| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Evelyn Jardine Riegle 1943 (age 82–83) Tampa, Florida, U.S.[1] |
Spouse(s) | The Spoiler Frank Riegle |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Evelyn Stevens |
| Billed height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 100 lb (45 kg)[1] |
| Debut | 1961[1] |
| Retired | 1984 |
Evelyn Jardine Riegle is an American retiredprofessional wrestler, better known by herring nameEvelyn Stevens.[2]
Riegle was born inTampa, Florida and raised inNashville, Tennessee.[1]
Riegle debuted in 1961, using the ring name "Evelyn Stevens".[1] She worked as aheel in theGreat Plains,Midwest, andMissouri regions before moving toTexas.[1][3]
In 1969, Riegle wrestled in Australia withWorld Championship Wrestling.[4]
From the late-1960s to the late-1980s she held theNWA Texas Women's Championship onfive occasions. In October 1978, she held theNational Wrestling AllianceWorld Women's Championship for two days, defeatingthe Fabulous Moolah in a bout inDallas booked byGary Hart.[1][3] In mid-1982, she wrestled a handful of matches forJim Crockett Promotions in theCarolinas.[5]
Riegle retired from professional wrestling in 1984.[6]
At one point in time, Riegle was in a relationship with fellow professional wrestlerEdward "Wahoo" McDaniel.[7] At another point in time, Riegle was married toDonald Jardine who wrestled as "The Spoiler". Sometime after the couple divorced, she married again, this time to bodybuilder and gym owner Frank Riegle. In December 1986, she was arrested for shooting Riegle three times in the face and chest in their home inSan Antonio, killing him. She was convicted of murder and given a 20-year sentence, but was pardoned after five years.[1][3][8]
McDaniel's most famous lost fight may have been with his girlfriend at the time, Evelyn Stevens, a woman wrestler in Texas.