The planet’s most hardcore active-retiree, former pro-wrestler Mae Young, has passed on at the age of 90.
In the universe of wrestling, Young was a standout amongst the most authentically intense contenders to ever venture into the ring.
She made her expert wrestling introduction a extraordinary 75 years prior and kept performing in the ring over the following eight decades. She holds the distinction and honor of having performed in nine separate decades, wrestling her final match in 2010. She was the first ever National Wrestling Alliance US Women’s Champion, and was accepted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2013.
It wasn’t until the late nineties that Young turned into a name around the household as a feature of a comic drama couple with The Fabulous Moolah. Her and Moolah could have easily retired after a long successful career buy instead the team were showing up on national TV, performing in dramas and infrequently venturing into the ring to educate the youth how it was done classically.
“When it comes to who was the toughest woman, there are no debates,” fellow WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross said. “Mae Young is universally considered to be the baddest of the bad when it comes to women’s wrestling.”
Undoubtedly her most acclaimed moment came in the year 2000 when she was besieged through a wooden table by the malicious Dudley Boyz – a 77-year-old lady volunteered to let an enormous, sweaty Bubba Ray send her pummeling through a table… she thought it might make for great TV. The things you do for your passion. Other eventful moments include Mae Young having a guitar crushed over her head and winning the Miss Royal Rumble swimsuit rivalry in the year 2000.
She wanted to wrestle on her 100th Birthday, but unfortunately for her and us she died after a short stay in hospice care. Vince McMahon commented on her passing saying that there will never be an alternate Mae Young.
On behalf of us here at FNX, I give our sincerest sympathies to her family and a life long of companions.
Her life span in the wrestling universe might never be matched, and we fans will everlastingly be thankful for the greater part of her commitments to the industry.
Thank you Mae. Rest in peace.