Jacqueline Moore

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Jacqueline Moore
Dallas, Texas
Memphis, Tennessee
Trained bySkandor Akbar[1]
Debut1988
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Jacqueline DeLois Moore[2] (born January 6, 1964) is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager. She is best known for her time in WWE from 1998 to 2004, where she became the first African American WWE Cruiserweight champion as well as being one of three women to hold the championship. She also worked for World Championship Wrestling in 1997–98 and later Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a wrestler, manager, and road agent.

She began her career in

WWE Cruiserweight Championship, which was a title predominantly held by men. She was the third woman to accomplish the feat, but the only woman to do so under the WWE banner (following Madusa and Daffney
in WCW). In 2004, she joined TNA, where she worked mostly as a manager and occasional wrestler.

On April 2, 2016, Moore was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1988–1991)

Moore began her wrestling training at a local

professional wrestling school in Dallas.[5] She made her in-ring debut for World Class Championship Wrestling in 1988, under the name "Sweet Georgia Brown.[6] As Sweet Georgia Brown, Moore had wrestled in Japan for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, wrestling the likes of Megumi Kudo and Combat Toyoda. She also competed in all-women's promotions Ladies Professional Wrestling Association and Women's Pro Wrestling.[7][8]

United States Wrestling Association (1991–1996)

Moore later moved on to the

Downtown Bruno. During the feud, Moore formed an alliance with former foe Sweet Georgia Brown. The Miss Texas/Uptown Karen feud culminated in a Hair vs. Hair match which was won by Texas. She also competed in Herb Abrams's Universal Wrestling Federation
, winning the promotion's women's title in 1994. In late 1993, she appeared in a Jeff Jarrett promo for the WWF where Jarrett would be criticizing a young man's singing voice.

World Wrestling Federation (1993–1994)

Through the WWF's partnership with the USWA Jacqueline was scheduled to debut in the WWF under the name Wynonna as a manager for Jeff Jarrett. Jackie filmed vignettes, but she left the WWF before debuting, due to an injury. She also appeared in the February 1994 edition of the then WWF Magazine.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1995)

Moore joined Smoky Mountain Wrestling in October 1995 under the name Sgt. Rock and joined Jim Cornette's Militia, which included Tommy Rich, Robert Gibson, Terry Gordy, and The Punisher. However, her stint in SMW didn't last, as the company folded at the end of November.

World Championship Wrestling (1997–1998)

Moore began submitting pictures of herself to the

body slamming his opponents.[4] She aided Sullivan in his feud with Chris Benoit and feuded with Sullivan's ex-wife, Woman. Her alliance with Sullivan came to an end at Bash at the Beach 1997, when she smashed a wooden chair over Sullivan's head causing him to lose a Loser Must Retire bout to Chris Benoit. At Road Wild on August 9, Jacqueline became the manager of Harlem Heat.[10] She later engaged in a brief feud with Disco Inferno, whom she defeated at Halloween Havoc on October 26.[11]

Return to WWF/Entertainment (1998–2004)

Women's Champion (1998-2000)

Moore rejoined the

Edge on August 30 at SummerSlam.[15] On the September 14, 1998, episode of Raw, she would also wrestle Sable in a controversial evening gown match which saw one of her breasts exposed.[16]

In September with the revived WWF Women's Championship on the line (the Women's Championship had been abandoned in December 1995),[17] Moore defeated Sable to become the new champion, and the first African-American Women's Champion.[18] Two months later at Survivor Series, Sable defeated Moore to become the new champion.[19]

Moore in c. 1999

Moore and Mero separated on the November 22 episode of Sunday Night Heat, and the jilted Moore formed a new alliance of women known as the Pretty Mean Sisters (PMS) with Terri Runnels, who was separated from her husband, Goldust.[20] During a match between Mero and Goldust on the November 23 episode of Raw, Jacqueline and Terri entered the ring and low-blowed both men.

They originally formed an alliance with

The Godfather in December at Rock Bottom: In Your House.[21] In January, Terri claimed to have suffered a miscarriage after she was knocked off of the ring apron by Brown.[1] The guilty Brown became a servant to PMS, who forced him to wrestle his friend, Mark Henry. The deception lasted until February 1, when the ringside doctor told Brown that Terri had not been pregnant. PMS then feuded with Brown by costing him matches and attacking his new manager, Ivory. Jacqueline returned to the women's division in March, and on the April 12 episode of Raw, she, Ivory, Tori, and Sable took part in a four-way match for the Women's Championship. The match was declared a no-contest after Sable's bodyguard Nicole Bass
stormed the ring and chokeslammed the three challengers.

In May, however, the women had switched their allegiance to a wrestler named

love slave", forcing him to have sex with them and wear wrestling tights that resembled a pair of tight underwear.[22] After Shamrock left the WWF, Terri and Jacqueline continued to assist Meat in his matches.[22] However, tension began to grow between the two women as Terri, in storyline, exhausted Meat with hours of sex before his matches and then berated her fatigued lover when he lacked the energy to win matches and Moore finally end the alliance by July.[20]

On the February 1, 2000, episode of

Lumberjill Snowbunny match, a match that took place in a snow filled pool surrounded by female wrestlers whose purpose was to keep The Kat and Hervina from leaving the pool.[23] She successfully defended her title against Luna Vachon, with whom she started a brief feud, however in March, she lost the title to Stephanie McMahon, following extensive interference from D-Generation X.[24]
In June she competed in the first-ever women's battle royal on Smackdown, to determine a #1 contender to Stephanie's title, but failed to win.

Various storylines (2000–2004)

Throughout August and September, Moore had a series of matches against then-Women's Champion Lita, which included a

.

In late 2001, she took part in the

Six Pack Challenge for the vacant WWF Women's Championship on November 18 at Survivor Series, which was won by Trish Stratus.[26] Several weeks later, Moore challenged Stratus for the title at Vengeance.[27] Stratus won the match after surprising Moore with a backslide pin.[27]

In 2002, Moore became a referee, with her debut match being a Women's Championship bout between

Jazz and Trish Stratus at the Royal Rumble.[28] In late 2002, she and Stratus began a feud with Victoria, leading to a Triple Threat match at Armageddon, in which Victoria retained the title.[29] In 2003, the return of Jazz culminated in a Four-Way match for Jazz's title at Judgment Day on May 18, 2003, which Jazz won.[30]

Moore seldom appeared throughout late 2003 and early 2004. On the May 6, 2004, episode of SmackDown!,

WWE Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero Jr. issued an open challenge for anyone to face him for his title, and Moore defeated him to become the champion. She lost the championship back to Guerrero at Judgment Day in a match where his arm was tied behind his back.[31] The company released Moore in June 2004 when the creative team could not come up with any storylines for her character.[24][32][self-published source?
]

Independent circuit (2005–2006)

In June 2005, she had a match with the Independent Association of Wrestling (IAW) against Vanessa Harding.[5] On June 25, she defeated Harding and Crystal Carmichael to win the IAW Women's Championship.[1] In March 2006, she also competed in Mexico.[1]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

First appearances (2004)

Moore debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a babyface at the Victory Road pay-per-view on November 7, 2004, losing a singles match to the villainous Trinity.[33] She made a second appearance with TNA on December 5 at Turning Point, where she refereed a tag team match between Pat Kenney and Johnny B. Badd against Johnny Swinger and Glenn Gilberti.[34]

Beer Money, Inc. (2007–2009)

Robert Roode) during an TNA
live show in 2008

She returned to TNA as a villainess at

Rhaka Khan in her last match of that run with TNA. On July 12, 2009, TNA parted ways with Moore.[40][41]

Alliance with ODB (2011)

On June 13, 2011, Moore returned to TNA as

Traci Brooks, before being escorted out of the arena by police officers.[46] On the August 18 edition of Impact Wrestling, Jacqueline and ODB changed their attitudes, abandoning their villainous antics, in order to first get contracts with the promotion.[47] After several weeks of working as babyfaces, Jacqueline and ODB were signed to contracts by the new head of the Knockouts division, Karen Jarrett, on the August 25 episode of Impact Wrestling, and later teamed with Velvet Sky to defeat Angelina Love, Sarita and Rosita.[48] However, Jacqueline would not make any more appearances, before announcing on November 28 that her TNA contract had expired.[49]

Final appearances (2013)

Jacqueline returned to TNA on March 17, 2013, at one of their

One Night Only pay-per-views, Knockouts Knockdown (which aired on September 6, 2013). Jacqueline began turning heel by trash-talking her opponent, Taryn Terrell, while defeating her to advance to the Gauntlet Battle Royal, where Jacqueline cemented her heel turn by attacking former partner ODB, who later eliminated Jacqueline.[50] Two days later, the villainous Jacqueline faced off against ODB
at Hardcore Justice 2 (which aired on July 5, 2013), in a Hardcore match, coming out on the losing end.

Sporadic appearances and Hall of Fame (2016, 2018)

On March 14, 2016, it was announced that Moore would be inducted into the

The Dudley Boyz, and became the first black woman to be inducted.[52] The next night at WrestleMania 32, she appeared while she was introduced as part of the 2016 Hall of Fame class.[53]

On the January 22, 2018, episode of

Maryse, Kelly Kelly, Lilian Garcia, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool, Terri Runnels, Maria Kanellis, and fellow Hall of Famer Trish Stratus.[54] On January 28 at the Royal Rumble, Jacqueline made a surprise entrance at number 21 during the first women's Royal Rumble match, in which she was eliminated by Nia Jax.[55]

Legacy

"She [Moore] was one of those pioneers that really helped the WWE evolve as far as women are concerned".
Natalya Neidhart during Moore's WWE Hall of Fame promotional video in 2016[56]

Moore is cited as inspiration for several women, such as:

Sasha Banks[64] and Trish Adora.[65] Trish Stratus claimed that Moore helped her in the beginning of her wrestling career. She said: "I will always appreciate her patience and her professionalism while showing me the ropes. I learned a lot from her and took away a ton that I used in my wrestling career moving forward".[66] Alicia Fox stated that Moore "recreated what a champion looks like and helped opened the door for women of all colors, sizes and shapes".[56] Jim Ross named Moore as an "MVP that rarely gets talked about".[67]

Some sources consider Moore one of the toughest women's wrestlers to perform in WWE.[68][69][70]

Other media

After leaving WWE, Moore began taking acting classes to prepare for a role in an action movie set in Los Angeles during the 1970s.[24]

Jacqueline made her video game debut in the PlayStation version of

WWE WrestleMania X8, WWE Raw 2, WWE 2K17 (as DLC),[71] WWE 2K18 and WWE 2K19
.

Personal life

Moore grew up in Dallas, Texas.[5] As a young fan of professional wrestling, Moore stated that the Von Erichs were her favorite wrestlers. She has a third degree black belt in taekwondo and also has experience in kickboxing and boxing.

In mid-2001, Moore, along with

Maven.[72] In 2002, Moore competed on a special WWF superstar edition of Fear Factor, coming in second place to Matt Hardy.[73]

Championships and accomplishments

Moore during her speech of induction at the WWE Hall of Fame in April 2016

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Date Notes
Dirty White Girl (hair) Miss Texas (hair) Memphis, Tennessee August 12, 1991 [Note 1]
Miss Texas (hair) Lauren Davenport (title) Memphis, Tennessee November 23, 1992 [Note 2]
Miss Texas (hair) Uptown Karen (hair) Memphis, Tennessee June 5, 1995 [Note 3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Mixed tag team match with Miss Texas and Eric Embry vs. Dirty White Girl and Jeff Jarrett
  2. ^ Miss Texas' hair vs. Davenport's USWA Women's Championship
  3. ^ Non-title match

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