Growing Up The Daughter of a Wrestling Heel

These wrestling heels caused mayhem throughout the wrestling territories in the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, and it created quite the unique family dynamic at home — especially for their daughters.

What It Was Like Being the Daughter of a Despised Wrestling Heel

“I remember when going to school. My friends knew who my dad was. They were scared of him because they knew he was a bad guy. To them, he was so big!”

They’d never enter the arenas with their father. They had to act like they didn’t know him. These extreme measures were in place to protect them from overzealous fans who may have targeted his family if they couldn’t take their anger out on their dad.

“He was afraid people would lash out on us, and it was pretty scary when my father had to go perform.”

Along with her brothers and sisters, she remembers her father as a loving man who never failed to bring them gifts from his countrywide and world travels. When they knew he was back in town, they’d wait for him at the front door.

Heel in the Ring, But a Loving Father at Home

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