Velvet McIntyre
Irish-Canadian professional wrestler / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Velvet McIntyre (born November 24, 1962) is an Irish[dubious – discuss]-Canadian retired professional wrestler. After beginning her career in 1980, she wrestled in American independent promotions before joining the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). She had rivalries with both The Fabulous Moolah and Sherri Martel and held the WWF Women's Championship and WWF Women's Tag Team Championship. After the WWF's women's division went on hiatus in the 1990s, McIntyre wrestled in several Canadian promotions, holding several championships.
Velvet McIntyre | |
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Born | (1962-11-24) November 24, 1962 (age 61) Dublin, Ireland |
Children | 2 |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Velvet McIntyre |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
Billed weight | 150 lb (68 kg) |
Billed from | Dublin, Ireland |
Trained by | Sandy Barr |
Debut | 1980 |
Retired | 1998 |
McIntyre wore wrestling boots for the first four years of her career, but later wrestled barefoot when someone took one of her boots as a joke and she was forced to wrestle without them.[1] Wrestling barefoot subsequently became one of her trademarks, as well as her high flying wrestling maneuvers.[1]