Mae Weston

Mae Weston
Personal information
BornBetty Mae Garvey
(1923-01-30)January 30, 1923
Kansas, US[1]
DiedOctober 14, 1999(1999-10-14) (aged 76)[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Mae Weston
Maw Bass
Trained byBilly Wolfe
Debut1938
Retired1994

Betty Mae Garvey (January 30, 1923 – October 14, 1999), better known by her ring name Mae Weston, was an American female professional wrestler.

Wrestling career

Started her wrestling career at 15 years old in 1938. During her career, she had feuds with Mildred Burke.

She won her only title, the California Women's Championship in 1967 when she defeated Mae Young.

In 1973, she managed the heel stable The Bass Family Ron Bass (wrestler) and Don Bass (wrestler). The duo was managed by their "mother", Maw Bass. Maw carried a loaded purse, with which she would strike their opponents to steal a victory.[3] Sometimes she teamed up with them in tag matches. In 1974, she retired from wrestling.

On June 16, 1994, she wrestled her last match at 71 in a tag team match with Stormy Apple as they lost to Josie Navarro and Margaret Garcia at Ladies International Wrestling Association in Las Vegas, Nevada.[4]

Death

Weston passed away on October 14, 1999, at 76.[4]

Personal life

A biography was released on June 15, 2016 by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr. Mae Weston Acrobat, Boxer and Wrestler on eBook. [5]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ "Mae Weston". Cagematch.
  2. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Mae Weston". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "Bass Brothers". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Laparade, Pat; Murphy, Dan (April 11, 2017). Sisterhood of the Squared Circle. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1770413078.
  5. ^ "Mae Weston Acrobat, Boxer and Wrestler by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr".

General

  • Laprade, Pat; Murphy, Dan (2016). Sisterhood of the Squared Circle: The History and Rise of Women's Wrestling. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-7730-5-014-0.
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