Mae Young
Johnnie Mae Young | |
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Data | |
Ring name | The Great Mae Young Johnnie Mae Young Mae Young The Queen |
height | 160 cm |
Fighting weight | 82 kg |
birth |
March 12, 1923 Sand Springs , Oklahoma |
death |
January 14, 2014 Columbia , South Carolina |
debut | 1939 |
retirement | 2014 |
Johnnie Mae Young (born March 12, 1923 in Sand Springs , Oklahoma , † January 14, 2014 in Columbia , South Carolina ) was an American wrestler .
Career
Johnnie Mae Young made her wrestling debut in 1939. At the beginning of her career she mainly competed in WWWA and NWA Florida, where she was able to secure the NWA Florida Women's Title and was the first NWA United States Women's Champion. In 1999, Young joined the WWF. She was hardly active in the ring there and concentrated more on comedy segments with Fabulous Moolah . Mae Young managed this when she won the WWF Women's Title at No Mercy in 1999. Until Moolah's death in 2007, the two experienced women appeared again and again in more or less entertaining segments at WWF and WWE. At the 2007 RAW birthday show, Mae made her comeback for the WWE in the opening segment. In 2008 she became part of the WWE Hall of Fame. At the old school edition of Monday Night Raw on November 16, 2010, she had another appearance against LayCool, which she won.
death
Young was admitted to a hospice on December 30, 2013 for kidney failure . At this point she was already dependent on ventilation . On January 9, 2014, life support was discontinued. Young died five days later on her property in Columbia, South Carolina.
Titles and honors
- NWA Florida Women's Title
- NWA United States Women's Title
- WWE Hall of Fame 2008
- WWE Miss Rumble 2000
Web links
- Profile on WWE
- Online world of wrestling
- Mae Young in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wrestling grandma died at the age of 90. In: Focus from January 15, 2014 (accessed January 15, 2014).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Young, Mae |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Young, Johnnie Mae |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sand Springs , Oklahoma , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 2014 |
Place of death | Columbia , South Carolina , United States |