Mickie Knuckles
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| Birth name | Mickie Lee Knuckles |
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May 16, 1984 Clarksville, Indiana, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Mickie Knuckles Isabella Smothers Izza Belle Smothers Moose Moose Knuckles |
| Billed height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Billed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Billed from | Clarksville, Indiana The Right Side of Whiskey Row |
| Trained by | Chris Hero |
| Debut | August 2, 2003 |
Mickie Lee Knuckles (born May 16, 1984) is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for work on the independent circuit, particularly Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, Chikara and Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as a brief stint with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Moose. Knuckles is also notable for her hard-hitting style and intergender deathmatches.
Knuckles graduated from Charlestown Senior High School.
Having been a fan of professional wrestling since she was five years old, Knuckles started training to become a professional wrestler under Chris Hero, Mark Wolf and Bull Pain. During this time, she also worked as a referee and part of the security for Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South shows. Knuckles became the final graduating student of the IWA-MS Wrestling School, and would go on to wrestle many various opponents including Amazing Kong and Too Cold Scorpio.
Knuckles debuted on August 2, 2003 in a non-tournament match at the 2003 King of the Death Match against Hailey Hatred. During the match, Hatred powerbombed Knuckles across two bridged steel chairs. Knuckles' neck hit the back of the chairs, causing the match to be stopped. Undeterred, in November 2003, Knuckles was booked into the Ted Petty Invitational tournament, becoming the first woman to be booked in either the IWA Mid-South Sweet Science Sixteen Tournament or the TPI.
Knuckles continued to have intergender matches against wrestlers such as Cash Flo and Nate Webb, before Dave Prazak began to bring in more women to IWA Mid-South and their women's division (show segment) was formed. In May 2004, a tournament was held to crown the first NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Championship, during which Mickie advanced to the semi-finals before being defeated by Mercedes Martinez. One of her fellow entrants in the tournament, Traci Brooks, stated that she had "never seen a girl train as hard" as Mickie. Mickie won the NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Championship on June 11, 2005 defeating MsChif and Alison Danger in a three-way match. However, six days later NWA Midwest promoter Ed Chuman declared that the title match had been unsanctioned and returned NWA Midwest title to MsChif. Ian Rotten, however, still recognized Mickie as the IWA Mid-South Women's Champion, leading to the titles splitting into two separate entities.
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