As reported last night, Hall of Famer Mae Young made a somewhat historic appearance on Raw last night under the ‘Old School’ theme, competing in a match at 87-years-old.
WWE’s Twitter page touted that, with her match last night, Mae was the only person in history to compete in nine different decades (1930s-2010). According to the Wrestling Observer website, that may be factually inaccurate:
Regarding Mae Young, among those in the know it is generally believed that her 1939 debut is a worked date, and the real date is most likely early 1941. No records can be found from before that date, and she herself on Raw said she was 17 when she debuted, which would have been around 1941. People who have wrestling magazines from the 1950s also note that the stories written about her then always listed her debut date as 1941.
Thoughts: Whether it be eight decades or nine, it was still a great moment. According to the Observer, Mae’s use of the words ‘sluts’ and ‘bitches’ caused a big pop backstage — even from Vince McMahon. God bless her!
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I’m so glad WWE took Mae’s un-PG outburts well, they came off fantastic on screen! I was laughing out loud; Mae’s got a bit of the Knockouts in her, nevermind the Divas!
Oh well, she’s still awesome. It’s too bad she never got the Women’s Championship. She should be awarded the Diva-Dirt’s Womens Champion for Life award lol!
=)
Shes the Betty White of the WWE lol :))
So…that just means she will have to wrestle again in 2020…God help us all.
Isnt that still history though?
Shes amazing !
vince is not dumb.. he knows that he can’t control mae young mouth especially at that ages..
but it was pretty awesome! i laugh so hard when i heard she said “these sluts”, then “bitches” epic win!
Well she always said she wanted to wrestle on her 100th birthday…
Mae 1, TVPG 0.
LMAO gotta love mae shes awesome i hope shes still around when shes 100 & takes the table bump lol..doesnt she also wanting to wrestle Stephine at 100 too maes bad ass…
“Come on ya lil’ bitches!”
I died. On topic, they’re always trying to take something good away from the Divas aren’t they?!