Post by flame3169118 on Mar 13, 2018 23:43:11 GMT -5
Must admit this is news to me, I knew of Moolah's desire to keep the title, but the rest of this is, no words can really describe this:
It was announced on this week's RAW that there would be a Fabulous Moolah battle royal at Wrestlemania 34 featuring the female superstars.
While many stars including Becky Lynch and Carmella praised Moolah on Twitter, there was heavy backlash from fans on social media. Moolah had been a controversial figure in wrestling for many years with accusations being made about her exploiting other women. Click here for a summary of accusations that have been made.
Here was some of the reactions to the Moolah announcement on Twitter:
In case anyone didn't know, The Fabulous Moolah was a f***ing horrendous racist scumbag who sexually exploited black female wrestlers.
The WWE, is naming a battle royal after her in the name of "female empowerment."
— Corey Erdman (@corey_erdman) March 13, 2018
The "Fabulous" Moolah was a serial abuser of women in every way possible. She made her career off of the suffering and exploitation of young women who trusted her with their lives & safety. She shouldn't be honored by WWE -- they should be ashamed that they enabled her. #RAW
— ash ✨ (@ashiisms) March 13, 2018
The Fabulous Moolah was a serial abuser. She made a career off the suffering and exploitation of women who trusted her with their lives & safety. She drugged women to keep them controlled. Sickening.
— Allan (@allan_cheapshot) March 13, 2018
Does a Fabulous Moolah Battle Royal mean that Moolah gets 35% of everyone's Mania payoff? #RAW
— Tom. (@notthattomgreen) March 13, 2018
Fabulous Moolah ran a prostitution ring and whored out female trainees.
— LFace (@lface8) March 13, 2018
Fabulous Moolah is indeed trash. We shouldn’t be honoring her or showing her any respect based on everything she’s done. She’s a terrible person and if only everyone knew what she did behind closed doors, it would be a different story. The battle royal belongs to Chyna.
— r y a n (@ryansflair) March 13, 2018
Former 80's WWE star Jeannine Mjoseth, also known as Mad Maxine/Lady Maxine, issued the following statement to ProWrestlingSheet.com regarding the Fabulous Moolah having a battle royal named after her:
The Fabulous Moolah was a real-life heel. A lot of women paid to train at her school and then went out on the road. They risked life and limb in their matches and she repaid them with the worst kinds of abuses. She skimmed their money, she ignored women who were badly hurt, she pimped women out to creepy men and on and on. She was not a mother figure. She was more like Kali, the Indian Goddess of Destruction. I met her in my early 20s and I had never met such a monstrous person.
I was smart enough to get the hell away from her and start my own independent career in Tampa as part of the Championship Wrestling from Florida. Luna Vachon, Peggy Fowler and I all left together, which I hope put a serious dent in her confidence, if not wallet.
I understand why Moolah was so grotesque. Her family was dirt poor and she determined that she was never going to be hungry again. But it doesn’t excuse her dog-eat-dog behavior. I’d much rather see WWE establish a named match for outstanding wrestlers (and decent human beings) like Susan ‘Tex’ Green, Beverly Shade, Leilani Kai, Wendi Richter, Princess Victoria or Joyce Grable. They all put their hearts and souls into wrestling for decades and helped others along the way.
But wrestling isn’t PC. It’s about generating heat. And you can’t draw more heat than naming a match for The Fabulous Moolah. May she be the last of her kind.
It was announced on this week's RAW that there would be a Fabulous Moolah battle royal at Wrestlemania 34 featuring the female superstars.
While many stars including Becky Lynch and Carmella praised Moolah on Twitter, there was heavy backlash from fans on social media. Moolah had been a controversial figure in wrestling for many years with accusations being made about her exploiting other women. Click here for a summary of accusations that have been made.
Here was some of the reactions to the Moolah announcement on Twitter:
In case anyone didn't know, The Fabulous Moolah was a f***ing horrendous racist scumbag who sexually exploited black female wrestlers.
The WWE, is naming a battle royal after her in the name of "female empowerment."
— Corey Erdman (@corey_erdman) March 13, 2018
The "Fabulous" Moolah was a serial abuser of women in every way possible. She made her career off of the suffering and exploitation of young women who trusted her with their lives & safety. She shouldn't be honored by WWE -- they should be ashamed that they enabled her. #RAW
— ash ✨ (@ashiisms) March 13, 2018
The Fabulous Moolah was a serial abuser. She made a career off the suffering and exploitation of women who trusted her with their lives & safety. She drugged women to keep them controlled. Sickening.
— Allan (@allan_cheapshot) March 13, 2018
Does a Fabulous Moolah Battle Royal mean that Moolah gets 35% of everyone's Mania payoff? #RAW
— Tom. (@notthattomgreen) March 13, 2018
Fabulous Moolah ran a prostitution ring and whored out female trainees.
— LFace (@lface8) March 13, 2018
Fabulous Moolah is indeed trash. We shouldn’t be honoring her or showing her any respect based on everything she’s done. She’s a terrible person and if only everyone knew what she did behind closed doors, it would be a different story. The battle royal belongs to Chyna.
— r y a n (@ryansflair) March 13, 2018
Former 80's WWE star Jeannine Mjoseth, also known as Mad Maxine/Lady Maxine, issued the following statement to ProWrestlingSheet.com regarding the Fabulous Moolah having a battle royal named after her:
The Fabulous Moolah was a real-life heel. A lot of women paid to train at her school and then went out on the road. They risked life and limb in their matches and she repaid them with the worst kinds of abuses. She skimmed their money, she ignored women who were badly hurt, she pimped women out to creepy men and on and on. She was not a mother figure. She was more like Kali, the Indian Goddess of Destruction. I met her in my early 20s and I had never met such a monstrous person.
I was smart enough to get the hell away from her and start my own independent career in Tampa as part of the Championship Wrestling from Florida. Luna Vachon, Peggy Fowler and I all left together, which I hope put a serious dent in her confidence, if not wallet.
I understand why Moolah was so grotesque. Her family was dirt poor and she determined that she was never going to be hungry again. But it doesn’t excuse her dog-eat-dog behavior. I’d much rather see WWE establish a named match for outstanding wrestlers (and decent human beings) like Susan ‘Tex’ Green, Beverly Shade, Leilani Kai, Wendi Richter, Princess Victoria or Joyce Grable. They all put their hearts and souls into wrestling for decades and helped others along the way.
But wrestling isn’t PC. It’s about generating heat. And you can’t draw more heat than naming a match for The Fabulous Moolah. May she be the last of her kind.
