History Wrestling / WendiRichter

* AmazonianBeauty: She wasn't necessarily big (only billed at around 150 lbs, "150 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal" in her own words) but many of her promotional pictures featured her smiling like a beauty queen while also flexing her muscles.

* AllAmericanFace: Mainly in WWE during the Rock N Wrestling Era.
* AmazonianBeauty: She wasn't necessarily big (only billed at around 150 lbs, 150 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal in her own words) but many of her promotional pictures featured her smiling like a beauty queen while also flexing her muscles.

* CowboysAndIndians: Cowgirl(?) vs. Princess Victoria qualified at any rate. Usually avoided with Winona Little Heart, who was more frequently Richter's tag team partner.

* {{Face}}: She tended towards this and had natural likeability that made her a good fit. She did play heel several times in the territories but was WWE's favourite female face during her time there. She has stated she preferred being a face.
* FinishingMove: A reverse death valley driver known as "the widow maker" or Sitout DDT, depending on which channels you followed.

* UrExample: The first WWC Women's Champion, as they were reluctant to or couldn't find a Puerto Rican to build around for another seven years she defended the island's honor against Monster Ripper.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendi_Richter her page]] over at [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]].

* BlueIsHeroic: She often wore blue whenever she worked babyface.

* EightiesHair: A poofy ''Series/{{Dynasty}}''-like hairdo.

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Wendi Richter (born September 6, 1961) is a retired American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er. Trained by Wrestling/LelaniKai, Judy Martin and Joyce Grable, she began her professional wrestling career teaming with Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah and Joyce Grable, the latter of whom she held the Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA Women's World Tag Team Titles with twice. In the 1980s, she joined the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF), just as WWF owner Wrestling/VinceMcMahon brought in Music/CyndiLauper for a feud with Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano, which eventually resulted in Albano seconding WWF Women's Champion The Fabulous Moolah, while Lauper was in the corner of Richter. Richter defeated Moolah at Creator/{{MTV}}'s ''The Brawl to End It All'' for the Women's Championship on July 23, 1984, ending what was billed as the longest championship reign in professional wrestling history, Moolah's 28-year reign as recognized by the WWF.[[note]]In reality Moolah had lost the title several times between 1956 and 1978, and Richter's win had in reality only ended a nearly seven-year reign by Moolah as champion.[[/note]] This match was also the beginning of the "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection", an era that combined both music and professional wrestling. Richter faced Moolah's protégé, Leilani Kai, who defeated Richter for the title, in early 1985 at ''The War to Settle the Score''. Richter regained the title at the first ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' one month later. Richter was also animated for a CBS Saturday morning cartoon, ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling''.

Wendi Richter (born September 6, 1961) is a retired American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er. Trained by Lelani Kai, Judy Martin and Joyce Grable, she began her professional wrestling career teaming with Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah and Joyce Grable, the latter of whom she held the Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA Women's World Tag Team Titles with twice. In the 1980s, she joined the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF), just as WWF owner Wrestling/VinceMcMahon brought in Music/CyndiLauper for a feud with Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano, which eventually resulted in Albano seconding WWF Women's Champion The Fabulous Moolah, while Lauper was in the corner of Richter. Richter defeated Moolah at Creator/{{MTV}}'s ''The Brawl to End It All'' for the Women's Championship on July 23, 1984, ending what was billed as the longest championship reign in professional wrestling history, Moolah's 28-year reign as recognized by the WWF.[[note]]In reality Moolah had lost the title several times between 1956 and 1978, and Richter's win had in reality only ended a nearly seven-year reign by Moolah as champion.[[/note]] This match was also the beginning of the "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection", an era that combined both music and professional wrestling. Richter faced Moolah's protégé, Leilani Kai, who defeated Richter for the title, in early 1985 at ''The War to Settle the Score''. Richter regained the title at the first ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' one month later. Richter was also animated for a CBS Saturday morning cartoon, ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling''.

* RealSongThemeTune: Music/CyndiLauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", when she wasn't using "She Bop".

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'''Wendi Richter''' (born September 6, 1961) is a retired American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er. Trained by Lelani Kai, Judy Martin and Joyce Grable, she began her professional wrestling career teaming with Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah and Joyce Grable, the latter of whom she held the Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA Women's World Tag Team Titles with twice. In the 1980s, she joined the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF), just as WWF owner Wrestling/VinceMcMahon brought in Music/CyndiLauper for a feud with Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano, which eventually resulted in Albano seconding WWF Women's Champion The Fabulous Moolah, while Lauper was in the corner of Richter. Richter defeated Moolah at Creator/{{MTV}}'s ''The Brawl to End It All'' for the Women's Championship on July 23, 1984, ending what was billed as the longest championship reign in professional wrestling history, Moolah's 28-year reign as recognized by the WWF.[[note]]In reality Moolah had lost the title several times between 1956 and 1978, and Richter's win had in reality only ended a nearly seven-year reign by Moolah as champion.[[/note]] This match was also the beginning of the "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection", an era that combined both music and professional wrestling. Richter faced Moolah's protégé, Leilani Kai, who defeated Richter for the title, in early 1985 at ''The War to Settle the Score''. Richter regained the title at the first ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' one month later. Richter was also animated for a CBS Saturday morning cartoon, ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling''.

** The Fabulous Moolah, off screen, and maybe one it too, considering Moolah impersonating spider lady happened live in an arena for many to witness, although she fought Princess Victoria a lot more for a lot longer, only teaming with her once, unlike Moolah, their alliance ending after they proved unsuccessful in one [[Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling Zenjo]] match. So Victoria was a more obvious "on screen" case at least ''until'' the Spider Lady incident.

* TheBusCameBack: She and Cyndi Lauper made a surprise guest appearance on Raw in 2012 as part of the lead in for the 1000th episode.

* CowboysAndIndians: CowGirl? Vs Princess Victoria qualified at any rate. Usually avoided with Winona Little Heart, who was more frequently Richter's tag team partner.

* RealSongThemeTune: Music/CyndiLauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", when she wasn't using "She Bop"

* TagTeam: She and Joyce Grable went by "The Texas Cowgirls"

** Leilani Kai and Sabrina The Wonder Girl are wrestlers she'd otherwise be fairly amicable with if not for Fabulous Moolah and Princess Victoria.

'''Wendi Richter''' (born September 6, 1961) is a retired American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er. Trained by Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah and Judy Martin, she began her professional wrestling career teaming with Joyce Grable, with whom she held the NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship twice. In the 1980s, she joined the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF), just as WWF owner Wrestling/VinceMcMahon brought in Music/CyndiLauper for a feud with Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano, which eventually resulted in Albano seconding WWF Women's Champion The Fabulous Moolah, while Lauper was in the corner of Richter. Richter defeated Moolah at Creator/{{MTV}}'s ''The Brawl to End It All'' for the Women's Championship on July 23, 1984, ending what was billed as the longest championship reign in professional wrestling history, Moolah's 28-year reign as recognized by the WWF.[[note]]In reality she had lost the title several times between 1956 and 1978, and Richter's win had in reality only ended a nearly seven-year reign by Moolah as champion.[[/note]] This match was also the beginning of the "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection", an era that combined both music and professional wrestling. Richter faced Moolah's protégé, Leilani Kai, who defeated Richter for the title, in early 1985 at ''The War to Settle the Score''. Richter regained the title at the first ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' one month later. Richter was also animated for a CBS Saturday morning cartoon, ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling''.

* AmazonianBeauty: She wasn't necessarily big (only billed at around 150 lbs) but many of her promotional pictures featured her smiling like a beauty queen while also flexing her muscles.

** The Fabulous Moolah, both on-screen and off.
** In Stampede Wrestling, she and Joyce Grable were always feuding with the team of Velvet [=McIntyre=] and Judy Martin. Years later they rekindled their feud this time with Penny Mitchell in Judy Martin's place.

* FinishingMove: Sitout DDT.

* LovelyAngels: She and Joyce Grable teamed as the Texas Cowgirls.

* RealSongThemeTune: Music/CyndiLauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".

* UnderminedByReality: Wendi's superstardom in the 80s takes on a much more sombre note when you hear her talk about how she never received any royalties from any of the extra stuff she did - the cartoons, music videos, action figures etc. She was also criminally underpaid compared to her male colleagues - claiming she only made $5000 for her match at the first ''[=WrestleMania=]'' in contrast to Hulk Hogan making $50,000. She suspects that her constantly asking Vince about money led to her being dismissed.

* ActionGirl
* AllAmericanFace
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2010
* EverythingIsBigInTexas: From Dallas.
* FinishingMove: Sitout DDT
* LeotardOfPower
* RealSongThemeTune: Music/CyndiLauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"

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Upon leaving the WWF, Richter wrestled in Puerto Rico, Japan, and throughout the United States in independent promotions. Richter surfaced in the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation (AWA) in 1987 to challenge champion [[Wrestling/{{Madusa}} Madusa Miceli]] for the AWA Women's Championship, winning the title in December 1988, but the title would be vacated in December 1989 when Richter left the promotion. She would eventually mend her differences with the now renamed WWE and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2010.

* WrestlingFamily: She was married to Hugo Savinovich, former WWE Spanish commentator and current ''Wrestling/Lucha Underground'' Spanish commentator.