Long ago. a young giri named Lillian Eilison approached Billy Wolfe, the top promoter of women's wrest!ing, and told him she wanted to work for him. To this day, she remem- bers his exact response: "You're too smal! to wrestle. Go sit on some lawyers knee and be a secretary."

She never need any more inspiration for than that.

Moolah won the World title on September 18, 1956, in a tournament final against Judy Grable, and reigned for the next 28 years (losing it for a couple of days along the way after being upset by Betty Boucher). Even after her 1934 loss to Wendi Richter ushered in the so-called "rock 'n' wrestling connection" and seemingly signalled an end to the style of wrestling Moolah made famous, she was able to come back under a mask as the Spider Lady and beat Richter for the title 16 months later. Richter might have been able to unmask her that night, but in essence all she could do was tip her cowboy hat to the greatest woman wrestler that ever stepped into the ring.

Moolah, who began her career as "Slave Girl" Moolah seconding for The Elephant Boy (Tony Olivas), still wrestles on occasion, but prefers to spend her time training wrestlers at her Columbia. South Carolina, facility. The 1991 recipient of the Pro Wrestiing Illustrated Editors' Award still follows the sport very closely and serves as an "X-Ray" panelist in The Wrestler. Though a rulebreaker throughout her career, she has a very kind heart and does extensive charity work throughout South Carolina.

So, how did you do get them all right?

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