Intensity is the name of the game for Mercedes Martinez, who wrestles under her own name. There are very few wrestlers out there, male or female that match Martinez's passion in the ring when she's performing. Despite not being on some of the major wrestling platforms, she's one of the most popular personalities in the game amongst true wrestling aficionados. It doesn't matter if she's wrestling men or women, she has the ability to punish her opponents with multiple suplexes every match as a tribute to Eddie Guerrero and her finishers in the Surfboard Dragon Sleeper and Fisherman Buster are amongst some of the most brutal in the game.
Prior to ever considering a pro-wrestling career, Martinez excelled as a basketball player. Unfortunately, due to an injury sustained while in college she ditched the hardwood for the mat and began to pursue wrestling in 2000. Since then. Mercedes Martinez has become an independent circuit queen, currently holding the WXW Women's championship, the Phoenix Of RISE Championship, World Association of Wrestling's Bellatrix World Championship, the IndyGurlz Championship, the Indy Gurlz Australian Championship, and the AWS Heavyweight Championship. Martinez just can't lose.
Not all celebrities have fame and fortune, some are just famous – and in a ton of debt. They came from rags to riches, then went back to rags. Whether they’ve filed bankruptcy, ended up in court, or just can’t stop spending, celebrities mismanage their money just like everyone else. They just hide it well.
50 Cent coined the term “wanksta,” then “partied like it was his birthday” until he filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2015. The rapper was said to be anywhere between $10 million and $50 million in debt. In 2016, a federal bankruptcy court judge in Connecticut approved a plan for the founder of G-Unit to pay his debts back. He was able to get his bankruptcy discharged in February of the following year.
Following a 45-year-long career in Hollywood, acting in more than 70 films, actor Gary Busey found himself in more debt than he was worth. In 2012, it was reported that Busey owed between $500,000 and $1 million worth of debt, but only had $50,000 to his name. The 74-year-old actor owed money to hospitals, banks, the L.A. Waterworks District, and even a storage company. He filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy that same year. Despite his longstanding career in Hollywood, Busey's net worth is now only $500,000.
Burt Reynolds is still worth five million dollars, but his battles with debt date back more than 20 years. Between bad investments and a pricey divorce from actress Loni Anderson, the 1970s superstar had to deal with over $10 million in debt and decided to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1996. While testifying in a 1994 custody hearing, the South Florida native said he spent $40 million getting through his divorce.
The former Hollywood bad boy, Charlie Sheen owes the IRS nearly $5 million. But that's not all. In 2016, his net worth was reportedly still as high as $150 million, but he was nonetheless $12 million in debt at the time – including mortgages, legal fees, and taxes. That same year, Debt.com reported Sheen owed nearly $300,000 on an American Express card alone.