Mad Maxine
| Mad Maxine | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jeannine Mjoseth |
| Born |
April 27, 1959 West Germany |
| Alma mater | University of South Florida |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Mad Maxine Lady Maxine |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Billed weight | 170 |
| Trained by |
The Fabulous Moolah Boris Malenko |
| Debut | 1984 |
| Retired | 1986 |
Jeannine Mjoseth (born April 27, 1959) is a German journalist, photographer, independent art curator, and retired professional wrestler better known by her stage names Mad Maxine and Lady Maxine. She is best known for her height (standing approximately 6'2" tall) and having a green mohawk during her stint in the World Wrestling Federation. Her unique look, including leather lace-up wrestling gear, was modeled on characters in the Australian Mad Max film series and the X-Men comic book character Storm.
Mjoseth grew up as an army brat and attended high school in West Germany. She received a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Kentucky, and played with the Kentucky Wildcats for two years before choosing to take a sabbatical from college studies. She eventually returned to college and was once again offered an athletic scholarship (this time with the University of South Florida), but declined the offer to play sports at USF and instead chose to concentrate on journalism. After graduation, Mjoseth was introduced to a friend's boyfriend that worked as a professional wrestler, and became interested in the idea of women's wrestling. She moved to South Carolina to be trained by the Fabulous Moolah at her wrestling school. While a trainee at Moolah's school, Mjoseth cut her hair into a mohawk and developed the Mad Maxine persona.
As Mad Maxine, Mjoseth appeared in the World Wrestling Federation in 1985 managed by Moolah. She only wrestled two matches in the WWF. On March 5, 1985, Maxine (accompanied by Moolah) defeated Susan Starr in her first WWF match (which aired on the March 31, 1985 edition of All American Wrestling). She was accompanied again by Moolah for her second WWF match, which was against Desiree Petersen on April 16, 1985. She won both matches, and Moolah attacked her opponents after both victories. She is briefly featured on the WWF Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest! VHS video. Although she was initially brought into the WWF to feud with Wendi Richter for the WWF Women's Championship, the two women never wrestled against each other.
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