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Ethel Blanche Hairston (née Wingo; May 14, 1935 – September 14, 2018) was an American professional wrestler whose ring name was Ethel Johnson. [1] [3] She debuted at age 16, [4] becoming the first African-American women's champion.
On July 12, 2007, Lynch, as Principal Lazarus teamed with Roni Jonah to capture the Women's Extreme Wrestling Tag Team Championship against Annie Social and Amy Zidian (substituting for Sumie Sakai). On December 14, 2007, Lazarus and Roni successfully defended their tag team titles against Becky Bayless and Lucy Furr at the WEW event "Tit For Tat".
The stars hoped the film would help "set the record straight" about the early days of women's wrestling, when it was taboo for girls to join the business. [ 3 ] Penny Banner helped put the film together, as she had connections in both the Ladies International Wrestling Association and the Cauliflower Alley Club , which helped the director ...
Laryngectomy is the removal of the larynx. In a total laryngectomy, the entire larynx is removed (including the vocal folds , hyoid bone , epiglottis , thyroid and cricoid cartilage and a few tracheal cartilage rings) with the separation of the airway from the mouth , nose and esophagus . [ 1 ]
Women's wrestling has maintained a recognized world champion since 1937, when Mildred Burke won the original World Women's title. [4] She then formed the World Women's Wrestling Association in the early 1950s and recognized herself as the first champion, although the championship would be vacated upon her retirement in 1956.
WWE Libraries Inc., [2] branded as the WWE Legacy Department, [3] is an American media company that consists of the largest collection of professional wrestling videos and copyrights in the world. [4] The Legacy Department is a subsidiary of WWE, the professional wrestling subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings.
Women of Wrestling (WOW) is an American women's professional wrestling promotion founded in 2000 by David McLane (who also founded Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW)). WOW is based in Los Angeles, California , and is owned by McLane and Los Angeles Lakers owner/president Jeanie Buss .
GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling is a documentary film about professional wrestling. Released in 2012, it tells the story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (abbreviated G.L.O.W. or GLOW), a women's wrestling promotion. GLOW staged live events that were filmed and then shown on American television for four seasons in the ...