On the January 2, 2006 edition of Raw, Maria was placed in a match with Victoria. After Victoria missed a splash in the corner, Maria rolled her up for the upset victory. Afterwards, she was attacked by Vince's Devils, but she was saved by Ashley Massaro, who fought them off until they got the upperhand. During the commercial break that night, Vince McMahon announced a Bra & Panties Gauntlet match for New Year's Revolution between all five girls that had previously been in the ring.[14] At New Year's Revolution, Maria was the first to enter the Gauntlet match and eliminated Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson before being eliminated by Victoria. The match was ultimately won by Massaro

On the February 6 edition of Raw, Maria teamed with John Cena (who earlier that evening kissed her to calm her nerves) to take on Edge and Lita in the main event. Maria ended up getting beat down by Lita, but scored the victory after a Spear meant for Cena hit Lita.[15] On the February 20 edition of Raw, Maria competed in a #1 Contenders Battle Royal match for the WWE Women's Championship. Maria, along with Ashley, Maria got her first chance at the Women's Championship in singles action on the April 10, 2006 edition of Raw, being the first person to challenge the newly crowned Mickie James, but Maria was defeated with little effort.[18] On October 16, Maria competed in and won a Fatal Four Way Bra and Panties match against Victoria, Candice Michelle, and Torrie Wilson to advance to the semi-finals in the Women's Championship Tournament.[19] On the October 30 edition of Raw, however, Maria lost in the semi-finals of the Tournament against Lita.

Santino Marella and Maria.On the January 1, 2007 edition of Raw, Maria attempted to interview Kevin Federline, but was instead slapped by Melina and called a "bitch." This led to a match between the two later that night, with Melina winning with a roll up following a failed attempt at a dropkick. On Raw, Maria was forced to wrestle Umaga from orders of Jonathan Coachman. At New Year's Revolution, Maria and Candice Michelle ran to the ring during the Women's Championship match between Victoria and Mickie James to stop Melina from interfering, helping their friend Mickie to retain the championship.[21] For two consecutive weeks afterwards, Maria had two tag team partners - Mickie James and Jeff Hardy, respectively - to take on Melina and a partner. She lost one tag match

Maria Kanellis (born February 25, 1982)[1][3] better known simply as Maria, is an Greek American professional wrestler and model, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment performing on its Raw brand. She also made regular appearances in WWE's training territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling

After Ashley Massaro's return in early 2008, Kanellis engaged in backstage segments where Ashley suggested Maria should be on the cover of Playboy, to the disdain of Marella. On the February 18 edition of Raw, Maria defeated Beth Phoenix to earn the right to be on the cover of Playboy.^[25] Maria and Ashley were defeated by Phoenix and Melina at WrestleMania XXIV in a Playboy BunnyMania Lumberjack match.

The WWE Diva Maria Kanellis will be naked in the prestigious Playboy magazine! The magazine showed-off their ability to have famous lady in more than a bikini or a skimpy outfit - that's true, we have seen Kim Kardashian bare in the magazine's December 2007 issue. Now we gonna have the sexy professional wrestler Maria Kanellis naked photo in April thanks to Playboy.

Let's us enjoy the sneak peek of Maria's at behind the scene here before we get the original.