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Marva Aniece Goodwin (née Wingo; November 21, 1937 - August 15, 2003), better known by the ring name Marva Scott, [4] was among the first Black female professional wrestlers in the United States. [2] She began wrestling in the early 1950s and her first reported match happened in 1954. [5]
Before creating the Naked Women's Wrestling League, the creators tried other products that featured naked women, such as online gambling, before settling on nude female wrestling. [2] The NWWL wrestlers were trained by Ron Hutchison. [2] [3] The show made its debut in 2004 with the release of the pay-per-view show "Vegas Stripped". It returned ...
Single-elimination tournament for female wrestlers Femmes Fatales is a single-elimination tournament annually held by Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) for female wrestlers. The tournament has been held every year since 2016, with the exception of 2020 and 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
Adrienne Palmer [8] (née Reese; [1] born August 31, 1988) is an American professional wrestler.She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under her ring name Athena.She primarily appears in AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is the leader of the M.I.T stable and the current ROH Women's World Champion in her first reign; at 770 days, she is the longest-reigning champion in ...
The Women of Wrestling (WOW) is an American women's professional wrestling promotion. WOW personnel consists of professional wrestlers, commentators, ring announcers and various other positions. Executive officers are also listed.
Catfight (also girl fight) is a term for an altercation between two women, often characterized as involving scratching, shoving, slapping, choking, punching, kicking, wrestling, biting, spitting, hair-pulling, and shirt-shredding. [1]
Joyce Fowler (who also competed as Joyce Becker) was the first female wrestler to use the ring name "Joyce Grable". Fowler was active from 1963–1974 and then retired from professional wrestling to focus on her family. [4]