Thoughts on Wrestling Legend Fabulous Moolah

It is an event where she had passed on. While I will be the 1^st admit I never saw much of her until much later in my teen years as she was well into not competing full-time on a regular basis. One of her most famous accomplishments was being the longest running Woman's Champion in history dating back to 1956 to 1984 officially recognized by the WWE, then WWF, even further back the WWWF. An interesting note is that while it was never recognized as far as title losses it between, they did happen. Fans of today most likely will never know of her wrestling career unless extension research is done. However, there might be some fans that remember her for her in-ring career.

Originally known as Slave Girl in the 1950s, she was a valet and then eventually got the name after winning a battle royal to determine the Woman's Champion. From 1956 to 1984, she became the longest run as Woman's Champion officially recognized and a record that will most likely never be broken by any woman for that title. During that time, she eventually was the NWA Woman's Champ, then the WWF Woman's Champ, which now is known simply as the WWE Woman's Championship. She had been an inspiration for other women that paved the way to get the women that were good competitors. Women such as the Late Sherri Martel, Wendi Richter, Trish Stratus, and other women as well have come a long way from her career.

She did lose the championship in 1984 to Wendi Richter signaling just about the end of an error for her as a full-time competitor. She was apart of the Rock and Wrestling Connection Era mainly as a manager when she managed Leilani Kai to the Woman's Championship trading the title back and forth at WrestleMania with Wendi Richter. Moolah did return to the ring briefly and was the Masked Spider Lady and won her 2^nd Woman's Championship in what was basically a screwjob before Montreal existed. Save a 6-day reign, losing it and winning it from Velvet McIntyre, she was the dominant champion until Sherri Martel defeated her for the title in 1987.

She would fade out and enter into the retirement stage of her career and would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1995. With Moolah, she was the very 1^st woman inductee to enter the Hall of Fame. She later appeared in 1999 performing mainly in comedy skits alongside Mae Young. There was one last run where she defeated Ivory for the title becoming the oldest Woman's Champion in history, another record that will most likely never be broken at all. It was a very short run and of course after was involved with comedy skits with Mae Young. To be quite honest, this is where most fans of today will know her best unless they do extensive research and get some tapes of older matches of hers, which I'm thinking is rare but I am not 100% certain on it.

It is also apparent that she was at one point with over 50 years of experience synonymous with woman's wrestling. Her friends and family members need to be prayed for as they go through this time. No one knows what was the cause of death but given the age, I would assume natural causes. Pro wrestling has had a lot of deaths that has happened way too soon but this one, she lived a full life. Whether or not anyone remembers her for her in-ring career or just the comedy skits mainly with Mae Young, she will be missed.