DCP107 – Mae Young
Price range: $22.00 through $40.00
Mae Young
Before there was a women’s revolution, there was Mae Young. A wrestler, trainer, and trailblazer who laced up her boots for the first time in 1939 and never looked back, Young helped build women’s wrestling from the ground up — competing across North America and Japan, winning NWA gold, and training generations of wrestlers who followed in her footsteps. This rare early-career original Ditch-Cat Photo print captures Young in her prime. Straight from the original. Postage paid. Ships within 10 business days.
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Mae Young
Women's Wrestling Pioneer — Original Ditch-Cat Photo Print
Bio
Johnnie Mae Young began her professional wrestling career in 1939 at just 15 years old — already an exceptional athlete who competed on her high school wrestling team and was a national champion softball player. What followed was one of the most remarkable careers in the history of the sport. WWE
Mae Young was an influential pioneer in women's wrestling, helping increase its popularity during World War II and training many generations of wrestlers. She competed throughout the United States and Canada, winning multiple titles in the National Wrestling Alliance. In 1954, Young and Mildred Burke were among the first female competitors to tour post-war Japan — breaking barriers on two continents. WikipediaThe SmackDown Hotel
Young spent much of the 1940s crisscrossing the country and establishing her name as one of the toughest female wrestlers in the game — potentially of all time. Fearless, physical, and ahead of her era in every way, she paved the road that every women's wrestler who came after her would walk. Sky News
In 2005, Young and several of her contemporaries were profiled in Lipstick and Dynamite, a documentary about the early pioneers of women's wrestling. In 2008, she was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame — only the third woman ever to receive that honor at the time. She was also inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2004. WWE
Mae Young passed away on January 14, 2014, in Columbia, South Carolina, at the age of 90 — having never truly left the business she loved. The SmackDown Hotel
This photograph captures Mae Young in her prime — robe on, hands on hips, ready for war. An original Ditch-Cat Photo print from one of the earliest and rarest images of a true wrestling legend. Printed straight from the original.
Additional information
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