Thursday 16 January 2014

Johnnie Mae Young,Influential Pioneer Female Wrestler,Dies At 90

Columbia, South Carolina : Johnnie Mae Young or  " The Great Mae Young",a famous female pioneer american wrestler cum first female member of WWF,who spent almost eight decades in her wrestling career, died on Jan. 14,2014 at home in Columbia. She was 90.It is reported that Mae Young was hospitalized on Dec.30,2013 and placed under hospice care at home on Jan.9 2014. 


BioGraphy

Name              : Johnnie Mae Young

Age                 : 90 (Mar.12,1923 - Jan. 14, 2014)

Ring Name     :  Mae Young
                        Miss May Young
                        The Great Mae young

Nicknames     :  The Matriarch of the Mat"
                         The Original Diva"
                         The First Diva"
                       
Achievement  :  Championship Wrestling from Florida 
                          NWA Florida Women's Championship (1 time)
                          National Wrestling Alliance
                          NWA United States Women's Championship (1 time)
                          NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ella Waldek
                          World Wrestling Entertainment 
                          WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2008)
                          Slammy Award for Knucklehead Moment of the Year (2010)
                          Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
                          Class of 2004
                                             




In Wrestling.....

Great Mae Young "Signature Moves"
  1. Bronco buster 
  2. Scoop slam 
  3. Schoolboy pin    
Reactions to Mae Young's Death.....

"There will never be another Mae Young."
—Vince McMahon,Chairman & Chief Executive Of WWE

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