HSM
11-24-2006, 05:53 PM
Didn't know if this should go here or Old School, but since it has to do with womens wrestling, I figure I would post it here, plus it has to do with another woman wrestling legend in Wendy Richter
If Someone feels the need to move this, then go ahead
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Wendy Richter and the original screwjob:
In 1985 after losing and then regaining the title from rival Lelani Kai, Richter was scheduled to defend her women's title at Madison Square Garden against a mysterious masked opponent known only as The Spider Lady. The Spider had been an alternating group of women under a mask (including Penny Mitchell). Richter said she was never told who was under the mask or how the match would end. Moments into the match, her opponent attempted to pin Richter's shoulders to the mat and the referee delivered a swift three count. After ignoring the count and continuing to attack the Spider Lady, Wendi unmasked the new champion to find out that she was The Fabulous Moolah, the woman she defeated a year and a half earlier. In years following the incident, it was described as a contract dispute between Richter and Vince McMahon regarding her new contract and monetary compensation and royalties for the cartoon series. Nearly 12 years later, a similar scenario happened in Montreal at the 1997 Survivor Series when Bret Hart lost his belt to Shawn Michaels, known to many as the Montreal Screwjob. Wendi never returned to the WWF and went to wrestle in Puerto Rico, Japan and throughout the U.S. in independent promotions
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Proves Vince has always been the way he is now
Any thoughts?
If Someone feels the need to move this, then go ahead
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Wendy Richter and the original screwjob:
In 1985 after losing and then regaining the title from rival Lelani Kai, Richter was scheduled to defend her women's title at Madison Square Garden against a mysterious masked opponent known only as The Spider Lady. The Spider had been an alternating group of women under a mask (including Penny Mitchell). Richter said she was never told who was under the mask or how the match would end. Moments into the match, her opponent attempted to pin Richter's shoulders to the mat and the referee delivered a swift three count. After ignoring the count and continuing to attack the Spider Lady, Wendi unmasked the new champion to find out that she was The Fabulous Moolah, the woman she defeated a year and a half earlier. In years following the incident, it was described as a contract dispute between Richter and Vince McMahon regarding her new contract and monetary compensation and royalties for the cartoon series. Nearly 12 years later, a similar scenario happened in Montreal at the 1997 Survivor Series when Bret Hart lost his belt to Shawn Michaels, known to many as the Montreal Screwjob. Wendi never returned to the WWF and went to wrestle in Puerto Rico, Japan and throughout the U.S. in independent promotions
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Proves Vince has always been the way he is now
Any thoughts?