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| Personal information | |
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| Born | Jacqueline DeLois Moore (1964-01-06)January 6, 1964 (age 61)[1] Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jackie Moore Jacqueline Jacqueline Moore Jackie Jacquelyn Moore Miss Jacqueline/Ms. Jacqueline Miss Tennessee Ms. Texas Sgt. Rock Queen Moishe Wynonna Sweet Georgia Brown |
| Billed height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 119 lb (54 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Dallas, Texas Memphis, Tennessee |
| Trained by | Skandor Akbar[1] |
| Debut | 1988 |
| Signature | |
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Jacqueline DeLois Moore[2] (born January 6, 1964) is an Americanprofessional wrestler andprofessional wrestling manager. She is currently signed toWWE under a legends contract. Moore also worked forWorld Championship Wrestling in 1997–98 and laterTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling as a wrestler, manager, and road agent.
She began her career inWorld Class Championship Wrestling, but was well known in theUnited States Wrestling Association, where she was a fourteen-timeUSWA Women's Champion. She later moved toWorld Championship Wrestling, where she briefly served asKevin Sullivan'svalet and then themanager ofHarlem Heat. In 1998, she joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, laterWorld Wrestling Entertainment). She began managingMarc Mero and had her first rivalry withSable, which culminated in the re-establishment of theWWF Women's Championship, which Moore held twice during her time with the WWF. In 1999, she formed an all-female alliance withTerri Runnels andRyan Shamrock called thePretty Mean Sisters. In the early 2000s, Moore worked as both a referee and trainer for the WWF, and she also held theWWE Cruiserweight Championship, which was a title predominantly held by men. She was the third woman to accomplish the feat, but the only woman to do so under the WWE banner (followingMadusa andDaffney in WCW). In 2004, she joined TNA, where she worked mostly as a manager and occasional wrestler.
On April 2, 2016, Moore was inducted into theWWE Hall of Fame.[3]
Moore began her wrestling training at a localgym after meeting professional wrestlingmanagerSkandor Akbar.[4] She was the only female in Akbar'sprofessional wrestling school in Dallas.[5] She made her in-ring debut forWorld Class Championship Wrestling in 1988, under the name "Sweet Georgia Brown.[6] As Sweet Georgia Brown, Moore had wrestled in Japan forFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, wrestling the likes ofMegumi Kudo and Combat Toyoda. She also competed in all-women's promotionsLadies Professional Wrestling Association andWomen's Pro Wrestling.[7][8]
Moore later moved on to theUnited States Wrestling Association inMemphis, where she was known as Miss Texas.[9] She made her debut as a Heel Valet toEric Embry andTom Prichard as part of teamTexas during theTexas vsTennessee feud. She was later involved in a feud with the Dirty White Girl Kim Anthony and was involved in a Mudpit Match and aHair vs Hair match which Anthony won and in the latter Moore had her hair shaved off. She was the first everUSWA Women's Champion, winning the newly created title in a tournament on March 2, 1992.[9] Between March 1992 and August 1996, Moore held the title a total of eight times, swapping it with Lauren Davenport,Luna Vachon, andDebbie Combs.[9] In 1993, Moore became the first female to be included in thePro Wrestling Illustrated 500, detailing the top 500 professional wrestlers in the world. In 1995, Moore became involved in a feud with the valet ofReggie B. Fine andDon Bass, Sweet Georgia Brown. Brown was jealous of Texas after the USWA aired a music video of Moore, and they were involved in several catfights. Later in 1995, Moore feuded with Uptown Karen, the lover ofDowntown Bruno. During the feud, Moore formed an alliance with former foe Sweet Georgia Brown. The Miss Texas/Uptown Karen feud culminated in a Hair vs. Hair match which was won by Texas. She also competed inHerb Abrams'sUniversal Wrestling Federation, winning the promotion's women's title in 1994. In late 1993, she appeared in a Jeff Jarrett promo for the WWF where Jarrett would be criticizing a young man's singing voice.
Through theWWF's partnership with theUSWA Jacqueline was scheduled to debut in the WWF under the name Wynonna as a manager forJeff Jarrett. Jackie filmed vignettes, but she left the WWF before debuting, due to an injury. She also appeared in the February 1994 edition of the thenWWF Magazine.
Moore joinedSmoky Mountain Wrestling in October 1995 under the nameSgt. Rock and joinedJim Cornette's Militia, which includedTommy Rich,Robert Gibson,Terry Gordy, andThe Punisher. However, her stint in SMW didn't last, as the company folded at the end of November.
Moore began submitting pictures of herself to theAtlanta,Georgia-basedWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW) and was eventually contacted by WCW employeeJ. J. Dillon, who offered her a contract. Jacqueline debuted in WCW as the manager ofKevin Sullivan, and she helped Sullivan bybody slamming his opponents.[4] She aided Sullivan in his feud with Chris Benoit and feuded with Sullivan's ex-wife, Woman. Her alliance with Sullivan came to an end atBash at the Beach 1997, when she smashed a wooden chair over Sullivan's head causing him to lose a Loser Must Retire bout toChris Benoit. AtRoad Wild on August 9, Jacqueline became the manager ofHarlem Heat.[10] She later engaged in a brief feud withDisco Inferno, whom she defeated atHalloween Havoc on October 26.[11]
Moore rejoined theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF) in mid-1998, debuting on the June 1 episode ofRaw as the new on-screen girlfriend ofMarc Mero,[12] to later began a feud with the estranged wife of Mero,Sable.[1] Sable defeated Moore in a bikini contest on July 26, 1998, atFully Loaded: In Your House after Sable removed herhalter top to reveal a painted onbikini top.[13] WWF ChairmanVince McMahon, however, disqualified Sable for not wearing a traditional bikini, and Moore was declared the winner.[14] Moore and Mero were defeated by Sable andEdge on August 30 atSummerSlam.[15] On the September 14, 1998, episode ofRaw, she would also wrestle Sable in a controversial evening gown match which saw one of her breasts exposed.[16]
In September with the revivedWWF Women's Championship on the line (the Women's Championship had been abandoned in December 1995),[17] Moore defeated Sable to become the new champion, and the firstAfrican-American Women's Champion.[18] Two months later atSurvivor Series, Sable defeated Moore to become the new champion.[19]
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Moore and Mero separated on the November 22 episode ofSunday Night Heat, and the jilted Moore formed a new alliance of women known as the Pretty Mean Sisters (PMS) withTerri Runnels, who was separated from her husband,Goldust.[20] During a match between Mero and Goldust on the November 23 episode ofRaw, Jacqueline and Terri entered the ring and low-blowed both men.
They originally formed an alliance withD'Lo Brown andMark Henry, accompanying them to the ring for a match againstVal Venis andThe Godfather in December atRock Bottom: In Your House.[21] In January, Terri claimed to have suffered a miscarriage after she was knocked off of the ring apron by Brown.[1] The guilty Brown became a servant to PMS, who forced him to wrestle his friend, Mark Henry. The deception lasted until February 1, when the ringside doctor told Brown that Terri had not been pregnant. PMS then feuded with Brown by costing him matches and attacking his new manager,Ivory. Jacqueline returned to the women's division in March, and on the April 12 episode ofRaw, she, Ivory,Tori, andSable took part in a four-way match for the Women's Championship. The match was declared a no-contest after Sable's bodyguardNicole Bass stormed the ring and chokeslammed the three challengers.
In May, however, the women had switched their allegiance to a wrestler namedMeat.[22] That same month, the stable expanded once more to incorporateRyan Shamrock, who had been spurned by the womanizingVal Venis. As part of the storyline, the three women used Meat for his body as a "love slave", forcing him to have sex with them and wear wrestling tights that resembled a pair of tight underwear.[22] After Shamrock left the WWF, Terri and Jacqueline continued to assist Meat in his matches.[22] However, tension began to grow between the two women as Terri, in storyline, exhausted Meat with hours of sex before his matches and then berated her fatigued lover when he lacked the energy to win matches and Moore finally end the alliance by July.[20]
On the February 1, 2000, episode ofSmackDown, Jacqueline won the WWF Women's Championship for a second time after defeatingHarvey Wippleman (who had won the belt fromMiss Kitty while indrag and calling himself "Hervina") in aLumberjill Snowbunny match, a match that took place in a snow filled pool surrounded by female wrestlers whose purpose was to keep The Kat and Hervina from leaving the pool.[23] She successfully defended her title againstLuna Vachon, with whom she started a brief feud, however in March, she lost the title toStephanie McMahon, following extensive interference fromD-Generation X.[24] In June she competed in the first-ever women's battle royal on Smackdown, to determine a #1 contender to Stephanie's title, but failed to win.
Throughout August and September, Moore had a series of matches against then-Women's Champion Lita, which included aHardcore match[25][self-published source?], as well as againstDean Malenko for theWWF Light Heavyweight Championship, in which she was unsuccessful. In January 2001 during a match against Lita, both women attackedRight to Censor memberIvory, who was on commentary that night criticizing the women's division. Later on that year, Jacqueline starred in the first season of the WWF's reality showTough Enough as a trainer alongsideAl Snow,Tazz andTori.
In late 2001, she took part in theSix Pack Challenge for the vacant WWF Women's Championship on November 18 atSurvivor Series, which was won by Trish Stratus.[26] Several weeks later, Moore challenged Stratus for the title atVengeance.[27] Stratus won the match after surprising Moore with a backslide pin.[27]
In 2002, Moore became a referee, with her debut match being a Women's Championship bout betweenJazz and Trish Stratus at theRoyal Rumble.[28] In late 2002, she and Stratus began a feud withVictoria, leading to a Triple Threat match atArmageddon, in which Victoria retained the title.[29] In 2003, the return of Jazz culminated in a Four-Way match for Jazz's title atJudgment Day on May 18, 2003, which Jazz won.[30]
Moore seldom appeared throughout late 2003 and early 2004. On the May 6, 2004, episode ofSmackDown!,WWE Cruiserweight ChampionChavo Guerrero Jr. issued an open challenge for anyone to face him for his title, and Moore defeated him to become the champion. She lost the championship back to Guerrero atJudgment Day in a match where his arm was tied behind his back.[31] The company released Moore in June 2004 when the creative team could not come up with any storylines for her character.[24][32][self-published source?]
In June 2005, she had a match with the Independent Association of Wrestling (IAW) againstVanessa Harding.[5] On June 25, she defeated Harding and Crystal Carmichael to win the IAW Women's Championship.[1] In March 2006, she also competed in Mexico.[1]
Moore debuted inTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling as ababyface at theVictory Roadpay-per-view on November 7, 2004, losing a singles match to the villainousTrinity.[33] She made a second appearance with TNA on December 5 atTurning Point, where she refereed a tag team match betweenPat Kenney andJohnny B. Badd againstJohnny Swinger andGlenn Gilberti.[34]
She returned to TNA as a villainess atFinal Resolution on January 14, 2007, joining forces withJames Storm by attacking his manager,Gail Kim.[35] on the February 15 episode of Impact Wrestling, Moore lost to Gail Kim in an Arm Wrestling Match. Storm and Moore teamed up to defeat Kim andPetey Williams at bothAgainst All Odds andDestination X.[36][37] Moore, however, was defeated by Kim atLockdown in TNA's first women'ssteel cage match.[38] Later, during aStreet Fight with Kim on the May 3 episode ofImpact!, Moore's two front teeth were knocked out of her mouth after a spot where she had a trash can placed over her head and beaten with a broom stick. Moore, who would lose the match, went on later that night with Beer Money, Inc to film a promo.[4] on the July 5 episode of Impact Wrestling, Moore lost a 3-way Knockouts match to Gail Kim also involvingMs. Brooks. On the September 27 episode of Impact Wrestling, Moore lost a fatal five-way match which was won by Roxxi Laveaux also involving Kim, Brooks andChristy Hemme. On the October 4 episode of Impact Wrestling, Moore lost to Gail Kim. AtBound for Glory, Moore competed in the Gauntlet for the Gold match to crown the first TNA Women's Knockout Champion which was won byGail Kim. on the December 13 episode of Impact Wrestling, Moore andTraci Brooks lost toAngelina Love andVelvet Sky. On the December 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, Moore competed in a Santa's Workshop Knockouts Street Fight which was won byAwesome Kong. On the December 27 of Impact Wrestling, Moore, Roxxi and ODB lost toThe Beautiful People and Gail Kim. Throughout early and mid-2008, she continued to participate in women's matches, but failed to obtain theTNA Knockouts Championship she also manage James Strom throughout 2008 as well. On the February 21 episode of Impact Wrestling, Moore and Roxxi Leveaux defeated Gail Kim andODB. AtLockdown, Moore competed in a Queen of the Cage match which was won byRoxxi Laveaux. She then managed Beer Money, Inc. (Storm andRobert Roode), before being removed from television to work as a backstage agent. On the May 8 episode of Impact Wrestling, Moore competed in an Immunity on a Pole match which was won by Gail Kim. atSacrifice, Moore competed in a 10-woman TNA Knockouts Makeover Battle Royal which was won by Gail KIm. AtBound for Glory IV, Moore tried to help Beer Money win the Monster's Ball match after Jacqueline interrupted a pin attempt byHomicide on Storm, withSteve McMichael spanking her in retaliation. On June 19, 2009, she returned to in-ring action, defeatingRhaka Khan at a house show inGrand Rapids, Michigan.[39] On the July 17 episode of Impact Wrestling, Moore participated in a #1 Contenders Knockout Gauntlet match which was won by Velvet Sky. On the August 7 episode of Impact Wrestling, Moore lost to Roxxi Laveaux in a Bimbo Brawl. On the September 25 episode of Impact Wrestling, Moore and Beer Money defeated LAX and Hector Guerrero. On June 19 at a house show, Moore defeatedRhaka Khan in her last match of that run with TNA. On July 12, 2009, TNA parted ways with Moore.[40][41]
On June 13, 2011, Moore returned to TNA asODB's new tag team partner at the tapings for the June 16 episode ofImpact Wrestling, with the two promising to clean up the Knockouts division.[42][43] Both of them were billed as not being under contract with TNA. The following week Jackie and ODB defeatedVelvet Sky andMs. Tessmacher in a tag team match.[44] On June 28 at the tapings of the July 7 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Sky defeated both Jackie and ODB in atwo-on-one handicap match, forcing both of them out of TNA as per stipulation of the match.[45] However, Jacqueline, along with ODB, returned toImpact Wrestling on July 21, once again attacking Velvet Sky prior to her match withMickie James for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship. They would eventually be attacked by the returningTraci Brooks, before being escorted out of the arena by police officers.[46] On the August 18 edition ofImpact Wrestling, Jacqueline and ODB changed their attitudes, abandoning their villainous antics, in order to first get contracts with the promotion.[47] After several weeks of working as babyfaces, Jacqueline and ODB were signed to contracts by the new head of the Knockouts division,Karen Jarrett, on the August 25 episode of Impact Wrestling, and later teamed with Velvet Sky to defeat Angelina Love,Sarita andRosita.[48] However, Jacqueline would not make any more appearances, before announcing on November 28 that her TNA contract had expired.[49]
Jacqueline returned to TNA on March 17, 2013, at one of theirOne Night Only pay-per-views, Knockouts Knockdown (which aired on September 6, 2013). Jacqueline began turning heel by trash-talking her opponent,Taryn Terrell, while defeating her to advance to the Gauntlet Battle Royal, where Jacqueline cemented her heel turn by attacking former partner ODB, who later eliminated Jacqueline.[50] Two days later, the villainous Jacqueline faced off againstODB at Hardcore Justice 2 (which aired on July 5, 2013), in a Hardcore match, coming out on the losing end.
On March 14, 2016, it was announced that Moore would be inducted into theWWE Hall of Fame class of 2016.[51] At the ceremony on April 2, she was inducted byThe Dudley Boyz, and became the first black woman to be inducted.[52] The next night atWrestleMania 32, she appeared while she was introduced as part of the2016 Hall of Fame class.[53]
On the January 22, 2018, episode ofRaw, Jacqueline was honored being "one of the greatest female superstars in the history of WWE" and made a special appearance as part of the 25th anniversary of Raw along with fellow wrestlers and former co-workers;The Bella Twins,Maryse,Kelly Kelly,Lilian Garcia,Torrie Wilson,Michelle McCool,Terri Runnels,Maria Kanellis, and fellowHall of FamerTrish Stratus.[54] On January 28 at theRoyal Rumble, Jacqueline made a surprise entrance at number 21 during the firstwomen's Royal Rumble match, in which she was eliminated byNia Jax.[55]
Jacqueline appeared atSummerSlam (2024) as a part of the WWE Legends Suite alongside other legends includingDiamond Dallas Page andKevin Nash.On September 6, 2024, it was revealed Jacqueline had signed a legends contract, making her an ambassador for WWE.
"She [Moore] was one of those pioneers that really helped the WWE evolve as far as women are concerned".
—Natalya Neidhart during Moore'sWWE Hall of Fame promotional video in 2016[56]
Moore is cited as inspiration for several women, such as:Bayley,[57]Bianca Belair,[58]Jade Cargill,[59]Jazz,[60]Naomi,[61]Nicole Savoy,[62]Nyla Rose,[63]Sasha Banks[64] andTrish Adora.[65]Trish Stratus claimed that Moore helped her in the beginning of her wrestling career. She said: "I will always appreciate her patience and her professionalism while showing me the ropes. I learned a lot from her and took away a ton that I used in my wrestling career moving forward".[66]Alicia Fox stated that Moore "recreated what a champion looks like and helped opened the door for women of all colors, sizes and shapes".[56]Jim Ross named Moore as an "MVP that rarely gets talked about".[67]
Some sources consider Moore one of the toughest women's wrestlers to perform in WWE.[68][69][70]
After leaving WWE, Moore began taking acting classes to prepare for a role in an action movie set in Los Angeles during the 1970s.[24]
Jacqueline made her video game debut in the PlayStation version ofWCW Nitro. She would later appear in nineWWE video games, which includeWWF Attitude,WWF WrestleMania 2000,WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role,WWF No Mercy,WWE WrestleMania X8,WWE Raw 2,WWE 2K17 (asDLC),[71]WWE 2K18 andWWE 2K19.
Moore grew up inDallas,Texas.[5] As a young fan of professional wrestling, Moore stated that theVon Erichs were her favorite wrestlers. She has a third degreeblack belt intaekwondo and also has experience inkickboxing andboxing.
In mid-2001, Moore, along withTazz,Al Snow, andTori, became a trainer on theMTVreality TVseriesTough Enough.[24] It was her first time training other wrestlers.[24] On the show, she helped train future WWE wrestlersNidia andMaven.[72] In 2002, Moore competed on a special WWF superstar edition ofFear Factor, coming in second place toMatt Hardy.[73]
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Date | Notes |
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| Dirty White Girl (hair) | Miss Texas (hair) | Memphis, Tennessee | August 12, 1991 | [Note 1] |
| Miss Texas (hair) | Lauren Davenport (title) | Memphis, Tennessee | November 23, 1992 | [Note 2] |
| Miss Texas (hair) | Uptown Karen (hair) | Memphis, Tennessee | June 5, 1995 | [Note 3] |
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