Mad Maxine Biography

Mad Maxine (also known as Lady Maxine) was a female professional wrestler. She is best known for her height (standing approximately 6'2" tall) and having a green mohawk during her stint in the World Wrestling Federation. Her unique look, including leather lace-up wrestling gear, was modeled on characters in the Australian "Mad Max" films.

Wrestling career

World Wrestling Federation

Mad Maxine appeared in the World Wrestling Federation in 1985 managed by Fabulous Moolah. She only wrestled two matches in the WWF. On March 5, 1985, Maxine (accompanied by Moolah) defeated Susan Starr in her first WWF match (which aired on the March 31, 1985 edition of All American Wrestling). She was accompanied again by Moolah for her second WWF match, which was against Desiree Petersen on April 16, 1985. She won both matches, and Moolah attacked her opponents after both victories. She is briefly featured on the WWF Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest! VHS video. Although she was initially brought into the WWF to feud with Wendi Richter for the WWF Women's Championship, the two women never wrestled against each other.

She began appearing in WWF merchandising at this time, including a sticker collection of WWF Superstars. She was also originally animated for the CBS Saturday morning cartoon titled Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling and appeared in early commercials and print advertisements for the cartoon as the female adversary of Richter. However, she was replaced by Moolah on the cartoon and left the WWF before the cartoon's debut.

Due to Moolah's unwillingness to provide her more bookings, Maxine defected from WWF and Moolah with her own group of three women wrestlers (Angelle "Luna" Vachon, Peggy Lee Pringle, and Tamara). There has also been speculation that Moolah wanted her spot on the Rock 'n Wrestling cartoon, and that she required further in-ring training.

American Wrestling Association

She briefly surfaced in the American Wrestling Association in July 1985 and participated in a battle royal with Debbie Combs, Sherri Martel, Joyce Grable, Candi Devine, Rose Devine, Carol Summers, Crystal Monroe, Nature Girl, Despina Montagas, Bobbi Lee, Carol Thomas, and Sweet Melody.

Independent circuit and Universal Wrestling Federation

With her four-woman wrestling team, Maxine moved first to Miami and then to Tampa. Renaming herself Lady Maxine, she began working for Wahoo McDaniel as his valet and teamed with him in mixed tag team matches in August 1985. She also feuded with Percy Pringle throughout October and November 1985. She physically dominated Pringle during their physical confrontations. Peggy Lee Pringle, a member of Maxine's four-woman wrestling team, was introduced as Pringle's sister and often fought Maxine, including a memorable boxing match where Peggy managed to bloody the taller blond rather quickly.

She then appeared in Continental Championship Wrestling in January and February 1986 as the bodyguard of Norvel Austin. She assisted him in his feud with "Exotic" Adrian Street and Miss Linda.

In February 1986, she also began wrestling in Florida against Luna Vachon, who was also a member of Maxine's four-woman wrestling team. Although Vachon previously worked with Maxine, she developed her black leather and mohawk persona after becoming a member of Kevin Sullivan's Army of Darkness, where she became tag team partners with the The Lock, who had also adopted a similar persona. At time time Maxine and Vachon were feuding in Florida in February 1986, Vachon was working as Sullivan's valet and had adopted her punk persona.

In April 1986 in the Universal Wrestling Federation, Lady Maxine became the manager of Jack Victory. She accompanied him in singles matches, as well as 6-man tag team matches where he was paired with the Sheepherders. While managing Victory, she became involved in a feud with Dark Journey. The two women engaged in numerous cat fights from April though June 1986. They also competed in a mixed tag team match which pitted Maxine and Victory against Dark Journey and Koko Ware. The feud between Maxine and Dark Journey ended with Maxine being ran out of UWF. In actuality, she chose to retire from professional wrestling (since she had grown tired of the business) and focus on her journalism career.

Personal life

She is a trained journalist with a degree from University of South Florida, Tampa. During her wrestling training period, she was editor of the Black News after infiltrating a KKK rally on freelance assignment. She became a professional wrestler in order to throw a wrench into her middle class trajectory. in 2014, she will publish a novel about her time training with the Fabulous Moolah -- working title: Pippi Grows Up: the Wrestling Years. Maxine retired from professional wrestling in 1986 to return to the field of journalism.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Vertical suplex

• Wrestlers managed
  • Norvel Austin
  • Jack Victory
  • Wahoo McDaniel
  • Koko Samoa

• Managers
  • Fabulous Moolah