9 WWE Stars Who Posed Naked For Playboy

It's a familiar story: Maria Kanellis, a star of beauty pageants in her youth, was drafted into the WWE fold thanks to the Diva Search in spite of her complete lack of sporting credentials. After three years of residency which ran the usual gamut of unedifying matches centred around the removal of lingerie and such, Maria was coaxed by former Playboy cover star Ashley Massaro into following birthday suit by posing for the mag.

And so she did - but not before having to beat Beth Phoenix to earn the right. Maria had originally been asked to get her kit off for the softcore 'zine as a teenager, but snubbed the offer through fear of embarrassing her sister. Clearly, she no longer gave a sh*t seven years later.