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- 10 Left Her Daily Job to Train Randy Savage's Girlfriend
- 9 Trish Stratus Wanting to Work with Her Sparked Push
- 8 WWE Cut Her Hof Speech to Two Minutes
- 7 Dean Malenko Talked WWE Into Hiring Her
- 6 Was in Eric Bischoff's Office When He Watched Chris Jericho's Raw Debut
- 5 Helped Pay For Beth Phoenix's Training School
- 4 Pitched Victoria's Finisher After "Stealing" It from Teenage Roderick Strong
- 3 "Old School Wrestler" Offended Her & Trish in His Test Run as Producer
- 2 Pitched Idea of Shaving Her Just to Get Women on Wm Card
- 1 Never Had Conversation with Vince Before Requesting Release
The start of Molly Holly's career in the mainstream wrestling world came in WCW before WWE. Most fans have little memory of this since WCW wasn't known for having a women's division or roster beyond a few names. RELATED: Stacy Keibler & 9 Other Women From WCW: Where Are They Now? Randy Savage was the one who helped Holly get a spot on the roster. T...
WWE offered more opportunities to the women than WWE when signing Molly Holly, but there was a lower ceiling. The bigger angles featured scandalous matches and eye candy over the in-ring product during the Attitude Era and Ruthless Aggression Era. Trish Stratus was WWE’s biggest female star who wanted to leave the romantic storylines to become a se...
The recent 2021 Hall of Fame induction of Molly Holly showed that WWE valued her contributions at a time when the women weren’t able to breakout as easily. Holly shared the terrible news of WWE informing her a fifteen-minute speech would get cut down to two minutes before the show. The heartbreaking moment saw Molly getting emotional since she’d ha...
One of the people thanked by Molly Holly during her extended Hall of Fame speech was Dean Malenko. Holly sought out the Malenko family when trying to get trainedat the best schools. Dean was fond of her work and saw her desire to become a great wrestler. Molly wanted an opportunity in WWE when Randy Savage started to distance himself from WCW and s...
The end of WCW featured a few wild moments over the final two years. Molly Holly shared that she was backstage for a huge moment in WWE watching it in WCW. Eric Bischoff was speaking to Molly when Chris Jericho’s WWE debut aired. Jericho had the huge moment of the Y2J debut play outwith a massive crowd response. Holly loved the memory and felt it w...
The kindness of Molly Holly is part of her legacy in wrestling. Every wrestler to speak about working with Molly or just getting to know her as a person only have positive words to describe what she was like outside of the ring. RELATED: 9 Things About Molly Holly's Career That Made No Sense Beth Phoenix witnessed this when she was on the independe...
Another wrestler to benefit from working with Molly Holly was Victoria. WWE signing Victoria added another passionate woman who dreamed of making it in WWE. Molly went out of her way to help Victoria get over in the early stages. The Widow’s Peak was the finisher used by Victoria when Holly pitched in during Victoria’s initial feud with Trish Strat...
The old way of WWE used to show little respect towards the women in the company. WWE used to test out legends in producer roles to see which names fit into the important positions. Molly Holly shared details about a night a legend crossed the line. This out of touch wrestler wasn’t reading the room of Trish Stratus and Molly having a more serious f...
The WrestleMania 20 hair vs hair match between Victoria and Molly Holly might be Molly’s most memorable moment in WWE. Holly had her head shaved on the biggest stage after losing a Women’s Championship match. This match wasn’t initially booked with no credible women’s match on the card. WWE only wanted the Stacy Keibler and Miss Jackie vs Sable and...
The relationshipwith Vince McMahon for each wrestler in WWE could make or break their careers. However, Molly Holly proved that a strong relationship with Vince is not needed to have a Hall of Fame worthy career. Recent interviews featured Molly dropping a shocking story about never having a real conversation with McMahon before requesting her rele...
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Trained by the "Man of 1,000 Holds," Dean Malenko, Molly debuted in 1997 but first garnered national attention in 2000 as Miss Madness, one of Randy "Macho Man" Savage's valets in WCW. But after her run in WCW ended, Nora Greenwald was reborn in WWE as Molly Holly, the cousin of the late Crash Holly and Hardcore Holly, and she became a star.
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- Shaved Her Head. Eventually, Molly Holly would drop the title to Victoria in a four-way elimination match on a February 2004 Raw, ending her reign at 210 days.
- Two-Time Women’s Champion. On the 7/28/2003 episode of Raw, Molly Holly defeated Gail Kim to recapture the Women’s Title, after which Kim forged a partnership with the new champion.
- Turning Heel. With that betrayal of The Hurricane, Mighty Molly didn’t just turn heel — she changed her whole persona. Becoming Molly Holly again, the newly minted villain changed her hairstyle, remaking herself as a self-described wholesome performer in opposition to the more provocative female talet on the roster.
- Mighty Molly. Shortly after splitting up from the littlest Dudley and moving on from the Holly Cousins, Molly Holly aligned with WWE’s resident superhero goofball The Hurricane, adopting a costumed persona of her own in Molly Holly.
Aug 25, 2022 · Trish Stratus has had a legendary career with WWE, battling through essentially every woman on the roster during her full-time run in the company from 2000 until 2006. One of those women – Molly ...
Molly Holly’s head will be shaved if she fails to defeat Victoria to win the WWE Women’s Championship in this Hair vs. Title Match: Courtesy of Peacock and W...
