The 20 Most Despicable People In Professional Wrestling History
6. The Fabulous Moolah
Via IGN
The Fabulous Moolah is mostly viewed as a legend, but she has also been accused of minor crimes such as stealing from her students, all the way up to running forced prostitution rings disguised as “training camps.” Luna Vachon alleged that Moolah once forced her to attend a “private photoshoot” for an older man, where she felt completely taken advantage of as a part of her “wrestling training” when she was only 16. Other stories get a lot worse than that. The family of wrestler Sweet Georgia Brown claims Moolah beat and intentionally drugged her, and allege Moolah sent Brown into situations where Moolah knew Brown would be raped, the implication being the men were paying Moolah for setting up the scenario. No charges were ever pressed, and both Brown and Moolah have since passed away. As it stands, Brown is virtually forgotten, and Moolah is in the WWE Hall of Fame.
Dozens of other female wrestlers have told stories of Moolah stealing half of their earnings their entire careers, on top of her alleged sex crimes. She has been directly accused of controlling women’s wrestling to such an extent some claim it was impossible for women to ever be equal in wrestling until her retirement. This isn’t as bad as her alleged human trafficking, but is damning nonetheless.
I understand she was one of the first to do it, but she was a scumbag.