Alexandra Ford (born 5 June 1984) is an Australian professional wrestler, better known by her

ring name A ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons ...

Madison Eagles. She has wrestled internationally in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

, the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

and

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

, and is a former two-time Shimmer Champion. She was ranked by ''

Pro Wrestling Illustrated ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publishing Group. The maga ...

'' as the number one female wrestler in the PWI Female 50 in 2011; as of 2022, she is one of two women to win the award without ever competing for a major promotion ( WWE,

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busines ...

(TNA), New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) or

All Elite Wrestling All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned and operated by Shahid Khan, Shahid and Tony Khan, with the latter serving as President (corporate title), president an ...

(AEW)).

Early life

Ford's father, Graham, is the head of Surf Life Saving Australia. She attended St Catherine's School, Waverley, where she participated in athletics,

gymnastics Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring Balance (ability), balance, Strength training, strength, Flexibility (anatomy), flexibility, agility, Motor coordination, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movem ...

, and diving.

Professional wrestling career

Early years and training (2001-2007)

At the age of 17, Eagles began her professional wrestling training at International Wrestling Australia (IWA), at their training school in mid-2001. Eagles debuted soon thereafter as the bodyguard for A.J. Freeley in IWA.Hollie, Matthew
"The Return of “The Punisher: Madison Eagles’ Road to Recovery and Redemption"
''WrestleEnigma'', 3 November 2012. Eagles had her first official match in November that year, against Katherine Nixxon. Eagles is a former four-time IWA Women's Champion. In 2003, Eagles traveled to the United States with trainer and owner of IWA, Mark Mercedes. She competed in a try out at

Ohio Valley Wrestling Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an American professional wrestling promotion, professional wrestling promotion and former developmental territory based in Louisville, Kentucky. The company is currently run by Al Snow, Matt Jones (radio host), Ma ...

(OVW), a former developmental territory for

World Wrestling Entertainment World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. A global integrated media and entertainment company, ...

(WWE). In her time in OVW, Eagles trained alongside such wrestlers as

Christopher Daniels Christopher Daniel Covell (born March 24, 1970), better known by the ring name Christopher Daniels, is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he works as the Head of Ta ...

, Elijah Burke, and Jillian Hall. While in the U.S., Eagles wrestled for Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA), Cleveland All Pro Wrestling (CAPW), and USA Pro. At different points in her career, Eagles trained at the Chikara Wrestle Factory in Philadelphia, the

Ring of Honor Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011; the promotion was subs ...

(ROH) school, and PWA school in Sydney, Australia.

Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance (2007-2013)

In 2007, Eagles and her husband Ryan Eagles founded Pro Wrestling Alliance Elite, which later became Pro Wrestling Alliance Australia (known as PWA), and an all-women's wrestling promotion, Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance (PWWA). The promotions were created on the back of Eagles opening a professional wrestling school, and were intended to encourage Australian wrestlers to travel between states in the country. She has held the PWWA Championship. PWWA ran from 2007 until around 2013 when the last recorded all women's event was held. It was the only all women's wrestling promotion in Australia.

International exploits (2008–2011)

From 2008 to 2011, Eagles wrestled in several other wrestling promotions, including the American promotions

, Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling and New England Championship Wrestling. She has also wrestled in Canada for NCW Femmes Fatales, and in Japan for the Joshi 4 Hope event.

Shimmer Women Athletes (2008-2018)

Teaming with Jessie McKay (2008–2009)

Eagles started wrestling for the American all-female promotion

Shimmer Women Athletes Shimmer Women Athletes (often referred to and stylized as SHIMMER) was an American, Chicago-based independent women's professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005. Established by Dave Prazak and run by both ...

in October 2008, where she made her debut at '' Volume 21'' together with Jessie McKay as "The Pink Ladies"; they participated in a gauntlet match to crown the first Shimmer Tag Team Champions but were the first team eliminated. Eagles' first singles match in Shimmer saw her lose to Sara Del Rey on '' Volume 23''.

Shimmer Champion (2010–2012)

At '' Volume 30'', Eagles defeated

Cheerleader Melissa Melissa Anderson (born August 17, 1982) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Cheerleader Melissa. She is best known for her work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where she worked as Alissa ...

to become number one contender for the Shimmer Championship and went on to defeat champion MsChif to capture the title on 11 April 2010 at '' Volume 31''. Eagles went on to rack up nine successful title defenses against several wrestlers including Cheerleader Melissa, Ayumi Kurihara, Jessie McKay, Mercedes Martinez, Ayako Hamada, Serena Deeb and Hiroyo Matsumoto, as well as defending the title for the first time ever in PWWA and successfully retaining against McKay and

Nicole Matthews Lindsay Miller (born January 15, 1987) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by her ring name Nicole Matthews. Matthews regularly wrestles for Shimmer Women Athletes and Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling among other independe ...

in a triple–threat match. On 2 October 2011 at '' Volume 43'', Eagles teamed with Sara Del Rey in an unsuccessful attempt against Hamada and Kurihara for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship. Later that night, on '' Volume 44'', Eagles faced Melissa in a rematch for the Shimmer Championship, which Melissa won, ending Eagles' reign at 539 days. After the ''Shimmer'' tapings, Eagles wrestled a match that same month and suffered a career-threatening knee injury from a bad landing after jumping off the ropes. Eagles was later awarded the top spot in

magazine's ranking of the top 50 female wrestlers in 2011, despite Eagles not wrestling for the largest American wrestling promotions such as

Return and various feuds (2012–2014)

In January 2013, Eagles returned to the ring after being absent due to injury and delivering her third child. Three months later, on 6 April at '' Volume 53'' in

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

, in her return to ''Shimmer'', Eagles defeated her protégé and former tag team partner, Jessie McKay. On '' Volume 54'', Eagles competed in a fatal–four way number one contender's match for the SHIMMER Championship against

Athena Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretism, syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarde ...

, Courtney Rush and Saraya Knight, which was won by Courtney Rush. Throughout '' Volume 55'' and '' Volume 61'', Eagles scored victories over wrestlers including

Kana are syllabary, syllabaries used to write Japanese phonology, Japanese phonological units, Mora (linguistics), morae. In current usage, ''kana'' most commonly refers to ''hiragana'' and ''katakana''. It can also refer to their ancestor , wh ...

, Athena, Courtney Rush,

Mia Yim Stephanie Hym Lee (née Bell; born April 16, 1989), better known by the ring name Mia Yim, is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Michin ( , ). Bell is also kno ...

Jessicka Havok Jessica Cricks (born June 20, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Jessicka Havok. She is signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), under the ring name Jessicka, where she is a former three-time TNA Kn ...

and

Hikaru Shida is a Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, actress, and model. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a former three-time AEW Women's World Champion, with her first reign being the longest in the title's history. She ...

, before being put in a tag team match with

against

Kellie Skater Callee Keating (born 30 September 1987) is an Australian retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known by her ring name Kellie Skater. She has wrestled internationally, in Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States. She i ...

and

Tomoka Nakagawa is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. After being trained by Taka Michinoku, she started her career in his Kaientai Dojo promotion in September 2004. After leaving Kaientai Dojo in 2007, Nakagawa briefly joined Ibuki, where she underw ...

for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship, which they lost due to miscommunication. Week later at the '' Volume 63'', Eagles broke her wrist during a match against

Heidi Lovelace Dori Elizabeth Prange ( ; born January 9, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she performs under the ring name Ruby Soho, and is a former member of The Outcasts (professional wrestling), T ...

, which she won, but continued to compete throughout the night on '' Volume 64'' in a fatal–four way match against Courtney Rush, Evie and Nicole Matthews, which Rush won.

Second Shimmer Championship reign and final SHIMMER appearances (2015–2018)

On 18 October 2014, at '' Volume 67'', Eagles, this time working as a

face The face is the front of the head that features the eyes, nose and mouth, and through which animals express many of their emotions. The face is crucial for human identity, and damage such as scarring or developmental deformities may affect th ...

, returned after sustaining an arm injury and fought

in a no countouts and no disqualifications match which ended in a draw. Later that night, at '' Volume 68'', Eagles competed in a fatal four–way elimination match against

and Nicole Matthews for the Shimmer Championship, which Mathews won with lastly eliminating Eagles, after a distraction provided by Matthews' tag team partner,

Portia Perez Jenna Grattan (born October 26, 1987) is a Canadian former professional wrestler better known by her ring name Portia Perez. Perez teamed with Nicole Matthews as The Canadian NINJAs, and they are former two-time Shimmer Tag Team Champions. P ...

, helped her hit Eagles with a fireball and win the title. The

feud A feud , also known in more extreme cases as a blood feud, vendetta, faida, clan war, gang war, private war, or mob war, is a long-running argument or fight, often between social groups of people, especially family, families or clans. Feuds begin ...

between the two continued on '' Volume 69'', where Eagles attacked Matthews after her match with Evie. On 11 April 2015, at '' Volume 73'', after a confrontion between Eagles and

The Canadian NINJAs ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

, Eagles defeated Perez in a number one contender's match, but went on to lose to Matthews in a title match on the next day at '' Volume 74''. A few months later, on 10 October, during the tapings of '' Volume 76'', Eagles unsuccessfully competed in a number one contender's

battle royal Battle royal (, also battle royale) traditionally refers to a fight involving many combatants, usually conducted under either boxing or wrestling rules, where the winner is the one who registers the most wins. In recent times, the term has been ...

when Matthews and Perez interfered. As a result, Eagles and Matthews faced off in a

no disqualification match Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. ...

at '' Volume 77'', with Eagles defeating Matthews to win the Shimmer Championship for the record–setting second time. The next night, at '' Volume 78'', Eagles successfully retained her championship against Nicole Savoy. On 26 June 2016, Eagles lost the title to the returning Mercedes Martinez.

Shine Wrestling (2013–present)

Eagles also made sporadic appearances and participated in the Shine series with her debut being held in mid-April 2013 on '' Shine 9'' losing to

in a tournament match for the

Shine Championship The Shine Championship is a women's professional wrestling professional wrestling championship, championship in Shine Wrestling, a brand division of the WWNLive, World Wrestling Network. Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestlin ...

. Few months later, in October, Eagles returned competing in the promotion in a match against

Amazing Kong Kia Michelle Stevens (born September 4, 1977) is an American actress and semi-retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with TNA Wrestling under the ring name Awesome Kong. She also worked with Ring ...

, which Kong won. On '' Shine 22'', Eagles unsuccessfully challenged Ivelisse for the Shine Championship. After missing a few shows, Eagles returned to ''Shine'' and racked up victories over

La Rosa Negra Nilka García Solís (born November 14, 1981) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler She is signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) known as Black Rose or ''La Rosa Negra''. Professional wrestling career García began wrestling in ...

at '' Shine 26'' and Su Yung at '' Shine 30''.

Other promotions

After returning to wrestling, Eagles went on to compete for the PWA championshipKing, Rosemary
"Wrestler Madison Eagles will battle her brother-in-law to be the first female PWA heavyweight champion"
''Daily Telegraph'', 21 August 2013. as well as competing in the ''Pacific Pro Wrestling'' promotion in her home country of

, where she became their inaugural Women's Champion, after a victory over

Storm A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstor ...

in mid-March. Eagles retained the championship against Shazza McKenzie and Storm, before losing it to

in September, ending her reign at 189 days. In 2014, Eagles again wrestled in Japan at

World Wonder Ring Stardom , is a Japanese ''joshi puroresu'' or women's professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. Stardom was founded in September 2010 by former All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) co-producer Ross ...

, losing to Takumi Iroha.

Personal life

Ford was married to fellow professional wrestler Douglas Ryan (better known under the ring name Ryan Eagles), with whom she has three children. She is now married to fellow professional wrestler Michael Spencer, with whom she has one child, making it her fourth overall. Ford is a fan of the American rock band

AFI AFI may refer to: * Actual flip-angle imaging, a type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) * ''Address-family identifier'', a 16 bit field of the Routing Information Protocol * AFI (band), an American rock band ** ''AFI'' (2017 album), the tenth ...

, and frequently uses their song "

Prelude 12/21 "Prelude 12/21" is the first song on AFI's seventh album ''Decemberunderground'', written by Hunter Burgan, Adam Carson, David Paden Marchand, and Jade Puget, released in 2006. The song has a secret beginning if the CD is rewound twenty seconds ...

" as her entrance theme.

Championships and accomplishments

* International Wrestling Australia (IWA) ** IWA Women's Championship (4 times) * New Horizon Pro Wrestling ** IndyGurlz Australian Championship (1 time) ** Global Conflict Shield Tournament (2016, 2018) * Pacific Pro Wrestling ** Pacific Women's Championship (1 time) * Pro Wrestling Australia ** PWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mick Moretti *

Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance Alexandra Ford (born 5 June 1984) is an Australian professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Madison Eagles. She has wrestled internationally in Australia, the United States, Canada and Japan, and is a former two-time Shimmer Champ ...

(PWWA) **PWWA Championship (1 time) * ''

'' ** Ranked No. 1 of the top 50 female singles wrestlers in the '' PWI Female 50'' in 2011 *

** Shimmer Championship (

2 times "2 Times" is the debut single of English singer Ann Lee. It was released in Italy in December 1998 by X-Energy as the lead single from her debut album, ''Dreams'' (1999), and was issued worldwide the following year. The single peaked at number tw ...

)

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eagles, Madison 1984 births Living people Australian female professional wrestlers Australian women company founders Sportswomen from New South Wales Professional wrestlers from Sydney 21st-century female professional wrestlers Shimmer Champions Female professional wrestling trainers