Linda Miles was one of the two winners of the second season of Tough Enough along with the previously mentioned Jackie Gayda. Miles was appealing to WWE because she was a natural athlete that played college basketball before she tried out for Tough Enough. Since there wasn't much to her as Linda Miles, they gave her a character name of Shaniqua. She became a dominatrix that managed the Basham Brothers. There were times when she wrestled as one of the stronger divas on the Smackdown roster, but mostly she was out there as a manager. There was a ridiculous moment in her career when she took a Clothesline From Hell from Bradshaw. Then she was out for a few weeks. When she came back she had breast implants. The announcers actually tried to explain them by saying that she had excessive swelling from when Bradshaw gave her the clothesline. It's one of the most ridiculous stories WWE has ever tried to tell. Part of the reason the Tough Enough girls failed is because they didn't have any training leading into it. It was something for them to try out when they were in their early 20s. It didn't seem like Linda Miles had a desire to be a great wrestler and that's why her wrestling career lasted less than two years. Once she was released in early 2004 she was gone for good.
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