Mae Young to be inducted
Monday, March 10th, 2008One of the original female wrestlers, Mae Young, who first stepped into a Memphis wrestling ring in the late 1930s/early 1940s and occassionaly makes a guest appearance on WWE programming even now, has been selected to be one of this year’s inductees into the WWE Hall of Fame.
The class of 2008, as announced so far, also includes Ric Flair, Peter Maiavia and Rocky Johnson.
Young, who only about 10 years ago was involved in a Raw storyline in which she “got pregnant” by WWE wrestler Mark Henry and, in a rather disgusting resolution, gave birth to a slime-covered hand (as in, “give the woman a hand”), wore maternity clothes and everything to put the sketch over the top; and she has frequently been used, alongside fellow geriatric WWE Diva Fabulous Moolah, as the foil to some of the seemier WWE sketches and plotlines.
Despite her use over the last decade or so as comic relief, Young was a barrier-breaker in her day and the Hall of Fame induction is certainly a legitimate selection. Congrats, Mae!
