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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. She is overall a three-time women's world champion.
Female professional wrestlers from the United States Wikimedia Commons has media related to Female professional wrestlers from the United States . This category is for articles about female professional wrestlers from the North American country of the United States .
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.
This is a list of oldest surviving professional wrestlers.As of 2024, there are 43 living veterans from the "Golden Age of Wrestling" (1950s–1970s) over 75 years old.. The last surviving wrestler from the "Pioneer Era" (1900s–1940s) was American wrestler Angelo Savoldi (born April 21, 1914, died September 13, 2013, aged 99 years, 145 da
Sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes: Women's Extreme Wrestling Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Dan Kowal, Greg Bagarozy, Steve Karel 2002–2008 World Women's Wrestling: Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts: Sheldon Goldberg 2006–2010 World Women's Wrestling Association Los Angeles, California: Mildred Burke: 1950–1960 Wrestlicious: Tampa, Florida
In the early 1950s, Burke started the World Women's Wrestling Association in Los Angeles, California. She returned to her promotion after her match with Byers, still recognizing herself as the World Women's Champion even after the NWA had recognized rival June Byers as champion since then, and continued to defend it.
Nellya Baughman [1] (August 21, 1935 – May 9, 2008) was an American professional wrestler who was best known by her ring name Judy Grable.She was an active wrestler during the 1950s and 1960s.
At first, women's wrestling was seen as a side-show, and it was banned in several states. The film mostly focuses on these years—the 1940s—along with the 1950s and 1960s, better known as the "heyday of women's wrestling", when the sport became more accepted and popular. [1]