Cora Combs | |
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Birth name | Cora Svonsteckik |
Born |
Hazard, Kentucky, U.S. |
March 17, 1923
Died | June 21, 2015 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
(aged 92)
Children | Debbie Combs |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Cora Combs Lady Satan Beaulah Szestecki |
Billed height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) |
Billed weight | 138 lb (63 kg) |
Trained by | Billy Wolfe |
Debut | 1945 |
Retired | 1985 |
Cora Svonsteckik (March 17, 1923 – June 21, 2015), better known by her ring name as Cora Combs, was an American professional wrestler. She was the last survivor of the Billy Wolfe troupe.
Combs was born in 1923 in Hazard, Kentucky. Before she was a professional wrestler, Combs was a Country Music singer. In 1949, she attended a pro wrestling show headlined by Mildred Burke, then the biggest star in women's pro wrestling. Nick Gulas presented her to pro wrestler Billy Wolfe, who trained her.
Combs also wrestled her own daughter, Debbie Combs, under a mask as Lady Satan.
In 2007, Combs was inducted in the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Combs had a daughter, Debbie Combs, who also was a professional wrestler.
On June 21, 2015, Combs died in Nashville at the age of 92. She had pneumonia in the week preceding her death.