rolled Scotty back into the ring and Danny covered him but only got a two count. Scotty went for a bulldog on Danny to set up for the worm but Danny ducked under it and knocked Scotty down in the corner and pinned him with leverage from Doug Basham to get the win. Scotty 2 Hotty and Rikishi laid out the Basham Brothers and the two got Shaniqua into the ring and Scotty gave her a bulldog and Rikishi went for the banzai drop but the Bashams pulled Shaniqua out of the ring to make the save. [PowerWrestling.com] 02/15/04 No Way Out PPV Rikishi knocked down both Basham Brothers and then he grabbed Shaniqua and pulled her into the ring and went for the stink face but Doug Basham got in the ring and Rikishi put his focus on him by knocking him down with a hard right hand. Scotty 2 Hotty and Doug Basham banged heads and both men went down to the mat. When Scotty got up, he saw Doug down on the mat and he went for the worm but Shaniqua clotheslined Scotty down to the mat when he got close to her corner. When Shaniqua got tagged into the match, she faced off against Scotty 2 Hotty and Shaniqua gave Scotty a body slam down to the mat with ease. Shaniqua tried to lift Scotty off the mat but Scotty grabbed Shaniqua by the throat and started choking her until she nailed him with a clubbing blow to the back to knock him down. Scotty and Rikishi dragged Shaniqua to the corner for the banzai but when Rikishi went to the second rope, the Bashams pulled him down to the mat. Shaniqua then covered Rikishi but only got a two count. Shaniqua went for a clothesline on Rikishi but Rikishi blocked it and gave Shaniqua a Samoan drop and then he dragged her to the corner for the banzai drop in which he connected with it and pinned her for the three count to pick up the win! Doug and Danny Basham helped Shaniqua out of the ring as Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty celebrated their tag team title victory in the ring. [PowerWrestling.com] 02/27/04 Internet Rumor ----- Linda Miles continues to receive heat backstage for her general attitude towards wrestling. WWE officials want her to move from being a valent to more of a wrestler, but reportedly she doesn’t take the wrestling aspect of the business seriously. A couple weeks ago, she no-showed a training session and was fined and then got angry saying she didn’t make enough money to be able to afford the penalty. [Rajah, RajahWWF.com] 07/02/04 Internet News Miles & Cornette were involved in a shouting match last week after Miles reportedly "called a horrible" match with Jillian Hall at OVW’s TV Taping. The blame of course fell squarely on Miles who then tried to place the blame on other excuses which Cornette would not accept. Miles ended off being pulled from all the OVW house shows this past weekend and her scheduled match against Victoria at OVW’s big Six Flags event was canceled. Miles did return to train this week, but shortly after she arrived she left again. Much of the WWE talent is unhappy with Miles, since she "won" her WWE contract and does not appreciate it. [Rajah.com, PWinsider.com] WebMaster's Note: For those of you that don't know, the OVW is Ohio Valley Wrestling and is basically the "minors" for the WWE. 11/12/04 Internet News 11/19/04 Internet News 12/31/04 Internet News |
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since one male and one female winner were supposed to be picked. Instead Linda and Jackie Gayda were both picked, much to the dismay, shock, and surprise of the male competitors who had worked just as hard.
pulled off TV & sent to the OVW for further training. Jackie debuted rather quickly in OVW, which had everyone wondering where Linda was. Linda answered the question one night while sitting in the crowd and then attacking Jackie on the way to ringside!
