Melissa Coates

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Melissa Coates is a fitness model/pro bodybuilder/pro wrestler/actress.

Melissa Coates has been ranked 9th in the world in women's professional bodybuilding and has competed in the top ranked Ms Olympia conest twice. She has been in and on the cover of Muscle&Fitness, Flex Magazine, MuscleMag International, Muscular Development, Ironman, and various others(10 covers, 5 posters, numerous layouts, articles, calendars and swimsuit videos). Today she still fitness models while wrestling and acting professionally.

Melissa has been wrestling since 2002, and had her start at Killer Kowalski's in MA. She then spent a few months at UPW in California before being invited to train out at OVW where she worked matches against the likes of Beth Phoenix, Mickey James and Jillian Hall (though sometimes Coates acted as Jillian's bodyguard.)

In the past 3 years Coates has wrestled mostly for NWA:Anarchy, WSU, am one half the women's tag champion at !BANG!, have a diva's championship for IUWA in IN, and am the Dragoncon first women's champ.

Melissa also is an actress. She is in the sci-fy thriller "Nemesis III: Time Lapse" along with other top professional women bodybuilders, and was a player on the BarBell Mafia team for the popular tv game show "Extreme Dodgeball". Her most recent work is the film "Ultimate Death Match 2" which is out on dvd this month and also stars Al snow, Dan Severn, Raven, Jimmy Valiant, Shane Douglas, The Sandman, Brutus Beefcake and more.