Mary Alfonsi, better known by her ring name Donna Christanello, was a professional wrestler trained by The Fabulous Moolah.
10 Facts About Donna Christanello
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Donna Christanello was active from the late 1960s through the 1980s.
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Donna Christanello frequently wrestled women such as Ann Casey, Vicki Williams, Evelyn Stevens and Leilani Kai throughout the 1970s.
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Donna Christanello moved to South Carolina in 1963 to train with Moolah.
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In 1969, Donna Christanello competed during an Australian tour with Toni Rose, Jessica Rodgers, Betty and Rita Boucher, Ramona Isbell, Marva Scott and Evelyn Stevens.
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Donna Christanello was the frequent tag team partner of Toni Rose.
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Donna Christanello and Rose won the National Wrestling Alliance's NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship in 1970.
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Susan Green and Sandy Parker won the World Tag Team title from Donna Christanello and Rose in November 1971 in Hawaii and lost them in February 1972 to Donna Christanello and Rose in Hong Kong.
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Donna Christanello was born and raised in Pittsburgh and was of Italian descent.
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Donna Christanello lived with The Fabulous Moolah on-and-off for forty years, ending in May 1999 when she moved back to Pittsburgh.