Jacqueline Moore

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Jacqueline grew up a wrestling fan out of Dallas, Texas. She was also regularly involved in kickboxing, Tae Kwon Do, and martial arts.

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As a teenager, she became a fan of The Von Erichs and grew enamored with their wrestling style.

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As the only woman in Akbar’s wrestling school, Jacqueline Moore had no choice but to train with and against men.

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In 1992, four years after her professional wrestling debut, Jacqueline Moore would become the first USWA (Memphis version) Women’s Champion, still under the alias Miss Texas.

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Jacqueline Moore defeated Sable for the vacated WWF Women’s Championship, becoming the first African American WWF Women’s Champion.

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"Jacqueline would tell me, ’Put me against a guy or put me against a girl, I don't care. I'll beat any one of them you put in front of me.' And she meant it!" - Jerry "The King" Lawler

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At just five feet, three inches tall, Jacqueline was one of the toughest to step inside a squared circle. A fourteen-time USWA Women's Champion and first-ever African American WWF Women's Champion.

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