The World According To Carl

I just learned of the passing of the Fabulous Moolah, the greatest women’s champion wrestler of all time. And probably one of the legitimately toughest women as well. On June 24, 1995, she was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame, becoming the first female wrestler to enter the Hall of Fame. When I first became a wrestling fan in the late 60’s and throughout my childhood, I knew about her through the wrestling magazines but never saw her in the ring either on television or in person. I didn’t get to see her until the mid-80’s during the WWF’s famous “rock-n-wrestling connection” angle. In that angle pop music superstar Cyndi Lauper began a verbal feud with heel manager Captain Lou Albano that brought pro wrestling into the mainstream. The payoff for the angle had Albano representing Moolah against the challenge of Lauper’s young protégé, a beautiful challenger named Wendi Richter. The WWF built up Moolha’s rep by claiming she held the WWF women’s title uninterrupted for 30 years (which really wasn’t true but it’s professional wrestling fer crying out loud). The Lauper-Albano grudge match was heavily hyped and finally on July 23, 1984 in the main event at “the Brawl to End it All,” which was broadcast live on MTV, Richter won the WWF Women’s Title by defeating Moolah.

I offer my sincerest condolences to the family and friends of the Fabulous Moolah, Lillian Ellison.

Here’s a tag-team match with the Fabulous Moolah perhaps from the early 80’s with the late, great Gordon Solie announcing the match.

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