{"id":13120,"date":"2009-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfiledev.uit.yorku.ca\/2009\/08\/20\/wilde%e2%80%99s-wardrobe-wrestling-just-taylor-made\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T15:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T19:00:19","slug":"wildes-wardrobe-wrestling-just-taylor-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2009\/08\/20\/wildes-wardrobe-wrestling-just-taylor-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilde\u2019s wardrobe, wrestling just Taylor made"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taylor Wilde (aka York student Shantelle Malawski<\/strong>) exemplifies the TNA Knockout – solid wrestler, good looks and unique, wrote The Miami Herald<\/em> Aug. 19.<\/p>\n

This 5-foot-4 blond beauty not only brings her wrestling talent each and every match inside the six-sided structure but also her flare for fashion. Wilde designs her outfits, and her [signature] salute to the crowd, as she appears on the rampway, ties into her fashion statements.<\/p>\n

Wilde, 23, continues to conquer stages of her career. She debuted in 2003 in her homeland Canada. She has been primarily good, a fan favourite in her young journey. <\/p>\n

“Actually, I started wrestling training and [university] remotely around the same time [in 2003],” Wilde said. “I was on the indies and working a part-time job, and school was the norm. In May 2006, Wilde signed with World Wrestling Entertainment, working at Deep South Wrestling in Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n

“When my career started to perpetuate, I remained in school until I moved to the States,’’ she said. “I couldn’t go to [university] at home and live in the States. So I had to stop.”<\/p>\n

“Even though I was living my dream, it felt like I was missing something,’’ she said. “I had a quarter of a degree finished. School is a balance of normalcy that I don’t think I could live without.’’<\/p>\n

Well, by August 2007, WWE released her, a disappointing and mentally draining adventure, yes, but she returned to college full time – pursuing a degree in psychology at York University in her hometown Toronto.<\/p>\n

In May 2008, Wilde inked a deal with TNA but is still pursuing that degree. “I love my job. It’s not nine-to-five. It’s incredible,’’ she said. “It’s a gruelling schedule for travelling, and you’re away from home a lot but school keeps me grounded. I feel in wrestling you never stop learning and I feel the same way with school. Knowledge is power. It keeps me sane.”<\/p>\n

On air<\/strong><\/p>\n