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Now I understand you had a roug.
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Ah, you wrestled a lady, and sh.
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Yeah, well...
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If that's what it takes to try ,
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that's what I'll do.
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(cheering)
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you can't say "women's wrestlin"
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without thinking the fabulous m.
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If she had not run the women's ,
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there may not have been women's.
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Introducing, first, to my right,
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former world women's champion...
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The fabulous moolah!
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(cheering)
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as moolah, the promoter, I wanty
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for my talent and I want to mak.
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(cheering)
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oh, come on!
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Even to this day, if you say, ""
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the picture of moolah appears I.
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♪
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if moolah was alive today...
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I'd probably slap her.
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She was so jealous of any woman
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that was younger than her in wr.
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She was also a manipulator, and.
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She wanted to hurt me... Bruise.
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(shouting)
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I'll knock your teeth out!
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There was drugs; there was sex;
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there was a lot of abuse with m.
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I'm like, wow, they waited 'tily
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all these things so she couldn'.
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I was warned, but I wanted to w.
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She gave her whole life to prof.
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She gave all these girls an opp,
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for nobody to stand up for her,.
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Just couldn't deal with it.
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She was a great professional wr.
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But she didn't know when to sto.
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On this episode, the life...
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Legend, and controversy of the .
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(bell chimes)
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♪
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(match bell chimes)
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...Fabulous moolah, with a wwf .
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She made all of her costumes he.
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Anything flashy, she loved.
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She was just that kind of perso.
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It really never impressed me the
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to me she was just my mother ant
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really realize how popular she .
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My name is mary austin,
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and I'm the only child of the f.
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My mother kind of kept me out o,
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but she loved the spotlight. (l)
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she was determined to do it.
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When you really love something,
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you put yourself into it, and s.
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This is one mary let me have. A,
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how beautiful it is - sparkly, .
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- (laughs) - oh, yeah.
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My name is selina majors. I wre.
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Started in 1986.
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I've been in it for 32 years.
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I wanted my name, as a kid, to ,
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so I've got these big posters t,
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"the fabulous moolah champion v.
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Dynamite dixie majors".
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I had this life-size doll, and d
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I would body slam it, and climb,
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and drop an elbow.
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I'd stand in front of the mirro,
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do little interviews and tell mh
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how I was gonna come and wrestl.
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As you can tell, I like the, th.
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She was a heel. She played that.
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My name's the fabulous moolah.
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I've been wrestling since I was,
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and I am the world's champion l.
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They hated her, but that's what.
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She's nasty and she cheats!
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(shouting)
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oh, I'd fix up a little spoon h,
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about the size of your finger,
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roll it up with tape and put it.
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The meaner she was, the more th.
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And she loved being a heel.
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Stick it in their eyes, in the .
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Ha!
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The fabulous moolah started as ,
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and then she became the female ,
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and then she became the booker .
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I first broke into wrestling as.
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I was a 15-year-old kid and I we
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photography that was sold in the
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memphis wrestling territory.
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"moolah, can I get a couple of "
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always say for the magazines, r.
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"why of course you can, darling"
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and she had her stock poses. Bo,
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and 30 seconds and she's off to.
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Moolah pioneered the hair pulli,
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scratching, crowd-pleasing kind.
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She broke glass ceilings, one a.
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She got into wrestling when the.
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Women's wrestling was actually ,
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and moolah was the one that was.
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She was the featured girl in the
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first girl's match in the garde.
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Now that she's almost 60, she's.
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It's 1984, the rock 'n' wrestli.
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Cyndi lauper and that whole era,
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and madison square garden, and ,
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and rock 'n' roll stars...
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And this place is ready to expl!
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...Got so much national attentid
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everybody else started looking ,
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at pro wrestling.
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She made it from the mid-50s to,
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for the biggest payoff she ever.
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There she is, the fabulous one,
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the fabulous moolah...
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Putting her title on the line!
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There'll never be anyone to hav,
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the guts that she had.
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This must have been really old.
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Look at that. Look at her hair.
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This is a wrestling license.
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Her mom passed away when she wa.
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And then, it was her dad and he,
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so she learned how to fight rea.
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It was rough for her.
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I was an only child and she was.
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She went to wrestling matches e,
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and my mother saw mildred burke.
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She said, "that's what I want t"
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it's mildred burke, of los ange,
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world champion.
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Back in the 30s and 40s,
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mildred burke was such a legiti.
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She was in tremendous shape,
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and she just had a natural flai.
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But behind the scenes, billy wo,
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mildred burke's husband, was pud
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managing the whole women's troo,
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for good and bad.
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When she was 17 or 18, she went.
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When you became a wrestler for ,
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you automatically had to... Go .
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She said she wasn't doing it,
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and she could find some other wt
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having to go to bed with him or.
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What's the worst experience you,
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you might want to say that, lik,
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you ever had with a promoter?
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(laughs) that's kind of hard to.
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- Really is. - Hm.
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The fabulous moolah, at one poi,
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was married to a guy named budd.
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Buddy lee used to wrestle.
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Of course, they met and they so.
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And, she did most of the wrestl,
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and he did most of the booking.
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She basically copied the
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mildred burke and billy wolfe p.
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They kept their own stable; the.
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And more importantly, a bookinge
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out of all of the girls' pay.
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You knew right off the bat why s
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and why she wanted to be a star:
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She loved money. (laughs)
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♪
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moolah would play such a dominan
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women's wrestling that in 2018,
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11 years after her death,
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her memory still loomed over th.
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The wwe made the announcement o,
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that they were going to honor th
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by having the fabulous moolah m.
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I thought it was very nice that.
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Keeping her legacy going.
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2 or 3 days later, that'd all b.
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Let's talk about the fabulous m.
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I think it's a bunch of bull.
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I really think it's a bunch of .
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Moolah has an awful past.
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Some really, really sick shit.
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She was an evil person.
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Moolah was pimping girls out.
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A lot of the stuff was alleged,
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we gotta say that. It's alleged.
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Grossed out about it. Name it s.
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It's not hard. Scrap it.
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♪
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stories started coming out on t,
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fabulous moolah, suddenly, was n
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who took advantage of all these,
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and pimped 'em out, and fed 'em,
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and all this stuff.
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They contacted the sponsors and.
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I was very shocked because I kn.
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I knew none of that was true.
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And, thanks to nigel, he took t.
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My name is nigel sherrod.
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I'm mostly known as a wrestling.
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The "fight for moolah" campaigne
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we started a petition to put th,
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and to honor the woman who broks
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for everybody else.
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I just wanted to clear her namee
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moolah's not here to defend her.
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Did moolah, indeed, take advant?
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Some of the girls have said yes,
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some of the girls have said no.
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I think that it was ignorant cah
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memorial battle royal because id
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over 20 women, and they all sai:
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"there's no truth to those rumo"
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♪
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accusations about moolah polari.
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They originated from an investiy
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that quoted serious allegationsy
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of one of her former wrestlers.
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St. Mark, if you see these guys,
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they, they are a professional f,
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and they are doing an episode dh
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pro women wrestlers...
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Which one of 'em was my mother,s
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first black female professional,
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sweet georgia brown.
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(applause)
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I'm michael mccoy.
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I'm senior pastor at st. Mark b.
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That article that came out in t,
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it was about what my mother hade
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while she was in wrestling.
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I started a search to try to fi.
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Maybe you could just tell us yod
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a little bit about yourself.
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Yes, my name is barbara harsey,
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and I am the proud daughter of .
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- Who is also known as? - Sweet.
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♪
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when my mom went into wrestling,
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she was with the so-called grea.
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She said she was forced to do
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a lot of things against her wil.
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Now, these are just stories tha.
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Do I know any truth to 'em?
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No, I can't sit here and say I .
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But, you know, when more than 1e
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saying the same story...
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You know, somebody ain't lying.
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♪
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philip... Honey.
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Can you walk these guys outside?
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This is my husband, philip.
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- Hi, how are y'all doing? - Ho?
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Sure, sure I can.
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♪
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- back here, hanging. - Oh, wow.
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Back when moolah died, my husba,
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he went over to tear down the b,
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and he found a banister, the wo,
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and he brought it back, thought,
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you know, keep it.
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For the better part of 25 years,
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every top girl wrestler was tra,
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booked out by moolah, and was c,
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by moolah's group.
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Can you tell us who sweet georg?
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Yeah, she was one of the, the fn
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to wrestle, and my mother train.
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Believe it or not, it was on a .
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♪
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it was unreal, but they learned.
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I was told she had that drive t.
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You know, it was like she had a,
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she wanted to be there.
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The first time I seen her wrest,
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the place was jam packed.
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Throwing each other out the rin,
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they're kicking, body slamming.
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I just figured, you know, this .
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Being one of the first black fee
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wrestling business, the kkks wa.
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Segregation was really bad at t.
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Whenever they were on the road,
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my mother was very protective.
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There was a time in mississippi,
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she did have a run-in with some.
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She was thrown on the floor of ,
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and she was scared for her life.
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♪
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she'd 'a had to have been super,
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in 1964, she was ranked #4 in t.
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If she would 'a had the opportur
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the world's title, she probably,
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but moolah was most definitely a
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student challenge her for the w.
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♪
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when my mom went into wrestling,
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she left us with one of her sis.
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She'd call us names, "half-bree"
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she was a witch.
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God forgive me. She's dead and .
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Every time my mother went on th,
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just about, she was pregnant.
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One of my aunts said that, "eve,
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you come back home with one of ,
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half white kids, half-breeds," ,
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you know, for years growing up .
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I hated where she had left us.
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I hated her career.
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But then, when I got the full s.
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From her, I kind of understood.
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There's a lot of abuse with moo.
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I saw her one time;
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this big old car had pulled up.
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She was getting out the back of,
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and it was only for a few hours.
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I didn't know the man's name at,
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but he thought it was time to g.
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My sister and I, we grabbed hol,
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00:14:24,906 --> 00:14:26,698
but he kind of like pushed her,
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and she hit her head getting in.
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00:14:30,453 --> 00:14:32,871
I don't know if it was intentio,
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or it was an accident.
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My mom said everywhere she wentd
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everything she did was done
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according to buddy lee and mool.
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I think she thought that it was,
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00:14:49,514 --> 00:14:51,806
but it turned out to be somethi.
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♪
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00:14:53,927 --> 00:14:57,395
I heard different stories about.
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It's real sad.
338
00:14:58,857 --> 00:15:03,568
And I have, I have no reason no.
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There was one gruesome time tha.
340
00:15:07,699 --> 00:15:13,277
She was told to drink, and pop ,
341
00:15:13,288 --> 00:15:17,624
and she was made to have...
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00:15:17,667 --> 00:15:19,959
Sex with other men.
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On the road, some of the promoty
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00:15:21,796 --> 00:15:26,633
some of the girls until they sl.
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From what my mother told me, sh.
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And you can call it entertainin.
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It's still pimping and prostitu.
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♪
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00:15:40,482 --> 00:15:43,566
buddy lee was not a nice person,
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00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:46,027
and my mother was on the road,
351
00:15:46,071 --> 00:15:48,363
and she came home a day early am
352
00:15:48,406 --> 00:15:51,658
in her bed with one of the girl.
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And, she threw buddy out; that .
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A lot of the girls went with hi.
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Georgia brown was one of the gi.
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I started to search for my fath,
357
00:16:00,961 --> 00:16:03,044
one of the first places where is
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00:16:03,088 --> 00:16:04,462
with the fabulous moolah.
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00:16:04,506 --> 00:16:08,967
Honestly, I was almost kind of e
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00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:10,426
I heard of the moolah that evere
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00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:13,221
talked about, but...
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00:16:13,264 --> 00:16:17,308
The moolah that I met, she seem.
363
00:16:17,352 --> 00:16:19,352
I asked moolah,
364
00:16:19,396 --> 00:16:21,396
"did my mother ever talk about "
365
00:16:21,439 --> 00:16:23,564
and moolah took me to her wall d
366
00:16:23,608 --> 00:16:26,859
she pointed out this one pictur.
367
00:16:26,903 --> 00:16:29,570
And I said, "who is this guy ri"
368
00:16:29,614 --> 00:16:33,658
and she said, "well, his name I"
369
00:16:33,693 --> 00:16:36,327
he was kind of rough on the gir.
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00:16:36,371 --> 00:16:37,787
I think that happened with swee,
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00:16:37,831 --> 00:16:41,666
that she was one that had to go.
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And, matter of fact, I think th,
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00:16:44,379 --> 00:16:47,338
is proof of that.
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00:16:47,382 --> 00:16:49,966
If buddy lee's my father, then .
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00:16:50,010 --> 00:16:52,010
I wasn't coming in to look for d
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00:16:52,045 --> 00:16:53,928
I didn't want anything.
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00:16:53,972 --> 00:16:58,266
I just wanted to close a chapte.
378
00:16:58,309 --> 00:17:01,102
I knew that everything was over
379
00:17:01,146 --> 00:17:04,647
when my uncle burned up
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00:17:04,691 --> 00:17:07,358
all of her stuff and he poured ,
381
00:17:07,402 --> 00:17:10,570
and he set it on fire.
382
00:17:10,613 --> 00:17:14,449
Right there in front of us.
383
00:17:14,492 --> 00:17:16,909
At the end, she kind of thankedf
384
00:17:16,953 --> 00:17:20,038
the things that she had to endu,
385
00:17:20,081 --> 00:17:24,250
the things that she was made to,
386
00:17:24,294 --> 00:17:28,963
by buddy lee, by the industry I.
387
00:17:29,007 --> 00:17:32,550
Listening to your mom describe e
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most horrific things she had to,
389
00:17:35,180 --> 00:17:38,431
you can't just walk away.
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00:17:38,475 --> 00:17:41,100
Regardless of the abuse she wen,
391
00:17:41,144 --> 00:17:43,186
regardless of if they made her ,
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they made her use alcohol, whet.
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00:17:47,442 --> 00:17:49,984
She still was south carolina's
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00:17:50,028 --> 00:17:52,320
first black female professional.
395
00:17:52,363 --> 00:17:55,615
Honor it.
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00:17:55,658 --> 00:17:58,409
Sweet georgia brown's life was y
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forces beyond her control.
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00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:02,205
For moolah to succeed,
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00:18:02,248 --> 00:18:05,774
she would need to build her own.
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00:18:05,776 --> 00:18:11,798
♪
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00:18:11,841 --> 00:18:13,841
the fabulous moolah single-handr
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00:18:13,885 --> 00:18:15,968
women's training school into a e
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00:18:16,012 --> 00:18:17,637
that dominated the industry.
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00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:21,557
It attracted young women eager .
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00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:24,268
In columbia, south carolina, thd
406
00:18:24,312 --> 00:18:28,356
moolah drive (laughs) and on moe
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00:18:28,399 --> 00:18:31,150
house that moolah built, and al,
408
00:18:31,194 --> 00:18:34,011
a variety of other buildings. I.
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00:18:34,013 --> 00:18:35,446
The women not only trained ther,
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00:18:35,490 --> 00:18:36,572
but they lived on the property d
411
00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:40,660
moolah presided over it like a .
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00:18:40,703 --> 00:18:44,622
She took girls from all walks o,
413
00:18:44,666 --> 00:18:48,334
and she brought 'em in, she tau.
414
00:18:48,378 --> 00:18:50,461
She put it together like a groud
415
00:18:50,505 --> 00:18:54,757
took care of the girls, and mad.
416
00:18:54,801 --> 00:18:57,051
She was one of the most powerfun
417
00:18:57,095 --> 00:18:59,220
in the wrestling business.
418
00:18:59,347 --> 00:19:01,139
If you were a female wrestler ad
419
00:19:01,182 --> 00:19:03,516
you wanted to get booked, you po
420
00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,518
go through moolah or you weren'.
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00:19:05,562 --> 00:19:08,813
♪
422
00:19:08,857 --> 00:19:11,315
- I have a bunch of questions. .
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00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:12,650
I took my truth serum before I .
424
00:19:12,694 --> 00:19:14,277
Okay. (laughs)
425
00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,821
my name is wendi richter.
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00:19:16,865 --> 00:19:19,565
Wendi richter!
427
00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,952
I was a professional wrestler f.
428
00:19:22,996 --> 00:19:25,413
The first time I ever watched a,
429
00:19:25,456 --> 00:19:29,834
I watched the fabulous moolah v.
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00:19:29,878 --> 00:19:33,921
And I told my friend, "I could "
431
00:19:33,965 --> 00:19:38,009
the referee gave me moolah's ph.
432
00:19:38,052 --> 00:19:40,845
She told me to come on to colum.
433
00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,181
I was there within 2 weeks.
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00:19:43,216 --> 00:19:44,932
My name's victoria otis.
435
00:19:44,976 --> 00:19:48,352
I wrestled as princess victoria.
436
00:19:48,396 --> 00:19:51,606
...Victoria!
437
00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:54,400
I come from a very, very abusiv,
438
00:19:54,444 --> 00:19:57,695
and that's basically what took .
439
00:19:57,739 --> 00:19:59,488
You had to want it.
440
00:19:59,532 --> 00:20:02,575
You had to bleed, you had to cr.
441
00:20:02,619 --> 00:20:05,077
When I was wrestling, it had be,
442
00:20:05,121 --> 00:20:07,788
and I was told by my promoter,
443
00:20:07,832 --> 00:20:10,249
"look, I've done all I can do.
444
00:20:10,293 --> 00:20:12,251
I've tried to get you booked ot.
445
00:20:12,295 --> 00:20:13,753
The only way I can get you books
446
00:20:13,796 --> 00:20:16,380
I gotta send you to moolah."
447
00:20:16,424 --> 00:20:18,674
I still remember a friend of mi,
448
00:20:18,718 --> 00:20:20,593
"vickie," he said, "don't go to.
449
00:20:20,637 --> 00:20:22,678
Find a job, get on your feet.
450
00:20:22,722 --> 00:20:25,348
Just don't go to moolah's."
451
00:20:25,391 --> 00:20:28,267
I was warned, but I wanted to w.
452
00:20:28,311 --> 00:20:31,270
♪
453
00:20:31,314 --> 00:20:34,065
when you first got to the prope,
454
00:20:34,108 --> 00:20:36,525
there's these big gates.
455
00:20:36,569 --> 00:20:39,019
After dark, the gates were lock.
456
00:20:39,054 --> 00:20:41,155
If you weren't home and you wer,
457
00:20:41,199 --> 00:20:43,532
you got locked out.
458
00:20:43,576 --> 00:20:46,702
Moolah had a roommate named dia,
459
00:20:46,746 --> 00:20:51,749
and we all called her katie. An.
460
00:20:51,793 --> 00:20:54,585
My name is diamond lil,
461
00:20:54,629 --> 00:20:57,755
and buddy lee named me diamond .
462
00:20:57,799 --> 00:20:59,590
Katie come from a hard backgrou,
463
00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:01,550
and she was a wrestler, and shed
464
00:21:01,594 --> 00:21:04,011
in the house with moo, and she .
465
00:21:04,055 --> 00:21:06,639
And she's been right there withr
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00:21:06,683 --> 00:21:09,433
through thick and thin.
467
00:21:09,477 --> 00:21:14,647
Katie liked to drink beer, but .
468
00:21:14,691 --> 00:21:16,315
Katie used to come out to the p,
469
00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,068
then I come in there and drop a,
470
00:21:19,112 --> 00:21:21,862
and her and I'd sit there and d)
471
00:21:21,906 --> 00:21:24,865
I was famous for getting the be)
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00:21:24,909 --> 00:21:27,159
♪
473
00:21:27,203 --> 00:21:28,619
they had apartments.
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00:21:28,654 --> 00:21:32,707
And she would put 2 or 3 girls ,
475
00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:35,459
and they would come down to the.
476
00:21:35,503 --> 00:21:40,715
What I remember the most about s
477
00:21:40,758 --> 00:21:44,468
was learning to drop kick.
478
00:21:44,595 --> 00:21:46,887
I would go out there and drop k,
479
00:21:46,931 --> 00:21:50,891
and drop kick, and drop kick, a.
480
00:21:50,935 --> 00:21:53,185
The mat wasn't soft. It was all,
481
00:21:53,229 --> 00:21:57,273
and by that time, a lot of it w.
482
00:21:57,317 --> 00:22:00,776
There were buckets strategicall.
483
00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:03,321
And it wasn't if you were gonna,
484
00:22:03,364 --> 00:22:04,947
it was when you were gonna throd
485
00:22:04,991 --> 00:22:07,825
would you hit the bucket?
486
00:22:07,869 --> 00:22:10,786
The one thing that moolah taugh,
487
00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,872
take a bite and growl.
488
00:22:12,915 --> 00:22:15,541
♪
489
00:22:15,585 --> 00:22:16,959
moolah, she never trained me.
490
00:22:17,003 --> 00:22:23,883
She just took the money and she.
491
00:22:23,926 --> 00:22:25,926
She wanted her $300.
492
00:22:25,970 --> 00:22:29,930
Now, can you imagine, 4 girls I,
493
00:22:29,974 --> 00:22:36,145
she's getting $1200 a month? In!
494
00:22:36,189 --> 00:22:38,230
And on top of that, she's takinf
495
00:22:38,274 --> 00:22:42,318
what she's telling us we're pai.
496
00:22:42,362 --> 00:22:44,779
Bull puggy.
497
00:22:44,822 --> 00:22:46,405
I'm sitting here 24 hours a day,
498
00:22:46,449 --> 00:22:49,742
making your connections with th.
499
00:22:49,786 --> 00:22:52,495
All you got to do is sit your lr
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00:22:52,538 --> 00:22:54,622
and go to wrestle, and collect d
501
00:22:54,665 --> 00:22:58,626
send me 25%. And I thought that.
502
00:22:58,669 --> 00:23:00,252
That was fair.
503
00:23:00,296 --> 00:23:02,863
♪
504
00:23:02,865 --> 00:23:06,884
there's a picture of me in thist
505
00:23:06,928 --> 00:23:10,554
moolah presented to me at chrisf
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00:23:10,598 --> 00:23:13,599
all the girls, after she had gim
507
00:23:13,643 --> 00:23:16,977
a 5, or $10 gift.
508
00:23:17,021 --> 00:23:19,188
That was no cheap outfit. That .
509
00:23:19,232 --> 00:23:23,275
That was a 2 to $300 outfit. Shn
510
00:23:23,319 --> 00:23:25,111
privately and give me this outf,
511
00:23:25,154 --> 00:23:26,487
she had to do it in front of th.
512
00:23:26,531 --> 00:23:31,492
That was another one of her lit.
513
00:23:31,536 --> 00:23:34,495
Everything brings back memories,
514
00:23:34,539 --> 00:23:38,332
and it's like the flood gates g.
515
00:23:38,376 --> 00:23:41,085
I was in a match.
516
00:23:41,129 --> 00:23:43,587
I know it was the first or seco.
517
00:23:43,631 --> 00:23:45,673
- (dogs barking) - a girl...
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00:23:45,716 --> 00:23:51,053
Shut up!
519
00:23:51,097 --> 00:23:55,891
(sighs) um...
520
00:23:55,926 --> 00:23:59,437
The night I broke my neck in th.
521
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:05,401
A girl stumbled and she sat on .
522
00:24:05,445 --> 00:24:07,945
That was the day my world fell .
523
00:24:07,989 --> 00:24:10,656
♪
524
00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:12,450
it hurt so bad I couldn't stand.
525
00:24:12,493 --> 00:24:15,786
I remember a moment at the hosp,
526
00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:18,414
they had my neck braced.
527
00:24:18,458 --> 00:24:20,624
I remember being on a cot.
528
00:24:20,668 --> 00:24:24,044
Then the next thing I remember,
529
00:24:24,088 --> 00:24:27,298
I don't know how, but I'm back y
530
00:24:27,341 --> 00:24:28,841
and moolah's walking me out to .
531
00:24:28,885 --> 00:24:30,468
She said, "I want to see if you"
532
00:24:30,511 --> 00:24:32,928
I took a bump and I cried.
533
00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:35,264
Every time I took a bump,
534
00:24:35,308 --> 00:24:38,851
I felt like something was explo.
535
00:24:38,895 --> 00:24:41,169
This went on for a month, two m.
536
00:24:41,171 --> 00:24:44,315
Moo comes to me one day, she sa,
537
00:24:44,358 --> 00:24:46,525
"hon, if you go see this guy in,
538
00:24:46,569 --> 00:24:48,944
he'll give you pay day."
539
00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:51,489
I thought to myself, I can't wr.
540
00:24:51,532 --> 00:24:52,823
I get on the phone with this gud
541
00:24:52,867 --> 00:24:59,872
I make it explicitly clear: It'.
542
00:24:59,916 --> 00:25:02,500
(sighs) the conversation after ,
543
00:25:02,535 --> 00:25:04,126
with moo was, "you know, hon,
544
00:25:04,170 --> 00:25:09,256
the nicer you are to him, the b,
545
00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:11,926
and you could really use a pay "
546
00:25:11,969 --> 00:25:13,210
producer: And so, was moolah so,
547
00:25:13,221 --> 00:25:15,179
like, the idea that...?
548
00:25:15,214 --> 00:25:17,973
When moolah looked at me and sa,
549
00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:21,644
"you know the nicer you are to ,
550
00:25:21,687 --> 00:25:25,005
the nicer he'll be to you."
551
00:25:25,007 --> 00:25:27,691
what else can I say?
552
00:25:27,735 --> 00:25:29,109
When this guy first picked me u,
553
00:25:29,153 --> 00:25:33,197
I said, "damn, this guy didn't ,
554
00:25:33,241 --> 00:25:34,431
he got beat by the whole damn f"
555
00:25:34,433 --> 00:25:36,116
♪ (suspenseful) ♪
556
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,828
I wake up the next morning, I cd
557
00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:42,540
I grab his hand and I'm holding.
558
00:25:42,583 --> 00:25:48,504
I said, "dude, I will break you"
559
00:25:48,548 --> 00:25:53,634
and she was fire engine red pis.
560
00:25:53,678 --> 00:25:56,220
"I can't believe she didn't sle"
561
00:25:56,264 --> 00:25:58,973
well, not a week after I got bae
562
00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:02,351
and said, "look, you can't wres.
563
00:26:02,395 --> 00:26:05,145
I'll take that yellow outfit, I"
564
00:26:05,189 --> 00:26:09,775
that she gave me for christmas.Y
565
00:26:09,819 --> 00:26:12,194
with my chevy malibu station wad
566
00:26:12,238 --> 00:26:14,655
20 bucks in my pocket.
567
00:26:14,699 --> 00:26:17,366
She dumped me and I never wrest.
568
00:26:17,410 --> 00:26:19,410
♪
569
00:26:19,453 --> 00:26:22,997
when I walked away 30 years ago,
570
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:27,209
my heart was broke. (sighs)
571
00:26:27,253 --> 00:26:30,754
I can't even explain it. I miss.
572
00:26:30,798 --> 00:26:33,799
I missed my friends, I missed m.
573
00:26:33,843 --> 00:26:38,554
And when I left, do you know wh?
574
00:26:38,598 --> 00:26:41,432
She told them I was in prison f.
575
00:26:41,475 --> 00:26:43,976
For god sakes, she couldn't tel,
576
00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:49,189
and I was of no use to her anymo
577
00:26:49,233 --> 00:26:50,649
'cause then they knew their fat.
578
00:26:50,693 --> 00:26:55,988
♪
579
00:26:56,032 --> 00:26:59,325
I love wrestling.
580
00:26:59,368 --> 00:27:01,869
To protect this business, to me,
581
00:27:01,912 --> 00:27:04,204
is like protecting the country.
582
00:27:04,248 --> 00:27:09,293
If wrestling needed me, I'd do .
583
00:27:09,337 --> 00:27:12,296
All someone has to do is ask.
584
00:27:12,340 --> 00:27:14,590
Moolah!
585
00:27:14,634 --> 00:27:17,885
As wrestling gained popularity ,
586
00:27:17,928 --> 00:27:20,387
the wwf looked to replenish itsr
587
00:27:20,431 --> 00:27:22,306
with younger wrestlers.
588
00:27:22,350 --> 00:27:24,516
Moolah's protégé, wendi richter,
589
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,143
was an obvious choice.
590
00:27:26,187 --> 00:27:28,771
♪
591
00:27:28,814 --> 00:27:32,524
wendi richter, hell of a person.
592
00:27:32,568 --> 00:27:35,361
Hell of a lady.
593
00:27:35,404 --> 00:27:39,406
She loved her business. She hon.
594
00:27:39,450 --> 00:27:43,535
She worked very hard to become .
595
00:27:43,579 --> 00:27:45,162
Do you have an assumption as tos
596
00:27:45,206 --> 00:27:47,081
so much friction between you an?
597
00:27:47,124 --> 00:27:50,959
The only thing I can think of wn
598
00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:52,836
is possibly she was jealous of e
599
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,255
I was younger than her.
600
00:27:55,299 --> 00:27:57,424
And, like my father said, they e
601
00:27:57,468 --> 00:28:01,428
on a can of dog food to sell it.
602
00:28:01,472 --> 00:28:04,640
Wendi richter began to eclipse ,
603
00:28:04,684 --> 00:28:08,143
and she left moolah's stable to.
604
00:28:08,187 --> 00:28:11,188
When I left moolah's, I had a cn
605
00:28:11,232 --> 00:28:13,565
with vince mcmahon and told himt
606
00:28:13,609 --> 00:28:15,526
I didn't want to live there anyd
607
00:28:15,569 --> 00:28:19,405
I did not want my check going t.
608
00:28:19,448 --> 00:28:25,327
I wanted the check to come to m.
609
00:28:25,371 --> 00:28:28,122
As soon as vince took over from,
610
00:28:28,165 --> 00:28:29,498
he started making changes.
611
00:28:29,542 --> 00:28:33,711
One advantage that he had was ts
612
00:28:33,754 --> 00:28:38,132
had grown up in the new york ar,
613
00:28:38,175 --> 00:28:39,675
and one of those was cyndi laup.
614
00:28:39,719 --> 00:28:42,511
♪
615
00:28:42,555 --> 00:28:44,680
♪ girls, they wanna have fun ♪
616
00:28:44,807 --> 00:28:50,310
cyndi lauper was on an airplane.
617
00:28:50,354 --> 00:28:53,188
And then, lou albano tells evert
618
00:28:53,232 --> 00:28:54,773
he was managing cyndi lauper. )
619
00:28:54,817 --> 00:28:58,310
I created and made cyndi lauper.
620
00:28:58,345 --> 00:29:00,362
Took her from a nothing.
621
00:29:00,406 --> 00:29:02,656
I don't know if anybody knows id
622
00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:05,868
"girls just want to have fun," .
623
00:29:05,911 --> 00:29:07,077
That's how all of this came tog.
624
00:29:07,121 --> 00:29:10,497
It all boiled down to that lou ,
625
00:29:10,541 --> 00:29:14,960
"I'm going to choose someone to"
626
00:29:15,004 --> 00:29:17,671
so lou albano chose fabulous mo.
627
00:29:17,715 --> 00:29:19,381
Whoo, I'm happy!
628
00:29:19,425 --> 00:29:22,050
And cyndi lauper chose me.
629
00:29:22,094 --> 00:29:23,469
Moolah may have the world's cha,
630
00:29:23,512 --> 00:29:26,638
but she also has lou albano on .
631
00:29:26,682 --> 00:29:28,891
Oh, lou. (laughs)
632
00:29:28,934 --> 00:29:31,643
as soon as cyndi lauper got inv,
633
00:29:31,687 --> 00:29:35,063
vince mcmahon saw gold and fostn
634
00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:37,140
into the rock 'n' wrestling con.
635
00:29:37,151 --> 00:29:39,860
- Happy new year! - At mtv!
636
00:29:39,904 --> 00:29:41,320
The wrestlers giving their hand.
637
00:29:41,363 --> 00:29:43,947
They have been involved with ro.
638
00:29:43,991 --> 00:29:49,495
It brought the dated look of wr.
639
00:29:49,538 --> 00:29:52,122
Wendi richter morphed from the ,
640
00:29:52,166 --> 00:29:54,750
wendi richter, a little bit mor,
641
00:29:54,794 --> 00:29:57,586
little more rock 'n' roll, and e
642
00:29:57,630 --> 00:30:00,005
mtv movement there in 1984 thath
643
00:30:00,049 --> 00:30:02,090
paved the way for the first wre.
644
00:30:02,134 --> 00:30:04,134
They were giving girls more of n
645
00:30:04,178 --> 00:30:06,303
they probably ever had before.
646
00:30:06,347 --> 00:30:08,514
They were really trying to esca,
647
00:30:08,557 --> 00:30:12,309
trying to get equal to the men.
648
00:30:12,353 --> 00:30:14,478
It was the turning point for wo.
649
00:30:14,522 --> 00:30:16,188
Vince wanted to make wendi richt
650
00:30:16,232 --> 00:30:19,608
as hulk hogan would be so he had
651
00:30:19,652 --> 00:30:20,818
a female role model.
652
00:30:20,861 --> 00:30:22,945
Since the most widely recognizen
653
00:30:22,988 --> 00:30:26,698
of the previous 30 years had be,
654
00:30:26,742 --> 00:30:28,659
wendi needed to beat moolah for.
655
00:30:28,702 --> 00:30:30,327
Well, with that in mind, ladies,
656
00:30:30,371 --> 00:30:33,080
we'd like to introduce to you tr
657
00:30:33,123 --> 00:30:36,083
for the ladies championship, mi.
658
00:30:36,126 --> 00:30:38,585
And the rest is history.
659
00:30:38,629 --> 00:30:41,296
Ladies and gentlemen, this title
660
00:30:41,340 --> 00:30:43,590
at madison square garden just m,
661
00:30:43,634 --> 00:30:45,133
this lady to defend.
662
00:30:45,177 --> 00:30:49,221
Their rivalry was about to exple
663
00:30:49,265 --> 00:30:52,558
one of the most watched matches.
664
00:30:52,685 --> 00:30:54,893
That was probably the most nervs
665
00:30:54,937 --> 00:30:59,857
I've ever been in my life. I kn.
666
00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:04,194
There was so much at stake and .
667
00:31:04,238 --> 00:31:07,406
It was the culmination of my wh.
668
00:31:07,449 --> 00:31:09,908
Moolah had been very jealous anf
669
00:31:09,952 --> 00:31:11,285
that championship for a long ti,
670
00:31:11,412 --> 00:31:14,037
but vince was able to write thef
671
00:31:14,081 --> 00:31:18,125
money on a check and, that chan.
672
00:31:18,168 --> 00:31:20,919
And also, by doing that,
673
00:31:20,963 --> 00:31:24,581
moolah got vince mcmahon jr's l.
674
00:31:24,592 --> 00:31:28,302
- 1, 2... - (match bell)
675
00:31:28,345 --> 00:31:31,805
that's when everything changed.
676
00:31:31,849 --> 00:31:37,686
The winner of this title and ne!
677
00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:40,981
Wendi richter!
678
00:31:41,025 --> 00:31:42,733
- (cheering) - oh my word!
679
00:31:42,776 --> 00:31:48,322
When I won the championship, it.
680
00:31:48,365 --> 00:31:53,243
Everyone was up on their feet a.
681
00:31:53,287 --> 00:31:56,204
I can't believe someone beat he,
682
00:31:56,248 --> 00:31:58,999
and that someone was me.
683
00:31:59,043 --> 00:31:59,917
It was a big deal for the fans d
684
00:31:59,952 --> 00:32:02,044
to see wendi win, right.
685
00:32:02,087 --> 00:32:04,379
But it was a bigger deal insidee
686
00:32:04,423 --> 00:32:06,798
two generations of wrestlers hae
687
00:32:06,842 --> 00:32:08,967
without ever seeing the fabulou.
688
00:32:09,011 --> 00:32:12,763
It was shocking to the folks inw
689
00:32:12,806 --> 00:32:15,474
about the stranglehold that moo.
690
00:32:15,517 --> 00:32:17,768
Right here is the new champ,
691
00:32:17,811 --> 00:32:19,603
the terrific symbol of the new .
692
00:32:19,647 --> 00:32:23,148
My match against moolah for thes
693
00:32:23,192 --> 00:32:25,692
kind of ground zero for women's.
694
00:32:25,736 --> 00:32:28,570
And, it moved towards a differel
695
00:32:28,614 --> 00:32:31,114
of women's wrestling.
696
00:32:31,158 --> 00:32:33,909
See, what a lot of people don't,
697
00:32:33,953 --> 00:32:35,953
once you step in that ring...
698
00:32:35,996 --> 00:32:38,872
You're addicted.
699
00:32:38,916 --> 00:32:43,085
I think moolah let her ego get .
700
00:32:43,128 --> 00:32:46,213
And, moolah couldn't quit.
701
00:32:46,256 --> 00:32:52,010
♪
702
00:32:52,054 --> 00:32:53,553
wendi, show 'em what you got!
703
00:32:53,597 --> 00:32:58,058
(laughs) cyndi lauper!
704
00:32:58,102 --> 00:33:01,678
Oh my-- we were on the top of a.
705
00:33:01,689 --> 00:33:03,772
I remember: I was hot, I was hu,
706
00:33:03,816 --> 00:33:09,820
I was thirsty, and it felt like.
707
00:33:09,863 --> 00:33:12,555
When I went to visit my father r
708
00:33:12,557 --> 00:33:16,576
in kokomo, indiana, people reco.
709
00:33:16,620 --> 00:33:19,246
I'm thinking, they know me in k.
710
00:33:19,289 --> 00:33:20,622
Even though wendi was a househo,
711
00:33:20,666 --> 00:33:23,834
wendi wasn't getting paid like .
712
00:33:23,877 --> 00:33:25,919
(cheering)
713
00:33:25,963 --> 00:33:27,254
I found out, early in my career,
714
00:33:27,297 --> 00:33:31,216
that the men were being paid fa.
715
00:33:31,260 --> 00:33:34,177
But, if I'm the only one saying,
716
00:33:34,221 --> 00:33:37,055
one person can be replaced.
717
00:33:37,099 --> 00:33:40,475
Vince mcmahon, he had been push,
718
00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:42,352
gonna make her a superstar, sheg
719
00:33:42,387 --> 00:33:44,271
too big for her britches.
720
00:33:44,314 --> 00:33:46,940
He decided that she needed to l,
721
00:33:46,984 --> 00:33:49,026
and who's gonna beat her for th?
722
00:33:49,061 --> 00:33:51,194
I was on the road constantly,
723
00:33:51,238 --> 00:33:54,072
but it was always matches again.
724
00:33:54,116 --> 00:33:57,325
Over and over.
725
00:33:57,369 --> 00:33:59,870
I'll never forget, one time, sh-
726
00:33:59,913 --> 00:34:04,124
the boston crab - with that, yok
727
00:34:04,168 --> 00:34:05,709
'cause you can break someone's .
728
00:34:05,753 --> 00:34:07,169
Well, she did.
729
00:34:07,212 --> 00:34:13,050
She tried to break my back. She.
730
00:34:13,085 --> 00:34:15,844
My spine snapped like firecrack.
731
00:34:15,888 --> 00:34:18,013
She was just so bitter.
732
00:34:18,057 --> 00:34:20,682
I really believe in the golden ,
733
00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:22,100
treat others as you'd like to b,
734
00:34:22,144 --> 00:34:25,896
but sometimes you gotta treat f.
735
00:34:25,939 --> 00:34:27,898
And in the ring, when that bell,
736
00:34:27,941 --> 00:34:30,275
you had no friends.
737
00:34:30,319 --> 00:34:34,404
When I was to wrestle the spidea
738
00:34:34,448 --> 00:34:39,159
championship match, it changed .
739
00:34:39,203 --> 00:34:40,911
It changed my life.
740
00:34:40,954 --> 00:34:42,579
♪
741
00:34:42,623 --> 00:34:44,706
I really didn't think anything .
742
00:34:44,750 --> 00:34:48,451
I thought, well, it's just anot,
743
00:34:48,462 --> 00:34:51,963
and it's against the spider lad.
744
00:34:52,007 --> 00:34:53,840
Wendi said that moolah had show.
745
00:34:53,884 --> 00:34:57,127
♪
746
00:34:57,137 --> 00:34:58,970
she didn't understand why moola.
747
00:34:59,014 --> 00:35:02,557
I'd wrestled the spider lady bed
748
00:35:02,601 --> 00:35:06,853
I didn't recall her being that .
749
00:35:06,897 --> 00:35:09,189
A very determined young lady.
750
00:35:09,233 --> 00:35:10,941
Gonna take one heck of a wrestlo
751
00:35:10,984 --> 00:35:13,068
strip that title from her.
752
00:35:13,112 --> 00:35:15,195
The match really didn't go that.
753
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:19,449
♪
754
00:35:19,493 --> 00:35:23,161
it was just a wrestling hold.
755
00:35:23,205 --> 00:35:25,705
Spider going-- oh, small packag!
756
00:35:25,749 --> 00:35:28,708
The referee counted, "1," I kic,
757
00:35:28,752 --> 00:35:30,836
had my shoulder up.
758
00:35:30,879 --> 00:35:32,087
(claps) "2, 3."
759
00:35:32,131 --> 00:35:34,965
♪
760
00:35:35,008 --> 00:35:38,051
- and that was it. - (match bel)
761
00:35:38,095 --> 00:35:39,928
what was that?
762
00:35:39,972 --> 00:35:43,431
It appears that the referee has.
763
00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:46,810
- (match bell) - the match was .
764
00:35:46,854 --> 00:35:50,313
Then, the masked person...
765
00:35:50,357 --> 00:35:53,817
Took their mask off...
766
00:35:53,861 --> 00:35:56,319
And it was moolah.
767
00:35:56,363 --> 00:35:59,656
- It is moolah! - (cheering)
768
00:35:59,783 --> 00:36:01,741
it is moolah! Take a look, kids!
769
00:36:01,785 --> 00:36:04,494
Fabulous moolah, the oldest, sad
770
00:36:04,538 --> 00:36:06,788
that knows all the tricks, she e
771
00:36:06,832 --> 00:36:08,198
that was chosen because it was t
772
00:36:08,208 --> 00:36:10,625
if things did break down,
773
00:36:10,669 --> 00:36:12,711
that she could handle wendi leg.
774
00:36:12,754 --> 00:36:15,922
Did you have any idea that, tha.
775
00:36:15,966 --> 00:36:16,798
- Mm-mm. - ...In the match, at ?
776
00:36:16,842 --> 00:36:20,177
No. I couldn't tell who it was.
777
00:36:20,220 --> 00:36:23,246
(crowd chanting) moolah! Moolah!
778
00:36:23,248 --> 00:36:24,973
It was obvious who was under th.
779
00:36:25,017 --> 00:36:28,602
Everybody in the arena knew who.
780
00:36:28,645 --> 00:36:31,021
Wendi knew.
781
00:36:31,064 --> 00:36:32,772
This double-cross blurred the ln
782
00:36:32,816 --> 00:36:35,400
business and story line.
783
00:36:35,444 --> 00:36:39,529
Whatever the truth was, wendi c.
784
00:36:39,573 --> 00:36:41,430
I demanded to talk to vince mcm,
785
00:36:41,432 --> 00:36:45,452
and no one would tell me where .
786
00:36:45,495 --> 00:36:48,580
I probably would have killed hi.
787
00:36:48,624 --> 00:36:51,833
What vinny and moo did to her,
788
00:36:51,877 --> 00:36:55,003
wendi was over like $1 million .
789
00:36:55,047 --> 00:37:01,092
Her and cyndi lauper, and the c.
790
00:37:01,136 --> 00:37:03,053
You know, wendi was over as big,
791
00:37:03,096 --> 00:37:04,804
and maybe that was the problem.
792
00:37:04,848 --> 00:37:12,103
The only thing I can think of I.
793
00:37:12,147 --> 00:37:17,400
I feel like it was a sad situate
794
00:37:17,444 --> 00:37:18,985
the girls should be paid maybe n
795
00:37:19,029 --> 00:37:20,362
they were at the time.
796
00:37:20,405 --> 00:37:25,408
But, when a promoter tells you ,
797
00:37:25,452 --> 00:37:28,745
you have to go with the one who,
798
00:37:28,789 --> 00:37:30,538
whether you like it or not; thae
799
00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:33,458
to walk away from it.
800
00:37:33,502 --> 00:37:35,919
If everything had worked with w,
801
00:37:35,963 --> 00:37:38,713
there would've been an establisn
802
00:37:38,757 --> 00:37:42,801
with women featured in more imps
803
00:37:42,844 --> 00:37:44,386
a lot before it actually happen.
804
00:37:44,429 --> 00:37:49,307
I was angry for what she just d.
805
00:37:49,351 --> 00:37:52,477
For so long she held it back, s,
806
00:37:52,521 --> 00:37:54,813
she held it back. Then, finally,
807
00:37:54,856 --> 00:37:58,608
it started to bloom and she kil.
808
00:37:58,643 --> 00:38:01,152
I think moolah was afraid.
809
00:38:01,196 --> 00:38:05,115
I think she was afraid of walki.
810
00:38:05,158 --> 00:38:09,411
I left the arena fully dressed ,
811
00:38:09,454 --> 00:38:11,496
I hailed a cab in new york city,
812
00:38:11,540 --> 00:38:14,082
and went to the airport.
813
00:38:14,126 --> 00:38:17,252
They were dead in my life. They.
814
00:38:17,296 --> 00:38:22,332
♪
815
00:38:22,342 --> 00:38:25,218
have you ever seen the footage ?
816
00:38:25,262 --> 00:38:29,347
(sighs) I almost did. I couldn'.
817
00:38:29,391 --> 00:38:31,975
What good would it do? The bitc!
818
00:38:32,019 --> 00:38:34,519
I don't need to see it. (laughs.
819
00:38:34,563 --> 00:38:42,902
♪
820
00:38:42,946 --> 00:38:46,072
in 1995, the fabulous moolah ben
821
00:38:46,116 --> 00:38:51,202
inducted into the wwf wrestling.
822
00:38:51,246 --> 00:38:55,290
Tonight is the greatest night o,
823
00:38:55,334 --> 00:38:59,377
being inducted into the wwf hal.
824
00:38:59,421 --> 00:39:01,254
By the year 2000, the wwf
825
00:39:01,298 --> 00:39:05,717
had phased out traditional wome,
826
00:39:05,761 --> 00:39:09,387
in favor of strip matches and c.
827
00:39:09,431 --> 00:39:11,473
But moolah showed no sign of sl.
828
00:39:11,516 --> 00:39:15,769
She teamed up with fellow wrest.
829
00:39:15,812 --> 00:39:18,188
Mae young wrestled in 7 differe.
830
00:39:18,231 --> 00:39:21,399
She was tougher than moolah, an.
831
00:39:21,443 --> 00:39:26,071
Years ago, they, they had to pup
832
00:39:26,114 --> 00:39:29,532
over the ring because they hate.
833
00:39:29,576 --> 00:39:31,993
It's insane that more people sae
834
00:39:32,037 --> 00:39:34,746
in the late 90s and early 2000s
835
00:39:34,790 --> 00:39:36,247
when they were both everybody's.
836
00:39:36,291 --> 00:39:38,858
Or, maybe the addams family's g.
837
00:39:38,860 --> 00:39:40,168
I have to be real careful with .
838
00:39:40,212 --> 00:39:43,963
Everywhere I go, she either wan.
839
00:39:44,007 --> 00:39:44,881
This would be the place, I gues.
840
00:39:44,925 --> 00:39:46,157
(laughs)
841
00:39:46,159 --> 00:39:47,467
and then, of course, they go oud
842
00:39:47,511 --> 00:39:52,013
they can take the tremendous bu,
843
00:39:52,057 --> 00:39:54,182
and still somehow not break int.
844
00:39:54,226 --> 00:39:56,518
Ah! Come on!
845
00:39:56,561 --> 00:40:00,605
She should've stopped in her 60.
846
00:40:00,649 --> 00:40:02,690
I mean, my god, she was 80 year,
847
00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:06,986
wearing a checkered school girl.
848
00:40:07,021 --> 00:40:09,030
- (dog growling) - no, no, stop.
849
00:40:09,074 --> 00:40:11,199
- Stop. Scooter, stop it. - (ba)
850
00:40:11,243 --> 00:40:15,495
stop. Sh.
851
00:40:15,539 --> 00:40:17,914
I get the last word, not you. B.
852
00:40:22,337 --> 00:40:23,694
What was her funeral like?
853
00:40:23,696 --> 00:40:27,215
It was crowded and I don't-- I',
854
00:40:27,259 --> 00:40:29,509
I don't know. I was just in a d.
855
00:40:29,553 --> 00:40:32,220
I didn't even know that he was .
856
00:40:32,264 --> 00:40:37,600
I just remember thinking that I.
857
00:40:37,644 --> 00:40:41,813
In 2007, moolah passed away at .
858
00:40:41,857 --> 00:40:45,024
The wrestling families showed us
859
00:40:45,068 --> 00:40:47,485
to pay their respects.
860
00:40:47,529 --> 00:40:51,698
This is where she's buried. Thi.
861
00:40:51,741 --> 00:40:54,075
And this is katie's and this wa.
862
00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:56,369
She had that little thing put t.
863
00:40:56,413 --> 00:40:57,487
She said, "when you wanna come ,
864
00:40:57,497 --> 00:40:59,247
there's a bench in there.
865
00:40:59,291 --> 00:41:02,292
You won't get wet if it's raini"
866
00:41:02,335 --> 00:41:06,454
(sighs) she was all I had.
867
00:41:06,489 --> 00:41:09,132
And, I miss her every day.
868
00:41:09,176 --> 00:41:11,843
No one can ever, can ever
869
00:41:11,887 --> 00:41:16,598
be as good as she was. Never.
870
00:41:16,641 --> 00:41:18,558
Women's wrestling today has unde
871
00:41:18,602 --> 00:41:21,686
I don't think would have been pf
872
00:41:21,730 --> 00:41:25,148
women in mixed martial arts, an.
873
00:41:25,192 --> 00:41:28,234
Now it's so much more refined.
874
00:41:28,278 --> 00:41:30,945
It wasn't that way in moolah's e
875
00:41:30,989 --> 00:41:34,190
that wasn't her strong point.
876
00:41:34,201 --> 00:41:36,534
10 years after moolah's death,
877
00:41:36,578 --> 00:41:39,037
her impact on wrestling remains.
878
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:42,040
♪
879
00:41:42,083 --> 00:41:45,168
well, I think in wrestling thers
880
00:41:45,203 --> 00:41:47,337
between your character and who .
881
00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:51,424
I believe that the fans couldn'e
882
00:41:51,468 --> 00:41:55,512
between moolah and the characte.
883
00:41:55,555 --> 00:42:00,934
Nobody really knows how it hurt,
884
00:42:00,977 --> 00:42:03,019
that you worked for somebody an,
885
00:42:03,063 --> 00:42:05,104
so you could get where you did.
886
00:42:05,148 --> 00:42:09,150
She was-- had never once ever d.
887
00:42:09,194 --> 00:42:13,196
It just really pisses me off thy
888
00:42:13,231 --> 00:42:17,325
the legacy of the fabulous mool.
889
00:42:17,369 --> 00:42:18,826
I mean, I'll be honest with you,
890
00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:22,914
bambi was never a famous wrestl.
891
00:42:22,958 --> 00:42:25,667
If there's one thing that I cou,
892
00:42:25,710 --> 00:42:27,877
it would be to save moolah's na,
893
00:42:27,912 --> 00:42:30,547
and restore what she gave
894
00:42:30,590 --> 00:42:32,382
to the professional wrestling b.
895
00:42:32,425 --> 00:42:36,535
Moolah may have initially opene,
896
00:42:36,537 --> 00:42:39,138
but she quickly closed the door.
897
00:42:39,182 --> 00:42:44,686
She held women's wrestling back.
898
00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:48,598
If moolah had left wendi with t,
899
00:42:48,692 --> 00:42:52,860
I think women's wrestling would.
900
00:42:52,904 --> 00:42:55,446
She wasn't as big a star as mil.
901
00:42:55,490 --> 00:42:56,948
She's not as big a star as rond,
902
00:42:56,992 --> 00:42:59,826
but she was the placeholder for.
903
00:42:59,869 --> 00:43:01,077
How do you think people should,
904
00:43:01,121 --> 00:43:03,705
should remember moolah?
905
00:43:03,748 --> 00:43:05,164
Any way they like.
906
00:43:05,208 --> 00:43:06,833
Everybody have their own opinio.
907
00:43:06,876 --> 00:43:12,130
And me, personally, I don't hav.
908
00:43:12,173 --> 00:43:14,882
None that I care to share.
909
00:43:14,926 --> 00:43:18,619
If I choose not to like her
910
00:43:18,621 --> 00:43:20,638
because of what she did to me, .
911
00:43:20,682 --> 00:43:23,057
But, moolah needs to be remembe.
912
00:43:23,101 --> 00:43:25,643
She was an icon in this busines.
913
00:43:25,687 --> 00:43:28,688
You can't take away her historye
914
00:43:28,732 --> 00:43:31,149
she's an asshole!
915
00:43:31,192 --> 00:43:32,567
All the girls that she trained ,
916
00:43:32,611 --> 00:43:36,863
and they know that they wouldn'w
917
00:43:36,906 --> 00:43:37,905
without her, and they wouldn't e
918
00:43:37,949 --> 00:43:40,867
career they had, without her.
919
00:43:40,910 --> 00:43:43,870
Whoever's starting these rumors,
920
00:43:43,913 --> 00:43:46,122
you're not just calling moolah ,
921
00:43:46,166 --> 00:43:48,833
you're calling me a prostitute..
922
00:43:48,877 --> 00:43:51,878
And that hurts.
923
00:43:51,921 --> 00:43:54,297
And, if you were not on that pr,
924
00:43:54,341 --> 00:43:56,758
if you were not in that room,
925
00:43:56,801 --> 00:44:04,973
you don't know what happened an.
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