and how did moolah die.
*i did use to watch RAW every monday but i haven't for about a month or so because i've gotten really busy with school. so please don't think i'm a complete wrestling idiot
2007-11-05 13:42:59 · 13 answers · asked by xoxo mlw 0813 2 in Sports ➔ Wrestling
I don't think you are a wrestling idiot & I would not expect a young student to know who The Fabulous Moolah was.....Again...without revealing my actual age.....I saw Moolah wrestle in person in 1960. At that time, women wrestlers were not only few and far between, but women's wrestling was actually banned in many areas of the US. It was considered so unusual for a woman to wrestle in the '50s & early 60s...that in the '50s a wrestling commentator asked her why she was wrestling ?...She replied: " I'm only in it for the Moolah "....In the '50s the word " moolah " was a common slang term for " money " and thereafter she was know as The Fabulous Moolah. She was a great womens champion for decades & she was around her mid eighties when she passed away.
2007-11-05 14:48:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lilian Ellison(July 22, 1923 - November 2, 2007) better known by her ring name The Fabulous Moolah, was a female professional wrestler who was marketed by World Wrestling Entertainment for holding the record for the longest title reign by any athlete in any professional sport. She was well known as being the first NWA and WWF Women's Champion.
2007-11-05 21:51:16 · answer #2 · answered by Arthurlikesbeer 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Fabulous Moolah or Lillian Ellison as she was known out the ring held the women's title for 30 years. longer than any other man or women in the sport. or for anyother sport in the world.
2007-11-05 21:51:55 · answer #3 · answered by Junior Nate 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
the original Queen of wrestling, she paved the way for Divas like Trish, Sable, Lita and other former/current/future women's champions in the WWE. she died at 84 because she was ill and she lived a long life. she will be remember most for her long WWE Women's title reign and the bits she and Mae Young did during the past eight years starting with the guitar incident with Jeff Jarrett during Jarrett's feud with Chyna.
2007-11-05 21:55:01 · answer #4 · answered by Dawgma-Texan for Life. TX Pride. 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
She was the first woman's champion in the WWE / WWF. She had the belt for 20 plus years.
2007-11-05 21:53:12 · answer #5 · answered by kim_in_craig 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
She's 84. How do you think she died? Why don't you do your own research. She was one of the greats. Really, you don't know much about professional wrestling if you don't know her. Sorry.
I hope you get good grades and that your school work chills for you.
2007-11-05 22:01:35 · answer #6 · answered by MissFloor 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
She died in her sleep on friday. She was 84 years old and held the WC for 29 years.
2007-11-05 21:53:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
she was the greatest womens champion, she had the championship for a long long long time, she was in the wwe for like 50 years
2007-11-05 21:48:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
sad to hear she died. i'm not a wrestling fan but i used to drive by her house all the time in columbia south carolina when i used to live there. it was a beautiful lakefront mansion
2007-11-05 22:32:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
she was a hall of fame diva one of the best womens champions of all time and i guess it was just from old age RIP
2007-11-05 21:48:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋