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Mae Young

Nickname: Queen; The Great; The Matriarch Of The Mat

Height: 5' 4"

Weight: 180 lbs.

From: Sand Springs, OK

Birthday: Mar 12th

Pro Debut: 1939

Aliases: Johnnie Mae Young, Marie Young, Billie Young, Madame X, Mrs. Stasiak

Feds Worked For: TSW, AWA, NWA, WWE, WWF, WWWF, Al Haft Sports (IL/OH), Al Mayer Booking Agency (MD/NJ/NY/DC), All Star Wrestling (Canada), All Star Wrestling (NE/SD), Atlantic Athletic Commission (MA), Bay Area Wrestling (CA), Big Time Wrestling (Canada), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), East Coast Wrestling Association (DE/NJ), Eastern Sports Enterprises (NY/DC), Fred Ward Promotions (GA), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (TN), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), Hollywood Booking Office (CA), Jack Pfefer Promotions (CA), Jackson Booking Office (LA/MS), Ladies International Wrestling Association (NV), Louisiana Wrestling Enterprises (AL/LA/MS), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Manhattan Wrestling Enterprises (MD/NJ/NY/PA/DC), Maryland Championship Wrestling (MD), Mid-American Wrestling (WI), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Mike London Sports (AZ/CO/NM), Minnesota Boxing & Wrestling Club (MN), Mississippi Valley Sports Club (MO), NWA Hollywood (CA), P. L. Pinkie George Promotions (IA), Power Pro Wrestling (TN), Rocky Mountain Sports Enterprises (CO/NM), San Francisco (CA), Southwest Sports (TX), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Tampa Booking Office (FL), Terminal Athletic Club (OH), Upstate Athletic Club (NY), Virginia Wrestling Association (VA), Wrestling Promotions, Inc. (AZ)

Finisher: School Girl

Signature Moves: Bronco Buster, Scoop Slam, Elbow Drop, Alligator Clutch

Career Highlights: -NWA California State Women's Champion
-NWA Florida Women's Champion
-NWA United States Women's Champion
-NWA World Women's Tag Team Champion (w/ Ella Waldek)

Affiliates: The Fabulous Moolah, Spanish Hitman, Mark Henry, Shawn Stasiak, The Kat, Ella Waldek

Notable Feuds: Judy Glover, Jerry Lawler, Stacy Carter, Bubba Ray Dudley, D-Von Dudley, Gloria Barattini, Mildred Burke, Elvira Snodgrass, Mae Weston, Violet Viann, June Byers, Eva Lee

Other Facts: -Graduated from Sand Springs High School. She was an amateur wrestler on the boys team in high school. She was taught by her brother.
-Played on the Tulsa Softball team, which took a national championship.
-Believed to be the first woman to utilise the dropkick in a wrestling match
-In Power Pro Wrestling in 1998, Young was introduced to the PPW crowd as Mrs. Stasiak, the mother of pro wrestler Shawn Stasiak, during a feud with Jerry Lawler and Stacy Carter.
-Despite her long career, she did not make her WWF debut until 1999.
-Went to a professional wrestling show and challenged then-champion Mildred Burke when she visited Tulsa to wrestle Gladys Gillem. The promoters told her she could not wrestle the champion at the show. The next day Billy Wolfe (Mildred's husband and promoter) brought Burke & Elvira Snodgrass to Mae's high school. Mae fought both in shoot wrestling matches and defeated both of them in seconds.
-Was one of the first women to wrestle in Canada (in 1941 or 1942)
-Claims to have been wrestling in Memphis, TN the day World War II began.
-Starred with several other lady wrestlers in the 2004 film "Lipstick and Dynamite" which is a documentary about the women wrestlers from the 1950s era.
-She is the only wrestler to have performed in nine different decades.
-Helped to train The Fabulous Moolah for pro wrestling
-Ranked #241 in the 2006 PWI 500
-Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2004
-Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008
-Passed away January 14, 2014 at the age of 90. At the time of her death, she was believed to be the oldest living former professional wrestler. She is buried in Columbia. SC next to The Fabulous Moolah.