1. Susan Tex Green was born on August 13,1953 and is an American professional wrestler.
26 Facts About Sue Green
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Sue Green began wrestling at the age of 15 and was trained by The Fabulous Moolah.
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In 1976, Sue Green was recognized by Pro Wrestling Illustrated as the Girl Wrestler of the Year.
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Sue Green originally got into wrestling when her father took her to wrestling shows by promoter Joe Blanchard.
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At the age of 14, Green's parents met with Texas Governor John B Connally and signed a release to allow Green to wrestle on the weekends because it did not interfere with school.
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Sue Green had her first match on her 15th birthday in Victoria, Texas against Maria DeLeon.
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Sue Green later formed a partnership with Sandy Parker, with whom she defeated Donna Christanello and Toni Rose in November 1971 for the NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship.
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In 1972, after New York legalized women's wrestling, Sue Green participated in the second ever women's match at Madison Square Garden.
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Also in the 1970s, Sue Green toured with the World Wide Wrestling Federation and Leroy McGuirk's Mid-West territories.
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In 1975 Sue Green went to International Wrestling Enterprise in Japan.
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In 1976 Sue Green was voted Pro Wrestling Illustrated's 1976 "Girl Wrestler of the Year".
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On February 2,1976, in a shoot match Susan Tex Sue Green put Moolah in a submission hold after being struck in the face and held the woman's championship for several days before being forced by Vince McMahon Sr.
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On February 23,1992, at the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association's Super Ladies Showdown, Sue Green was defeated by Denise Storm in the first round of the LPWA Japanese Championship Tournament.
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Sue Green competed in the Women's Pro Wrestling organization in the early 1990s.
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Meanwhile, back in the PGWA, Sue Green was recognized as the first PGWA Champion and feuded with Martin over the belt.
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Sue Green regained the belt later that year but lost it to Angel Orsini in 2000.
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Sue Green suffered another setback in February 2003, when she had knee surgery, putting her out of action again until February 2004 when she had a match with Charolette Webs.
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Sue Green gave herself the middle name Tex because another woman by the same legal name was bouncing checks, and Green wanted to differentiate herself from her so she would stop being called by the police.
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Sue Green became a professional wrestling trainer in South Carolina.
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Sue Green broke her ribs while working in the planning department in Columbia.
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Sue Green had surgery to remove six inches of small intestine and two inches of colon.
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In early 2008, Sue Green was hospitalized for at least two months with a staph infection that resulted from the previous surgery.
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Sue Green was hospitalized on February 5,2008, and when doctors were looking at problems in her stomach and intestines, they discovered the infection.
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Sue Green then went to Texas to recuperate for a little over two months.
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In July 2016 Sue Green was named part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury.
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Susan Tex Sue Green is one of the producers on "Circle of Champions The History of Women's Pro Wrestling" Directed by her former student Christopher Annino aka Rescue 911.