Former WWE Diva’s Champion Ashley Massaro passed away early Thursday morning, according to a report from TMZ. She was just 39 years old.<\/p>\n
Details at this point, including a cause of death, are limited. However, it’s noted that Massaro was rushed to the hospital from her New York home and her death has been classified as “non-criminal”.<\/p>\n
Fans will likely remember Massaro best as the winner of the 2005 Diva Search. By winning the competition, she was awarded a check for $250,000 and a one-year contract with WWE.<\/p>\n
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She ended up turning that into a multi-year deal with WWE, working with the company until 2008. She found limited success in the ring, but she did compete for the WWE Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 23<\/em> in a losing effort to Melina.<\/p>\n She returned to the biggest event in WWE the following year at WrestleMania 24<\/em>, teaming with Maria in a Playboy Lumberjill match against the team of Melina and Beth Phoenix.<\/p>\n Massaro graced the cover of Playboy<\/em> magazine in April 2007.<\/p>\n Her WWE career also included a stint as a valet for the successful tag team of Brian Kendrick and Paul London. Her final WWE appearance came on April 28, 2008, in a 12-woman tag team match on Monday Night Raw<\/em>.<\/p>\n From all of us here at The Floor Seat, we would like to wish our sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Ms. Massaro.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former WWE Diva’s Champion Ashley Massaro passed away early Thursday morning, according to a report from TMZ. She was just…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":902314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[643798668,605048721],"tags":[679577044,644998309,14970],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n