I saw this on Pro Wrestling Torch today and thought I'd do a little write up about it. We all know about the infamous Montreal Screwjob in 1997, don't we? Well before Vince McMahon screwed Bret Hart, he screwed Wendi Richter. Who was Wendi Richter you ask? Really, you don't know?
Well she was a women's wrestler in the old WWF at the start of the whole Rock N Wrestling phenomenon in the 1980's. She often had singer Cyndi Lauper in her corner. Anyway, Wendi was the WWF women's champion. And the rumour is she was a bit of a pain in Vince McMahon's ass, bugging him about more money. And as history has revealed, that's the last thing you want to do if you're trying to make it in the wrestling business.
So how did Vince fix this little problem of his? He booked Wendi in a match with a masked wrestler called The Spider Lady, who, after an awkward match, "pinned" Richter with a roll-up and took the title. Richter took the mask of the Spider Lady to reveal it was none other than Fabulous Moolah. Anyway, that was the end of Wendi Richter. As for Moolah, she would end up dropping that title to Sensational Sherrie a few years later and keep making appearances until her death last year.
Here's some footage of the match.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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More importantly than all that Why did captain lou albano have a rubberband hanging off his face? was he like the original rubberband man or what? now thats bawdy bawdy aand rowdy rowdy
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