{"id":1640,"date":"2007-11-05T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-05T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2007-11-05T19:58:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-05T23:58:00","slug":"rip-the-fabulous-moolah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1640","title":{"rendered":"RIP: The Fabulous Moolah"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>I was never much of a fan of women’s wrestling<\/span>. Even when I was a kid and lived and breathed pro wrestling<\/span>, I didn’t care about the women mixing it up in the ring. Of course back then we didn’t have the divas<\/span> or the bathing suit matches<\/span>, etc. Still, the one woman wrestler<\/span> that I did know was the Fabulous Moolah<\/span>. It amazed me that despite the country being broken up into territories, with each having their own champion, Moolah<\/span> was recognized as the Women’s Champion<\/span> everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary Lillian Ellison<\/span> aka The Fabulous Moolah<\/span> was born in 1923<\/span> \u2014 the youngest and only girl of 13 children<\/span>. Her mother died of cancer when she was just 8<\/span>. Mary<\/span> attended weekly pro wrestling<\/span> cards with her dad and perhaps that’s where he love of the sport began.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moolah<\/span> was the Women’s World Champion<\/span> from from 1956 to 1984<\/span>. Then from 1985 – 1987<\/span>. In 1999<\/span>, at age 76<\/span>, she won the title for a final time.<\/span><\/p>\n

To be honest, I really didn’t like most of the angles that the WWE<\/span> used with Moolah<\/span> when she came back in the late 90’s. Still I admired the fact that at her age she was still able to get out there and take bumps and that her name still got a rise from the fans. <\/span><\/p>\n

So despite the fact that I wasn’t a fan of women wrestlers<\/span>, I felt it right to pay my respects to a performer held in such high regard in the “sport” that I loved as a kid. Rest in peace, Moolah<\/span>. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family, friends and fans.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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