Marianna Komlos

Marianna Komlos (September 3, 1969 – September 26, 2004) was a Canadian bodybuilder, fitness model, wrestler and valet. She is perhaps best known for her stint in World Wrestling Federation in 1999 as Marianna and[1]"Mrs. Cleavage", where she was the Manager and "mother" for a wrestler known as "Beaver Cleavage", a parody of the TV show Leave It To Beaver. Following the termination of the Beaver Cleavage gimmick in a scripted 'storm out' by Charles Warrington due to the absurdity of the gimmick, Marianna was portrayed as the girlfriend of Warrington (now with no gimmick), going by the name of 'Chaz'. On September 26, 2004, Komlos died of breast cancer

Marianna Komlos
BornSeptember 3, 1969
Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada
DiedSeptember 26, 2004(2004-09-26) (aged 35)
Cause of deathBreast cancer
Spouse(s)
Paul Lazenby
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(m. 2004; her death 2004)​
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Marianna
Mrs. Cleavage
Billed height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Billed weight135 lb (61 kg)
Debutcirca late 1990s
Retired2000

Bodybuilding career

Before she started bodybuilding, Komlos weighed as much as 197 pounds (89 kg). Komlos started competing in provincial contests in 1993, and eventually won the middleweight class at the British Columbia Championships in 1997. Jerry Kindela, editor-in-chief of Flex, said, "Marianna's one of the most beautiful bodybuilders I've ever seen." (Wennerstrom, 2004)

Komlos appeared on the covers of many fitness magazines including Muscle & Fitness (September, 1997), Flex (November, 1997), Women's Physique World (December, 1997), and Natural Bodybuilding & Fitness.

Contest history
  • 1996 Gators Classic (Vancouver, BC) – 1st (LW and Overall)
  • 1997 British Columbia Championship – 1st (MW) and Best Poser
  • 1997 Women's Extravaganza – 1st (MW)

Professional Wrestling career

Komlos decided to go into professional wrestling. It is unknown when she actually started and who she got trained by.

World Wrestling Federation (1999)

She made her debut in the World Wrestling Federation in May 1999. She was given the gimmick Mrs. Cleavage as a valet, being the mother (kayfabe) of Beaver Cleavage, a reference to the TV series Leave It to Beaver. the two would exchange sexual innuendos (e.g. Mrs. Cleavage would offer Beaver some of "Mother's milk" when he complained that his cereal was dry).[2] The gimmick was quickly scrapped (via a 'worked shoot' promo in which Beaver supposedly gave up on the character), and retailored.[3]

On June 28, Beaver now calling himself Chaz, ridiculed the Beaver Cleavage gimmick and identified Mrs. Cleavage as his girlfriend, Marianna Komlos, in a shoot-style interview.[3] Chaz and Komlos feuded with Meat and his female entourage, then with Prince Albert.[3] Warrington left Komlos on the September 9 episode of SmackDown!, and she begged him to take her back throughout the night.[3] On the September 13 episode of Raw is War, Komlos came to ringside with a black eye, and it was implied that Chaz had beaten her.[2] Over the following weeks, Warrington would be on the receiving end of beatdowns from various wrestlers as well as being screwed out of matches by officials, all of whom were angry at Warrington for allegedly beating Komlos.[2] Komlos attempted to have police arrest Warrington, but he was saved by the intervention of Thrasher, who showed film that demonstrated that Komlos was lying.[2] Komlos was arrested, and the Headbangers were reformed.[2] She was released from WWF shortly after the storyline was finished.

Independent Circuit (2000)

Komlos took a hiatus from wrestling from WWF and a year later returned to wrestling. She worked in the independent circuit in Winnipeg, Canada for No Holds Barred wrestling promotion. In her career she only wrestled two matches both on December 1, 2000 losing to Mean Mad Midget and defeating Chi Chi Cruz. She would retire from wrestling afterwards.[4]

Personal life

She married mixed martial artist and stunt performer Paul Lazenby in 2004.[5]

Death

Komlos died on September 26, 2004 from breast cancer. She was 35.

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2010-03-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. RD Reynolds and Randy Baer (2003). Wrestlecrap – the very worst of pro wrestling. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-584-7.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. Cawthon, Graham (2013). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 2: WWF 1990 - 1999. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ASIN B00RWUNSRS.
  5. In 2003 I had the best year of my life, working non-stop on blockbusters such as "I, Robot" and "The Chronicles of Riddick". I also met and married former WWE diva Marianna Komlos, although we would be together for barely a year before breast cancer and medical malpractice claimed her life on September 26, 2004. Archived September 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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