Cora Combs















































Cora Combs
Birth name Cora Svonsteckik[1]
Born
(1923-03-17)March 17, 1923
Hazard, Kentucky, U.S.
Died June 21, 2015(2015-06-21) (aged 92)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Children Debbie Combs
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Cora Combs
Lady Satan
Beaulah Szestecki[1]
Billed height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[1]
Billed weight 138 lb (63 kg)[1]
Trained by
Billy Wolfe[1]
Debut 1945[1]
Retired 1985

Cora Svonsteckik (March 17, 1923 – June 21, 2015), better known by her ring name as Cora Combs, was an American professional wrestler. She was the last survivor of the Billy Wolfe troupe.




Contents






  • 1 Professional wrestling career


  • 2 Personal life and death


  • 3 Championships and accomplishments


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Professional wrestling career


Combs was born in 1923 in Hazard, Kentucky.[1] Before she was a professional wrestler, Combs was a Country Music singer. In 1949, she attended a pro wrestling show headlined by Mildred Burke, then the biggest star in women's pro wrestling. Nick Gulas presented her to pro wrestler Billy Wolfe, who trained her.[2]


Combs also wrestled her own daughter, Debbie Combs, under a mask as Lady Satan.


In 2007, Combs was inducted in the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame.



Personal life and death


Combs had a daughter, Debbie Combs, who also was a professional wrestler.[3]


On June 21, 2015, Combs died in Nashville at the age of 92. She had pneumonia in the week preceding her death.[1][2]



Championships and accomplishments




A Jacksonville, Florida poster advertises Cora Combs




  • National Wrestling Alliance


    • NWA United States Women's Championship (4 times)[4]


    • NWA Southern Women's Championship (Florida version) (2 times)[5]




  • Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
    • Class of 2007[6]



  • WWE

    • WWE Hall of Fame (2018)[7]




References





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  2. ^ ab Dave Meltzer. "Cora Combs passes away". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Weekly.


  3. ^ "CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - Cora Combs was a pioneering woman wrestler". canoe.com.


  4. ^ Axel Saalbach. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". wrestlingdata.com.


  5. ^ Axel Saalbach. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". wrestlingdata.com.


  6. ^ "Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame". pwhf.org.


  7. ^ "2018 WWE HALL OF FAME LEGACY WING INDUCTEES ARE.... | PWInsider.com". www.pwinsider.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.




External links





  • Cora Combs on WWE.com




  • Official page at DDT Digest


  • Cora Combs on IMDb










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