Velvet McIntyre
Velvet McIntyre | |
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Born | Dublin, Ireland | November 24, 1962
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 |
Velvet McIntyre (born November 24, 1962) is an Irish[
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]
Professional wrestling career
Canada (1981–1984)
Growing up in
In 1982, she joined the World Wrestling Federation, where she began teaming with Princess Victoria, and in March, the duo lost a series of matches against the team of The Fabulous Moolah and Wendi Richter.[2] McIntyre defeated Richter in two separate matches in Bill Watts's Mid-South Wrestling Association.[2] In November and December 1982, McIntyre worked for Stampede Wrestling, where she teamed with Judy Martin against Richter and Joyce Grable; the feud between the two teams resumed in April 1983 in Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association.[2]
In May 1983, McIntyre returned to Stampede Wrestling, where she continued her rivalry with Richter and Grable. This time, she teamed once again with Princess Victoria.
World Wrestling Federation (1982; 1984–1988)
In 1983, the World Wrestling Federation withdrew from the National Wrestling Alliance, and when McIntyre and Victoria rejoined the promotion in 1984, they were immediately recognized as holding the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship.[2] The duo defended the championship against the team of Wendi Richter and Peggy Lee.[2] Desiree Petersen later replaced Victoria in the team when Victoria had to retire due to a neck injury and the new duo lost the title in August 1985 to Judy Martin and Leilani Kai (known as The Glamour Girls) in Egypt.[2][4]
McIntyre then began wrestling as a singles wrestler, immediately feuding with
Return to Canada (1993–1998)
After leaving the WWF, McIntyre continued to wrestle sporadically on the independent circuit.
In November 1997, as a part of the International Championship Wrestling, she won the WWWA Women's Championship from Bertha Faye.[2] She also held the ICW Women's Championship, which she lost in July 1998.[2]
Personal life
It is a common misconception that McIntyre is the daughter of professional wrestler Stan Mykietowich.[11]
McIntyre retired from wrestling in 1998 after discovering she was pregnant, and she later gave birth to twins.[1][11] In her spare time, she makes and sells crafts.[1]
Championships and accomplishments
- Canadian Wrestling Alliance
- CWA Women's Championship (1 time)
- Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
- ECCW Women's Championship (1 time)[2]
- International Championship Wrestling
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA Texas Women's Championship (1 time)[12]
- NWA United States Women's Championship (1 time)[13]
- NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Penny Mitchell[2]
- World Wrestling Federation
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Oliver, Greg (March 26, 2003). "Velvet's WrestleMania memories". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2008.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Nevada, Vance (June 30, 2005). "Results for Velvet McIntyre". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2008.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. Information also available at Wrestling-Titles.com.
- ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. Information also available at Solie's Title Histories.
- ^ Powell, John. "WrestleMania 2: Caged Heat". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2008.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Shields, Brian. Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s, p.87
- World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the originalon February 8, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
- ^ Shields, Brian. Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s, p.136
- World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved November 3, 2008.
- ^ "Women Wrestling Video and DVD". Retrieved October 16, 2010.
- ^ a b "Canadian Hall of Fame: Velvet McIntyre". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2008.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Texas Women's Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ "NWA United States Women's Title". wrestling-titles. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
References
- Shields, Brian (2006). Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s (4th ed.). Pocket Books. ISBN 978-1-4165-3257-6.
External links
- Velvet McIntyre at IMDb
- Velvet McIntyre's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database