- Debbie Combs
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Debbie Szestecki Ring name(s) Darling Debbie
Debbie Dahl
Debbie Combs
Lady Satan
Princess Dee[1]Born April 18, 1959 Resides Fort Campbell, Kentucky Trained by Cora Combs Debut 1975 Debbie Szestecki is a professional wrestler better known as Debbie Combs.[2]
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Early life
Her mother, Cora Combs, was also a professional wrestler.[3] Debbie Combs made her wrestling debut at Louisville Gardens for Angelo Poffo's International Championship Wrestling (ICW) at the age of 16 in a 7-girl battle royal where she was the first eliminated.[4] Combs dated Randy Savage for five years while they were both working for ICW.[4]
Career
World Wrestling Federation and National Wrestling Alliance
Combs worked for the World Wrestling Federation from 1986-1987, where she challenged for the WWF Women's Championship against The Fabulous Moolah and Sherri Martel
She also worked in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and is a former NWA World Women's Champion. She originally won the title by winning a battle royal in Honolulu, Hawaii in spring 1986. At some point, she was no longer recognized as the champion and defeated Penny Mitchell to become the champion again in Kansas City, Missouri on April 10, 1987.[5] The Kansas City promotion withdrew from NWA in 1987 and closed in 1988. The NWA vacated Combs' title and awarded Misty Blue Simmes the reinstated NWA United States Women's Championship (a replacement of the prior NWA World Women's Championship held by Combs).[6] Combs challenged Simmes to a title match at a Delta Tiger Lilies card in 1989, but Simmes was unable to accept due to an arm injury she had sustained.
American Wrestling Association
She also competed in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the 1980s. Upon joining the promotion, Combs wrestled against Sherri Martel as a babyface, but later turned heel and became tag team partners with Madusa Miceli. The duo feuded with Heidi Lee Morgan and Brandi Mae.
World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling
After leaving the promotion, she later returned to the WWF in 1994 to challenge Alundra Blayze. She wrestled Blayze once on an episode of Wrestling Challenge and was scheduled to face her at WrestleMania X, but was replaced by Leilani Kai.
Combs briefly competed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the mid-1990s during their brief attempt at a women's division. On the March 31, 1997 edition of WCW Monday Nitro, Combs lost to WCW Women's Champion Akira Hokuto.
Women's Pro Wrestling
In the early 1990s, she was also president and booker of Women's Pro Wrestling (WPW), an all-women's promotion that produced direct-to-video matches. Her organization featured "Awesome" Ondi Austin, Babyface Nellie, Bambi, Candi Devine, Denise Storm, Jackie Moore, Lady Justice, Lisa Starr, Malia Hosaka, Olympia Hartauer, Peggy Lee Leather, Penelope Paradise, Penny Mitchell, Sandy Partelow, Susan Green, and Velvet McIntyre.[7]
In wrestling
Finishers
- Neckbreaker
- Hammerlock
Managers
Championships and accomplishments
- American Wrestling Federation
- AWF Women's Championship (1 time)[8]
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- Other honoree (1992)
- International Wrestling Association
- IWA Women's Championship (3 times)[8]
- Music City Wrestling
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- MCW Women's Championship (1 time)
- North American All-Star Wrestling
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- NAASW Women's Championship (1 time)
- Peach State Wrestling
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- WWA Women's Championship (1 time)
- Other titles
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- AAWF Ladies' Championship (1 time)
- SSWF Women's Championship (1 time)
- UCW Ladies' Championship (1 time)
- WWWA Women's Championship (1 time)
References
- ^ "Debbie Combs - Women's Pro Wrestler". Lethalwow.com. 1959-04-18. http://www.lethalwow.com/bios/debbiecombs.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "Debbie Combs: Profile & Match Listing - Internet Wrestling Database (IWD)". Profightdb.com. http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/debbie-combs-3950.html. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - PWHF announces 2007 induction class". Slam.canoe.ca. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/11/24/2487919.html. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ a b "Online World of Wrestling". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/debbie-combs.html. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "Lipstick, Dynamite and Glowworms, Part 4". Online World of Wrestling. 2008-09-18. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/2008/09/18/history-of-womens-wrestling-part-4/. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "N.W.A. World Women's Title". Wrestling-titles.com. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-wm.html. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "Women Wrestling Video and DVD". http://womenwrestlingvideoanddvd.yolasite.com/usa.php. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
- ^ a b c Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2000). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/uswa/uswa-wm.html
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