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DeAlva Eyvonnie Sibley (May 25, 1922 – July 20, 1998), better known by her ring name 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 .
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Former WWE wrestler Maria Kanellis was critical of how WWE portrays women, stating that it feels more like a "promotional tactic". [188] After being released in 2021, Mickie James said that one WWE executive told her: "Women's wrestling doesn't make money" in response to her push for a second all-female pay-per-view or an all-female branded ...
In the late 1960s, Grable retired from wrestling after marrying a serviceman [1] and returned to school, graduating in 1978. [1] She was then employed as a nurse's assistant in a home for veterans. [1] One of her daughters works as a wrestler under the name Debbie Grable. [1] Grable died on May 9, 2008, after living with diabetes, strokes, and ...
In Mexico, professional wrestling is called lucha libre ("free fight"), and women wrestlers are called luchadoras. The Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), or World Wrestling Council, has a women's division. The top of the division is the CMLL World Women's Championship. Keiko "Bull" Nakano won the first CMLL championship in 1992.
Ladies Professional Wrestling Association: Laughlin, Nevada: Tor Berg 1989–1998 Naked Women's Wrestling League: Howard Mann 2004–2009 Powerful Women of Wrestling: Indianapolis, Indiana: David McLane: 1987–1990 Rise Wrestling: Naperville, Illinois: Kevin Harvey 2016–2020 Sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes: Women's Extreme Wrestling
Throughout her years wrestling, Noble was known for her toughness and strength. [1] [5] She was also a high-flying wrestler. [2] In the 1960s, she worked primarily in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] During this time, she wrestled a series of mixed tag team matches with her husband Doug Gilbert against Roy Collins and Barbara Baker.
The 1956 to 2010 version of the WWE Women's Championship was a women's professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The company claims a lineage that dates back to September 18, 1956, when The Fabulous Moolah became the third NWA World Women's Champion. WWE did not exist at that time, but they claim 1956 for ...