Wendi Richter began her professional wrestling career in companies such as the National Wrestling Alliance, where she teamed with Joyce Grable, with whom she held the NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship twice.
22 Facts About Wendi Richter
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Wendi Richter held the WWF Women's Championship twice and feuded with The Fabulous Moolah over the title.
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Wendi Richter was involved in a storyline with singer Cyndi Lauper called the "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection".
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Wendi Richter then worked in the World Wrestling Council and American Wrestling Association, where she held both companies' women's titles.
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Wendi Richter was trained at The Fabulous Moolah's Lillian Ellison School of Professional Wrestling by Leilani Kai, Judy Martin and Joyce Grable and made her professional debut in 1979.
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In early 1982, Wendi Richter tag teamed with Moolah against Velvet McIntyre and Princess Victoria for three matches for the World Wide Wrestling Federation.
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Wendi Richter was later paired with Joyce Grable, with whom she trained for six weeks, to form a tag team called The Texas Cowgirls.
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Wendi Richter continued her feud with McIntyre in Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling Association, where she was defeated twice.
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Wendi Richter returned stateside signing with the World Wrestling Federation in late 1983.
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Wendi Richter defeated Moolah at MTV's The Brawl to End It All for the Women's Championship on July 23,1984, with Wendi Richter lifting her own shoulder off the canvas during a double-pinfall situation while Moolah's shoulders remained down.
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Wendi Richter faced Moolah's protege, Leilani Kai, who defeated Wendi Richter for the title, in early 1985 at The War to Settle the Score.
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Wendi Richter regained the title at the first WrestleMania one month later.
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Wendi Richter was animated for a CBS Saturday morning cartoon, Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling.
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Wendi Richter ignored the bell and continued to attack The Spider, unmasking the new champion to reveal that it was The Fabulous Moolah in disguise.
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Wendi Richter surfaced in the American Wrestling Association in 1987 to challenge champion Madusa Miceli for the AWA Women's Championship, winning the title in December 1988.
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On January 29,2005, Wendi Richter appeared at WrestleReunion in an eight-woman tag team match wrestling against Sherri Martel, Peggy Lee Leather, Krissy Vaine, and Amber O'Neal.
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In 2010, Wendi Richter was offered induction in the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2010, which she accepted.
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Wendi Richter grew up in Dallas, Texas, and before she entered the sport of professional wrestling, she worked on her family's ranch and took part in rodeo competitions.
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Wendi Richter attended Bossier High School, where she participated in volleyball, track, and cross-country.
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Wendi Richter later majored in computer programming at Dallas's Draughon's Business College.
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Wendi Richter returned to school for 13 years, earning a degree in physical therapy and a master's degree in occupational therapy.
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Wendi Richter was once married to Hugo Savinovich, a former Spanish announcer for the WWF.