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'''Jillian Faye Fletcher''',<ref name="birth"/><ref name="JILLFLETCHER">{{cite web |url= http://thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/article566377.ece|title=Jillian's Real Name |accessdate=2007-12-18 |publisher=The Sun}}</ref> (born September 6, 1980),<ref name="birth"/><ref name="OWW"/> is an [[United States|American]] [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] who currently performs for [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] on its ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]] under the [[ring name]] '''Jillian Hall''', or simply '''Jillian'''.<ref name="WWEProfile">{{cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/jillian/bio/ |title=Superstars > Raw > Jillian > Bio |accessdate=2007-04-26 |publisher=WWE.com }}</ref>
'''Hachette Book Group USA''' (HBG) is a [[publishing company]] owned by [[Hachette Livre]], the largest publishing company in [[France]]. Hachette Livre is a wholly-owned subsidiary of [[Lagardère]]. HBG was formed when Hachette Livre purchased the '''Time Warner Book Group''' from [[Time Warner]] on [[March 31]], [[2006]].<ref name="History"/>


==Career==
Notable authors include [[David Baldacci]], [[Tucker Carlson]], [[Michael Connelly]], [[Nelson DeMille]], [[Lou Dobbs]], [[Jennie Fields]], [[Robert Kiyosaki]], [[Rick Moody]], [[James Patterson]], [[Ron Paul]], [[Sidney Sheldon]], [[Nicholas Sparks (author)|Nicholas Sparks]], [[Jon Stewart]] and the writers of [[Comedy Central]]'s ''[[The Daily Show]]'', and [[David Foster Wallace]].
===Early Years===
Fletcher was trained by [[Dave Finlay]] at his [[professional wrestling school]].<ref name="slam"/> Debuting in 1998, Fletcher wrestled under the ring name '''The Bombshell Macaela Mercedes''' on the [[independent circuit]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.macaelamercedes.freeservers.com/index.html |title="The Bombshell" Macaela Mercedes (former official site) |accessdate=2007-04-26}}</ref>. Because of this early ring name, both "Macaela Mercedes" and "Jillian Mercedes" have been incorrectly listed as her real names.


===Ohio Valley Wrestling===
==History==
In the spring of 2003, Fletcher began working for [[Ohio Valley Wrestling]] (OVW) under the name '''Jillian Hall'''. She eventually signed a developmental contract with [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] in 2004. She started out in OVW as a [[Face (professional wrestling)|face]], until she [[List of professional wrestling slang#T|turned]] [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] after getting [[breast implant]]s, and [[hair straightening|straightening]] and bleaching her hair blonde.<ref name="slam"/> The heel turn was motivated in an [[List of professional wrestling slang#A|angle]] where her implants "leaked into her brain", causing her to become [[psychosis|psychotic]]. <ref name="OWW">{{cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/j/jillian-hall.html |title = Jillian Hall profile |accessdate=2007-04-26 |publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref><ref name="slam"/> As a heel, she managed the [[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship|OVW Southern Tag Team Champion]] '''Blonde Bombers''' ([[John Toland (wrestler)|Tank]] and [[Chad Wicks|Chad Toland]]) alongside her [[Enforcer (professional wrestling)|bodyguard]] [[Melissa Coates]] and went on a spree of ([[kayfabe]]) blinding people with [[rubbing alcohol]]. <ref name="OVW2005">{{cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/ovw/2005.html |title=OVW results - 2005 |accessdate=2007-04-26 |publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref>
The earliest publisher to eventually become part of the Hachette book Group was [[Little, Brown and Company]], founded in 1837, acquired by [[Time Inc.]] in 1968. Time merged with Warner Communications to form [[Time Warner]] in 1989; Warner Communications had acquired the Paperback Library in 1970. The publisher [[Macdonald & Co.]] was bought in 1992 to become part of the Time Warner Book Group UK and in 1996 the various branches merged to become Time Warner Trade Publishing, later renamed to Time Warner Book Group, which was renamed the Hachette Book Group USA after being acquired by [[Hachette Livre]].


===World Wrestling Entertainment ===
Several [[imprint]]s were generated after the year 2000; Warner Faith was launched in 2001 (later renamed FaithWords) aimed at a [[Christianity|Christian]] audience, to appeal to Christian/inspirational readers, 5 Spot and LB Kids in 2005 were aimed at younger readers, and in 2006 Warner Wellness (renamed Wellness Central in 2007) and [[Springboard Press]] were launched, directed towards health publications and [[baby boomer]]s respectively. In 2007 Warner Books was renamed Grand Central Publishing and several the business imprint renamed from Warner Business Books to Business Plus. Three new imprints were also launched, [[Yen Press]],[[Orbit Books]] and Poppy, publishing [[manga]], science-fiction and fantasy and teen fiction respectively.<ref name="History">"[http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/about_company-history.aspx Company History]". Hachette Book Group USA. Visited May 7, 2008.</ref> and other affiliated sites.
====SmackDown!====
[[Image:Jillian Hall 7dec2006.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Jillan making her entrance before a scheduled wrestling match, during a SmackDown! house show]]
Jillian Hall made her [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) debut on the July 28, 2005 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown!]]'' with a [[List of professional wrestling slang#G|gimmick]] of a "[[Public relations|fixer]]" for the heel [[List of professional wrestling slang#S|stable]] [[MNM]]. She also had a "growth" on the left side of her face, which she referred to as a "blemish", that announcers constantly speculated on the nature of.<ref name="SD-7-28-05">{{cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/07282005/|title=SmackDown! results - July 28, 2005 |accessdate=2007-04-26 |publisher=WWE}}</ref> The gimmick carried over to OVW, where the Blonde Bombers forced her to choose between them and MNM.<ref name="OVW2005"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/741/741342p1.html|title=SmackDown Countdown 2006: Jillian Hall|accessdate=2007-04-26|publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref> She eventually chose MNM, but did not stay with that group for very long. Her first [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] on SmackDown! was against [[Stacy Keibler]], with the two confronting each other many times until Hall cheated to defeat Keibler in her final match on ''[[WWE Velocity|Velocity]]''.<ref>{{cite video|date=October 29 2005|title=Jillian defeats Stacy Keibler on Velocity|url=http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/superstars/jillian_hall/v102905jillian section=/|medium=WMV|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-04-26}}</ref>


Hall was later approached by [[John Layfield|JBL]], a former [[WWE Championship|WWE Champion]] who asked for help repairing his image after a loss to underdog [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/09172005/|title=SmackDown! results - September 17, 2005|accessdate=2007-04-26|publisher=WWE}}</ref>. As JBL's "Image Consultant", she had an important role in JBL's feud with [[Marty Wright|The Boogeyman]], which included her having a hand full of worms shoved up her skirt and her mole being bitten off by the monster.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/01132006/|title=SmackDown! results - January 13, 2006|accessdate=2007-04-26|publisher=WWE}}</ref> In March, Hall briefly feuded with the babyface gimmick of [[Kristal Marshall|Kristal]], losing to the rookie in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Strip matches|"Divas Uncovered" match]] on March 10. She also successfully guided JBL to winning the [[WWE United States Championship|United States Championship]] from [[Chris Benoit]] at [[WrestleMania 22]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wrestlemania22/matches/22203222/results/|title=JBL def. Chris Benoit (new United States Champion)|accessdate=2007-04-26|publisher=WWE}}</ref>
==Current imprints==
Hachette has acquired a number of publishing brands aimed at different markets, and these brands themselves contain sub-imprints which are used to publish to an even more targetted audience. Imprints include:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/publishing_publishing-groups.aspx | title = Hachette Book Group USA: Publishing groups | accessdate = 2008-07-29 | date = 2008 | publisher = Hachette Book Group USA company website}}</ref>


That April, he fired her after Hall accidentally slammed a cage door on JBL's head during a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|steel cage match]] and put together a "second-rate" United States championship celebration. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/04142006/|title=SmackDown! results - April 14, 2006|accessdate=2007-04-26|publisher=WWE}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/04212006/|title=SmackDown! results - April 21, 2006|accessdate=2007-04-26|publisher=WWE}}</ref> After being fired, she turned face and began a feud with former client then heel, [[Melina Perez|Melina]] of MNM.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/04282006/|title=SmackDown! results - April 28, 2006|accessdate=2007-04-26|publisher=WWE}}</ref> She defeated her in a six man tag team match along with [[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]] and in singles competition at [[Judgment Day (2006)|Judgment Day 2006]] in a [[Dusty finish|controversial fashion]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/judgmentday/history/2006/matches/23848444/results/|title=Melina's night goes from bad to worse|accessdate=2007-04-26|publisher=WWE}}</ref>
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For the rest of the summer, she [[tag team|teamed]] with [[Ashley Massaro]] in a feud against then-heels, [[Michelle McCool]] and [[Kristal Marshall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/07142006/|title=SmackDown! results - July 14, 2006|accessdate=2007-04-26|publisher=WWE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/thegreatamericanbash/matches/25815984/results/|title=It’s always Ashley, Ashley, Ashley|accessdate=2007-04-26|publisher=WWE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/07282006/|title=SmackDown! results - July 28, 2006 |accessdate=2007-04-26|publisher=WWE}}</ref> She would participate in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Bra and Panties match|Bra and Panties match]] at [[WWE The Great American Bash#2006|The Great American Bash]] which was won by Ashley; afterwards, she was not utilized on television much.
! Imprint name

! Market
She returned in February 2007 as a [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] and began a new feud with Massaro centered around Hall's jealousy of Massaro's recent ''[[Playboy]]'' appearance, matches between the two mainly resulted in losses for Jillian. During the feud, Hall attempted to prove that she was talented in areas beyond wrestling and being [[eye candy]] by [[kayfabe]] singing (poorly) at every opportunity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/02022007/|title=SmackDown! results - February 2, 2007|accessdate=2007-04-26|publisher=WWE}}</ref> She later attempted to impress music producer [[Timbaland]] by performing a song she claimed to have composed entitled "Hot Bread," looking for a spot in a video he was preparing and a possible future collaboration on a music project, but he turned her down.<ref>{{cite news|author=PWI Staff|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated, July 2007|work = "Arena reports"|publisher=Kappa Publishing|year=2007|month=June|pages=131|language=English}}</ref> There is also controversy that her bad singing gimmick was created to be a parody of Brooke Hogan, as some wrestling magazines have proclaimed as well.
! Notes

Ashley, with whom she had been feuding, was one of the Divas who was chosen to work with Timbaland instead. Jealous of Ashley's recent successes, she ([[kayfabe]]) attacked and seriously injured Ashley, with the reasoning that if she couldn't appear in Timbaland's music project, neither would Massaro. Following this incident, she would have a short feud with current face, [[Michelle McCool]], who came to Ashley's aid.

====RAW====
[[Image:Jillian-Hall-Singing,-RLA-Melb-10.11.2007.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Jillian works on the crowd during a Raw house show.]]
Jillian was drafted from ''SmackDown!'' to ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' on June 17, 2007 as part of the [[WWE Draft Lottery#Supplemental Draft|2007 Supplemental Draft]]. The following night, Jillian won her ''Raw'' debut where she teamed with [[Melina Perez|Melina]] to defeat [[Mickie James]] and [[Candice Michelle]] in a tag team match. From then on, Jillian mainly competed on ''[[WWE Heat|HEAT]]'' against James. She resumed her singing gimmick not long after, frequently appearing in backstage and in-ring segments, including a stint as one of the contestants for the ''WWE Idol'' segment on August 13, 2007. She also entered into an on-and-off feud with ring announcer [[Lilian Garcia]] stemming from her jealousy of Lilian's flourishing singing career.

On the November 19, 2007 edition of RAW, Hall executed a [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#450.C2.B0 splash|450° splash]], a move allegedly banned in WWE and that was not seen on WWE television for quite some time. Hall failed to land on her opponent when she rolled away in time, and hit her tag team partner Melina instead.

During RAW's 15th Anniversary show held on December 10, 2007, Hall wanted to sing a song from her album, but a returning [[Trish Stratus]] cut her off. As Stratus was talking about being part of the show, Hall told her that she (Trish) had the biggest ego in WWE History. This brought out [[Amy Dumas|Lita]], a long time rival of Stratus. Hall attempted to encourage Lita to attack Stratus, however both returning divas attacked Hall.

Since then, Jillian has been keeping her singing gimmick while competing in single and tag matches teaming up with [[Katie Lea Burchill]], and [[Beth Phoenix]] against [[Mickie James]], [[Kelly Kelly]] and [[Candice Michelle]], most of which have resulted in losses.

==In wrestling==
*'''Finishing moves'''
**'''''High Note''''' ([[Professional wrestling aerial attacks#450° splash|450° splash]])
**'''[[Facebuster#Full nelson wheelbarrow facebuster|Lifting full nelson bulldog]]''' - 2007
**'''[[Facebuster#Sitout facebuster|Sitout facebuster]]'''
**'''[[Moonsault]]''' - Independent circuit

*'''Signature moves'''
**''Boob Job'' (Hall grabs her opponent's face and rubs them into her [[breast]]s)<ref>[http://forums.prowrestling.com/showthread.php?t=75388 Jillian Hall interview from WWE Magazine</ref>
**[[Cartwheel (gymnastics)|Cartwheel]] into an [[Professional wrestling attacks#Elbow drop|elbow drop]]
**''Crash Test Splash'' ([[Cartwheel (gymnastics)|Cartwheel]] into a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Big splash|vertical splash]]) <ref>[http://www.glorywrestling.com/gg/MacaelaMercedes/MM.asp Macaela Mercedes of G.L.O.R.Y. Wrestling: The Hardest Working Women In Independent Wrestling<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
**[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Crossbody|Diving crossbody]]
**''Fender Bender'' ([[Front flip]] into a [[leg drop]]) <ref>[http://www.glorywrestling.com/gg/MacaelaMercedes/MM.asp Macaela Mercedes of G.L.O.R.Y. Wrestling: The Hardest Working Women In Independent Wrestling<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
**[[Professional wrestling throws#Samoan drop|Fireman's carry drop]]
**[[Professional wrestling attacks#Handspring|Handspring]] [[Professional wrestling attacks#Back elbow|back elbow smash]]
**[[Dropkick#Missile dropkick|Missile dropkick]]
**[[Professional wrestling throws#Scoop slam|Scoop slam]]
**[[Neckbreaker#Neck snap|Rolling neck snap]]

*'''With [[Melina Perez|Melina]]'''
**'''[[Professional wrestling holds#Wheelbarrow|Wheelbarrow hold]] (Jillian)''' / '''[[Facebuster#Spinning facebuster|Charging 180° spinning facebuster]] (Melina) combination'''

*'''Wrestlers managed by Jillian'''
**[[Melissa Coates]]<ref name="slam"/>
**[[John Layfield|JBL]]
**[[Orlando Jordan]]
**[[MNM]]
**The Blonde Bombers ([[John Toland (wrestler)|Tank]] and [[Chad Wicks|Dick Toland]])<ref name="slam"/>
**[[Melina Perez]]
**[[Chad Toland]]
**[[Tank Toland]]
**[[Ashley Massaro]]

*'''Nicknames'''
**The Bombshell
**The Pop Princess
**'''The Songstress'''

*'''[[Music in professional wrestling|Theme music]]'''
**In Ohio Valley Wrestling, she used ''[[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]'' by [[Britney Spears]].
**When she was with MNM she shared their theme song entitled "Papparazzi".
**When she parted from MNM she began using a production track entitled ''Move It Up'', which had been previously used by [[Michelle McCool]] and then given to [[Kristal Marshall]] after Hall.
**She then used a production track entitled ''Top Spin''.<ref>[[WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007]] instruction manual</ref>
**Hall currently uses the theme '''Sliced Bread''', which she performed herself and is available on [[WWE The Music, Vol. 8]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wweshop.com/Product_detail.asp?cat=cat-newreleases&productId=35-00612|title=WWE Music Volume 8 CD|accessdate=2008-03-27|publisher=WWE}}</ref>

==Outside of Wrestling==
[[Image:Jillian Hall Singing Milwaukee 092407.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Jillan Hall, the singer.]]
===Album===
Jillian Hall released her first album ''[[A Jingle with Jillian]]'' on the December 11th, 2007 on [[iTunes]] nationwide. The album features five traditional Christmas songs covered by Jillian (in character). The album itself reached number 20 in the UK Holidays Top 100 shortly after its release. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2007_/articles/1197661735.php |title=Lords of Pain, Jingle with Jillian chart success|accessdate=2007-12-15 |publisher=lordsofpain.net }}</ref>

====Chart Position====
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2007)
!align="center"|Peak<br>position
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|[[UK Album Chart]]
|Center Street
|align="center"|76 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart |title=BBC - UK Album Chart|accessdate=2007-12-27 |publisher=bbc.co.uk }}</ref>
|[[Traditional values]]
|Main publishing division
|-
|-
|[[Billboard 200]]
|FaithWords
|align="center"|120 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=The+Billboard+200
|[[Conservative Christianity|Conservative Christian]]
|title=US top 200 albums|accessdate=2007-12-27 |publisher=billboard.com }}</ref>
|Main publishing division
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|Grand Central Publishing
|General market and best-sellers
|Formerly Warner Books, has several imprints
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|5-Spot
|Women's fiction and non-fiction
|Imprint of Grand Central Publishing
|-
|Business Plus
|[[Business]] publications
|Imprint of Grand Central Publishing
|-
|Forever
|[[Romance novel]]s
|Imprint of Grand Central Publishing
|-
|[[Springboard Press]]
|[[Baby boomer]]s
|Imprint of Grand Central Publishing
|-
|Twelve
|Various
|Publishes one book per month that aspires to be high quality; imprint of Grand Central Publishing
|-
|Vision
|Various
|Mass-market, "[[blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]]" products; imprint of Grand Central Publishing
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|Wellness Central
|[[Health]] and [[wellness (medicine)|wellness]]
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|-
|Hachette Book Group Digital Media
|[[Audiobook]]s and digital books
|Publishes Hachette Audio
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|Little, Brown and Company
|[[United States|American]] fiction and non-fiction
|Focuses on "works of lasting significance"; published [[Little Women]]; one of the oldest publishers in the United States
|-
|Back Bay Books
|Trade paperbacks of fiction and non-fiction including classics and literature
|Imprint of Little, Brown and Company
|-
|Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
|Picture books, hard and softcover fiction and non-fiction for young readers
|Has several imprints
|-
|LB Kids
|Novelty and brand [[tie-in]]s
|Imprint of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
|-
|Poppy
|[[Adolescence|Teen]] girls
|Imprint of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; publishes the series: [[Gossip Girl], Poseur, It Girl, A-List, Secrets of My Hollywood Life, and the Clique.
|-
|[[Orbit Books]]
|[[Science fiction]] and [[fantasy]]
|
|-
|Yen Press
|[[Graphic novel]]s and [[manga]]
|
|}
|}


==Inactive imprints==
==Personal life==
Jillian has one daughter who was born in 2000, and one sister.
Many imprints have been acquired by the Hachette Group and the companies that were merged to form the Group. Many are no longer active.

* Abacus
She is currently in a relationship with [[Tank Toland]].<ref name>{{cite web|url=blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=111193167&blogID=324483527|title=Randy Orton|accessdate=2008-03-27|publisher=MySpace}}</ref> Jillian is real-life best friends with fellow [[WWE Diva]] [[Melina Perez|Melina]], who is a former ally of Hall's on-screen character.
* Paperback Library (called the Warner Paperback Library after acquisition by Time Warner)

* Warner Aspect
==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''Blue Water Championship Wrestling'''
**BWCW Women's Championship (1 time; First–ever champion)<ref name="slam"/>
*'''Canadian International Wrestling'''
**CIW Indy Women's Championship (1 time)<ref name="slam"/>
*'''Frontier Elite Wrestling'''
**Frontier Elite Wrestling Women's Championship (1 time)
*'''GLORY Wrestling'''
**GLORY Championship (1 time)<ref name="slam"/>
*'''Hoosier Pro Wrestling'''
**HPW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)<ref name="slam"/>
**HPW Ladies' Championship (1 time)<ref name="slam"/>
*'''Mid-States Championship Wrestling'''
**MCW Mid-American Championship (1 time)<ref name="slam"/>
*'''Professional Girl Wrestling Association'''
**PGWA Championship (1 time)<ref name="slam"/>
*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated ]]'''
**PWI ranked her # '''34''' of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI Top 50 Females|PWI Female 50]] in [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwpix.net/pwpixnews/headlines/223777233.php|accessdate=2008-09-19|date=[[2008-09-18]]|publisher=PWPix.net|title=The PWI Female 50 Rankings: Who Is The Top Women's Wrestler In The World?}}</ref>
*'''[[Southern States Wrestling]]'''
**SSW Women's Championship (1 time)<ref name="slam"/>
*'''Superstar Wrestling Federation'''
**SWF Tag Team Championship (2 time)<ref name="slam"/> – with Randy "the King" Allen (1), and Pyro (1)
**SWF Women's Championship (1 time)
*'''Women's Wrestling Alliance'''
**WWA Women's Championship (1 time)<ref name="slam"/>


== References ==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commonscat|Jillian Hall}}
* [http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/ Hachette Book Group USA website]
{{Portal|Professional wrestling|break=yes}}
*[http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/jillian/ WWE Profile]
*{{myspace|jillianhall1|Jillian Hall}}
*[http://glorywrestling.com/gg/MacaelaMercedes/MM.asp Glory Wrestling Profile]
*[http://jillian-h.com/ Jillian-H.com]


{{Current World Wrestling Entertainment employees}}
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Jillian Hall
File:Jillian Hall Milwaukee WI 031008.jpg
Born (1980-09-06) September 6, 1980 (age 43)[1][2]
Ashland, Kentucky
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Macaela Mercedes[3]
Jillian Hall
Jillian
Billed height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Billed weight160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Billed fromLouisville, Kentucky
Los Angeles, California
Trained byRoger Ruffen
OVW staff
Dave "Fit" Finlay[4]
Steve Keirn[5]
Lance Storm[5]
Debut1998

Jillian Faye Fletcher,[1][6] (born September 6, 1980),[1][2] is an American professional wrestler who currently performs for World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand under the ring name Jillian Hall, or simply Jillian.[7]

Career

Early Years

Fletcher was trained by Dave Finlay at his professional wrestling school.[4] Debuting in 1998, Fletcher wrestled under the ring name The Bombshell Macaela Mercedes on the independent circuit[8]. Because of this early ring name, both "Macaela Mercedes" and "Jillian Mercedes" have been incorrectly listed as her real names.

Ohio Valley Wrestling

In the spring of 2003, Fletcher began working for Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) under the name Jillian Hall. She eventually signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2004. She started out in OVW as a face, until she turned heel after getting breast implants, and straightening and bleaching her hair blonde.[4] The heel turn was motivated in an angle where her implants "leaked into her brain", causing her to become psychotic. [2][4] As a heel, she managed the OVW Southern Tag Team Champion Blonde Bombers (Tank and Chad Toland) alongside her bodyguard Melissa Coates and went on a spree of (kayfabe) blinding people with rubbing alcohol. [9]

World Wrestling Entertainment

SmackDown!

Jillan making her entrance before a scheduled wrestling match, during a SmackDown! house show

Jillian Hall made her World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) debut on the July 28, 2005 episode of SmackDown! with a gimmick of a "fixer" for the heel stable MNM. She also had a "growth" on the left side of her face, which she referred to as a "blemish", that announcers constantly speculated on the nature of.[10] The gimmick carried over to OVW, where the Blonde Bombers forced her to choose between them and MNM.[9][11] She eventually chose MNM, but did not stay with that group for very long. Her first feud on SmackDown! was against Stacy Keibler, with the two confronting each other many times until Hall cheated to defeat Keibler in her final match on Velocity.[12]

Hall was later approached by JBL, a former WWE Champion who asked for help repairing his image after a loss to underdog Rey Mysterio [13]. As JBL's "Image Consultant", she had an important role in JBL's feud with The Boogeyman, which included her having a hand full of worms shoved up her skirt and her mole being bitten off by the monster.[14] In March, Hall briefly feuded with the babyface gimmick of Kristal, losing to the rookie in a "Divas Uncovered" match on March 10. She also successfully guided JBL to winning the United States Championship from Chris Benoit at WrestleMania 22. [15]

That April, he fired her after Hall accidentally slammed a cage door on JBL's head during a steel cage match and put together a "second-rate" United States championship celebration. [16] [17] After being fired, she turned face and began a feud with former client then heel, Melina of MNM.[18] She defeated her in a six man tag team match along with Paul London and Brian Kendrick and in singles competition at Judgment Day 2006 in a controversial fashion. [19]

For the rest of the summer, she teamed with Ashley Massaro in a feud against then-heels, Michelle McCool and Kristal Marshall.[20][21][22] She would participate in a Bra and Panties match at The Great American Bash which was won by Ashley; afterwards, she was not utilized on television much.

She returned in February 2007 as a heel and began a new feud with Massaro centered around Hall's jealousy of Massaro's recent Playboy appearance, matches between the two mainly resulted in losses for Jillian. During the feud, Hall attempted to prove that she was talented in areas beyond wrestling and being eye candy by kayfabe singing (poorly) at every opportunity.[23] She later attempted to impress music producer Timbaland by performing a song she claimed to have composed entitled "Hot Bread," looking for a spot in a video he was preparing and a possible future collaboration on a music project, but he turned her down.[24] There is also controversy that her bad singing gimmick was created to be a parody of Brooke Hogan, as some wrestling magazines have proclaimed as well.

Ashley, with whom she had been feuding, was one of the Divas who was chosen to work with Timbaland instead. Jealous of Ashley's recent successes, she (kayfabe) attacked and seriously injured Ashley, with the reasoning that if she couldn't appear in Timbaland's music project, neither would Massaro. Following this incident, she would have a short feud with current face, Michelle McCool, who came to Ashley's aid.

RAW

Jillian works on the crowd during a Raw house show.

Jillian was drafted from SmackDown! to Raw on June 17, 2007 as part of the 2007 Supplemental Draft. The following night, Jillian won her Raw debut where she teamed with Melina to defeat Mickie James and Candice Michelle in a tag team match. From then on, Jillian mainly competed on HEAT against James. She resumed her singing gimmick not long after, frequently appearing in backstage and in-ring segments, including a stint as one of the contestants for the WWE Idol segment on August 13, 2007. She also entered into an on-and-off feud with ring announcer Lilian Garcia stemming from her jealousy of Lilian's flourishing singing career.

On the November 19, 2007 edition of RAW, Hall executed a 450° splash, a move allegedly banned in WWE and that was not seen on WWE television for quite some time. Hall failed to land on her opponent when she rolled away in time, and hit her tag team partner Melina instead.

During RAW's 15th Anniversary show held on December 10, 2007, Hall wanted to sing a song from her album, but a returning Trish Stratus cut her off. As Stratus was talking about being part of the show, Hall told her that she (Trish) had the biggest ego in WWE History. This brought out Lita, a long time rival of Stratus. Hall attempted to encourage Lita to attack Stratus, however both returning divas attacked Hall.

Since then, Jillian has been keeping her singing gimmick while competing in single and tag matches teaming up with Katie Lea Burchill, and Beth Phoenix against Mickie James, Kelly Kelly and Candice Michelle, most of which have resulted in losses.

In wrestling

  • Nicknames
    • The Bombshell
    • The Pop Princess
    • The Songstress
  • Theme music
    • In Ohio Valley Wrestling, she used Toxic by Britney Spears.
    • When she was with MNM she shared their theme song entitled "Papparazzi".
    • When she parted from MNM she began using a production track entitled Move It Up, which had been previously used by Michelle McCool and then given to Kristal Marshall after Hall.
    • She then used a production track entitled Top Spin.[28]
    • Hall currently uses the theme Sliced Bread, which she performed herself and is available on WWE The Music, Vol. 8[29]

Outside of Wrestling

Jillan Hall, the singer.

Album

Jillian Hall released her first album A Jingle with Jillian on the December 11th, 2007 on iTunes nationwide. The album features five traditional Christmas songs covered by Jillian (in character). The album itself reached number 20 in the UK Holidays Top 100 shortly after its release. [30]

Chart Position

Chart (2007) Peak
position
UK Album Chart 76 [31]
Billboard 200 120 [32]

Personal life

Jillian has one daughter who was born in 2000, and one sister.

She is currently in a relationship with Tank Toland.[33] Jillian is real-life best friends with fellow WWE Diva Melina, who is a former ally of Hall's on-screen character.

Championships and accomplishments

  • Blue Water Championship Wrestling
    • BWCW Women's Championship (1 time; First–ever champion)[4]
  • Canadian International Wrestling
    • CIW Indy Women's Championship (1 time)[4]
  • Frontier Elite Wrestling
    • Frontier Elite Wrestling Women's Championship (1 time)
  • GLORY Wrestling
    • GLORY Championship (1 time)[4]
  • Hoosier Pro Wrestling
    • HPW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[4]
    • HPW Ladies' Championship (1 time)[4]
  • Mid-States Championship Wrestling
    • MCW Mid-American Championship (1 time)[4]
  • Professional Girl Wrestling Association
    • PGWA Championship (1 time)[4]
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Southern States Wrestling
    • SSW Women's Championship (1 time)[4]
  • Superstar Wrestling Federation
    • SWF Tag Team Championship (2 time)[4] – with Randy "the King" Allen (1), and Pyro (1)
    • SWF Women's Championship (1 time)
  • Women's Wrestling Alliance
    • WWA Women's Championship (1 time)[4]

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Jillian Hall profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
  3. ^ "Macaela Mercedes' profile". G.L.O.R.Y. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Bio". CANOE. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  5. ^ a b Mansy, Abigail (July). "The Ballad of Jillian". WWE Magazine. p. 15. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  6. ^ "Jillian's Real Name". The Sun. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  7. ^ "Superstars > Raw > Jillian > Bio". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
  8. ^ ""The Bombshell" Macaela Mercedes (former official site)". Retrieved 2007-04-26.
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  10. ^ "SmackDown! results - July 28, 2005". WWE. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
  11. ^ "SmackDown Countdown 2006: Jillian Hall". IGN. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
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  21. ^ "It's always Ashley, Ashley, Ashley". WWE. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
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  23. ^ "SmackDown! results - February 2, 2007". WWE. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
  24. ^ PWI Staff (2007). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated, July 2007". "Arena reports". Kappa Publishing. p. 131. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  25. ^ [http://forums.prowrestling.com/showthread.php?t=75388 Jillian Hall interview from WWE Magazine
  26. ^ Macaela Mercedes of G.L.O.R.Y. Wrestling: The Hardest Working Women In Independent Wrestling
  27. ^ Macaela Mercedes of G.L.O.R.Y. Wrestling: The Hardest Working Women In Independent Wrestling
  28. ^ WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 instruction manual
  29. ^ "WWE Music Volume 8 CD". WWE. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  30. ^ "Lords of Pain, Jingle with Jillian chart success". lordsofpain.net. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
  31. ^ "BBC - UK Album Chart". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  32. ^ "US top 200 albums". billboard.com. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  33. ^ [blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=111193167&blogID=324483527 "Randy Orton"]. MySpace. Retrieved 2008-03-27. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  34. ^ "The PWI Female 50 Rankings: Who Is The Top Women's Wrestler In The World?". PWPix.net. 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2008-09-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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