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Mildred Burke

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The Resume

    (August 5, 1915-February 18, 1989)
    Born in Coffeyville, Kansas
    Birth name was Mildred Bliss
    World Women's Wrestling Association heavyweight champion (1937-56)
    Fought over 5,000 matches against women and 200 against men
    Signature move was the 'aligator clutch'
    Inducted into the Wrestling Observers Hall of Fame (1996) and Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (2002)

Why she might be annoying:

    She lost her teeth after an opponent stomped on her mouth.
    She had an affair with her stepson.
    She was blackballed from National Wrestling Alliance events after divorcing manager Billy Wolfe.
    In a two out of three falls encounter with Wolfe's daughter-in-law June Byers, she lost the first fall (August 20, 1954).
    The second fall was stopped by officials, so she continued to consider herself the champion, but the NWA and much of the press recognized Byers as the title holder.

Why she might not be annoying:

    When she first approached Billy Wolfe about being trained as a wrestler, he instructed a male wrestler to body slam her so she would stop bothering him. However, she returned the favor by slamming and pinning the man, prompting Wolfe to take her on.
    She was named the #6 female athlete in the world by the Associated Press (1947).
    She returned to the ring only four months after breaking five vertebrae in a car crash (1951).
    The LAPD displayed her poster in their offices to shame policemen into staying in shape.
    She was described as combining 'the physique of an athlete with the sex appeal of a bathing beauty and the glamour of a movie star.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 325 Votes: 50.15% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 41 Votes: 51.22% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 91 Votes: 54.95% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 111 Votes: 62.16% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 128 Votes: 52.34% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 35 Votes: 51.43% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 31 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 94 Votes: 54.26% Annoying