Fans React Negatively To Fabulous Moolah Memorial Battle Royal

Pat FanninMarch 13, 2018, 1:33 pm

Some fans point out serious issues with a women's battle royal named after Fabulous Moolah.

Last night, WWE announced the Fabulous Moolah Memorial Battle Royal which is named after the woman they said was their first and longest reigning champion. Concerns from fans were apparent immediately as they replied to the WWE tweet and tweets from wrestler.

Moolah has been accused by former trainees and wrestlers of heinous crimes while she was a promoter. She has been accused of using her female talent as sexual currency to further her own business and in some cases she allegedly drugged her victims so they could be raped.

When WWE tweeted the announcement of the battle royal, fans responded with the following.

this is a bad look.

— Pyrrhic (@PyrrhicPlays) March 13, 2018

@WWE she used other women as sexual pawns to ensure her safety and position. How DARE you honor her in this way.

— GLITTER GLOW STICK (@illinoisemakers) March 13, 2018

Naming it after a woman who pimped out her students and saying she “empowered women”. She did the polar opposite. Mae Young deserves this way more.

— Doc McThuggins (@thezackmorgan) March 13, 2018

Yeah…not too enthused. A battle royal celebrating a tyrant who pimped out her wrestlers to men? Really? You DO realize we're not stupid and know how to read, right? We know Moolah's ACTUAL history and personality. You couldn't have picked Chyna or Mae Young or Sherri Martel???

— デクそしてオールマイトベスト!! (@PhoenixJustice) March 13, 2018

NXT Champion Ember Moon tweeted about the battle royal because NXT wrestlers will be eligible for it. Fans reacted to her tweet as well.

She legit pimped our talent. She was a pimp and that’s not even the worst part of her. The drugging and sexual assault of prospective talent that she allegedly did with her husband is inexcusable.

— Tom Sherlock (@judgefunkyboy) March 13, 2018

im huge fan of yours so i have to ask this… do you actually know what moolah did to female wrestlers???

— Luccifer —- (@LucciBlxck) March 13, 2018

You must know what Moolah did to many up and coming female wrestlers. Shame on you. You should be standing up for women, not celebrating abusers of women. #TimesUp

— Selby (@magicgrl111) March 13, 2018

Smackdown wrestlers Carmella and Natalya also received negative messages when they tweeted about the match.

I am a fan @CarmellaWWE , but even if you don't do it publicly, you should take a stand against this. I guess all the recent movement towards women being treated better is forgotten about bc @VinceMcMahon likes Moolah?

— FrankieNYC (@FrankieNYC_Biz) March 13, 2018

Moolah represents the woman’s division? That must be why it took 40 years for the women’s division to get the respect it deserved? She took it to a dark place. Trail Blazers like Madusa, Trish, Lita, Beth and yourself MADE the woman’s division what it is!

— Darren Allen (@thedarrenallen) March 13, 2018

If fans wish to find more details on the accusations against Moolah, Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp tweeted out the following reddit thread last night and there are other resources around the internet.

https://t.co/I1z95BUPJK

— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) March 13, 2018

Pat FanninMarch 13, 2018, 1:33 pm

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