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Chyna[10] (born Joan Marie Laurer; December 27, 1969 – April 17, 2016) was an American professional wrestler, fitness model, bodybuilder, actress, adult actress and television personality.
Chyna first rose to prominence in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 1997, where she was billed as "The Ninth Wonder of the World"[11] (André the Giant was already billed as the eighth). A founding member of the stable D-Generation X as the promotion's first female enforcer, she held the WWF Intercontinental Championship (the only female performer they wrote to do so) twice and the WWF Women's Championshiponce.[6] She was also the first woman to participate in the Royal Rumble match and King of the Ring tournament, in addition to becoming number one contender to the WWF Championship.[12]She is considered one of the biggest stars of the Attitude Era.[13]With singles victories over several prominent male wrestlers – including multiple-time world champions Triple H, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho and Jeff Jarrett[14] – she left what WWE called "a lasting legacy as the most dominant female competitor of all time".[12] After leaving the WWF in 2001, she wrestled sporadically, with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in 2002 and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2011. The latter was her final appearance in the ring.
Outside of wrestling, Chyna appeared in Playboy magazine twice, plus numerous television shows and films. She was considered a sex symbol. In 2005, she was a cast member on VH1's The Surreal Life, which led to several other celebrity reality appearances on the network, including The Surreal Life: Fame Games in 2007 and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew in 2008. Chyna was posthumously entered into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of D-Generation X, making her the first woman to be inducted as a part of a group or team.[15]
Joan Marie Laurer was born in Rochester, New York, on December 27, 1969. Her parents divorced when she was around four years old. She had three stepfathers and one stepmother. She said her first stepfather threatened suicide at one point,[16] while her biological father had a problem with alcoholism and once accidentally stabbed her mother in the thigh with a butcher knife.[17] From 1973 to 1983, she, her siblings and her mother moved several times.[17]
As a child, Laurer learned to play violin and cello.[18] She later said that in seventh grade she was sexually kissed by a much older teacher who worked at her school.[19] At 13, while attending Penfield High School, she began purging after she ate.[20] She left home at 16 when her mother tried to force her into a drug rehabilitation facility and lived with her biological father.[21] That year, she began working out, and because her abdominal muscles were so strong, she did not feel any pain when she developed an ovarian tumor.[19] She finished her last year of high school in Spain.[22]
Laurer attended the University of Tampa,[23] graduating in 1992 with a major in Spanish literature.[24] She studied French and German there (she could converse in either language)[24] and said that during this time she was raped by two men after getting drunk at a party.[25] She was a member of the ROTC.[23] She originally wanted to use her knowledge of foreign languages to work for the Federal Bureau of Investigation or Drug Enforcement Administration.[24] She subsequently joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to Guatemala.[26]
After returning from abroad, she held several jobs: a cocktail waitress in a strip club, singer in a band, and a 900-number chat line worker.[27] In her mid-to-late 20s, while living in the Florida Keys, she took a six-week class to train as a flight attendant.[28] On the way to her first flight, she was in a car crash and spent four days in the hospital.[29] When she recovered, her sister Kathy helped her get a job selling pagers; they both also worked as belly dancers.[30]
After college, Laurer began to regularly enter fitness competitions. In 1996, she competed in the New York City regional level of the Fitness America competition.[31] Because of her large size compared to the other women, she usually finished in last place.[31]
Playboy
Laurer modeled nude for Playboy in the November 2000 issue.[5] In 2002, following her departure from the WWF, she appeared in a second nude pictorial.[82] She also filmed a Playboy adult documentary, Joanie Laurer Nude: Wrestling Superstar to Warrior Princess, which followed her on the set.[83]
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Victoria "Wendi" Richter (born September 8, 1960)[4] is an American former profess
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Victoria "Wendi" Richter (born September 8, 1960)[4] is an American former professional wrestler. She began her professional wrestling career in companies such as the National Wrestling Alliance, where she teamed with Joyce Grable, with whom she held the NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship twice. In the 1980s, she joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). She held the WWF Women's Championship twice and feuded with The Fabulous Moolah over the title. She was also involved in a storyline with singer Cyndi Lauper called the "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection". Richter, however, left the WWF after losing the championship in controversial fashion. She then worked in the World Wrestling Council and American Wrestling Association, where she held both companies' women's titles.
Richter was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012
FAMILY
Ricky Knight
(m. 1990)
Saraya (daughter)
Roy Bevis (stepson)
Zak Zodiac (son)
RING NAMES
In 1990, Hamer landed a job as a
FAMILY
Ricky Knight
(m. 1990)
Saraya (daughter)
Roy Bevis (stepson)
Zak Zodiac (son)
RING NAMES
In 1990, Hamer landed a job as a chef at a Pontins holiday camp in Norfolk for the summer season, requesting that her employers wait for 12 hours as she had to hitchhike there.[4]While working in the restaurant, she met professional wrestler Ricky Knight, part of the cabaret circuit. The two became inseparable, and Hamer soon left Pontins to travel with Knight full-time. She became involved in making wrestling costumes and putting the rings up and down. A few months later, Knight said he wanted her to be part of the show, as a manager in his corner. At a show in Camber Sands, Knight made her debut as Saraya. When the summer season finished, she joined the Sensational Superflys (Knight and Jimmy Ocean) as their manager. She appeared in their corner on Reslo, Orig Williams' Welsh-language wrestling programme on S4C.[5] In 1993, Knight suggested that Saraya may want to wrestle. She agreed and was a quick learner, debuting later that year against Nikki Best.[6] Saraya continued to wrestle and to manage Knight and Ocean for the rest of the 1990s for various UK promotions, including WAW and All Star Wrestling, winning the British Ladies Championship four times 1998–2002.[7]
Jamie Lynn Szantyr (born June 2, 1981)[1] is an Americancolor commentator and retired professional wrestler best known for her time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and the NWA under the ring name Velvet Sky.[4] She is a former two-time TNA Women's Knockout Champion and is a former TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion as part of The Beautiful People(with Madison Rayne and Angelina Love, with the group defending the title under the Freebird rule). While a part of NWA she served as a color commentator.
Sky as the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion
RING NAMES
Lauren Williams[3][5][6] (born September 13, 1981)[1] is a Canadian professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in TNA/Impact Wrestling under the ring name Angelina Love. She is signed with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).[7]
Between ROH and TNA/Impact, Love is a seven-time women's world champion, having held TNA Knockouts Championship six times, along with her one-time reign as TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion with Winter. She was also a one-time Women of Honor World Champion while in Ring of Honor (ROH).[8]
She debuted in wrestling on February 29, 2000, in Hardcore Wrestling Federation in Ontario, Canada, and she wrestled in various independent promotions around Canada under the ring name Angel Williams. Her all-time favorite wrestler Shawn Michaels was her inspiration to get into wrestling. She was first a valet for various wrestlers such as Chris Sabin and Eric Young, and then began in-ring training under Rob Fuego.[1]
Love is a six-time TNA Knockouts Champion
Jazmi
Jazmin Benitez (born November 17, 1980)[2] is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Mercedes Martinez. She also appears for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is a former ROH Women's World Champion. She is also known for her time in WWE, primarily on the NXT brand.
Prior to going to WWE in 2020, Martinez was a mainstay on the independent circuit, winning numerous titles - including three WSU Championships, two Shimmer Championships, one Shine Championship and one Phoenix of Rise Championship.
Jazmín Benítez was born on November 17, 1980, in Waterbury, Connecticut.[2] She is of Puerto Rican descent.[9] In high school, she played both basketball and softball.[7] She then attended college at Teikyo Post University, where her major was criminal justice.[7]
Martinez is a record three-time Femmes Fatales Champion
RING NAMES
Debra Gale Marshall (formerly McMichael and Williams; born March 2, 1960)[1] is an American retired professional wrestling valet, pro
RING NAMES
Debra Gale Marshall (formerly McMichael and Williams; born March 2, 1960)[1] is an American retired professional wrestling valet, professional wrestler, and actress. She is best known for her time with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1995 and 1998 as Queen Debra[4] and with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) between 1998 and 2002 as simply Debra.
Marshall began her career in professional wrestling in 1995, accompanying her husband Steve "Mongo" McMichael to the ring in WCW. She joined the WWF in 1998, where she managed the tag team of Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart until Hart's in-ring death in May 1999. Later that year, she won the WWF Women's Championship from Sable in an evening gown match. She later appeared on-screen with her second husband Stone Cold Steve Austin until 2002, when the duo left the company.
Raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Marshall became a track-runner, cheerleader, and Homecoming Queen in high schoolbefore attending the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York City.[4] She then became a flight attendant. Before her involvement in wrestling, she competed and won the title of 1987 Mrs. Illinois America in Elgin, Illinois[5] and went on to compete in the Mrs. America pageant that same year in Las Vegas, Nevada. She later competed and won in the 1992 Mrs. Texas USA pageant held in Houston, Texas[6] and went on to compete in the National Mrs. USA pageant. Marshall also attended the University of Alabama.
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Trained by
Desiree Petersen is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. She was born in Calgary, Alberta,
RING NAMES
Trained by
Desiree Petersen is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. She was born in Calgary, Alberta, however, was often billed from Copenhagen, Denmark, the place where her mother is from.[1] Petersen used to wrestle for World Wrestling Federationin the 80's, where she once held the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship alongside Velvet McIntyre.
In 1982, Desiree Petersen met Stu Hart. Hart would not train her, but referred her for training with The Fabulous Moolah.[1]After training at Moolah's school, Petersen made her professional debut in January 1983 against Velvet McIntyre in British Columbia.
In December 1984, Petersen replaced Princess Victoria as Velvet McIntyre's tag-team partner and was awarded the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship. From 1984-1985, Petersen competed in solo and tag-team matches against Moolah, Mad Maxine, Leilani Kai, Judy Martin, Donna Christanello, Penny Mitchell, Peggy Patterson, and Peggy Lee.[2][3] During the first half of 1985, Petersen was engaged in a major solo feud against Martin, which was also spotlighted during her interview with Vince McMahon on Tuesday Night Titansin June 1985.
Petersen and McIntyre defended the titles until splitting up. A tag team title match between The Glamour Girls(Judy Martin and Leilani Kai) and champions McIntyre and Petersen was reported to have happened in Egypt in 1985, but in actuality, the match never took place. Kai and Martin were awarded the titles after McIntyre and Petersen split up when Petersen left the WWF in 1985.
Petersen returned to the WWF in 1988 and feuded with WWF Women's Champion Sherri Martel.[4]
After leaving the WWF, Petersen competed in the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association. At the LPWA Super Ladies Showdown pay-per-view event, she was defeated by Shinobu Kandori.
Jeanne Marie Basone (born May 19, 1963),[2] better known by her ring name Hollywood, is an American professional wrestler, actress, model and stuntwoman. She was selected for women's wrestling promotion, Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) in 1986 by its founder, David McLane. Basone won the United States Championship in a match against Tulsa on the 1993 pay-per-view. She is the only contestant to star in both the pilot and all four seasons of the promotion.[1]
After the cancellation of GLOW in 1989, Basone continued to compete on the independent circuit as Hollywood. She appeared in several all-female wrestling promotions, including CRUSH, Beauty Slammers, Hottest Ladies of Wrestling, and NWA.[3]
Basone currently owns an artisan soap company, Hollywood Botanika. And has a autobiography out Hooray For Hollywood
Tag Teams: Hollywood and Vine
Championships / Awards
Simmes got into wrestling after learning to box and being part of an all-female boxing show. From there, she was invited to Killer Kowalski's wrestling school where she trained for 18 months prior to her first match.[1]
Simmes competed for the American Wrest
Simmes got into wrestling after learning to box and being part of an all-female boxing show. From there, she was invited to Killer Kowalski's wrestling school where she trained for 18 months prior to her first match.[1]
Simmes competed for the American Wrestling Association in a 10-woman battle royal at WrestleRock 86 on April 20, 1986. The match was won by Sherri Martel.[2]
In 1986, Simmes joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and was awarded the NWA United States Women's Championship (a replacement of the prior NWA World Women's Championship held by Debbie Combs). She once challenged Combs to a title unification match (NWA United States Women's Title and NWA World Women's Title), but was attacked by Combs' manager/mother Cora Combs.[3] She frequently defended the NWA U.S. Women's Title against Linda Dallas, Kat LeRoux, Black Venus, Mad Dog Debbie Irons and a handful of other women on the NWA's TV programs World Wide Wrestlingand World Championship Wrestling. Many of the matches between Dallas and Simmes ended with the two battling each other with Dallas' kendo stick. She also frequently partnered with Heidi Lee Morgan and Vula in tag-team matches.
She also briefly feuded with Jim Cornette. During a televised interview on TBS, Simmes requested that Cornette help train her only to lure him into the ring and nail him with a drop kick. When the Midnight Expresshit the ring, Dusty Rhodes appeared to even the sides. Simmes then competed in an 8-person mixed tag team match partnering with Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, and Barry Windham against Cornette, The Midnight Express, and Dick Murdoch.[4] However, the angle never reached the popularity of Cornette's similar feud with Baby Doll.
While Madusa Miceli was the reigning AWA World Women's Champion, Simmes challenged her to a title unification match (NWA United States Women's Title and AWA World Women's Title) at a Delta Tiger Liliesevent, but the match never happened.[3]
When the NWA phased out the women's division in late 1989, Simmes wrestled on the independent circuit and eventually joined the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association. She and Heidi Lee Morgan competed as Team America and won the LPWA Tag Team Titles. They lost the titles to The Glamour Girls.[5]
Misty feuded with Monster Ripper in Puerto Rico and won a title from her. There are unverified reports that Misty may have lost some matches, but no visual or readily available written proof seems to exist.[6]
In late 1991, Simmes wrestled in World Championship Wrestling, which had evolved from the Jim Crockett Promotions branch of the NWA. She competed in matches against Linda Dallas and Kat LeRoux.[7]
She is married to Jon Simmes.[6]
Prior to becoming a professional wrestler, Simmes and her husband Jon appeared and performed in several pornographic films during the early-to-mid 1980s, with Simmes performing under the pseudonym Bunny Hatton.[8] In 1983, Simmes appeared in the pornographic film "Slit Skirts" in a scene with Ron Jeremy.
The Jumping Bomb Angels members include Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki.
Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki formed one of the most well-known teams on the Japanese Woman's Wrestling circuit. On January 5, 1986, the Angels defeated Bull Nakano and Condor Saito to win the vacant WWWA World Tag Team Championship. Then on March 20, 1986
The Jumping Bomb Angels members include Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki.
Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki formed one of the most well-known teams on the Japanese Woman's Wrestling circuit. On January 5, 1986, the Angels defeated Bull Nakano and Condor Saito to win the vacant WWWA World Tag Team Championship. Then on March 20, 1986, Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo, the Crush Gals, defeated The Angels to capture the WWWA Tag Team titles.
Tateno and Yamazaki entered the World Wrestling Federation in mid-1987 known as the "Jumping Bomb Angels".[2] At the Survivor Series 1987, the Jumping Bomb Angels were the survivors in a women's Survivor Series match.[2] On January 24, 1988 at the Royal Rumble, the Angels beat The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin) in a two-out-of-three falls match to win the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship.
On June 8, 1988, the Glamour Girls defeated The Angels to recapture the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship.
NAME: Noriyo Tateno (立野 記代, Tateno Noriyo)
Ring name(s)Noriyo TatenoBilled Height: 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Billed weight: 75 kg (165 lb)
Debut: July 12, 1981
Retired: October 10, 2010
BIO: She worked in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, WWF and has been working in Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling since 1992, until her retirement in 2010.
AWARDS
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
Itzuki Yamazaki (山崎五紀, Yamazaki Itzuki,
Billed height: 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Billed weight: 62 kg (137 lb)
Trained: byAJW Dojo
Debut: 1981
Retired: December 22, 1991
BIO: She worked with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling, and Japanese Women's Pro until retiring in 1991.
She is the owner of Japanese Restaurant GOSUKE in New York City in 2022.
Awards
-1981 All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling -1984 All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling Singles Champion ( vs Noriyo Tateno) -1986 WWWA Tag Team Champion ( vs Bull Nakano & Condor Saito) .
Jumping Bomb Angels Championships
-1988 WWF Women’s Tag Team Champions ( vs Leilani Kai & Judy Martin)
- All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
- Independent
Betty “Babs” Wingo, Ethel Wingo Johnson, & Marva Wingo Scott were three sisters born in the early 1930’s in Decatur, Georgia, to Gladys Chase and Clifford Wingo. To escape
the Jim Crow South, the family moved north to Columbus, Ohio while the girls were still very young. Ethel was about 12 years old when she began going to the gym with her
Betty “Babs” Wingo, Ethel Wingo Johnson, & Marva Wingo Scott were three sisters born in the early 1930’s in Decatur, Georgia, to Gladys Chase and Clifford Wingo. To escape
the Jim Crow South, the family moved north to Columbus, Ohio while the girls were still very young. Ethel was about 12 years old when she began going to the gym with her older sister, Betty, lovingly known as “Babs.” At the local YMCA, Babs and Ethel learned tumbling, judo, wrestling
and strength training. Their younger sister, Marva, joined the girls later when she was old enough.
Columbus, Ohio was a hot spot for women wrestling due to the efforts of a man named Billy Wolfe. Wolfe managed at least thirty white women wrestlers, making many wrestling stars. He was
also married to one of the better-known woman wrestlers, Mildred Burke, the first woman to win the original World Women’s title. Wolfe, inspired by the integration of baseball by Jackie Robinson, went on a search for young black women to integrate women’sprofessional wrestling. He discovered 16-year-old Babs and she became the first Wingo sister to turn pro. Soon after, Ethel, their childhood friend Kathleen Wimbley, and then Marva would become professional wrestlers, fully integrating the sport of “lady wrestlers.” The three sisters and Kathleen represented strength, femininity and beauty (a requirement to draw a crowd). Since they were not allowed to wrestle white
women, the four women would often fight each other in single matches or tag team fights.
The sisters quickly gained popularity and the crowds grew, becoming more invested in the sport. The addition of other black women wrestlers (Ramona Isabell, Louise Greene, Lula Mae Provo, and Tina Cole) increased the size of the crowds and the demand for larger
prizes. In 1952, Babs, Ethel, and Kathleen worked a tag team match in Baltimore, Maryland that drew a record 3,611 fans as the main event. The largest crowd the city’s history.
Kathleen
In 1953, Kansas City, Babs wrestled World Wrestling champion, Mildred Burke in front of a crowd of 9,000 fans. It was the first “Interracial Championship”. The women’s success made
them some of the highest earning women's wrestlers of the times.
Ethel went on the be the most commercially successful of the wrestling sisters. She was small, but naturally athletic and was one of the first women (perhaps even wrestlers in general) to use a standing dropkick in her matches. She had great speed and quickness, along with the ability to use drop
kicks and flying head scissors.
Against all odds, the pioneering black women wrestlers not only broke the race barrier, they also managed to succeed in the male-dominated world of pro-wrestling. The sisters, Babs, Ethel and Marva, all raised families while blazing a trail for female athletes long before the civil rights and feminist movements occurred. The women earned a living, traveled internationally, and left their mark on the sport of women's wrestling.
Babs’ wrestling career ended in 1965. Ethel’s wrestling career ended with her last match against her sister Marva in 1976. Marva retired three years later in 1979. Babs died unexpectantly in April of 2003 and Marva died of cancer in August of the same
year. Ethel died of heart disease in September 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. She was 83 years old.
Ethel was recently inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021.
The video “Lady Wrestler: The Amazing, Untold Story of African American Women in the Ring” is available on video streaming.
Dark Journey started her career in wrestling in 1985 and continues to do conventions and manage wrestlers. Dark Journey began her professional wrestlers with Dick Slater being his personal valet. Dark Journey initially was a villainous character in Mid-South Wrestling. At that time her relationship with Dick Slater in the socially con
Dark Journey started her career in wrestling in 1985 and continues to do conventions and manage wrestlers. Dark Journey began her professional wrestlers with Dick Slater being his personal valet. Dark Journey initially was a villainous character in Mid-South Wrestling. At that time her relationship with Dick Slater in the socially conservative Southern United Sates attracted controversy. Dick Slater and Dark Journey feuded with opponents such as Butch Reed, Jake Roberts, The Fabulous Freebirds their valet Sunshine, Jim Duggan, Jack Victory with Mad Maxine and more. Dark Journey with the first women to be given a “DD” by “Jake the Snake Roberts” signature move while working in Mid-South Sports for Bill Watts. 1986 Dark Journey turned baby face in the renamed Mid-South Sports to (Universal Wrestling Federation) and became Valet for the newly arrived Dewey Robertson “ The Missing Link”. The Missing Link and Dark Journey began feuds with John Tatum and Missy Hyatt. Dark Journey and Missy Hyatt would regularly engage in ring side catfights and then a series of mixed tag team matches with Tatum and Hyatt. 1987 Dark Journey and The Missing Link began feuding with The Fabulous Freebirds and Sunshine. Dark Journey faced off with Nickla Roberts (Baby Doll), Missy Hyatt and Sunshine in a four way bout at the in 1987 “ SuperBlast at the Superdome”, held in New Orlans Louisiana. 1987 Universal Wrestling Federation was acquired by Jim Crockett Promotions based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dark Journey’s contract was transferred over to Jim Crockett Promotions. Dark Journey became valet/personal secretary for Tully Blanchard a member of the Four Horsemen ( Tully, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger and manager JJ Dillon). Since she has continued to participate in wrestling events, conventions, private and personal interviews. She now resides in California where she works as a naturopathic healer, working with specific modalities to assist people in their healing and quest for optimal health.
RING NAMES
Trained by
Simon Diamond[1][3]
Mikey Whipwreck[1]
Buddy Landel[4]
Devon Storm[4
RING NAMES
Trained by
Simon Diamond[1][3]
Mikey Whipwreck[1]
Buddy Landel[4]
Devon Storm[4]
Dawn Marie Psaltis[3] (born November 3, 1970) is an American nurse and retired professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet, and actress. She is perhaps best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment(WWE) under her wrestling ring name Dawn Marie.
Before she entered the wrestling industry, Psaltis made her living in real estate.[4] After deciding to pursue a career in modeling or acting, Psaltis began managing wrestlers on the independent circuit after meeting a wrestling promoter.[5][6] She signed a deal with ECW after what was supposed to be a three-week stint.[5][6][7] She managed The Impact Players and Simon and Swinger until ECW's bankruptcy in 2001.[3][8]
Psaltis then joined WWE, where her most notable feud involved her marrying Al Wilson, the real-life father of her rival Torrie Wilson.[9] She was released from her WWE contract in 2005 after revealing that she was pregnant, which resulted in her filing a lawsuit against her employers.[10] Currently, Psaltis works as a nurse.[11]
Psaltis was raised by her father, a zoologist, and together, they spent their time camping and hunting.[4] In her youth, she was a fan of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), admiring wrestlers such as Bob Backlund, Jimmy Snuka, and Roddy Piper.[4] Psaltis graduated from the New York University Stern School of Business at the age of 22.[4] She then went on to work for a real estate consultancy firm in Manhattan, New York, reaching the position of Director of International Real Estate.[4][5][7]
After meeting an ex-boyfriend who had aspired to play football professionally and finding out that he had been signed by the Chicago Bears, Psaltis decided that she wanted to pursue a career in entertainment.[4] She resigned from the firm and moved into the entertainment industry with the goal of becoming either a model or a professional actress.[4][5]
TBA
Nationality: JapaneseBorn21
November 1994 (age 30)
Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in) (2016)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
SPORT: Freestyle
MEDAL RECORD
Nationality: JapaneseBorn21
November 1994 (age 30)
Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in) (2016)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
SPORT: Freestyle
MEDAL RECORD
2020 Tokyo57 kgWorld Championships
2017 Paris60 kg
2015 Las Vegas63 kgAsian Championships
2014 Astana63 kg
Risako Kinjo (née Kawai) (金城 梨沙子, Kinjo Risako, born 21 November 1994)[1] is a Japanese wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Olympic Games, a three-time gold medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a four-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships.
She finished second at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas[2] and represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal by defeating Maria Mamashuk of Belarus 3-0.
She celebrated her Olympic gold medal victory by delivering two fireman's carry takedowns to her coach (Kazuhito Sakae).[3]
Kawai's Olympic gold medal was one of four won by Japan's women's wrestling team at the 2016 Rio games.[4]
In 2021, Kawai won the gold medal in the 57 kg wrestling division at the Tokyo Olympics. Her younger sister Yukako had won gold in the 62 kg division the previous day.
Other Awards
Kaori Icho (Japanese: 伊調 馨, Hepburn: Ichō Kaori, born 13 June 1984) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She is a ten-time World Champion and four-time Olympic Champion, winning gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Icho was undefeated between 2003 and 2016. On 29 January 2016 at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Icho lost to Pürevdorjiin
Kaori Icho (Japanese: 伊調 馨, Hepburn: Ichō Kaori, born 13 June 1984) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She is a ten-time World Champion and four-time Olympic Champion, winning gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Icho was undefeated between 2003 and 2016. On 29 January 2016 at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Icho lost to Pürevdorjiin Orkhon of Mongolia. This was her first loss after a long domination.[1]
She is the first female in any sport to win individual-event gold at four consecutive Olympics.[2] On October 20, 2016, she was awarded the People's Honour Award by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for her achievements, the second wrestler to receive the highest award, after Saori Yoshida in 2012. She is the younger sister of Chiharu Icho.
Representing Japan
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games4––World Championships10––Asian Games11–Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin–1–Total1520
Olympic Games
2004 Athens63 kg
2008 Beijing63 kg
2012 London63 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro58 kg
World Championships
2002 Chalkida63 kg
2003 New York63 kg
2005 Budapest63 kg
2006 Guangzhou63 kg
2007 Baku63 kg
2015 Las Vegas58 kgAsian Games
2006 Doha63 kgGolden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2016 Krasnoyarsk58 kgAsian Wrestling Championships
2004 Tokyo63 kg
2005 Wuhan63 kg
2007 Bishkek63 kg
2008 Jeju63 kg
2011 Tashkent63 kg
2019 Xi'an57 kg
Agnieszka Jadwiga Wieszczek-Kordus (born 22 March 1983 in Wałbrzych) is a Polish freestyle wrestler. Wieszczek won a bronze medal in women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
She is the first Polish woman to win an Olympic medal in women's freestyle wrestling.
In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification To
Agnieszka Jadwiga Wieszczek-Kordus (born 22 March 1983 in Wałbrzych) is a Polish freestyle wrestler. Wieszczek won a bronze medal in women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
She is the first Polish woman to win an Olympic medal in women's freestyle wrestling.
In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
For her sport achievements, she received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2008.
Awards and Championships
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestlingRepresenting PolandOlympic Games
2008 Beijing72 kgEuropean Championships
2006 Moskov67 kg
2007 Sofia72 kg
2009 Vilnius72 kg
2011 Dortmund72 kg
As a female midget wrestler, she was an attraction that toure
As a female midget wrestler, she was an attraction that toured across many territories for short stints often wrestling with Baby Cheryl and later, Diamond Lil, as a novelty on the card. Her career included matches in Jim Crockett Promotions, Hawaii, Southwest Sports, Houston Wrestling, Central States, Championship Wrestling from Florida, Big Time Wrestling in Alberta, Georgia Championship Wrestling, the AWA, and WWWF.
Moreland was often referred to as “The Marilyn Monroe” of the midget wrestlers.
Just months into her career, she wrestled Baby Cherly at Comiskey Park in Chicago in front of a listed attendance of 17,206 with Bearcat Wright & Sweet Daddy vs. Buddy Rogers & Eddie Graham in the main event. Moreland first wrestled for Vince McMahon Sr. on April 11, 1966, on a card in Washington, D.C. teaming with Donna Christianello and losing a two-of-three falls match to Fabulous Moolah & Diamond Lil.
Moreland married Edsel Clyde Moreland on March 16, 1975, who was the co-founder of the Little People of America group out of South Carolina. In SLAM Wrestling’s story on Moreland, it stated that Moolah paid for most or all of the wedding.
Moreland’s career winded down in the late ‘70s and her final match is listed from December 26, 1983, teaming with Penny Mitchell against Donna Christianello & Diamond Lil at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis on a show featuring Jerry Lawler vs. Austin Idol and a Loser Leaves Town match between Bill Dundee and Steve Keirn.
Edsel died in April 2009 with his widow taking a more active role in the pro wrestling reunion shows with her peers including being honored at the Cauliflower Alley Club in 2011.
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La Dama Enmascarada (Spanish for "The Masked Lady"). Caballero was a relative of professional wrestler Irma González as well as González's daughter Irma Aguilaralthough it is unclear exactly how they were related.Caballero was one of the pioneers of women's professional wrestling in Mexico, credited as the first Mexican National Women's Champion at a time when female wrestling was banned in Mexico City. She began her career as a masked wrestler, but lost her mask in 1958 to Irma González, and would later wrestle under the mask again. She also appeared in three Lucha films: Las Lobas del Ring, Las Luchadoras contra La Momia and Las Luchadoras contra el Médico Asesino.
Magdalena Caballero was born on July 22, 1925, in Mexico.[1]She was born into a circus family as both her parents and her grandmother all performed in various acts. Caballero's grandmother encouraged her to become a strong woman, focusing on feats of dental strength in her performances.[1]She met her future husband, Andrés Ramos, at the age of 15. Ramos was an animal trainer with the circus. The two later married and had six children together. The two would later divorce, leaving Caballero alone to fend for herself and her six children.[1] With her background in the circus as a strong woman, local boxing promoters offered her several boxing matches.[
Women's wrestling in Mexico prior to the 1950s was almost non-existent.[2] In the early 1950s, Jack O'Brienbegan training female wrestlers in his gym in León, Guanajuato, including Magdalena Caballero. In the ring she would work under a wrestling mask, using the ring name La Dama Enmascarada ("The Masked Lady") alongside other O'Brien trainees like Chabela Romero, La Enfermera, Irma González, and Rosita Williams.[2]Her first verified match took place on November 16, 1951, where she wrestled La Enfermera del Médico Asesino in a Lucha de Apuestas (A "bet match"), which ended without a winner, which meant that La Dama Enmascarada kept her mask save, while La Enfermera kept her hair.[4]La Dama Enmascarada became the first woman to win a championship in Mexico as she won a tournament to become the first holder of the Mexican National Women's Championship in 1955.[1][5][6] Her reign lasted less than a year as Irma González won the championship in 1955.[2][6] La Dama Enmascarada regained the championship in 1958.[3] The rivalry between La Dama and González led to a high-profile Lucha de Apuestasbetween the two on October 5, 1958. González won the match, and in addition to not having her hair shaved off, she forced La Dama Enmascarada to remove her mask instead.[5] As a result of the loss, La Dama Enmascarada became the first woman in Mexico to unmask as a result of a Lucha de Apuestas loss.[5] After the loss of her mask, she would at times wrestle under her real name and sometimes still use the "La Dama Enmascarada" name, despite not being masked anymore.[5] Due to very few records of wrestling from that period of time being preserved, it is uncertain as to who defeated La Dama to end her second reign as the Mexican National Women's Championship.[3] On January 22, 1961, La Dama Enmascarada defeated Irma González in yet another lucha de Apuestas match, forcing González to be shaved bald as a result.[5] Her last known match took place in 1962, on January 14, as she teamed up with Chabela Romero to take on Irma González and Toña la Tapatía on an Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre show in Guadalajara.[7] Her career in Mexico ended when she began touring Europe as part of a traveling circus for the subsequent 10 years. Caballero and husband Andrés Ramos had six children together before their divorce in the 1950s: Manuel, Francisca, Arturo, Andrés, Magdalena, and Teresa.[1] Her sister would also become a professional wrestler, known as María de Jesús Caballero.[5] She is also related to González, began wrestling around the same time as Caballero, although it is not clear exactly how they are related. González's daughter, would also later become a professional wrestler as well, known as Irma Aguilar.[8] Magdalena Caballero died on March 11, 2006, at the age of 80, no cause of death was published.[1]
Women's wrestling in Mexico prior to the 1950s was almost non-existent.[2] In the early 1950s, Jack O'Brienbegan training female wrestlers in his gym in León, Guanajuato, including Magdalena Caballero. In the ring she would work under a wrestling mask, using the ring name La Dama Enmascarada ("The Masked Lady") alongside other O'Brien trainees like Chabela Romero, La Enfermera, Irma González, and Rosita Williams.[2]Her first verified match took place on November 16, 1951, where she wrestled La Enfermera del Médico Asesino in a Lucha de Apuestas (A "bet match"), which ended without a winner, which meant that La Dama Enmascarada kept her mask save, while La Enfermera kept her hair.[4]La Dama Enmascarada became the first woman to win a championship in Mexico as she won a tournament to become the first holder of the Mexican National Women's Championship in 1955.[1][5][6] Her reign lasted less than a year as Irma González won the championship in 1955.[2][6] La Dama Enmascarada regained the championship in 1958.[3] The rivalry between La Dama and González led to a high-profile Lucha de Apuestasbetween the two on October 5, 1958. González won the match, and in addition to not having her hair shaved off, she forced La Dama Enmascarada to remove her mask instead.[5] As a result of the loss, La Dama Enmascarada became the first woman in Mexico to unmask as a result of a Lucha de Apuestas loss.[5] After the loss of her mask, she would at times wrestle under her real name and sometimes still use the "La Dama Enmascarada" name, despite not being masked anymore.[5] Due to very few records of wrestling from that period of time being preserved, it is uncertain as to who defeated La Dama to end her second reign as the Mexican National Women's Championship.[3] On January 22, 1961, La Dama Enmascarada defeated Irma González in yet another lucha de Apuestas match, forcing González to be shaved bald as a result.[5] Her last known match took place in 1962, on January 14, as she teamed up with Chabela Romero to take on Irma González and Toña la Tapatía on an Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre show in Guadalajara.[7] Her career in Mexico ended when she began touring Europe as part of a traveling circus for the subsequent 10 years.[1]
From: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Kathleen was a pioneer in women's wrestling.
Professional wrestling careerRing name(s)
Sandy Parker (November 1, 1944 – June 20
Professional wrestling careerRing name(s)
Sandy Parker (November 1, 1944 – June 2022) was a Canadian professional wrestler. She debuted in 1969, wrestling in Canada, the United States, and Japan. In Japan, she worked for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, holding numerous titles, and she was the first Black woman to win the WWWA World Single Championship in 1973.[4][2] She also had an unofficial NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship reign with partner Sue Green. Wrestling journalist and historian Dave Meltzer has categorised Parker as "one of the best women professional wrestlers of the early 1970s".[2]
After attending a professional wrestling match, Parker became addicted to the sport.[3] At first, she went to the matches several times every week.[3] She then decided to try the profession at the suggestion of a friend.[3] Although she lived in Ontario, she traveled to Michigan three times a week to train with Lou Klein, Mary Jane Mull, and Lucille Dupree.[3] She officially debuted in the early 1970s at the age of 23.[3][5] She later went to The Fabulous Moolah's training school in South Carolina for further training, but left when she began having problems with Moolah.[3] After leaving the school, Parker worked for Mildred Burke.[3]
Parker worked under her real name instead of a ring name, because she was once unable to cash a check when it was written for her under the wrestling name; she could not provide identification for it, so she vowed never to use a ring name again.[3]
In the early 1970s, Parker formed a partnership with Sue Green, with whom she defeated Donna Christanelloand Toni Rose in November 1971 for the NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Christanello and Rose in February 1972.[6] The title change is unrecognized.[7] In August of that year, Parker competed at the Superbowl of Wrestling, where she teamed with Debbie Johnson to take on Rose and Christanello, but they failed to defeat them for the championship.
She began a tour of Japan also in the early 1970s. In 1973, she held All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling's WWWA World Single Championship for approximately two months. Between June of that year and July 1974, she also held the promotion's WWWA World Tag Team Championship eight times, twice with Masked Lee, twice with Jean Antoine, and four times with Betty Niccoli. It is possible, however, that only six of the tag title reigns are officially recognized.[3]
Back in the United States in 1975, Parker wrestled against Antoine in the first women's wrestling match in the state of Oregon in 50 years.[5] Parker retired in 1986.[3] In 2004, she was honored by the Cauliflower Alley Club, a society of retired professional wrestlers.[8]
She played the part of the lady wrestler "Battling Betty" in the episode "In the corner Jaimie Sommers" from the second season of the TV program The Bionic Woman starring Lindsay Wagner as Jaimie and Richard Anderson who played Jaimie's boss Oscar Goldman
First U.S. medalist in women’s freestyle wrestling
Born in Iran, Afsoon Roshanzamir was the only child of an Iranian wrestler, Manu Roshanzamir. Although women did not wrestle, and did not even get to see wrestling, Manu taught his daughter wrestling moves in their home and
First U.S. medalist in women’s freestyle wrestling
Born in Iran, Afsoon Roshanzamir was the only child of an Iranian wrestler, Manu Roshanzamir. Although women did not wrestle, and did not even get to see wrestling, Manu taught his daughter wrestling moves in their home and helped develop a sincere interest in the sport.
Her father spend time studying in Germany and Austria for advanced degrees, and Afsoon was there with the family. He wrestled often in European events while overseas. The family returned to Iran in 1979, and was there for five years after the Iranian Revolution. Manu and his family were able to leave Iran in 1983, and moved to the United States, ultimately landing in San Jose, Calif.
Afsoon went out for wrestling as a high school freshman at Independence High School, which was coached by David Chaid, father of NCAA champion and U.S. Open champion Dan Chaid. She survived the initial challenge of training with boys, at a time girls rarely wrestled, and was part of the team during all four years of high school.
In 1989, Coach Chaid brought Afsoon to a U.S. trials tournament run by Lee Allen, a pioneer in women’s wrestling. Afsoon had completed her junior year in high school, and would wrestle there against adult women. The winners would earn a spot on the U.S. team which would compete in the 1989 World Championships, the first time the USA would field a women’s freestyle team. Afsoon ended up making that USA team at 47 kg/103.5 lbs.
She was on a five-athlete team from the United States, which was coached by two talented coaches, Rusty Davidson of New Mexico and Pavel Katsen of New York, who had been the 1988 Olympic Greco-Roman coach. It was held in Martigny, Switzerland, alongside the men’s Freestyle and Greco-Roman World Championships
Afsoon had two matches in the tournament, losing to eventual runner-up Tomoku Natsumeda of Japan, 4-2, then defeating Sandra Schumaker of Switzerland by injury default. This earned her the World bronze medal at her weight class, and as the lightest of the U.S. wrestlers in the medal rounds, she became the first U.S. medalist at a Women’s World Championships. Two of her teammates secured silver medals, Asia DeWeese at 50 kg/110 lbs. and Leia Kawaii at 70 kg/154 lbs.
It was the start of a long and successful career for Roshanzamir. She continued wrestling in college, a member of the varsity men’s team at UC-Davis. When USA Wrestling began providing national team support for its women wrestlers, Afsoon could not be on the team roster anymore, but still trained with the men on the UC-Davis campus. She also was active as a wrestling official in the local community, and ended up officiating a college men’s match when the referee for a UC-Davis dual did not show up for the match.
Roshanzamir added a World silver medal in 1990, which gave her two career medals, and continued competing on the national level for a decade. She ended up making four U.S. World Teams, won three U.S. Open national titles and brought home international medals from events in France, Russia and Canada. She trained for a number of years in the Phoenix area as a member of the Sunkist Kids program.
She retired from competition in 2000, two years before the IOC voted to add women’s wrestling to the Olympic Games. She was married to Byron Johnston in 1998, and had her first son in 2001. Afsoon Johnston served the sport for a while longer on some USA Wrestling committees and was on its Board of Directors through 2003. Then, her major focus turned to her growing family and her professional career as a physical therapist.
In the last few years, Afsoon Johnston has returned to active involvement with the women’s freestyle program, going on tours both as a coach and in a medical capacity. Her children had reached an age where she could devote time towards wrestling once again. In 2014, Johnston was one of the U.S. Women’s World Team coaches, who helped lead the USA to a third place finish in Tashkent, led by three individual medalist. Afsoon is in the women’s coaching pool, and looks forward to being involved with more U.S. teams in the future.
First: NCAA Division 1 Female Coach
Biega enters her third season as head coach of the Sacred Heart women’s https://sacredheartpioneers.com/staff-directory/paulina-biega/350wrestling team.
Beiga was named the first female NCAA Division 1 wrestling coach in the country when she joined the Pionee
First: NCAA Division 1 Female Coach
Biega enters her third season as head coach of the Sacred Heart women’s https://sacredheartpioneers.com/staff-directory/paulina-biega/350wrestling team.
Beiga was named the first female NCAA Division 1 wrestling coach in the country when she joined the Pioneers prior to the start to the 2021-22 season.
A collegiate and international wrestler herself, Biega came to the Pioneers after two seasons as the assistant coach at Campbellsville University.
In addition, Biega is a two-time Universities Nationals All-American and an International Polish Champion. She is also a Polish National Champion as well as placed third at the Cadet European Wrestling Championship.
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Cambellsville University
Missouri Valley College
Clarissa Kyoko Mei Ling Chun (陳美玲) is the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes Women's wrestling program, formerly, the USA Wrestling assistant National coach and an American Olympic women's freestyle 48 kg (105.5 lbs) wrestler. Chun was the first female wrestler from Hawaii t
Clarissa Kyoko Mei Ling Chun (陳美玲) is the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes Women's wrestling program, formerly, the USA Wrestling assistant National coach and an American Olympic women's freestyle 48 kg (105.5 lbs) wrestler. Chun was the first female wrestler from Hawaii to win a medal at the Olympics.[1][2] She was inducted into the 2018 Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame and 2022 National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] [10][11][12]
In 2022, it marked the first time that more than one female was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member, with Chun and Sara McMann becoming the third and fourth female Distinguished Members, joining fellow female wrestlers Tricia Saunders (2006) and Kristie Davis (2018).[13][14][15] Chun was also among the inductees of the 2023 class of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) National High School Hall of Fame.[16]
On November 18, 2021, Chun was announced as the first head coach of the University of Iowa’s women's wrestling program.[17]
105.5-pound division at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling and Judo – Beijing, China.
USA Wrestling's Women's University National Champion
Consistently ranked No. 2 by USA Wrestling
Wrestling USA Magazine's High School Girls All-America Team
Pricilla started out in wrestling however decided to switch to Judo in 2010 for more opportunities. Born with a genetic eye disorder called retinis pigmentosa… She has four degrees of peripheral vision, but with no central vision, is considered blind… Started judo in 2008 after pr
Pricilla started out in wrestling however decided to switch to Judo in 2010 for more opportunities. Born with a genetic eye disorder called retinis pigmentosa… She has four degrees of peripheral vision, but with no central vision, is considered blind… Started judo in 2008 after practicing karate… Moved to Sarnia at age three from Granby after parents separated… Graduated from the evangelism program at Rhema Bible College in Oklahoma… Also graduated from Everest College’s addictions and community services worker program in Barrie, Ont. She was selected as official flag bearer Opening Ceremony for Team Canada at Tokyo 2020...
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Paralympic judoRepresenting CanadaParalympic Games
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Jacqueline DeLois Moore[2
Ring Names
Jacqueline DeLois Moore[2] (born January 6, 1964) is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager. She is best known for her time in WWE (known as the World Wrestling Federation until 2002) from 1998 to 2004, where she became the first African American WWE Cruiserweight champion as well as being one of three women to hold the championship, as well as working for World Championship Wrestling in 1997–98 and later Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a wrestler, manager, and road agent.
She began her career in World Class Championship Wrestling, but was well known in the United States Wrestling Association, where she was a fourteen-time USWA Women's Champion. She later moved to World Championship Wrestling, where she briefly managed the team Harlem Heat. In 1998, she joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later World Wrestling Entertainment). She began managing Marc Mero and had her first rivalry with Sable, which culminated in the re-establishment of the WWF Women's Championship, which Moore held twice during her time with the WWF. In 1999, she formed an all-female alliance with Terri Runnels and Ryan Shamrock called the Pretty Mean Sisters. In the early 2000s, Moore worked as both a referee and trainer for the WWF, and she also held the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, which was a title predominantly held by men. She was the third woman to accomplish the feat, but the only woman to do so under the WWE banner (following Madusa and Daffney in WCW). In 2004, she joined TNA, where she worked mostly as a manager and occasional wrestler.
Robin Denise Smith (born October 9, 1964), better known by her ring name Rockin' Robin, is an American retired professional wrestler. The daughter of Grizzly Smith, she is a second-generation wrestler; her bro
Robin Denise Smith (born October 9, 1964), better known by her ring name Rockin' Robin, is an American retired professional wrestler. The daughter of Grizzly Smith, she is a second-generation wrestler; her brother Sam Houston and half-brother Jake "The Snake" Roberts also wrestled. Smith is best known for her appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1987 to 1990, where she held the WWF Women's Championship. She is one of the longest reigning women's champions, with a reign that lasted for 502 days.
Smith grew up in a wrestling family and enjoyed going to wrestling shows, where she claims she and her siblings were treated like celebrities. Smith later decided to become a professional wrestler and trained, along with her sister-in-law Nickla Roberts (known by her ring name Baby Doll), under Nelson Royal. During 1987, Smith competed as Rockin' Robin in Wild West Wrestling, where she feuded with Debbie Combs and Sue Green.
Wendi Richter and Joyce Grable as a tag team held the NWA women's tag team title for the second longest reign.
Victoria "Wendi" Richter (born September 8, 1960)[4] is an American former professional wrestler. She began her professional wrestling career in companies
Wendi Richter and Joyce Grable as a tag team held the NWA women's tag team title for the second longest reign.
Victoria "Wendi" Richter (born September 8, 1960)[4] is an American former professional wrestler. She began her professional wrestling career in companies such as the National Wrestling Alliance, where she teamed with Joyce Grable, with whom she held the NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship twice. In the 1980s, she joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). She held the WWF Women's Championship twice and feuded with The Fabulous Moolah over the title. She was also involved in a storyline with singer Cyndi Lauper called the "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection". Richter, however, left the WWF after losing the championship in controversial fashion. She then worked in the World Wrestling Council and American Wrestling Association, where she held both companies' women's titles.
Joyce Grable, was an American professional wrestler. She was the long-term tag team partner of Wendi Richter. She held the NWA United States Women's Championship once and the NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship six times—three with Richter and three with her other tag team partner Vicki Williams.
Ring Names
Lisa Marie Varon (née Sole; born February 10, 1971) is a retired American professional wrestler, fitness competitor and bodybuilder. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, under the
Ring Names
Lisa Marie Varon (née Sole; born February 10, 1971) is a retired American professional wrestler, fitness competitor and bodybuilder. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, under the ring name Victoria. She is also known for her time in Impact Wrestling, under the ring name Tara. Varon held both companies women's championships on several occasions.
Varon began competing in fitness competitions and won ESPN2's Fitness America Series in 1997.[6][7] In 1999, she placed second at a fitness event in New York City to earn her International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) Professional Fitness Card.[1][8][7] Varon met World Wrestling Federation (WWF) performer Chyna, who encouraged her to become a professional wrestler.[1][8][6] She trained in the WWF's developmental territories for three years before moving to the main roster to compete full-time under the ring name Victoria.[6]
Varon had her first television appearance at WrestleMania 2000, where she portrayed one of The Godfather's "Hos". She debuted in June 2002 and was pushed to win the WWE Women's Championship, a title she would go on to hold twice in her wrestling career. After leaving WWE in 2009, Varon debuted in TNA later that year as Tara. In TNA, she became a five-time TNA Knockouts Champion, making her a seven-time Women's Champion overall.[3] She was also a one-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion, with Brooke Tessmacher, collectively known as TnT.
Varon was born in San Bernardino, California, to a Puerto Rican father (who is a Vietnam veteran) and a Korean-born Turkish mother who worked as a singer in Japan.[9][10] She grew up with three older brothers, all of whom became amateur wrestlers, with her oldest brother, Bobby, winning a gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.[1][2][11] Varon attended Eisenhower High School in Rialto, California. During high school, she was active in cheerleading, a sport in which she competed since the sixth grade.[1][2]
During her senior year in high school, she was nationally recognized by the National Cheerleading Association, earning an All-American award and being chosen to cheer at half-time of the NFL 1989 Pro Bowl, alongside 70 other women.[2][11][12] She participated in track and field events in the ninth grade.[1] After graduating, she studied biology at the University of California, Los Angeles and she studied medicine at Loma Linda University, with the intent on becoming a physician.[8][6][11] She worked as a human tissue coordinator at the Inland Eye and Tissue Bank in Redlands, California, where she was involved in the process of organ donation.[8][2][5][6][11]
While working at the eye and tissue bank, Varon became a personal trainer and taught aerobics. While training at a gym, she was offered an opportunity to compete in a bodybuilding competition, a contest she won as a middleweight.[8][6] She competed in fitness competitions, such as ESPN2's Fitness America Series in 1997 and 1998, winning the former, and the Miss Galaxy Competition in 1998, where she met and befriended Torrie Wilson.[1][6] After Wilson moved to Los Angeles, California and signed with the professional wrestling promotion World Championship Wrestling (WCW), she invited Varon to one of the shows. While backstage, an agent asked her to appear in a segment with Scott Hall.[1][6][11] Through Wilson, Varon unsuccessfully attempted to obtain a contract with WCW.[1] She later moved to Los Angeles to find work in televised news fitness segments.[1] In 1999, she earned her International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) Professional Fitness Card after placing second at the National Physique Committee (NPC) Team Universe show in New York City.[1][8][2][7][11] It was during her time working in fitness competitions that Varon also first met Trish Stratus.[8]
Championships and Awards
Heidi Lee Morgan DeBartolomies was a highly skilled gymnast and eventually a successful bodybuilder. She began her wrestling career winning Teenage body building contest at age 16. Ralph Caroonali was her
Heidi Lee Morgan DeBartolomies was a highly skilled gymnast and eventually a successful bodybuilder. She began her wrestling career winning Teenage body building contest at age 16. Ralph Caroonali was her coach. Throughout her career Heidi wrestled for WWE, POWW, WOW, LPWA and numerous other reputable organizations.
She went to Moolah’s school June 1986. There she was trained by Donna Christanello, Susan star, Leilani Kai, Velvet Mcintyre, and the fabulous Moolah.. When she came home December. Polished off by Johnny Rodz New York,
After working on the independent circuit in North and South Carolina, she joined the National Wrestling Federation as part of the Federation, Morgan feuded with Wendi Richter. She battled Richter, in the first ever women's steel cage match in May 1987.
She had great feuds against MADUSA & Debbie Combs. And while in the LPWA where she got a massive push when she teamed with Misty Blue. The two eventually won the LPWA tag team championship. She wrestled against the best Sue Sexton Susan Green, Joyce, Grable, Desiree Petterson, Penelope Paradise, Peggy Lee, Lady X, Black Venus, the Glamor Girls and many more. Heidi made history again having one of the first ever women's matches on WWE Monday Night Raw.
Now an educator- Trainers Manager for Planet Fitness. Also A radio talk show host called Woman Encouraging Woman, LLC. I Live every Sunday night on WVLT 92.1 GM Ceuisin w/ The Oldies. Reaching over 200,000 Viewers.
"I was born March 19th 1955 in Louisville, Kentucky raised by my grandparents in the country where there were not many kids to play with but lots of animals. I was a horse freak If I was awake I was riding.horses meant everything t
"I was born March 19th 1955 in Louisville, Kentucky raised by my grandparents in the country where there were not many kids to play with but lots of animals. I was a horse freak If I was awake I was riding.horses meant everything to me: My grandparents gave me a great life . I had no idea we were poor I thought everyone lived like we did. As the years went by my aunt Mary started talking me to wrestling matches with her and her kids I thought it was great. The more I went the more I liked it so I started talking to some of the guys about how to get into the business . Finally at the ripe old age of 15 Dennis Hall gave me Moolahs phone number and I called her and the rest is history I trained for 2 weeks and my wrestling career began. There are many stories during my life working for Moolah.some good some not so much but it was a life changing experience" Debbie Johnson Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductee 2024.
The LPWA produced two television series, The Super Ladies of Wrestling and Ladies Championship Wrestling from 1990 to 1992.[2] Many of their matches were also distributed and sold on VHS tapes. They held their first and only pay-per-view, Super L
The LPWA produced two television series, The Super Ladies of Wrestling and Ladies Championship Wrestling from 1990 to 1992.[2] Many of their matches were also distributed and sold on VHS tapes. They held their first and only pay-per-view, Super Ladies Showdown, on February 23, 1992, before closing down operations shortly after.[3]
Berg planned on promoting a second Super Ladies pay-per-view event in 2000, but the event was canceled. The pay-per-view was scheduled to feature women from around the world, including American wrestlers Debbie Malenko, Sherri Martel, Sweet Destiny and Missy Hyatt; Japanese wrestlers Chikako Shiratori, AKINO, Chapparita Asari and Ayako Hamada; and Australian wrestlers Amy Action, Raya Riot, and former LPWA Champion Susan Sexton.
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Interviewer
Mike McGuirk grew up in the wrestling business.[1] Her father Leroy McGuirk ran wrestling promotions in the midwest up to the early to mid-1980s. Leroy never wanted his daughter to follow in his footsteps and become a wrestler.[1] After her
Mike McGuirk grew up in the wrestling business.[1] Her father Leroy McGuirk ran wrestling promotions in the midwest up to the early to mid-1980s. Leroy never wanted his daughter to follow in his footsteps and become a wrestler.[1] After her father had left the business, she provided the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) with wrestling rings whenever they ran shows in her area.[1][2] She also did some timekeeping.[2] She announced her first show on September 12, 1986 at the Mid-South Coliseum.[1]McGuirk's television debut was in April 1987 on WWF Wrestling Challenge. From her debut, she was the object of ridicule from heel commentator/manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (though backstage they in fact got on well with each other).[3] McGuirk also did commentary, often with Bruce Prichard (better known as "Brother Love"), and "The Duke of Dorchester" Pete Doherty.[1] McGuirk was known for the colorful, glittery tuxedos she wore while announcing.[1]She performed color commentary on the Best of the WWF Volume 15, and did commentary on the WWF TV show All-American Wrestling. Her commentary as well as ring announcing was also seen/heard during episodes of Prime Time Wrestling which was co-hosted by Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon.[3]When not ring announcing or commentating, McGuirk's job was producing promos back stage.[1] She explained in an interview that Vince McMahon would not let his employees just sit around back stage, he would always find something for them to do while being paid.[2]McGuirk was featured as the ring announcer in the coin-operated WrestleFest video game released by Technos in 1991. McGuirk left the WWF in 1994, rumored to be because she refused sexual advances made upon her by Vince McMahon. McGuirk later denied this rumor, stating that she left because of the increasing use of steroids backstage and because she did not want to move her family to Connecticut.[1]In October 2004, she appeared at Wrestling Reunion II in New Jersey and also repeated her performance for an Indianapolis, Indiana show. In May 2010, she made an appearance at the Legends of the Ring convention. McGuirk was inducted into the IHWE Hall of Fame of Wrestling along with her father, LeRoy McGuirk for their contribution to the sport of professional wrestling in June 2015.
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Nickla Ann Roberts-Byrd (born February 13, 1962) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and valet, better known by her ring name, "The Perfect 10" Baby
Ring Names
Nickla Ann Roberts-Byrd (born February 13, 1962) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and valet, better known by her ring name, "The Perfect 10" Baby Doll. She is best known for her appearances with World Class Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions in the 1980's.
Francine Meeks (née Fournier; born February 19, 1972), known by the mononym Francine, is an American semi-retired professional wrestling valet and professional wrestler. She is best known for her appearances wi
Francine Meeks (née Fournier; born February 19, 1972), known by the mononym Francine, is an American semi-retired professional wrestling valet and professional wrestler. She is best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1995 to 2001 and with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2005 and 2006.[1][2][3][4] During her tenure with ECW, Francine managed several of the promotion's top wrestlers.[8] Following her release from WWE, Francine announced her imminent retirement from professional wrestling on November 9, 2006. She also made appearances with Women's Extreme Wrestling (WEW) and made frequent appearances at autograph signings.[18] In WEW, she managed Amber O'Neal.On June 27, 2009, Francine held an ECW reunion show entitled "Legends of the Arena", with proceeds from the show being donated to the American Cancer Society.[19] On August 8, 2010, Francine appeared via pre-taped video at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice.[20] On July 28, 2021, Francine appeared in a backstage segment in Impact Wrestling via a video call with Brian Myers.
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Missy Hyatt, was a very influential broadcaster, valet, manager
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Missy Hyatt, was a very influential broadcaster, valet, manager , and occasional wrestler in professional wrestling for women. Occasionally she did wrestle. She was in all of the major pro wrestling organizations such as World Championship Wrestling ; World Class Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and Impact Wrestling.
Hyatt also is a very knowledgeable war historian. And is involved with reenactments.
Ken Resnick is an American wrestling announcer who served as an interviewer for the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Federation.
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Prior to working in wrestling, Resnick worked in public re
Ken Resnick is an American wrestling announcer who served as an interviewer for the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Federation.
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Prior to working in wrestling, Resnick worked in public relations and marketing for the Calgary Cowboys, was the Media Information Director for the Minnesota Fighting Saints, was a sales manager for Chrysler, and was a sports reporter for KTTC in Rochester, Minnesota.[1][2]
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In late 1983, while covering a celebrity golf tournament for KTTC, Resnick interviewed AWA owner Verne Gagne. Gagne was looking for a replacement for interviewer Gene Okerlund and offered Resnick the job shortly thereafter. Resnick remained with the company until April 1986, with his final appearance coming at WrestleRock 86.[3] Prior to the event, Resnick appeared in a promotional music video for the show entitled the "WrestleRock Rumble". It featured Resnick and other AWA talent rapping verses in a vein similar to The Super Bowl Shuffle.[4]
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Following his departure from the AWA, Resnick planned on returning to Chrysler, however his friend Blackjack Lanza convinced him to interview for a job with the World Wrestling Federation.[5] Resnick joined the WWF on May 1, 1986.[6] His final television appearance as a WWF announcer was on the March 14, 1987 episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge.[7]
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Resnick served as an announcer for the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association during the early 1990s. In 1996, he hosted the American Wrestling Federation’s syndicated television program Warriors of Wrestling.[8] In 2012 he returned to wrestling as an announcer for Traditional Championship Wrestling.[9] In 2018 he became an announcer for Ring Warriors, a professional wrestling promotion that airs on WGN America and Amazon Prime Video.[10]
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From 1991 to 1992, Resnick was the announcer of American Gladiators Live Tour.[1][11]
In 1996, Resnick was appointed to the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission by Governor Arne Carlson. He was reappointed by Jesse Ventura and Tim Pawlenty.[1]
Resnick served as the play by play announcer for the first season of RollerJam, a roller derby program that aired on The Nashville Network.[12]
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Sister SherriSherri grew up pl
Ring Names
Sister SherriSherri grew up playing basketball and participating in track and field. Martel was first introduced to professional wrestling as a child, when her mother took her and her sister to shows in Mississippi. Sherri is arguably the greatest female wrestlers and managers of all time. Sensational Sherri Martell
Candi Devine (January 1, 1958 – February 9, 2022)
was an American professional wrestler better known by her ring name Candi Devine. She won singles championships in several promotions, most notably in the American Wrest
Candi Devine (January 1, 1958 – February 9, 2022)
was an American professional wrestler better known by her ring name Candi Devine. She won singles championships in several promotions, most notably in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), where she held the AWA Women's Championship four times.
Category: Valet
Era: Internet Era 2000-Present
Trained by: Killer Kowalski
Education: Lakehead University
Melissa Lavinia Coates (June 18, 1969 – June 23, 2021) was a Canadian professional wrestler, bodybuilder, fitness model, and actress. She was best known for appearing in the first two seasons of the Game Show Network show Extreme Dodgeba
Category: Valet
Era: Internet Era 2000-Present
Trained by: Killer Kowalski
Education: Lakehead University
Melissa Lavinia Coates (June 18, 1969 – June 23, 2021) was a Canadian professional wrestler, bodybuilder, fitness model, and actress. She was best known for appearing in the first two seasons of the Game Show Network show Extreme Dodgeball. In professional wrestling, she was known for her appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental territories Ohio Valley Wrestling and Deep South Wrestling, NWA Anarchy, and Women Superstars Uncensored. On the independent circuit, she was the valet of Sabu, under the ring name Super Genie.
Coates' mother was a nurse and amateur actress and bodybuilder, and her father is a doctor.[6] She was the youngest of four children, having a sister and two brothers.[6] She earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from Lakehead University, to originally seeking to be a veterinarian.
Nicole Fuchs[3] (née Bass; August 10, 1964 – February 17, 2017) was an American bodybuilder, actress, professional wrestler, and professional wrestling valet. She worked for companies such as Extreme Championship Wrestling, W
Nicole Fuchs[3] (née Bass; August 10, 1964 – February 17, 2017) was an American bodybuilder, actress, professional wrestler, and professional wrestling valet. She worked for companies such as Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation and XPW. From 1993 until her death, she made numerous appearances on The Howard Stern Show and took part as a contestant in Stern's 1993 pay-per-view television event The Miss Howard Stern New Year's Eve Pageant.[4] She then became a member of the show's Wack Pack and appeared in Stern's movie Private Parts.
She made guest appearances on four soap operas: The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of Our Lives in 1991, and General Hospital and Guiding Light in 1992.
Body Buildering Career
Ring Names
Vivian Vachon 1951-1991
At the suggestion of her brother Maurice, she began to train as a professional wrestler, and went to South Carolina to train under The Fabulous Moo
Ring Names
Vivian Vachon 1951-1991
At the suggestion of her brother Maurice, she began to train as a professional wrestler, and went to South Carolina to train under The Fabulous Moolah. It was also Maurice who suggested she adopt the ring name Vivian Vachon (sometimes spelled Viviane Vachon).[1]
In 1969, she wrestled for World Wide Wrestling Federation where she teamed with Bette Boucher feuding with The Fabulous Moolah and Toni Rose.[5] During that same year, she also wrestled in Georgia Championship Wrestling using the ring name Vivian Vance.[3]
In February 1971, she became the California Women's Champion.[6] She became the American Wrestling Association's (AWA) Women's Champion for a time, defeating Kay Noble on November 4, 1971.[6] In the early 1970s she starred in the movie Wrestling Queen, which also included her brothers and other wrestlers.[7] She wrestled in the early 1980s on a tour of Japan, and in 1986 for her brother Maurice's retirement tour.[1] In 2006, she was honored posthumously by the Cauliflower Alley Club.
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Peggy Lee Fowler (January 19, 1959 – May 22, 2023), also known by her stage names Peggy Lee Leather, Lady X, and Thug, was an American professional wrestler w
Ring Names
Peggy Lee Fowler (January 19, 1959 – May 22, 2023), also known by her stage names Peggy Lee Leather, Lady X, and Thug, was an American professional wrestler who worked in the WWF, AWA, and WCW .
June Byers (May 25, 1922 – July 20, 1998),
June Byers, was an American women's professional wrestler famous in the 1950s and early 1960s. She held the Women's World Championship for ten years and is a member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.
June Byers (May 25, 1922 – July 20, 1998),
June Byers, was an American women's professional wrestler famous in the 1950s and early 1960s. She held the Women's World Championship for ten years and is a member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. She is overall a three-time women's world champion.
Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame Founded in 2022
(Pioneer) Cora Livingston Born 1887 or 1889
Buffalo, New York, US. Died April 23, 1957
Boston, Massachusetts, US,
Professional wrestling career Ring name(s) Trained by Dan McLeod
Dr. Benjamin Roller
Laura Bennett
Paul Bowser
Debut 1905 Retired 1935
On September 7, 1910, Livingston faced a local competitor May Nelson and she was crowned the first ever female wrestling champion.
Born August 5, 1915
Coffeyville, Kansas, US Died February 18, 1989 (aged 73)
Los Angeles Debut 1935 Retired 1955
Awards
Burke ran a women's wrestling school in Encino, California.
Singles Wrestler, Tag Team Wrestler, Promoter, Trainer Beverly The Hammer Shade is the first to be inducted in four categories.
She began her career in 1958 and retired in 1989
She was trained by Ella Waldek
Awards
Marva Scott wrestled from 1950- until 1979 . She wrestled as a heel which was extremely dangerous in the segregated south. She was the first black woman wrestler to get on the cover of The Ring Magazine. She traveled and wrestled in many countries including Canada, Australia, and Japan to name a few.
Trained by: Babs Wingo
Debut 1952 Retired 1976
Pioneer Ethel Johnson made history becoming the first African-American women's champion
Championships
(Pioneer) Babs Wingo, the first African-American woman to integrate professional wrestling, in the 1950s, signing with the promoter Billy Wolfe.
Like Jackie Robinson, Babs Wingo was the first female to desegregate women’s professional wrestling.
( TAG TEAM) Toni & Donna were a dominant tag team in the 1970''s. Both Donna and Toni were both inducted into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame individually. Both were instrumentally in the development in women's tag team wrestling .
Donna
Toni Rose
( Pioneer/ Wrestler) Susan was the first openly gay female wrestler, and also beat abulous Moolah in a shoot Match in 1977 breaking her streak.
Championships/ Awards
(Wrestler/ Trainer) Billed from New Orleans, Louisiana Trained by Rod Price Debut: 1998 Retired: 2021
Jazz and her husband Rodney Mack founded Dogg Pound Dojo http://www.doggpounddojo.com/
Billed height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm). Billed from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Trained by Paul Vachon, Vivian Vachon, Debut1985 Retired 2007.
Championships
Trained by Brad Rheingans, Eddie Sharkey
Debut 1984
Retired 2000
Championships
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
Women's wrestling was included in the Olympic program for the first time in 2004. Irini Merleni earned the honor of being the first gold medal-winner.
Women's wrestling Medal Record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – 2004 Athens Freestyle – 48 kg
Bronze medal – 2008 Beijing Freestyle – 48 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – 2000 Sofia 46 kg
Gold medal – 2001 Sofia 46 kg
Gold medal – 2003 New York 48 kg
Silver medal – 2005 Budapest 48 kg
Silver medal – 2007 Baku 48 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – 2005 İzmir
GLOW was the first all female television wrestling show in history.
Representing Glow will be original GLOW girl Jeanne Hollywood Basone. However the hall of Fame recognizes Mt. Fiji, Big Bad Mama, Vine, Sally & Babe the Farmer’s Daughters, Spanish Red, Ninotchka, Tina Ferrari, Ashley Cartier, Envy, Thunderbolt & Lightning, Godiva, Tiffany Mellon, Little Egypt, California Doll, Susie Spirit, Americana, Jungle Woman, Justice, Jackie Stallone, Aunt Kitty, Dave McLane, Steve Blance, Tulsa
Rita Marie Chatterton helped break down barriers for equality within the mainstream professional wrestling landscape, by becoming the first-ever female referee in the World Wrestling Federation aka WWE. She received the 2021 IPWHF International Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame Trailblazer Award
Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame
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