Ella Waldek

Last updated: April 28, 2014

waldek-ella-2

Title History

NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) Women’s World Tag Team title w/Mae Young;
NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) Women’s Southern title defeating Judy Glover (September 28, 1957);
NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) Women’s Southern title defeating Judy Glover (December 17, 1958);
NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) Women’s Southern title (December 25, 1959);
NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) Florida Women’s title defeating Sherri Lee (October 6, 1970);

Career History

  • Ella Waldek was introduced to wrestling by a local promoter while participating in Roller Derby..
  • Ella Waldek was blamed for a kick to the stomach that killed Jeannie Wolfe in east Liverpool, Ohio..
  • ~~~Though this unfortunate young woman died from other injuries, not related to this) in 1951..
  • Ella Waldek became a private detective and opened her own security agency after her retirement from wrestling in 1971..
  • Ella Waldek was seen in the 2005 film documentary titled Lipstick & Dynamite.
  • Ella Waldek passed away in April 2013.

 

birthday: 1929 or 1930
hometown: Custer, Washington
trained by: Tommy Ward
The Fabulous Moolah
debut: 1952
finishing move(s): The Giant Swing
favorite move(s): Short Arm Scissors
Leg Locks
notable feuds: Jeannie Wolfe
Mae Young
Eva Lee
Bonnie Watson

Leave a Comment