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Pages in category "American female professional wrestlers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 363 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 .
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 ...
Ladies Major League Wrestling: Florida: Howard Brody 1989–1992 Ladies International Wrestling Association North Carolina: The Fabulous Moolah: 1990-2000 Ladies Professional Wrestling Association: Laughlin, Nevada: Tor Berg 1989–1998 Naked Women's Wrestling League: Las Vegas, Nevada: Howard Mann 2004–2009 Powerful Women of Wrestling ...
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 ...
Ellison demanded a lot from the girls of GWE, including that they had to keep their hair and make-up done, act like a lady, and not date men who were in the professional wrestling business. [49] In addition to women, Ellison also trained midget professional wrestlers, including Katie Glass in the 1960s. [49]
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.
All American Wrestling: Poughkeepsie, NY: 1 342: 348 Aired December 26, 1993. Defeated Heidi Lee Morgan in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [14] WWE mistakenly recognizes Blayze's reign as lasting 348 days, ending on November 27, 1994. [15] 11 Bull Nakano: November 20, 1994: Big Egg Wrestling Universe: Tokyo, Japan: 1 134: 126