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{{Short description|American model and professional wrestler (born 1983)}}
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|image = Kristal Marshall.jpg
|caption = Marshall in 2006
|children = 2
|partner = [[Bobby Lashley]] (2007–2010)
|names = Kristal<br />Kristal Lashley<br>'''Kristal Marshall'''
|height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}<!-- Please don't change the height or weight. These are the measures as officially stated and they should not be changed. -->
|weight = {{convert|120|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|birth_name = Kristal Melisa Marshall
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|11|11}}
|birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.<ref name="Dish227"/>
|trainer = [[Deep South Wrestling]]<ref name="Dish227" /><br />[[Bill DeMott]]<ref name=OWOW/><br />[[Dave Finlay]]<ref name=OWOW/><br>[[Jillian Hall]]
|debut = December 2, 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2005/1133595979.shtml|title=SmackDown Results -12/2 - Cincinnati, Ohio - (Tag Team Main Event)|last=Benjamin|first=Charlie|date=December 3, 2005|access-date=December 4, 2009|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref>
|retired = 2013
|website =
}}
'''Kristal Melisa Marshall''' (born November 11, 1983)<ref name=OWOW>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/k/kristal-marshall.html|title=Kristal Marshall at Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> is an American [[Model (person)|model]], [[beauty queen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.printroom.com/ViewGallery.asp?userid=misscausa&gallery_id=28767|title=Miss California Contestants|access-date=April 12, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182438/http://www.printroom.com/ViewGallery.asp?userid=misscausa&gallery_id=28767|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> and retired [[professional wrestler]] who is best known for her time in [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] on its [[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]] and in [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA).
==Modeling career==
Prior to working for [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) Marshall appeared as a competitor in the 2004 [[Miss California]] pageant,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.printroom.com/ViewGallery.asp?userid=misscausa&gallery_id=28767|title=Gallery of 2004 Miss California Contestants|access-date=April 12, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182438/http://www.printroom.com/ViewGallery.asp?userid=misscausa&gallery_id=28767|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> as a model for ''[[Deal or No Deal (US game show)|Deal or No Deal]]'', in music videos for [[50 Cent]] and [[Ma$e]], and in commercials for ''[[The Best Damn Sports Show Period]]''. She was at one time a [[Barker's Beauties|Barker Beauty]] on ''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2005/2005_06_28.jsp|title=Eight Of The Most Beautiful Women In America Compete For The Title of 2005 RAW Diva|access-date=April 12, 2007|publisher=corporate.WWE.com|quote=The list of potential Divas varies [..]to a Barker's Beauty on "The Price Is Right" (Kristal Marshall).|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406071505/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2005/2005_06_28.jsp|archive-date=April 6, 2007}}</ref>
==Professional wrestling career==
=== World Wrestling Entertainment (2005-2007) ===
Marshall first entered WWE as a contestant in the 2005 [[WWE Diva Search#2005|''Raw'' Diva Search]], in which she eventually finished fourth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/08082005/|title=RAW results - August 8, 2005|access-date=April 12, 2007|publisher=WWE}}</ref> Despite not winning the Diva Search contract, Marshall was signed to a development deal soon after the contest finished and sent to [[Deep South Wrestling]], WWE newest "[[Farm team#Professional wrestling|farm territory]]" at that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/kristalsigns |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210184425/http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/kristalsigns |archive-date=December 10, 2005 |title=2005 RAW Diva Search Contestant Kristal gets a second chance |last=Williams III |first=Ed |publisher=[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] |date=September 23, 2005 |accessdate=February 1, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Dish227">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/divas/divadish/divadish0202|title=Diva Dish: Lost and not-so-found|access-date=June 26, 2007|publisher=WWE|quote=Kristal, originally a Los Angeles girl, admitted to Diva Dish she's a New York virgin, but she's excited for the new adventure.}}</ref> In December 2005, she joined the [[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]] roster as a backstage correspondent,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/12022005/|title=SmackDown! results - December 2, 2005|access-date=April 12, 2007|publisher=WWE}}</ref> interviewing the brand's superstars during the shows.
Her first actual [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] on the brand came against the heel run of [[Jillian Hall]]. Marshall defeated Hall in her debut match—a [[Professional wrestling match types#Strip matches|"Divas Uncovered" match]]—on the March 10, 2006, episode of ''SmackDown''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/03102006/|title=SmackDown! results - March 10, 2006|access-date=April 12, 2007|publisher=WWE}}</ref> On June 2, 2006, Kristal was defeated by Jillian Hall but was later comforted by the turned heel [[Michelle McCool]]. When Diva Search winner [[Ashley Massaro]] joined the SmackDown! brand, Marshall was [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Turn|turned]] [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] and put into an [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Angle|angle]] where she was jealous of Massaro's Diva Search win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/06302006/|title=SmackDown! results - June 30, 2006|access-date=April 12, 2007|publisher=WWE}}</ref> She was aligned with McCool and the two feuded with Massaro and then-babyface, Jillian Hall,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/07212006/|title=SmackDown! results - July 21, 2006|access-date=April 12, 2007|publisher=WWE}}</ref> leading to a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Fatal Four-Way]] [[Professional wrestling match types#Bra and Panties match|Bra and Panties match]] at [[The Great American Bash (2006)|The Great American Bash]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/thegreatamericanbash/matches/25815984/results/ |title=Great American Bash 2006 results |access-date=April 12, 2007 |publisher=WWE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314025100/http://www.wwe.com/shows/thegreatamericanbash/matches/25815984/results/ |archive-date=March 14, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> during which Marshall was [[Legit (professional wrestling)|legitimately]] injured,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/greatamericanbash06.html|title=Great American Bash 2006 results|access-date=April 12, 2007|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|quote=Editor's Note: Kristal Marshall was hospitalized after the match but the nature of the injury is unknown..}}</ref> though she did not miss any time. In September, the next years Diva Search winner, then-babyface, [[Layla El]], arrived on the brand, and Marshall was put into a feud with her.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/060922.html|title=SmackDown! results - September 22, 2006|access-date=April 12, 2007|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> This one had Marshall aligned with [[Mike Mizanin|Mike "The Miz" Mizanin]] against Layla and [[The Boogeyman (wrestler)|the Boogeyman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/11022006/|title=SmackDown! results - November 2, 2006|access-date=April 12, 2007|publisher=WWE}}</ref>
In February 2007, Marshall became a face again and began a storyline which had her as a close friend of then-babyface, [[Vickie Guerrero]], who was mysteriously planning something,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/02232007/|title=SmackDown! results - February 23, 2007|access-date=April 12, 2007|publisher=WWE|quote=Finally, Vickie Guerrero told her friend Kristal that the "little thing that needed to be taken care of, I took care of earlier tonight."}}</ref> and then flirting with [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 2|SmackDown! General Manager]] [[Theodore Long]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/03292007/|title=SmackDown! results - March 29, 2007|access-date=April 12, 2007|publisher=WWE|quote=Finally, General Manager Theodore Long has planned a romantic rendezvous with SmackDown Diva Kristal.}}</ref> After Marshall confessed her love for Long,<ref name="April27">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070427.html|title=SmackDown! results - April 27, 2007|access-date=June 25, 2007|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> she convinced him to hire Guerrero as his assistant,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070511.html|title=SmackDown! results - May 11, 2007|access-date=September 26, 2007|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070525.html|title=SmackDown! results - May 25, 2007|access-date=September 26, 2007|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> leaving her in charge of the show on occasion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070601.html|title=SmackDown! results - June 1, 2007|access-date=September 26, 2007|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> Eventually Long proposed marriage, which Kristal accepted<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070622.html|title=SmackDown! results - June 22, 2007|access-date=September 26, 2007|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> On August 26 at [[SummerSlam (2007)|SummerSlam]], Kristal participated in a [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]] to determine the No. 1 contender for the [[WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)|WWE Women's Championship]], however, she was eliminated by McCool. On the September 21 episode of ''SmackDown!'', during Kristal and Long's in-ring wedding, Long suffered a heart attack as part of the storyline. She was released from her WWE contract a few weeks later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/070921.html|title=SmackDown! results - September 21, 2007|access-date=September 26, 2007|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref>
=== Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2009–2010) ===
On October 18, 2009, at [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]'s ''[[Bound for Glory (2009)|Bound for Glory]]'' Marshall debuted as a member of the crowd cheering on [[Bobby Lashley]] during his match with [[Samoa Joe]]. Renamed '''Kristal Lashley''', she was portrayed as the wife of her real-life boyfriend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1255921256.php|title=Bound For Glory Results - 10/18/09|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=October 18, 2009|work=WrestleView|access-date=November 10, 2009}}</ref> She then started an angle with [[Scott Steiner]] where Steiner kept harassing her in the crowd during his and Lashley's matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1256279244.php|title=Impact Results - 10/22/09|last=Boutwell|first=Josh|date=October 23, 2009|work=WrestleView|access-date=November 10, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1256882354.php?style=dark#at|title=Impact Results - 10/29/09|last=Boutwell|first=Josh|date=October 30, 2009|work=WrestleView|access-date=November 10, 2009}}</ref> On the November 5 edition of ''[[TNA Impact!]]'' Marshall accompanied Lashley to the ring but was sent backstage by the referee where Steiner would try to kidnap her but would get stopped by Lashley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reports_9/article_36579.shtml|title=CALDWELL'S TNA IMPACT REPORT 11/5: Complete coverage of Dixie Carter addressing TNA roster, Styles vs. Daniels|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=November 5, 2009|work=PWTorch|access-date=November 10, 2009}}</ref> She made her TNA in-ring debut on the December 12 edition of ''Impact!'' teaming with Lashley in a losing effort against Steiner and [[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]] in a mixed tag team match. On the January 4, 2010, Monday night edition of ''Impact!'' Bobby and Kristal Lashley requested for their kayfabe immediate release from TNA Wrestling, turning [[heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] in the process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reports_9/article_37861.shtml|title=KELLER'S TNA IMPACT LIVE REPORT 1/4: Jeff Hardy, NWO reunion, Hulk Hogan, TNA Knockout Title match, more surprises - ongoing coverage|last=Keller|first=Wade|date=January 4, 2010|work=PWTorch|access-date=January 5, 2010}}</ref> This storyline did not last, as Bobby Lashley was released from TNA in February to focus more on his MMA career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heavy.com/post/exclusive-bobby-lashley-full-time-mixed-martial-artist-3689|title=Exclusive: Bobby Lashley, Full Time Mixed Martial Artist|last=Brown|first=Matt|date=February 12, 2010|publisher=Heavy Sports|access-date=April 11, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216132315/http://www.heavy.com/post/exclusive-bobby-lashley-full-time-mixed-martial-artist-3689|archive-date=February 16, 2010}}</ref>
=== Independent circuit (2013) ===
On April 19, 2013, at [[Top Rope Promotions]] (TRP), Kristal made her in-ring return when she teamed with Kong, as the two defeated Jillian Hall and Kasey Ray, in what would be Kristal last match to date.<ref>{{cite web|last=Daly|first=Wayne|title=TRO Results: Road to the Anniversary Night 1 – Fall River, MA (4/19)|url=https://www.wrestling-news.net/results-anniversary-night-river/28657/|work=wrestling-news.net|date=April 20, 2013|access-date=September 18, 2022}}</ref>
==Other media==
Marshall has appeared on an episode of ''[[Hogan Knows Best]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prowrestling.about.com/b/a/257591.htm|title=Hogan Knows Best Season 2 Episode 4 Recap|access-date=June 25, 2007|publisher=about.com|archive-date=August 17, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817233212/http://prowrestling.about.com/b/a/257591.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also appeared on the February 6, 2008, episode of ''[[Project Runway]]'' with [[Maria Kanellis|Maria]], [[Candice Michelle]], [[Torrie Wilson]], [[Layla El|Layla]], and [[Michelle McCool]].<ref>[http://www.wwe.com/superstars/divas/divadish/divadish0125?cid=WWEADP-83 WWE: Superstars > Divas > Diva Dish > Diva Dish: 'Runway' Divas]</ref>
In June 2007, she posed for her first magazine cover, the September issue of ''African Americans on Wheels''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/divas/divadish/divadish0615|title=Diva Dish: Cover girl|access-date=June 26, 2007|publisher=WWE}}</ref>
==
=== Film and television ===
{| class="wikitable"
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!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
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| rowspan="3" |2005
|''[[The Price Is Right|The Price is Right]]''
|Self; [[Barker's Beauty]]
|10 episodes
|-
|''[[Deal or No Deal (American game show)|Deal or no Deal]]''
|Briefcase model #5
|5 episodes
|-
|''[[WWE Diva Search|WWE 2005 Diva Search]]''
|Self; contestant
|4th place, 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" |2006
|''[[WWE Divas|WWE Divas Do New York]]''
|Self; model
|Direct to DVD
|-
|''[[WWE Hall of Fame (2006)|WWE Hall of Fame 2006]]''
|Self; guest
|TV special
|-
|''[[Hogan Knows Best|Hogan Knows Best season 2]]''
|Self; guest
|1 episode
|-
|2007
|''[[WWE Hall of Fame (2007)|WWE Hall of Fame 2007]]''
|Self; guest
|TV special
|-
|2008
|''[[Project Runway season 5]]''
|Self; guest
|1 episode
|-
|2017
|''Blood Circus''
|Athena
|
|-
|TBA
|''Romantic Retrievals''
|Lizette
|Pre-production
|-
|TBA
|''The Martha's Vineyard Affair''
|Sarah Locke
|Pre-production
|}
=== Music videos ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Artist
!Role
|-
|2005
|[[Candy Shop|''Candy Shop'']]
|[[50 Cent]] feat. [[Olivia (singer)|Olivia]]
|Model
|}
==Personal life==
Marshall dated [[Bobby Lashley]] from 2007 until 2010, and they have two children. In April 2010, Kristal confirmed on Twitter that she and Lashley had split.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/custom/mma/sfl-fspmmafeat11sbdec11,0,4037119.story |title=Former WWE star Bobby Lashley makes MMA debut |access-date=December 11, 2008 |work=SunSentinel.com |date=December 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212195114/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/custom/mma/sfl-fspmmafeat11sbdec11%2C0%2C4037119.story |archive-date=December 12, 2008 }}</ref>
She is of Barbadian descent.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/bSHJ1tj4upE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200613190441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSHJ1tj4upE&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSHJ1tj4upE&t=58s| title = Kristal Marshall on WWE Divas Division, "Feelin' Me," Project Runway, and Backstage Politics | website=[[YouTube]]| date = June 11, 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''Fitness Universe'''
**Ms. Bikini America (Medium Class; 2008)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musclemania.com/fawbikinifinm.htm |title=2008 Ms. Bikini America Finals |date=October 20, 2009 |publisher=Musclemania |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124064249/http://www.musclemania.com/fawbikinifinm.htm |archive-date=November 24, 2009 }}</ref>
*'''NPC Arnold Amateur Championships'''
**2nd Place (Short Class; 2009)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hardbody.com/news/2009/03/05/ali-sonoma-wins-first-arnold-amateur-npc-bikini-championship/ |title=Ali Sonoma wins first Arnold Amateur NPC Bikini Championship |date=October 20, 2009 |publisher=HardBody.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218134939/http://www.hardbody.com/news/2009/03/05/ali-sonoma-wins-first-arnold-amateur-npc-bikini-championship/ |archive-date=February 18, 2010 }}</ref>
*'''NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships'''
**1st Place (Class C & Overall; 2009)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://contest.bodybuilding.com/results/6992 |title=2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships Results! |date=October 20, 2009 |publisher=BodyBuilding.com |access-date=October 20, 2009 |archive-date=July 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729032050/http://contest.bodybuilding.com/results/6992 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/k/kristal-marshall.html Kristal Marshall at Online World of Wrestling]
* [http://www.24wrestling.com/index.php?id=kristal-marshall Kristal Marshall at 24Wrestling]
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