A big life in photos: Darling Dagmar (1942-2024)
As we reflect back on the life of Kathy Moreland (nee Carlton) — better known as little...
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Tag: Fabulous Moolah
Complicated legacy of Fabulous Moolah on trial at CAC
The most raucous and controversial panel at last week’s Cauliflower Alley Club reunion had...
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Diane Von Hoffman dead at 55
Diane Von Hoffman, one of the last graduates of the Fabulous Moolah’s training school, has...
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Santana Garrett checks off Japan, Chile, and now … Sister Abigail?
Santana Garrett wrestled Charlotte on WWE’s NXT in 2013. Shortly thereafter, she was...
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Mad Maxine has quite a story to tell
In the 1980s, Mad Maxine ended up in the world of professional wrestling because her alter-ego, a...
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Mae Young, 1923-2014: ‘That’s my life, the wrestling world’
Ed “Strangler” Lewis once told Mae Young, “I don’t like women’s...
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Austin, Steamboat delight at Cauliflower Alley Club reunion
LAS VEGAS – The sound of glass shattering in Sin City? No, it wasn’t a lost plateful of drinks or...
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Donna Christantello, dead at 69, was Moolah’s ‘right-hand person’
Donna Christantello, who died Friday at 69, was the “right-hand person” to the...
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Judy Grable a high-flying Hall of Fame inductee
Best known as “The Barefoot Contessa” for her lack of footwear, Judy Grable was one of...
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Darling Dagmar re-enters the wrestling world
One would think that a star grappler known as the “Marilyn Monroe of midget girls”...
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Joyce Grable to be honoured by CAC
Las Vegas has always been known as America’s playground. But to wrestling fans, it is also...
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Wendi Richter: A celebration of her ups and downs
On the eve of 2010’s WWE Hall of Fame and WrestleMania bonanzas, we’re reminded again...
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Orndorff tops Wonderful Hall of Fame class
AMSTERDAM, NY — The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame is considered by some as the only...
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HOFer Mae Young vows to keep wrestling
At 85, Johnnie Mae Young will become the oldest living female to be inducted into the WWE Hall of...
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The wild life of ‘Elephant Boy’ Bill Olivas
In the rich newspaper vernacular of the 1950s, few pro wrestlers inspired writers better than...
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Fabulous Moolah dead at 84
Lillian Ellison, better known to the world as The Fabulous Moolah, has died. She was 84. To more...
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Legends celebrated at Titans In Toronto II
TORONTO — Wrestling fans and wresting legends came together Saturday night to share a meal,...
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Don Leo saves Hall of Fame’s night
AMSTERDAM, NY – One man can save an evening, especially if he is as broad of shoulder and...
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Guts & endurance calling card of Lipstick & Dynamite
The world premiere of Chicago-based director Ruth Leitman’s documentary Lipstick &...
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Lipstick & Dynamite documentary honors women of ’50s
The new documentary, Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling is...
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Velvet McIntyre’s WrestleMania memories
For Vancouver’s Velvet McIntyre, wrestling Fabulous Moolah at WrestleMania II was a major...
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