Comments on: First Goddess of the Squared Circle

First Goddess of the Squared Circle

TedW — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 07:37:46 -0800

RIP Fabulous Moolah. 84 year old Lillian Ellison died in Columbia, SC Friday. She was a wrestling champion for 28 years until losing her crown to Wendi Richter in 1983 in a match involving MTV and Cyndi Lauper. More here, here, and here, with obligatory YouTube link here.

By: CheeseburgerBrown

CheeseburgerBrown — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:39:59 -0800

Aw. That girl just wanted to have fun.

By: Jikido

Jikido — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:04:54 -0800

By: papakwanz

papakwanz — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:44:35 -0800

And, she helped Mae Young give birth to a rubber hand, live on TV! .

By: mumkin

mumkin — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:23:24 -0800

Moolah had recently undergone an eye transplant and was scheduled to have her shoulder replaced. Eye transplant?! Cornea, I should think. Sorry, but that line in the story just sent me off googling for news of the first successful full eyeball transplant, of which there is none. .

By: ActingTheGoat

ActingTheGoat — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:46:57 -0800

Lipstick & Dyanmite was a recent documentary about women's wrestling. It had a small release, but it is available through Netflix. Maybe it's not Citizen Kane, but then again, Orson Welles didn't offer a knee drop clothesline as his signature move.

By: spilon

spilon — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:29:57 -0800

Seconding "Lipstick & Dynamite" -- well worth seeing.

By: TedW

TedW — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:38:37 -0800

Eye transplant?! Cornea, I should think. I noticed the same statement. But this is professional wrestling we are talking about, so the facts really can't be expected to get in the way of a good story.

By: Karlos the Jackal

Karlos the Jackal — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:22:08 -0800

Thirding Lipstick & Dynamite. Moolah was an astoundingly tough broad.

By: web-goddess

web-goddess — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:45:03 -0800

I randomly picked up her autobiography last year from a discount book store. I only remembered her from the crazy WWF days when she was sorta the evil counterpart to Miss Elizabeth. It's a pretty fun read, especially the stuff about the early days of professional wrestling (which I knew nothing about).

By: MegoSteve

MegoSteve — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:48:14 -0800

So many of the "old school" wrestlers couldn't make the transition to the modern, glitzy "sports entertainment" approach McMahon pioneered when he took the WWF to a national level, but Moolah did with pure guts, talent, class and charisma. One thing to bear in mind... her famous matches with Wendi Richter during that transition took place when Moolah was over 60 years old. She wrestled in seven decades, starting in the 1940s through the 2000s. Just an amazing career.

By: 1f2frfbf

1f2frfbf — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:55:09 -0800

I saw this on the news last night and was going to post it, but I'll just chime in here on the enjoyability of Lipstick and Dynamite. I went to a showing here in Columbia at the Nickelodeon and she showed up and signed autographs and posed with her fans. A class act that one, she will be missed.