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Rachel Hall
Born (1967-04-11) April 11, 1967 (age 57)
Toronto, Ontario
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Rachel
Rachel Hall
Rachael Valerie
Billed height7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)
Billed weight196 lb (89 kg)
Billed fromToronto, Ontario.
Trained byFabulous Moolah
Judy Martin
Dory Funk, Jr.
Mildred Burke
Rey Misterio Sr.
DebutJanuary 4th, 1983

Rachael Lee Hall born April 11th, 1967, better known as Rachel, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWE) & World Championship Wrestling (WCW) & Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW)

Hall began working for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where rachel found her early success in the NWA she won numerous championships, she then made her debut for World Wrestling Federation which was later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Early in her career, she won the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship twice with Leilani Kai, She then won her first WWF/E Women's Championship a title that she won 12 times in her career, During her first reign as Women's Champion it become the second longest reign in the titles history at 1,650 days, she also won the WWE Divas Championship in 2010 and become the first Diva to hold both the Women's Tag Team Championship & the Diva's Championship & the WWF Women's Championship all of WWE's Womens exclusive titles. She joined WCW where became 2 time WCW Women's Championship & a 1 time WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship on September 20th 1997 she unified both championships on the same night thus becoming the first woman to hold both championships, she become the first woman to have won the WWF Women's Championship & WCW Womens Championships. at the end of her WCW career she won the WCW Hardcore Championship thus becoming the first woman to hold the Hardcore championship in WCW, She's also the first person to held the WCW Hardcore & WWF/E Hardcore Championships. In 2004 she captured the World Tag Team Championship with Chris Jericho Also becoming the first woman to have held the World Tag Team Championship in wrestling history, also the first woman to held the female version of the tag team titles and the male version of the tag team titles, in her career. Hall left the WWE on May 17, 2010 after winning her 12th WWE Women's Championship, the most in WWE history. Following her success outside the WWE in the independent scene she became highly successful winning numerous World Championships in Japan & various locations in the world, she's often nicknamed "Worldwide Champion" or "Queen Of The Ring", Rachel has credited the independents for the newest moves and skills she has learned which also helped her become successful in WWF/E & WCW. In the coarse of her career she has become successful as both a heel and a face, she has won more than 100 Women's Championship's from various promotions around the world, her total of championships is 128, she has won more championships than any other female wrestler in history.

Training & Debut, National Wrestling Alliance

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Rachel began on wrestling at the age of 16, she fell in love with wrestling after watching it on television with her brother. Hall then wanted to purse the career of becoming a wrestler she then worked sereval jobs to get her wrestling career on track. She trained a short while with Fabulous Moolah then relocated for more advanced training with & Judy Martin & Mildred Burke in 1982. Some of her earliest matches were set up by The Fabulous Moolah. Since Moolah had booking power in her day she contacted the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in order to get rachel a job there, hall then made her debut and wrestling her first match on January 4th 1983 by defeating Fabulous moolah her former trainer in an upset win. Shortly after rachael won her first wrestling championship by defeating Judy Martin for the NWA United States Women's Championship trading it twice with martin. She then went on to the Women's tag team divison, where she and Joyce Grable became 3 time NWA Women's World Tag Team Champions Rachel then recieved one the biggest pushes of her career when she defeated the fabulous moolah for the NWA World Women's Championship a title hall has held twice in her career. At the end of 1983 she defeated Debbie Combs for the vacant NWA Florida Women's Championship. Shortly after she defeated Michele Paris to become the first ever IWCCW Women's Champion she would lose the title to Misty Blue Simmes days later.

American Wrestling Association (1984)

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in 1984 Rachel debuted in the AWA, she wrestled a few matches with the promotion. Then on January 1984 she defeated Betty Niccoli for the AWA World Women's Championship she then lost the championship to Candi Devine in March 1984, She would then wrestled in several tag team matches. Her last match with the organisation was a rematch for the AWA World Women's Championship against Candi Devine but Rachel was unsuccessful in capturing the championship she then left to go to the World Wrestling Federation.

World Wrestling Federation (1984-1996)

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Women's Tag Team Champion (1984-1989)

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Moolah became very impressed with rachel she then put in a good word for hall, which ultimately resulted in her receiving a contract with the WWF in 1984. She then made her debut on April 27th 1984 as a face when she defeated her future tag team partner Leilani Kai. later on she defeated Princess Victoria to get a shot at moolahs WWF Women's Championship but didn't win. Rachel then teamed up with Leilani Kai and defeated Princess Victoria & Velvet McIntyre in december 1984 for the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship they held on to the titles until April 1985 when they lost the belts to Velvet McIntyre & Desiree Petersen. After months of failing to regain the belts, Kai & Hall finally defeated Petersen & McIntyre For The WWF Women's Tag Team Championship, they then lost the belts 4 months later in january to Petersen & McIntyre. Meanwhile, in August 1986, Hall traveled to Japan where she won All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling's All Pacific Championship from Leilani Kai, she then lost the title to Chigusa Nagayo in April 1987. She began competing in tag team matches teaming with Sherri Martel to face moolah & several of her partners, but with halls team coming on the losing end.Later in october she defeated Bull Nakano for the AJW Championship trading it twice with nakano. Rachel appeared at the first Survivor Series in 1987 as part of then champion Sherri Martel's team to face the Fabulous Moolah's team. Martel's team—Martel, the Glamour Girls, Dawn Marie, and Donna Christanello—lost to The Fabulous Moolah's team—Moolah, Velvet McIntyre, Rockin' Robin, and the Jumping Bomb Angels (Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki). Rachel then returned to japan to face Yukari Omori for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship which hall won on December 20, 1987 she held on to the championship until March 8th 1988, when she lost the championship to Chigusa Nagayo but regained on April 11th 1988, she defended the title on numerous occasions against several japanese competiers, but on August 25, 1988 she lost the championship to Lioness Asuka.Meanwhile during her time in japan,she appeared at the first Royal Rumble pay-per view Royal Rumble she was in the corner of Jumping Bomb Angels for their championship match against the The Glamour Girls with Jimmy Hart in their corner, the jumping bomb angels came out victorious. Rachel then began feuding with the WWF Women's Champion Sensational Sherri rachel faced sherri for the Women's championship at the very first SummerSlam but ended up on the losing end, she faced sherri in numerous title matches and both women couldn't get a win on another, the matches ended in either Disqualification or Countout they then faced of for a final time in Paris, France on October 7th, which aired on November 8th 1988 on an edition of Prime Time Wrestling she defeated Sensational Sherri to win her first Women's Championship.

Women's Champion; Various Feuds (1989-1994)

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At the Royal Rumble in 1989, she defended the title against Sensational Sherri, Rachel defended the belt against Judy Martin & Rockin' Robin for the first six months of 1989, then for next six months she defended the title against Velvet McIntyre. In 1990 Jimmy Hart became Hall's new manager after she betrated Rockin' Robin in a tag team match Against The Glamour Girls, she was originally meet to feud with Robin but it never took place as Robin left the WWF soon after. for next few months she defended her title against Donna Christanello and always came up on the winning end. She then feuded with Dawn Marie & defended her title against her for the next 4 months, then the feud came to an end when Marie left the WWF. with 1991 beginning Jimmy Hart then gave rachel The Fabulous Moolah to manage hall, which rachel accepted. rachel then feuded with her former tag team partner Leilani Kai throughout 1991 on numerous times kai challenged for the championship and rachel always retained her title, Kai then left the WWF when the feud ended. she returned to japan with the WWF Women's title, and won the IWA World Women's Championship by defeating Debbie Malenko on August 31, 1991, for the vacant championship. She held the championship for 8 months she then lost the title to Manami Toyota on April 25, 1992. she defended her WWF Women's Championship Against several japanese competiers that came to the WWF but none were successful with moolah by her side she then became unstoppable. She later defended her title against Heidi Lee Morgan throughout 1992 & 1993, then newcomer Alundra Blayze came to the WWF to challenge Rachel for the championship which set-up their title match at WrestleMania IX with moolah by halls side blayze managed to use her move the bridging german suplex, a move rachel used numerous time to win her matches, to win the match and ended rachels reign of 1,640 days of being Women's Champion, the second longest reign in the titles history.

Feud With Bull Nakano, Teaming With Alundra Blayze, Departure (1994-1996)

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After Wrestlemania rachel turned face by firing Moolah as her manager in April, she then began teaming up with Alundra Blayze or Heidi Lee Morgan to face off against sereval heel tag teams throughtout the next 5 months, in September she became the 1# contender for Blayze's championship but was unsuccessful in doing so, Hall then began feuding with the WWF Women's Champion Bull Nakano when nakano repeatily attack hall for week's, & everytime they faced each other in the ring Nakano ended up winning their matches, Hall also contested for the Women's Championship during Nakano's reign as champion but always ended up on the losing end, this also led to a mixed-tag team match in Rachels hometown of Toronto, Canada she teamed up with WWF Champion Bret Hart to face Yokozuna & Nakano Rachel Beat Nakano for the first time by rolling her up for the win. Then in Febuary she defeated Blayze to be the 1# contender for Bull's title then on March 5, 1995 she won the Women's Championship from Nakano. she defended the title against Nakano the following week on Raw, she would the title against Alundra Blayze on some occasions, then on June 12th 1995 rachel lost the championship to Blayze. she also wrestled Bertha Faye on some occasions and mostly winning their matches. Then in August Rachel began managing Shawn Michaels until December when Rachel left the WWF when the women's divison due lack of fan interest. They originally asked her to be in a manage role but Hall declined.

Worldwide Independent Circuit (1996)

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Rachel then wanted to tour the world, she then returned to All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling she wrestled various wrestlers in january, then on Febuary 12th 1996 she defeated Takako Inoue for the IWA World Women's Championship but lost it back to her 3 months later on may 6th. She then went on to the tag team divison with Manami Toyota the team defeated several tag teams, before defeating Double Inoue (Kyoko Inoue and Takako Inoue) for the WWA World Tag Team Championship on June 22, 1996 in Sapporo, Hokkaido. toyota & hall defended the belts against various tag teams before losing the belts to Tomoko Watanabe and Kumiko Maekawa on September 23rd 1996. she then jumped shipped to mexico & joined CMLL and began competing under a new look, & completely new wrestling move-set on November 8th 1996 rachel defeated Chaparita Asari in a four-woman tournament final to win the CMLL World Women's Championship two months later she lost the championship to Mariko Yoshida on December 6th 1996. She then returned to canada and went to the Canadian Wrestling Federation, & won a ten woman battle royal to win the Canadian World Women's Championship but vacanted the title soon after. she then came back to the united states and went to the Global Wrestling Federation and won the GWF Intercontinental Women's World Championship from Velvet McIntyre thus trading the title twice with her, then left the company shortly after. she went to the New Championship Wrestling which later became the Independent Wrestling Association she won an battle royal for the NCW/IWA Intercontinental Women's Championship, then several weeks later she won a four-way match for the NCW/IWA United States Women's Championship. Afterwards she travelled to the UK and went to the NWA UK Hammerlock and won a 20 woman tournerment to became the 1996 Queen Of The Ring. she returned to the United States, on the Independent Circuit she went to the Texas Wrestling Alliance and won the Texas Women's Championship by defeating Susan Sexton. She later went to North American Championship Wrestling & won the North American Women's Championship by defeating Bambi. She defeated Jackie Moore on the USWA card to win the UWF Women's World Championship. Week's later she defeated Miss Texas for the USWA Women's Championship she traded the title twice with her before trading it twice with Tasha Simone. She returned to mexico where her & Manami Toyota defeated Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda on September 5th 1996, for the UWA World Women's Tag Team Championship.She wreslted her tag team partner Manami Toyota on a All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling event on November 25th which was rated 5 Stars by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.Then on December 12th she defeated Zuleyma for the UWA World Women's Championship. She went to Puerto Rico and went to the World Wrestling Council and defeated La Tigresa for the WWC Women's Championship and trading the belt twice with her, hall left the WWC soon after. After she went to All-Japan Pro Wrestling, Hall & Akira Hokuto challenged Lakira Suzuki & Mamani Poluto for the NWA Japan Women's Tag Team Championship but was unsuccessful.

World Championship Wrestling (1997-2000)

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New World Order; Women's Champion (1997-1998)

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Rachel made her debut on WCW Nitro on January 6th 1997 as a face, in her first match she defeated Malia Hosaka. The next week on Nitro she defeated Madusa formaly as Alundra Blayze in the WWF, in the qualifing semi-finals for the WCW Women's CHampionship. The following week she defeated Meiko Satomura in the semi-finals. At Souled Out in the finals She defeated Akira Hokuto to become the inaugural WCW Women's Champion, with her new finisher 'The Cyclone'. After souled out she turned heel after attacking Madusa and joined the NWO.In April Madusa defeated Rachel For The WCW Women's Championship. At the The Great American Bash Rachel defeated Madusa for the WCW Women's Championship in a Title Vs Career match, In the following months Hall defended the title against Patty Stonegrinder & Lexie Fyfe & In New Japan Pro Wrestling against severa different Japanese women's wrestlers. Rachel soon began managing Syxx until During that October Waltman injured his neck and was forced out of action, but continued to appear on camera for several weeks after. While recuperating from his injury, Waltman was fired by then WCW President Eric Bischoff. Before October, on September 20, 1997 in Kawaski, Japan ch where both WCW Women's Championship & WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship's where on the line in a champion vs champion match she defeated Sugar Sato in a 30-minute match, which Hall won via Moonsault for the WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship and was announced as the "WCW Undisputed World Women's Champion", also thus becoming the first woman to held both championships at the same time but soon after both championships was abandoned after GAEA and WCW ceased their relationship & the titles were never mentioned by WCW anymore. At the end of 1997 she began managing Kevin Nash & Scott Hall known as the "The Outsiders", on December 28th, 1997 at Starrcade she managed Eric Bischoff in his match against Larry Zbyszko with Bret Hart as the special guess referee, during the match Zbysko defeated bischoff by Disqualification. Shortly after Hogan lost the belt at Starrcade, the nWo started showing signs of division within the group. For example, whereas before the group traveled to the arena together in one limousine, as 1998 began they all began traveling in separate cars. Though Bischoff denied any problems existed, clearly there were. During this time rachel began managing Scott Hall who was also the 1# contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. During this time the feud between Hall and Larry Zbyszko came to an end when he defeated Hall by disqualification when Louie Spicolli, & Rachel interfered. After the match Dusty Rhodes, who had been in the broadcast booth that night and who Zbyszko had asked to come to the ring with him, joined Hall and Spicolli, in attacking Zbyszko and joined the nWo, where he served as a mentor to Hall. Shortly after managing Hall he replaced Rachel as his manager with Rhodes & Spicolli. However she moved on to managing Main-Event star Hulk Hogan as she quoted as saying "Moving on to bigger and more successful stars". She managed Hogan at SuperBrawl during his title match Randy Savage interfered, she when tried to stop him he sprayed her with the can, also earlier that night she & Dusty Rhodes managed The Outsiders to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship from the The Steiner Brothers. She & Rhodes managed the tag team champions for that year, on May 17, The outsiders lost the titles to Sting & The Giant but the titles became Vacant in June & Sting became the Sole-holder of the tag team titles and chose Kevin Nash as his new partner. During Scott Hall & Kevin Nash's feud Rachel started to manage Nash one month late in July Nash and Sting lost the belts to Scott Hall & The Giant. in July to September Rachel began during some duties for the nWo as the backstage interviewer, in September Mean Gene Okerlund thought she was taking away his job challenged her to a match, which rachel won via disqualification when the nWo interfered. Then in a backstage segment hogan told her rather than doing backstage interviews she could do commentary. Then on October 7th she began her commentating duties along side Bobby "The Brian" Heenan & Tony Schiavone later her duties came to an end on January 4th 1999, when she left the broadcast booth, when Hulk Hogan told her that he wanted her to be around for protection.

Managing Wolfpac, nWo 2000 & Departure. (1999)

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As 1999 began the divided nWo factions were led by WCW World Heavyweight Champion Nash, who was unhappy with Hall's actions at Starrcade, and Scott Steiner, who had taken over nWo Hollywood following Hogan's retirement in November. On the first Nitro of the new year, which took place at Atlanta's Georgia Dome, Nash and Goldberg were scheduled to face off in a Starrcade rematch as Nash had promised on the December 28 edition of Nitro. However, nWo Hollywood accused the former champion of sexually harassing Miss Elizabeth and Goldberg was arrested and taken from the arena in handcuffs. Later that night Hogan made his return to WCW for the first time since November and was challenged by the reigning champion. Hogan accepted Nash's request and took Goldberg's place in the main event. In the match, after the bell rang to begin the bout, Hogan poked Nash in the chest, after which Nash fell to the mat as if he'd been shot. Hogan covered Nash for the pin and became champion again. After the win Hogan celebrated in the ring with Nash, Hall, and Scott Steiner, revealing that it was all a conspiracy and the nWo had reunited under the Wolfpac label. However, while Hogan, Hall, Nash, Steiner, Lex Luger, Buff Bagwell,Konnan and Rachel were part of the Wolfpac, the undercard wrestlers in the nWo (The Giant, Curt Hennig, Horace Hogan, Stevie Ray, Brian Adams, and Vincent) were still in the black and white colors of nWo Hollywood and never were officially assimilated back into the group. Konnan was one of the first people eliminated from the group, after being attacked by Lex Luger. He would then align with Rey Misterio, Jr. and feud with the nWo. Sting, a former member of the Wolfpac, had been on hiatus during the nWo reuniting and did not partake in the now-heel stable upon his return. On the Elite/Wolfpac side they enjoyed initial success with Hulk Hogan as WCW World Champion, Scott Steiner as Television Champion and Scott Hall as United States Champion. However they were wrecked by injuries when Hall's foot was accidentally backed over by a car and he was put on the shelf (and subsequently was stripped of the title) while Lex Luger suffered a torn biceps and as a result he and Elizabeth vanished from television. Hogan dropped the World Championship at Uncensored to Ric Flair and Steiner lost his Television Championship to Booker T after Bagwell accidentally nailed him with a chair. Shortly after Steiner beat him down and threw him out of the group. The following month Hogan was severely injured during a fatal four-way match at Spring Stampede for the world title, which Diamond Dallas Page won, and was put out of action indefinitely. Nash then began a rivalry with Page, who he blamed for causing Hogan's injury, and defeated him for the world title at Slamboree in May 1999. By this point, however, the nWo storyline had petered out as Scott Steiner left the group to begin teaming with his brother Rick again and the rest of group drifted apart. Rachel entered into a tournament for the WCW Championship, but she was defeated and eliminated from the tournament. Rachel also recieved at shot at Madusa's WCW World Cruiserweight Championship but was unsuccessful. She began wrestling more on WCW Thunder rather than WCW Nitro then on September 25th 1999, Rachel was a surprise partipart in the battle royal for the vacant WCW Hardcore Championship. She defended the championship on numerous times with interference by the nWo. She lost the championship to Terry Funk at December 17th at Starrcade She joined the "New" Black & Silver Or nWo 2000, on December 20th on Nitro. She began managing Bret Hart during his matches as well as Scott Steiner, She the made her final WCW appearence on January 10 edition of Nitro where she managed Bret Hart in his WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Kevin Nash which ended in a no-contest. The next following day she asked for and recieved her WCW release on 11th January.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (2000)

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Rachel made her debut for ECW, and started to manage Tommy Dreamer in his feud against Raven but the duo soon became ECW World Tag Team Champions in april on one memorable night Tommy Dreamer faced Raven in a steel cage match in order to help Dreamer win the match she climbed the top while Raven was in the ring strapped to a table, she performed a moonsault from the top of the cage to on top of Raven who was strapped to a table. shortly after this she left ECW. In March she defeated Vince Viccalo for the NWA New England Women's Heavyweight Championship but she soon vacated it upon signing with the WWF. Before coming to the WWF she went to NWA 2000 where she and Strawberry Fields defeated (The Deadly Alliance) Doug Shatter & Strawz Shapes for the NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship thus becoming the first female team to hold the championship, 2 days later they lost the titles to (Cris Cross) Joey Alliance & Phill Newbad.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2000-2005)

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Return, Managing E&C, Joining DX. (2000)

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In April 2000 she rejoined the World Wrestling Federation. The WWF women's division, however, had since moved away from the traditional athletic match-ups of the past and now featured women competing in sexually-themed bikini contests and strip matches due to the Attitude Era, on April 24th edition of Raw Is War, she defeated Jacqueline formally Miss Texas In USWA, Hall returned as a Heel. In May Rachel joined D-Generation X during the McMahon-Helmsey era. In July she teamed up with Triple H & Kurt Angle against The Hardy Boyz & Lita, she won the match by giving Lita a German-Suplex. The following week she teamed up with Edge and Christian and again won that match. The next week she steamed up with "Road Dogg" Jesse James & X-Pac (Formally Syxx In WCW) where they again defeated The Hardy Boyz & Lita. She began feuding with Lita whilst she was managing Edge & Christian, she come with them to the ring and started costing the Hardy Boyz their matches with him. Throughout 2000 she managed them to several WWF Tag Team Championships in August she interfered in the Women's Championship match between Stephanie McMahon-Helmsey & Lita but in the end Lita won the match and the championship. Rachel & lita battled it out for the Women's Championship but she was unsuccessful. In October she went back to managing Edge And Christian. In December she started wrestling more in the women's divison. She made her debut for Smackdown! where she & Terri Runnels defeated The Kat & Mae Young.

Face Turn, Feud With Stephanie McMahon (2001)

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In January 2001,Rachel wrestled Lita in a singles match and lost, Stephanie began to be frustrated with Hall and was given a rematch with Lita On Smackdown! but Rachel lost, and as the match stipulates that if Hall lost she will be kicked out of DX, after the match she was beaten & stripped by McMahon and given a "Stone Cold" Stunner by Steve Austin. Hall teamed with The Rock against Stephanie McMahon & "Stone Cold" Steve Austin on the main-event of Smackdown! in a lumber jack/jill match, Stephanie tried to hit Hall with WWF Championship Belt but was stopped by Lita & The Hardy Boyz. The following night on Raw after again getting stripped by McMahon, while Stephanie fleed the ring the Right to Censor & Ivory came down to attack her, but as soon as they were about to attack The Hardy Boyz & Lita came down to save her. Next week on Smackdown! she was placed in a two-on-one handicap match against the hardy boyz which ended in a no contest when Stephanie McMahon attacked Rachel, then Steve Austin attacked the hardyz and gave Rachel a Stunner. At WrestleMania 17, during Vince McMahon Vs Shane McMahon street fight, when Trish Stratus was chasing Stephanie up to the ramp, Rachel run after her and attacked her. Rachel then challenged Chyna for the Women's Championship on Raw but was unsuccessful, After the match Chyna raised her hand. Rachel then recieved another oppurinity for the Women's Championship against Chyna at Judgment Day to capture her fourth Women's Championship, equaling the record previously set by The Fabulous Moolah, in what would be Chyna's last match in the WWF. She would then defend the Championship against Lita,Trish Stratus & Jacqueline. Then at Survivor Series she lost the Women's Championship in a Six-Pack Challenge also featuring Jacqueline,Lita,Ivory,Jazz, Trish Stratus won the match by performing her move "Stratusfaction" on Rachel, & pinning her to win the Women's Championship for the first time. At the end of 2001 she challenged Stratus for the Championship but was unsuccessful.

Various Feuds; Women's Champion (2002-2003)

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At the Royal Rumble she challenged stratus for the Women's Championship with Jacqueline as the special guest referee but was again unsuccessful. Two week's later on February 4, 2002 She finally won the Women's Championship from Stratus, At WrestleMania 18 she successfully defended the title against lita & trish stratus in a Triple-Threat Match in her hometown of Toronto, Canada. In March she defended the Championship against Ivory, In April she defended it against Stratus.On May 6, 2002, the World Wrestling Federation was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment, subsequently renaming the title to the WWE Women's Championship. As a result, Rachel became the last woman to hold the Women's Title under the WWF banner and the first to hold it under the WWE banner. However, Rachel dropped the title to Jazz in a Hardcore-Rules match on the May 13, 2002 edition of Raw, which also involved Bubba Ray Dudley and Steven Richards. Rachel & Stratus started to team up in tag team matches against Molly Holly & Victoria. She feuded with Molly Holly pinning her on numerous occasions, but when it came to the title matches Rachel was unsuccessful. Hall & Jacqueline defeated molly holly & Victoria on September 16th edition of Raw. the following week on Raw Victoria defeated Hall. On September 29th edition of Sunday Night Heat Rachel defeated Jazz in a singles match. On the next week of Raw she defeated Victoria. Two weeks later she teamed up with Chris Benoit against William Regal & Molly Holly in a winning effort. Throughout October & November she teamed up with Stacy Keibler to face off against Heels Molly Holly & Victoria in a losing effort. In December Rachel challenged Victoria for the Women's Championship but was unsuccessful. At The start of 2003 she continued her quest to become Women's Champion, At WrestleMania XIX she defeated Jazz, Trish Stratus & Victoria to become the new Women's Champion. However 28 days later she lost the Championship to Jazz at Backlash. She Regained the Championship a month later in a Fatal-4-Way Match at Judgment Day also involving Jacqueline & Trish Stratus. A month later she lost the Women's Championship to the Newly-Debuted Gail Kim in a 7 Diva Battle Royal featuring Ivory, Trish Stratus, Jacqueline, Victoria, & Molly Holly. Trish Stratus & Rachel ended into a feud with Gail Kim & Molly Holly, The duo defeated Rachel & Stratus and several tag team partners until Stratus began to partner with a returning Lita. The team defeated Kim and Holly in several matches throughtout 2003.

Teaming With Chris Jericho; World Tag Team Champion (2004-2005)

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Rachel continued to team with Lita or Trish Stratus against heels Gail Kim, & Molly Holly. She challenged Molly Holly for the Women's Championship in January but was unsuccessful. Then on Febuary 23rd Rachel was in a fatal-4-way Elimation match for the Women's Championship also involing Champion Molly Holly,Lita & the evental winner Victoria. She began teaming up wih Victoria more in tag team matches. She then tag teamed regularly with Nidia, Stacy Keibler and Victoria against heels Trish Stratus, Gail Kim, Molly Holly, and Jazz. The next night on Raw she offered to team with Chris Jericho against Christian & Trish Stratus in a winning effort. The duo faced off against Christian & Stratus the next week but lost. In May 2004 Eric Bischoff then told Jericho & Hall that they worked together as such a good team that he decided to for them to face off against the reiging World Tag Team Champions La Résistance the match started off with jericho doing most of the work, Rachel then was forced to tag in and gave a weaken Rob Conway a DDT and won the match and the World Tag Team Championship despite interference from Trish Stratus & Christian. At Bad Blood she competed in a Fatal-Four-Way match for the Women's Championship also involving Champion Victoria, Lita & Trish Stratus but Rachel was unsuccessful. Meanwhile Jericho & Rachel defended the titles against sereval different tag teams until July 26th when they lost the Championship Belts back to La Résistance. Throughout Victoria & Rachel teamed up against Gail Kim & Trish Stratus During August & September. In October she defeated Gail Kim on numerous occasions before Gail's Release. Rachel was the special guess commentator during the battle royal on October 19, 2004 at WWE's Taboo Tuesday PPV event. In November & December she teamed up with Lita to face off against Women's Champion Trish Stratus. In January 10th she challenged Lita for the Women's Championship in her hometown of Toronto, in the main-event of Raw, she debuted her new finisher on Lita "My Last Call To You". In May she lost the Women's Championship to Trish Stratus. But soon after Rachel was released on June 1st 2005, Rachel stated that the WWE wanted to take the women's division in a new direction, but she later stated on her offical website that she asked for her release in order to wrestle internationally.

Departure, Independent Circuit (2005)

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She defeated La Amapola for the IWRG Intercontinental Women's Championship but she left the IWRG soon after. At a Ring of Honor (ROH) event on July 16 in Woodbridge, Connecticut Rachel & Matt Hardy faced Christopher Daniels & MsChif hardy won via submission to Daniels, later on in July she defeated Rebecca Knox for the SuperGirls Championship but lost it earlier that month. In August 2005 she defeated Madison for the NWA Canadian Women's Championship trading the Championship twice with her within that month.In September she defeated Nattie Neidhart for the Stampede Women's Pacific Championship but Nattie won it back from her, In October she defeated Dusty Adonis for the Championship, but later lost it to Belle Lovitz. In November she defeated Jazz for the NWA Shockwave Women's Championship In November, she lost it back to Jazz in December.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2006-2010)

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Women's Champion; Injury (2006-2007)

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Rachel returned to the WWE on 2rd of January teaming up with Trish Stratus & Mickie James against Torrie Wilson Candice Michelle & Victoria, Rachel won the match by using Pure Lighting on Victoria. The next night on Raw she defeated Torrie Wilson, but was attacked after the match by Candice Michelle & Victoria then was saved by Trish Stratus & Ashley. On Saturday Night Main-Event Rachel & Ashley were defeated by Candice Michelle & Victoria. Meanwhile on Raw Trish Stratus accompanied Rachel in her match against Candice Michelle despite interfence from Torrie & Victoria, Rachel won the match. The next week Trish accompanied Rachel & Mickie James against Candice Michelle & Victoria but they lost the match. In Febuary on an edition of Smackdown!n she defeated Melina. Then on Sunday Night Heat she defeated Jillian Hall. In March Rachel & Matt Hardy defeated Lita & Edge. Next night on Raw Rachel defeated Lita with her new DDT called Snapped. In April & May, Rachel & Ashley & Trish Stratus feuded with Mickie James, Candice Michelle, Torrie Wilson & Victoria. Trish & Rachel formed an alliance and feuded with mickie james, on Raw Beth Phoenix & Rachel defeated Mickie James & Victoria. In July Rachel defeated Mickie James for the Women's Championship, she defended the title against James for 2 months, until in August she lost the Championship to lita when lita hit Rachel in the head with the title belt. In September in the main-event of Raw Rachel & John Cena defeated Edge & Lita. In October Mickie James & Rachel started to team up against several Heel divas. On Raw Rachel & Jeff Hardy defeated Johnny Nitro & Melina. Mickie & Rachel began feuding with Melina which led to a Triple-Threat Lumberjill Match at WrestleMania 23 , Rachel won the match by using The Cyclone on Melina, pinning her and winning the Women's Championship. But she lost the Championship back to Melina on a Live Event in Paris, France. When Rachel got her re-match on Raw she was unsuccessful. On May 28th she regained the Championship back from Melina on Raw. But a month later she lost the championship to Candice Michelle at Vengeance: Night of Championships. On the following Raw Rachel teamed up with The Hardy Boyz against Candice Michelle Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas, Rachel & The Hardy Boyz won the match, but during the match Rachel performed her move called Under The Pressure on Michelle but Candice Botched the move and leaned forward too soon, Rachel managed to finished the match by performing her DDT on Candice but couldnt lift her right leg so she just dropped her, and Rachel suffered a torn Achilles tendon after the match Matt & Jeff Hardy helped Rachel out of the ring, and she later underwent surgery. It was reported that she could be out of action for up to a year.

Return; Various Feuds & Smackdown!(2008-2009)

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At WrestleMania XXIV she returned briefly as a lumberjill. On June 23rd 2008, after a year of recovery, Rachel returned to Raw to save Women's Champion Mickie James from a attack by Beth Phoenix & Melina. Rachels return match on Raw Mickie & Rachel faced the duo in a tag team match and won when Rachel rolled up Melina for the 3-Count. The following week Rachel & Kelly Kelly defeated Jillian Hall & Melina. The week after Rachel & Maria & Mickie James defeated Melina, Beth Phoenix & Jillian. In August she defeated Katie-Lea Burchill to be the 1# contender for Mickie's Championship but was unsuccessful. In January Rachel began getting frustrated with her tag team partners during her matches she was on the losing end of the bouts but she wasn't pinned her partner was, On Febuary 2rd she turned Heel for the first time in 9 years, when she teamed with Maria to face Beth Phoenix & Jillian but Maria got pinned after a Glam-Slam but when Maria got up Rachel raised her hand then she clotheslined her and started to attack her. She debuted a new look wearing Black Tights & cutting her hair. When she got interviewed by Todd Grisham on Raw she explained to him that it was time for a change and that she will continue to dominate the women's divison. In March she challenged for Melina's Women's Championship but was unsuccessful. At WrestleMania XXV she competed in the 25 Diva Battle Royal to crown the First WrestleMania but the match was won by Santina Marella. Throughout May & June Rachel started teaming up with Matt Hardy & William Regal against Goldust, Hornswoggle & Santina Marella, also forming a alliance with Vickie Guerrero, Matt Hardy, Willam Regal & Rachel helped Vickie in winning the "Miss WrestleMania" crown from Santina. In June of 2009 she was traded to Smackdown! for the first time in her career, through a trade with Gail Kim to Raw. Rachel later stated in an interview the reason for her going to Smackdown! is that she could be closer to her boyfriend Matt Hardy, whom shes been dating with since the start of 2008. She made her debut as a face, in an interview with Josh Matthews she said she was sorry for her actions and that she plans on cleaning up the Smackdown! Diva Divison, Her first match for the brand was against Layla in which she won. She began feuding wikth Women's Champion Michelle McCool. In September Rachel won a Fatal-Four-Way for the Women's Championship, featuring Champion Michelle McCool, Layla & Natalya (Formerly Nattie Neidhart) she won the match by pinning Layla. She lost the Women's Championship in a Triple-Threat-Match Featuring McCool & Mickie James, Mickie won the match by performing her move "Mickie-DT" on Michelle.

Divas & Women's Champion; Departure (2010)

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At the end of December, it was announced that Rachel would return to Raw brand following a diva switch. She made her re-debut on the brand by teaming up with then-Divas Champion Melina to face off against Alicia Fox & Maryse & won for her team after pinning Alicia with the The Last Call. In the middle of January she defeated Maryse for the vacant WWE Divas Championship, In Febuary she defended the title against Alicia Fox, In March she defended the title against Gail Kim, She lost the Diva's Championship to Eve Torres on April 12th. On April 17th of Raw Torres defeated Rachel in the rematch for the title after her match, Rachel announced that on May 17th that she would have her last match in WWE, and she wanted to face Beth Phoenix for the Women's Championship. On May 17th, The Raw Guest Host Buzz Aldrin announced it would be a LumberJill/Jack Match from all the members of Raw & Smackdown! would be present, in the match Rachel made Beth Phoenix tap-out to the Sharpshooter and won her 12th Women's Championship, the most in WWE history.

Appearences (2010-present)

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She made a one-time appearence on September 19th at Night of Champions as a Lumberjill during the Title Unification Match between the "self proclaimed" co-Women's Champion Michelle McCool & the WWE Diva's Champion Melina, Michelle won due to interference by Layla as a result the Diva's Championhip was called WWE Unified Divas Championship, and the Women's Championship was retired. On 20th December Rachel made an appearence on Raw she was the special guest ring announcer for the match between then-Divas Champion Natalya & Eve Torres Against Laycool (Layla & Michelle McCool), after the match Raw Commentator Michael Cole wanted the Diva's out of the ring then Hall slapped him & Natalya & Torres joined in and they celebrated when Cole left the ring. On May 23rd edition of Raw for the first time in a year she made a one night return, facing then-Divas Champion Brie Bella in a non-title Lumberjill match, Rachel paid tribute to the late "Macho Man" Randy Savage by wearing colourful ring attire & she won the match by giving Bella an elbow drop from the top turnbuckle and after the match Hall and her fellow Divas celebrated her win.

Independent Circuit (2010)

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Rachel appeared in Shimmer Women Athletes At Volume 25 Rachel And Hamada challenged The Canadian Ninjas (Nicole Matthews & Portia Perez) for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship but was unsuccessful, at Volume 26 Rachel & Sara Del Rey challenged for the Tag Titles but was again unsuccessful. In July she went to Ice Ribbon and Defeated Nanae Takahashi and Makoto for the Triangle Ribbon Championship she lost the title to Nanae Takahashi a few days later. She defeated Kimberly for the WXW Women's Championship. In August Rachel Rachel made her debut for Shimmer she challenged reigning Shimmer Champion Madison Eagles for the title which also featured MsChif & Sara Del Rey rachel lost when Madison pinned MsChif after a DDT, the match was voted by Pro Wrestling Report as the best women's match of the year. During August she unsuccessfully challenged Sara Del Rey for the JAPW Women's Championship On August 8th she defeated Mistress Belmont for the World Women's Wrestling Championship, also becoming the last title holder. In September she won a battle royal for the WxW Women's World Heavyweight Championship. Rachel began working for Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU), where she performed under her the ring name of Rachel Hall. On November 6th, Rachel faced Tasha Simone for the vacant NWA World Women's Championship but ended up on the losing end. On November 21st, 2010, she unsuccessfully challenged Mercedes Martinez for the WSU Championship. She the made an appearence at Great Lakes Championship Wrestling where she teamed up with Matt Hardy to face Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) & Mia Yim with Special guess referee Mr Anderson, Rachel won for her team after she used the 'The Final Takedown' on Yim. In December Rachel went to NWA Underground and defeated Mickie Knuckles in "Anything Goes" Match for the NWA Underground Women's Championship. The following day she lost the title back to Knuckles in a "Falls Count Anywhere Match". Later that same month at a NWA event she challenged MsChif for the NWA Midwest Women's Championship but was unsuccessful. In Late December she appeared at Empire Wrestling Federation Event wrestling in a tag team match where she teamed up with Matt Hardy against ODB and Christopher Daniels in a winning effort when rachel pinned ODB.

Personal Life

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Hall, is good friends with so many Male and female wrestlers with many companies shes worked with. During the coarse of her wrestling she has been in involved with several wrestlers, From 1996-late 1997 she was involved in a relationship with Chris Jericho. During Bret Hart's Divorce from his wife in 1998 after they have been good friends for many years they became a couple, After two years of being together in 2000 before she signed to go to the World Wrestling Federation Hart married Hall In Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Bret's hometown, they were married until 2004 when Rachel filed for divorce, Rachel in a 2008 interview said the reason they decided to split was due to living issues and her wrestling commitments, but the duo remained good friends. In December 2004-April 2005 she was in a relationship with Scott Hall. During 2005 She involved with Sean Waltman better known on-screen as X-Pac, The couple spit at the end of that year. In early 2007 she was involved with Adam Copeland Known on-screen as Edge, They spit at the end of 2007. In February 2008 she started dating Matt Hardy, In February 2011 Matt Hardy broke up with Hall. It was later revealed that 2 weeks after he broke up with hall he started dating Reby Sky, which led to a suspicion of a possible affair.

In wrestling

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Championships and accomplishments

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  • California Independent Championship Wrestling
    • California Women's Championship (1 time)
  • Championship Wrestling U.S.A.
    • United States Ladies Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time) (First & Only Champion)
  • European Wrestling Association
    • EWA Women's European World Championship (2 times)
  • Independent Wrestling Of North Carolina
    • Independent World Women's Championship (1 time)
  • New Championship Wrestling/Independent Wrestling Association
    • NCW/IWA Intercontinental Women's Championship (1 time)
    • NCW/IWA United States Women's Championship (1 time)
  • NWA California
    • NWA Southern California Women's Championship (1 time) (Last Champion)
  • NWA Charlotte
    • NWA Women's Banner Championship (1 time)
    • NWA Charlotte Women's Championship (2 time)
  • NWA Chicago
    • NWA Chicago Independent Ladies World Championship (1 time)
  • NWA Detroit
    • NWA Detroit Women's Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • NWA Mexico
    • NWA Mexico Women's Championship (2 times)
  • NWA Mid-Pacific Promotions
    • NWA Hawaii Women's Championship (1 time) (First Champion)
    • NWA Hawaii Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) with- Leilani Kai (Last Champion)
  • NWA 2000
    • NWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    • NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship (1 time)- with Strawberry Fields
  • North American Championship Wrestling
    • North American Women's Championship (1 time)
  • Pro Wrestling Report
  • Texas Wrestling Alliance
    • Texas Women's Championship (1 time)
  • World Professional Wrestling Federation
    • WPWF Women's Championship (1 time)
  • United States Of America Wrestling
    • USAW Hertiage Women's Championship (1 time)

1 Rachel's 3rd reign as NWA Mid-Atlantic Women's Champion is not recognized by the NWA, due to the circumstances of the match between Rachel & Leilani Kai, Rachel won via count-out, NWA doesn't recognize this period as an official reign as the title is considered vacant. Therefore she is only recognized as a 3 time NWA Mid-Atlantic Women's Champion.

Luchas de Apuestas

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See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Title Rachel Madusa Baltimore, Maryland June 15, 1997 Title vs. Career match at The Great American Bash  
Career Rachel Hall La Frienda Mexico City, Mexico August 11, 2005 Career vs Mask at a live event at the Arena México promoted by the AAA
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